The RNG Draft (Panesar Edition)

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Alright everyone, it's time for Unlucky Dip 4! Please DM me your pick.
@Till Valhalla @CerealKiller @Ed Smith @ahmedleo414 @Disharies @Yash. @liveinasociety @pillowprocter @Neo 7 @mohsin7827 @Bevab
(Aislabie and Supreme sent picks with their R6 selection)

 

[Aislabie]

decent offspinner, Nathan Astle

Astle bowled dibbly dobbly medium pace

 

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Astle bowled dibbly dobbly medium pace

I mean that explains the average under 40

 

[CerealKiller]

An aggressive batsman and decent offspinner, Nathan Astle can contribute in all three elements of the game, vital in this draft (especially with CK having to hide Leverock already).

Since it’s an ODI draft, he can open.
Leverock was a decent off-spinner, and he can be hidden at slip the whole match

 

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Since it’s an ODI draft, he can open.
Leverock was a decent off-spinner, and he can be hidden at slip the whole match

Yeah, I meant hiding his... rotund frame... in the field. Leverock is a nice bowler by the standards of the Unlucky Dip

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 40
Alastair McCorquondale


McCorquondale is an Olympic medalist in sprinting, so I doubt you could get any quicker in the dip. But cricket was definitely sport #2 for him.

Nominated by: @Supreme General (obviously)
Received by: @pillowprocter

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 41
Benjamin Aislabie


Wow, who could have picked him?

Nominated by: Take a guess
Received by: @CerealKiller
A penny for CK's thoughts about which Aislabie he'd rather have on his team

 

[pillowprocter]

I guess when someone is bad at both batting and bowling, you class him as a bits and pieces allrounder? He'll play that role for me

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 42
Manmohan Singh

This was another attempted PM notification. Sadly this is the wrong Manmohan Singh; the politician didn't ever play at the first class level. Still astonishingly shite though

Nominated by: @Yash.
Received by: @Paranoid Kendroid

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 43
Thando Ntini


Far from the worst player to be here, Ntini's a quick who's clearly still developing but also clearly has talent.

Nominated by: @Till Valhalla
Received by: @ahmedleo414

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 44
George Boult

Boult is nowhere close to Ben Aislabie's level of bad, but he is still a crap player from long before Tests.

Nominated by: @pillowprocter
Received by: @Neo 7

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 45
Sandeep Lamichhane


I mean, at least he isn't Vizzy (in that he's decent on the field)?

Nominated by: @Disharies
Received by: @mohsin7827

 

[ahmedleo414]

Unlucky Dip Player 43
Thando Ntini
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Far from the worst player to be here, Ntini's a quick who's clearly still developing but also clearly has talent.

Nominated by: @Till Valhalla
Received by: @ahmedleo414

I think that may be the least worst player I've received so far in the unlucky dip

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 46
Gavin Hamilton


Ignoring his one truly awful Test, Hamilton is a very good pull and a solid candidate for Scotland's best player ever (in fact probably the only valid argument from outside the last five years).

Nominated by: @Ed Smith
Received by: @Till Valhalla

 

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Unlucky Dip Player 47
Melt van Schoor
"Van Schoor generally occupies the lower order, but performs well in this position."

At least he's a WK?

Nominated by: @ahmedleo414
Received by: @Supreme General