Suspicious Surreptitious Squirts CC

Four current or ex opening batsmen in my team (Karu, Tresco, Lahiru and Watling) with only 11 selected is pretty gun. Thirimanne and Watling can bat anywhere and with Sinclair in the wings I have a lot more batting depth than the number of selections suggests.

 

"At the age of 40 and retired I'm still the best Sri Lankan fast bowler around today. How's that ump?"

 

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Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        35      2431    54.02		
7. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
8. Chaminda Vaas        27       715    25.53    95     22.31
9. Graeme Swann		59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
10. Hardus Viljoen	38	 647	13.20	155	24.63*
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

12. Mathew Sinclair     30      2037    48.50     2     91.00
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yeah there are a couple of jammy cunts i have in mind who will provide more batting and a good 5th bowling option. i really like mclaren at 8 and swann at 9.

 

there were a few blokes on my list of various types who i think should go this round and i think vaas was both the best cricketer and the most likely to go soon. a few more will go before my next pick but basically id rather take the risk of losing my number 7 prospect because i have others, the lot of them are shunts, and i gain a good bowling allrounder for depth.

neither vaas nor mclaren will bat at seven if i can help it. in fact vaas just plain won't be. he's a good reserve bowler who bats 8 or 9.

 

Stuart Meaker and his extremely roomy trousers join the team.

 

The Squirts unleash the Neesh.

 

Code:

Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        38      2579    51.58		
7. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
8. Chaminda Vaas        27       715    25.53    95     22.31
9. Graeme Swann		59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
10. Hardus Viljoen	38	 647	13.20	155	24.63*
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

12. Mathew Sinclair     30      2037    48.50     2     91.00
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15. Jimmy Neesham       23      1224    36.00    59     30.69
16. Stuart Meaker       44       621    13.80   155     27.27
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Meaker's record since 2010 not quite up to his record since 2010/2011 but I'll take it, and he's tipped to be a future England genuine fast bowler so that's nice. Counting on Jimmy's exploits from the last two years to continue and him to boost it up the charts to easily put his first few games to bed. Since he's extremely likely to make his test debut on friday he's a good chance.

 

Watling and Neesham (Y)

 

dayboo hundred for Neesham helping the Squirts cause.

 

a 7-10 of Neesham, McLaren, Vaas and Swann would be so h4x.

Updated stats for the Neesh and Watling above. Watling's average actually falls a little but his runs quality should go up after this test.

 

Sohag Gazi throws his name into contention

 

Code:

Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        38      2579    51.58		
7. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
8. Chaminda Vaas        27       715    25.53    95     22.31
9. Graeme Swann		59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
10. Hardus Viljoen	38	 647	13.20	155	24.63*
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

12. Mathew Sinclair     30      2037    48.50     2     91.00
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15. Jimmy Neesham       23      1224    36.00    59     30.69
16. Stuart Meaker       44       621    13.80   155     27.27
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18. Sohag Gazi          30      1290    28.66   143     29.67

 

Debating whether to go with

Code:

Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        38      2579    51.58		
7. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
8. Chaminda Vaas        27       715    25.53    95     22.31
9. Graeme Swann		59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
10. Hardus Viljoen	38	 647	13.20	155	24.63*
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

or

Code:

Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        38      2579    51.58		
7. Jimmy Neesham        23      1224    36.00    59     30.69
8. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
9. Graeme Swann		59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
10. Hardus Viljoen	38	 647	13.20	155	24.63*
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

or

Code:

Name			Matches	Runs	Ave	Wickets	Ave
1. Dimuth Karunaratne	48	3396	48.51	
2. Marcus Trescothick   55      4419    49.65
3. Rahul Dravid	        28	2027	44.06	
4. Ross Taylor		36	2574	47.66	  2	17.00
5. Lahiru Thirimanne    35      2072    41.44
6. BJ Watling	        38      2579    51.58		
7. Jimmy Neesham        23      1224    36.00    59     30.69
8. Ryan McLaren         23      1150    38.33    74     27.28
9. Chaminda Vaas        27       715    25.53    95     22.31
10. Graeme Swann	59	1162	19.04	216	31.01
11. Kemar Roach		30	 389	10.80	105	26.53

thoughts?