Draft: The Lasagne Draft

[Yash.]

NMA's XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar (P)
2. Ian Botham
3.
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Ross Taylor
6. Abdul Razzaq
7. Lance Klusener
8. Kwame Tucker (LD)
9. Dwayne Leverock (LD)
10. Narendra Hirwani (LD)
11. Josephat Ababu (LD)

Ross Taylor at five. I'm slightly flabbergasted he isn't considered a top-choice for most people (including me, sadly) in a draft, even if it is based on current cricketers (speaking from experience of managing Cricket Leagues), especially for someone that averages 48.44 in ODIs with almost 9,000 international runs, 21 centuries and 51 fifties in 216 innings.

"Ross Taylor has been a fulcrum of New Zealand's batting across formats for more than 10 years, a period that has brought consistent Test success, especially on home soil, and the appearance in consecutive World Cup finals. In the mid-2000s, he was just what New Zealand need in the wake of the mass of departures from their batting line-up: an aggressive top-order batsman capable of taking up the challenge to world-class attacks. In only his third ODI, Taylor hammered a superb 128 against Sri Lanka at Napier in 2006 and he followed it up with 84 at better than a run a ball in his first ODI outside New Zealand, at Hobart against Australia in January 2007. He scores heavily from the pull and from slog-sweeping the spinners (and sometimes the quicks)."

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Was always in my radar. Just didn’t fit in my team due to his place not being available.

 

[ahmedleo414]

NMA's XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar (P)
2. Ian Botham
3.
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Ross Taylor
6. Abdul Razzaq
7. Lance Klusener
8. Kwame Tucker (LD)
9. Dwayne Leverock (LD)
10. Narendra Hirwani (LD)
11. Josephat Ababu (LD)

Ross Taylor at five. I'm slightly flabbergasted he isn't considered a top-choice for most people (including me, sadly) in a draft, even if it is based on current cricketers (speaking from experience of managing Cricket Leagues), especially for someone that averages 48.44 in ODIs with almost 9,000 international runs, 21 centuries and 51 fifties in 216 innings.

"Ross Taylor has been a fulcrum of New Zealand's batting across formats for more than 10 years, a period that has brought consistent Test success, especially on home soil, and the appearance in consecutive World Cup finals. In the mid-2000s, he was just what New Zealand need in the wake of the mass of departures from their batting line-up: an aggressive top-order batsman capable of taking up the challenge to world-class attacks. In only his third ODI, Taylor hammered a superb 128 against Sri Lanka at Napier in 2006 and he followed it up with 84 at better than a run a ball in his first ODI outside New Zealand, at Hobart against Australia in January 2007. He scores heavily from the pull and from slog-sweeping the spinners (and sometimes the quicks)."

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Damn, i was saving Ross Taylor for my last pick... but i guess it's understandable that he would be picked before that

 

[Bevab]

Was confused between Roscoe and a middle order batsman myself, so decided to leave it late hoping the decision was out of my hands. Now to just hope that my other pick remains available...

@Na Maloom Afraad I would move Pollock and Roscoe one position up, Roscoe skillset is best utilized at four and Pollock would probably bat at three as the best batsman of his team in the modern era.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

@Na Maloom Afraad I would move Pollock and Roscoe one position up, Roscoe skillset is best utilized at four and Pollock would probably bat at three as the best batsman of his team in the modern era.

Yeah, that would be the best utilization of both players. I'll shuffle the lineup after my last pick, subject to who it is.

 

[Samarth27.09]

Cheteshwar Pujara - @deleted member

David Warner - @deleted member
Kane Williamson - @deleted member

Chris Woakes - @deleted member

 

[Samarth27.09]

Gautam Gambhir​

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[ahmedleo414]

Gautam Gambhir​

[DOUBLEPOST=1586188229][/DOUBLEPOST]@DalePlaysCricket

great picture of GG

 

[Samarth27.09]

@DalePlaysCricket You're next!

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great picture of GG

edited

 

[ahmedleo414]

Perfect!

 

[ahmedleo414]

It's been more than 24 hours since the last pick, @DalePlaysCricket hasn't made a pick yet.. I believe @Bevab is next

 

[Ed Smith]

Kyle Coetzer… bit left field being Scottish, but the numbers are solid for an opener not on the rejected list

1. Romesh Kaluwitharana
2. Kyle Coetzer
   
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Michael Clarke
5. Ben Stokes
6. Jos Buttler
7. Gavin Hamilton
8. Chris Simpson
9. 
   
10. Srinivas Venkataraghavan
11. Javagal Srinath

Innings: 57
Not Outs: 2
Aggregate: 2409
Highest Score: 156
Average: 43.80 (As Opener 46.31)
50s: 17
100s: 4
Ducks: 5
4s: 301
6s: 34
Balls Faced: 2795
Scoring Rate 86.19
Opened Batting: 51

 

[blockerdave]

okaaaaaay....

 

[Aislabie]

Full credit to him, those are better numbers than I would have expected without looking them up.

@Bevab is up next - please don't pick the guy I'm thinking of

 

[blockerdave]

Full credit to him, those are better numbers than I would have expected without looking them up.

@Bevab is up next - please don't pick the guy I'm thinking of

decent numbers, but i guess largely picked up against associates?

btw check your PM, cheers!

 

[Aislabie]

decent numbers, but i guess largely picked up against associates?

Surprisingly not as much as you'd think:

ODI record against Full Members - 774 runs @ 40.73 (2 centuries, best 156) in 19 matches
ODI record against Associates - 1635 runs @ 45.41 (2 centuries, best 133) in 40 matches

So although most of his games have been all-Associate affairs, he doesn't fair any worse against Full Members.