26. Kevin Pietersen (Ritchie) Like Clarke in that he can play innings that few other can, but also like Clarke in that he hasn't quite pinned down that ruthlessness in easier situations. Will be facing some bowling attacks that he really cbf against in this competition which is probably why he's lasted as long as he has; not many if any batsmen better than him left however so a good pick.
I was sure you meant him when you kept telling people there were better bowlers left than who they were picking.
Yeah you pretty much hit the nail on the head in two points. I was looking at a bowler but felt the comparative advantage needed to be taken. The drop in quality from openers is like jumping off a cliff compared to the slope of fast bowling. Again over the past year he's definitely not the best test opener. Probably not even second best but I thought I'd look somewhat to the future with this pick (Learnt my lesson from Vettori ). Can definitely see there being more chance of Cook turning things around and reclaiming the #1 test opener spot than him continuing this mediocrity and Smith sitting pretty.
The kiwis are pretty much sabotaging each other. If I didn't pick Southee, Chewie, Phlegm and Ritchie would have. If Phlegm didn't pick Taylor, Ritchie would have. If Ritchie didn't pick Boult, Phlegm would have. Fairly hilarious.
I was never going to pick Southee in round 1 because I was gunning for Ross, and was hoping one of Southee and Boult would make it to my next pick.
Cribb pretty hard on the Pietersen pick IMO, reckon he'd have been fine with the Boult pick and they're effectively both Round 1/2 picks since it's a double.
I went with Pietersen first simply so if I wanted to retain Boult it would only cost me my second round pick. Now just need him to trash India. (*touch wood*)
You don't need him to trash anyone. He'll be in the top 10 fast bowlers in the world which makes him a gun.
Swap me and Captain's picks around and I reckon you'd get a truer representation of where Harris and Southee should have been picked up
Well, he's definitely in the top 11. And that's where the gap is. In order of national side rather than quality as such, the top 11: Steyn Philander Morkel Harris Johnson Pattinson Siddle Anderson Broad Southee Boult Bit of a gap after those blokes IMO, and yes there are a couple there who I rate Boult higher than. So "srs", yeah.
