CW50 Draft

[ankitj]

I want to try out this draft which will be based on CW50 list that we at CW voted on back in 2009. I am sticking with edition 1 as opposed to 2nd edition because I think the original one is more representative of how the CWers rate cricketers.

The rules:

1. There will be 11 rounds, with odd numbered round orders being randomized and the even numbered rounds having the reverse order of the previous round. Round 11 will have same order as round 2. You get 12 hours to pick
2. In each round you can pick a player that featured on CW50 or one that did not. A player that featured on CW50 costs you points that are equal to 51 minus the rank of the player on the CW50 list. One exception is Bradman who costs 66 points. A player that did not feature on CW50 costs you zero points
3. You have a max budget of 66 points (this means that only way you can make an XI exclusively from players in the CW50 list is by picking players ranked 40 to 50)
4. To be eligible, a player must have played at least 1 test match

CW50 List:

Rank	Player	Points
1	Don Bradman	66
2	Garry Sobers	49
3	W.G. Grace	48
4	Shane Warne	47
5	Jack Hobbs	46
6	Sachin Tendulkar	45
7	Imran Khan	44
8	Viv Richards	43
9	Malcolm Marshall	42
10	Richard Hadlee	41
11	Sydney Barnes	40
12	Muttiah Muralitharan	39
13	Glenn McGrath	38
14	Keith Miller	37
15	Brian Lara	36
16	Dennis Lillee	35
17	Wally Hammond	34
18	Adam Gilchrist	33
19	Curtly Ambrose	32
20	Ian Botham	31
21	Len Hutton	30
22	George Headley	29
23	Wasim Akram	28
24	Greg Chappel	27
25	Ricky Ponting	26
26	Jacques Kallis	25
27	Greame Pollock	24
28	Bill O'Reilly	23
29	Sunil Gavaskar	22
30	Victor Trumper	21
31	Fred Trueman	20
32	Steve Waugh	19
33	Herbert Sutcliffe	18
34	Michael Holding	17
35	Kapil Dev	16
36	Shaun Pollock	15
37	Waqar Younis	14
38	Allan Border	13
39	Denis Compton	12
40	Harold Larwood	11
41	Fred Spofforth	10
42	Ray Lindwall	9
43	Barry Richards	8
44	Jim Laker	7
45	Andrew Flintoff	6
46	Allan Donald	5
47	Joel Garner	4
48	George Lohmann	3
49	Headley Verity	2
50	Douglas Jardine	1

Expecting about 10-12 drafters. So sign up now.

Follow the draft here on Google spreadsheet: CW50 draft

 

[ankitj]

Sign ups:

ankitj
AldoRaine18
weldone
Howe_zat
Saint Kopite
Pothas
Red Hill
anil1405
Cabinet96
Kingkallis
morgeib
Pratters
Watson

Backups:
Bagapath

 

[AldoRaine18]

In

 

[weldone]

in

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah I'll play

 

[Saint Kopite]

In!

 

[Pothas]

Sounds good.

 

[Red]

In

 

[ankitj]

I am open to any feedback on the rules, BTW. So let me know.

 

[anil1405]

In

 

[Cabinet96]

In.

 

[kingkallis]

In

 

[Red]

Can you give an example of player costs ankit?

Like the idea.

 

[morgieb]

In if still space.

 

[Pratters]

In if there's still space.

 

[watson]

Ok

 

[weldone]

Can you give an example of player costs ankit?

Like the idea.

Points (last column) = Player Cost

 

[Red]

Oh yeh, less complicated than I thought!

 

[Cabinet96]

Can we make Bradman 66 points?

 

[watson]

Is the distance between Bradman and the other top batsman only a handful of points in 'real life'. Or should there be a greater distance between Bradman and the No.2 Sobers? Not sure?