Draft: The Panesar Lottery

[Aislabie]

Player 49

Maharaja of Porbandar
Nominated by: @Aislabie



Like Vizzy, he was selected as India captain because he was a prince. Unlike Vizzy, he had the humility not to select himself for Test matches. As you may imagine, the two did not get on.

And he goes to... @ddrap14

Congratulations!

 

[Aislabie]

Player 50

Chris Mpofu
Nominated by: @pillowprocter



Hey look, another Zimbabwean seamer! Chris Mpofu has been a stalwart of the national team pretty much forever. He struggles against top class batters, but is very good at cleaning up those who are a bit challenged when it comes to cricket skills.

And he goes to... @ddrap14

Congratulations again!

 

[ddrap14]

Hmmm.

 

[Aislabie]

Player 51

Rahul Sanghvi
Nominated by: Random.org



Rahul Sanghvi was fine. The sort of player of whom India has about 15 at any given time, but England would give anything to have one of.

And he goes to... @Welwyn

Congratulations!

 

[Aislabie]

Player 52

Tapash Baisya
Nominated by: @ddrap14



One of my favourite players growing up, ever since I watched the 2005 Australia-Bangladesh game at Cardiff. Greatest ODI ever played.

And he goes to... @Verified Enigma

His team now looks like this:

3. Don Bradman
10. Tapash Baisya
11. Jimmy Anderson

 

[Aislabie]

Player 53

Charlie Stobo
Nominated by: @ddrap14



As far as I can tell, Charlie Stobo is just another journeyman Australian pro in the making. But @ddrap14 found him interesting, so here he is.

And he goes to... @Ed Smith

Congratulations! I think he slots in at eight just below Tony Suji.

 

[Ed Smith]

My team is really... something

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Player 34

Tanaka Chivanga
Nominated by: @pillowprocter

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Hey look, another Zimbabwean seamer. Chivanga is currently a one-Test wonder, but his strong first-class record means he'll probably get another go before long.

And he goes to... @Till Valhalla

A player with a first-class bowling average of 22 is your weakest so far.

That is Blessing Muzarabani...

 

[Aislabie]

Player 54

Joe Mennie
Nominated by: @Welwyn



I'm genuinely stunned that Joe Mennie is nearly 35 now. It appears that his career may have already ended due to injury.

And he goes to... @ddrap14

Congratulations!

 

[Aislabie]

Player 55

Mumtaz Yusuf
Nominated by: @Aislabie



I'm genuinely staggered that Mumtaz Yusuf hasn't been a staple of our Panesar shenanigans. He played five first-class matches as a specialist bowler, returning only one wicket for 282. He also batted only once. He's since made a living as a coach in the United States and elsewhere.

And he goes to... @Till Valhalla

Congratulations!

 

[ddrap14]

But @ddrap14 found him interesting, so here he is.

He was as rubbish as I could find in terms of recent Shield players

 

[pillowprocter]

He was as rubbish as I could find in terms of recent Shield players

Couldn't find anyone with an FC bowling average over 20?

 

[ddrap14]

Couldn't find anyone with an FC bowling average over 20?

I'd like to thank Wikipedia for just straight up ignoring that 22/23 happened

 

[Aislabie]

I'm going to stop for a while at this halfway point, largely because I have so far done none of the chores I had planned upon.

The teams so far:

@Aislabie
1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Asif Ali
6.
7. Maharaja of Patiala
8. Maharajah of Vizianagram
9. Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna
10. Monty Panesar
11. Seymour Clark

@ddrap14
1.
2. Brenton Parchment
3.
4.
5. Rohan Gavaskar
6. William Solomon
7. Alec Douglas-Home
8. Joe Mennie
9. Chris Mpofu
10. Maharaja of Porbandar
11. Veer Pratap Singh

@Till Valhalla
1. Usman Khawaja
2. Nick Knight
3. Nkrumah Bonner
4. Iftikhar Ahmed
5.
6.
7. Wasim Akram
8.
9.
10. Tanaka Chivanga
11.

@pillowprocter
1. Michael di Venuto
2. Wayne Larkins
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Gavin Hamilton
9. Bryce McGain
10. Riaz Afridi
11.

@Welwyn
1.
2.
3.
4. Arjun Yadav
5.
6. Dickie Fuller
7.
8.
9. Rahul Sanghvi
10.
11.

@ahmedleo414
1. Tirumalasetti Suman
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Francis Otieno
8. Brad Evans
9.
10. Arsal Sheikh
11. Rubel Hossain

@Verified Enigma
1.
2.
3. Don Bradman
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Tapash Baisya
11. Jimmy Anderson

@Yash.
1. Alastair Cook
2.
3.
4. Clyde Walcott
5.
6.
7. Luke Jongwe
8. Mason Crane
9. David Sewell
10. Pud Thurlow
11. Benjamin Aislabie

@CerealKiller
1.
2.
3. Gursharan Singh
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Alan Igglesden
10. Kyle Jarvis
11. Peter Heine

@Ed Smith
1.
2. Leonie Hoitink
3.
4.
5. Ken Funston
6. Don Tiripano
7. Tony Suji
8. Charlie Stobo
9.
10. Victor Nyauchi
11.

Disclaimer: Batting orders subject to change.

 

[ddrap14]

@ddrap14
1.
2. Brenton Parchment
3.
4.
5. Rohan Gavaskar
6. William Solomon
7. Alec Douglas-Home
8. Joe Mennie
9. Chris Mpofu
10. Maharaja of Porbandar
11. Veer Pratap Singh