Alphabetic draft

[AndyZaltzHair]

Herbie Taylor

 

[honestbharani]

Coming up with the Bradman rule I wanted something that a) punished him enough to make other sides competitive, b) wasn't too punitive, c) felt thematic for the draft and d) still gave an interesting drafting experience.

Don't think you achieved (b) tbh. But it was a pretty novel and interesting idea.

 

[honestbharani]

​Hedley Verity

 

[ataraxia]

stephen times out.

RH > trundler > Andrew > me

 

[stephen]

I'll take Steve Waugh.

 

[stephen]

Stephen's Champions:

Bill Lawry
Bob Simpson (5)
Ken Barrington
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Steve Waugh (c) (6)
Brendon McCullum +
Shaun Pollock (2)
Maurice Tate (3)
Michael Holding (1)
Clarrie Grimmett (4)

 

[stephen]

I'm very happy with my side in the end.

 

[AndrewB]

Think AndyZaltzHair is next to pick.

 

[trundler]

Yeah Taylor before Tendulkar

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Me or Red Hill we both have Taylor

 

[Pothas]

Stephen's Champions:

Bill Lawry
Bob Simpson (5)
Ken Barrington
Rahul Dravid
Virat Kohli
Steve Waugh (c) (6)
Brendon McCullum +
Shaun Pollock (2)
Maurice Tate (3)
Michael Holding (1)
Clarrie Grimmett (4)

Very solid. Can't really pick a fault in it.

 

[trundler]

Me or Red Hill we both have Taylor

Yours is an H. Your turn now I think.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Polly Umrigar

 

[Red]

Clyde Walcott.

 

[stephen]

Trundler - Warwick Armstrong, Geoff Boycott, Jock Cameron, Andy Flower, Imran Khan, Malcolm Marshall, Ricky Ponting, Andy Roberts, Saeed Anwar, Sachin Tendulkar
AndrewB - Curtly Ambrose, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Jack Hobbs, Brian Lara, Arthur Morris, Bert Oldfield, Eddie Paynter, Garry Sobers, Jeff Thomson
Milenko47 - Abdul Qadir, Allan Border, Michael Clarke, Sunil Gavaskar, Wally Hammond, Allan Knott, Ray Lindwall, Peter May, Barry Richards, Fred Trueman.
Teuton - James Anderson, Bishan Bedi, Denis Compton, MS Dhoni, Richard Hadlee, Javed Miandad, Keith Miller, Mike Procter, Kumar Sangakkara, Victor Trumper
Pothas - SF Barnes, Allan Donald, Len Hutton, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kevin Pietersen, Viv Richards, Steve Smith, Frank Tyson
AndyZaltzHair - Don Bradman, Mahmudullah, Dudley Nourse, Matt Prior, Sonny Ramadhin, Dale Steyn, Herbie Taylor, Polly Umrigar
Honestbharani - ​Neil Adcock, ​Eddie Barlow, AB de Villiers, Joel Garner, Jacques Kallis, ​Jim Laker, ​Stan McCabe, ​Graeme Pollock, ​Herbert Sutcliffe, ​Hedley Verity
Red Hill - Ian Botham, Adam Gilchrist, Wes Hall, Glenn McGrath, Monty Noble, Bill Ponsford, Wilfred Rhodes, Michael Slater, Ross Taylor, Clyde Walcott

Complete:
Michaelf7777777 - Les Ames, Greg Chappell, Aubrey Faulkner, WG Grace, George Headley, Dennis Lillee, Charles Macartney, Bill O'Reilly, Vernon Philander, Graeme Smith, Wasim Akram
Stephen - Ken Barrington, Rahul Dravid, Clarrie Grimmett, Michael Holding, Virat Kohli, Bill Lawry, Brendon McCullum, Shaun Pollock, Bob Simpson, Maurice Tate, Steve Waugh

 

[Red]

Bill Ponsford /
Michael Slater /
Clyde Walcott /
Ross Taylor /
Monty Noble /o
Adam Gilchrist /+
Ian Botham /o
Wilfred Rhodes /o
-
Wes Hall o
Glenn McGrath o

 

[stephen]

Don't think you achieved (b) tbh. But it was a pretty novel and interesting idea.

Well I had to make sure the rule could cope with a second round Bradman pick. Getting someone like Ambrose or even Abdul Qadir first round and then Bradman second would have made the whole draft a lot easier. And I don't think I could have given the Bradman player an M pick given how many good players have that letter.

M is half way through the alphabet. We need 11 players. Picking first round Bradman gives two players in the first 13 letters and leaves 12 letters (13 if you count X) for 9 names.

What I didn't account for was all the Mc names showing up ahead of Mahmadullah. Half the freaking draft abused that (including me) which put AZH at a greater disadvantage than I'd hoped.

Having said that, he's still got Nourse, Steyn and a couple of 40+ averaging batsmen, which still might be enough for his side to be the best.

Having Bradman is such a huge advantage. I like to think of it as having Michael Clarke and Neil Harvey and one extra player.

 

[stephen]

Very solid. Can't really pick a fault in it.

It could be considered a little dour with the bat, but I don't mind that because I don't have a Kallis or Sobers as a strong 5th bowler. So grinding the opponent down is a good alternative.

 

[trundler]

And for my final trick I'll take Shane Warne.

 

[stephen]

And for my final trick I'll take Shane Warne.

Nice