The RNG Draft: Oops, All ODIs!

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I'll post the last three tomorrow morning - if you don't see yours here, don't worry, I didn't miss it.

Aravind's Pool

Alex Carey is basically a perfect player for this situation. Keeps and can bat anywhere from 1 to 7.

CerealKiller's Pool

On the other hand, Mudassar Bukhari wouldn't have been what CK imagined to start the draft, even with his 23.81 bowling average and World T20 heroics.

 

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Pool

On the other hand, Mudassar Bukhari wouldn't have been what CK imagined to start the draft, even with his 23.81 bowling average and World T20 heroics.

Damn, I can't get Bukhari now.

 

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Naman's Pool

Naman elected to take Paul Jarvis over his Zimbabwean namesake.

Ed's Pool



Aislabie's Pool

Adam Voges is probably best known as a trivia answer nowadays because of his obscenely high Test average, but he was a really good player who unfortunately got stuck behind Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey too.

 

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Ed's Pool

Frylinck or Fuller

 

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Frylinck or Fuller

Peter Fulton. I failed to mention that, apologies

 

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Pool 2 is now out. Some people's luck was completely different to stereotypes...
Ddrap's Pool

Thilan Samaraweera is by no means the kind of batsman I want in my lineup - a defensive guy whose ODI average was substantially worse than in Tests - but he's also the clear pick here.

 

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Pool 2 is now out. Some people's luck was completely different to stereotypes...
Ddrap's Pool
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Thilan Samaraweera is by no means the kind of batsman I want in my lineup - a defensive guy whose ODI average was substantially worse than in Tests - but he's also the clear pick here.

Shinwari is a decent pick too.

 

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Ed's Pool

I was asked to pick "the GOAT". Nathan Lyon wasn't an option, which did confuse me. I eventually gave him Shane Warne, because he comes closest to that.

Aravind's Pool

Aravind is the first person ever to roll 1, and he gets rewarded with rubbish. NP Kenjige is his pick.

Till Valhalla's Pool

Goofy Lawrence probably never got the chances he deserved, given that average. But he's into TV's team.

 

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Aislabie's Pool

Easy Old Guy #1: Wally Hammond

Ahmed's Pool

Easy Old Guy #2: Charlie Griffith

 

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Parth's Pool

A few decent options here, but Shoaib Akhtar was the selection - and given he can bowl 160, why not?

LiveInASociety's Pool

The selection here was obviously going to be a Perera. It ended up being allrounder Thisara.

CerealKiller's Pool

Another weak pool led to the selection of Stiaan van Zyl.

 

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Naman's Pool

It's an admittedly weak pool for sure. But it does have one upside - Morne van Wyk can keep wickets, which ticks off one of the musts.

Pool 3 will be out today. I'll be posting the results for that a bit differently though...

 

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Pool 3 is now out.

 

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Just waiting on @liveinasociety

 

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Ddrap's Pool

Bill O'Reilly is probably the most talented player here, but given I need an all-rounder like Jacob Oram and I already have a spinner, I think I'm better off taking the Kiwi.


Aislabie's Pool

For obvious reasons, Allan Border is the pick here. But I'm hearing interesting things about where he'll bat.


Parth's Pool

I thought it was a terrible pool at first, but I failed to notice Mujeeb down the bottom.


CerealKiller's Pool

This isn't quite Ed's luck in the last draft, but it is a bad pool when Mohammad Kaif is the clear choice.


Naman's Pool

This one, on the other hand, has two legit superstars and an elite wicketkeeper. Naman ended up going with Shiv Chanderpaul, who will boost their batting.


Till Valhalla's Pool

Ajantha Mendis was tempting, surely, but TV selected South African opener Alan Melville (not to be confused with the writer or the UKIP member).


Aravind's Pool

Trevor Godfrey Evans, as a 91-Test keeper, was surely considered, but Alasdair Evans, the Scottish seamer, was the eventual selection.


Ed's Pool

Given the pick was Eddie Hemmings "because why not", I assume Ed wasn't fully aware that Patsy Hendren was also in his pool.


Ahmed's Pool

Ahmed had the rare pool member of an East Africa representative! Of course, he wasn't dumb enough to take him, instead picking West Indian Roy Fredericks.


LiveInASociety's Pool

Quintin McMillan. Even I dunno who that is

 

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Round 4 is being delivered now.