Budget Draft Voting Thread

[Eds]

Watson and perhaps kyear a fair way in front for me. Watson with one of the better drafting performances I've seen -- wouldn't mind a team like that in a straight 14-man draft with no budgets!

Monk gets 3rd place. Love the top order and the new ball pair is just fantastic.

Morgie and ohnoitsyou really unlucky there though.

Other highlights include Garson's opening pair, Johnners' pace attack, Michaelf7 (who's been a bit hard done by really) on a rank turner would wipe the floor with everyone and Marcuss's pace attack which is probably the best in the competition. All in all it looks a fantastic draft and I can only concur with fred's thoughts earlier in this thread.

 

[GIMH]

Be honest everyone my attack is immense

 

[Dan]

Be honest everyone my attack is immense

Yeah, just a lack of quality batting holding you back. McGrath/Bond/Swann would be such a gun attack.

 

[watson]

Yeah, just a lack of quality batting holding you back. McGrath/Bond/Swann would be such a gun attack.

IMO opinion Simon Jones was the standout English bowler of the famous 2005 Ashes campaign. People rave about Flintoff, but it was Jones who quietly bowled England to its historic win. Such as shame that his career was ruined by knee injury. Jones in full form was almost Bond's equal from what I can remember.

 

[Red]

IMO opinion Simon Jones was the standout English bowler of the famous 2005 Ashes campaign. People rave about Flintoff, but it was Jones who quietly bowled England to its historic win. Such as shame that his career was ruined by knee injury. Jones in full form was almost Bond's equal from what I can remember.

Yeh, I really rated him. Shame for England he was cruelled by injuries. He just seemed to always be applying pressure and asking questions of the batsmen in 2005. And he really bullied Clarke in that series. Had Clarke second guessing himself in a planned assault of verbal intimidation and aggro.

 

[Johnners]

Watson, KYear & Michael just over ankitj.

Reasonably happy with my team, screwed up 2 selections though. First by picking Irvine, caught out by cricinfo listing every who has ever kept in park cricket one time as a wicket-keeper. The second by misreading Greig's wicket tally, meaning I hadn't left myself enough wickets to pick Johnson

 

[GIMH]

Yeah, just a lack of quality batting holding you back. McGrath/Bond/Swann would be such a gun attack.

Realised too late I had plenty of runs left. And didn't plan it out well enough

But with that attack I don't need big scores

 

[Jarquis]

Congrats to Watson I guess

 

[kyear2]

Yes Congrats to Watson. Great job.

And again thanks to Marcuss as well, really was a fun draft that also made us use even more strategy and planning than usual.

 

[smash84]

congrats to watson, kyear2, and Ankit for taking top spots

 

[ankitj]

Thanks Marcuss. It was an awesome format. Almost want to play it again

 

[smash84]

yeah Marcuss, great format. It was a great idea for a draft

 

[watson]

Thanks for all your hard work Marcuss. Well worth it!

I might start a draft in a day or three - 'Birthday Draft. The Best from Each Decade,1870 to 1980'. Or something like that.