Donaldo
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I'm really hoping he changes nationality, to be honest. South Africa would be will nigh unstoppable then. Plus it would be funny to watch him call the English team cnuts to their faces.
I was just kidding mate. Btw stunning batting there Donadol. Bats deep till no.9.Does he?
I know Pietersen still has the accent and can't stop messaging but surely he's still counts for the Poms.
I'd go with this too. I saw your team, and Donald aside, I don't see you having a chance at 20 wickets. People forget Vettori averages only 34 in tests too.Donadol, the game's yet to start so maybe you still have the chance to change. I'm amazed you've chosen to drop Amir. You're basically going with 3 full bowlers in Donald, McDermott and Vettori and a bunch of part timers. Sure Klusener was a decent bowler in limited overs but with a test bowling average of 38, I'd struggle to count him as a full bowler. Thats worse than most part timers. It's a glaring weakness in my opinion.
It was a toss up and to be fair, I'm glad to hear you say that...didn't want to drop my favourite of the lot, barring his indiscretions.Donadol, the game's yet to start so maybe you still have the chance to change. I'm amazed you've chosen to drop Amir. You're basically going with 3 full bowlers in Donald, McDermott and Vettori and a bunch of part timers. Sure Klusener was a decent bowler in limited overs but with a test bowling average of 38, I'd struggle to count him as a full bowler. Thats worse than most part timers. It's a glaring weakness in my opinion.
Cheers for the tip.I'd go with this too. I saw your team, and Donald aside, I don't see you having a chance at 20 wickets. People forget Vettori averages only 34 in tests too.
I can't rate him as much as I haven't seen him. Simple as. Plus he was in an era with many great bowlers. Today, he would probably be valued a lot more. I think you have a very good team, but your bowling did look weak.Cheers for the tip.
I'm a little shocked at how underrated poor McDermott is on here. He was a genuinely brilliant bowler in my opinion, and injuries would prove to limit his brilliance. His ODI record is excellent too, just to give you an idea of his consistency, despite those injuries.
He wouldn't fit into the side.I'm really hoping he changes nationality, to be honest. South Africa would be will nigh unstoppable then. Plus it would be funny to watch him call the English team cnuts to their faces.
Iirc, We had Dravid at 3, Tendulkar 4, Ganguly 5 and Laxman for a long time. Plus Laxman specializes at batting with the tail.Laxman at 6 is such a waste.
EDIT: He seems to have had a decent record at the position though.
Can't argue that- I love watching him bat.His talent has been wasted for a majority of his career.
I see what you did there!If I was supporting your team I'd be wishing for the openers to be dismissed very very early.
Go away. It wasn't soliciting as much as asking people I know who follow cricket to come and vote.I think it should be known that I have been solicited for votes by certain of the protagonists.
For this reason I will not be voting for anyone.
That & I would never read an OP that long anyway & I haven't read the rules either.
If you could just have bribed me then I wouldn't have to post this, few grand should do it, more if you want to get to the final & win.
That's why Ntini is opening and Reiffel is at first change like he was for Australia. I won't go with Afridi - he just didn't do enough in tests - the comments about Philander, Aamir etc show that.I still think you should replace Adams with Afridi. Afridi didn't play a lot of tests but there's enough evidence of him being a better spinner than Adams from his limited over career.
And Ntini's your best bowler not Reiffel who was a decent medium pacer at best. For a while, Ntini looked like he'd take the step up from good to great. Never made it but still a better bowler than Reiffel.
You weren't the first...Go away. It wasn't soliciting as much as asking people I know who follow cricket to come and vote.
Did you write an essay??? I did mine in 5 mins.I haven't saved some of it ... let's just wait for KM, there's no rush.
No problem. Should be in your PM sent items unless you've cleared it though.I haven't saved some of it ... let's just wait for KM, there's no rush.