Draft #3 - Tests (post-1970 players)

[andy0204]

Zulqernain Haider

Budget wise also most friendly with just 1 test

Iam thinking to pick Rishabh Pant .

 

[andy0204]

Its an odd team of playboy bullies and friendzoned nerds

Bhaijaan tumhare jaisa budget nahi hai hamare paas .

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Its an odd team of playboy bullies and friendzoned nerds

)

 

[Ab Fan]

My next pick with a budget of 5 tests is a very special and admired cricketer across the globe.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Is it my turn brothers

 

[Thunderbolt14]

arabinda de silva, desmond haynes, justin langer, Gary kirsten, mark taylor, alec stewart

Yeh tou openers ke naam de diye. Why you tryna sabotage me bro

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Is it my turn brothers

Brother, don't I have 2 more picks to make before you? Have you forgotten me already?

 

[Ab Fan]

Ajay Ratra was one of the greatest keeper batsmen of all time and is unpicked

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Ok so my penultimate pick of the draft coming up...

 

[Bhaijaan]

Brother, don't I have 2 more picks to make before you? Have you forgotten me already?

Bro first I will make a pick them you make 2 picks and then back to me

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Bro first I will make a pick them you make 2 picks and then back to me

Bro have you not picked Zulfi already?

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bro have you not picked Zulfi already?

I was giving advise not picking Zulqernain

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

I was giving advise not picking Zulqernain

Zulfi reading his somewhere in Pakistan is disappointed with bhaijaan's denial

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ok guys give me few minutes

 

[Bhaijaan]

Wait, i don't think some of the guys before me have picked?
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] ???

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Bro i just picked Inzi take your time though.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Akila Dananjaya

The future of spin bowling in Sri Lanka. Terrific off spinner who is not afraid to flight the ball.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan XI's bowling is ready to take on all teams on any surface anywhere in the world :-

Pace attack
Ambrose
Akhtar
Archer

Spin attack
Kuldeep --------------------- Chinaman
Dananjaya ------------------ Off spinner
Labuschagne --------------- Leg spinner
Tendulkar ------------------ Leg spinner

 

[Ab Fan]

Any no.6 who can bowl spin like Warne/Murali ?

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Any no.6 who can bowl spin like Warne/Murali ?

Rashid Khan

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Bhaijaan XI's bowling is ready to take on all teams on any surface anywhere in the world :-

Pace attack
Ambrose
Akhtar
Archer

Spin attack
Kuldeep --------------------- Chinaman
Dananjaya ------------------ Off spinner
Labuschagne --------------- Leg spinner
Tendulkar ------------------ Leg spinner

love it sir

 

[Ab Fan]

Rashid Khan

He is picked..

 

[Ab Fan]

Jason Krejza is still unpicked.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Hmm Vettori? What’s your budget

 

[Bhaijaan]

You can have 4,5,6 any amount of ATG sppedsters all you like and will still be hammered in sub continent against any half decent team if you don't have at least 2 proper spinners.

 

[Bhaijaan]

love it sir

Cheers bro. Was tempted to have a lefty as third seamer but i think it doesn't matter that much if there is too much quality already.

This bowling unit is already saturating, i expect some unhappy faces in the dressing room for not gettign enough overs

 

[therealAB]

What's your XI now?

1. David Steele
2.
3. Kallis
4. Smith
5. Chappell
6. Sangakarra
7. Cairns
8. De Villiers
9. Garner
10. Reid
11. Croft

Great batting and very deep bowling

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Akila Dananjaya

The future of spin bowling in Sri Lanka. Terrific off spinner who is not afraid to flight the ball.

As of now he is banned by icc for chucking

 

[Ab Fan]

Hmm Vettori? What’s your budget

5 tests

 

[Bhaijaan]

1. David Steele
2.
3. Kallis
4. Smith
5. Chappell
6. Sangakarra
7. Cairns
8. De Villiers
9. Garner
10. Reid
11. Croft

Great batting and very deep bowling

Who are the spinners in your team bro

 

[Ab Fan]

1. David Steele
2.
3. Kallis
4. Smith
5. Chappell
6. Sangakarra
7. Cairns
8. De Villiers
9. Garner
10. Reid
11. Croft

Great batting and very deep bowling

All six pacers!

 

[Bhaijaan]

As of now he is banned by icc for chucking

I know but he will return, no rule as such to not pick them

 

[Ab Fan]

You can have 4,5,6 any amount of ATG sppedsters all you like and will still be hammered in sub continent against any half decent team if you don't have at least 2 proper spinners.

Ashwin is alone enough in subcontinent.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

You can have 4,5,6 any amount of ATG sppedsters all you like and will still be hammered in sub continent against any half decent team if you don't have at least 2 proper spinners.

Yeah Im wondering if I should go with a spinner for my next pick instead of a batsman. Will Jadeja be enough?

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

1. David Steele
2.
3. Kallis
4. Smith
5. Chappell
6. Sangakarra
7. Cairns
8. De Villiers
9. Garner
10. Reid
11. Croft

Great batting and very deep bowling

Select a sub too, your captain will be out in the second match due to over rate.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Ashwin is alone enough in subcontinent.

He's not, don't recall even India ever playing him alone.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Yeah Im wondering if I should go with a spinner for my next pick instead of a batsman. Will Jadeja be enough?

Already picked

 

[Bhaijaan]

Select a sub too, your captain will be out in the second match due to over rate.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Currently have a 3/1 attack and want to bolster my middle order tbh.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Already picked

I picked him i meant will he be enough as my only spinner

 

[Bhaijaan]

Yeah Im wondering if I should go with a spinner for my next pick instead of a batsman. Will Jadeja be enough?

Won't matter in poll but i cannot recall a team winning in India without a spinner in like last 25-30 years

 

[Ab Fan]

He's not, don't recall even India ever playing him alone.

Barry and Viv will bowl some spin for me.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan XI change their pick from Akila Dananjaya to Sunil Narine

 

[Ab Fan]

He's not, don't recall even India ever playing him alone.

Ofcourse India won't.We never had a potent pace attack so always go with two spinners atleast in Asia.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Won't matter in poll but i cannot recall a team winning in India without a spinner in like last 25-30 years

Tbh McGrath averages 21.3 in India. I’ll probably go for Azhar in my middle order.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan XI's bowling is ready to take on all teams on any surface anywhere in the world :-

Pace attack
Ambrose
Akhtar
Archer

Spin attack
Kuldeep --------------------- Chinaman
Narine -----------------------Off spinner/Leg spinner/Finger Spinner/Sometimes Dinner
Labuschagne --------------- Leg spinner
Tendulkar ------------------ Leg spinner

 

[Ab Fan]

Tbh McGrath averages 21.3 in India. I’ll probably go for Azhar in my middle order.

Why not YK? A much better batsmen.

 

[andy0204]

My squad
1) Michael Slater
2) Chris Rogers
3) Dean Jones
4) Martin Crowe
5) Daryll Cullinan
6) Tony Greig
7)
8) Malcolm Marshall
9) Graeme Swann
10) Michael Holding
11) Dale Steyn

My batting line up is not great but not bad either and most importantly bowlers wins you the matches .

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

My next pick is nicknamed as the Marata Marauder who taught the world how to bat aggessively while opening in test matches. All Sehwags, Haydens simply followed the great man. Welcome home!

SANATH JAYASURYA

The great advantage is that I can partner him with Warne and wreck all batting line ups in sub continent if anyone challenges us!

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Why not YK? A much better batsmen.

Tbh I’ll flip a coin.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

My next pick is nicknamed as the Marata Marauder who taught the world how to bat aggessively while opening in test matches. All Sehwags, Haydens simply followed the great man. Welcome home!

SANATH JAYASURYA

The great advantage is that I can partner him with Warne and wreck all batting line ups in sub continent if anyone challenges us!

Great pick. What’s your second pick?

 

[Bhaijaan]

My squad
1) Michael Slater
2) Chris Rogers
3) Dean Jones
4) Martin Crowe
5) Daryll Cullinan
6) Tony Greig
7)
8) Malcolm Marshall
9) Graeme Swann
10) Michael Holding
11) Dale Steyn

My batting line up is not great but not bad either and most importantly bowlers wins you the matches .

You have the most unique batting line up in this draft. I respect that.

Its almost like you bought all your bowlers on a 1 batsman free offer

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

My last pick is a fierce true fast bowler from Australia who wrecked many a line ups in his day - Len Pascoe!

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

My final line up -

Saeed Anwar
Sanath Jayasurya
Babar Azam
Michael Hussey
Ben Stokes
Shane Watson
Kusal Perera (k)
Shane Warne (c)
Mitchell Johnson
Kagiso Rabada
Len Pascoe

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Just checked stats again, Azhar failed in Australia. So going to go with YK probably

Just waiting on you to make your pick now Bhaijaan

 

[Bhaijaan]

Adam Voges

 

[Thunderbolt14]

solid finish bhaijaan. With that, Thunderstorm XI makes its final pick

drum roll

Younis Khan.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I would like to present to you:

The Thunderstorm XI
1. Mayank Agarwal
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Vinod Kambli
4. Younis Khan (C)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Inzamam ul Haq
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Shane Bond
11. Glenn McGrath

 

[Bhaijaan]

solid finish bhaijaan. With that, Thunderstorm XI makes its final pick

drum roll

Younis Khan.

Cheers bro.

Welcome to Yoni

Malcolm, Curtly, McGrath, Donald no one can stop him if the pitch doesn't help

Only peak Mohammad Shami maybe ) )

 

[Bhaijaan]

I would like to present to you:

The Thunderstorm XI
1. Mayank Agarwal
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Vinod Kambli
4. Younis Khan (C)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Inzamam ul Haq
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Shane Bond
11. Glenn McGrath

This looks like a team with jazba junoon

A lot of vibe about this team.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

This looks like a team with jazba junoon

A lot of vibe about this team.

Love your team too bhai. Post the final version!

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan XI
..where future meets folklore

Prithvi Shaw (wk)
Marnus Labuschagne
Ricky Ponting (c)
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Adam Voges
Sunil Narine
Jofra Archer
Shoaib Akhtar
Kuldeep Yadav
Curtly Ambrose

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Akhtar
Ambrose
Archer

 

[Bhaijaan]

Akhtar
Ambrose
Archer

Guess you can call it an A+++ pace attack


Kind of fear for the safety of some of the teams out there, especially those who picked their batsmen on 1+1 offers

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Lots of tumtumay going to fly everywhere your fast bowling lineup is Akhtar’s wet dream )

 

[Bhaijaan]

Lots of tumtumay going to fly everywhere your fast bowling lineup is Akhtar’s wet dream )

When Jofra Archer seems like the least threatening in the pace attack, you knows it's bad. )

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

I would like to present to you:

The Thunderstorm XI
1. Mayank Agarwal
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Vinod Kambli
4. Younis Khan (C)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Inzamam ul Haq
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Shane Bond
11. Glenn McGrath

Batting looks weak in SENA conditions

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Batting looks weak in SENA conditions

Mayank, Younis, Yousuf, Inzi, and Gilchrist? I’ll be good bro dw

 

[Bhaijaan]

Mayank, Younis, Yousuf, Inzi, and Gilchrist? I’ll be good bro dw

You can still request FDP to trade Shane Watson to you ) )

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Mayank, Younis, Yousuf, Inzi, and Gilchrist? I’ll be good bro dw

The top order would have gone to pavilion in no time making it difficult for Yousuf, Younis.. anyway the bowling looks good. But only 4 bowlers and no allrounders to share workload. Makes things difficult when opposition gets stuck in..

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

You can still request FDP to trade Shane Watson to you ) )

Nah I won't. How else can I beat the living daylights of chubby Kuldeep and push him into early retirement if I do so

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Lots of tumtumay going to fly everywhere your fast bowling lineup is Akhtar’s wet dream )

A couple of slashes over point from the Marata Marauder and FC is going to wet his pants

 

[Ab Fan]

Kevin O'Brien with an average of 77 vs Pakistan and 3 tests is still unpicked. A legend of the game and iconic Irish cricket who will be remembered 100 years later by Irish people also.

 

[Ab Fan]

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION], your pick.

 

[therealAB]

Select a sub too, your captain will be out in the second match due to over rate.

have 6 fast bowlers so can keep them fresh to keep up the over rate

The 80's WI were fine

 

[therealAB]

Who are the spinners in your team bro

Spinners are usually needed to take workload, with 6 good pacers I do not need that

Chappell bowled a bit of spin

The only issue is day 5 but I should have won by then

 

[Bhaijaan]

have 6 fast bowlers so can keep them fresh to keep up the over rate

The 80's WI were fine

I think you are a couple of fast bowlers short...

 

[Ab Fan]

I would like to present to you:

The Thunderstorm XI
1. Mayank Agarwal
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Vinod Kambli
4. Younis Khan (C)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Inzamam ul Haq
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Mohammad Asif
10. Shane Bond
11. Glenn McGrath

Captain should be Inzamam.

 

[andy0204]

Mohammad Ashraful is still unpicked.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Captain should be Inzamam.

Inzi was quite successful but I think Younis Khan in an ideal world could have been one of Pakistan’s best captains if not for the revolts