Draft: The RNG Draft: Oops, All ODIs!

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Round 7
Ddrap's Pool

Simple: Ian Bell.


Ed Smith's Pool

Ed told me to take "Gilchrist". Fortunately he clarified Adam in an edit, because we all know what would have happened otherwise...


CerealKiller's Pool

A few solid bowlers here, but Mushtaq Mohammad was the pick.


Aislabie's Pool

Possibly the worst pool ever. Aislabie had to do a deep dive into everyone here's domestic career, which did at least produce a clear selection in Shakeel Ahmed Sr.


Till Valhalla's Pool

Continuing this round's trend of all-rounders is Sikandar Raza.


Ahmed's Pool

There's an obvious pick here: Pakistan's favourite man.


Parth's Pool

Speaking of easy picks...


LiveInASociety's Pool

I goof - pick being updated soon
Edit: Peter Burge is the updated pick, given he's available.

Aravind's Pool

Aravind queried whether he could pick Harshal Patel despite him not playing an ODI yet. Mainly because the answer is yes.


Naman's Pool

There were quite a lot of viable options here. Naman went with the English finger spinner Phil Edmonds, though.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Speaking of easy picks...

@ddrap14 wrong pic uploaded that's not Doeschate

 

[Till Valhalla]

Best round ever!

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Best round ever!

 

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Best round ever!

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Best round ever!

Everyone can see why after @Parth D and @Naman7 complete their outstanding picks

 

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Pool 8
Parth's Pool
AWOL

Ddrap's Pool

My choice is between a bad player who kinda fits a team need (Rafique) and a good one who does fit one. So I'm taking Mohammad Rizwan.


Aislabie's Pool

With Chanderpaul gone, Aislabie opted to take Upul Chandana and "play in Chattogram or something".


Ahmed's Pool

Ahmed elected to select Australia enthusiast Naveen-ul-Haq to bolster his pace contingent. Guess he doesn't want Chattogram then


Till Valhalla's Pool

Better cricketers were available, but no funnier one was


LiveInASociety's Pool

Incredibly obvious: Dennis Lillee


Aravind's Pool

With a need of batsmen, Brijesh Patel joins Aravind's team.


CerealKiller's Pool

This is the first pool I've ever produced that's resulted in swearing, so I'll take a little pride from that. CK, on the other hand, will take Aminul Islam.


Ed Smith's Pool

I don't know whether an Associate all-rounder is the most Ed or least Ed thing possible, but he adds Mahuru Dai.


Naman's Pool

Let's be honest, this was again obvious - Arjuna Ranatunga.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Till Valhalla's Pool

Better cricketers were available,

Lies, I selected the best.

 

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Parth's Pool


Herbert Sutcliffe was obvious.

New pools tomorrow

 

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@Neo 7 to finish the round

 

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Pool 9
Ddrap's Pool

I'll be adding John R. Reid to my bits and pieces AR collection. Also means I can bat Oram at 8, which is probably for the best


Ahmed's Pool

Ahmed also took an all-rounder, but this one isn't bits and pieces. Dwayne Bravo is a big hitter and a good death bowler.


CerealKiller's Pool

Ian Butler is probably BPA for an ODI, but he's also running CK the huge risk of opening with Stiaan Van Zyl...


LiveInASociety's Pool

I assume and hope Mark Craig won't be LIAS's fifth bowler, but if not he's a solid all-round piece.


Ed Smith's Pool

The ten overs that might have to come from Mahuru Dai for Ed will be made up by ten from Courtney Walsh.


Aislabie's Pool

@Aislabie if it's any consolation, you're guaranteed better than CK unless he gets Bradman...


Till Valhalla's Pool

And also TV, who is forced to add Canadian Abraash Khan to an already long lower order.


Aravind's Pool

If only in contrast to TV, this is a brilliant pool. Saurabh Netravalkar was the pick.


Parth's Pool

No idea what Parth meant by "Skip" at first. He then picked Jack Wildermuth, to be fair, the best player available by domestic record.


Naman/Neo's Pool

And finally because someone has to get an unironically good pool every round, Naman ends up with Michael Hussey.


IMPORTANT!!!PLEASE READ
The next round will be tomorrow after Random.org returns from scheduled maintenance.
@liveinasociety and @Till Valhalla both must pick a wicketkeeper in one of the next two rounds or otherwise nominate one.

 

[Verified Enigma]

No idea what Parth meant by "Skip" at first.

It means no pick in this round is better than any pick in this round

 

[CerealKiller]

@liveinasociety and @Till Valhalla both must pick a wicketkeeper in one of the next two rounds or otherwise nominate one.

Just set Statsguru to choose only wicketkeepers in their final round

 

[ddrap14]

The next round will be tomorrow

*tomorrow

 

[Verified Enigma]

Just set Statsguru to choose only wicketkeepers in their final round

May be in next RNG Draft you can keep a set criteria for every round. It will level the squad balance for everyone unlike the current scenario of someone having a tail that starts at 5. Though Randomness will still continue as someone might end up with Bradman in a round while someone else gets Akash Chopra. Someone can get Shane Warne while another can end up with Ramesh Powar

 

[ddrap14]

May be in next RNG Draft you can keep a set criteria for every round. It will level the squad balance for everyone unlike the current scenario of someone having a tail that starts at 5. Though Randomness will still continue as someone might end up with Bradman in a round while someone else gets Akash Chopra. Someone can get Shane Warne while another can end up with Ramesh Powar

I'm definitely thinking of running a second NextLevel RNG draft for my next RNG one, but there is one other thing I'd like to do in between

 

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@Till Valhalla @Neo 7 to pick