Diminishing Draft

[Fuller Pilch]

Thought I had him. Didn't expect you to come down from 8000- to 5000- but good pick.

I saw I had a lateish round 7 pick, so decided to make a bit of a jump.

 

[honestbharani]

	Players	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
1	Cricaddict	Malcolm Marshall	Steve Smith	Adam Gilchrist	Sir Alec Bedser	Jeff Thomson	Hedley Verity
2	ataraxia	Glenn McGrath	Allan Donald	Clarrie Grimmett	Andy Roberts	Virender Sehwag
3	honestbharani	Muttiah Muralitharan	Alastair Cook	James Anderson	Kapil Dev	Michael Clarke
4	ankitj	Richard Hadlee	Joel Garner	Jack Hobbs	Sydney Barnes	Frank Worrell	Dudley Nourse
5	Teuton	Ricky Ponting	Courtney Walsh	Ravi Ashwin	Alan Davidson	Mahela Jayawardene	Jasprit Bumrah
6	FullerPilch	Wasim Akram	Dennis Lillee	AB De Villiers	Jim Laker	Kane Williamson	Bobby Simpson
7	Bitmap	Jacques Kallis	Allan Border	Michael Holding	Graeme Smith	Shoaib Akhtar
8	Line and Length	Dale Steyn	K.Sangakarra	Ian Botham	Matthew Hayden	Alec Stewart	Virat Kohli
9	srbhkshk	Sachin Tendulkar	Waqar Younis	Derek Underwood	Younis Khan	Graham Gooch	Ken Barrington
10	trundler	Curtly Ambrose	Sunil Gavaskar	Pat Cummins	Javed Miandad	Hugh Tayfield
11	Pothas	Sobers	Wally Hammond	Greg Chappell	Everton Weekes	Alan Knott	Arthur Morris
12	JOJOXI	Shane Warne	Rahul Dravid	Ray Lindwall	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Ian Bishop	Harold Larwood
13	shortpitched713	Shaun Pollock	Joe Root	Andy Flower	Herbert Sutcliffe	Peter May	Ravindra Jadeja
14	kingkallis	Viv Richards	Fred Trueman	Geoffrey Boycott	Richie Benaud	Gordon Greenidge	Wes Hall
15	AndrewB	Brian Lara	Steve Waugh	Len Hutton	Clyde Walcott	Graeme Pollock	George Headley
16	Patience	Imran Khan	Keith Miller	Tiger O’Reilly	Mike Procter	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Kevin Pietersen

Edited in Murali's full name to ensure some search does not show as if he has not been picked. Would request other drafters to also correct any spelling errors as I have been dinged a few times now across drafts thinking a player was available but it was just a typo when he was picked.

 

[CricAddict]

One interesting part is, Steve Smith and Joe Root got picked in Round 2, Williamson in Round 5 and Kohli in Round 6. So, do people believe he is the least best of the Fab four now, especially the gap of more than 50 picks between Root and Kohli, has Root overtaken Kohli in tests so clearly?

 

[ankitj]

Technically 0 can be a statistic...

Yes but only if they have played at least 1 test to amass 0.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

especially the gap of more than 50 picks between Root and Kohli, has Root overtaken Kohli in tests so clearly?

Don't forget Root has more than 10,500 runs while Kohli has just over 8,000. If in doubt pick the one with more runs. He (Root) is also a handy 2nd spinner depending on the bowling attack balance.

 

[honestbharani]

One interesting part is, Steve Smith and Joe Root got picked in Round 2, Williamson in Round 5 and Kohli in Round 6. So, do people believe he is the least best of the Fab four now, especially the gap of more than 50 picks between Root and Kohli, has Root overtaken Kohli in tests so clearly?

I think this will yo-yo through the reminder of their careers as one of them keeps hitting bad form. But yes, right now, Virat is the last one in the fab 4 when it comes to tests.

 

[ankitj]

AndrewB really screwed with my plans picking both G. Pollock and G. Headley within 5-6 picks. I was hoping to get at least one in round 6.

 

[CricAddict]

Don't forget Root has more than 10,500 runs while Kohli has just over 8,000. If in doubt pick the one with more runs. He (Root) is also a handy 2nd spinner depending on the bowling attack balance.

Oh yeah. That would have also been a significant factor considering the nature of the draft.

 

[CricAddict]

AndrewB really screwed with my plans picking both G. Pollock and G. Headley withing 5-6 picks. I was hoping to get at least one in round 6.

I actually thought Pothas might pick one between Pollock, Headley and Richards.

 

[Line and Length]

Fast approaching Round 7 and two participants have already selected 6 batsmen. Could Barry Richards be in their sights fot their 7th?

 

[CricAddict]

Fast approaching Round 7 and two participants have already selected 6 batsmen. Could Barry Richards be in their sights fot their 7th?

Both of them have smartly picked a keeper too in that 6, though I am not too sure if Andrew will want to go with Walcott as his keeper.

 

[Bitmap]

Denis Compton

@trundler

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Fast approaching Round 7 and two participants have already selected 6 batsmen. Could Barry Richards be in their sights fot their 7th?

Who needs Barry Richards when Daryl Mitchell is still available?

 

[trundler]

Rohan Kanhai

@honestbharani

 

[honestbharani]

Mitch Johnson

 

[CricAddict]

@ataraxia

 

[CricAddict]

	Players	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6
1	Cricaddict	Malcolm Marshall	Steve Smith	Adam Gilchrist	Sir Alec Bedser	Jeff Thomson	Hedley Verity
2	ataraxia	Glenn McGrath	Allan Donald	Clarrie Grimmett	Andy Roberts	Virender Sehwag
3	honestbharani	Muttiah Muralitharan	Alastair Cook	James Anderson	Kapil Dev	Michael Clarke	Mitch Johnson
4	ankitj	Richard Hadlee	Joel Garner	Jack Hobbs	Sydney Barnes	Frank Worrell	Dudley Nourse
5	Teuton	Ricky Ponting	Courtney Walsh	Ravi Ashwin	Alan Davidson	Mahela Jayawardene	Jasprit Bumrah
6	FullerPilch	Wasim Akram	Dennis Lillee	AB De Villiers	Jim Laker	Kane Williamson	Bobby Simpson
7	Bitmap	Jacques Kallis	Allan Border	Michael Holding	Graeme Smith	Shoaib Akhtar	Denis Compton
8	Line and Length	Dale Steyn	K.Sangakkara	Ian Botham	Matthew Hayden	Alec Stewart	Virat Kohli
9	srbhkshk	Sachin Tendulkar	Waqar Younis	Derek Underwood	Younis Khan	Graham Gooch	Ken Barrington
10	trundler	Curtly Ambrose	Sunil Gavaskar	Pat Cummins	Javed Miandad	Hugh Tayfield	Rohan Kanhai
11	Pothas	Gary Sobers	Wally Hammond	Greg Chappell	Everton Weekes	Alan Knott	Arthur Morris
12	JOJOXI	Shane Warne	Rahul Dravid	Ray Lindwall	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Ian Bishop	Harold Larwood
13	shortpitched713	Shaun Pollock	Joe Root	Andy Flower	Herbert Sutcliffe	Peter May	Ravindra Jadeja
14	kingkallis	Viv Richards	Fred Trueman	Geoffrey Boycott	Richie Benaud	Gordon Greenidge	Wes Hall
15	AndrewB	Brian Lara	Steve Waugh	Len Hutton	Clyde Walcott	Graeme Pollock	George Headley
16	Patience	Imran Khan	Keith Miller	Tiger O’Reilly	Mike Procter	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Kevin Pietersen

 

[CricAddict]

Round 6	Round 7
srbhkshk	Teuton
kingkallis	Line and Length
AndrewB	Cricaddict
Line and Length	AndrewB
ankitj	Pothas
shortpitched713	JOJOXI
Pothas	shortpitched713
Patience	srbhkshk
Teuton	ataraxia
JOJOXI	honestbharani
FullerPilch	ankitj
Cricaddict	kingkallis
Bitmap	FullerPilch
trundler	Patience
honestbharani	trundler
@ataraxia	Bitmap

 

[CricAddict]

Runs/Wickets	<800	<400	<300	<200	<100
<12000				Teuton	JOJOXI
<9000		honestbharani	ataraxia		Patience
<8000		Line and Length	srbhkshk	kingkallis
<7000				trundler
<6000				Cricaddict, Bitmap
<5000			shortpitched713	FullerPilch
<4000	Pothas
<3000	AndrewB			ankitj

 

[ankitj]

@ataraxia timed out
@Teuton can start round 7