Auction draft 2011

[Blakus]

This is getting a bit silly now with all the non-submissions, I've just got a top quality bowler for virtually nothing. According to cricinfo Hobbs said that Maurice Tate was one of the greatest bowlers of all time, and yet I have paid less than 1% of the money I paid for Shaun Pollock for him! Tate can clearly strengthen the batting, too.

Anyway... I reckon I have a fantastic bowling line-up now. What do people reckon... is Tate better than Fazal Mahmood? Which would you start with?

I would go for Tate myself. I rate them equally as bowlers but Tate is the better batsman.

 

[Himannv]

Well, my bowling is suddenly stronger than what I expected it to be with Lohmann added in. Great little deal for him though.

 

[four_or_six]

I would go for Tate myself. I rate them equally as bowlers but Tate is the better batsman.

Yeah, makes sense. Especially as I've gone down the old-fashioned route with my keeper.

 

[Himannv]

Sent.

 

[Blakus]

Sent. Have all of $2 left so there's not much I can do to improve my team from here.

 

[Himannv]

is Tate better than Fazal Mahmood? Which would you start with?

Hard to say. Personally would stick with Mahmood although I can see plenty of arguments in favour of Tate.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah thiis has got kind of worthless now, means I have managed to recover relatively ok from my own fine though.

 

[Somerset]

Sorry I completely forgot about sending bids in. Do I have any budget remaining now?

 

[marc71178]

$2 I think (along with 4 other people)

 

[smash84]

sorry March I have asked you twice before but I would be grateful if you can email me my remaining budget one last time. I won't ask again (hopefully )

 

[Himannv]

sorry March I have asked you twice before but I would be grateful if you can email me my remaining budget one last time. I won't ask again (hopefully )

 

[marc71178]

sorry March I have asked you twice before but I would be grateful if you can email me my remaining budget one last time. I won't ask again (hopefully )

Will do tonight and it won't matter after this round as everyone bids everything they have left in the final round.

 

[smash84]

ok...thanks

 

[smash84]

....didn't notice that

 

[four_or_six]

Marc, sorry to be a pain, could you send me mine too?

There's this round and one more, right?

 

[marc71178]

Yes and will do.

 

[weldone]

I have emailed some round 14 bids (other bids are to be submitted later, or if I am lazy, never) and round 15 nomination.

 

[smash84]

sent round 14 bids and round 15 nom

 

[four_or_six]

Mine sent

 

[marc71178]

Round 14 is run:

Alec Bedser - Michael7777777
Aravinda de Silva - Blakus
Gordon Greenidge - smalishah84
Conrad Hunte - Pothas
Damien Martyn - weeman27bob
Bryce McGain - Samuel_Vimes
Eddie Paynter - Himannv
Richie Richardson - kyear2
Chris Schofield - pskov
Virender Sehwag - weldone
Tatenda Taibu - Howe_Zat
Daniel Vettori - Somerset
Doug Walters - four_or_six

The winning bids were $1, $50, $2,202, $5,000, $100,113, $664,515, $900,000, $1,111,436.

I added in de Silva, McGain, Richardson, Taibu and Vettori.

Final round players are:

Ajit Agarkar
Allan Border
Stuart Broad
Chris Cairns
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Joel Garner
Matthew Hayden
George Headley
Eric Hollies
Justin Langer
Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Mohammad Sami
Brian Vitori

For this round I need your players in order of who you want most through to least, person with most money remaining gets first pick and so on. If people are tied on a value, then person who submits first (or more likely it'll just be someone who actually bothers to submit) gets first pick.

Interested in any feedback, either on here or by mail.