And here we have something I never quite got round to finishing for the Layer Cake Draft (but might still do at some point in the future because lockdown)
@ahmedleo414 
1.
Graham Gooch
2.
Desmond Haynes
3.
Ricky Ponting
(P)
4.
James Celestine
(L)
5.
Saleem Malik
6.
Imran Khan
(L)
7.
Shahid Afridi
8.
Daniel Vettori
9.
Mluleki Nkala
(L)
10.
Darren Gough
11.
Mustafizur Rahman
(L)
You've got a pretty balanced batting order in there really; batting down to eight means that you can carry one or two guys failing.
And also a pretty good bowling attack - Khan, Gough, Fizz, Vettori and Afridi is a really good quintet, and Nkala can fill in with the odd over.
Hmmm... you've tried to hide him in there, but James Celestine at four isn't fooling anyone. And probably neither is Saleem Malik trying to stop Afridi's quicker ball.
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@Aislabie
1.
Barry Richards
2.
Herschelle Gibbs
3.
Faf du Plessis
4.
Rahul Dravid
(L)
5.
Ryan ten Doeschate
(L)
6.
Andrew Flintoff
(P)
7.
Mike Procter
8.
Rashid Khan
9.
Ray Price
10.
Waqar Younis
(L)
11.
Pommie Mbangwa
(L)
Thanks to having four or five dual-role cricketers, this team is able to cover all 15 player roles that make up a perfectly balanced ODI team.
No fewer than three bowlers capable of sending down 90+ mph yorkers in Younis, Procter and Flintoff
We have selected a non-specialist wicket-keeper; even if he's not the worst, he's still not a specialist.
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@Bevab
1.
Jonny Bairstow (
P)
2.
Shane Watson
3.
Clive Rice
4.
Viv Richards (
L)
5.
Andrew Symonds
6.
Mike Hussey
7.
Franklyn Stephenson
8.
Brad Hogg
9.
Naimur Rahman (
L)
10.
Moneeb Iqbal (
L)
11.
Monty Panesar (
L)
You weren't dealt an easy hand with two Panesars and Panesar from the Lucky Dip, but you filled your side with so many dual role players that it didn't even matter in the end.
You also developed a knack for picking my players right before I got to them - in particular Hogg and Hussey, when I'd already half-written their previews.
Perhaps a slight lack of outright pace in your bowling attack? Rice could crank it up but he's batting at three, and there's no-one else really who could bowl proper gas.
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@blockerdave
1.
Dennis Amiss
2.
Basil D'Oliveira
3.
Steve Tikolo
(L)
4.
Ted Dexter
5.
Colin Bland
6.
Michael Bevan
(L)
7.
Denis Lindsay
8.
Garth Le Roux
9.
Andre Botha
(L)
10.
Joel Garner
(P)
11.
Omer Hussain
(L)
Again, plenty of dual role cricketers allowing the team to cover 15 roles, despite carrying Omer Hussain down there at fine leg.
This side bats very deep - even though there aren't too many
outright hitters, there's enough batting to come that they have the freedom to hit.
There is a bit of a lack of attacking bowlers; a lot of this attack bowls dibbly-dobbly medium pace and cutters.
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@CerealKiller
1.
Sam Hain
(L)
2.
Martin Crowe
3.
Javed Miandad
4.
Damien Martyn
5.
Sir Clive Lloyd
6.
Chris Cairns
7.
Wasim Akram
(P)
8.
Tim Ambrose
(L)
9.
John Bracewell
(L)
10.
Makhaya Ntini
11.
Chris Martin
(L)
It's not completely conventional, but that is a batting lineup that absolutely works. You never set out meaning to put Akram in the top seven, but it works in this side.
And about that - Wasim Akram and Makhaya Ntini with the new ball would be horrible (for everyone else); two of the most difficult fast bowlers of recent decades to face.
There's no way around it though, this side is a bowler short - you have rather ended up with Bracewell, Martin and probably Clive Lloyd splitting 20 overs.
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@DalePlaysCricket
1.
Romesh Kaluwitharana
(L)
2.
Kyle Coetzer
3.
Kevin Pietersen
(P)
4.
Michael Clarke
5.
Ben Stokes
6.
Jos Buttler
7.
Gavin Hamilton
(L)
8.
Chris Simpson
(L)
9.
Mushtaq Ahmed
10.
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
(L)
11.
Javagal Srinath
The engine room on this side is excellent - Pietersen, Clarke, Stokes and Buttler are all generally regarded as top-class ODI players, even though three of them are English.
You've got a spin attack that would weirdly kind of work - Mushy attacking at one end, and Venkat bowling dots at the other. Simpson just kinda wheeling his arms at mid-off hoping to get a bowl.
There is a lack of real out-and-out pace here though - the quickest bowler in the attack is Stokes, and there's no-one else exactly queuing up for death overs.
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@deleted member
1.
Gautam Gambhir
2.
Shan Masood
3.
Usman Khawaja
4.
Joe Root
5.
Inzamam Ul-Haq (
L)
6.
Ajay Sharma (
P)
7.
Tim de Leede (
L)
8.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9.
Trent Boult
10.
Adam Huckle (
L)
11.
Ray Julian (
L)
Not many bowling attacks will be able to get through that entire top-five; they're all pretty dynamic accumulators who put a high price on their wickets.
A new ball attack of Boult and Bhuvi will certainly be able to extract movement from the new ball.
For real though, where's your hitting? Where's your bowling? Why did you protect Ajay Sharma? I feel like you went to be creative with your picks, but they just didn't quite fit together.
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@El Loco
1.
Gordon Greenidge
2.
Glenn Turner
3.
Dean Jones
4.
AB de Villiers
(P)
5.
JP Duminy
(L)
6.
Allan Border
7.
Mike Brearley
(L)
8.
Malcolm Waller
(L)
9.
Bob Willis
10.
Shane Bond
11.
Shoaib Akhtar
(L)
You've just about got all 15 roles covered here, which is very important and impressive considering that you copped a couple of Panesars.
This is a team with so many strong leaders - Turner, Jones, AB, Border and Willis will all be a valuable brains trust for Mike Brearley (well-used as a firefighter) to turn to.
The pace attack is outstanding, but this team maybe lacks a quality spinner; Duminy, Border and Waller will have to share 20 overs between them.
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@Na Maloom Afraad
1.
Sachin Tendulkar (
P)
2.
Ian Botham
3.
Graeme Pollock
4.
Ross Taylor
5.
Brad Hodge
6.
Abdul Razzaq
7.
Lance Klusener
8.
Kwame Tucker (
L)
9.
Dwayne Leverock (
L)
10.
Narendra Hirwani (
L)
11.
Josephat Ababu (
L)
Honestly, you came really close to creating a properly balanced ODI team here despite the rather obvious handicap you were given in the Lucky Dip. Four Panesars. Oof.
That is a properly good top seven - Hodge was a left-field pick, but his record shows that he was a good selection for his role.
You did miss out on a couple of players I personally would have picked for you in the early rounds, in particular Mike Procter (who I was able to get hold of).
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@Yash.
1.
Jason Roy
2.
Shubman Gill
(L)
3.
Zaheer Abbas
(P)
4.
Darren Lehmann
5.
Eoin Morgan
6.
Garry Sobers
(L)
7.
Chris Old
8.
Jamie Dalrymple
(L)
9.
Allan Donald
10.
Neal Radford
11.
Yuzvendra Chahal
(L)
This team has an excellent top six; the underrated Lehmann will really bring it together, and allow hitters like Roy, Abbas, Morgan and Sobers to face as many balls as possible.
In Allan Donald and Chris Old you've got a solid new ball attack, and Lehmann, Sobers, Dalrymple and Chahal will be an interesting and varied spin attack for 20 or 25 overs between them.
I really don't get the pick of Neal Radford in this side. Could have used that pick better to pick a proper keeper rather than giving it to Morgan to do.
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So, how do I rate the teams?
Well, it seems harsh to just put all the teams from best to worst because there was a real element of chance with the Lucky Dip, but I do think there are probably three kinds of teams to come out of this draft. There are those who maybe got saddled with a couple of bad players from their Lucky Dips, and just couldn't quite get the balance of the side back together (like receiving four Panesars). There are those who made one or two selections that threw the rest of their side out of whack (like Neal Radford rather than a wicket-keeper). And there are those teams which came together really nice and were properly balanced. There was also the team whose protected player was Ajay Sharma and didn't really fix itself after that.
