1. 2. 3. Marnus Labuschagne 4. 5. Asad Shafiq 6. 7. 8. Rashid Khan 9. 10. Kemar Roach 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
1. Oshada Fernando 2. 3. Marnus Labuschagne (7) 4. Asad Shafiq 5. 6. Dhananjaya De Silva (6) 7. Ryan Higgins (2) 8. Rashid Khan (4) 9. 10. Kemar Roach (1) 11.
Ehhh....I think you can probably argue he'd be in the best four bowlers on a team. Main problem is that he's only done in Div 2....
I was leaning towards a similar player who's perhaps more bowling heavy but still an allrounder with that pick but ended up just going for it. Cream rises to the top and he gives me flexibility. If he goes at 28 bat 32 bowl, I'll be happy. Already have Roach and Rashid doing the heavy lifting.
I could also bat Higgins at 8 and have a rank turner at home with DDS and Marnus as the 5/6 bowlers. Options. Probably what I'm leaning towards anyway.
1. Oshada Fernando 2. 3. Marnus Labuschagne (6) 4. Asad Shafiq 5. Dhananjaya De Silva (5) 6. Shane Dowrich 7. Ryan Higgins (2) 8. Wriddhiman Saha + 9. Rashid Khan (4) 10. Kemar Roach (1) 11. Not sure whether to get Marnus to open, slide everyone up one and take advantage of Higgins/Saha and have them at 6-7 with 4 other bowlers, or whether to get in another top order bat and cop Higgins as the 4th bowler and Dhananjaya/Marnus the 5th/6th
Either way you should definitely pick a bowler now. Bowling looks pretty weak and if injury strikes you'll be severely crippled.
Hey, hey Skippos. I have your Hafeez. If you want to see him throw down some offies and somehow jam his way to 50 for your team ever again, you’re gonna have to cough up some of your Loosebuschange...
1. Oshada Fernando 2. Dhananjaya de Silva (5) 3. Marnus Labuschagne (6) 4. Asad Shafiq 5. 6. Shane Dowrich 7. Ryan Higgins (2) 8. Wriddhiman Saha + 9. Bilal Asif (3) 10. Rashid Khan (4) 11. Kemar Roach (1) I hope you will all enjoy coming to my dustbowl
1. Oshada Fernando 2. Dhananjaya de Silva (6) 3. Marnus Labuschagne (7) 4. Asad Shafiq 5. Shane Dowrich 6. Ryan Higgins (3) 7. Wriddhiman Saha + 8. Bilal Asif (4) 9. Rashid Khan (5) 10. Kemar Roach (1) 11. Dan Worrall (2) The tail is too long if I pick this XI but I feel a bowler short if I drop Worrall/Asif for the next batsman I pick. Ffs
1. Oshada Fernando 2. Dhananjaya de Silva (5) 3. Marnus Labuschagne (6) 4. Asad Shafiq 5. Misbah-ul-Haq 6. Shane Dowrich 7. Ryan Higgins (2) 8. Wriddhiman Saha + 9. Bilal Asif (5) 10. Rashid Khan (4) 11. Kemar Roach (1) 12. Dan Worrall/Bilal Asif/Oshada Fernando Worrall in for Asif on seamers, Worrall in for Oshada (Higgins to open) on roads. Think it works well. Looking forward to Div 2 bully Ryan Higgins opening the batting and the bowling and doing an ok job of it.
That Misbah pick just anchors my side so well I reckon. It looks *so* much better now. Gambling on 4 primary bowlers and 2 part timers being enough on rank turners given four of them are spinners.