Auction draft

[silentstriker]

Everyone spent the $10,000,000 (obviously) but in terms of value for money, here is the total of the average bids on each player's 11 men:

silentstriker	7,493,275 
Blakus		6,588,872 
Himannv		6,576,540 
NUFAN		6,551,481 
Simon		6,437,294 
Pothas		6,251,997 
Somerset	6,048,719 
G.I.Joe		5,973,664 
Noble One	5,813,885 
honestbharani	5,768,804 
pskov		5,469,484 
Nnanden		4,313,969 
slowfinger	3,864,864

Suggests to me that SS got the best value for money.

 

[NUFAN]

Everyone spent the $10,000,000 (obviously) but in terms of value for money, here is the total of the average bids on each player's 11 men:

silentstriker	7,493,275 
Blakus		6,588,872 
Himannv		6,576,540 
NUFAN		6,551,481 
Simon		6,437,294 
Pothas		6,251,997 
Somerset	6,048,719 
G.I.Joe		5,973,664 
Noble One	5,813,885 
honestbharani	5,768,804 
pskov		5,469,484 
Nnanden		4,313,969 
slowfinger	3,864,864

Suggests to me that SS got the best value for money.

I've summarised the bids in a spreadsheet (attached)

Very interesting stats. Must admit I'll need to have a better look at that spreadsheet though, it's quite in depth.

 

[silentstriker]

In case I haven't said it before, but just wanted to reiterate how much fun it was. You did a fantastic job!

 

[Himannv]

Awesome stats there. That spreadsheet looks like an interesting read. I can see where I could have saved money and where I actually made a good deal. Nice.

Would love to have another draft like this one.

 

[Blakus]

Agree with all the sentiments above. Wonderfully run draft.
If there's another one, I reckon it should be a ODI draft. Just to change things up.

 

[gwo]

Simulation Results

Virtual Cricket Results

Team Played Won Lost Drawn Tied Total
1 G.I.Joe 12 11 1 0 0 22
2 Noble One 12 9 2 1 0 19
3 NUFAN 12 5 3 4 0 14
4 Blakus 12 6 4 2 0 14
5 honestbharani 12 5 4 3 0 13
6 Himannv 12 6 5 1 0 13
7 pskov 12 6 5 1 0 13
8 Nnanden 12 5 5 2 0 12
9 Pothas 12 5 5 2 0 12
10 Simon 12 1 6 5 0 7
11 silentstriker 12 2 8 2 0 6
12 slowfinger 12 2 8 2 0 6
13 Somerset 12 2 9 1 0 5

Virtual Cricket Leading Averages

Batting
Player Team Mat Inns N/O Runs H/S 200+ 100s 50s Ave
1 J Hobbs (NUF) 12 23 3 1578 246* 2 5 4 78.90
2 D Bradman (Nna) 12 24 2 1733 213 2 7 5 78.77
3 S Dempster (Him) 12 22 4 1401 232* 2 4 7 77.83
4 E Weekes (hon) 12 22 2 1466 159 0 5 8 73.30
5 F Worrell (NO) 12 22 2 1383 201 1 3 8 69.15
6 M Yousuf (psk) 12 23 4 1082 153* 0 4 3 56.95
7 D Walters (Pot) 12 23 6 951 141* 0 2 6 55.94
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Bla) 12 22 2 1109 169 0 4 4 55.45
9 G Chappell (Him) 12 19 3 860 132 0 1 6 53.75
10 S Gavaskar (Bla) 12 24 3 1123 151 0 2 7 53.48
11 S Waugh (Bla) 12 21 7 748 107* 0 1 6 53.43
12 S Tendulkar (G.I) 12 20 3 885 170 0 4 1 52.06
13 G Smith (NO) 12 23 2 1075 256* 1 2 7 51.19
14 V Hazare (G.I) 12 19 3 814 227* 1 2 2 50.88
15 S Barnes (hon) 12 22 1 1067 162 0 2 7 50.81
16 Z Abbas (psk) 12 24 2 1110 155 0 4 4 50.45
17 G Sobers (Som) 12 23 3 972 148* 0 2 5 48.60
18 A Kapali (hon) 12 22 7 721 77* 0 0 5 48.07
19 W Hammond (Him) 12 20 1 903 177 0 3 3 47.53
20 A Gilchrist (sil) 12 24 3 993 117 0 1 6 47.29
21 G Greenidge (NUF) 12 23 2 993 164 0 3 5 47.29
22 B Lawry (Pot) 12 24 2 1039 183* 0 2 6 47.23
23 B Richards (Som) 12 24 1 1086 115 0 1 10 47.22
24 E Paynter (Him) 12 19 1 843 179* 0 2 5 46.83
25 A Border (Som) 12 24 3 957 234* 1 1 5 45.57
26 R Ponting (Pot) 12 24 1 1031 148 0 3 6 44.83
27 B Haddin (Nna) 12 23 5 799 80 0 0 7 44.39
28 D Compton (NO) 12 20 4 708 134* 0 2 2 44.25
29 J Edrich (Sim) 12 24 1 1017 138 0 1 9 44.22
30 B Simpson (NO) 12 23 2 925 204 1 2 6 44.05

Virtual Cricket Leading Averages

Bowling (qualification 5 wickets)

Bowler Team Ovs Mdns Runs Wkts Best 10W 5W Ave
1 S Barnes (Bla) 556 161 1568 79 8-82 2 6 19.85
2 F Tyson (G.I) 448 123 1247 61 7-37 1 2 20.44
3 G Lohmann (Som) 468 128 1290 62 5-34 10 3 20.81
4 M Ntini (Nna) 480 125 1476 70 6-77 10 6 21.09
5 S Jayasuriya (slo) 82 31 200 9 4-43 0 0 22.22
6 N Adcock (NUF) 480 149 1236 54 5-34 11 3 22.89
7 C Ambrose (Pot) 574 168 1602 69 5-43 10 3 23.22
8 R Hadlee (psk) 598 146 1757 74 7-96 11 3 23.74
9 J Gillespie (G.I) 436 95 1295 54 5-65 0 2 23.98
10 C Croft (psk) 450 99 1385 57 7-113 11 2 24.30
11 S Watson (hon) 42 8 151 6 3-18 0 0 25.17
12 D Lillee (NO) 596 157 1662 66 6-50 1 2 25.18
13 M Holding (hon) 516 111 1573 61 7-54 10 2 25.79
14 S Bond (NO) 514 89 1835 69 7-92 1 3 26.59
15 C McDermott (NO) 261 52 890 33 7-21 0 2 26.97
16 I Botham (NUF) 376 78 1329 48 5-16 11 3 27.69
17 S Pollock (G.I) 398 91 1203 43 4-40 0 0 27.98
18 T Lock (Him) 462 145 1193 42 5-39 9 3 28.40
19 D Gough (sil) 371 70 1259 43 6-76 8 2 29.28
20 A Kumble (NUF) 460 107 1455 49 5-50 10 1 29.69
21 S Gupte (G.I) 479 127 1360 45 6-61 0 2 30.22
22 B Lee (slo) 530 112 1672 55 6-70 0 3 30.40
23 H Larwood (Him) 555 112 1693 55 4-32 9 0 30.78
24 A Davidson (Pot) 605 166 1651 52 6-79 10 1 31.75
25 W Younis (hon) 457 94 1569 49 5-61 11 1 32.02
26 G McGrath (sil) 527 118 1551 48 6-86 6 3 32.31
27 J Garner (Bla) 536 152 1540 47 5-57 0 3 32.77
28 H Verity (Sim) 511 140 1353 41 7-61 0 1 33.00

Code Used for VC4.

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R Dravid,139,-3,53.75,-1,0,0,0,0,0,100,
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S Barnes,27,-11,8.06,-1,1313,41.6,2.36,3,2,100,
pskov,11,
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V Trumper,48,-2,39.04,-1,0,0,0,0,0,100,
J Kallis,137,-3,54.76,-1,2925,67.2,2.81,4,2,100,
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B Haddin,25,-7,38.78,-1,0,0,0,-1,0,100,
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[G.I.Joe]

Excellent work, mate. Which team did I drop a game against?

 

[marc71178]

I do intend running the sides through ITC when I get my copy sorted out on my new laptop.

Like the idea of an ODI draft and am happy to run it if people so desire - as previously said, any suggestions for modifications to the way this one went will be greatfully received.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I'm up for both, the ITC sim, as well as an ODI draft. I prefer the exact same format as this one, tbh, except for far fewer no-shows. The format was beautiful.

 

[honestbharani]

I am up for both too..


BTW, Kapali 18th overall as a batsman in averages and Watson leading my team in terms of bowling averages..

 

[Himannv]

<snip>BTW, Kapali 18th overall as a batsman in averages<snip>

Yep, he's outplayed the likes of Hammond, Gilchrist, Greenidge, G Pollock, Lawry, Barry Richards, Paynter, Border, Ponting, Sehwag, Compton, Trumper, Walcott and even Viv Richards

 

[honestbharani]

Yep, he's outplayed the likes of Hammond, Gilchrist, Greenidge, G Pollock, Lawry, Barry Richards, Paynter, Border, Ponting, Sehwag, Compton, Trumper, Walcott and even Viv Richards

I KNEW he was a bargain buy for $1.. Stick that in your pipe along with your McGrath, Gilchrist, Miller and Imran, SS...

 

[Nate]

yessssssssssss

Take that SS!

 

[G.I.Joe]

I can't get over the irony of Darren Gough leading the bowling averages for ss, ahead of Imran, McGrath, Miller etc

 

[silentstriker]

Yea, WTF is that?

 

[Pothas]

None of the four (arguably) greatest spinners of all time made the top 28 either..

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yea, WTF is that?

Its called 11th place, baby

 

[Himannv]

None of the four (arguably) greatest spinners of all time made the top 28 either..

All these pace friendly pitches are giving them no chance. Only the wily left armers of Sanath seems to be any luck on those wickets.

Go Tony Lock!!!

 

[Simon]

Malcolm Marshall not to be seen anywhere on that list of leading bowlers. Theres 2.2m well spent.

 

[slowfinger]

I'm just too good for y'all init , no, great fun and would love an ODI one. And I think Sanath>SS