Cricket team draft

[Simon]

I will pick Sydney Barnes then

Test career 1901-1914, pretty sure we cant pick pre-war players.

 

[NUFAN]

Yeah Heath you need to pick someone else mate!

P.S - Don't steal my next pick.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Test career 1901-1914, pretty sure we cant pick pre-war players.

Yeah Heath you need to pick someone else mate!

P.S - Don't steal my next pick.

You guys are ****s.

Then I'll pick Frank "Typhoon" Tyson

 

[NUFAN]

I'm going for the best English bowler of all time..

Fred Trueman.

 

[NUFAN]

1.01 chaminda_00 - Muttiah Muralitharan
1.02 G.I. Joe - Don Bradman
1.03 NUFAN - Gary Sobers
1.04 HeathDavisSpeed - Curtly Ambrose
1.05 Somerset - Shane Warne
1.06 Jakester1288 - Richard Hadlee
1.07 Jamee999 - Malcom Marshall
1.08 Raghav - Wasim Akram
1.09 Simon - Adam Gilchrist
1.10 Matt79 - Imran Khan
1.11 Michaelf7777777 - Keith Miller
1.12 morgieb - Viv Richards
1.13 pskov - Jack Hobbs

2.01 pskov - Glenn McGrath
2.02 morgieb - Dennis Lillee
2.03 Michaelf7777777 - Alan Davidson
2.04 Matt79 - Bill O'Reilly
2.05 Simon - Clarrie Grimmett
2.06 Raghav - Alan Border
2.07 Jamee999 - Joel Garner
2.08 Jakester1288 - up next
2.09 Somerset - George Headley
2.10 HeathDavisSpeed - Frank Tyson
2.11 NUFAN - Fred Trueman
2.12 G.I. Joe - up next
2.13 chaminda_00 -

 

[pskov]

Is somebody actually going to simulate a series after the draft, or is this exercise just for the sake of enjoyment?

A forum vote for sure then someone else can sim a tournament if they want, or I'll see if I can organise one myself.

 

[G.I.Joe]

A forum vote for sure then someone else can sim a tournament if they want, or I'll see if I can organise one myself.

Nice, looking forward to a sim.

My pick this round is Shane Bond

 

[NUFAN]

I amazed that not one South African has made the list yet. 24 players chosen so far.

 

[Simon]

Can we say if someone misses 3 picks they are cut from the comp and their players come on the market again or something?

 

[pskov]

Nice, looking forward to a sim.

My pick this round is Shane Bond

Very surprised by that pick! There are a lot of players I'd have to go through before picking Shane Bond.

 

[pskov]

Can we say if someone misses 3 picks they are cut from the comp and their players come on the market again or something?

I think once people have started selecting the teams if they drop out for whatever reason then they should be replaced with their team intact for the person taking over to continue. Otherwise it would be confusing and also quite unfair to drop players back into the pool so that whoever was fortunate to be picking at the time could select, say, Richard Hadlee or Viv Richards in the 6th round or something.

 

[Simon]

Very surprised by that pick! There are a lot of players I'd have to go through before picking Shane Bond.

could be tactical, maybe his aim is to win any sim that is done. Sure his all-time reputation etc... isnt up there with Kapil Dev, Jeff Thompson and other guys like that but he is likely to perform better than then in a sim.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Very surprised by that pick! There are a lot of players I'd have to go through before picking Shane Bond.

I'm going for a mix of legends and personal favourites. He's been absolute gold on the few occasions I've caught him bowling live. Plus, as mentioned by Simon, I'd like to be prepared for any sim.

 

[NUFAN]

I think if the SIM was accurate Shane Bond would be injured before the match.

I don't plan on picking anyone with less than double the number of Test Matches he's played.

Anyone can have a good stretch..

 

[G.I.Joe]

I think if the SIM was accurate Shane Bond would be injured before the match.

I don't plan on picking anyone with less than double the number of Test Matches he's played.

Anyone can have a good stretch..

Imo his performances against Australia and India were proof enough of his quality. I'm easy, my standards are lower, but then even I'd refuse to pick a guy with around half of Bond's tests, be it someone of even the calibre of Mike Proctor So, fair call there.

 

[Simon]

I have no problems with any of the selections anyone makes within the rules really. I'll most likely pick one or two players later on that I liked and appreciated that probably arent as good as others that will get picked after in all reality.

 

[Somerset]

Imo his performances against Australia and India were proof enough of his quality. I'm easy, my standards are lower, but then even I'd refuse to pick a guy with around half of Bond's tests, be it someone of even the calibre of Mike Proctor So, fair call there.

He was brilliant in ODIs against both Australia and India but I'd have thought we were picking for the long format?

Bond in tests vs Australia:
3 wickets @ 96.33

Bond in tests vs India:
12 wickets @ 16.33

Note that the two matches vs India were on green tops where neither side passed 100 in the first innings at Hamilton and fared only marginally better in the first test in Wellington. Just thought it was an interesting reasoning to pick Bond when you consider he wasn't hugely successful in his debut test series against Australia, and then never played a test against them again, and never played a test vs India on a decent surface.

 

[G.I.Joe]

He was brilliant in ODIs against both Australia and India but I'd have thought we were picking for the long format?

Bond in tests vs Australia:
3 wickets @ 96.33

Bond in tests vs India:
12 wickets @ 16.33

Note that the two matches vs India were on green tops where neither side passed 100 in the first innings at Hamilton and fared only marginally better in the first test in Wellington. Just thought it was an interesting reasoning to pick Bond when you consider he wasn't hugely successful in his debut test series against Australia, and then never played a test against them again, and never played a test vs India on a decent surface.

I'm just clutching at straws here If the general perception is that the choice wasn't exactly in the spirit of the exercise, I'm willing to alter it.

 

[Somerset]

I'm just clutching at straws here If the general perception is that the choice wasn't exactly in the spirit of the exercise, I'm willing to alter it.

I don't think anyone's got any complaints about your choice, you're welcome to choose whoever you want I'm sure, I was just intrigued at your reasoning behind selecting Bond.

 

[tim#7]

I'll take jakester8888's spot?