Debuts & Retirements draft

[honestbharani]

David Allen (1960-1968)



Team's crying out for the steady offspinner who can be unplayable on helpful wickets.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Ian Botham 1977- 1992

 

[honestbharani]

I've been thinking of reviving this draft sometime in the future but running it in reverse (ie; picking current players & working backwards) with randomized draft orders each round. Would anyone be interested in that?

Sounds like fun but you might see people eager to jump to the 1800s just to get back again to present day.


Seriously though, even the same format as this time will work but with randomized round orders revealed only at the end of every round. And including Bradman just to ensure I get to pick him at least next time.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

1. Arthur Morris
2. Roy Fredericks
3. Clem Hill
4. Herbie Taylor
5. Ken Barrington
6. Ian Botham
7. George Giffen
8.
9.
10.
11. Bill O'Reilly

 

[harsh.ag]

1. Arthur Morris
2. Roy Fredericks
3. Clem Hill
4. Herbie Taylor
5. Ken Barrington
6. Ian Botham
7. George Giffen
8.
9.
10.
11. Bill O'Reilly

MVP man. Next pick at '92 too. Well done.

 

[Grumpy]

Zaheer Abbas

Nooooooooo. Fmd. Ruined me plans.

Could you do me a favour and post your line-up so far. Will help me pick my future players if I know who you could be potentially targeting.

 

[Grumpy]

MVP man. Next pick at '92 too. Well done.

J_C has Immy.

 

[harsh.ag]

J_C has Immy.

There are multiple good choices there

 

[Howe_zat]

I haven't properly looked at my team yet so yeah ok

Grace
Mitchell
Abbas
-
-
Trumper
-
Ward+
Tayfield
Freeman
Griffith

Looks like I need a fast bowling allrounder or a modern number 5 who could captain.

Who debuted in 1985

Nope can't think of anyone

 

[AndrewB]

I've been thinking of reviving this draft sometime in the future but running it in reverse (ie; picking current players & working backwards) with randomized draft orders each round. Would anyone be interested in that?

I would.

Another option would be "start with anyone you like, and extend in either direction", but maybe that wouldn't work as well.

 

[jimmy101]

OS has timed out so I'll just go ahead & select Dean Jones (1984 - 1992).

 

[jimmy101]

Sounds like fun but you might see people eager to jump to the 1800s just to get back again to present day.


Seriously though, even the same format as this time will work but with randomized round orders revealed only at the end of every round. And including Bradman just to ensure I get to pick him at least next time.

Ah, yes, that little problem. I was thinking that if people make it to 1877 too soon they would have to keep selecting people from 1877 over & over again as a form of punishment.

 

[Grumpy]

Glenn Turner (1969-1983)

Grumpy Mondays

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Glenn Turner
4.
5.
6. Mushtaq Ali
7.
8. Bill Barnes
9. Hugh Trumble
10. Claude Carter
11. Tibby Cotter

 

[jimmy101]

Round 9

AndrewB
Watson
honestbharani
mr_mister
J_C
Howe_zat
AndyZaltzHair
Grumpy
morgieb
OverratedSanity
jimmy101
harsh.ag
schearzie

Round 10

schearzie
harsh.ag
jimmy101
OverratedSanity
morgieb
Grumpy
AndyZaltzHair
Howe_zat
J_C
mr_mister
honestbharani
Watson
AndrewB

Some interesting little duels coming up this round.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Whoops sorry about the timeout. Had a rough morning.
I'll pick Uton Dowe (1971-73).

Big quick west indian pacer who is infamous for bowling one of the worst bowling spells ever. 'Dowe shalt not bowl' indeed.

Figured I'm not going to end up with the best team, so might as well go for the weirdest. It's going to have a ton of holes in it but oh well

 

[harsh.ag]

Whoops sorry about the timeout. Had a rough morning.
I'll pick Uton Dowe (1971-73).

Big quick west indian pacer who is infamous for bowling one of the worst bowling spells ever. 'Dowe shalt not bowl' indeed.

Figured I'm not going to end up with the best team, so might as well go for the weirdest. It's going to have a ton of holes in it but oh well

Haha gun move.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Haha gun move.

Its actually terrible. Even in the best case scenario going forward I end up with a massive gap in the team. But it should be an interesting team atleast

 

[AndrewB]

Having reached round 9 and 1995 without a fast bowler. I'd better pick Shaun Pollock (1995-2008)

 

[watson]

Collecting my 4th England captain because I can.


01. Andy Sandham (1921 - 1930)
02. Plum Warner (1909 -1912)
03. Everton Weekes (1948 - 1958)
04. Hon. Lionel Tennyson * (1913 - 1921)
05.
06. Albert Trott (1895 - 1909)
07. Ray Illingworth (1958 - 1973)
08. Gubby Allen (1930 - 1948)
09. Tiger Smith + (1912 - 1913)
10. Charles Turner (1887 - 1895)
11.

 

[jimmy101]

By the looks of it there'd be a very regal atmosphere in your dressing room Watson.