Joel Garner
ODI stats - 146 wickets @ 18.84 (econ 3.09, 3 5WI, best 5/31) in 98 matches
List A stats - 397 wickets @ 16.61 (econ 2.96, 10 5WI, best 6/29) in 256 matches
A pick that I feel exceptionally lucky to be able to make: the greatest death bowler of all time. Regardless of the current discourse around how yorkers are becoming less effective, Garner would not be a bowler you could just get down on one knee and scoop without fearing for life and limb. If he'd played an ODI, I'd potentially have picked Mike Procter ahead of him to better balance the side. Having Garner instead is
not a problem.
Aislabie's XI so far:
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Garfield Sobers (middle-order hitter/attacking bowler)
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Kwame Tucker (firefighter/gloveman)
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Joel Garner (death bowler)
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And my nomination for the lottery...
Michael Yardy
ODI stats - 326 runs @ 20.37 (SR: 69.06, best 60*) and 21 wickets @ 51.19 (econ: 4.84, best 3/24) in 28 matches
List A stats - 3,677 runs @ 25.01 (SR: idk, best 98*) and 141 wickets @ 38.82 (econ: 5.12, 1 5WI, best 6/27) in 209 matches
Honestly not a bad player to pick up, but not a fashionable one.
@El Loco and
@qpeedore to make their picks and nominations before the next lottery