Draft: The RNG Draft

[ddrap14]

Updated the rubric. Still open to signups until Sunday Australia time!

 

[ddrap14]

If nobody else wants to sign up, I'll send out the first lists in about 6 hours time!

 

[ddrap14]

Everyone should have their first round of picks in their inbox.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

We can start picking? Or you will lay out the order as well?

 

[ddrap14]

We can start picking? Or you will lay out the order as well?

Everyone has different players to choose from (I randomise for each draftee). So go ahead and post your pick!

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Lance Klusener to start with

Easy pick for me.

 

[ddrap14]

Lance Klusener to start with

Easy pick for me.

For those interested:

 

[ddrap14]

My pick list:


So I will take Dilip Vengsarkar, one of the great moustaches and one of the great Indian batsmen.

 

[Neptune]

Will be picking Wally Hammond, who is one of England's all time greats

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

@ddrap14 which format are we choosing the side for?

Tests ODI T20

Or overall?

 

[ddrap14]

@ddrap14 which format are we choosing the side for?

Tests ODI T20

Or overall?

I'd say overall. It'd be unfair to put Wally Hammond into a T20, but equally unfair to put Rashid Khan into a test.

 

[ddrap14]

@AsadRM @Till Valhalla go ahead and post your pics!

 

[AsadRM]

The Australian legend, Norman Clifford Louis O'Neill is my first pick. A glorious player of anything short, O'Neill was a more than handy leggie too, and being one of the best fielders of his time makes him my ideal first pick. O'Neill's peak performance came during the tour of Pakistan in 1960 when he ended the series with 218 runs at a outstanding average of 72. His exploits meant that the parents in one cricket-following Karachiite family named their new son Anil for its resemblance to O'Neill. The same Anil Dalpat went on to become the first Hindu to represent Pakistan, playing nine Tests in the 1980s as a wicketkeeper.

 

[Till Valhalla]

My first pick is Graeme Smith, the wonderful opening batsmen from South Africa. He immediately becomes a contender for captaincy.

 

[Aislabie]

I got an absolutely crap selection, so I'm going left-field.



Ali Khan

ODI stats - one wicket for 23 in 1 match
T20 stats - 38 wickets @ 27.13 (econ 8.63, best 3/22) in 36 matches

It was either him or Moeen Ali, so I went for the raw and exciting fast bowler even if his stats aren't fantastic. On his day, Ali Khan can run through a side.

My player pool: