Scorecard Draft II

[Himannv]

Signups all occuring when I'm asleep

Any room for one more to compete in the draft?

Can add both of you in. No issues.

 

[marc71178]

Salman's time is up. smalishah has 2 hours 10 minutes to go before Marcuss is up.

Eh?

12 hours from 9.03pm (UK time) hasn't finished yet, let alone nearly another 12 hours.

 

[Himannv]

By the way, one request from my side. Since I don't have access to cricinfo in my office, can we do this using howstat scorecards plaese?

HowSTAT! Match List Menu

I think you can post your pick with that site since a scorecard is a scorecard and the same record will probably be there in cricinfo as well. I'd prefer cricinfo as much as possible though.

 

[Himannv]

Salman's time is up. smalishah has 2 hours 10 minutes to go before Marcuss is up.

Yeah marc is right, its still salman's turn by my reckoning.

 

[smash84]

Salman's time is up. smalishah has 2 hours 10 minutes to go before Marcuss is up.

WHAt????

just logged in to see this terrible message...........when does my turn start......Salman's record has been quite bad in these kinds of drafts

 

[weeman27bob]

WHAt????

just logged in to see this terrible message...........when does my turn start......Salman's record has been quite bad in these kinds of drafts

How does it work in this when someone misses their go, do they just swap places in the order?

 

[weldone]

WHAt????

just logged in to see this terrible message...........when does my turn start......Salman's record has been quite bad in these kinds of drafts

Salman's time has gone just about half an hour back. You have approximately 11.5 hours to make your pick.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Obv my anti-Pakistani bias speaking.

TBF, no idea why I thought so. Must have gone with 6 hour blocks for some reason.

 

[Howe_zat]

WHAt????

just logged in to see this terrible message...........when does my turn start......Salman's record has been quite bad in these kinds of drafts

GI Joe done goofed.

It's your go, but you have over 11 hours left.

 

[smash84]

Obv my anti-Pakistani bias speaking.

TBF, no idea why I thought so. Must have gone with 6 hour blocks for some reason.

haha.............

anyhow I didn't want to go early in this draft..........damn you himannv...........

I choose Raul Dravid

 

[Himannv]

How does it work in this when someone misses their go, do they just swap places in the order?

As per the rules, they pick once they login. I'm starting to think that G I Joe's suggestion that they go to the back of the line has some merit.

 

[weldone]

As per the rules, they pick once they login. I'm starting to think that G I Joe's suggestion that they go to the back of the line has some merit.

No please. That'll serve no purpose except increasing their chances of missing the pick second time too.

 

[Himannv]

Round 1 order

01. salman85
02. smalishah84 - Rahul Dravid - scorecard
03. Marcuss - Shane Warne - scorecard
04. Cevno
05. Howe_zat
06. honestbharani
07. marc71178
08. 8ankitj
09. weldone
10. weeman27bob
11. Himannv
12. GingerFurball
13. G.I.Joe

Will add Spark and Somerset if they confirm interest.

 

[Howe_zat]

No please. That'll serve no purpose except increasing their chances of missing the pick second time too.

Yes, exactly.

Also, can we clarify, is it players to have played any Tests before 1900 are banned? Seems unfair to cut out the likes of Barnes, Trumper, Rhodes, Hill and the rest of that period of cricketing history. If you don't want to go to the 19th century, just say we can only post scorecards from 1900 onwards.

 

[Himannv]

Yes, exactly.

Also, can we clarify, is it players to have played any Tests before 1900 are banned? Seems unfair to cut out the likes of Barnes, Trumper, Rhodes, Hill and the rest of that period of cricketing history. If you don't want to go to the 19th century, just say we can only post scorecards from 1900 onwards.

I've edited the rules on this. They have to have played at least 10 tests post 1900. Didn't think of mentioning it, but yes, only 1900 scorecards are allowed. Will add that last bit it.

 

[Jarquis]

Shane Warne - 1st Test: India v Australia at Mumbai, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Cevno]

Muttiah Muralitharan

3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Moratuwa, Sep 8-13, 1992 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[G.I.Joe]

No please. That'll serve no purpose except increasing their chances of missing the pick second time too.

I'll tell you what someone could have done if he were first up this draft. He'd rather have Gilchrist than Dravid. So he'd just wait out his window, let the second guy pick Dravid, then he'd walk into the thread, apologise for the delay, and pick Gilchrist. This is a scenario that could theoretically play out at any stage of the draft, be it to pick a preferred player or to avoid selecting from a difficult era.

We're playing on the honour system here, and I'm not saying there's any of us who will abuse that trust. But experience says there's likely to be controversy, and I'd rather we had this mechanism in place to avoid that. Yes, I agree that there's a chance that the guy might miss his window the second time too, and that poses a question as to when to let him make his selection next. I'd still rather we figured out an answer to that difficult question than let people walk in and select whenever convenient (for whatever reasons) for them to do.

 

[ankitj]

Muttiah Muralitharan

3rd Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Moratuwa, Sep 8-13, 1992 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Bad choice of scorecard, mate!

 

[weldone]

I'll tell you what someone could have done if he were first up this draft. He'd rather have Gilchrist than Dravid. So he'd just wait out his window, let the second guy pick Dravid, then he'd walk into the thread, apologise for the delay, and pick Gilchrist. This is a scenario that could theoretically play out at any stage of the draft, be it to pick a preferred player or to avoid selecting from a difficult era.

An easy solution for this can be to force him to select from the original scorecard.

For example, by that rule if salman comes back now he can select anyone from the original scorecard except Dravid. And the game moves on (the next person selects from the Muralitharan scorecard).