The "Also-Rans" Test Draft

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Sid Barnes

1) Sanath Jayasuriya
2) Sid Barnes
3) Hashim Amla
4) Martin Crowe
5) Frank Worrell (C)
6) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7) John Waite+
8) Hedley Verity
9) Alec Bedser
10) Josh Hazlewood
11) Colin Croft

 

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@Fuller Pilch

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Dennis Amiss

Final XI

Matthew Hayden
Dennis Amiss
Devon Conway
Mahela Jayawardene (c)
Doug Walters
Andy Flower (wk)
Shakib Al Hasan
Kyle Jamieson
Ryan Harris
Derek Underwood
Jack Cowie

 

[Fuller Pilch]

@Pothas

 

[Pothas]

Bill Woodfull

Glenn Turner
Bill Woodfull*
Charlie Macartney
Joe Root
Vijay Hazare
Colin Cowdrey
Matt Prior+
Vernon Philander
Anil Kumble
Frank Tyson
Courtney Walsh

 

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The remainder of Round 11:

@honestbharani
AndrewB
ankitj
Red
trundler
Line & Length
CricAddict
Himannv
ataraxia

 

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"There is no imbalance if every even round is reverse of odd rounds. You overthink this."

" Yes. Agree with you. Also, luck always evens out. Those with initial picks in earlier rounds of this draft will get late picks in other drafts."

Comments and criticism taken on board. I had used this method in previous drafts and only received positive feedback.

 

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Selections to Date:

ataraxia	A.Faulkner	D.Nourse	B.Statham	H.Tayfield	J.Gregory	A.Morris
	T.Southee	Zaheer Abbas	Saeed Anwar	Babar Azam
Red	P.Cummins	S.McCabe	B.Lawry	CTB Turner	S.MacGill	D.Haynes
	W.Armstrong	J.Gillespie	D.Boon	M.Waugh
Himannv	S.F.Barnes	N.Harvey	K.Rabada	Mohammad Asif	B.Ponsford	V.Kholi
	D.Gower	E.Barlow	D.Lindsay	H.Trumble
CricAddict	A.Roberts	R.Jadeja	J.Thomson	B.Stokes	T.Greig	Saqlain Mushtaq
	F.Engineer	A.Kallicharran	M.Labuschagne	J.Langer
Pothas	C.Walsh	F.Tyson	A.Kumble	V.Philander	J.Root	C.Macartney
	G.Turner	C.Cowdrey	Vijay Hazare	M.Prior	B.Woodfull
Fuller Pilch	M.Hayden	A.Flower	Shakib al Hasan	R.Harris	D.Underwood	D.Walters
	M.Jayawardene	K.Jamieson	J.Cowie	D.Conway	D.Amiss
AndrewB	C.Walcott	J.Anderson	V.Trumper	I.Bishop	M.Noble	S.Jackson
	K.Pietersen	S.Dempster	S.Broad	Ranjitsinhji
trundler	G.Lohmann	N.Adcock	Younis Khan	M.Tate	C.Lloyd	B.Mitchell
	Mohammad Yousuf	Hanif Mohammad	R.Herath	C.Hill
Nikhil99.99	W.G.Grace	J.Bumrah	H.Larwood	M.Johnson	D.Jardine	F.Spofforth
	Vinoo Manka	V.Merchant	P.Hendren	J.Dujon	C.Pujara
Line & Length	Kapil Dev	B.Willis	G.Gooch	N.Wagner	MS Dhoni	Inzamam-ul-Haq
	Mushtaq Mohammad	C.Hunte	E.Paynter	D.Jones
Teuton	M.Procter	A.B.deVilliers	K.Williamson	W.Hall	T.Dexter	A.Cook
	B.S.Chandrasekhar	Q.de Kock	B.Johnston	D.Warner	D.Martyn
Bitmap	H.Verity	F.Worrell	A.Bedser	C.Croft	M.Crowe	S.Chanderpaul
	J.Hazlewood	H.Amla	J.Waite	S.Jayasuriya	Sid Barnes
HookShot	J.Snow	D.Compton	P.Pollock	P.May	A.Flintoff	T.Goddard
	S.Gupte	B.D'Oliveira	J.McGlew	R.Richardson	G.Evans
ankitj	R.Dravid	S.Akhtar	R.Ashwin	R.Kanhai	Fazal Mahmood	M.Hussey
	VVS Laxman	W.Rhodes	T.Richardson	J.Cameron
honestbharani	C.Hooper	R.Pant	Shaheen Afridi	S.Katich	S.Watson	D.Lehmann
	K.Roach	Ishant Sharma	Yasir Shah	A.Matthews
JOJOXI	E.Weekes	R.Benaud	S.Bond	M.Clarke	I.Chappell	L.Gibbs
	C.Cairns	C.Griffith	G.Kirsten	R.Fredericks	Mohammad Rizwan

 

[Teuton]

"There is no imbalance if every even round is reverse of odd rounds. You overthink this."

" Yes. Agree with you. Also, luck always evens out. Those with initial picks in earlier rounds of this draft will get late picks in other drafts."

Comments and criticism taken on board. I had used this method in previous drafts and only received positive feedback.

I wouldn't have a problem either way, but the idea is sound:

For people who think there is negligible difference in order by the time you get to R11 it is purely a timing (waiting) inconvenience;

For people who do think that order makes a difference in late rounds, they would also think order makes a difference in earlier rounds and would recognise the differences are likely to be greater in the earlier rounds, thus a small compensation in R11 is fair.

 

[honestbharani]

Sam Curran

 

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There is some advantage in being near the top-of-the-draw in Round 1 because you get to pick Bradman, Marshall, Tendulkar, McGrath, Hobbs, Lara and Sobers; or the equivalent players for your particular draft.

So if you want to provide some kind of compensation then making Round 11 the reverse of Round 1 might be appropriate.

But really, we are splitting hairs.

 

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@AndrewB

 

[CricAddict]

There is some advantage in being near the top-of-the-draw in Round 1 because you get to pick Bradman, Marshall, Tendulkar, McGrath, Hobbs, Lara and Sobers; or the equivalent players for your particular draft.

So if you want to provide some kind of compensation then making Round 11 the reverse of Round 1 might be appropriate.

But really, we are splitting hairs.

That last sentence of yours summarizes it well

 

[ankitj]

For people who think there is negligible difference in order by the time you get to R11 it is purely a timing (waiting) inconvenience;

You realize the anxiety one has to go through to wait additional 3 hours to complete their draft XI? Mental health is important.

 

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I apologise profusely for causing serious health issues on CW.

 

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I apologise profusely for causing serious health issues on CW.

I think that antitj was being sarcastic.

It’s all good L ‘n L, you did a fantastic job.

 

[ankitj]

yeah, of course I was being sarcastic and making a joke on myself.

 

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... and I took it as such. My apology was a tongue in cheek response. All's good.

 

[Red]

I’ll likely not be online for about 24 hours and everyone ahead of me already has a keeper so I’ll take Wally Grout.

If AndrewB can isn’t using Walcott to keep and wants Grout, I’ll take Syed Kirmani instead.

If I’ve misread and any of these guys are taken already, just give me Bob Taylor.

Hope that all makes sense!

Red Hill CC

Desmond Haynes
Bill Lawry
David Boon
Mark Waugh
Stan McCabe
Warwick Armstrong *
Wally Grout +
Pat Cummins
CTB Turner
Jason Gillespie
Stuart MacGill

 

[trundler]

I’ll likely not be online for about 24 hours and everyone ahead of me already has a keeper so I’ll take Wally Grout.

If AndrewB can isn’t using Walcott to keep and wants Grout, I’ll take Syed Kirmani instead.

If I’ve misread and any of these guys are taken already, just give me Bob Taylor.

Hope that all makes sense!

Red Hill CC

Desmond Haynes
Bill Lawry
David Boon
Mark Waugh
Stan McCabe
Warwick Armstrong *
Wally Grout +
Pat Cummins
CTB Turner
Jason Gillespie
Stuart MacGill

You can PM your pick to someone behind you if you're going to be unavailable. Don't have to reveal your cards that way.