Draft: The Panesar Lottery

[Aislabie]

Player 39

Peter Heine
Nominated by: Random.org



Frequently overlooked because of Neil Adcock's excellence at the other end, Peter Heine was an excellent bowler in his own right who deserves more recognition than he gets.

And he goes to... @CerealKiller

Congratulations!

 

[ddrap14]

And he goes to... @ddrap14

Congratulations!

Ayy, I just found an appropriate reaction image today:


Also yes Di Venuto is the first of many nominations of cricketers I just considered interesting

 

[Aislabie]

Player 40

Nkrumah Bonner
Nominated by: @Ed Smith



A Test success story who nobody saw coming, who was then cast out of the squad for Reasons by CWI.

And he goes to... @Till Valhalla

Congratulations!

 

[Yash.]

I'm just saying Cricket Archive labels them differently :/

You know I'm not accepting that as a loophole. A women's Test is still a Test.

Post automatically merged: Sep 15, 2023

7. Luke Jongwe
8. David Sewell
9. Mason Crane
10. Pud Thurlow

The dream bowling lineup

 

[Bevab]

Player 40

Nkrumah Bonner
Nominated by: @Ed Smith

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A Test success story who nobody saw coming, who was then cast out of the squad for Reasons by CWI.

And he goes to... @Till Valhalla

Congratulations!

Reasons include crossing thirty only once in his last five tests whilst forgetting how to bat.

 

[Aislabie]

Player 41

Don Tiripano
Nominated by: @pillowprocter



Hey look, another Zimbabwean seamer! Interestingly, Don Tiripano's consistent hard work has turned him into a proper batter, which nobody would have expected at the start of his career.

And he goes to... @Ed Smith

Let's look at how that team stacks up so far:

1.
2. Leonie Hoitink
3.
4.
5. Ken Funston
6. Don Tiripano
7. Tony Suji
8.
9.
10. Victor Nyauchi
11.

Yeah that's probably not ideal so far.

 

[Aislabie]

Player 42

Francis Otieno
Nominated by: @CerealKiller



The man who sometimes made Brijal Patel not be the worst specialist batter in an international team, Francis Otieno has gone on to a successful post-playing career as Kenya women's coach.

And he goes to... @ahmedleo414

Congratulations!

 

[pillowprocter]

Interestingly, Don Tiripano's consistent hard work has turned him into a proper batter, which nobody would have expected at the start of his career.

The real Don

 

[Aislabie]

Player 43

Dickie Fuller
Nominated by: @ahmedleo414



The man with the same name as a statistical test, Dickie Fuller came from Jamaica in the time when there was barely any first-class cricket for Jamaicans. Despite that, he made it into the West Indies team, which suggests he was pretty good at cricket.

And he goes to... @Welwyn

Let's look at how his team stacks up so far:

7. Dickie Fuller

 

[Aislabie]

Player 44

Brad Evans
Nominated by: @pillowprocter



Hey look, another Zimbabwean seamer! Quite a good cricketer from what I've seen, the sort of player who would have signed a three-year Kolpak deal at Leicestershire and played maybe a dozen first-team games before returning to Zimbabwe, if only that were still an option.

And he goes to... @ahmedleo414

Congratulations!

 

[Aislabie]

Player 45

William Solomon
Nominated by: @ahmedleo414



One Test as a specialist batter, overall first-class career average of under 10, nobody's even heard of him. That's how you do a Panesar nomination.

And he goes to... @ddrap14

Let see how that affects your team so far:

1.
2. Brenton Parchment
3.
4.
5. Rohan Gavaskar
6. William Solomon
7. Alec Douglas-Home
8.
9.
10. Veer Pratap Singh
11.

Hmmm.

 

[pillowprocter]

Oh nooo. It's impossible for everyone to get a Zimbabwean pacer now

 

[Aislabie]

Player 46

Arjun Yadav
Nominated by: @Till Valhalla



There are so many players who've played Ranji cricket, and you keep picking the ones who averaged 28. It's an art, frankly.

And he goes to... @Welwyn

Congratulations!

 

[Aislabie]

Player 47

Gavin Hamilton
Nominated by: @Ed Smith



Gavin Hamilton is one of the better cricketers that Scotland has ever produced, but also had one of the worst careers of any player ever to represent England: 0 runs, 0 wickets and 0 catches in a Test match where England got pasted by an innings and 21, never to be seen again (for England).

And he goes to... @pillowprocter

Your team so far includes:

1. Michael di Venuto
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Ravichandran Ashwin
8. Gavin Hamilton
9. Bryce McGain
10. Riaz Afridi
11.

It really is a strong start.

 

[Aislabie]

Player 48

Wayne Larkins
Nominated by: @Ed Smith



What a man.

And he goes to... @pillowprocter

Congratulations!