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Test draft #5: Chronological timeline

Thunderstorm XI is complete!

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Eddie Barlow
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Clive Lloyd (c)
5. Sir Everton Weekes
6. Les Ames (wk)
7. Tony Greig
8. Kapil Dev
9. Hedley Verity
10. Jeff Thompson
11. Shoaib Akhtar
 
[MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION]

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maddgenius said:
First Cummins and then Rabada. You and [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION] have done this :yk
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Abdullah719 said:
I sacrificed my last pick to make this happen. If I let it go to the last round, he would've gotten KG :maqsood
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Was actually thinking of adding a bit of an unorthodox flavour into the mix but the big man Kagiso still being available was causing a bit of a conundyrum inside chowie’s not so tiny brain.

Has made chow’s decision a whole lot easier now :ashwin


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Chow Corner's last two picks



  • He is widely regarded as New Zealand’s greatest ever batsman.


  • He is also widely regarded as New Zealand’s greatest ever bowler, fielder and now captain.


He is none other than ...




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  • He is the only bowler in the world to have taken a hat-trick off just three deliveries.


  • He was one of the key reasons behind Pakistan winning the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.


He is of course ....




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SL_Fan said:
Chow Corner's last two picks



  • He is widely regarded as New Zealand’s greatest ever batsman.


  • He is also widely regarded as New Zealand’s greatest ever bowler, fielder and now captain.


He is none other than ...




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  • He is the only bowler in the world to have taken a hat-trick off just three deliveries.


  • He was one of the key reasons behind Pakistan winning the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.


He is of course ....




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Yeah Bumrah was probably the only option left.

So QDK is your 2nd opener?
 
[MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION]

Think you have stolen [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] 's last pick :stokes

Well done :salute
 
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] and then [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] can make his last pick too
 
Chow Corner

David Warner
Quinton de Kock (w/k)
Kumar Sangakkara
Jacques Kallis
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah


  • Attacking opening pair to assert dominance and take the shine off the new cherry.


  • Two ATG stalwarts to provide stability and take control as a contingency.


  • Arguably the two greatest ever Test bats since the Don solidifying the middle order.


  • Cool, calm and collected match winner at seven capable of pulling off heists regularly in tough situations.


  • Solid lower order batting support all the way down to number ten.


  • With the ball there’s plenty of quality and variety in the attack for all sorts of conditions - pace, line & length, swing & seam, reverse, left-arm, unorthodoxy and to go with all that top notch wrist spin as well as finger spin.


  • Couple of high quality support bowlers and partnership breakers allowing the frontliners to remain fresh to go flat out.


  • Captain with an attacking mindset and a brilliant all-round fielding outfit plus an expert ball handler to look after the shiny red thing.


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maddgenius said:
Yeah Bumrah was probably the only option left.

So QDK is your 2nd opener?
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Would have gone with him regardless :))

Yeah chow revolutionising Test cricket one draft at a time. Boom boom from both ends :afridi
 
SL_Fan said:
Chow Corner

David Warner
Quinton de Kock (w/k)
Kumar Sangakkara
Jacques Kallis
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah


  • Attacking opening pair to assert dominance and take the shine off the new cherry.


  • Two ATG stalwarts to provide stability and take control as a contingency.


  • Arguably the two greatest ever Test bats since the Don solidifying the middle order.


  • Cool, calm and collected match winner at seven capable of pulling off heists regularly in tough situations.


  • Solid lower order batting support all the way down to number ten.


  • With the ball there’s plenty of quality and variety in the attack for all sorts of conditions - pace, line & length, swing & seam, reverse, left-arm, unorthodoxy and to go with all that top notch wrist spin as well as finger spin.


  • Couple of high quality support bowlers and partnership breakers allowing the frontliners to remain fresh to go flat out.


  • Captain with an attacking mindset and a brilliant all-round fielding outfit plus an expert ball handler to look after the shiny red thing.


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Excellent team. Could have been better if you hadn't jumped to 2010 in round 7 and picked someone like Bond. Would have given you a chance to pick a solid opener (Cook/Smith) and someone like KP or Clarke in middle o
Think Bond, Smith/Cook, KP/Clarke would look much better than Bumrah, Warner, Smith.
 
maddgenius said:
Excellent team. Could have been better if you hadn't jumped to 2010 in round 7 and picked someone like Bond. Would have given you a chance to pick a solid opener (Cook/Smith) and someone like KP or Clarke in middle o
Think Bond, Smith/Cook, KP/Clarke would look much better than Bumrah, Warner, Smith.
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Absolutely. I share the same opinion on SL_Fan's team. Some very ordinary choices like de kock as opener. But overall a very decent team indeed.
 
[MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION], I even had my writings ready for Ben Stokes :misbah3
 
Let me know when I can make my pick. Have no clue whose turn is it now.
 
maddgenius said:
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] and then [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION]
[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] can make his last pick too
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waiting for @abfan before i can unleash my final superstar selection

thx for postiing my selection [MENTION=98188]madgenius[/MENTION]
 
Forward Defensive Push said:
Absolutely. I share the same opinion on SL_Fan's team. Some very ordinary choices like de kock as opener. But overall a very decent team indeed.
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maddgenius said:
Excellent team. Could have been better if you hadn't jumped to 2010 in round 7 and picked someone like Bond. Would have given you a chance to pick a solid opener (Cook/Smith) and someone like KP or Clarke in middle o
Think Bond, Smith/Cook, KP/Clarke would look much better than Bumrah, Warner, Smith.
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ElRaja's Steyn pick threw me off that was a killer :))

Wanted Smithy pretty sure he would have taken him as well otherwise and the plan was to pick Cummins next pick but ofc Abdullah719 went after chow as well :)))
 
The next pick is a very special cricketer and is destined to become one of the all-time greats.

Arguably the most exciting talent in the world and one of my favourites as well.

Some left arm pace bowling sensation coming up next.

It's none other than....



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SL_Fan said:
ElRaja's Steyn pick threw me off that was a killer :))

Wanted Smithy pretty sure he would have taken him as well otherwise and the plan was to pick Cummins next pick but ofc Abdullah719 went after chow as well :)))
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My original plan a few rounds ago was to get Steyn and then Stokes + a spinner.

Then I decided that with Steyn gone, I may as well get two pacers instead (Cummins and Rabada) since there were no standout spinners.

Jadeja at 7 and the other bowlers not being particularly great with the bat weakens the tail though. No luxury of Wasim, Warne at 9/10 for me :mv
 
Ab Fan said:
The next pick is a very special cricketer and is destined to become one of the all-time greats.

Arguably the most exciting talent in the world and one of my favourites as well.

Some left arm pace bowling sensation coming up next.

It's none other than....



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:afridi
 
SL_Fan said:
ElRaja's Steyn pick threw me off that was a killer :))

Wanted Smithy pretty sure he would have taken him as well otherwise and the plan was to pick Cummins next pick but ofc Abdullah719 went after chow as well :)))
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Still an excellent team. Best middle order in the draft. Batting depth is crazy with Warne at #10. 7 bowling options, best spin attack in the draft. Openers and pace attack are probably the only weaknesses. Also, who'd keep against Warne? Has to be Sanga, right?
 
Ab Fan said:
The next pick is a very special cricketer and is destined to become one of the all-time greats.

Arguably the most exciting talent in the world and one of my favourites as well.

Some left arm pace bowling sensation coming up next.

It's none other than....



.........
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:ssa :boult
 
With a match winning performance of <B>8-21 against India in India</B>, while playing for ROW XI in a hypothetical match,

Standing tall at 6'6'', I present you the next Wasim Akram in making.



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[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] Thought you'd pick Stokes/Holder as you surely don't need another specialist pacer in presence of Imran, Marshall and Donald
 
Ab Fan said:
With a match winning performance of <B>8-21 against India in India</B>, while playing for ROW XI in a hypothetical match,

Standing tall at 6'6'', I present you the next Wasim Akram in making.



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Had him marked as a pick if I missed Rabada. Wouldn't have minded, tbh, would give the attack another angle rather than four right-armers :ssa
 
Pace bowling quartet here it is:-

Malcolm Marshall
Imran khan
Allan Donald
Wasim Akram

Is there a better pace attack than this :afridi?
 
Last Monetarist said:
No, obviously not a great of the game by any stretch of the imagination. I debated the merits of picking folks like Rabada, Boult, Broad et al, but none of them have had the peak that Johnson reached in 13/14. I was hamstrung with picking bowlers here, obviously left it too late, so figured it's better to take a risk on potential with Johnson.
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I thought your pace attack would be Walsh, Akhtar, Anderson/Johnson. Was quite surprised when you skipped Walsh and then Akhtar
 
my final pick will be a quality seamer to support the explosive steyn and metronomic mcgrath. i go with mohammad abbas.

my final xi is total 180 from my last draft, flair and aggression throughout, with sutcliffe and abbas playing the holding roles in batting and bowling respectively.

v happy with my middle order of ponting, lara and kohli, plus one spinner bringing all the ball in, one away if the pitch starts crumbling.

cant think of a more penetrative duo than mcgrath and steyn to exploit any juice in the pitch. and if its a road, abbas, ashwin and shakib can bowl 60 overs a day to protect the spearheads.

1. H Sutcliffe
2. R Sharma
3. R Ponting (captain)
4. B Lara
5. V Kohli
6. C Walcott (wk)
7. S ul Hasan
8. R Ashwin
9. D Steyn
10. M Abbas
11. G Mcgrath
 
A Great XI is the one which has the style and class of Indian batsmen and the aggression of Pakistani fast bowlers. Here we go then:-

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Alastair Cook
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. BJ Watling (wkt)
7. Imran khan (c)
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Shaheen Shah Afridi
10. Allan Donald
11. Saqlain Mushtaq
 
Ab Fan said:
Pace bowling quartet here it is:-

Malcolm Marshall
Imran khan
Allan Donald
Wasim Akram

Is there a better pace attack than this :afridi?
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Would have been the best if Akram was there. SSA doesn't belong in an ATG XI.


Hadlee =Imran
Holding < Marshall
Waqar = Donald
Botham > SSA
 
Ab Fan said:
[MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION], I even had my writings ready for Ben Stokes :misbah3
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Abdullah719 said:
Aggression™ :bm
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Abdullah719 said:
My original plan a few rounds ago was to get Steyn and then Stokes + a spinner.

Then I decided that with Steyn gone, I may as well get two pacers instead (Cummins and Rabada) since there were no standout spinners.

Jadeja at 7 and the other bowlers not being particularly great with the bat weakens the tail though. No luxury of Wasim, Warne at 9/10 for me :mv
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Mess with the chow. Get the spanish crowbar.

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:yk
 
maddgenius said:
Would have been the best if Akram was there. SSA doesn't belong in an ATG XI.


Hadlee =Imran
Holding < Marshall
Waqar = Donald
Botham > SSA
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SSA is destined to be a legend brother. None can stop this phenomenon :gayle
 
maddgenius said:
Still an excellent team. Best middle order in the draft. Batting depth is crazy with Warne at #10. 7 bowling options, best spin attack in the draft. Openers and pace attack are probably the only weaknesses. Also, who'd keep against Warne? Has to be Sanga, right?
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Actually great idea MG Sanga can take the gloves against the spinners :))) Genius!

Future of Test cricket is here y’all

David Warner
Quinton de Kock (w/k pace)
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k spin)
Jacques Kallis
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

:rp
 
Ab Fan said:
A Great XI is the one which has the style and class of Indian batsmen and the aggression of Pakistani fast bowlers. Here we go then:-

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Alastair Cook
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. BJ Watling (wkt)
7. Imran khan (c)
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Shaheen Shah Afridi
10. Allan Donald
11. Saqlain Mushtaq
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Well played! :ua
 
Some aggression down the order is necessary in a team which has Gavaskar, Younis and Border to bore the audience so I pick a guy who has scored the fastest hundred in test cricket but can play a long innings too if required as proven by his triple hundred against India.

I'm sure [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] doesn't need another keeper so I can safely skip him while [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION] needs a pacer
 
maddgenius said:
Some aggression down the order is necessary in a team which has Gavaskar, Younis and Border to bore the audience so I pick a guy who has scored the fastest hundred in test cricket but can play a long innings too if required as proven by his triple hundred against India.

I'm sure [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] doesn't need another keeper so I can safely skip him while [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION] needs a pacer
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Michael Vandort?
 
SL_Fan said:
Actually great idea MG Sanga can take the gloves against the spinners :))) Genius!

Future of Test cricket is here y’all

David Warner
Quinton de Kock (w/k pace)
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k spin)
Jacques Kallis
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

:rp
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Yeah QDK hasn't kept against quality spin in his life and he struggles in IPL too with stumpings etc. Sanga has kept to Murali so shouldn't have any issues against Warne
 
maddgenius said:
Some aggression down the order is necessary in a team which has Gavaskar, Younis and Border to bore the audience so I pick a guy who has scored the fastest hundred in test cricket but can play a long innings too if required as proven by his triple hundred against India.

I'm sure [MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] doesn't need another keeper so I can safely skip him while [MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION] needs a pacer
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Big Mac coming up :afridi
 
maddgenius said:
Yeah QDK hasn't kept against quality spin in his life and he struggles in IPL too with stumpings etc. Sanga has kept to Murali so shouldn't have any issues against Warne
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Haven't really followed the IPL but yeah good stuff MG :))

David Warner
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k spin)
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (w/k pace)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

What do you reckon about Kallis opening instead I'm thinking not too many might see things chow's way with QdK opening :))
 
SL_Fan said:
Haven't really followed the IPL but yeah good stuff MG :))

David Warner
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k spin)
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (w/k pace)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

What do you reckon about Kallis opening instead I'm thinking not too many might see things chow's way with QdK opening :))
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Brother, you pick Prithvi Shaw, give me back Stokes :yk
 


Sanga too was pretty much an opener for the most part so another option

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Sanga too was pretty much an opener for the most part so another option I guess.

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1- Sunil Gavaskar
2- Saeed Anwar
3- Younis Khan
4- Javed Miandad
5- Allan Border (c)
6 - Brendon Mccullum (wk)
7- Ian Botham
8 - Richard Hadlee
9- Michael Holding
10- Rangana Herath
11- Waqar Younis



Probably the best pace attack in the draft that would perform everywhere in the world.

Great batting depth with Hadlee at #8.

Fine mix of grit/technique (Gavaskar, Younis, Javed, Border) and aggression (Anwar, Bmac, Botham, Hadlee).

This is also the best batting line up against spin. Anwar, Sunny, Younis, Miandad are among the best batsmen ever against the spinners while Border and Botham also have an excellent record in India.

Weaknesses: Choice of keeper and spinner could have been better but it's nearly impossible to have a perfect team in these drafts but Herath is as good as anyone in spinning conditions. Adding reverse swinging skills of Waqar and Holding's excellent record in Asia makes it the perfect bowling attack for Asian conditions. Spin of Herath won't be required much anyway in pace friendly conditions in presence of my pace quartet.
 
Should have gone with Sanga and Kallis opening dang :))
 
SL_Fan said:
Haven't really followed the IPL but yeah good stuff MG :))

David Warner
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k spin)
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock (w/k pace)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

What do you reckon about Kallis opening instead I'm thinking not too many might see things chow's way with QdK opening :))
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I believe any #3 can open and vice versa. Kallis has probably the best technique among the modern bats so can play as good as an opener as he would bat at #3 or #4. Opening pair of QDK and Warner doesn't inspire much confidence against the likes of Mcgrath, Hadlee, Steyn etc tbh
 
maddgenius said:
1- Sunil Gavaskar
2- Saeed Anwar
3- Younis Khan
4- Javed Miandad
5- Allan Border (c)
6 - Brendon Mccullum (wk)
7- Ian Botham
8 - Richard Hadlee
9- Michael Holding
10- Rangana Herath
11- Waqar Younis



Probably the best pace attack in the draft that would perform everywhere in the world.

Great batting depth with Hadlee at #8.

Fine mix of grit/technique (Gavaskar, Younis, Javed, Border) and aggression (Anwar, Bmac, Botham, Hadlee).

This is also the best batting line up against spin. Anwar, Sunny, Younis, Miandad are among the best batsmen ever against the spinners while Border and Botham also have an excellent record in India.

Weaknesses: Choice of keeper and spinner could have been better but it's nearly impossible to have a perfect team in these drafts but Herath is as good as anyone in spinning conditions. Adding reverse swinging skills of Waqar and Holding's excellent record in Asia makes it the perfect bowling attack for Asian conditions. Spin of Herath won't be required much anyway in pace friendly conditions in presence of my pace quartet.
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Looks solid thought you would have gone for Vandort but BMac is not a bad option as well I guess. Batting capable of grinding out attacks and plenty of quality bowling options in there as well. The fielding might drive AB nuts tho :))
 
maddgenius said:
I believe any #3 can open and vice versa. Kallis has probably the best technique among the modern bats so can play as good as an opener as he would bat at #3 or #4. Opening pair of QDK and Warner doesn't inspire much confidence against the likes of Mcgrath, Hadlee, Steyn etc tbh
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Point taken chow might have gotten a bit carried away with de Kock.
 
Abdullah719 said:
Had him marked as a pick if I missed Rabada. Wouldn't have minded, tbh, would give the attack another angle rather than four right-armers :ssa
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Yeah, gave that another angle with his left arm pace bowling in my bowling attack as well.

8-21 is really legendary stuff though :)))
 
Change of plans :))

Chow Corner 2.0

David Warner
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkara (w/k)
Steven Smith
Garry Sobers
Ben Stokes
Quinton de Kock
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne (c)
Jasprit Bumrah

Team consultant: [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
 
maddgenius said:
I thought your pace attack would be Walsh, Akhtar, Anderson/Johnson. Was quite surprised when you skipped Walsh and then Akhtar
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Yeah, Waugh was an impulsive pick, and if I had selected Walsh, Waugh would have been chosen by someone else. Akhtar was just one of those things, as I was a bit worried that I'd lose Anderson if I didn't get a move on.
 
Quite happy with what I ended up with:

Matthew Hayden
Graeme Smith (C)
Viv Richards
Joe Root
Michael Clarke
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Vernon Philander
Curtly Ambrose
Shane Bond
Muttiah Muralidharan
 
Ryan Harris

Anderson, Johnson, Harris, Bedi, Faulkner. Workmanlike attack, but could work on its day.
 
Trumper
Stewart (wk)
Worrell (c)
Crowe
Waugh
McCabe
Faulkner
Johnson
Harris
Bedi
Anderson

Batting's great, bowling's a bit meh.
 
<I>Time for some batting order changes. The final XI:</I>

Virender Sehwag
Alastair Cook
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Kevin Pietersen
Imran khan (c)
BJ Watling (wkt)
Malcolm Marshall
Saqlain Mushtaq
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Allan Donald
 
Moh@n said:
Quite happy with what I ended up with:

Matthew Hayden
Graeme Smith (C)
Viv Richards
Joe Root
Michael Clarke
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Vernon Philander
Curtly Ambrose
Shane Bond
Muttiah Muralidharan
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Solid team.
 
Final.

Len Hutton
Barry Richards
Hashim Amla
Greg Chappell (c)
Babar Azam
Andy Flower (wk)
Ravindra Jadeja
Pat Cummins
Kagiso Rabada
Andy Roberts
Dennis Lillee
 
Moh@n said:
Quite happy with what I ended up with:

Matthew Hayden
Graeme Smith (C)
Viv Richards
Joe Root
Michael Clarke
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Vernon Philander
Curtly Ambrose
Shane Bond
Muttiah Muralidharan
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Root ko #3 pe kar lo

Not a single ordinary player in this team. All ATG's or country greats

Gilly at #7 and vernon at #8 gives batting depth. Probably the most complete bowling attack in this draft.

5 solid bowling options + 3 decent part time options in Clarke, Root and Viv
 
Ab Fan said:
<I>Time for some batting order changes. The final XI:</I>

Virender Sehwag
Alastair Cook
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Kevin Pietersen
Imran khan (c)
BJ Watling (wkt)
Malcolm Marshall
Saqlain Mushtaq
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Allan Donald
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Glad [MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION] stole Stokes from you otherwise it would have been a perfect team. Another team full of ATG's apart from :ssa and Watling of course and probably Saqlain
 
Abdullah719 said:
Final.

Len Hutton
Barry Richards
Hashim Amla
Greg Chappell (c)
Babar Azam
Andy Flower (wk)
Ravindra Jadeja
Pat Cummins
Kagiso Rabada
Andy Roberts
Dennis Lillee
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This team would have been a serious title contender if you hadn't jumped 3 consecutive decade long jumps
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
I actually quite like it. Very balanced, and I’m drooling at the opening combo.
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It's a good team but could have been better. Jadeja who has 1 hundred in 50 tests batting at #7 with tail to follow so batting depth is an issue. Also Babar doesn't belong in an ATG XI. Could have picked any greats debuting in 90's like Inzi, Chanders if he hadn't jumped whole decades
 
maddgenius said:
It's a good team but could have been better. Jadeja who has 1 hundred in 50 tests batting at #7 with tail to follow so batting depth is an issue. Also Babar doesn't belong in an ATG XI. Could have picked any greats debuting in 90's like Inzi, Chanders if he hadn't jumped whole decades
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Cummins can bat a bit, and Babar might well be one of an exclusive few players who can score religiously both in SENA and in the subcontinent against top class attacks. Many other “greats” in this draft are home track bullies or are not as good against one of pace or spin, or if SENA players don’t hold up in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka or vice versa.

Babar is a great pick.
 
maddgenius said:
It's a good team but could have been better. Jadeja who has 1 hundred in 50 tests batting at #7 with tail to follow so batting depth is an issue. Also Babar doesn't belong in an ATG XI. Could have picked any greats debuting in 90's like Inzi, Chanders if he hadn't jumped whole decades
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I took a leaf out of Bhaijaan's book :afridi
 
maddgenius said:
Glad [MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION] stole Stokes from you otherwise it would have been a perfect team. Another team full of ATG's apart from :ssa and Watling of course and probably Saqlain
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He probably took that Donald revenge. Disappointed on not getting Stokes, I had even my writings ready for picking him :yk


Btw, Shaheen is the pick of the whole draft, brother :afridi.

He is Bichda hua little brother of Wasim Akram, who has finally met and been exposed to the world cricket.

Just like Wasim, he is as fast, as tall and possess every skill like bounce, variation, out-swing and reverse swing and is very handsome and good-looking as well : afridi.

He reminds me of the Pakistan cricket team pre-2000. There are also very high chances that after cricket, he may become a judge of a Dance Reality Show in India alongside a Miss Universe co-judge :yk.

All these ingredients add up to what I exactly need in my team.
 
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Hypothetical Test draft - 10 participants to pick their teams [Completed]
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