Cricketers you pick often in drafts

[Pothas]

Jack Gregory definitely one I associate with @Teuton. Has picked him a few times when I was planning to.

 

[honestbharani]

I did attend HS School of All-rounnders and I usually dont get the chance to pick Warne, Murali, O'Reilly so I sort out my spinning all-rounder who happens to be a good skipper as well.

HS?

 

[ataraxia]

Can't think of any massive outlier for me yet (apart from Dennis Lillee 0 and Ian Botham 0 obvs). I imagine Compton and Inzi would be up there purely because I used to think CW rated them higher than is reality.

 

[kingkallis]

HS?

My bad, sir! HB!

 

[kingkallis]

Now that he's off the menu, I noticed you also used to pick Lindsay quite often in the past.

Lindsay and one more who I might pick in 3 nations draft.

 

[Line and Length]

Without doing an accurate tally, players I have picked on more than 3 occasions are: Sobers (5+), Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Donald, Willis, Roberts and Boucher.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I think Headley and Thommo are the guys I picked up mosty

 

[JOJOXI]

Through the power of spreadsheets and having a job where sitting at my computer is normal i have calculated my list.

Players i have drafted 5 times or more in Test drafts:

Name	Count
Mike Procter	12​
Alastair Cook	11​
George Headley	10​
Jim Laker	9​
Graeme Pollock	8​
Frank Worrell	8​
Wasim Akram	8​
Waqar Younis	8​
Victor Trumper	8​
Ted Dexter	8​
Bill O'Reilly	8​
Alan Davidson	8​
Maurice Tate	7​
MS Dhoni	7​
Herbie Taylor	7​
Everton Weekes	7​
Graeme Smith	7​
Quinton de Kock	7​
Jack Gregory	7​
Keith Miller	6​
Denis Lindsay	6​
Bob Willis	6​
Mohammad Yousuf	6​
Gary Sobers	6​
Clyde Walcott	6​
Hanif Mohammad	6​
Courtney Walsh	6​
Vijay Hazare	6​
Rohan Kanhai	6​
BS Chandrasekhar	6​
Jacques Kallis	5​
Fred Spofforth	5​
Richard Hadlee	5​
Curtly Ambrose	5​
Denis Compton	5​
Viv Richards	5​
Kumar Sangakkara	5​
Adam Gilchrist	5​
Glenn McGrath	5​
Brendon McCullum	5​
Kapil Dev	5​
Andy Roberts	5​
Dale Steyn	5​
Peter May	5​
Ken Barrington	5​
Ricky Ponting	5​
Michael Clarke	5​
Trent Boult	5​
George Lohmann	5​
Bill Johnston	5​
Jason Gillespie	5​
David Warner	5​
John Snow	5​

I do feel like I've noticed the preference for Cook - has a good record given circumstances of opening for England where half the matches aren't the most favourable conditions even if he isn't the most attractive batsman in terms of range of strokes. Wonder if we'll find out that we all love to pick Procter - not at the top of my list so far but not too far off it atm.

 

[Prince EWS]

I often pick up Garner ahead of other similar bowlers for his far superior batting.

 

[howitzer]

In 5 drafts I've already picked a few players twice:

Mankad (only available in 3 of them)
May (also only available in 3, Surrey ftw)
Root (available in 4)
Snow (available in 3)

 

[Teuton]

I do feel like I've noticed the preference for Cook - has a good record given circumstances of opening for England where half the matches aren't the most favourable conditions even if he isn't the most attractive batsman in terms of range of strokes.

And I picked him once again in the current draft so +1 to that tally.

2010/11 Ashes must have made a big impression

 

[Pothas]

Glenn Turner become a popular one for me recently

 

[AndrewB]

At one point (back in 2016) there were 3 drafts running at once, and I'd picked Aubrey Faulkner in all of them, but I'm not sure I've picked him much since then.

 

[JOJOXI]

At one point (back in 2016) there were 3 drafts running at once, and I'd picked Aubrey Faulkner in all of them, but I'm not sure I've picked him much since then.

Not sure I've ever had that on my end, but interesting you're not sure you've picked him much since then - half-conscious decision or just coincidence?

 

[AndrewB]

I don't think it was deliberate beyond a vague thought of "I can't just keep picking the same players each time".
I feel like I've picked Hobbs a lot recently, but I can't be bothered to check how often... and it didn't stop me picking him first in the recent 3-country draft.