ODI Debut Chronology draft

[weldone]

So, both Sarfraz Nawaz and Bob Willis went unpicked. Wonder if we shall regret passing on decent bowlers during later rounds

 

[stephen]

So, both Sarfraz Nawaz and Bob Willis went unpicked. Wonder if we shall regret passing on decent bowlers during later rounds

Batting and team balance is more important than bowling in ODIs IMO. I think there's enough good bowlers left that everyone will get at least two to three decent pace bowlers.

 

[weldone]

Red Hill has timed out. Teuton up next

 

[ankitj]

Red Hill has timed out. Teuton up next

It's not even been 2 hours since last pick by Stephen!

 

[weldone]

Oops ok. I somehow saw AM in place of PM.

 

[ankitj]

There are more years than letters

I actually think it doesn't quite matter in the Stephen format. The restriction on letter or debut year turns out to be superfluous. It was pretty much impossible to pick 2 good players for 2 consecutive letters. Here it will be impossible to pick 2 good players within 3-4 years of debut date. So it's all the same.

 

[Red]

Gordon Greenidge (June 11, 1975)

 

[stephen]

• Honestbharani - Viv Richards (1975-06-07)
• RedHill - Clive Lloyd (1973-09-05), Gordon Greenidge (1975-06-11)
• Kingakallis - Dennis Lillee (1972-08-24), Javed Miandad (1975-06-11)
• Stephen - Richard Hadlee (1973-02-11), Michael Holding (1976-08-26)
• Pothas - Joel Garner (1977-03-16)
• Ankitj - Imran Khan (1974-08-31), Desmond Haynes (1978-02-22)
• Weldone - Greg Chappell (1971-01-05), Kapil Dev (1978-10-01)
• Teuton - Zaheer Abbas (1974-08-31), Malcolm Marshall (1980-05-28)
• Mr_mister - Wasim Akram (1984-11-23)
• Trundler - Glenn Turner (1973-02-11), Andy Roberts (1975-06-07), Sachin Tendulkar (1989-12-18)

 

[Teuton]

Malcolm Marshall (1980-05-28)

 

[ankitj]

Desmond Haynes (1978-02-22)

 

[trundler]

Let's Trundler this up a bit. Sachin Tendulkar (1989-12-18)

 

[mr_mister]

Let's Trundler this up a bit. Sachin Tendulkar (1989-12-18)

yeah that certainly is one way to trundler things up!

3 more people need to make their round 2 pick before you can pick your third player

 

[mr_mister]

haha. edited my post. now remove yours

 

[stephen]

Let's Trundler this up a bit. Sachin Tendulkar (1989-12-18)

Bugger. That was going to be my next choice.

 

[mr_mister]

oh wait so trundler's pick is eligible? i thought round 2 order was based on round 1 player's debut dates and my punishment for choosing Wasim was simply a late pick in round 2. i didn't realise it was a fluid/live pick order and i'd have to wait til all drafters are past '84 before i could pick again

sorry trundler i thought you ****ed up but alas it was me

 

[trundler]

oh wait so trundler's pick is eligible? i thought round 2 order was based on round 1 player's debut dates and my punishment for choosing Wasim was simply a late pick in round 2. i didn't realise it was a fluid/live pick order and i'd have to wait til all drafters are past '84 before i could pick again

sorry trundler i thought you ****ed up but alas it was me

It's okay. At first this draft format mind ****ed some of us to the point that we forgot our ABCs.

 

[stephen]

oh wait so trundler's pick is eligible? i thought round 2 order was based on round 1 player's debut dates and my punishment for choosing Wasim was simply a late pick in round 2. i didn't realise it was a fluid/live pick order and i'd have to wait til all drafters are past '84 before i could pick again

sorry trundler i thought you ****ed up but alas it was me

Oh yeah you didn't participate in the alphabet drafts did you? This draft has a variable turn order based on the last player you picked. The key to success is knowing when to skip far ahead to grab a really good player vs picking good but not necessarily the best players close to your current position.

Akram isn't a bad opening pick. You'll have to draft players a little tighter together later in the draft but getting the best left arm quick in history, who could also hold a bat is probably worth it.

 

[ankitj]

oh wait so trundler's pick is eligible? i thought round 2 order was based on round 1 player's debut dates and my punishment for choosing Wasim was simply a late pick in round 2. i didn't realise it was a fluid/live pick order and i'd have to wait til all drafters are past '84 before i could pick again

sorry trundler i thought you ****ed up but alas it was me

I thought I should check with if you know what you are doing when you picked Wasim.

 

[stephen]

The cool thing is that with clever drafting you can get multiple picks very close together at times.

 

[stephen]

Hb -> Red Hill -> Kingkallis

All of whom have picked from 75, so that order can't change.