Voting run-off - Best First XI competition

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Which is the best first XI?

Team D
6
30%
Team H
14
70%
 
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BUT Kriterion don’t u know that Vusi ‘the don’ Sibanda averages 25 when Zimbabwe wins a test match !!!!!
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jaybro wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:42 pm
BUT Kriterion don’t u know that Vusi ‘the don’ Sibanda averages 25 when Zimbabwe wins a test match !!!!!
Admittedly Sir Donald Bradman averages 0 when Zimbabwe wins a test match.
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eugene wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:44 pm
jaybro wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:42 pm
BUT Kriterion don’t u know that Vusi ‘the don’ Sibanda averages 25 when Zimbabwe wins a test match !!!!!
Admittedly Sir Donald Bradman averages 0 when Zimbabwe wins a test match.
Sir Donald Bradman was lucky he never had to face an attack consisting of Utseya no way he would have averaged 99.94
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Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:26 pm
Don't like the fact that there is no Ry Price in my team but if I chose the other there would be no Panyangara either so I guess team H for me.
This is exactly how I felt. Ideally I think H would be the ultimate team if it had ray price instead of cremer in my opinion. I just pulled out his stats and I have to say they are ahead of our captain's with a better average and an economy under 3. It's a shame he lost 5 whole years of test cricket during our time off when he was at his peak.

Although I must say with the workload cremer has now he might close the gap significantly over the next 5 test matches then we can judge them when they are both on 22 matches. I doubt he will cut that economy tho.

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jaybro wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:42 pm
BUT Kriterion don’t u know that Vusi ‘the don’ Sibanda averages 25 when Zimbabwe wins a test match !!!!!
He does? Well that changes things. Hhm may have a point.
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Kriterion_BD wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:25 pm
jaybro wrote:
Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:42 pm
BUT Kriterion don’t u know that Vusi ‘the don’ Sibanda averages 25 when Zimbabwe wins a test match !!!!!
He does? Well that changes things. Hhm may have a point.
Yes it does if we take out Sean Williams and replace him with the ‘match winning version’ of Vusi in the last test match Zimbabwe are still 80 runs short and also need to find another 6 wickers :?

No wait this doesn’t make sense :lol:
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I forgot to add an expiry date for this poll, so we'll just say by the end of the 2nd Test.

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So looks like Team H is the winner :D :D :D :D
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jaybro wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:23 am
So looks like Team H is the winner :D :D :D :D
Damn, my squad almost made it.

The only difference was I had Price and the other guy had Panyangara, who I dont rate. In retrospect my squad could have been better if I had Shingi who alsp adds value with the bat.m
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Kriterion_BD wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:29 am
jaybro wrote:
Mon Nov 06, 2017 3:23 am
So looks like Team H is the winner :D :D :D :D
Damn, my squad almost made it.

The only difference was I had Price and the other guy had Panyangara, who I dont rate. In retrospect my squad could have been better if I had Shingi who alsp adds value with the bat.m

Yes I thought the fact you had Price and had Panyangara would work against me in the round off because Pricey is so well loved.

For me the side really picked itself apart from the spinner role which came down to Price and Cremer, but I took into consideration Cremer’s 100 also and the fact he is the leading wicket taker since re-admission to make my decision.

I also thought that maybe having Hami opening would hurt me but I’ve always been a strong believer he’s an opener so I stuck with it.

Humbling to see most of my pears here agree with me :)
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