Drafts The Lucky Dip Draft | Time for Round Six

[Aislabie]

Draft Order
1. @CerealKiller - Player Q
2. @Akshay. - Player W
3. @VC the slogger - Player A
4. @Jack Ryder - Player H
5. @Na Maloom Afraad - Player C
6. @Yash. - Player K
7. @Andrin Issac - Player O
8. @Naman Thakur - Player D

Player Pool
A: India, Batsman, 1985 - Lalchand Rajput
B: England, Bowler, 1964 - Don Wilson
C: England, Bowler, 1937 - Austin Matthews
D: England, All-Rounder, 1884 - Wilf Flowers
E: England, Batsman, 1920 - Jack Russell
F: India, Batsman, 1952 - Datta Gaekwad
G: England, Batsman, 1948 - Winston Place
H: New Zealand, All-Rounder, 2015 - Mitchell Santner
I: England, Bowler, 1929 - Nobby Clark
J: Bangladesh, All-Rounder, 2012 - Sohag Gazi
K: Pakistan, Bowler, 1984 - Mohsin Kamal
L: West Indies, Bowler, 1948 - Esmond Kentish
M: Bangladesh, Batsman, 2014 - Shamsur Rahman
N: West Indies, Wicket-Keeper, 1953 - Ralph Legall
O: West Indies, Batsman, 1928 - George Challenor
P: England, Batsman, 1988 - Kim Barnett
Q: Australia, Bowler, 1973 - John Watkins
R: Australia, Bowler, 1977 - Wayne Clark
S: South Africa, All-Rounder, 1889 - William Milton
T: England, Wicket-Keeper, 1986 - Bruce French
U: Pakistan, Bowler, 1961 - Afaq Hussain
V: Zimbabwe, All-Rounder, 2013 - Sean Williams
W: Australia, Bowler, 2014 - Steve O'Keefe
X: Australia, Bowler, 1986 - Chris Matthews
Y: India, Bowler, 1932 - Mohammad Nissar
Z: West Indies, Batsman, 2005 - Donovan Pagon

Well, you must all have had fun, but you missed the only truly great player in this round's pool, which was very unfortunate. Also, Wayne Clark, Mohammad Nissar and Bruce French would arguably have made good picks. But that was definitely not an easy pool.

 

[Aislabie]

This is very interesting. I would love to be a part of it if there is any chance. Surely reserve a spot for me in case there is another season coming up.

If you want, I can work you in. It will mean using an RNG for your first four rounds of picks though, which would give you:

Round One
RNG: 1
This means Player A, Chris Morris.

Round Two
RNG: 16
This means Player X, Roy Scott.

Round Three
RNG: 17 5 *
This means Player H, Roger Blunt

Round Four
RNG: 5
This means Player I, Nobby Clark.

If you're okay with having these four randomly selected players in your team, then you can certainly take part.

* Re-drawn in an effort to improve the balance of the team.

 

[Aislabie]

Okay guys, it's time for Round Five. If Samuels agrees to join, he becomes pick number seven. Otherwise, carry on as before.

Draft Order
1. @Akshay. - Player C
2. @Yash. - Player P
3. @Na Maloom Afraad - Player T
4. @CerealKiller - Player E
5. @Andrin Issac - Player Y
6. @VC the slogger - Player X
7. @Samuels - Player K
8. @Jack Ryder - Player A
9. @Naman Thakur - Player W

Player Pool
A: India, All-Rounder, 1975 - Karsan Ghavri
B: England, Batsman, 2010 - Eoin Morgan
C: Sri Lanka, Batsman, 2001 - Thilan Samaraweera
D: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1939 - Ronnie Grieveson
E: West Indies, Batsman, 1978 - Richard Austin
F: Bangladesh, Bowler, 2004 - Tareq Aziz
G: India, Wicket-Keeper, 1952 - Vijay Rajindernath
H: Pakistan, Bowler, 1969 - Sarfraz Nawaz
I: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1938 - Billy Wade
J: Bangladesh, Batsman, 2002 - Ehsanul Haque
K: West Indies, All-Rounder, 2004 - Dwayne Bravo
L: Zimbabwe, Bowler, 2004 - Tinashe Panyangara
M: New Zealand, Bowler, 2013 - Bruce Martin
N: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1899 - Murray Bisset
O: South Africa, All-Rounder, 1952 - Anton Murray
P: Australia, Batsman, 2005 - Brad Hodge
Q: West Indies, Bowler, 2014 - Kenroy Peters
R: India, Wicket-Keeper, 2015 - Naman Ojha
S: South Africa, Bowler, 2010 - Lonwabo Tsotsobe
T: Australia, Bowler, 1879 - Frank Allan
U: Zimbabwe, Bowler, 2005 - Chris Mpofu
V: West Indies, Bowler, 1971 - Inshan Ali
W: South Africa, Bowler, 1961 - Kenneth Walter
X: Australia, Bowler, 1928 - Dainty Ironmonger
Y: India, Batsman, 1982 - Arun Lal
Z: New Zealand, Bowler, 1961 - Frank Cameron

There is a far better selection of players in this pool than the last one. Perhaps the greatest of them is oft-forgotten thanks to his batting position directly below his country's two greatest batsmen.

 

[Samuels]

Squad

Opener 1
Operner 2
Roger Blunt
Batsman
Batsman
Wilfred Rhodes
Dwayne Bravo
Wicket Keeper
Chris Morris
Roy Scott
Nobby Clark


Player Profiles

1) Opener 1
2) Opener 2
3) Roger Blunt
Roger Blunt, the England born NZ batsman was a solid #3 batsman who liked to bat for long hours. He is one of the few NZ batsman with a FC triple century to their name. Though batting was his stronger suit, bowling was no alien to him. In fact he started off his career as a leg spinner and despite not having the smoothest of actions, he was accurate and managed to pick up important wickets with his leg spin. Wisden Cricket of The Year 1928 might not have a great Test record to boast but he was one of the rare gems that any team would like to welcome with both hands.

4) Batsman
5) Batsman

6) Wilfred Rhodes
Rhodes was perhaps the best allrounder of his time. In a career spanning over 30 years and 1100 FC matches, Rhodes at done it all. From opening the batting with Jack Hobbs to coming down to bat at #11 to being a workhorse and a premier wicket taking bowler. Rhodes, as a spinner so miserly as they come and used to keep the batsmen guessing with his pinpoint accuracy however, if he did fail with the ball on an odd occasion, his record of 58 centuries and 197 half centuries suggests that he had the batting ability to get his team back on top. His useful batting and wicket taking ability with left arm variations is worth pure gold to have in the team.

7) Dwayne Bravo
This allrounder has something special about him that keeps fans on the edge of their seats. A fun loving character on and off the field, DJ Bravo has perhaps the most lethal slower balls ever in the history of the game after Franklyn Stephenson. He has a plethora of variations in his bowling repertoire making him a death bowling specialist. He also has skill to take the game away from the opposition with his aggressive yet eye catching batting. Add to the fact that he is a brilliant fielder makes him a complete player to have. Despite his choice of being limited overs' specialist, his skillset make him an invaluable asset in a Test/FC team. He makes a perfect bowler once the opening bowlers have bowled their spells.

8) Wicket keeper

9) Chris Morris
In an era when South Africa had one of the best bowling lineups, Morris rose to fame due to his impressive performances in IPL. A bowler who excels in all three formats of the game due to his line and length and swing at decent pace, he is no Joe with the bat with 3 centuries and 10 fifties of his name in his young FC career making him a perfect opening bowling partner for fearsome Nobby Clark and a handy batsman down the order.

10) Roy Scott
A wily medium pacer who used to bat in the middle order for Canterbury in FC cricket, while not much has been written about him, his records suggests that he must have been a good wicket taking bowler and a useful batsman down the order. Like Bravo, he is a perfect one change bowler who can keep the pressure on on the batting team.

11) Nobby Clark
A left armer who had mastered the art of bowling outswingers to the right handers from round the wicket half a century before Wasim Akram, Clark was a perfect fast bowler. A man capable of generating rapid pace and with great accuracy, Clark was one of the most respected bowlers during the Bradman era in a FC career spanning over 25 years. With his aggressive character, good pace and excellent accuracy duelled with his ability to move the ball away from round the wicket, Clark comes up as a great bowler to star the attack with.

 

[Akshay.]

Player C
I hope he is the one you described

@Yash. your turn

 

[Yash.]

Player C
I hope he is the one you described

@Yash. your turn

You took my player...

Player P

 

[Yash.]

@Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Player T, I so hope it's Boyle.

 

[Aislabie]

@CerealKiller is up next

 

[CerealKiller]

Player E

 

[Aislabie]

Let's not forget to tag people to keep this moving. @Andrin Issac

 

[Andrin Issac]

Let's not forget to tag people to keep this moving. @Andrin Issac

if you dont mind..can u please strike out the picked players too..
so that its very easy for us anyoone can do that..
so that everyone will follow that striking duty [DOUBLEPOST=1490627783][/DOUBLEPOST]PLAYER Y: India, Batsman, 1982

@VC the slogger

 

[VC the slogger]

Player X

@Samuels

 

[Samuels]

I would play it safe and have Player K please.

Draft Order
1. @Akshay. - Player C
2. @Yash. - Player P
3. @Na Maloom Afraad - Player T
4. @CerealKiller - Player E
5. @Andrin Issac - Player Y
6. @VC the slogger - Player X
7. @Samuels - Player K
8. @Jack Ryder -
9. @Naman Thakur -

Player Pool
A: India, All-Rounder, 1975
B: England, Batsman, 2010
C: Sri Lanka, Batsman, 2001
D: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1939
E: West Indies, Batsman, 1978
F: Bangladesh, Bowler, 2004
G: India, Wicket-Keeper, 1952
H: Pakistan, Bowler, 1969
I: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1938
J: Bangladesh, Batsman, 2002
K: West Indies, All-Rounder, 2004
L: Zimbabwe, Bowler, 2004
M: New Zealand, Bowler, 2013
N: South Africa, Wicket-Keeper, 1899
O: South Africa, All-Rounder, 1952
P: Australia, Batsman, 2005
Q: West Indies, Bowler, 2014
R: India, Wicket-Keeper, 2015
S: South Africa, Bowler, 2010
T: Australia, Bowler, 1879
U: Zimbabwe, Bowler, 2005
V: West Indies, Bowler, 1971
W: South Africa, Bowler, 1961
X: Australia, Bowler, 1928
Y: India, Batsman, 1982
Z: New Zealand, Bowler, 1961

@Jack Ryder your turn please

 

[Till Valhalla]

Player A
@Naman Thakur