End of Season CPL World League

Discussion in 'CPL Cricket' started by Julian, Mar 25, 2014.

  1. Julian BJ Taylor

    Should happen IMO.

    CPL NSW
    CPL Rest of Australia
    CPL New Zealand
    CPL South Africa
    CPL Zimbabwe
    CPL England
    CPL West Indies
    CPL Pakistan
    CPL India
    CPL Sri Lanka
    CPL Bangladesh
    CPL Associates
     
  2. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Bit off topic from your actual suggestion, but as I was going through something similar in my head, it made me wonder what a CPL Australia team would look like - or if you like, "Would all of Katich, Ponting and Hussey make the current Australian side on merit if they came out of retirement?"

    I think they'd probably take one, maybe two, but definitely not all three. Which is interesting when you compare it to the state of Australia's batting 12-18 months ago.
     
  3. Julian BJ Taylor

    I was actually going to post this question somehwere but didn't know where. Would be very interesting to see a CPL database Australian XI
     
  4. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Given it isn't aware Watson will break down if he bowls more than 10 overs in a day, or that Clarke's back is too fucked to bowl at all anymore, the lineup selecting program probably convince itself that batting Watson at 8 and leaving out Lyon was a good idea unless I told it the pitch was a turner.
     
  5. Speirz DG Speirs

    This does not make me feel good about selecting Lyon.
     
  6. Skippos SM Morgan

    I'm baffled that it'd think Watson's the best #8 in the country. Surely Harris/Starc/Patto/Johnson are more than capable on batting to bat #8 and while they're weaker than Watto batting isn't an elite prerequisite for #8 - and their bowling's much better.
     
  7. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Haha, I don't think it should be a shock to you that Australia have three better seamers than Lyon and that Watson is regarded as the better overall cricketer. Picking Lyon when you did was fine.. inspired even if you look at what happened to the teams that left their spinner until late.
     
  8. Julian BJ Taylor

    He'll be fine. 100 + test wickets (I reckon 80% plus against the top 3 teams in the world) at 32 is awesome.
     
  9. Speirz DG Speirs

    More the fact that on an even pitch there's a chance of Clarke being used instead.
     
  10. Cribbage RG Cribb

    That's just a reflection of the way the selection/odds program works more than anything. If I was picking a side myself based on the simming averages, Lyon would definitely be in it.
     
  11. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Speirz, does it make you feel better about your Lyon pick if I reveal that even though O'Keefe took 41 wickets @ 20 this season in the Sheffield Shield and has a FC batting average of 27 or so, it still picks Lyon when I instead when I ask it for a team to play on a turner? :p
     
  12. Julian BJ Taylor

    Your database works.
     
  13. MrPrez CM Dyer

    This sounds like gun news for our team, we have a lot of decent international records as opposed to some who have insane FC records. Guys like Fulton, McCullum and Vijay will be good value imo.
     
  14. Julian BJ Taylor

    well....
     
  15. Cribbage RG Cribb

    That sort of international focus just shows how criminal South Africa's non-selection of Philander was for a little while before he actually debuted too; he was actually in the CPL Database World XI before he'd played a Test. Massive effort. It was completely proven correct too. :P
     
  16. MrPrez CM Dyer

    Good value > Star players or anything. He'll be more than useful - won't tear up, but won't really be a liability imo.
     
  17. MrPrez CM Dyer

    Yeah I still don't actually get how that all worked. I think it had to do with SA's obsession with fast bowlers, but even so I don't know how he'd never got a chance in Tests given the political nature of SA cricket.
     
  18. Magrat Garlick M Garlick

    OP idea good btw
     
  19. Julian BJ Taylor

    Interested to see what a Zimbo CPL XI would look like. I reckon they'd have to use a stop gap second opener. Something like:

    1. Hamilton Masakadza
    2. Murray Goodwin
    3. Sean Williams
    4. Brendan Taylor
    5. Gary Ballance
    6. Sean Ervine
    7. Colin de Grandhomme
    8. Glenn Querl
    9. Keegan Meth
    10. Kyle Jarvis
    11. Ray Price

    Squad members:

    Tatenda Taibu
    Tendai Chatara
    Shingi Masakadza
    Dale Benkenstein
    Foster Mutizwa
    Vusi Sibanda
    Malcolm Waller
     
    Last edited: Mar 26, 2014
  20. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Spooky.
     
    Last edited: Mar 26, 2014

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