Draft: "We're not #1"

[AndrewB]

Following on from the "best in the world title belt history" thread, how about a draft in which all players who've ever been ranked #1 (at batting or bowling*) in the official ICC player rankings are excluded?

*Not sure whether #1 all-rounders should also be excluded - any views?

 

[jimmy101]

I'll join. Any chance you could provide a list of banned players? And I think excluding #1 all-rounders wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Himannv]

I'm in. Agree with jimmy101 about all-rounders and the banned players list.

 

[AndrewB]

Top ranked (and so inelgible) batsmen:

Australia: Charles Bannerman, Allan Border, Don Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Michael Clarke, Joe Darling, Adam Gilchrist, Neil Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Clem Hill, Mike Hussey, Frank Iredale, Bill Lawry, Jack Lyons, Colin McDonald, Percy McDonnell, Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith, Keith Stackpole, Victor Trumper, Doug Walters, Steve Waugh

England: Ken Barrington, Denis Compton, Stanley Jackson, Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Hayward, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Peter May, Joe Root, Arthur Shrewsbury, Allan Steel, Andy Stoddart, Herbert Sutcliffe, George Ulyett, Michael Vaughan

India: Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath

New Zealand: Glenn Turner, Kane Williamson

Pakistan : Inzamam-ul-Haq, Javed Miandad, Mohammad Yousuf, Younus Khan

South Africa: Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Aubrey Faulkner, Jacques Kallis, Dudley Nourse, Graeme Pollock, Herbie Taylor

Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara

West Indies: Jimmy Adams, Shiv Chanderpaul, Gordon Greenidge, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Garry Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes

Zimbabwe: Andy Flower

 

[AndrewB]

Top ranked (ineligible) bowlers:

Australia: Richie Benaud, Tibby Cotter, Alan Davidson, Jack Gregory, Clarrie Grimmett, Bert Ironmonger, Bill Johnston, Tom Kendall, Geoff Lawson, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Arthur Mailey, Ashley Mallett, Glenn McGrath, Keith Miller, Monty Noble, Bill O'Reilly, Joey Palmer, Jack Saunders, Fred Spofforth, Jeff Thomson, Ernie Toshack, Hugh Trumble, Charlie Turner, Max Walker, Shane Warne

England: Jimmy Anderson, Geoff Arnold, Sydney Barnes, Billy Barnes, Billy Bates, Alec Bedser, Colin Blythe, Ian Botham, Bill Bowes, Johnny Briggs, Stuart Broad, Tich Freeman, Steve Harmison, Jim Laker, Tony Lock, George Lohmann, Bobby Peel, Wilfred Rhodes, Tom Richardson, Alfred Shaw, John Snow, Maurice Tate, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood, Hedley Verity, Bill Voce, Bob Willis

India: Ravichandran Ashwin, Bishen Bedi, Ravindra Jadeja

New Zealand: Jack Cowie, Richard Hadlee

Pakistan: Fazal Mahmood, Imran Khan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Yasir Shah

South Africa: Allan Donald, Aubrey Faulkner, Vernon Philander, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Dale Steyn, Hugh Tayfield

Sri Lanka: Muttiah Muralitharan

West Indies: Curtly Ambrose, Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Lance Gibbs, Wes Hall, Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts

 

[AndrewB]

Top all-rounders not in either of the previous lists:

Australia: Warwick Armstrong, George Giffen, Charles Kelleway, Charles Macartney

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan

England: Gubby Allen, Trevor Bailey, Bill Edrich, Andrew Flintoff, Tony Greig, Wally Hammond, Frank Woolley

India: Kapil Dev, Vinoo Mankad

New Zealand: Chris Cairns

Pakistan: Mushtaq Mohammad, Wasim Akram

South Africa: Brian McMillan

 

[ankitj]

In.

I would've been in favor of not excluding top ranked all rounders. But anyway.

 

[Teuton]

In.

I vote for excluding the all-rounders

 

[Prince EWS]

In

 

[srbhkshk]

In.

 

[mr_mister]

in

 

[AndrewB]

Does anyone else have any views on whether the top all-rounders should be eligible?

 

[Jarquis]

In.

Exclude the allrounders

 

[fredfertang]

Yes, I'll play, and exclude the all-rounders

 

[Prince EWS]

Instinctively I wanted them excluded, but having a look at the actual list I think I want them in. Include.

 

[srbhkshk]

Not in the spirit of the draft imo to include them. Exclude.

 

[AndrewB]

OK, by popular demand the #1 all-rounders are also excluded.

Round 1 order
Teuton
Himannv
Marcuss
ankitj
jimmy101
fredfertang
AndrewB
PrinceEWS
mr_mister
srbhkshk
a massive zebra
kingkallis

As usual, random draw for the odd rounds; each even round follows the reverse order of the preceding round.

12 hours per pick, but no time-outs in the first 24 hours (that is, before 23:10 GMT on Feb 12th) so everyone gets a chance to notice the draft has started
(So Teuton gets 24 hours for his first pick; if he picks quickly, Himannv will get more than 12 hours, etc.)

 

[Teuton]

George Headley

 

[vitalogy83]

Out of curiosity - how did you filter out the ineligible players mate? Is there a way to search for this online?

 

[Himannv]

Barry Richards