The Nest Cricket Draft - Voting Thread

[happy_eagle]

Over the past few weeks, we have been running our own cricket draft game over on the nest

This is how the game played out

So this is where the winner is decided. A couple of assumptions that we make


- Players selected were to be current Test match players
- The assumption is that these teams are designed to play in a test tomorrow. Therefore a sway towards current form should play high in any voting calculations
- Players are selected assuming 100% fitness too (both physically and mentally). So despite injuries to Cummins, Ryder etc.. all players within the 11's are presumed to be 100% fit
- Short Term player bans are also disregarded


So the teams are

Teams

Shuperman
Shupe's Shuperstars

Graeme Smith
Azhar Ali
Kumar Sangakarra
Asad Shafiq
Thilan Samaraweera
Ashwell Prince
Dwayne Bravo
Ravi Ashwin
Mitchell Johnson
Stuart Broad
Peter Siddle

12th Man: John Hastings


Patronij1
Number 1 XI

Virender Sehwag
Ed Cowan
Jaques Kallis (C)
Ian Bell
Misbah Ul Haq (VC)
Faf Du plessis
Dinesh Chandimal (+)
James Pattinson
Mitchell Starc
Graemme Swan
Ben Hilfenhaus

12th Man: Nathan Coulter Nile


Ochre
The Suckiest Bunch of Sucks XI

Tamim Iqbal
Phil Hughes
Hashim Amla
Younis Khan (c)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Yuvraj Singh
Brendan McCullum
Umar Gul
Zaheer Khan
Kemar Roach
Monty Panesar

12th Man: Jaques Rudolph

QS
QS4PM XI

Kieran Powell
Mahela Jayawardene
JP Duminy
Michael Clarke (c)
Marlon Samuels
Matthew Wade (WK)
Umesh Yudav
Vernon Phillander (Opening Bowler)
Tim Bresnan (2nd Over)
Rangana Herath
Ishant Sharma

12th Man: Chamara Kupagedara


thorne89
THE 89ers

Taufeeq Umar
Mohammad Hafeez
Darren Bravo
Kevin Pietersen
AB de Villiers
Angelo Mathews
Daniel Vettori (c)
Prasanna Jayawardene (+)
Dale Steyn
Steve Finn
Junaid Khan

12th Man: Virat Kohli

Toshowyouwhy
ToPlayYouStraight XI

Allistair Cook (c)
Alvrio PetersonRoss Taylor
Usman Khawaja
Mike Hussey (vc)
Tharanga Paranavitana
Matt Prior (+)
Ryan Harris
Morne Morkel
Nathan Lyon
Chris Tremlett

12th Man: Nic Maddinson


happy_eagle
The Happy 11

Tilakartne Dilshan
Gautam Gambhir
Sachin Tendulkar
Ricky Ponting
Jesse Ryder
M.S Dhoni
Shakib Al Hassan
Darren Sammy
James Anderson
Nuwan Kulasekara
Pragyan Ojha

12th Man: Chris Martin

larrikin
Larrikins 11

Chris Gayle
David Warner
Jonathan Trott
Cheteshwar Pujara
Shane Watson (C)
Brad Haddin (WK)
James Faulkner
Abdur Rehman
Pat Cummins
Tim Southee
Saeed Ajmal

12th Man: Mitchell Marsh


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[Pappa69]

One of the teams has Ricky Ponting. Given he is almost retired do I vote with this in mind? Or do I vote as if Ponting is in his prime?

 

[Shupe]

Also perhaps post who you voted for, and why?

 

[Shupe]

One of the teams has Ricky Ponting. Given he is almost retired do I vote with this in mind? Or do I vote as if Ponting is in his prime?

There is no way you vote for Ponting in his prime. Vote on his current form. Disregard his retirement.

 

[Toshowyouwhy]

You know what to do people

 

[Pappa69]

There is no way you vote for Ponting in his prime. Vote on his current form. Disregard his retirement.

Well on his current form he is about as useless as if he was retired haha.

 

[Shupe]

Well on his current form he is about as useless as if he was retired haha.

Exactly. So clearly the Shuperstars are the best team.

 

[Pappa69]

Also perhaps post who you voted for, and why?

I can't decide between the top 2 teams. Can I give them both a vote?

 

[Shupe]

Vote for the best, give the other an honorable mention if you desire.

 

[Patron]

I can't decide between the top 2 teams. Can I give them both a vote?

Vote for me! I have du plessis!

 

[Pappa69]

Ohk. I voted for patronj. It was between that team and Shuperman. I went with the patron one because I think Swann is a better spinner than Ashwin. But I thought those teams were really close with both good batsmen and bowlers.

 

[Toshowyouwhy]

Poor call Pappa, poor call.

 

[happy_eagle]

I selected Ponting last week expecting a sudden turnaround of form

 

[Patron]

Poor call Pappa, poor call.

The guy clearly knows cricket

 

[Shupe]

The guy clearly knows cricket

Evidently not

 

[Shupe]

Surely not even you could vote for your team, happy_eagle

 

[Patron]

Evidently not

well that would mean your team is rubbish too because he thought yours was second best

 

[happy_eagle]

Surely not even you could vote for your team, happy_eagle

None of the other teams have Jesse Ryder

 

[QS]

I should just get sympathy votes as I took Clarke when he was on fire, and nek minnit, he spuds it up.

 

[BluesMan]

I voted for Patronij1. That batting line up is very solid, and the aussie quicks with Swann for spin looks pretty good to

 

[DrVanNostrand]

The 89ers are boss.

 

[Patron]

I voted for Patronij1. That batting line up is very solid, and the aussie quicks with Swann for spin looks pretty good to

Nawwww thanks❤

 

[Patron]

I should just get sympathy votes as I took Clarke when he was on fire, and nek minnit, he spuds it up.

I think that's the best choice you made. Clarke is the best test batsmen in the world atm.

 

[Toshowyouwhy]

**** yes, I got a vote!

 

[Shupe]

I didn't even have Pat in the top 3 teams. I think thorne/TSYW/Shupe are the best teams for varying reasons.