Draft: The Role-Reversal Draft

ahmedleo414 · May 2, 2020

Aislabie said:
It's on their Statsguru career summaries.

Visit their Cricinfo player profiles, then select "Bowling Career Summary"

Thank you, that helped a great deal!

Aislabie · May 2, 2020

No worries - the criteria should be something that you can easily check, but you can't easily trawl for

Bevab · May 3, 2020

Master Bates said:
Confirmed sign-ups so far:
@Aislabie @Asham @ahmedleo414 @Life Warrior @Na Maloom Afraad @Yash.

People who voted in the poll for this draft (confirm if you want to participate):
@CerealKiller @Naman Thakur @DalePlaysCricket

Others who might be interested:
@blockerdave @VC the slogger @Bigby Wolf @X Factor @El Loco @Bevab @deleted member @Nilay_60

Wish I could participate but I've got too much on my plate currently, sorry.

Master Bates · May 4, 2020

Draft Order:

Yash. · May 4, 2020

A pretty straightforward choice for me.

AB de Villiers

Career Stats...

Overall : 8765 runs at an average of 50 in 114 Matches
As a keeper : 2067 runs at an average of 57.41 in 24 matches

We all know about the legend. A good keeper, a legendary batsman, and an incredible athelete, he’ll be the perfect pick for no.7 in my team as he has batted quite low in his career too. At no. 6 he has over 2000 runs so can also perform at 7 i think.

@Aislabie

Master Bates · May 4, 2020

Yash. said:
A pretty straightforward choice for me.

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AB de Villiers

Career Stats...

Overall : 8765 runs at an average of 50 in 114 Matches
As a keeper : 2067 runs at an average of 57.41 in 24 matches

We all know about the legend. A good keeper, a legendary batsman, and an incredible athelete, he’ll be the perfect pick for no.7 in my team as he has batted quite low in his career too. At no. 6 he has over 2000 runs so can also perform at 7 i think.

@Aislabie

Aislabie · May 4, 2020

Sanath Jayasuriya

Test stats: 98 wickets @ 34.34 (2 5WI, best 5/34) in 110 matches
First-class stats: 205 wickets @ 33.20 (2 5WI, best 5/34) in 265 matches

Bowled in first four: 24 times (10.9%) :tick:

Sanath Jayasuriya may have been known as one of the most aggressive opening batsmen in recent history, but he started his cricketing career as a spinner and never really lost that side to his game. It's that which I will be looking to make the most of by selecting him here.

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@Na Maloom Afraad

Na Maloom Afraad · May 4, 2020

Steven Smith

If I understand the rules correctly, Steven Smith is just about eligible to be picked as a bowler. He has been selected as a non-bowler (batsman), he was the fourth bowler used by Australia in Test matches only on one occasion in the 54 innings he bowled (1.85%).

Reference: It was in the 2nd Innings of this Test match.

Am I getting this right? @Master Bates

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You can make your pick now @ahmedleo414

Aislabie · May 4, 2020

Na Maloom Afraad said:
(1.85%).

Yeah he's well within the range

Anything up to 40% for this number is okay

ahmedleo414 · May 4, 2020

Aislabie said:
Sanath Jayasuriya

son of a.... that was my first pick .. i'll have to do more research...

Master Bates · May 4, 2020

Na Maloom Afraad said:
Am I getting this right? @Master Bates

TBH you should ask @Aislabie if this query arises! As he is the man behind the rules. But still I will look where I can.

ahmedleo414 said:
son of a....

You the don't swear on the Benjamin the Aislabie, monsieur!

ahmedleo414 · May 4, 2020

I'll be going with Hanif Mohammad as my first pick Wicketkeeping

For the 55 tests he played, Hanif was the designated Keeper in 3 matches: 5%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Hanif was the first star of Pakistan cricket, the "Little Master" who played the longest innings in Test history - his 970-minute 337 against West Indies in Bridgetown in 1957-58 - then followed it a year later with the highest first-class innings to that point, 499 run out. With such feats, broadcast on radio, he turned cricket in Pakistan from the preserve of the Lahore educated elite into the mass sport it is today. Although famous for his immaculate defence and never hitting the ball in the air, Hanif could also attack, and was probably the originator of the reverse-sweep. His versatility extended to captaining and keeping wicket, and bowling right- and left-handed in Test cricket. But in addition to being the jack of all trades, he was the master of one."

I have him batting down at 7 (because that's the highest he can bat under these restrictions) so that he can hopefully provide some relief before the tail is exposed. He did score 203* batting at 6... so its not out of the realm of possibility that he might score big

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@CerealKiller you have the next pick

CerealKiller · May 4, 2020

ahmedleo414 said:
I'll be going with Hanif Mohammad as my first pick Wicketkeeping

For the 55 tests he played, Hanif was the designated Keeper in 3 matches: 5%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Hanif was the first star of Pakistan cricket, the "Little Master" who played the longest innings in Test history - his 970-minute 337 against West Indies in Bridgetown in 1957-58 - then followed it a year later with the highest first-class innings to that point, 499 run out. With such feats, broadcast on radio, he turned cricket in Pakistan from the preserve of the Lahore educated elite into the mass sport it is today. Although famous for his immaculate defence and never hitting the ball in the air, Hanif could also attack, and was probably the originator of the reverse-sweep. His versatility extended to captaining and keeping wicket, and bowling right- and left-handed in Test cricket. But in addition to being the jack of all trades, he was the master of one."

I have him batting down at 7 (because that's the highest he can bat under these restrictions) so that he can hopefully provide some relief before the tail is exposed. He did score 203* batting at 6... so its not out of the realm of possibility that he might score big

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@CerealKiller you have the next pick

Are you kidding me? He was my first pick :facepalm

I'll go with Javed Miandad, who is one of only two players whose Test average never fell below 50, from his first innings to his last.
He never played as the designated wicketkeeper, but he does have a stumping as a substitute keeper, so he's eligible.
Test stats : 8832 runs at 52, in 124 matches

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Javed Miandad

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@Asham

ahmedleo414 · May 4, 2020

Noooo, Javed was going to be my next pick... :facepalm

ahmedleo414 · May 5, 2020

@Asham missed his 24 hours deadline, @Life Warrior has the next two picks

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