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DDD - Draft by Debut Decade

honestbharani

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Well, whatever be the result of the draft now, I can sleep satisfied knowing the Bradman of drafts had a pick taken away by me, for once. :)


I badly wanted Jayasuriya and another player who is also ineligible due to the 2 from a team rule. Can't believe I forgot it so much.
 

ataraxia

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R11 order: kingkallis, weldone, ankitj, SillyCowCorner1, trundler, Line & Length, Teuton, ataraxia, Red Hill, Fuller Pilch, JOJOXI, honestbharani
 

kingkallis

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Jonny Bairstow (ENG, 2010s) to complete my team.

CricZo XI

Graeme Smith / © (SA, 2000s)
Matthew Hayden / (AUS, 1990s)
Ian Chappell / (AUS, 1960s)
Kumar Sangakkara / (SL, 2000s)
Inzamam ul Haq / (PAK, 1990s)
Jonny Bairstow / + (ENG, 2010s)
Kapil Dev o / (IND, 1970s)
Chris Cairns o / (NZ, 1980s)
Derek Underwood o (ENG, 1960s)
Michael Holding o (WI, 1970s)
Curtly Ambrose o (WI, 1980s)

Ian Chappell did a Sachin and refused to bat at any other position so Sangakkara, the legend said he'd be happy to bat at No.4.

Bowling unit:

Curtly Ambrose
Michael Holding
Kapil Dev
Derek Underwood
Chris Cairns
 

AndrewB

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Jeff Thomson to finish.

The weldone/AndrewB XI is:

David Warner
Glenn Turner
Hashim Amla
Brian Lara
Virat Kohli
Imran Khan*
Alan Knott+
Heath Streak
Graeme Swann
Jeff Thomson
Ian Bishop
 

Line and Length

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Here are the selections and restrictions up to the end of Round 10:

Ankitj: D.Lillee, G.Pollock, W.Younis, Y.Khan, A.Border, A.Flower, A.Kumble, C.Pujara, P.Pollock, T.Latham

Ataraxia: D.Steyn, V.Richards, A.Gilchrist, K.Williamson, J.Snow, V.Sehwag, R.Willis, W.Lawry, C.Hooper, D.Vetorri

Fuller Pilch: M.Muralithatran, S.Tendulkar, G.Boycott, V.Philander, P.Cummins, Shakib Al Hasan, M.Crowe, B.J. Watling, M.Jaywardene, R.Fredericks

Honestbharani: M.Marshall, J.Garner, D.Walters, E.Barlow, A de Silva, Q. de Kock, B.Reid, Azhar Ali, A.Mathews, M.Richardson

JOJOXI: W.Akram, S.Pollock, R.Dravid, S.Waugh, G.Greenidge, B.McCullum, B.Stokes, B.Bedi, D.Gower, C.Gayle

kingkallis: C.Ambrose, K.Sangakarra, M.Holding, G.Smith, Kapil Dev, M.Haydn, D.Underwood, C.Cairns, I.Chappell, Inzaman ul-Haq

Line & Length: J.Kallis, S.Gavaskar, A.Roberts, A.B. de Villiers, R.Jadeja, J.Anderson, M.Labuschagne, D.Amiss, S.Akhtar, C.Lloyd

Red Hill: R.Hadlee, M.Procter, R.Ponting, J.Root, G.Gooch, M.S.Dhoni, K.Rabada, B.S. Chandrasekhar, M.Taylor, M.Yousuf

Teuton: G.McGrath, S.Smith, I.Botham, B.Richards, C.Walsh, R.Ashwin, A.Flintoff, Z.Abbas, D.Lindsay, R.Richardson

Trundler: S.Warne, A.Donald, G.Chappell, J.Miandad, S.Bond, A.Cook, N.Wagner, M.Azharuddin, J.Dujon, J.Edrich

Andrew B: I.Khan, B.Lara, A.Knott, V.Kholi, I.Bishop, G.Turner, G.Swann, D.Warner, H.Streak, H.Amla

Restrictions:

ankitj – Pakistan, Australia, India, South Africa, ‘60s, ‘70s, '90s and ‘10s;
Ataraxia - Australia, England, West Indies, New Zealand, '60s, '70s, ‘90s & ‘00s
Fuller Pilch - New Zealand, Sri Lanka, ‘60s, '80s, ‘90s, '00s &‘10s;
honestbharani - West Indies, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, ‘60s,‘70s, ‘80s, ‘00s & '10s ;
JOJOXI – India, England, West Indies, ‘70s ‘ 80s, ‘90s & ’00s;
kingkallis – West Indies, Australia, ‘60s ‘70s, '80s, ‘90s & ‘00s;
Line & Length – S.Africa, India, England, West Indies, ‘60s ‘70s, ‘90s ‘00s & '10s;
Red Hill – England, South Africa, India, Australia, '60s ‘70s, ‘90s & '10s;
Teuton – Australia, England, South Africa, West Indies ‘ 60s,‘70s, ‘80s '90s & ‘10s;
Trundler – Australia, New Zealand, England, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s & ‘00s;
Andrew B – West Indies, England ‘60s, ‘90s, ‘00s & '10s;

There is no need for further updates beyond this one as contestants will be completing their teams and, hopefully, adding a summary (with or without averages) ready for the voting stage.
 

ankitj

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Marcus Trescothick (2000, ENG)

Exhausted all decades except 80s and exhausted SA, AUS, IN and PAK.
 

ankitj

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Marcus Trescothick
Tom Latham
Younis Khan
Graeme Pollock
Cheteshwar Pujara
Allan Border (c) [5]
Andy Flower (wk)
Peter Pollock [3]
Anil Kumble [4]
Dennis Lillee [1]
Waqar Younis [2]

Pretty good team that. Decent openers. Middle order is beastly, combining dourness of Younis, Pujara and Border with flair of G Pollock and Flower. Good luck bowling to those 5. Pace attack includes 3 pace bowlers all averaging under 25. Anil Kumble a capable spinner with lot of experience of bowling in different conditions. If he gets a hint of turn or a cracking surface, will wreak havoc.
 
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trundler

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Seymour Nurse

John Edrich
Alistair Cook
Greg Chappell
Javed Miandad
Seymour Nurse
Mohammad Azharuddin
Jeff Dujon
Shane Warne
Neil Wagner
Shane Bond
Allan Donald
 

Line and Length

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My final side and summary (with stats)

1. Sunil Gavaskar 10,122 runs @ 51.1 - 34 centuries
2. Dennis Amiss 3,612 runs @ 46.3 - 11 centuries
3. Marnus Labuschagne - 1459 runs @ 63.4 - 4 centuries
4. Dean Jones - 3,631 runs @ 46.6 - 11 centuries
5. Jacques Kallis - 13,289 runs @ 55.4 - 45 centuries; 292 wickets @ 32.6
6. Clive Lloyd (capt.) - 7,515 runs @ 46.7 - 19 centuries
7. A.B. de Villiers (w/k) 8,765 runs @ 50.7 - 22 centuries
8. Ravindra Jadeja 1,869 runs @ 35.3 1 century; 213 wickets @ 24.6
9. Andy Roberts 202 wickets @ 25.6
10. Shoaib Akhtar 178 wickets @ 25.7
11. Jimmy Anderson 584 wickets @ 26.8

The opening pair included one regarded as an ATG. Both regularly scored well against some impressive attacks.
Labuschagne at #3 has huge potential and already has made a great start to his career. Jones comes in at #4 - a slot where he averages over 70.
The middle order comprises 3 fine batsmen with each offering additional skills - a first or second change bowler, an astute captain and a wicketkeeper.
The pace trio consists of one of the fastest bowlers ever backed by two proven performers. They are backed by the all-rounder Kallis.
Left-arm orthodox spinner Jadeja offers further all-round credentials.
If a 6th bowler was required, captain Lloyd has shown he can offer tidy spells (economy rate 2.17).
 
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Teuton

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Final team

Barry Richards (SA, 70s)
Gautam Gambhir (Ind, 00s)
Zaheer Abbas (Pak, 60s)
Steve Smith (Aus, 10s)
Richie Richardson (WI, 80s)
Ian Botham (Eng, 70s)
Denis Lindsay (SA, 60s)
Andew Flintoff (Eng, 90s)
Ravi Ashwin (Ind, 10s)
Glenn McGrath (Aus, 90s)
Courtney Walsh (WI, 80s) c

I think i got spooked after picking two #11s in my first 5 picks so i overcompensated with bowling allrounders for batting depth. So i have 5 great wicket-takers, 8 attacking stroke-players plus Ashwin and a team that could succeed under any conditions. And absolute guns in McGrath, Smith, Botham & Richards.

I probably didn't pay enough attention to all 3 dimensions of constraints which left me a bit trapped at the end (didnt pick a 00s player until my last), so it was a more challenging draft than i first thought it might be. But that's a good thing for a competitive and interesting draft from a simple concept so well done to line & length on the idea.

I am kind of hanging out for a draft idea that goes into more depth instead of just reshuflling the top 100 or so players...
 
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Red Hill

The artist formerly known as Monk
I'll pick now to keep things moving seeing as Ataraxia has already taken his NZ quota.

Ross Taylor
 

Red Hill

The artist formerly known as Monk
Red Hill CC

Graham Gooch (1970s, Eng)
Mark Taylor (1980s, Aus) *
Ricky Ponting (1990s, Aus)
Joe Root (2010s, Eng)
Mohammed Yousuf (1990s, Pak)
Ross Taylor (2000s, NZ)
MS Dhoni (2000s, Ind) +
Mike Procter (1960s, SA)
Richard Hadlee (1970s, NZ)
Kasigo Rabada (2010s, SA)
BS Chandrasekhar (1960s, Ind)

Pretty happy with this. Seriously talented batting line-up without any duds, and when you have Procter and Hadlee at 8 and 9, good luck bowling us out for under 450.

Bowling attack is seriously good, Hadlee, Procter and Rabada supported by the best of the Indian quartet imo. No legit 5th bowling option but Gooch was a capable medium pacer early in his career, and Root can throw down some darts.

Slip cordon sorted with Tubby, Ponting and Ross, and the team will be capably led by Tubby, with Gooch, Ponting, MoYo, Root and Hadlee providing support, all having been their nation's skippers.
 

Fuller Pilch

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Red Hill CC

Graham Gooch (1970s, Eng)
Mark Taylor (1980s, Aus) *
Ricky Ponting (1990s, Aus)
Joe Root (2010s, Eng)
Mohammed Yousuf (1990s, Pak)
Ross Taylor (2000s, NZ)
MS Dhoni (2000s, Ind) +
Mike Procter (1960s, SA)
Richard Hadlee (1970s, NZ)
Kasigo Rabada (2010s, SA)
BS Chandrasekhar (1960s, Ind)

Pretty happy with this. Seriously talented batting line-up without any duds, and when you have Procter and Hadlee at 8 and 9, good luck bowling us out for under 450.

Bowling attack is seriously good, Hadlee, Procter and Rabada supported by the best of the Indian quartet imo. No legit 5th bowling option but Gooch was a capable medium pacer early in his career, and Root can throw down some darts.

Slip cordon sorted with Tubby, Ponting and Ross, and the team will be capably led by Tubby, with Gooch, Ponting, MoYo, Root and Hadlee providing support, all having been their nation's skippers.
Taylor?
 
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