Sheep Draft version 4.0

[NUFAN]

There is an obvious tension that exists between wanting to pick an ATG, but needing to pick an obscure cricketer in order to avoid a 'Sheep'. So knowing when to go for the ATG, and when to go for the obscure cricketer is the name of the game. I think that there are some simple principles that can be followed when trying to decide between those 2 categories during a pick.

Of course the risk of getting a 'Sheep' will never go away, but I believe that the risk can be minimised somewhat, while at the same time grabbing the occasional ATG.

That said, Engineer and Adcock were illogical picks by me, and I think that I understand why.

I'm interested (kind of) why you'd call those picks illogical, I definitely think you can play the percentages a bit but all it takes is someone to be thinking like you and you are screwed.

There are a couple of things that people have done so far which as far as I can tell, isn't playing the percentages, but who knows perhaps gut instinct is the way to go, especially with your first pick.

 

[Spikey]

i just wanted to make sure no-one Bradbury'd their way to Imran Khan

 

[Coronis]

i just wanted to make sure no-one Bradbury'd their way to Imran Khan

Why'd you pick Dainty then

 

[NUFAN]

RESULTS

3.2 Select a cricketer who has had 15 or more not outs in their test career

PASS
Monk
Fred
Cabinet
Watson
Morgie
Marcuss
Pothas
AndyZalt
BeeGee
Justo
Coronis
Spikey
KingKallis

FAIL
Harsh - didn't pick
honest - Ken Barrington, selected in 3.1


Q. 4.2 Select a cricketer who played for any of the sub-continental countries (Bang, Ind, Pak, SL) and retired from Tests before 01/01/2000.

PASS
Justo
Fred
Pothas
honest
BeeGee
Morgie

FAIL
Coronis - Vijay Merchant (selected in 4.1)
AndyZalt - Vijay Merchant (selected in 4.1)
Monk - Vijay Hazare
Spikey - Vijay Hazare
Watson - Vijay Hazare
Marcuss - Vinoo Mankad (selected in 4.1)
Cabinet - Zaheer Abbas (selected in 4.1)
KingKallis - Mohammad Azharuddin (just fails criteria)
Harsh - didn't pick

Q5.2 Select a cricketer who’s surname starts with A E I O or U – The Cricketer must have played for either Aus, Eng, NZ, SA, WI, Zim.

PASS
Cabinet
Pothas
Monk
Fred
Watson
Morgie
AndyZalt
BeeGee

FAIL
KingKallis - Hashim Amla (selected in 5.2)
Coronis - Hashim Amla (selected in 5.2)
Justo - Warwick Armstrong
honest - Warwick Armstrong
Spikey - James Anderson (selected in 3.1)
Marcuss - James Anderson (selected in 3.1)
Harsh - didn't pick

 

[Coronis]

Ugh.

 

[NUFAN]

Anyone who has passed a question and wants to dish out a sheep, email me please.

That sub continental question is proving to be difficult,

 

[kingkallis]

I am more than happy I got 3.2 right. Whaddaplaya! I've sorted my skipper

 

[Spikey]

how the **** are we all picking the same guys for question 2.

 

[Jarquis]

ugh. cbf.

 

[honestbharani]

yeah.. that AEIOU was a horrible question, Nuf.. Generally u gave us great questions that are not easily obvious but have just enough good players to keep people interested but the AEIOU is the worst u ve thrown out in these sheep drafts..

 

[fredfertang]

yeah.. that AEIOU was a horrible question, Nuf.. Generally u gave us great questions that are not easily obvious but have just enough good players to keep people interested but the AEIOU is the worst u ve thrown out in these sheep drafts..

......... thought it was an excellent question myself

 

[honestbharani]

......... thought it was an excellent question myself

lol... I was all sleepy coz he posted the question at 8 AM Eastern Time here.. I thought it included the SC guys and hence a good question but then I saw it was defaulted to the non SC guys.. Pretty difficult coz this is one question where even our own picks are gonna be like sheeps..

 

[BeeGee]

......... thought it was an excellent question myself

Me too. I like the difficult questions. It's what makes this draft so good and why this is the first draft I've participated in. Teams that aren't packed to the rafters with ATGs are far more interesting, imo.

Pretty happy with the bloke I got. Diamond in the rough.

 

[honestbharani]

lol.. seems fairly standard.. those who got good ones think it is a good question, I did not and I think it was a rough question..

 

[kingkallis]

To be honest, tough questions makes the 'sheep' drafts interesting. So I guess it's a good question even if I failed to get my player twice.

 

[Red]

re-sent

 

[fredfertang]

Sheep for

3. Jim Higgs
Shahadat Hossain


4. HK Jayantilal
Maharajah of Vizianagram


5. Ronnie Irani
David O'Sullivan

 

[BeeGee]

Sheep for

3. Danny Morrison

4. Pubudu Dassanayake

5. Geoff Allott


New Zealand has a lot of sheep.

 

[BeeGee]

Maharajah of Vizianagram

Gun selection. A first class average of 18 and he captained India on a tour to England. Bought and paid for.

It is also alleged that in the 1st Test against England, Vizzy offered Mushtaq Ali a gold watch to run out Vijay Merchant.

Worst test captain ever?

...was the President of BCCI from 1954–1957.

 

[watson]

I'm interested (kind of) why you'd call those picks illogical, I definitely think you can play the percentages a bit but all it takes is someone to be thinking like you and you are screwed.

There are a couple of things that people have done so far which as far as I can tell, isn't playing the percentages, but who knows perhaps gut instinct is the way to go, especially with your first pick.

The more I think about your statement the more profound and correct it seems. This is because it essentially means that the individuals on Cricketweb have become one collective mind which thinks the same, and consequently selects the same players. Such is the influence that we have over eachother without even knowing it.

How else could you explain the clashes in the 'Subcontential Question'? By rights it should be all done and dusted by now for the simple reason that there are numerous excellent players to choose from. The pool is relatively enormous.