Auction draft

[G.I.Joe]

Gary Kirsten (LHB, 45.27)
Mahela Jayawardene (RHB, 53.96)
Vivian Richards (RHB, 50.23) (c)
Sachin Tendulkar (RHB, 55.37) (vc)
Vijay Hazare (RHB, 47.65)
Clyde Walcott + (RHB, 56.68)
Aubrey Faulkner (RHB, 40.79, LBG, 26.58)
Shaun Pollock (RHB, 32.31, RFM, 23.11)
Jason Gillespie (RHB, 18.73, RF, 26.13)
Frank Tyson (RHB, 10.95, RF, 18.56)
Subhash Gupte (RHB, 6.31, LBG, 29.55)

IMO, one of the most beautifully balanced sides, with batting down to 8, and still finds room enough to feature 5 full time bowlers - 3 quicks and 2 spinners. This ensures the batting never finds itself short against any sort of bowling attack, and the bowling attack is poised to take advantage of any given set of conditions, right from the incessant toil required of flat tracks to the tailored precision strikes required of turners or greentops.

The batting extends down to 8, with Pollock averaging 32 down there. The #9 has a double century to his name. Kirsten and Jayawardene will open, both excellent batsmen in their own right. The middle order is led by Viv and Sachin, looking forward to some devastating partnerships there. With arguably the two greatest batsmen of the last 36 years batting 3 and 4, thats a pretty solid lineup already. Hazare, Walcott, Faulkner and Pollock round up the batting, and are an impressive bunch even discounting the openers and Sachin and Viv! The average batting average of the team works out to 38 - thats 418 runs on average scored every time the team walks out to bat!

The 5 man bowling attack features Tyson and Pollock opening in a perfect fire and brimstone combination. Gillespie runs in at first change, and the two spinners - Gupte and Faulkner follow. The average bowling average of the 5 man attack works out to 24.7! With the incredibly quick and accurate Tyson, the surgical precision operator Pollock, Gillespie of mullet fame, South Africa's greatest all rounder of his era and arguably India's best ever spinner to contend with, opposition batting lineups will have no respite.

The team will be led by the man who never led his team to a series loss - Vivian Richards, and Tendulkar will deputise.

 

[Himannv]

$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

Obviously Swann, Williams, Boucher and Ramadhin came due to late submissions or something but it'll be interesting to see how many people overpaid on some of those players. I have a feeling I overpaid on Hammond a tad although I got him for slightly below 2 million. I know for a fact that Tendulkar was a close acquisition because I offered a similar fee, how about the others?.

 

[marc71178]

Average bids (from highest price paid to lowest):

D Bradman	5,689,993 	2,489,057 
G Swann	        2,850,000 	  143,367 
B Williams	2,850,000 	   83,549 
G Sobers	2,500,003 	1,532,576 
S Tendulkar	2,350,012 	1,134,421 
M Marshall	2,220,000 	1,512,436 
G McGrath	2,100,040 	1,316,189 
M Boucher	2,100,000 	  450,847 
A Gilchrist	2,100,000 	1,191,335 
S Ramadhin	2,050,001 	  126,129 
I Khan	        2,050,001 	  839,507 
R Hadlee	2,000,999 	1,487,018 
K Miller	2,000,001 	1,303,836 
W Hammond	1,900,300 	  919,888 
J Kallis	1,900,000 	1,217,581 
C Walcott	1,850,017 	  746,232 
M Muralitharan	1,800,200 	1,292,486 
B O'Reilly	1,800,002 	  822,294 
M Holding	1,799,999 	  845,749 
A Faulkner	1,750,014 	  649,548 
K Dev	        1,720,000 	  798,088 
W Akram	        1,700,199 	1,002,795 
F Tyson	        1,650,012 	  724,581 
C Grimmett	1,500,003 	  659,487 
G Lohmann	1,500,002 	  701,082 
J Garner	1,500,001 	  838,482 
B Lara	        1,500,000 	  956,133 
MS Dhoni	1,500,000 	  543,534 
W Younis	1,500,000 	  988,486 
S Warne	        1,499,999 	  700,644 
R Ponting	1,480,000 	  796,330 
M Atapattu	1,404,000 	  102,079 
D Nourse	1,404,000 	  445,610 
I Botham	1,400,700 	1,002,421 
J Hobbs	        1,400,200 	1,179,154 
R Lindwall	1,400,001 	  909,149 
C Ambrose	1,400,001 	  851,111 
L Hutton	1,400,001 	  991,537 
K Sangakarra	1,350,000 	  827,534 
A Flower	1,310,000 	  787,667 
G Pollock	1,200,200 	  909,175 
G Chappell	1,200,100 	  818,399 
A Border	1,200,048 	  706,630 
B Richards	1,200,004 	  823,968 
A Davidson	1,200,002 	  938,295 
K Barrington	1,200,002 	  753,841 
S Pollock	1,155,011 	  815,320 
F Worrell	1,150,000 	  617,961 
K Ranjitsinhji	1,100,005 	   33,520 
L Ames	        1,100,000 	  744,667 
H Larwood	1,050,100 	  720,931 
D Lillee	1,050,000 	  826,301 
M Hussey	1,001,111 	  298,979 
WG Grace	1,001,111 	  596,031 
S Barnes	1,000,003 	  748,285 
E Weekes	  999,801 	  616,327 
B Sutcliffe	  955,000 	  306,237 
S Gavaskar	  950,001 	  798,935 
W Hall	          940,100 	  460,802 
J Laker	          923,220 	  770,272 
A Knott	          920,000 	  626,923 
S Waugh	          900,001 	  629,560 
G Greenidge	  885,000 	  562,567 
V Sehwag	  860,100 	  467,282 
N Harvey	  843,380 	  513,105 
Z Abbas	          843,000 	  352,665 
T Goddard	  820,000 	  271,244 
S Bond	          815,000 	  443,241 
B Simpson	  815,000 	  452,892 
A Kumble	  814,000 	  302,842 
N Adcock	  809,000 	  501,882 
J Miandad	  770,000 	  696,688 
V Richards	  757,861 	  345,856 
A Morris	  750,000 	  612,236 
F Engineer	  750,000 	  537,500 
G Headley	  748,000 	  345,856 
A Bedser	  712,000 	  541,721 
H Verity	  703,000 	  394,678 
G Smith	          700,000 	  463,788 
G Boycott	  700,000 	  420,847 
J Russell	  700,000 	  273,715 
C Lloyd	          693,766 	  345,856 
G Gooch	          655,000 	  494,018 
C McDermott	  650,000 	  255,223 
A Shrewsbury	  650,000 	  181,376 
J Dujon	          650,000 	  474,539 
A de Silva	  630,000 	  315,163 
B Lawry	          600,003 	  326,497 
J Snow	          600,002 	  526,571 
R Kanhai	  600,001 	  450,416 
R Benaud	  600,000 	  648,851 
D Compton	  600,000 	  345,856 
D Walters	  600,000 	  361,135 
R Dravid	  599,986 	  345,856 
P Hendren	  595,000 	  320,119 
M Yousuf	  550,000 	  376,397 
M Hayden	  506,000 	  622,304 
B Haddin	  505,000 	  318,924 
S Barnes	  500,100 	  366,787 
H Tayfield	  500,040 	  341,646 
Inzamam-ul-Haq	  500,001 	  470,813 
F Mahmood	  475,500 	  300,847 
V Trumper	  430,999 	  345,856 
C Croft	          400,000 	  409,949 
T Richardson	  353,130 	  199,922 
H Mohammad	  300,002 	  200,389 
S Chanderpaul	  300,000 	  400,468 
C Hooper	  299,900 	  155,026 
K Pietersen	  269,988 	  345,856 
V Hazare	  250,012 	  333,706 
C Vaas	          231,000 	  242,516 
D Vettori	  220,000 	  139,549 
S Watson	  200,000 	  162,639 
E Paynter	  199,960 	  345,856 
S Dempster	  148,900 	  224,433 
M Jayawardene	  135,011 	  383,612 
P May	          125,000 	  345,856 
S Jayasuriya	  120,000 	  321,975 
A Fraser	  100,002 	  161,252 
H Streak	   75,000   	  151,344 
G Kirsten	   51,517 	  268,177 
J Gillespie	   50,016 	  416,702 
A Flintoff	   49,919 	  345,856 
G Evans		   25,003 	  240,917 
D Hookes	   20,652 	  345,856 
J Edrich	   11,000 	  349,164 
S Gupte		      517 	  155,509 
B Lee		      123 	  171,714 
T Lock		       40 	  143,573 
R Richardson	       12 	  259,933 
V Merchant	       11 	  302,452 
D Gough	                9 	  203,938 
L Gibbs			6 	  338,223 
M Butcher		1 	   76,501 
A Kapali		1 	   40,961 
I Ahmed			1 	  345,856 
M Ntini			1 	  215,755 
G Blewett		1 	   53,084 
M Slater		1 	  230,334 
A Caddick		1 	  174,321 
A Prince		1 	   96,750 
R Irani			1 	      102 
M Ramprakash		1 	  345,856

 

[honestbharani]

1. Sid Barnes
2. Shane Watson
3. Ijaz Ahmed
4. Everton Weekes
5. Carl Hooper
6. MS Dhoni (c) (wk)
7. Alok Kapali
8. Wasim Akram
9. Shane Warne
10. Michael Holding
11. Waqar Younis

Not the greatest batting side, but more than enough to hold their own against some of the bowling attacks here... Weekes, Barnes will be the obvious stars and will be ably supported by Watson and Dhoni who all average above 40 in test cricket. Ijaz is not the worst of the Pakistan batsmen and he is more than capable against good fast bowling sides. Hooper is one of the best batsmen in the world when in the mood and has all the strokes and is equally adept against both spin and pace. Hopefully playing in the company of such a great bowling attack will inspire him to be switched on more often, which was the only real weakness in his game. Kapali is a bit of a misfit but batting down at 7, he could pack a punch with his strokemaking and have an impact even once in 10 innings would be a pretty big deal. Akram, Warne and Holding can all hold a bat and in the case of the first two, wield it well. Waqar can hang around and thus gives me a very very solid tail.

But the bowling is the best part of this team. We have bowlers of all variety and for all conditions. Holding and Akram to open with Waqar and Watson coming in after them equals awesome times million. The spin king Warne will be ably supported by Hooper and others like Weekes and Barnes may chip in as well. Overall, inspite of a couple of $1 picks, this is still a very strong and balanced line up and would be more than a match for almost any other team in this draft... Yeah, that includes yours SS..

 

[Himannv]

Recent events have made this thread take a bit of a backseat. Anyway, whats everyones favourite teams excluding your own?

honestbharani easily has the best bowling attack for me although I like Blakus' bowling lineup as well. As for batting, Somerset has the best top 5 I'd say while NUFAN has the best top 6.

On the whole, I think Pothas, NUFAN and Simon have teams which I like the look of.

 

[Simon]

I like the teams that have 5 bowling options, or at least some batsman that bowl to a reasonable level. I think in this company you are gonna want 5 bowlers to knock over these batting line ups and the ones that have variations will do better, as a result I like the teams of NUFAN and Noble One, I also think that GI Joe has a decent team but with the likes of Kirsten, Jayawardene, Gillespie, he has players that are/were good but not outstanding. I think if he had of had someone like a Bishen Bedi instead of Gupte and possibly a world class quick such as a Garner or Marshall instead of Gillespie then I'd have put him first.

 

[marc71178]

Recent events have made this thread take a bit of a backseat.

Yes, partly my fault as well, been away with work so not been chasing up Mr Camps.

 

[honestbharani]

I like the teams that have 5 bowling options, or at least some batsman that bowl to a reasonable level. I think in this company you are gonna want 5 bowlers to knock over these batting line ups and the ones that have variations will do better, as a result I like the teams of NUFAN and Noble One, I also think that GI Joe has a decent team but with the likes of Kirsten, Jayawardene, Gillespie, he has players that are/were good but not outstanding. I think if he had of had someone like a Bishen Bedi instead of Gupte and possibly a world class quick such as a Garner or Marshall instead of Gillespie then I'd have put him first.

It hurts.. It actually seriously hurts when you have Wasim, Waqar, Holding, Warne, Watson and Hooper and a poster doesn't even consider you as a 5 man attack with enough variety..

 

[Simon]

Haha sorry but, but as an overall package I cant consider any team that has the following anywhere near the best.
2 Watson
3 Ijaz
5 Hooper
6 Dhoni
7 Kapali

Ijaz and Hooper were adequate and by no means hopeless, Dhoni I wont even get started on as I dont want to get into a massive debate, while Watson has one test century. Youd want more from your opener. No commment needed on Kapali obviously.

 

[Blakus]

After some thought I've decide I like honestbharani's bowling attack the best, whilst the best top 6 belongs to himannv.
However my favorite teams are Nufan's and GIJoe's. If Silentstriker hadn't gotten Flintoff he'd be a contender too. Overall finding really tough to pick a 'best' team. Will be an epic sim when it gets going.

 

[honestbharani]

Haha sorry but, but as an overall package I cant consider any team that has the following anywhere near the best.
2 Watson
3 Ijaz
5 Hooper
6 Dhoni
7 Kapali

Ijaz and Hooper were adequate and by no means hopeless, Dhoni I wont even get started on as I dont want to get into a massive debate, while Watson has one test century. Youd want more from your opener. No commment needed on Kapali obviously.

lol.. I never claimed that... But I think my bowling would win me a fair few matches...

 

[Nate]

Michael Slater (RHB, 42.83)
Greg Blewett (RHB, 34.02)
Don Bradman (RHB, like 83,000 iirc)
Bert Sutcliffe (LHB, 40.10)
Mark Ramprakash (RHB, 27.32) (c)
Ashwell Prince (LHB, 42.60)
Brad Haddin (RHB, 38.78, saw him take a stunner in the 20/20, that was nice) (wk)
Ronnie Irani (RHB, 17.20, RM, 37.33)
Andy Caddick (RHB, 10.37, RFM, 29.91)
Makhaya Ntini (RHB, 9.84, RFM, 28.82)
Brad Williams (RHB, 7.66, RFM, 45.11)










Lack of a decent spinner to be our downfall.

 

[slowfinger]

Wow, quite surprised I haven't commented since the last round, what an Auction Marc and keep them up (Mine was best obviously :P) Looking forward to a new one!

 

[Himannv]

Yep, I'm looking forward to a new one as well.. Am very curious to know the bids per round. Will be good to target where I overspent.

 

[honestbharani]

yeah.. I could not play the percentages well.. that is what cost me and I ended up with Ijaz (who I think is pretty decent for $1, btw) and Kapali..


Anyhow GI Joe has an awesome side.. But since I am at work all weekend, I am unable to fully view the sides. IF someone could consolidate all XIs in a single post, that would be a HUGE help in rating them, I think..

 

[Himannv]

I think I can help out marc with that.. They dont have the exact stats or it may not be how they exactly lineup. These are the lineups based on marc's final round post:

G.I.Joe
G Kirsten
M Jayawardene
V Richards
S Tendulkar
V Hazare
C Walcott
A Faulkner
S Pollock
J Gillespie
F Tyson
S Gupte



Simon
M Hayden
J Edrich
G Gooch
G Headley
P Hendren
A Flower
K Dev
T Goddard
M Marshall
H Verity
A Bedser



slowfinger
M Atapattu
S Jayasuriya
B Lara
A de Silva
M Hussey
K Sangakarra
C Lloyd
G Swann
C Vaas
D Vettori
B Lee



Noble One
A Morris
G Smith
B Simpson
F Worrell
J Miandad
D Compton
M Boucher
R Benaud
D Lillee
S Bond
C McDermott



Blakus
S Gavaskar
H Mohammad
R Dravid
R Kanhai
Inzamam-ul-Haq
S Waugh
F Engineer
R Lindwall
J Garner
C Grimmett
S Barnes



pskov
A Shrewsbury
V Trumper
J Kallis
Z Abbas
M Yousuf
M Butcher
L Ames
R Hadlee
H Streak
C Croft
S Ramadhin



Pothas
G Boycott
B Lawry
R Ponting
K Barrington
K Pietersen
D Walters
J Dujon
A Davidson
B O'Reilly
C Ambrose
A Fraser



Himannv
V Sehwag
S Dempster
W Hammond
G Pollock
G Chappell
E Paynter
J Russell
H Larwood
W Hall
T Lock
M Muralitharan




NUFAN
J Hobbs
G Greenidge
N Harvey
D Nourse
P May
A Knott
I Botham
A Kumble
J Laker
N Adcock
F Mahmood



silentstriker
L Hutton
V Merchant
R Richardson
S Chanderpaul
A Gilchrist
I Khan
K Miller
A Flintoff
D Gough
G McGrath
L Gibbs





Somerset
B Richards
WG Grace
K Ranjitsinhji
A Border
G Sobers
G Evans
D Hookes
H Tayfield
J Snow
G Lohmann
T Richardson


honestbharani
S Barnes
S Watson
E Weekes
C Hooper
I Ahmed
MS Dhoni
A Kapali
W Akram
S Warne
M Holding
W Younis




Nnanden
M Slater
G Blewett
D Bradman
B Sutcliffe
M Ramprakash
A Prince
B Haddin
R Irani
A Caddick
M Ntini
B Williams

 

[marc71178]

Everyone spent the $10,000,000 (obviously) but in terms of value for money, here is the total of the average bids on each player's 11 men:

silentstriker	7,493,275 
Blakus		6,588,872 
Himannv		6,576,540 
NUFAN		6,551,481 
Simon		6,437,294 
Pothas		6,251,997 
Somerset	6,048,719 
G.I.Joe		5,973,664 
Noble One	5,813,885 
honestbharani	5,768,804 
pskov		5,469,484 
Nnanden		4,313,969 
slowfinger	3,864,864

Suggests to me that SS got the best value for money.

 

[marc71178]

Bids

I've summarised the bids in a spreadsheet (attached)

 

[Pothas]

Interesting stuff, thought I had overspent on Bill O'rielly and turns out I only got him by a few dollars.

 

[Somerset]

Very interesting. Incidentally I only got WG Grace by as little as $1,110 - proves that it pays to throw a few extra dollars into your bids sometimes!