Draft: The Role-Reversal Draft

[PaceMaker]

DD's Role Reversal XI

1. Umesh Yadav
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8. Rohit Sharma
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11.

 

[Yash.]

DD's Role Reversal XI

1. Jasprit Bumrah
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8. Yuvraj Singh (Is he eligible @Master Bates)
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10.
11.

I don’t think you got the motive of this draft. You need to find a bowler, who is good at batting, but has not batted in the top 8 position for more than 40% of his test career.

 

[Yash.]

@Asham

 

[Asham]

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I would be going with Wasim Akram as my first pick. I still remember when he scored 257 not out against Zimbabwe in a test match and a handy lower-order batsman which he showed in many matches.

ASHAM XI
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3. Wasim Akram
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9.
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11.

 

[Yash.]

@CerealKiller ... Guys please keep tagging the next person.

 

[Master Bates]

You need to find a bowler, who is good at batting, but has not batted in the top 8 position for more than 40% of his test career.

Can be all-rounder too. But most players won't be all-rounders if they bat that down the order![DOUBLEPOST=1588751988][/DOUBLEPOST]

DD's Role Reversal XI

1. Umesh Yadav
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Rohit Sharma
9.
10.
11.

DD? Also, not criticising but you could have picked better players! Hell, I mentioned better players in my first post. HAHA

 

[CerealKiller]

I'll go with Steve Waugh, who actually was more of a bowler at the start of his career. He bowled his medium pace in 150 innings, 56 of which had him among the first four bowlers, just under 40%.
Test stats : 92 wickets at average of 37
FC stats : 249 wickets at average of 32

CerealKiller's XI
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7. Javed Miandad
8. Steve Waugh
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11.

@ahmedleo414

 

[Master Bates]

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I would be going with Wasim Akram as my first pick. I still remember when he scored 257 not out against Zimbabwe in a test match and a handy lower-order batsman which he showed in many matches.

ASHAM XI
1.
2.
3. Wasim Akram
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5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10
11.

You have one more pik

 

[Aislabie]

Can be all-rounder too. But most players won't be all-rounders if they bat that down the order!

Yeah, there are definitely all-rounders out there. The most obvious eligible one I can think of is Nicky Boje; he could both bat in the top six and bowl if you wanted him to

 

[ahmedleo414]

My next pick is Allan Border for bowling

For the 156 tests he played, Border bowled in the first 4 positions in 7 matches: 4.48%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Allan Border parlayed three shots and a fanatical zeal about not giving away his wicket into the most durable career that cricket in his time had known. At his retirement he had featured in more Tests, more consecutive Tests, more Tests as captain and more catches than any other player - and a batting average of 50 as well. His underused left-arm spin once brought him 11 for 96 against West Indies, and he was also an artful one-day player with a deadly arm from short midwicket. Not a natural leader, nor a man of frills, he came reluctantly to the captaincy in a dark age for Australia after Kim Hughes' tearful resignation at Brisbane in 1984-85, but eventually applied himself to the task as proudly as to his batting. From the World Cup win in 1987 and regaining the Ashes two years later, Australia crusaded under Border until in 1993 they came within one ball of conquering the world by beating West Indies. After he retired from Test cricket he played in Queensland's maiden Sheffield Shield win, was named 12th man in Australia's Team of the Century, coached Australia A, and became a selector in 1998. He resigned his post in Trevor Hohns' panel in 2005 in favour of pursuing his media interests, particularly as a pay-television pundit, but he returned a year later to assist the new chairman Andrew Hilditch. Four months after re-joining he suddenly stepped down again due to expanding business commitments. His importance to the game is recognised annually when the Australian Player of the Year receives the Allan Border Medal."

I have him batting down at 4, he is a great middle order batsman

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2. ?
3. ?
   
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. Allan Border
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?

@Na Maloom Afraad you are next

 

[Yash.]

My next pick is Allan Border for bowling

For the 156 tests he played, Border bowled in the first 4 positions in 7 matches: 4.48%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Allan Border parlayed three shots and a fanatical zeal about not giving away his wicket into the most durable career that cricket in his time had known. At his retirement he had featured in more Tests, more consecutive Tests, more Tests as captain and more catches than any other player - and a batting average of 50 as well. His underused left-arm spin once brought him 11 for 96 against West Indies, and he was also an artful one-day player with a deadly arm from short midwicket. Not a natural leader, nor a man of frills, he came reluctantly to the captaincy in a dark age for Australia after Kim Hughes' tearful resignation at Brisbane in 1984-85, but eventually applied himself to the task as proudly as to his batting. From the World Cup win in 1987 and regaining the Ashes two years later, Australia crusaded under Border until in 1993 they came within one ball of conquering the world by beating West Indies. After he retired from Test cricket he played in Queensland's maiden Sheffield Shield win, was named 12th man in Australia's Team of the Century, coached Australia A, and became a selector in 1998. He resigned his post in Trevor Hohns' panel in 2005 in favour of pursuing his media interests, particularly as a pay-television pundit, but he returned a year later to assist the new chairman Andrew Hilditch. Four months after re-joining he suddenly stepped down again due to expanding business commitments. His importance to the game is recognised annually when the Australian Player of the Year receives the Allan Border Medal."

I have him batting down at 4, he is a great middle order batsman

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
   
4. ?
5. Allan Border
6. ?
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?

@Na Maloom Afraad you are next

I don’t know whether we can have our bowlers batting in the top 6. @Master Bates and @Aislabie can clear.

 

[ahmedleo414]

I didn't see anything in the rules that said you can't, so that why i have him at 5, i can move him to 8 thats no issue for me

 

[Aislabie]

I didn't see anything in the rules that said you can't, so that why i have him at 5, i can move him to 8 thats no issue for me

Yeah, moved him to eight. You know that's not the point here

 

[Master Bates]

@Asham has one pick left. @Na Maloom Afraad Afraad can continue. (Obviously)

 

[Yash.]

@Aislabie can post. Its 24 hrs up for @Na Maloom Afraad