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Cricketer Of The Year
The number of participants is restricted to 12 (first come basis).
Players whose surnames comprise 2 syllables may NOT be drafted (no Bradman, Hutton and a whole lot more). As some Pakistan players have their ‘surname’ listed first. You must check if they are ineligible under the “no 2 syllables” restriction. There are lists (eg Wikipedia) that have the Pakistani players in alphabetical order.
Your team must contain no more than 6 single syllable names and no more than 6 multi (3 or more) syllable names.
To prevent an overuse of multi-syllable names from, for example, Sri Lanka you are restricted to no more than 2 players from any Test playing nation.
The draft is a “snake” – ie Round one reversed for round two and this is repeated for 3 & 4, 5 & 6 etc.
Time limits: Round one 12 hours, all subsequent rounds 8 hours.
At the completion of the draft participants are requested to list their team together with Test batting or bowling averages (both for all-rounders) so that judging can be done objectively.
I’m new to this draft caper so please seek clarification of any contentious points and feel free to add or suggest ways this can be improved.
Players whose surnames comprise 2 syllables may NOT be drafted (no Bradman, Hutton and a whole lot more). As some Pakistan players have their ‘surname’ listed first. You must check if they are ineligible under the “no 2 syllables” restriction. There are lists (eg Wikipedia) that have the Pakistani players in alphabetical order.
Your team must contain no more than 6 single syllable names and no more than 6 multi (3 or more) syllable names.
To prevent an overuse of multi-syllable names from, for example, Sri Lanka you are restricted to no more than 2 players from any Test playing nation.
The draft is a “snake” – ie Round one reversed for round two and this is repeated for 3 & 4, 5 & 6 etc.
Time limits: Round one 12 hours, all subsequent rounds 8 hours.
At the completion of the draft participants are requested to list their team together with Test batting or bowling averages (both for all-rounders) so that judging can be done objectively.
I’m new to this draft caper so please seek clarification of any contentious points and feel free to add or suggest ways this can be improved.
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