Silent Auction Draft

[Magrat Garlick]

Not going to put any bids in until we establish whether this is the final round.

This.

 

[Red]

Yeh, apologies. I did say 13 way back yonder, but said 12 would be the last a few pages back. My bad.

No damage done though. Everyone can re-send their picks for Rd 12 if they want/need to.

I will run 13 rounds because that's what I originally said.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Keeping my picks the same btw monk

 

[NUFAN]

Hey monk can you please just reduce my bids by 200, 000 for the players above 200k but just keep the others as is. I dont have access to that gmail account/too lazy.

 

[NUFAN]

I'd be going:

1. Johnson (6)
2. Sidhu
3. Sangakkara
4. Kallis (4)
5. Woolley (5)
6. Manjrekar
7. Pellew
8. Lilley
9. A Quick (2)
10. Finn (3)
11. Alderman (1)

Unless you're really confident on grabbing Warner for your remaining budget, that is.

Is the other opener Nip Pellew? I'd switch him with Manjrekar in the order. Not a bad side. If Neil Johnson is opening the bowling I'd prob try to get a bowler this round and bench either Hinds or Johnson. I like that you've got Hinds batting above Kallis though. I'd prob keep him in the line up just for that. I know you like Terry at 10 but I'd never have him batting above 11 unless you somehow manage to get Bruce Reid.

Now I feel bad. I was just playing mind games with the makeup of my xi to hide who I was after. Hinds wont make my team and there is no way Neil Johnson is opening the attack. Im definitely going a bowler this round and probably aim for an opener next round. My lineup is similar to dans.

 

[Red]

Because of the R12/13 stuff, I'll wait til tomorrow night before posting R12 stuff. If anyone wants to re-vote considering there is a 13th Rd, please do so before then.

- There will be a 13th Rd.

 

[Dan]

Yeah it was painfully obvious that you were a bowler short NUFAN


Re-sent.

 

[watson]

Keen to see who gets Mike Procter.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

You did say today monk

 

[Red]

Can't tonight. Only got the iPad and it's too hard on the iPad. I will tomorrow morning.

Sorry for the hold up.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Can't tonight. Only got the iPad and it's too hard on the iPad. I will tomorrow morning.

Sorry for the hold up.

No probs.

 

[kyear2]

Two horrib;e days at work, will pick in a second

 

[Red]

R 12 Results

kyear - Dave Warner - $2,200,000.

weeman - Chaminda Vaas - $400,000

Dan - Colin McCool — $1

Samuel Vimes - Courtney Walsh - $2,650,000

morgieb - Polly Umrigar - $700,000

nufan - Mike Procter - $1,991,204

ohno - Bob Willis $395,999

Cammo - Brian Statham $22,011

 

[Red]

Rd 13 players

Doug Ring
Andrew Symonds
Reon King
Sunil Gavaskar
JP Duminy
Geoff Lawson
Bobby Peel
Matthew Hoggard
Jack Hobbs
Dale Steyn
David Williams
Sikander Bakht

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Oh yeah. Willis and Slyvers with Flintoff at first change. Now thats an intimidating battery of quicks.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Oh ****, there goes having the best batsmen in the draft...

 

[NUFAN]

Very happy with Procter, but gee that last round is classy!

 

[Red]

One thing that is noticeable in this draft is that there aren't many mediocre test cricketers who have player 10+ tests.

There are a few plodders among them, but basically if you've played 10 tests (which is 2 or 3 series) for your country, you're a decent cricketer.

 

[NUFAN]

Keen to see who gets Mike Procter.

Hi Watson.

I think Walsh was the best Test Cricketer from the round 12 group, but Procter was the player that will help my side the most. With Kallis and Woolley also in my team, it means I don't mind if I end up with a batsman or bowler in this final round. Basically, I think Procter+Alderman+Finn+Kallis+Woolley is a decent enough bowling lineup, but adding a bowler like Steyn would work too.

 

[watson]

Hi Watson.

I think Walsh was the best Test Cricketer from the round 12 group, but Procter was the player that will help my side the most. With Kallis and Woolley also in my team, it means I don't mind if I end up with a batsman or bowler in this final round. Basically, I think Procter+Alderman+Finn+Kallis+Woolley is a decent enough bowling lineup, but adding a bowler like Steyn would work too.

Agreed, Walsh is the better Test cricketer objectively speaking, but Procter will always have a greater emotional impact for some reason, even as a pure bowler.

And yes, Steyn-Procter-Alderman-Kallis-Woolley would probably 'work' as an attack - to say the least.