The "What Is He Smoking" Draft

[morgieb]

Michael Clarke

 

[Jarquis]

Trevor Goddard

 

[Pothas]

Don Bradman

 

[ankitj]

Shoaib Akhtar

 

[JOJOXI]

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

 

[srbhkshk]

Stuart Binny

Give the man what he wants for once Stephen.

I'll take Anil Kumble.

 

[kingkallis]

Warwick Armstrong

 

[stephen]

Trundler - Mustaq Ahmed
weeman27bob - Stuart Binny
Michaelf - Neil Wagner
Himannv - Neil Harvey
HonestBharani - Sam Curran
Ataraxia - Peter May
AndrewB - Frank Woolley
MorgieB - Michael Clarke
Marcuss - Trevor Goddard
Pothas - Don Bradman
Ankitj - Shoaib Ahktar
Jojoxi - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
srbhkshk - Anil Kumble
Kingkallis - Warwick Armstrong

I believe that's everyone. I'm compiling the results...

 

[stephen]

Round 7 rule:

You must select a player who is alphabetically after the player selected before you (regardless of their validity).

If a "Z" player is selected, you may select an "A" player.

If you fail, you will get the first eligible player who has played 10+ tests alphabetically after the selection before you.

kingkallis	Curtly Ambrose	George Headley	*Jimmy Binks	*Reg Simpson	*Geoff Lawson	Graeme Smith	*Budhi Kunderan
Himmanv	Dale Steyn	Joel Garner	*Ollie Pope	*Everton Weekes	*Morne Morkel	*Matt Poore	*Wahab Riaz
srbhkshk	*Gordon Greenidge	Courtney Walsh	*George Duckworth	*Bert Vogler	Pat Cummins	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Anil Kumble
Ataraxia	*Qasim Umar	Alan Davidson	*Wasim Bari	Alec Bedser	Jack Gregory	Vinoo Mankad	Peter May
weeman27bob	*Corey Anderson	Andy Flower	*Dick Spooner	*George Geary	Graeme Swann	*Seymour Nurse	*Mushtaq Ali
Jojoxi	Kapil Dev	Virat Kohli	*Wally Grout	Frank Worrell	Mitchell Starc	Charles Macartney	*Shoaib Malik
MorgieB	*Virender Sehwag	Wasim Akram	*Roy Swetman	*Harry Boyle	*Daniel Vettori	*Nafeez Iqbal	*Bob Woolmer
HonestBharani	*Ross Edwards	Mike Procter	*James Kelly	*Bill Bowes	Ben Stokes	Shane Watson	*Haseeb Ahsan
AndrewB	*Sunil Gavaskar	Ray Lindwall	Clyde Walcott	Maurice Tate	Tony Greig	*Craig Wishart	Frank Woolley
Trundler	*John Snow	Allan Donald	*Gil Langley	*Billy Zulch	*Taijul Islam	*Kerry O'Keefe	Mustaq Ahmed
Pothas	*Rohan Kanhai	Michael Holding	*Warren Lees	*Ivan Barrow	*Roy Gilchrist	*Cheteshwar Pujara	*Larry Gomes
Michaelf7777777	*Neville Quinn	Shaun Pollock	Les Ames	Victor Trumper	Wilfred Rhodes	*Daryll Cullinan	Neil Wagner
Marcuss	Muttiah Muralitharan	Dennis Lillee	Kumar Sangakkara	*Tommy Andrews	Andy Roberts	Geoffrey Boycott	Trevor Goddard
ankitj	Bill O'Reilly	Denis Compton	*John Ward	Herbert Sutcliffe	Neil Adcock	AB de Villiers	Shoaib Ahktar

Ban list:

Glenn McGrath, Don Bradman, Imran Khan, Garfield Sobers, Steve Smith, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shakib Al Hasan, Richard Hadlee, Keith Miller, Jack Hobbs, W. G. Grace, Jacques Kallis, Sydney Barnes, Brian Lara, Len Hutton, Aubrey Faulkner, Fred Trueman, Sachin Tendulkar, Barry Richards, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, Richie Benaud, Graeme Pollock, Rahul Dravid, Shane Warne, Clarrie Grimmett, Jim Laker, Waqar Younis, Harold Larwood, Simon Katich, David Boon, Allan Border, Ken Barrington, Bob Simpson, Steve Waugh, Younis Khan, James Anderson, Adam Voges, Arthur Morris, Greg Chappell, Tamim Iqbal, Javed Miandad, Bill Ponsford, Ravi Bopara,
Ricky Ponting, Marcus North, Mushtaq Mohammad, Kane Williamson, Dudley Nourse, Derek Pringle, Martin Crowe,
Stuart Binny, Neil Harvey, Sam Curran, Michael Clarke, Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Round 8 is the reverse of round 7. 2 drafters up at once.

 

[JOJOXI]

@kingkallis
@srbhkshk

 

[srbhkshk]

Warner

 

[JOJOXI]

Hugh Tayfield

 

[JOJOXI]

@ankitj

 

[Starfighter]

Perhaps to spice it up Stephen should go for the prior player in alphabetical order for once.

 

[ankitj]

Matthew Hayden

 

[honestbharani]

how is Ankit's pick ok? Am I missing something? He picked Akhtar and the guy before him picked Bradman?

 

[honestbharani]

And why is Jojo's pick of Chanderpaul invalid?

 

[ankitj]

Why is it invalid?

 

[JOJOXI]

And why is Jojo's pick of Chanderpaul invalid?

I think its to do with format of given names so Shoaib counts as S (Kapil Dev, counted as starting as an odd numbered letter for me before) but will see clarification later as heading to bed

 

[honestbharani]

But didn't we do an earlier round when Kapil Dev would have counted as a D name or something?