Auction draft

[slowfinger]

Ah come on cant be 2 and a half hours late tho.

 

[Himannv]

Yeah.. I even went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night and its still not here lol. Ah well..

C'mon marc!!

 

[Simon]

Yeah.. I even went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night and its still not here lol. Ah well..

C'mon marc!!

I'm sure he'll do it when he's ready.

 

[Himannv]

Yeah, agreed. The calculations cant be all that easy.

 

[marc71178]

Better late than never!

Apologies for the delay, but you were warned!

I had to add 6 in (although some were repeats) - D Compton, R Dravid, A Flintoff, K Pietersen, M Ramprakash and V Richards.

Going to do it differently this round, announcing in order from top to bottom the players drafted and their prices for each player:

G.I.Joe
C Walcott - $1,850,017
A Faulkner - $1,750,014
J Gillespie - $50,016
S Tendulkar - $2,350,012
F Tyson - $1,650,012
V Hazare - $250,012
M Jayawardene - $135,011
S Pollock - $1,155,011
G Kirsten - $51,517
S Gupte - $517
V Richards - $757,861

Simon
A Flower - $1,310,000
M Hayden - $506,000
M Marshall - $2,220,000
J Edrich - $11,000
K Dev - $1,720,000
G Gooch - $655,000
T Goddard - $820,000
H Verity - $703,000
P Hendren - $595,000
A Bedser - $712,000
G Headley - $748,000

slowfinger
K Sangakarra - $1,350,000
B Lara - $1,500,000
G Swann - $2,850,000
S Jayasuriya - $120,000
C Vaas - $231,000
A de Silva - $630,000
M Atapattu - $1,404,000
D Vettori - $220,000
M Hussey - $1,001,111
B Lee - $123
C Lloyd - $693,766

Noble One
M Boucher - $2,100,000
J Miandad - $770,000
R Benaud - $600,000
A Morris - $750,000
C McDermott - $650,000
G Smith - $700,000
F Worrell - $1,150,000
S Bond - $815,000
B Simpson - $815,000
D Lillee - $1,050,000
D Compton - $600,000

Blakus
F Engineer - $750,000
S Gavaskar - $950,001
R Lindwall - $1,400,001
Inzamam-ul-Haq - $500,001
J Garner - $1,500,001
S Waugh - $900,001
H Mohammad - $300,002
C Grimmett - $1,500,003
R Kanhai - $600,001
S Barnes - $1,000,003
R Dravid - $599,986

pskov
L Ames - $1,100,000
M Butcher - $1
R Hadlee - $2,000,999
J Kallis - $1,900,000
C Croft - $400,000
A Shrewsbury - $650,000
M Yousuf - $550,000
H Streak - $75,000
Z Abbas - $843,000
S Ramadhin - $2,050,001
V Trumper - $430,999

Pothas
J Dujon - $650,000
D Walters - $600,000
A Davidson - $1,200,002
K Barrington - $1,200,002
B O'Reilly - $1,800,002
R Ponting - $1,480,000
B Lawry - $600,003
A Fraser - $100,002
G Boycott - $700,000
C Ambrose - $1,400,001
K Pietersen - $269,988

Himannv
J Russell - $700,000
W Hammond - $1,900,300
M Muralitharan - $1,800,200
G Pollock - $1,200,200
W Hall - $940,100
G Chappell - $1,200,100
V Sehwag - $860,100
H Larwood - $1,050,100
S Dempster - $148,900
T Lock - $40
E Paynter - $199,960

NUFAN
A Knott - $920,000
J Hobbs - $1,400,200
J Laker - $923,220
I Botham - $1,400,700
N Adcock - $809,000
G Greenidge - $885,000
D Nourse - $1,404,000
A Kumble - $814,000
N Harvey - $843,380
F Mahmood - $475,500
P May - $125,000

silentstriker
A Gilchrist - $2,100,000
K Miller - $2,000,001
G McGrath - $2,100,040
L Hutton - $1,400,001
L Gibbs - $6
R Richardson - $12
S Chanderpaul - $300,000
D Gough - $9
V Merchant - $11
I Khan - $2,050,001
A Flintoff - $49,919

Somerset
G Evans - $25,003
G Sobers - $2,500,003
J Snow - $600,002
B Richards - $1,200,004
G Lohmann - $1,500,002
A Border - $1,200,048
K Ranjitsinhji - $1,100,005
H Tayfield - $500,040
WG Grace - $1,001,111
T Richardson - $353,130
D Hookes - $20,652

honestbharani
MS Dhoni - $1,500,000
S Watson - $200,000
W Younis - $1,500,000
A Kapali - $1
M Holding - $1,799,999
S Barnes - $500,100
C Hooper - $299,900
W Akram - $1,700,199
E Weekes - $999,801
S Warne - $1,499,999
I Ahmed - $1

Nnanden
B Haddin - $505,000
B Sutcliffe - $955,000
B Williams - $2,850,000
D Bradman - $5,689,993
M Ntini - $1
G Blewett - $1
M Slater - $1
A Caddick - $1
A Prince - $1
R Irani - $1
M Ramprakash - $1

Over the next few days I'll reveal round-by-round details of who bid what before hopefully setting up the teams on ITC (if you can all give me team line-ups and orders that'd be great.

It's been fun I reckon!

 

[Himannv]

Good to get the guy I nominated once again.

Awesome work. Been good fun for me. Congratz and Cheers to all.

 

[silentstriker]

Haha, Andrew Flintoff......OK, I might have overdone it with fast bowling .








Naaaaaah!

 

[Pothas]

Has been excellent, great job Marc.

Happy with Pietersen, provides a good attacking batting along with Ponting and Walters to go along with the stonewallers Lawry, Boycott and Barrington.

 

[Simon]

Headley is an awesome get for me.

 

[NUFAN]

I am very happy with Peter May, because anyone else who was bought for less would not have helped my team at all.

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. Neil Harvey
4. Dudley Nourse
5. Peter May*
6. Ian Botham
7. Alan Knott+
8. Anil Kumble
9. Fazal Mahmood
10. Jim Laker
11. Neil Adcock

 

[Pothas]

Really happy with this side overall, lacks a star allrounder but still has good balance I think with six excellent batsman of various styles, 3 all time great bowlers and Fraser a very decent third seamer, Walters can do a decent job as a part-timer as well.
1. Bill Lawry
2. Geoff Boycott
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Ken Barrington
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. Doug Walters
7. Jeff Dujon (wk)
8. Alan Davidson
9. Bill O'Reilly
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Angus Fraser

 

[marc71178]

Haha, Andrew Flintoff......OK, I might have overdone it with fast bowling .

Makes your team look quite odd now - 4 frontline seamers plus Miller and a spinner!

 

[Somerset]

Can't complain about receiving David Hookes given my limited budget I had allowed for the final round, even if his test record is somewhat inferior to some of the stars my team possesses.

WG Grace
Barry Richards
K.S.Ranjitsinhji
Allan Border
Sir Garfield Sobers
David Hookes
Godfrey Evans
Hugh Tayfield
George Lohmann
John Snow
Tom Richardson

 

[G.I.Joe]

haha. cant believe i had the most money left! viv is an awesome acquisition from the final round, and totally justifies getting gupte for just $5[7 the previous round. sachin + viv in the same team = bowlersneeddiapers. detailed writeup to come when i get on a proper pc. awesome work, marc. id send the cheque in the mail, but i have no money left :P

 

[Simon]

My final team, getting Headley in the final round makes it a little more impressive, very happy with my team in general but maybe would have liked one more world class bowler, getting Kapil when I did was a bit of a mistake cause I thought I could play him at 7 but the draft didn't really allow for it.


1 Matthew Hayden (103 tests - 8625 runs @ 50.73) 30x100 29x50 - HS 380
2 John Edrich (77 tests - 5138 runs @ 43.54) 12x100 24x50 - HS 310*
3 Graham Gooch 118 tests - 8900 runs @ 42.58) 20x100 46x50 - HS 333
4 George Headley (22 tests - 2190 runs @ 60.83) 10x100 5x50 - HS 270*
5 Patsy Hendren (51 tests - 3535 runs @ 47.63) 7x100 21x50 - HS 205*
6 Andy Flower+ (63 tests - 4794 runs @ 51.54) 12x100 27x50 - HS 232* Dismissals: 160
7 Trevor Goddard (41 tests - 2516 runs @ 34.46) 1x100 18x50 - (123 wickets @ 26.22) BB 6/53
8 Kapil Dev (131 tests - 5248 runs @ 31.05) 8x100 27x50 - (434 wickets @ 29.64) - BB 9/83
9 Malcolm Marshall (81 tests - 1810 runs @ 18.85) (376 wickets @ 20.94) - BB 7/22
10 Hedley Verity (40 tests - 669 runs @ 20.90) (144 wickets @ 24.37) - BB 8/43
11 Alec Bedser (51 tests - 714 runs @ 12.75) (236 wickets @ 24.89) BB 7/44

 

[Noble One]

1 G Smith (83 Tests, 6799 runs @ 49.99)
2 A Morris (46 Tests, 3533 runs @ 46.48)
3 B Simpson (67 Tests, 4869 runs @ 46.81) (71 wickets @ 42.26)
4 D Compton (78 Tests, 5807 runs @ 50.06) (25 wickets @ 56.40)
5 J Miandad (124 Tests, 8832 runs @ 52.57) (17 wickets @ 40.11)
6 F Worrell C(51 Tests, 3860 runs @ 49.48) (69 wickets @ 38.72)
7 M Boucher WK (131 Tests, 5068 runs @ 30.90) (472 Catches, 22 Stumpings)
8 R Benaud (63 Tests, 2201 runs @ 25.45) (248 wickets @ 27.03)
9 D Lillee (70 Tests, 905 runs @ 13.71) (355 wickets @ 23.92)
10 S Bond (18 Tests, 168 runs @ 12.92) (87 wickets @ 22.09)
11 C McDermott (78 Tests, 940 runs @ 12.20) (291 wickets @ 28.63)

What I like about my team?

- Contains your classic bowling lineup. Three pace bowlers, a spin bowler and a host of decent part-timers.
- Top 6 all average over 45
- Leadership. Take a pick as to who can captain this team, some of the finest leaders of all time.
- Decent tail. Lillee, Bond and McDermott are all capable hitters.
- With the exception of Bond, contains arguably 10 of the top 100 Test cricketers to ever play the game.

What I dislike about my team?

- Injury has the possibility to cause trouble with my pace attack. Lillee, Bond and McDermott are not three bowlers you would back to survive bowling all day on a flat deck.
- Three opening batsman. Had to demote Simpson to number 3.
- Benaud is a step below the truly great spin bowlers of all time.
- Are my four part-timers guaranteed to take a wicket? Relying on them without a true all-rounder.

 

[Himannv]

1. Virender Sehwag (6526 runs @ 52.62)
2. Stewie Dempster (723 runs @ 65.72)
3. Wally Hammond (7249 runs @ 58.45, 83 wickets @ 37.80)
4. Graeme Pollock (2256 runs @ 60.97)
5. Greg Chappell (C) (7110 runs @ 53.86)
6. Eddie Paynter (1540 runs @ 59.23)
7. Jack Russell + (1897 runs @ 27.10, 153 catches, 12 stumpings)
8. Harold Larwood (78 wickets @ 28.35)
9. Wes Hall (192 wickets @ 26.38)
10. Tony Lock (174 wickets @ 25.58)
11. Muthiah Muralitharan (792 wickets @ 22.71)

Very happy with the team on the whole. Getting Paynter (my nomination) in the last round has further strengthened my batting as he's one of those with a good amount of experience batting with the lower order as those of us who follow the game already know. My top 6 all have an average of 50+ and the Murali, Lock and Sehwag spin combination is a very capable one I'd say. Probably lacking a top drawer allrounder so Hammond and Sehwag will have to bowl a bit to support my front liners.

 

[Blakus]

1.Sunil Gavaskar (10122 runs @ 51.12)
2.Hanif Mohammad (3915 runs @ 43.98)
3.Rohan Kanhai (6227 runs @ 47.53)
4.Inzamam ul Haq (8830 runs @ 49.60)
5.Steve Waugh (10937 runs @ 51.06)
6.Rahul Dravid (11395 runs @ 53.75, 92 wickets @ 37.44)
7.Farokh Engineer (2611 runs @ 31.08, 66 catches, 16 stumpings)
8.Ray Lindwall (1502 runs @ 21.15, 228 wickets @ 23.03)
9.Clarrie Grimmett (557 runs @ 13.92, 216 wickets @ 24.21)
10.Joel Garner (672 runs@ 12.44, 259 wickets @ 20.97)
11.Sydney Barnes (242 runs @ 8.06, 189 wickets @ 16.43)

Will do a full write up another time. Just a few notes.
3 members of the 10000 club. That's awesome no matter how you look at it.
Dravid bats at 6 so as to let the rest of the middle order bat in their preferred positions. Averages over 60 there anyway.
Reasonably deep batting with Lindwall at 8
Waugh provides a useful 5th bowling option but will be largely unneeded.
I love my bowling attack so much

 

[G.I.Joe]

$2,000,000 + Club -

Donald Bradman 5,689,993
Graeme Swann 2,850,000
Brad Williams 2,850,000
Gary Sobers 2,500,003
Sachin Tendulkar 2,350,012
Malcolm Marshall 2,220,000
Glenn McGrath 2,100,040
Mark Boucher 2,100,000
Adam Gilchrist 2,100,000
Sonny Ramadhin 2,050,001
Imran Khan 2,050,001
Richard Hadlee 2,000,999
Keith Miller 2,000,001

 

[G.I.Joe]

'Will work for pants' club -

M Butcher - $1
A Kapali - $1
I Ahmed - $1
M Ntini - $1
G Blewett - $1
M Slater - $1
A Caddick - $1
A Prince - $1
R Irani - $1
M Ramprakash - $1
L Gibbs - $6
D Gough - $9