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Good stuff. The kids good to date? Did you get to any sport events whilst in Europe?

Update Round One pick 1 - Jacques Kallis (RSA) - Rogue pick 2 - Michael Clarke (Aust) - thepassenger pick 3 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 45HG16 pick 4 - David Warner (Aust) - Biffen pick 5 - Hashim Amla (RSA) - Macca pick 6 - Alistair Cook (England) - Tall Defence pick 7 - Dale Steyn (RSA) - H_T pick 8 - Rangana Herath (SL) - titan_uranus Round Two pick 9 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) - titan_uranus pick 10 - AB de Villiers (RSA) - H_T pick 11 - Morne Morkel (RSA) - Tall Defence pick 12 - Saeed Ajmal (Pak) - Macca pick 13 - Mahela Jayawardene - (SL) - Biffen pick 14 - Vernon Philander (RSA) - 45HG16 pick 15 - Jimmy Anderson (Eng) - thepassenger pick 16 - Graeme Swann (Eng) - Rogue Round Three pick 17 - Peter Siddle (Aust) - Rogue pick 18 - MS Dhoni (Ind) - thepassenger pick 19 - Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - 45HG16 pick 20 - James Pattinson (Aust) - Biffen pick 21 - Matt Prior (Eng) - Macca pick 22 - Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) - Tall Defence pick 23 - Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - H_T pick 24 - Steven Finn (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Four pick 25 - Mohammed Hafeez (Pak) - titan_uranus pick 26 - Jonathan Trott (Eng) - H_T pick 27 - Virender Sehwag (India) - Tall Defence pick 28 - Graeme Smith (RSA) - Macca pick 29 - Stuart Broad (Eng) - Biffen pick 30 - Pragyan Ojha (Ind) - 45HG16 pick 31 - Ross Taylor (NZ) - thepassenger pick 32 - Kemar Roach (WI) - Rogue Round Five pick 33 - Chris Gayle (WI) - Rogue pick 34 - Darren Bravo (WI) - thepassenger pick 35 - Azhar Ali (Pak) - 45HG16 pick 36 - Ishant Sharma (Ind) - Biffen pick 37 - Daniel Vettori (NZ) - Macca pick 38 - Younis Khan (Pak) - Tall Defence pick 39 - Mitchell Starc (Aust) - H_T pick 40 - Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) - titan_uranus Round Six pick 41 - Alviro Petersen (RSA) - titan_uranus pick 42 - Tillerkaratne Dilshan (SL) - H_T pick 43 - Abdur Rehman (Pakistan) - Tall Defence pick 44 - Shane Watson (Aus) - Macca pick 45 - Brendan McCullum (NZ) - Biffen pick 46 - Tim Southee (NZ) - 45HG16 pick 47 - Mitchell Johnson (Aust) - the passenger pick 48 - Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) - Rogue Round Seven pick 49 - Chandimal (SL) - Rogue pick 50 - Gautam Gambhir (Ind) - the passenger pick 51 - Ben Hilfenhaus (Aust) - 45HG16 pick 52 - Asad Shafiq (Pak) - Biffen pick 53 - Tim Bresnan (Eng) - Macca pick 54 - Matthew Wade (Aust) - Tall Defence pick 55 - Martin Guptill (NZ) - H_T pick 56 - Ian Bell (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Eight pick 57 - Jackson Bird (Aust) - titan_uranus pick 58 - Monty Panesar (Eng) - H_T pick 59 - DJ Bravo (WI) - Tall Defence pick 60 - T.Samaraweera (SL) - Macca pick 61 - R.Sarwan (WI) - Biffen pick 62 - T.Best (WI) - 45HG pick 63 - H.Singh (Ind) - Django pick 64 - V.Kohli (Ind) - Rogue Round Nine pick 65 - P.Hughes (Aust) - Rogue pick 66 - F.du Plessis (RSA) - Django pick 67 - K.Williamson (NZ) - 45HG pick 68 - J.P. Duminy (RSA) - Biffen pick 69 - Z.Khan (Ind) - Macca pick 70 - A.Matthews (SL) - Tall Defence pick 71 - M.Samuels (WI) - H_T pick 72 - B.Haddin (Aust) - titan_uranus Round Ten pick 73 - T.Boult (NZ) - titan_uranus pick 74 - J.Khan (Pak) - H_T pick 75 - (TD) pick 76 - (Macca) pick 77 - (Biffen) pick 78 - (45HG) pick 79 - (Django) pick 80 - (Rogue) Round Eleven - Final Round

Those two were on my immediate radar. Well researched. Miles behind Tendulkar though

I understand there is a lot of cricket coming and I understand the benefit of rotations and giving various bowlers a chance to show their wares under International conditions in preparation. But I remain critical of a couple of decisions particularly the resting of Starc from the Boxing Day Test. He was rightly livid about the decision and right to go after a very good bowling performance in the Test prior. The positives out of that Test though, was the performance of Bird and return to form of Johnson. So there are positive outcomes and people forget that. England will be interesting. Australia are known as somewhat flat track bullies. And the Duke ball in English conditions will be a hurdle for the Aussies top order. And the swing the Poms can generate is an absolute challenge for the top order too. I see Bresnan has gone to the US for a special surgery. I'm attending the 3rd Test at Old Trafford early August with some mates and all we've spoken about over Summer is our line ups for the Tour and if we can get a settled line up soon enough. To be honest, there is still much to consider for the selectors but I reckon they've pencilled in Siddle, Pattinson, Starc, Bird with Johnson the back-up for pace. I know Pat Cummins had a great debut Test, but that is now an eternity ago and he's been battling injuries ever since. He does have X-factor (like Pattinson) but he needs to get his body right before any consideration.

Update Round One pick 1 - Jacques Kallis (RSA) - Rogue pick 2 - Michael Clarke (Aust) - thepassenger pick 3 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 45HG16 pick 4 - David Warner (Aust) - Biffen pick 5 - Hashim Amla (RSA) - Macca pick 6 - Alistair Cook (England) - Tall Defence pick 7 - Dale Steyn (RSA) - H_T pick 8 - Rangana Herath (SL) - titan_uranus Round Two pick 9 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) - titan_uranus pick 10 - AB de Villiers (RSA) - H_T pick 11 - Morne Morkel (RSA) - Tall Defence pick 12 - Saeed Ajmal (Pak) - Macca pick 13 - Mahela Jayawardene - (SL) - Biffen pick 14 - Vernon Philander (RSA) - 45HG16 pick 15 - Jimmy Anderson (Eng) - thepassenger pick 16 - Graeme Swann (Eng) - Rogue Round Three pick 17 - Peter Siddle (Aust) - Rogue pick 18 - MS Dhoni (Ind) - thepassenger pick 19 - Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - 45HG16 pick 20 - James Pattinson (Aust) - Biffen pick 21 - Matt Prior (Eng) - Macca pick 22 - Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) - Tall Defence pick 23 - Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - H_T pick 24 - Steven Finn (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Four pick 25 - Mohammed Hafeez (Pak) - titan_uranus pick 26 - Jonathan Trott (Eng) - H_T pick 27 - Virender Sehwag (India) - Tall Defence pick 28 - Graeme Smith (RSA) - Macca pick 29 - Stuart Broad (Eng) - Biffen pick 30 - Pragyan Ojha (Ind) - 45HG16 pick 31 - Ross Taylor (NZ) - thepassenger pick 32 - Kemar Roach (WI) - Rogue Round Five pick 33 - Chris Gayle (WI) - Rogue pick 34 - Darren Bravo (WI) - thepassenger pick 35 - Azhar Ali (Pak) - 45HG16 pick 36 - Ishant Sharma (Ind) - Biffen pick 37 - Daniel Vettori (NZ) - Macca pick 38 - Younis Khan (Pak) - Tall Defence pick 39 - Mitchell Starc (Aust) - H_T pick 40 - Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) - titan_uranus Round Six pick 41 - Alviro Petersen (RSA) - titan_uranus pick 42 - Tillerkaratne Dilshan (SL) - H_T pick 43 - Abdur Rehman (Pakistan) - Tall Defence pick 44 - Shane Watson (Aus) - Macca pick 45 - Brendan McCullum (NZ) - Biffen pick 46 - Tim Southee (NZ) - 45HG16 pick 47 - Mitchell Johnson (Aust) - the passenger pick 48 - Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) - Rogue Round Seven pick 49 - Chandimal (SL) - Rogue pick 50 - Gautam Gambhir (Ind) - the passenger pick 51 - Ben Hilfenhaus (Aust) - 45HG16 pick 52 - Asad Shafiq (Pak) - Biffen pick 53 - Tim Bresnan (Eng) - Macca pick 54 - Matthew Wade (Aust) - Tall Defence pick 55 - Martin Guptill (NZ) - H_T pick 56 - Ian Bell (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Eight pick 57 - Jackson Bird (Aust) - titan_uranus pick 58 - Monty Panesar (Eng) - H_T pick 59 - DJ Bravo (WI) - Tall Defence pick 60 - T.Samaraweera (SL) - Macca pick 61 - R.Sarwan (WI) - Biffen pick 62 - T.Best (WI) - 45HG pick 63 - H.Singh (Ind) - Django pick 64 - V.Kohli (Ind) - Rogue Round Nine pick 65 - P.Hughes (Aust) - Rogue pick 66 - F.du Plessis - Django pick 67 - (45HG) pick 68 - (Biffen) pick 69 - (Macca) pick 70 - (Tall Defence) pick 71 - (H_T) pick 72 - (titan_uranus)

Are you asking me to "fix" the next Best XI's draft order...Rogue how could you after what was announced yesterday!

Can the AFL handle 2 Pandora's Boxes, let alone one? We're going to find out...

lol. Good point and good memory. We could always pick a 12th man if it would make you happy....

So too for J.Bird, titan. Nasher, if you're reading this I think he'll be a very good bowler for Australia for quite a while. Smooth action.

Given two others may need a spinner, I couldn't overlook him at that pick. He's a very good back up and teammate for Swann. Agree in good value. His figures aren't that far off Swann's tbh. Have a feeling he may have been one of Django's gems...

Round 8, pick 58 - Monty Panesar (Eng)

Ok, new update: - Round One pick 1 - Jacques Kallis (RSA) - Rogue pick 2 - Michael Clarke (Aust) - thepassenger pick 3 - Kumar Sangakkara (SL) - 45HG16 pick 4 - David Warner (Aust) - Biffen pick 5 - Hashim Amla (RSA) - Macca pick 6 - Alistair Cook (England) - Tall Defence pick 7 - Dale Steyn (RSA) - H_T pick 8 - Rangana Herath (SL) - titan_uranus Round Two pick 9 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) - titan_uranus pick 10 - AB de Villiers (RSA) - H_T pick 11 - Morne Morkel (RSA) - Tall Defence pick 12 - Saeed Ajmal (Pak) - Macca pick 13 - Mahela Jayawardene - (SL) - Biffen pick 14 - Vernon Philander (RSA) - 45HG16 pick 15 - Jimmy Anderson (Eng) - thepassenger pick 16 - Graeme Swann (Eng) - Rogue Round Three pick 17 - Peter Siddle (Aust) - Rogue pick 18 - MS Dhoni (Ind) - thepassenger pick 19 - Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - 45HG16 pick 20 - James Pattinson (Aust) - Biffen pick 21 - Matt Prior (Eng) - Macca pick 22 - Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) - Tall Defence pick 23 - Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) - H_T pick 24 - Steven Finn (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Four pick 25 - Mohammed Hafeez (Pak) - titan_uranus pick 26 - Jonathan Trott (Eng) - H_T pick 27 - Virender Sehwag (India) - Tall Defence pick 28 - Graeme Smith (RSA) - Macca pick 29 - Stuart Broad (Eng) - Biffen pick 30 - Pragyan Ojha (Ind) - 45HG16 pick 31 - Ross Taylor (NZ) - thepassenger pick 32 - Kemar Roach (WI) - Rogue Round Five pick 33 - Chris Gayle (WI) - Rogue pick 34 - Darren Bravo (WI) - thepassenger pick 35 - Azhar Ali (Pak) - 45HG16 pick 36 - Ishant Sharma (Ind) - Biffen pick 37 - Daniel Vettori (NZ) - Macca pick 38 - Younis Khan (Pak) - Tall Defence pick 39 - Mitchell Starc (Aust) - H_T pick 40 - Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) - titan_uranus Round Six pick 41 - Alviro Petersen (RSA) - titan_uranus pick 42 - Tillerkaratne Dilshan (SL) - H_T pick 43 - Abdur Rehman (Pakistan) - Tall Defence pick 44 - Shane Watson (Aus) - Macca pick 45 - Brendan McCullum (NZ) - Biffen pick 46 - Tim Southee (NZ) - 45HG16 pick 47 - Mitchell Johnson (Aust) - the passenger pick 48 - Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) - Rogue Round Seven pick 49 - Chandimal (SL) - Rogue pick 50 - Gautam Gambhir (Ind) - the passenger pick 51 - Ben Hilfenhaus (Aust) - 45HG16 pick 52 - Asad Shafiq (Pak) - Biffen pick 53 - Tim Bresnan (Eng) - Macca pick 54 - Matthew Wade (Aust) - Tall Defence pick 55 - Martin Guptill (NZ) - H_T pick 56 - Ian Bell (Eng) - titan_uranus Round Eight pick 57 - Jackson Bird (Aust) - titan_uranus pick 58 - Monty Panesar (Eng) - H_T pick 59 - DJ Bravo (WI) - Tall Defence pick 60 - T.Samaraweera (SL) - Macca pick 61 - R.Sarwan (WI) - Biffen pick 62 - (45HG) pick 63 - (Django) pick 64 - (Rogue) Round Nine pick 65 - (Rogue) pick 66 - (Django) pick 67 - (45HG) pick 68 - (Biffen) pick 69 - (Macca) pick 70 - (Tall Defence) pick 71 - (H_T) pick 72 - (titan_uranus)

Oh....well I'd don't have anything to offer other than I think the Bombers sports scientists should have supplied their players banana supplements. Orally.

Heard a rumour that Sandy Roberts is heading to Fox Footy to call the footy. That's about all I can help you with Redleg. Other than that its just drugs or "supplements" and ongoing investigations. It's a good thing Clothier finished the North and Crows investigations last year..... . What the AFL need to do right now is storm the Windy Hill HQ and take all there computers and files - not one month later..

Name change? the passenger = Django titan, your picks.....

Want to judge at the end, Nasher?

We may be thinking of the same couple of gems....

He's an opener and I needed a kiwi. The other spots I have left didn't quite suit given what I have to still pick up (or what I have in mind...). Btw, want to be judge at the conclusion?

Perhaps someone who has frequented the cricket thread. I'll have to put my feelers out and see if we can entice someone...tbc

I actually laughed out loud at that reply. Edit: Perhaps I should have included a silly emoticon or a tongue-in -cheek sign, reading back I'm not sure how you guys have taken me ... I thought the line about "not much left now in NZ" was pretty good..

It's called talking it up 45HG. Come in spinner.

Round 7, pick 55 - Martin Guptill (NZ) Completes my opening batsmen combo with Dilshan. A regular opening bat for NZ who will compliment my strong middle order.. There's not much left now at NZ. Over to titan_uranus for the next 2 picks.

Biff?

Ouch. Harsh on Sachin. He's one good innings away from his 52nd Test hundred.