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Jumping the Shark Draft

Somerset

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
Glenn McGrath for my top 10 pick, Allan Donald for my round 10 repick. Hopefully thats all allowed and if so, my team is:
M.Hussey
S.McCabe
R.Ponting
K.Pietersen
F.Worrell
A.Flower
I.Botham
M.Procter
W.Rhodes
A.Donald
G.McGrath

Using Hussey and McCabe as openers as I believe both would have the ability to cope well enough at the top of the order, even if it they played the majority of their tests in the middle order. Four top bowlers and Rhodes to add some variety. Batting down to number nine so plenty of depth and a high quality wicket-keeper batsman. Theres certainly a modern feel to the team with six of the side having played this decade. I'd say my team would've been stronger had I had a better position in round 11 but I guess someone had to select last!
 
Magrat Garlick

Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
Brain damage towards the end there...should have picked a batsman earlier.

Boycott
Greenidge
G. Chappell
Dravid
Lara
+Engineer
Marshall
Holding
O'Reilly
Statham
Willis
 
99*

99*

International Debutant
How are we going to decide the best side? Poll thread or some other method?
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Ah, but you guys haven't done round 12 yet!

Round 12?

As was pointed out earlier, it's a bit of an unfair advantage to have gone early in round 11. The obvious solution is to have a further round in the reverse order to 11, to square things up.

But what are we choosing?

Selecting a 12th man is usually a fairly pointless exercise, and apart from sims, home grounds are pointless as well - besides I like to see sides selected for all conditions rather than specializing.

The reverse nature of this draft meant that several people ended up with team balance issues, and I don't think all the banned players were actually taken in the end.

What I propose is that round 12 be the chance to drop one player from your team in favour of an as yet unselected player. All banned players are available, provided they haven't already been picked.

Making a change in round 12 is completely voluntary, you are free to pass if you prefer.

In terms of choosing a winner, I say we have two categories, winners with the original 11, and the overall winner with the full 12 rounds.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Hmmmm, hadn't thought of that.

I think 'no'. First, those players are gone, they should stay gone. Second, it would be a big disincentive for people to switch over, and I don't want 10 people passing.
 
chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Results:
Code: 
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	Julien87	   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	Julien87	   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	           Courtenay 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	Julien87	   Wes Hall	        Accepted
3a.01	Nufan	           Ian Bishop	        Accepted
3a.02	Jamee	           Graeme Smith	        Accepted
3a.03	Stephen	           Ian Healy	        Accepted
			
4.01	Julien87	   Neil Harvey	        Accepted
4.02	Mr Wright	   Inzamam Ul-Haq	Accepted
4.03	Stephen	           Andy Roberts	        Accepted
4.04	Jamee	           Kapil Dev	        Rejected
4.05	Samuel Vimes	   Keith Miller	        Rejected
4.06	99*	           Eddie Paynter	Accepted
4.07	Michael7s	   Wally Hammond	Accepted
4.08	Nufan	           Les Ames	        Accepted
4.09	Chaminda_00	   Sunil Gavaskar 	Rejected
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	        Accepted
6.02	Michael7s	   Jack Gregory	        Accepted
6.03	Jamee	           Clive Lloyd	        Accepted
6.04	Julien87	   Arthur Morris	Accepted
6.05	Vimes	           Farokh Engineer	Accepted
6.06	Somerset	   Ricky Ponting	Accepted
6.07	Mr Wright	   Craig McDermott	Accepted
6.08	Chaminda	   Peter Pollock	Accepted
6.09	Stephen	           Bob Simpson	        Accepted
6.10	Nufan	           Virender Sehwag	Accepted
 
7.01	Jamee	           Martin Crowe	        Accepted
7.02	Mr Wright	   Matthew Hayden	Rejected
7.03	99*	           Sanath Jayasuriya	Accepted
7.04	Julien87	   Jeff Thompson	Accepted
7.05	Somerset	   Stan McCabe	        Accepted
7.06	Samuel Vimes	   Herbert Sutcliffe	Rejected
7.07	Chaminda	   Mahela Jayawardena	Accepted
7.08	Stephen	           Don Bradman	        Rejected
7.09	Nufan	           Trevor Goddard	Accepted
7.10	Michael7	   Eddie Barlow	        Accepted
7a.01	Mr Wright	   Doug Walters	        Accepted
7a.02	Samuel Vimes	   Gordon Greenidge	Accepted
7a.03	Stephen	           Dudley Nourse	Accepted
			
8.01	Michael7s	   Maurice Tate	        Accepted
8.02	Nufan	           Bishan Bedi	        Accepted
8.03	Stephen	           Shiv Chanderpaul	Accepted
8.04	Chaminda	   Andy Flower	        Rejected
8.05	Samuel Vimes	   Bob Willis	        Accepted
8.06	Somerset	   Barry Richards	Rejected
8.07	Julien87	   Denis Lindsay	Accepted
8.08	99*	           Chris Cairns	        Accepted
8.09	Mr Wright	   Bill Lawry	        Accepted
8.10	Jamee	           Shane Warne	        Rejected
8a.01	Chaminda	   Vijay Merchant	Accepted
8a.02	Somerset	   Richard Hadlee	Rejected
8a.03	Jamee	           Zaheer Abbas	        Accepted

9.01	Samuel Vimes	   Muttiah Muralitharan	Rejected
9.02	Mr Wright	   Matthew Hayden	Accepted
9.03	Somerset	   Andy Flower	        Accepted
9.04	Nufan	           Keith Miller	        Rejected
9.05	Jamee	           Kumar Sangakkara	Accepted
9.06	99*	           Glenn McGrath	Rejected
9.07	Michael7s	   Richard Hadlee	Rejected
9.08	Julien87	   Wasim Akram	        Accepted
9.09	Chaminda	   Len Hutton	        Accepted
9.10	Stephen	           Sunil Gavaskar	Accepted
[B]9a.01	Samuel Vimes	   Brian Lara	        Accepted
9a.02	Nufan	           Kapil Dev	        Accepted
9a.03	99*	           Jack Hobbs	        Accepted
9a.04	Michael7s	   Allan Border	        Accepted
8b.01	Somerset	   Michael Hussey	Accepted
[/B]
10.01   Stephen            Imran Khan           Accepted
10.02   Tharmi             Adam Gilchrist       Rejected
10.03   Julien87           Barry Richards       Accepted
10.04   Michael7s          Viv Richards         Accepted
10.05   99*                Dennis Lillee        Accepted
10.06   Jamee              Sachin Tendulkar     Rejected
10.07   Nufan              Herb Sutcliffe       Accepted
10.08   Somerset           Garry Sobers         Rejected
10.09   Kyle               Curtley Ambrose      Accepted
10.10   Vimes              Bill O'Reilly        Accepted
10.01a  Tharmi             Ray Lindwall         Accepted
10.02a  Jamee              Graeme Pollock       Accepted
10.03a  Somerset           Malcom Marshall      Rejected

11.01   Mr Wright          Garry Sobers
11.02   Michael7s          Don Bradman
11.03   Nufan              Sachin Tendulkar
11.04   Stephen            Keith Miller
11.05   Jamee              Muttiah Muralitharan
11.06   Chaminda_00        Adam Gilchirst
11.07   Samuel Vimes       Malcolm Marshall
11.08   Julien87           Richard Hadlee
11.09   99*                Shane Warne
11.10   Somerset           Glenn McGrath
10.01b  Somerset           Allan Donald
 
99*

99*

International Debutant
Matt79 said:
What I propose is that round 12 be the chance to drop one player from your team in favour of an as yet unselected player. All banned players are available, provided they haven't already been picked.
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Just a reminder that you have to drop someone from your side to pick someone else.
 
stephen

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Somerset said:
Do I have to drop someone? I didn't realise you had to - is it too late to change to someone else in that case?
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You're the guinea pig in this experiment so I recon you're fine too. Noone else has picked yet. Bit like when someone else has already been picked.
 
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