"200 Tests or less" Draft

[AndrewB]

Round 1

watson: Mike Procter (7)
mr_mister: Barry Richards (4)
jimmy101: Graeme Pollock (23)
fredfertang: WG Grace (22)
longranger: George Headley (22)
morgieb: Sydney Barnes (27)
AldoRaine18: Harold Larwood (21)
AndrewB: Aubrey Faulkner (25)
AndyZaltzHair: Bill O'Reilly (27)
stphndbsn: Colin Bland (21)
schearzie: Archie Jackson (8)
Overrated Sanity: Frank Tyson (17)
Red Hill: Vijay Merchant (10)
Howe_Zat: George Lohmann (18)

Round 2

Howe_Zat: Jack Cowie (9)
Red Hill: Jack Ferris (7)
Overrated Sanity: Ranjitsinhji (15)
schearzie: Charles Turner (17)
stphndbsn: Sid Barnes (13)
AndyZaltzHair: Shane Bond (18)
AndrewB: Frank Foster (11)
AldoRaine18: Fred Spofforth (18)
morgieb
longranger
fredfertang
jimmy101
mr_mister
watson

 

[watson]

Any objections if we make it 8 hour intervals rather than 12? With time-outs and 14 Drafters the rounds are mind numbingly long.

 

[StephenZA]

Any objections if we make it 8 hour intervals rather than 12? With time-outs and 14 Drafters the rounds are mind numbingly long.

I think 8 hrs would be better as well. You lose some of the excitement of the draft currently...

 

[Red]

Make it 8, or even 6. Makes it tick over a lot quicker and makes it far more likely that the rounds will move quicker.

 

[AldoRaine18]

FRED "THE DEMON" SPOFFORTH - 18 Tests

 

[mr_mister]

I agree with the above

 

[longranger]

Nooooo, Spofforth was mineeee

 

[AndrewB]

Happy to switch to 8 hours (I think 6 hours is a bit short - don't really want to wake up and find 5 people have superseded my pick).

Or we could have future rounds drawn in pairs, and each member of the pair has to pick within 12 hours or be timed out?

 

[AldoRaine18]

I agree as well.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

8 hours sounds good

 

[StephenZA]

Happy to switch to 8 hours (I think 6 hours is a bit short - don't really want to wake up and find 5 people have superseded my pick).

Or we could have future rounds drawn in pairs, and each member of the pair has to pick within 12 hours or be timed out?

I think starting from round 3 it should be 8h. Keep it simple. The pair thing could cause issues with people picking the same players...

 

[AldoRaine18]

Nooooo, Spofforth was mineeee

Sorry.

Larwood and Spofforth opening the bowling.

 

[longranger]

Can I make my pick now? Night time here in Singapore and probably can't do anything after this till next morning.

 

[AndrewB]

Feel free to send me your pick in a PM (if you're still awake!)

 

[AndrewB]

I think starting from round 3 it should be 8h. Keep it simple. The pair thing could cause issues with people picking the same players...

Good point. Will go with 8 hours from round 3 unless I'm inundated with complaints.

 

[Howe_zat]

8 hours? If you can't stand the idea of someone not picking while they're asleep or at work have a bloody look at yourself.

Goddam pick gestapo at it again

 

[watson]

Morgie times-out.

 

[longranger]

KS Duleepsinhji (12)

 

[morgieb]

Ken Higgs (15)

 

[mr_mister]

damn really wanted Duleep