Draft: ODI World Cup draft II | 20 teams, 48 matches, 240 WC greats, and the winner is...

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Shahid Afridi for 2011 please.

 

[Verified Enigma]

Ross Taylor 2011

 

[Fenil]

Dilshan

 

[Verified Enigma]

Shahid Afridi for 2011 please.

F

 

[VC the slogger]

Round 1 (1975)

CerealKiller - Dennis Lillee
Ed Smith - Imran Khan
ahmedleo414 - Sunil Gavaskar
Aravind. - Glenn Turner
Aislabie - Ross Edwards
Umair7 - Majid Khan
mohsin7827 - Clive Lloyd
RUDI - Chris Old
Yash. - Keith Fletcher
Neo 7 - Bernard Julien
Na Maloom Afraad - Dennis Amiss
liveinasociety - Zaheer Abbas
Gaurav_7 - Gary Gilmour
Bevab - Andy Roberts
Fenil - John Snow
VC the slogger - Keith Boyce
Verified Enigma - Syed Abid Ali

Round 2 (1979)

CerealKiller - Desmond Haynes
Ed Smith - Mike Brearley
ahmedleo414 - Bob Willis
Aravind. - Joel Garner
Aislabie - Phil Edmonds
Umair7 - Brian McKechnie
mohsin7827 - Colin Croft
RUDI - Michael Holding
Yash. - Sikander Bakht
Neo 7 - Gordon Greenidge
Na Maloom Afraad - Viv Richards
liveinasociety - Lance Cairns
Gaurav_7 - Mike Hendrick
Bevab - Asif Iqbal
Fenil - Graham Gooch
VC the slogger - Collis King
Verified Enigma - Somachandra de Silva

Round 3 (1983)

CerealKiller - Ashantha de Mel
Ed Smith - Martin Crowe
ahmedleo414 - Larry Gomes
Aravind. - Graeme Fowler
Aislabie - Guy de Alwis
Umair7 - Jeremy Coney
mohsin7827 - Roger Binny
RUDI - Abdul Qadir
Yash. - Duncan Fletcher
Neo 7 - Mohinder Amarnath
Na Maloom Afraad - Kapil Dev
liveinasociety - Allan Lamb
Gaurav_7 - David Gower
Bevab - Madan Lal
Fenil - Malcolm Marshall
VC the slogger - Richard Hadlee
Verified Enigma - Graham Yallop

Round 4 (1987)

CerealKiller - Navjot Sidhu
Ed Smith - Eddie Hemmings
ahmedleo414 - Geoff Marsh
Aravind. - Mohammad Azharuddin
Aislabie - Patrick Patterson
Umair7 - Arjuna Ranatunga
mohsin7827 - Dave Houghton
RUDI - Steve Waugh
Yash. - Wasim Akram
Neo 7 - Dean Jones
Na Maloom Afraad - Courtney Walsh
liveinasociety - Craig McDermott
Gaurav_7 - Saleem Malik
Bevab - Mike Gatting
Fenil - David Boon
VC the slogger - Javed Miandad
Verified Enigma - Kris Srikkanth

Round 5 (1992)

CerealKiller - Brian Lara
Ed Smith - Eddo Brandes
ahmedleo414 - Mushtaq Ahmed
Aravind. - Manoj Prabhakar
Aislabie - Chris Lewis
Umair7 - Anderson Cummins
mohsin7827 - Brian McMillan
RUDI - Mark Waugh
Yash. - Chris Harris
Neo 7 - Ramiz Raja
Na Maloom Afraad - Ian Botham
liveinasociety - Sachin Tendulkar
Gaurav_7 - Andy Flower
Bevab - Mark Greatbatch
Fenil - Allan Donald
VC the slogger - Peter Kirsten
Verified Enigma - Alec Stewart

Round 6 (1996)

CerealKiller - Waqar Younis
Ed Smith - Ian Healy
ahmedleo414 - Inzamam-ul-haq
Aravind. - Rajab Ali
Aislabie - Paul Strang
Umair7 - Aravinda de Silva
mohsin7827 -
RUDI - Gary Kirsten
Yash. - Andrew Hudson
Neo 7 - Damien Fleming
Na Maloom Afraad - Anil Kumble
liveinasociety - Shane Warne
Gaurav_7 - Sanath Jayasuriya
Bevab - Curtly Ambrose
Fenil - Saeed Anwar
VC the slogger - Steve Tikolo
Verified Enigma - Daryll Cullinan

Round 7 (1999)

CerealKiller - Roger Twose
Ed Smith - Ricky Ponting
ahmedleo414 - Geoff Allott
Aravind. - Michael Bevan
Aislabie - Herschelle Gibbs
Umair7 - Neil Johnson
mohsin7827 - Glenn McGrath
RUDI - Shaun Pollock
Yash. - Darren Gough
Neo 7 - Jacques Kallis
Na Maloom Afraad - Lance Klusener
liveinasociety - Sourav Ganguly
Gaurav_7 - Saqlain Mushtaq
Bevab - Moin Khan
Fenil - Rahul Dravid
VC the slogger - Shoaib Akhtar
Verified Enigma - Chris Cairns

Round 8 (2003)

CerealKiller - Collins Obuya
Ed Smith - Stephen Fleming
ahmedleo414 - Maurice Odumbe
Aravind. - Marvan Atapattu
Aislabie - Andrew Symonds
Umair7 - Andy Bichel
mohsin7827 - Yuvraj Singh
RUDI - Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk
Yash. - Damien Martyn
Neo 7 - James Anderson
Na Maloom Afraad - Adam Gilchrist
liveinasociety - Chaminda Vaas
Gaurav_7 - Shane Bond
Bevab - John Davison
Fenil - Muttiah Muralitharan
VC the slogger - Brett Lee
Verified Enigma - Makhaya Ntini

Round 9 (2007)

CerealKiller - INVALID
Ed Smith - Chris Gayle
ahmedleo414 - Michael Clarke
Aravind. - Lasith Malinga
Aislabie - David Hemp
Umair7 - Shaun Tait
mohsin7827 - AB de Villiers
RUDI - Kumar Sangakkara
Yash. - Graeme Smith
Neo 7 - Kevin Pietersen
Na Maloom Afraad - Ryan ten Doeschate
liveinasociety - Jacob Oram
Gaurav_7 - Mahela Jayawardena
Bevab - Brad Hogg
Fenil - Scott Styris
VC the slogger - Matthew Hayden
Verified Enigma - Nathan Bracken

Round 10 (2011)

CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie - Virender Sehwag 
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad - Shahid Afridi 
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil - Tillakaratne Dilshan 
VC the slogger - MS Dhoni 
Verified Enigma - Ross Taylor 

Round 11 (2015)

CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -

Round 12 (2019)

CerealKiller -
Ed Smith -
ahmedleo414 -
Aravind. -
Aislabie -
Umair7 -
mohsin7827 -
RUDI -
Yash. -
Neo 7 -
Na Maloom Afraad -
liveinasociety -
Gaurav_7 -
Bevab -
Fenil -
VC the slogger -
Verified Enigma -

 

[Neo 7]

Zaheer Khan ...

 

[Ed Smith]

Dale Steyn 2011

 

[Bevab]

Imran Tahir.

 

[Bevab]

In the space of three rounds, we’ve gone from having zero spinners to now potentially three in the side with two of them being absolutely world class.

I’ll have to openly admit that this was as much about wanting to take away a spinning option from everyone requiring one as much as me wanting Imran Tahir himself as I’ve already got four bowling options lined up. Having an enthusiastic spinner like Tahir waiting on the bench to be brought in is an absolute luxury though and I can’t wait to mix the bowling lineup depending on conditions and the match-ups.

Tahir himself is no slouch though, he’d arguably walk into most other lineups and perhaps even mine come the end of the draft. No one’s bowled as few overs as he did in the 2011 WC as he did in the top 25 wicket takers for the tournament and you’d have to go all the way down to #26 and #27 to find two who did bowl less than him. Tahir himself ended up as the seventh highest wicket taker of the tournament and an absolute breakout sensation with his passion on the field alongside wickets (and two four wicket hauls) in every match he played at a very healthy economy rate. The best part about him though? He made his ODI debut in the first ever match for South Africa at the 2011 World Cup! That alone should add a X-factor to his exotic spin.

 

[Gaurav_7]

JP Duminy

 

[RUDI]

Upul Tharanga

 

[Aravind.]

Robin Peterson

 

[Aravind.]

Robin Peterson the gun spinner we needed in our squad.

The 2011 world cup performance of him was just fabulous.

7 matches, 15 wickets at the average of 15.86 and economy of 4.25 and he can bat too.

The fourth highest wicket taker in the tournament along with Murali & Yuvi.

 

[Fenil]

Please change my pick to Kevin O'Brien.

 

[VC the slogger]

In the space of three rounds, we’ve gone from having zero spinners to now potentially three in the side with two of them being absolutely world class.

I’ll have to openly admit that this was as much about wanting to take away a spinning option from everyone requiring one as much as me wanting Imran Tahir himself as I’ve already got four bowling options lined up. Having an enthusiastic spinner like Tahir waiting on the bench to be brought in is an absolute luxury though and I can’t wait to mix the bowling lineup depending on conditions and the match-ups.

Tahir himself is no slouch though, he’d arguably walk into most other lineups and perhaps even mine come the end of the draft. No one’s bowled as few overs as he did in the 2011 WC as he did in the top 25 wicket takers for the tournament and you’d have to go all the way down to #26 and #27 to find two who did bowl less than him. Tahir himself ended up as the seventh highest wicket taker of the tournament and an absolute breakout sensation with his passion on the field alongside wickets (and two four wicket hauls) in every match he played at a very healthy economy rate. The best part about him though? He made his ODI debut in the first ever match for South Africa at the 2011 World Cup! That alone should add a X-factor to his exotic spin.

It was between him and Dhoni but I was forced to go for the latter coz I still needed a wicket-keeper.