Draft: The Role-Reversal Draft

[Aislabie]

@Aislabie If its not much work, can you please update the first post, or please transfer it to me or @ahmedleo414

Done

4. Dinesh Kartik

Yeah, this is in no way a valid pick.

Firstly, your keeper can't bat that high unless it's something they didn't do in real life. (To save confusion, just put your keeper at seven.)
And secondly, your keeper has to be someone who didn't normally keep wicket in Test cricket. Honestly, the best one of these is still SOMEHOW not being picked and it's infuriating. KL Rahul would be one, but he wouldn't be the best option.

@Asham - has one late pick
@Life Warrior - has one invalid pick
@Na Maloom Afraad - has the next pick

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

NMA's ROLE-REVERSAL XI

Irfan Pathan
Ravichandran Ashwin
Andre Russell
Steven Smith
Colin Munro

Colin Munro. He's bowled as the fifth bowler for New Zealand in his only Test.

I'm really struggling with this draft tbh.

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@CerealKiller

 

[CerealKiller]

Hansie Cronje will be my next pick, having taken 43 Test wickets with his medium pace, at an average of 29, being among the first four bowlers in 24 out of 85 innings. In FC cricket, he took 116 wickets at 34.

CerealKiller's XI
1.
2.
3. Chaminda Vaas
4.
5.
6.
7. Javed Miandad
8. Steve Waugh
9. Shahid Afridi
10. Hansie Cronje
11.

@ahmedleo414 @Asham @Life Warrior

 

[ahmedleo414]

I will be going with Sir Richard Hadlee as a batsman

For the 86 tests he played, Hadlee batted in the tail order in 62 matches: 72.09%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Few players in the history of cricket have carried the fortunes of their team to quite the same extent as Richard Hadlee. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990, at the age of 39 and with a knighthood newly conferred upon him for his services to the game, Hadlee had cemented his place as one of the great fast bowlers of all time, and lifted New Zealand to unprecedented feats in the Test arena.

As the first player to reach 400 Test wickets, Hadlee was always assured of immortality, but in addition to his matchless skills with the ball, he was also a hard-hitting batsman of unquestioned skill, and he is acknowledged as one of the four great allrounders of the 1980s, along with Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev.

One of five sons of Walter Hadlee, the former New Zealand captain, his cricket education began at an early age, and in 1971-72 he debuted for Canterbury, forming a penetrative new-ball partnership with his elder brother Dayle. In those days, however, Hadlee was a tearaway, placing speed far ahead of guile, an attitude that was matched by his unkempt, long-haired appearance. As his knowhow grew, however, so his run-up (and locks) shortened, and all the attributes of the model fast bowler fell into place. His lithe, whippy, side-on action made life uncomfortable for all the great batsmen of his era, as he extracted pace, bounce and movement from even the least responsive of surfaces.

His first great demolition job came in Wellington in February 1978 - five years on from his debut - when his 10 wickets, including 6 for 26 in the second innings, condemned England to a first defeat against the Kiwis. However, it was for the Australians that he preserved his finest efforts, and his 15-wicket haul in Brisbane in 1985-86 remains one of the most talked-of moments in Trans-Tasman rivalry. He needed just 79 matches to reach 400 wickets - a phenomenal strike-rate - and he was still very much at the top of his game when, in 1990, he bowed out against England at his adopted home of Trent Bridge - his second-innings haul of 5 for 53 included a wicket with his very last delivery."

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
   
4. Sir Richard Hadlee
5. ?
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. Allan Border
9. Kane Williamson
10. ?
11. ?

@Yash. has the next two picks, @Asham & @Life Warrior have outstanding picks

 

[Yash.]

@Aislabie Is there a criteria for an all rounder? A person who is fulfills both the criteria of batsmen and bowler? Can that guy play as an all rounder?

 

[Aislabie]

@Aislabie Is there a criteria for an all rounder? A person who is fulfills both the criteria of batsmen and bowler? Can that guy play as an all rounder?

Yeah, they can

 

[Yash.]

My first pick would be Eric Dalton as an all rounder.



Qualification
Batting: 16 Innings from no. 8 and below, from a total of 24 innings batted
Bowling: 10 innings bowled as no. 5 bowler from a total of 12 innings bowled.

Statistics
Tests: 698 Runs @ 31.72 (2 100s, Best 117) and 12 Wickets @ 40.83 (BBI 4/59) in 15 Matches
First Class: 5333 Runs @ 33.12 (13 100s, Best 157) and 139 Wickets @ 25.81 (5 5WI, BBI 6/42) in 121 Matches

From his cricinfo profile,

Eric Dalton, who died in Durban on June 3, 1981, aged 74, was one of the finest allround sportsmen produced by South Africa between the wars. Considered fortunate to have been picked for the 1929 South African cricket tour to England, with only nine first-class matches behind him, in which he had limited success, Dalton, by late-summer, was giving every sign of developing into a very good, attacking, middle-order batsman.The value of having taken him to England in 1929, when only 22, was reflected in his performances on his return there in 1935. So well did he play that by the end of the tour he had scored 1,446 runs at an average of 37.07, including his First Test hundred at The Oval. With the wickets of Wyatt and Hammond in England's first innings he also contributed valuably to South Africa's famous victory at Lord's, their first over England in England. Despite a decline in form over the next couple of years, he was back to his best for the visit of W. R. Hammond's MCC side to South Africa in 1938-39, averaging 44 in the Test series, including 102 in the First Test at Johannesburg (the last Test hundred to be scored by a South African at the old Wanderers Ground), and, for good measure, hitting 110 for Natal against the Englishmen at Pietermaritzburg and three times taking the important wicket of Hammond, once in the First Test and twice ( stumped) in the timeless fifth. His ninth-wicket partnership of 137 with A. B. C. Langton, against England at The Oval in 1935, still stood as a record when South Africa last played Test cricket.[DOUBLEPOST=1589565532][/DOUBLEPOST]My other pick would be Adil Rashid for batting. Writeup later.[DOUBLEPOST=1589565544][/DOUBLEPOST]@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

I will be going with Jason Holder as a batsman

For the 40 tests he played, Jason batted in the tail order in 35 matches: 87.50%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Jason Holder was seen as a future talent until a selection panel headed by former World Cup-winner Clive Lloyd appointed him West Indies' ODI captain in 2014. Holder was only 23 at the time, and was still making his way as a fast bowler and a lower-middle order batsman. Less than a year later, he took over the Test team too, indicating how much the WICB and men in the know - ranging from Viv Richards to Brian Lara to Tony Cozier - believed in this man, who comes across as remarkably level-headed and mature for someone so young.

A reliable batsman and a steady medium-pacer - both suits being works in progress - Holder was born in Barbados and was the recipient of the prestigious Lord Gavron Award in 2009. He played one first-class game before being called up for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, where he was his team's leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets. He replaced the injured Tino Best for West Indies' limited-overs leg of the Bangladesh tour in 2011, and made his international debut in Australia a few months later. A Test debut came against New Zealand in Bridgetown in June 2014, and he took two wickets and made a fighting 52 at No. 7. He had been signed by Chennai Super Kings in the 2013 IPL auction, but was dropped. However, in 2016, he was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders.

At 6 feet and seven inches tall, Holder is a soft-spoken man, and so there were questions over his ability to lead a team of older and vastly more experienced cricketers. His maiden Test century - against England in April 2015 - showcased his mental strength. West Indies were 189 for 6 when he came in to bat at No. 8 and his 214-minute defiance saved the match for his team. On a tour of Australia in 2015-16, his authority seemed to come into question when stories of his bowlers refusing to bowl into the wind surfaced, but Holder quashed them on Twitter saying, "Be careful what you read! My fast bowlers had a tough game but every time I called on them they came up and gave effort. Never once refused!"

He captained West Indies in the 2015 World Cup, where they won three out of seven matches. He was also part of the squad that won the 2016 World T20, though he didn't play a game."

1. Jason Holder
2. ?
3. ?
   
4. Sir Richard Hadlee
5. ?
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. Allan Border
9. Kane Williamson
10. ?
11. ?

@CerealKiller you have the next pick, @Asham & @Life Warrior have outstanding picks

 

[Yash.]

I will be going with Jason Holder as a batsman

For the 40 tests he played, Jason batted in the tail order in 35 matches: 87.50%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Jason Holder was seen as a future talent until a selection panel headed by former World Cup-winner Clive Lloyd appointed him West Indies' ODI captain in 2014. Holder was only 23 at the time, and was still making his way as a fast bowler and a lower-middle order batsman. Less than a year later, he took over the Test team too, indicating how much the WICB and men in the know - ranging from Viv Richards to Brian Lara to Tony Cozier - believed in this man, who comes across as remarkably level-headed and mature for someone so young.

A reliable batsman and a steady medium-pacer - both suits being works in progress - Holder was born in Barbados and was the recipient of the prestigious Lord Gavron Award in 2009. He played one first-class game before being called up for the 2010 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand, where he was his team's leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets. He replaced the injured Tino Best for West Indies' limited-overs leg of the Bangladesh tour in 2011, and made his international debut in Australia a few months later. A Test debut came against New Zealand in Bridgetown in June 2014, and he took two wickets and made a fighting 52 at No. 7. He had been signed by Chennai Super Kings in the 2013 IPL auction, but was dropped. However, in 2016, he was picked up by Kolkata Knight Riders.

At 6 feet and seven inches tall, Holder is a soft-spoken man, and so there were questions over his ability to lead a team of older and vastly more experienced cricketers. His maiden Test century - against England in April 2015 - showcased his mental strength. West Indies were 189 for 6 when he came in to bat at No. 8 and his 214-minute defiance saved the match for his team. On a tour of Australia in 2015-16, his authority seemed to come into question when stories of his bowlers refusing to bowl into the wind surfaced, but Holder quashed them on Twitter saying, "Be careful what you read! My fast bowlers had a tough game but every time I called on them they came up and gave effort. Never once refused!"

He captained West Indies in the 2015 World Cup, where they won three out of seven matches. He was also part of the squad that won the 2016 World T20, though he didn't play a game."

1. Jason Holder
2. ?
3. ?
   
4. Sir Richard Hadlee
5. ?
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. Allan Border
9. Kane Williamson
10. ?
11. ?

@CerealKiller you have the next pick, @Asham & @Life Warrior have outstanding picks

Already picked

 

[ahmedleo414]

Damn, not sure how I missed that okay give me a few mins

 

[ahmedleo414]

I'll go with vernon Philander to bat, write up later

 

[Aislabie]

1. @Yash. - AB de Villiers
2. @Aislabie - Sanath Jayasuriya
3. @Na Maloom Afraad - Steven Smith
4. @ahmedleo414 - Hanif Mohammad
5. @CerealKiller - Javed Miandad
6. @Asham - Wasim Akram
7. @Life Warrior - Umesh Yadav
8. @Life Warrior - Rohit Sharma
9. @Asham - Rahul Dravid
10. @CerealKiller - Steve Waugh
11. @ahmedleo414 - Allan Border
12. @Na Maloom Afraad - Irfan Pathan
13. @Aislabie - Clyde Walcott
14. @Yash. - Daniel Vettori
15. @Na Maloom Afraad - Ravichandran Ashwin
16. @Aislabie - Shane Watson
17. @CerealKiller - Chaminda Vaas
18. @Yash. - Carl Hooper
19. @Life Warrior - Mitchell Starc
20. @ahmedleo414 - Kane Williamson
21. @Asham - Joe Root
22. @Asham - Stuart Broad
23. @ahmedleo414 - Ravindra Jadeja
24. @Life Warrior - Marnus Labuschagne
25. @Yash. - Frank Woolley
26. @CerealKiller - Shahid Afridi
27. @Aislabie - Shaun Pollock
28. @Na Maloom Afraad - Andre Russell
29. @Aislabie - Jason Holder
30. @Asham - LATE
31. @Life Warrior - INVALID
32. @Na Maloom Afraad - Colin Munro
33. @CerealKiller - Hansie Cronje
34. @ahmedleo414 - Richard Hadlee
35. @Yash. - Eric Dalton
36. @Yash. - Adil Rashid
37. @ahmedleo414 - Vernon Philander
38. @CerealKiller
39. @Na Maloom Afraad
40. @Life Warrior
41. @Asham
42. @Aislabie
43. @Asham
44. @ahmedleo414
45. @Yash.
46. @Life Warrior
47. @Na Maloom Afraad
48. @CerealKiller
49. @Aislabie
50. @Aislabie
51. @CerealKiller
52. @Na Maloom Afraad
53. @Life Warrior
54. @Yash.
55. @ahmedleo414
56. @Asham
57. @Aislabie
58. @Life Warrior
59. @Yash.
60. @Asham
61. @ahmedleo414
62. @CerealKiller
63. @Na Maloom Afraad
64. @Na Maloom Afraad
65. @CerealKiller
66. @ahmedleo414
67. @Asham
68. @Yash.
69. @Life Warrior
70. @Aislabie
71. @Asham
72. @Yash.
73. @CerealKiller
74. @Life Warrior
75. @ahmedleo414
76. @Aislabie
77. @Na Maloom Afraad

Index updated - @Asham @Life Warrior and @CerealKiller have picks

 

[ahmedleo414]

My write up for Vernon Philander

For the 94 innings he batted, Jason batted in the tail order in 76 innings: 80.85%

His bio from cricinfo:

"Vernon Philander is a powerful allrounder who has had stunning success in his first five months in Test cricket, reaching 50 wickets in only seven matches, the second-fastest ever in Test history. Philander hails from a country famous for producing high-quality fast bowlers, and he has done everything in his first few games to keep up that tradition. His strength isn't extreme pace, but he has everything else going for him: the ability to move the ball both ways at a sharp speed, and relentlessly attack the stumps over long spells.

His promotion to the Test squad was the result of consistent performances in the domestic circuit - he got a chance to play the home series against Australia in 2011 after taking 35 wickets at an average of 16.11 in the 2010-11 domestic season - but even he wouldn't have anticipated the immediate impact he made. He started with a Man-of-the-Match performance in his first Test, taking 8 for 78, including a second-innings haul of 5 for 15, to help South Africa to a stunning win in Cape Town. He followed it up with another five-for in the second Test, winning him the Man-of-the-Series prize. The good times continued in his next two series as well, as he grabbed 16 in two Tests against Sri Lanka and then tormented New Zealand in the three Test away series. He thus had six five-fors in his first seven Tests, and reached 50 wickets only 139 days from his debut.

Before all that Test success, Philander performed consistently for Cape Cobras. He also played for South Africa Under-19s on their tour of England in 2003 and the U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. In 2006-07 he produced an impressive one-day season for the Cobras, averaging 72 with the bat and 30 with the ball. It was enough to earn him a place in South Africa's squad for their one-day tour of Ireland, a team he'd been lined up to play for before a stress fracture of his back, and he was rewarded for a good display there with a spot in the Twenty20 World Championships in 2007."

1. ?
2. ?
3. ?
   
4. Sir Richard Hadlee
5. Vernon Philander
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Hanif Mohammad
8. Allan Border
9. Kane Williamson
10. ?
11. ?

 

[CerealKiller]

I'll go with Chris Woakes, who is probably the tailender with the best technique i have ever seen. He's batted just 6 times outside the bottom four.

CerealKiller's XI
1.
2.
3. Chris Woakes
4. Chaminda Vaas
5.
6.
7. Javed Miandad
8. Steve Waugh
9. Shahid Afridi
10. Hansie Cronje
11.

@Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Aislabie]

I'll go with Chris Woakes, who is probably the tailender with the best technique i have ever seen. He's batted just 6 times outside the bottom four.

He was my next pick - I was going to take him as an opener. I do have a couple of other players in mind, but I would have appreciated getting him