Jumping the Shark Draft

[stephen]

Hmmm I really wish I had a late pick in round 8 instead of round 7.

 

[Matt79]

Hmmm I really wish I had a late pick in round 8 instead of round 7.

Reckon your team is shaping up very nicely. Especially like that having taken Walcott, you haven't shackled him with the keeping gloves. Roberts and Davidson are a quality new ball pair, and Kumble a very good spinner. Seem to have a lot of bases covered already going into the second half.

 

[Jamee999]

I think I know who I want, but I'm going to do a wee bit more research.

 

[Jamee999]

Yup, changed my mind: Martin Crowe

 

[Mister Wright]

Matthew Hayden

 

[stephen]

Reckon your team is shaping up very nicely. Especially like that having taken Walcott, you haven't shackled him with the keeping gloves. Roberts and Davidson are a quality new ball pair, and Kumble a very good spinner. Seem to have a lot of bases covered already going into the second half.

Yeah I really just need to make sure I get the balance of the team right by the end of the draft.

Walcott, like most other batsmen/keepers are much better batsmen without wearing the gloves. And unless you pick Gilchrist or even Sangakkara, I'd rather a world class keeper who averages 25-35 than a batsman who is a mediocre keeper.

 

[chaminda_00]

Yeah I really just need to make sure I get the balance of the team right by the end of the draft.

Walcott, like most other batsmen/keepers are much better batsmen without wearing the gloves. And unless you pick Gilchrist or even Sangakkara, I'd rather a world class keeper who averages 25-35 than a batsman who is a mediocre keeper.

You have Walcott

 

[stephen]

You have Walcott

I also have Healy.

 

[99*]

I'm up? Give me a few minutes.

 

[99*]

Ok, I'll take Sanath Jayasuriya.

 

[Julian87]

Jeff Thompson.

 

[Jamee999]

Somerset is up.

 

[Somerset]

Stan McCabe

 

[stephen]

Remarkable round.

Pick	Drafter	           Selection	        Accepted?
1.01	Chaminda_00	   Joel Garner	        Accepted
1.02	Mr Wright	   Shoaib Akhtar	Accepted
1.03	99*	           Shaun Pollock	Accepted
1.04	Stephen	           Alan Davidson	Accepted
1.05	Somerset	   Kevin Pietersen	Accepted
1.06	Jamee	           Fred Trueman	        Accepted
1.07	Julian87	   Clarrie Grimmett     Accepted
1.08	Samuel Vimes	   Geoffrey Boycott     Accepted
1.09	Michael7s	   Ray Lindwall	        Rejected
1.10	Nufan	           Jim Laker	        Rejected
1a.01	Michael7s(2nd att) Richie Benaud	Accepted
1a.02	Nufan (2nd att)	   Alec Bedser	        Accepted
			
2.01	Nufan	           Javed Miandad	Accepted
2.02	Michael7s	   Sid Barnes	        Accepted
2.03	Samuel Vimes	   Michael Holding	Accepted
2.04	Julian87	   Steve Waugh	        Accepted
2.05	Jamee	           Waqar Younis	        Accepted
2.06	Somerset	   Graeme Pollock	Rejected
2.07	Stephen	           Bill O'Reilly	Rejected
2.08	99*	           Glenn McGrath	Rejected
2.09	Mr Wright	   Dean Jones	        Accepted
2.10	Chaminda_00	   Wasim Akram	        Rejected
2a.01	Somerset	   Len Hutton	        Rejected
2a.02	Stephen	           Anil Kumble	        Accepted
2a.03	99*	           Adam Gilchrist	Rejected
2a.04	Chaminda_00	   Allan Donald	        Rejected
2b.01	Somerset	   Wilf Rhodes	        Accepted
2b.02	99*	           Jacques Kallis	Accepted
2b.03	Chaminda_00	   Frank Tyson	        Accepted
			
3.01	Somerset           Ian Botham           Accepted
3.02	Chaminda_00        Everton Weekes       Accepted
3.03	Nufan              Courtney Walsh       Rejected
3.04	Michael7s          Charles Macartney    Accepted
3.05	99*                Ken Barrington       Accepted
3.06	Samuel Vimes       Greg Chappell        Accepted
3.07	Jamee              Dennis Lillee        Rejected
3.08	Stephen            Kumar Sangakkara     Rejected
3.09	Mr Wright          Alec Stewart         Accepted
3.10	Julian87           Wes Hall             Accepted
3a.01	Nufan              Ian Bishop           Accepted
3a.02	Jamee              Graeme Smith         Accepted
3a.03	Stephen            Ian Healy            Accepted
			
4.01	Julian87           Neil Harvey          Accepted
4.02	Mr Wright          Inzimam-ul-Haq       Accepted
4.03	Stephen            Andy Roberts         Accepted
4.04	Jamee              Kapil Dev            [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.05	Samuel Vimes       Keith Miller         [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.06	99*                Edward Paynter       Accepted
4.07	Michael7s          Walter Hammond       Accepted
4.08	Nufan              Les Ames             Accepted
4.09	Chaminda_00        Sunil Gavaskar       [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.10	Somerset           Frank Worrell        Accepted
4a.01	Jamee	           Justin Langer	Accepted
4a.02	Samuel Vimes	   Rahul Dravid	        Accepted
4a.03	Chaminda_00	   George Headley	Accepted
			
5.01	Nufan	           Denis Compton	Accepted
5.02	Stephen	           Clyde Walcott	Accepted
5.03	Chaminda	   Aubrey Faulkner	Accepted
5.04	Mr Wright	   Stuart MacGill	Accepted
5.05	Somerset	   Allan Border	        Rejected
5.06	Vimes	           Brian Statham 	Accepted
5.07	Julien87	   Ian Chappell	        Accepted
5.08	Jamee	           Fanie de Villiers	Accepted
5.09	Michael7s	   John Waite	        Accepted
5.10	99*	           Brian Lara	        Rejected
5a.01	Somerset	   Mike Procter	        Accepted
5a.02	99*	           Shane Bond	        Accepted
			
6.01	99*	           Alan Knott	        [B]Accepted[/B]
6.02	Michael7s	   Jack Gregory	        [B]Accepted[/B]
6.03	Jamee	           Clive Lloyd	        [B]Accepted[/B]
6.04	Julien87	   Arthur Morris	[B]Accepted[/B]
6.05	Vimes	           Farokh Engineer	[B]Accepted[/B]
6.06	Somerset	   Ricky Ponting	[B]Accepted[/B]
6.07	Mr Wright	   Craig McDermott	[B]Accepted[/B]
6.08	Chaminda	   Peter Pollock	[B]Accepted[/B]
6.09	Stephen	           Bob Simpson	        [B]Accepted[/B]
6.10	Nufan	           Virender Sehwag	[B]Accepted[/B]

7.01 Jamee
7.02 Mr Wright
7.03 99*
7.04 Julien87
7.05 Somerset
7.06 Samuel Vimes
7.07 Chaminda
7.08 Stephen
7.09 Nufan
7.10 Michael7

8.01 Michael7s
8.02 Nufan
8.03 Stephen
8.04 Chaminda
8.05 Samuel Vimes
8.06 Somerset
8.07 Julien87
8.08 99*
8.09 Mr Wright
8.10 Jamee

Vimes is up, followed by Chaminda and myself

 

[stephen]

Vimes team certainly shaping up to be the strongest on paper so far IMO (obviously not counting my own given I can hardly be impartial about it).

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Matthew Hayden

 

[99*]

Matthew Hayden

Taken.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Taken.

Thanks. Hadn't spotted Wright's post.

Herbert Sutcliffe, then. Bit of a stat muppet.

 

[chaminda_00]

I'm over trying, just going to pick my favs.

Mahela Jayawardene

 

[Matt79]

I'm over trying, just going to pick my favs.

Mahela Jayawardene

That's the spirit!