Ascending batting average draft (tests)

[ankitj]

17 drafters made this draft quite competitive. Going to get much more interesting when we start picking batsmen whose quality is positively correlated with their batting averages.

 

[kingkallis]

If I'm understanding this draft correctly, HB's bowling attack is going to be Marshall and a few guys with batting averages above 37?

Edit: Never mind. I didn't understand it correctly.

Anyone with 18+ average he can pick. He will still have a few decent bowlers he can pick from.

 

[trundler]

Given the options left and HB's drafting history, he's probably aiming for going full meme #batdeep and stocking on all-rounders

 

[kingkallis]

Given the options left and HB's drafting history, he's probably aiming for going full meme #batdeep and stocking on all-rounders

No. He is too busy to plan anything these days so I doubt he will. Plus others are also aiming for a few more all-rounders.

 

[ankitj]

@trundler – now is a good time to declare what happens if someone doesn't complete their XI by rules of the game. My vote is disqualification.

 

[trundler]

@trundler – now is a good time to declare what happens if someone doesn't complete their XI by rules of the game. My vote is disqualification.

Yeah, I agree. Bradman is ineligible before the 11th pick. Otherwise I don't see the need arising as there are plenty of options. One may have to just suck it up and make do with lesser players though.

 

[ankitj]

• Teuton - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (4.07), Shoaib Akhtar (10.07), Bob Willis (11.51), Wasim Akram (22.64)
• Trundler - Bert Ironmonger (2.62), Fred Trueman (13.82), Wes Hall (15.73), Peter Pollock (21.67)

Trundler goes before Teuton.

 

[weldone]

fullerpitch has timed out, stephenza can pick now

 

[StephenZA]

8 h picks? Fuller should have another couple of hours?

 

[trundler]

2 hours and 17 minutes for him.

 

[StephenZA]

Query on rules? Must have played a minimum of 4 Tests and played after 1918, or played a minimum of 4 Tests after 1918?

 

[trundler]

Query on rules? Must have played a minimum of 4 Tests and played after 1918, or played a minimum of 4 Tests after 1918?

The latter. Therefore SF Barnes and GA Faulkner are ineligible but Warren Bardsley isn't.

 

[StephenZA]

The latter. Therefore SF Barnes and GA Faulkner are ineligible but Warren Bardsley isn't.

I knew Barnes had not been eligible, never played after 1914. Was unsure regards Faulkner.

 

[weldone]

• srbhkshk - Joel Garner (12.44), Neil Wagner (12.5), Andy Roberts (14.94), Anil Kumble (17.77)
• Honestbharani - Malcolm Marshall (18.85)
• StephenZA - Muttiah Muralitharan (11.68), Zaheer Khan (11.95), Patrick Cummins (17.02), Fanie de Villiers (18.89)
• Red Hill - Bruce Reid (4.65), Dennis Lillee (13.71), Harold Larwood (19.4)
• AndrewB - Jasprit Bumrah (2.9), Bill O'Reilly (12.81), Ray Lindwall (21.15)
• Trundler - Bert Ironmonger (2.62), Fred Trueman (13.82), Wes Hall (15.73), Peter Pollock (21.67)
• Teuton - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (4.07), Shoaib Akhtar (10.07), Bob Willis (11.51), Wasim Akram (22.64)
• Fuller Pilch - Curtly Ambrose (12.4), Alec Bedser (12.75), Hugh Tayfield (16.90), Vernon Philander (24.04)
• KingKallis - Brett Schultz (1.5), James Anderson (9.67), Kagiso Rabada (11.43), Richie Benaud (24.4)
• Line and Length - Glenn McGrath (7.37), Frank Tyson (10.95), Nathan Lyon (12.27), Alan Davidson (24.59)
• Ataraxia - Allan Donald (10.68), Derek Underwood (11.56), Shane Bond (12.92), Mike Procter (25.11)
• Ankitj - Courtney Walsh (7.54), Stuart MacGill (9.69), Jack Cowie (10), Richard Hadlee (27.16)
• Weldone - Waqar Younis (10.2), Shane Warne (17.33), Tim Southee (17.38), Kapil Dev (31.05)
• Pothas - Dale Steyn (13.59), Fazal Mahmood (14.09), Rangana Herath (14.52), Shaun Pollock (32.31)
• Mr_mister - Neil Adcock (5.41), Lance Gibbs (6.97), Michael Holding (13.79), Don Tallon (17.13), Ian Botham (33.54)
• Coronis - Bill Bowes (4.66), Mohammad Abbas (7.23), Clarrie Grimmett (13.92), Wally Grout (15.08), Keith Miller (36.97)
• Marcuss - Mohammad Asif (5.64), Wayne Daniel (6.57), Jim Laker (14.08), Imran Khan (37.69)

 

[weldone]

8 h picks? Fuller should have another couple of hours?

2 hours and 17 minutes for him.

uh I somehow thought for a sec Kumble was the last pick

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Have just woken up (7am in nz). How long have I got to choose?

 

[weldone]

Have just woken up (7am in nz). How long have I got to choose?

1 hour and 38 minutes

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Vernon Philander (24.04).

 

[StephenZA]

Fanie de Villiers (18.89)

 

[weldone]

mrmr -> me -> srbhkshk

Hope I can pick before going to sleep (about 3 hours from now)