Auction draft 2011

[Michaelf7777777]

Strange reserves team there, surely a better one can be picked. Australia and England have so many good players who could have been selected.

I thought it would be more fitting with the relatively random nature of both the teams in each round and the players up for bid that the rejects team be chosen in the random nature laid out in the post above. If people prefer just a best of the rest, rejects XI then I would chose the folllowing team ib batting order:

1. Athur Morris
2. Victor Trumper
3. Rahul Dravid (*)
4. David Gower
5. Stan McCabe
6. Ian Botham
7. Brendon McCullum (+)
8. Peter Pollock
9. Abdul Qadir
10. Ian Bishop
11. Fred Spofforth
Reserves: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Billy Murdoch, Bishen Bedi, Wes Hall

 

[four_or_six]

I reckon you need a few crap players in there to better match up with everyone else's teams.

 

[marc71178]

Final drafted players, in order of highest remaining budget:

Allan Border - smalishah84
George Headley - weldone
Kumar Ranjitsinhji - weeman27bob
Matthew Hayden - Pothas
Joel Garner - Himannv
Eric Hollies - four_or_six
Justin Langer - kyear2
Shivnarine Chanderpaul - Blakus
Chris Cairns - Michael7777777
Stuart Broad - Howe_Zat
Praveen Kumar - Somerset
Mohammad Sami - Samuel_Vimes
Brian Vitori - pskov

Note the last 6 all had $1 left.

 

[four_or_six]

Woot! Bradman is useless against me

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Very very happy to get Chris Cairns as it secures me a 3rd great fast bowler and makes sure that my batting line up is not only the strongest but the longest in the competition with Waite (who was good enough to be a regular number 3) at 8 and Constantine (who was good enough to bat at 6 for a Dominions team at the age of 43) at 9 in the batting order.

Completed Squads for Everyone

Somerset

Hashim Amla
Kamran Akmal
Viv Richards
Mahela Jayawardene
Andy Flower (+)
Mark Waugh
Keith Miller (*)
Daniel Vettori
Wasim Akram
Javagal Srinath
Colin Croft

Justin Ontong
Aminul Islam
John Warr
Praveen Kumar

pskov

Geoffrey Boycott
Vijay Merchant
Eddie Barlow
Frank Worrell (*)
Mark Boucher (+)
Richard Hadlee
Ray Lindwall
Omar Henry
Richard Hutton
Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
Brian Statham

Mahes Goonatilleke
Pramodya Wickremesinghe
Chris Schofield
Brian Vitori

Michaelf7777777

Bert Sutcliffe
Sid Barnes
Don Bradman (*)
Graeme Pollock
Colin Bland
Tony Greig
Chris Cairns
John Waite (+)
Learie Constantine
Jim Laker
Alec Bedser

Erapali Prasanna
Ajantha Mendis
Rameez Raja
Ravi Bopara

Pothas

Conrad Hunte
Matthew Hayden
Peter May (*)
Kevin Pietersen
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Jack Gregory
Farook Engineer (+)
Bill O'Reilly
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis

Colin Cowdrey
Malinda Warnapuna
Andrew McDonald
Tamim Iqbal

weldone


Virendar Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
George Headley
Greg Chappell
Kumar Sangakarra
Vijay Hazare
Rashid Latif (+)
Richie Benaud (*)
Andy Roberts
Dale Steyn
Courtney Walsh

Irfan Pathan
Darren Pattinson
Paul Harris
Junaid Siddique

Blakus

Sunil Gavaskar
Jack Hobbs
Everton Weekes
Ken Barrington
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ted Dexter (*)
Dennis Lindsay (+)
Michael Holding
Dennis Lillee
Shoaib Akthar
Subash Gupte

Stewie Dempster
Aravinda de Silva
Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Mahmudullah

Himannv

WG Grace (*)
Jackie McGlew
Eddie Paynter
Martin Crowe
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Kapil Dev
Shane Bond
George Lohmann
Joel Garner
Sydney Barnes

Lasith Malinga
Michael Beer
Gerald Hartigan
Virat Kohli

weeman27bob

Damien Martyn
Roy Fredericks
Javed Miandad (*)
Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Brian Lara (+)
Jacques Kallis
Brian McMillan
Alan Davidson
Clarrie Grimmett
Mohammad Aamir
James Anderson

Shariar Nafeez
Bryan Strang
Alok Kapali
Yasir Arafat

smalishah84

Gordon Greenidge
Len Hutton
Alistair Campbell
Mohammad Azharuddin
Arjuna Ranatunga
Allan Border
MS Dhoni (+)
Imran Khan (*)
Mitchell Johnson
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharin

Tim Southee
Eknath Solkar
Eddo Brandes
Devon Smith

four_or_six

Sanath Jayasuriya
Bill Ponsford
Denis Compton
Sourav Ganguly
Clive Lloyd (*)
Doug Walters
Ian Smith (+)
Shaun Pollock
Maurice Tate
Shane Warne
Allan Donald

Fazal Mahmood
Jonathan Trott
Eric Hollies
Dave Mohammad

Samuel_Vimes

Glenn Turner
Mark Richardson
Trevor Goddard
Imrul Kayes
Steve Waugh (*)
Les Ames (+)
Mike Procter
Saleem Yousef
Malcolm Marshall
Mohammad Sami
Byrce McGain

George Gladstone
Justin Vaughan
Ian Salisbury
Roshan Jurangpathy

Kyear2

Barry Richards
Justin Langer
Neil Harvey
Sachin Tendulkar
Richie Richardson
AB de Villiers
Alec Stewart (+)
Anil Kumble (*)
Mohammad Nissar
Fred Trueman
Ernie Toshack

Tim Bresnan
Xavier Marshall
Mohammad Ashraful
James Marshall

Howie_Zat

Michael Slater
Prasanna Jayawardene
Wally Hammond (*)
Darren Lehmann
Ross Taylor
Andrew Flintoff
Jeffrey Dujon (+)
Heath Streak
Stuart Broad
Zaheer Khan
Hugh Tayfield

Ajit Agarkar
Nayan Mongia
Godfrey Evans
Tatenda Taibu

 

[Pothas]

Conrad Hunte
Matthew Hayden
Peter May (*)
Kevin Pietersen
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Jack Gregory
Farokh Engineer (+)
Bill O'Reilly
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis

Colin Cowdrey
Malinda Warnapuna
Andrew McDonald
Tamim Iqbal

Pretty happy with this side in the end, Cowdrey the one to miss out.

Batting line-up does not live up to some of the other sides but still has quality throughout and has plenty of depth and attacking intent.

Really like the bowling with the two leg spinners and three genuinely fast bowlers all offering something different.

 

[weldone]

Guys, how does my final XI look?

Weldone XI:
Virender Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
George Headley
Greg Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara
Vijay Hazare
Rashid Latif+
Richie Benaud*
Andy Roberts
Dale Steyn
Courtney Walsh

 

[Himannv]

My bowling suddenly became awesome with Malinga dropping out in favour of Garner.

WG Grace (*)
Jackie McGlew
Eddie Paynter
Martin Crowe
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Kapil Dev
Shane Bond
George Lohmann
Joel Garner
Sydney Barnes

Not too shabby considering I was out of money for the last three rounds or so.

 

[Himannv]

@weldone, like your batting.

@Pothas, awesome lineup.

 

[smash84]

Guys, how does my final XI look?

Weldone XI:
Virender Sehwag
Herbert Sutcliffe
George Headley
Greg Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara
Vijay Hazare
Rashid Latif+
Richie Benaud*
Andy Roberts
Dale Steyn
Courtney Walsh

A very good side but somewhat short on the bowling side I would think

My bowling suddenly became awesome with Malinga dropping out in favour of Garner.

WG Grace (*)
Jackie McGlew
Eddie Paynter
Martin Crowe
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Kapil Dev
Shane Bond
George Lohmann
Joel Garner
Sydney Barnes

Not too shabby considering I was out of money for the last three rounds or so.

A VERY strong side. Well done. Garner really boosts you in the end.

How is my side guys?

Len Hutton
Gordon Greenidge
Alistair Campbell
Mohammad Azharuddin
Arjuna Ranatunga
Allan Border
MS Dhoni (+)
Imran Khan (c)
Mitchell Johnson
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharin


Eknath Solkar
Eddo Brandes
Devon Smith
Tim Southee

 

[Himannv]

I thought it would be more fitting with the relatively random nature of both the teams in each round and the players up for bid that the rejects team be chosen in the random nature laid out in the post above. If people prefer just a best of the rest, rejects XI then I would chose the folllowing team ib batting order:

1. Athur Morris
2. Victor Trumper
3. Rahul Dravid (*)
4. David Gower
5. Stan McCabe
6. Ian Botham
7. Brendon McCullum (+)
8. Peter Pollock
9. Abdul Qadir
10. Ian Bishop
11. Fred Spofforth
Reserves: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Billy Murdoch, Bishen Bedi, Wes Hall

Yeah thats too strong. Put in a few more crap players like 4 or 6 suggested.

 

[Himannv]

How is my side guys?

Len Hutton
Gordon Greenidge
Alistair Campbell
Mohammad Azharuddin
Arjuna Ranatunga
Allan Border
MS Dhoni (+)
Imran Khan (c)
Mitchell Johnson
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharin


Eknath Solkar
Eddo Brandes
Devon Smith
Tim Southee

I like the opening combination and the bowling attack has some real stars in it. Excluding Border I think you middle order is a bit weak compared to some of the other teams. Would have been great if you had a better batsman than Campbell in there.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Charter 77 XI Final Line up

1. Sid Barnes
2. Bert Sutcliffe
3. Don Bradman (c)
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Colin Bland
6. Tony Greig (vc)
7. Chris Cairns
8. John Waite (+)
9. Learie Constantine
10. Jim Laker
11. Alec Bedser

Reserves:
Erapali Prasanna
Ajantha Mendis
Rameez Raja
Ravi Bopara

Comments welcomed

With regards to the rejects XI I'll go back to the original team posted in post #536

 

[smash84]

I like the opening combination and the bowling attack has some real stars in it. Excluding Border I think you middle order is a bit weak compared to some of the other teams. Would have been great if you had a better batsman than Campbell in there.

yeah the bowling attack is very strong but Alistair Campell a bit of a weak link in the batting line up

 

[smash84]

Charter 77 XI Final Line up

1. Sid Barnes
2. Bert Sutcliffe
3. Don Bradman (c)
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Colin Bland
6. Tony Greig (vc)
7. Chris Cairns
8. John Waite (+)
9. Learie Constantine
10. Jim Laker
11. Alec Bedser

Reserves:
Erapali Prasanna
Ajantha Mendis
Rameez Raja
Ravi Bopara

Comments welcomed

With regards to the rejects XI I'll go back to the original team posted in post #536

Very strong team up till number 4. It goes really downhill from there.

 

[Himannv]

Charter 77 XI Final Line up

1. Sid Barnes
2. Bert Sutcliffe
3. Don Bradman (c)
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Colin Bland
6. Tony Greig (vc)
7. Chris Cairns
8. John Waite (+)
9. Learie Constantine
10. Jim Laker
11. Alec Bedser

Reserves:
Erapali Prasanna
Ajantha Mendis
Rameez Raja
Ravi Bopara

Comments welcomed

With regards to the rejects XI I'll go back to the original team posted in post #536

Bradman and Uncle Polly vs the world.

 

[smash84]

Bradman and Uncle Polly vs the world.

Actually more like Bradman, Polly, and Sutcliffe against the world

 

[kyear2]

Conrad Hunte
Matthew Hayden
Peter May (*)
Kevin Pietersen
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Jack Gregory
Farokh Engineer (+)
Bill O'Reilly
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis

Colin Cowdrey
Malinda Warnapuna
Andrew McDonald
Tamim Iqbal

Pretty happy with this side in the end, Cowdrey the one to miss out.

Batting line-up does not live up to some of the other sides but still has quality throughout and has plenty of depth and attacking intent.

Really like the bowling with the two leg spinners and three genuinely fast bowlers all offering something different.

Really good 11. Well done.

 

[kyear2]

I like the opening combination and the bowling attack has some real stars in it. Excluding Border I think you middle order is a bit weak compared to some of the other teams. Would have been great if you had a better batsman than Campbell in there.

Yea aside from Border middle order is too weak.

 

[Blakus]

Chanderpaul an unlikely steal in the final round. My final team looks like:

1.Jack Hobbs
2.Sunil Gavaskar
3.Everton Weekes
4.Kenny Barrington
5.Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6.Ted Dexter
7.Denis Lindsay
8.Michael Holding
9.Dennis Lillee
10.Shoaib Akhtar
11.Subhash Gupte

Reserves: Dempster, de Silva, Mbangwa, Mahmudullah

One of the best sides I've managed to make in a draft. The major selling points are the strength of my top 4 batsmen and the speed and hostility of my pace attack.