Expeditious Draft- real quick

[Red]

Ray Lindwall for me.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Its your turn again, Monk.

 

[watson]

R8
ohno - Alan Knott
aldo - Rohan Kanhai
watson - Aubrey Faulkner
monk - Ray Lindwall
spikey - Ian Botham/Jack Cowie
coronis - Saeed Anwar
saintkopite - Vijay Merchant
kyear - Charlie Macartney


R9
kyear - Inzi
ohno - Hashim Amla
aldo - Allan Donald
watson - Clive Lloyd
monk
spikey
coronis
saintkopite

 

[ohnoitsyou]

****ers, was certain I would get one of Donald or Lindwall, but thats the nature of the game

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Hashim Amla

 

[Coronis]

****ers, was certain I would get one of Donald or Lindwall, but thats the nature of the game

You weren't the only one.

 

[kyear2]

You weren't the only one.

No he wasn't.

After the initial selections was banking on any of Lindwall, Donald, Worrell or Faulkner getting through.

 

[watson]

01. Gordon Greenidge
02.
03. Viv Richards
04. Javed Miandad
05. Clive Lloyd*
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Les Ames+
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Alan Davidson
10. Michael Holding
11.

 

[Red]

The India criteria is worrying me at this stage so I'll go all class with VVS.


Monk's XI

Len Hutton
Bruce Mitchell
Brian Lara
-
VVS Laxman
AB DeVilliers
Chris Cairns
-
Ray Lindwall
Waqar Younis
Glenn McGrath


Criteria 1- You must select at least one player from each of the following nations:

- Australia
- England
- West Indies
- Pakistan
- India
- South Africa
- New Zealand

Criteria 2- You must select at least one player from each of the following eras (meaning player played at least one test in the era)

- From the beginning until 1914
- 1915 - 1945 (Bruce Mitchell)
- 1945 - 1965 (Len Hutton)
- 1965 - 1985
- 1985- now (Brian Lara)

 

[Red]

R1
Kyear2 - Malcolm Marshall.
Ohnoitsyou - Garry Sobers.
AldoRaine18 - Imran Khan.
Watson - Richard Hadlee.
Monk - Glenn McGrath.
Spikey - Shane Warne.
Coronis - Jack Hobbs.
Saint Kopite - Sachin Tendulkar.

R2
Saint Kopite - Wasim Akram.
Kyear2 - Bill O'Reilly
Ohnoitsyou - Murali
AldoRaine18 - Adam Gilchrist
Watson - Viv Richards
Monk – Brian Lara
Spikey - Clyde Walcott
Coronis – Shane Bond

R3
Coronis- Mike Procter
saintkopite - Jacques Kallis
kyear - Sunil Gavaskar
ohno - Sydney Barnes
aldo - Kapil Dev
watson - Javed Miandad
monk- Waqar Younis
spikey- Wally Hammond

R4
spikey- Curtly Ambrose
coronis- Rahul Dravid
saintkopite- Greg Chappell
kyear- Greyhaimme Pollock
ohno- Dennis Lillee
aldo- WG Grace
Watson- Alan Davidson
monk- Len Hutton

R5
monk- Bruce Mitchell
spikey - Barry Richards
coronis - George Headley
saintkopite - Keith Miller
kyear - Ricky Ponting
ohno - Herbert Sutcliffe
aldo - Martin Crowe
watson - Gordon Greenidge

R6
watson - Michael Holding
monk - Chris Cairns
spikey - Victor Trumper
coronis - Clarrie Grimmett
saintkopite – Allan Border
kyear - Fred Trueman
ohno – Vijay Hazare
aldo- Frank Worrell

R7
Aldo- Shaun Pollock
watson- Les Ames
monk- AB DeVilliers
spikey- Ian Botham
coronis- Dale Steyn
saintkopite- Joel Garner
kyear- Glenn Turner
ohno- Stewie Dempster

R8
Ohno- Allan Knott
aldo- Rohan Kanhai
Watson- Aubrey Faulkner
Monk- Ray Lindwall
spikey- Jack Cowie
coronis- Saeed Amwar
saintkopite- Vijay Merchant
kyear- Charles MacCartney

R9
Kyear- Inzamam
Ohno- Hashim Amla
aldo- Allan Donald
Watson- Clive Lloyd
Monk- VVS Laxman
spikey
coronis
saintkopite

R10
saintkopite
kyear
ohno
aldo
watson
monk
spikey
coronis

R11
coronis
saintkopite
kyear
ohno
aldo
watson
monk
spikey

 

[watson]

No he wasn't.

After the initial selections was banking on any of Lindwall, Donald, Worrell or Faulkner getting through.

I'm amazed that they lasted as long as they did. Even for an 8 man draft lasting until R8/R9 is unexpected.

BTW I was going to select Macartney instead of Faulkner as my pre-WWI player, but hesitated because I wasn't sure how to take him. Overall, he's an excellent batsman, but prior to 1920 he was pretty mediocre. So it depends on the 'spirit' of the Draft I guess. Do we view the player in their entirety, or just the era they were selected for?

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Bert Sutcliffe
Stewie Dempster
Hashim Amla
Vijay Hazare
Garry Sobers
-
Allan Knott
-
Denis Lillee
SF Barnes
Murali

Just pak to go

 

[kyear2]

This is the best draft format we have used. Both the time allotted and the draft order (which is fair and predictable) should be used in future drafts, probably with the extension of the time to 6 hours. Also 8 to 10 participants are best to keep things moving.

Great Job Monk.

 

[kyear2]

I'm amazed that they lasted as long as they did. Even for an 8 man draft lasting until R8/R9 is unexpected.

BTW I was going to select Macartney instead of Faulkner as my pre-WWI player, but hesitated because I wasn't sure how to take him. Overall, he's an excellent batsman, but prior to 1920 he was pretty mediocre. So it depends on the 'spirit' of the Draft I guess. Do we view the player in their entirety, or just the era they were selected for?

Entirety of course.

 

[kyear2]

01. Sunil Gavaskar^
02. Glenn Turner
03. Ricky Ponting^
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Inzamam ul-Haq^
06. Charles Macartney[SUP]5[/SUP]
07.
08. Malcolm Marshall[SUP]1[/SUP]
09. Fred Trueman[SUP]2[/SUP]
10. William O'Reilly[SUP]4[/SUP]
11.

Unless I am missing something, think I have filled all criteria.

 

[Spikey]

Kumar Sangakkara

Barry Richards
Victor Trumper
Kumar Sangakkara
Wally Hammond
Clyde Walcott
Ian Botham
Shane Warne
Jack Cowie
Curtly Ambrose

My plans, starting with the Botham pick, were thrown into a bit of a chaos as I missed Dravid being picked up, I think I savaged it pretty well though.

 

[watson]

The India criteria is worrying me at this stage so I'll go all class with VVS.


Monk's XI

Len Hutton
Bruce Mitchell
Brian Lara
-
VVS Laxman
AB DeVilliers
Chris Cairns
-
Ray Lindwall
Waqar Younis
Glenn McGrath

Dynamic team Monk with a couple of nice anchor men at the top. No.8 will be interesting as there are number of class bowlers who could easily fit in there.

 

[Coronis]

Kumar Sangakkara

Barry Richards
Victor Trumper
Kumar Sangakkara
Wally Hammond
Clyde Walcott
Ian Botham
Shane Warne
Jack Cowie
Curtly Ambrose

My plans, starting with the Botham pick, were thrown into a bit of a chaos as I missed Dravid being picked up, I think I savaged it pretty well though.

Oh you jerk.

Everton Weekes.

Hobbs
Anwar
Headley
Dravid
Weekes

Procter

Steyn
Grimmett
Bond

 

[kyear2]

Andy Roberts

 

[ohnoitsyou]

As much as i should tick pak of the list i need a genuinely quick bowler to complement Barnes, so Larwood it will be. Also strengthens my tail significantly.

Herbert Sutcliffe
Stewie Dempster
Hashim Amla
Vijay Hazare
Garfield Sobers
-
Alan Knott
Harold Larwood
Denis Lillee
SF Barnes
Murali