An Orderly Test Draft

[Line and Length]

I'm proposing what I call "An Orderly Draft".

The rules are straightforward:

ORDERLY TEST DRAFT

This Draft has participants selecting their team in batting order, though the bowlers can be adjusted in the batting order when naming the final team.

Rounds 1 and 2 participants select their openers.

Rounds 3 and 4 participants select their number 3 and 4 bats. (First chosen doesn’t have to bat at 3)

Rounds 5 and 6 participants select a batsman and an all-rounder. (You may pick the allrounder first, but number 5 must bat there)

Rounds 7 and 8 participants select a wicketkeeper and a spinner. (Batting order flexible after 1-5)

Rounds 9, 10 and 11 participants select either 3 pace bowlers or 2 pace bowlers and another spinner.

Bradman IS available BUT there is a HUGE penalty to pay in the later draft order.

I was hoping to start this draft after Christmas but, if there is enough current interest, I'll start when we have a minimum of 8 participants.

Interested?

 

[Line and Length]

CricAddict said:


I am in. But you can consider adding some challenge in it. As of now, this will be hugely based on luck based on the random generator since most of us have an idea of the order of best ATG players in each position.

Reversing the order of odd rounds addresses part of the luck aspect. eg if there are 8 participants would you prefer having the 1st and 16th choice opener or the 8th and 9th? I'll work on a system that might minimise the luck aspect while the list of participants comes in. It might be some sort of sliding scale so that all contestants have a top 2 pick in each of the odd numbered drafts.

 

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JOJOXI said:

"Would be interested, would be nice to have a clear stipulation to qualify for each batting position - just as a random eg - batsman must have played 25% of their innings at said batting position or something like that"

This is a good point. I'll make the stipulation 30% and give an example. Of his 190 innings, David Boon opened 63 times and batted at number 3 111 times. Thus he could be selected as either an opener or at number 3.

 

[Line and Length]

So far Himannv, CricAddict, honestbharani and Line and Length are nominated starters. @Teuton and @JOJOXI have expressed interest but need to confirm.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

In

 

[ataraxia]

In, but need clarification about the AR bit.

Also, on the keepers, do they have to have batted 30% or more of the time at 7? (which would disqualify Jock Cameron, Farokh Engineer, and more)

And can a player who hasn't played in any position 30% of the time (e.g. John Bracewell) be selected?

 

[Line and Length]

CricAddict made a good point when he posted:

"I am in. But you can consider adding some challenge in it. As of now, this will be hugely based on luck based on the random generator since most of us have an idea of the order of best ATG players in each position."

To lessen the impact of the luck element, Only Round One will be decided by random generator with Round Two a reverse of Round One.

For Round Three will see the top 2 draftees from Round One dropping to the bottom of the draft list with the rest of the field promoted 2 spots.
Rounds 5, 7 and 9 will repeat this process.

This way, with 10 starters, everyone would have a top 2 pick for one of the 5 categories.

I'm still open to suggestions for refining this draft. We will definitely have a maximum of 10 starters and a minimum of 8 - at the moment we have 4 starters and 2 possibles.

 

[JOJOXI]

In please

In, but need clarification about the AR bit.

Also, on the keepers, do they have to have batted 30% or more of the time at 7? (which would disqualify Jock Cameron, Farokh Engineer, and more)

And can a player who hasn't played in any position 30% of the time (e.g. John Bracewell) be selected?

Wonder if you made it that for the player to be eligible they had to either have played more innings at that position than any other or played at least 30% of their innings there?

 

[ataraxia]

at the moment we have 4 starters and 2 possibles.

I think we've got 7 starters now.

 

[Line and Length]

In, but need clarification about the AR bit.

Also, on the keepers, do they have to have batted 30% or more of the time at 7? (which would disqualify Jock Cameron, Farokh Engineer, and more)

And can a player who hasn't played in any position 30% of the time (e.g. John Bracewell) be selected?

Regarding the keepers, I've nominated them to be batting at number 7. They are selected for that position regardless of where they batted most frequently.

Similarly, John Bracewell would be selected as a spinner and, as with other bowlers, bats anywhere 8-11.

Regarding the AR position, I would imagine that they would be required as a 5th bowler (even though there may be other possible bowlers in the earlier batting line-up) and those drafting would be looking at a 5th bowler who warranted the number 6 spot.. Note - Garry Sobers would only qualify to bat at number 6 as this was his normal position and number 6 is designated the AR spot. I would have no objection to someone nominating someone like Bracewell as an all rounder (he's handy with the bat but may not appeal at number 6)

The 30% batting position (perhaps lowered to 25%) really only applies to the positions 1-5. The rest are more specialist player types (keeper, AR, spinner, quicks) and their selection is based on their role rather than their batting position.

I hope this clarifies things.

 

[Line and Length]

I think we've got 7 starters now.

Yes. We have 7 with @Teuton a possible.

 

[Line and Length]

In please



Wonder if you made it that for the player to be eligible they had to either have played more innings at that position than any other or played at least 30% of their innings there?

That makes sense. The qualification is either 30% of their innings OR the majority of their innings.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah go on.

 

[kingkallis]

In

 

[trundler]

In

 

[Teuton]

Will give it a miss this time. Pretty busy this month and have the fantasy draft to manage

 

[trundler]

I would also like some sort of additional gimmick to make it tighter if possible. The first 4 blokes in Round 1 have an obvious advantage

 

[ankitj]

In

 

[Line and Length]

We reached our 10 maximum before @ankitj posted. We will start in an hour or so with a 12 hour time limit for the round 1 selection then 8 hour limits. I will list the full draft order for all rounds shortly.

 

[Line and Length]

Round 1 and Round 2 - Pick your openers. They must have opened in at least 25% (easier to calculate than 30%) of their innings OR opened in the majority of their innings.

ROUND 1
JOJOXI
Himannv
CricAddict
kingkallis
Line and Length
ataraxia
Pothas
honestbharani
Trundler
Michaelf7777777

ROUND 2
Michaelf7777777
Trundler
honestbharani
Pothas
ataraxia
Line and Length
kingkallis
CricAddict
Himannv
JOJOXI

Round 3 and Round 4 - Pick your Number 3 and Number 4 batsmen. You don't necessarily have to pick them in order. If you have your eye on a particular number 4 bat you can pick him before drafting your number 3. (The 25% or majority of innings stipulation applies to these selections.) Don't forget, there is a very harsh penalty if you opt to pick Bradman.

ROUND 3
CricAddict
kingkallis
Line and Length
ataraxia
Pothas
honestbharani
Trundler
Michaelf7777777
JOJOXI
Himannv

ROUND 4
Himannv
JOJOXI
Michaelf7777777
Trundler
honestbharani
Pothas
ataraxia
Line and Length
kingkallis
CricAddict

Round 5 and 6 - Pick your number 5 batsman and an all-rounder. You can opt to pick the all-rounder first. The 25% or majority stipulation only applies to the number 5 spot.

ROUND 5
Line and Length
ataraxia
Pothas
honestbharani
Trundler
Michaelf7777777
JOJOXI
Himannv
CricAddict
kingkallis

ROUND 6
kingkallis
CricAddict
Himannv
JOJOXI
Michaelf7777777
Trundler
honestbharani
Pothas
ataraxia
Line and Length

Round 7 and 8 you are picking a wicketkeeper and a spinner, in either order. As only the batting positions 1-5 are dependent on the 25% or majority stipulation, you may opt to bat one or both of these selections ahead of the wicketkeeper

ROUND 7
Pothas
honestbharani
Trundler
Michaelf7777777
JOJOXI
Himannv
CricAddict
kingkallis
Line and Length
ataraxia

ROUND 8
ataraxia
Line and Length
kingkallis
CricAddict
Himannv
JOJOXI
Michaelf7777777
Trundler
honestbharani
Pothas

Round 9, Round 10 and Round 11 You are selecting your pace attack. As you may already have a pace bowler in your allrounder, you may pick 2 quicks and a spinner in these 3 rounds.

ROUND 9
Trundler
Michaelf7777777
JOJOXI
Himannv
CricAddict
kingkallis
Line and Length
ataraxia
Pothas
honestbharani

ROUND 10
honestbharani
Pothas
ataraxia
Line and Length
kingkallis
CricAddict
Himannv
JOJOXI
Michaelf7777777
Trundler

ROUND 11
Free-for-all