Random country draft

[Matt79]

Himannv is next, then me, but I might not be around when he comes on. I'll take Virender Sehwag, unless Himannv wants him, in which case I'll take Kapil Dev.

 

[Himannv]

I want Sehwag. Kapil is yours.

 

[Matt79]

Round 1 - South Africa
99* - Graeme Smith
Somerset - Graeme Pollock
HB - Shaun Pollock
Zinzan - Jacques Kallis
GI Joe - Aubrey Faulkner
Matt79 - Allan Donald
Himannv - Barry Richards
Blakus - Mike Procter
Brumby - Eddie Barlow
Cevno - Dudley Nourse

Round 2 - India
Cevno - Sachin Tendulkar
Brumby - Sunil Gavaskar
Blakus - Rahul Dravid
Himannv - Virender Sehwag
Matt79 - Kapil Dev
GI Joe -
Zinzan -
HB -
Somerset -
99* -

 

[Zinzan]

Get G.I-ing Joe

 

[G.I.Joe]

Sorry. Spent a few minutes deciding between Mankad and Chandrasekhar, considering I already have a spinning all rounder in Faulkner.

Than decided I'd rather get the keeper position done with, in case I'm not in an advantageous position for a few of the other rounds.

MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni (42.59, 113c, 20st) +
Aubrey Faulkner (40.79, 26.58)

Round 1 - South Africa
99* - Graeme Smith
Somerset - Graeme Pollock
HB - Shaun Pollock
Zinzan - Jacques Kallis
GI Joe - Aubrey Faulkner
Matt79 - Allan Donald
Himannv - Barry Richards
Blakus - Mike Procter
Brumby - Eddie Barlow
Cevno - Dudley Nourse

Round 2 - India
Cevno - Sachin Tendulkar
Brumby - Sunil Gavaskar
Blakus - Rahul Dravid
Himannv - Virender Sehwag
Matt79 - Kapil Dev
GI Joe - MS Dhoni
Zinzan -
HB -
Somerset -
99* -

 

[Zinzan]

Round 1 - South Africa
99* - Graeme Smith
Somerset - Graeme Pollock
HB - Shaun Pollock
Zinzan - Jacques Kallis
GI Joe - Aubrey Faulkner
Matt79 - Allan Donald
Himannv - Barry Richards
Blakus - Mike Procter
Brumby - Eddie Barlow
Cevno - Dudley Nourse

Round 2 - India
Cevno - Sachin Tendulkar
Brumby - Sunil Gavaskar
Blakus - Rahul Dravid
Himannv - Virender Sehwag
Matt79 - Kapil Dev
GI Joe - MS Dhoni
Zinzan - Anil Kumble
HB -
Somerset -
99* -

HB..you're up

 

[Matt79]

Yeah, thought pretty hard about Dhoni - he would have been my next choice.

Was pretty stoked last round to get Donald - no way that would have happened in some previous drafts with people like Jamee playing.

 

[G.I.Joe]

BTW, is Bradman eligible for Australia?

 

[Matt79]

Yes.

EDIT: Unless there's overwhelming opposition to him being so.

 

[Matt79]

But depending when Australia comes up - if it comes up - people may find that they have higher priorities like an Adam Gilchrist, a Glenn McGrath or a Shane Warne. If it pops up in the first half, I'd expect Bradman to go first no doubt, but in the second half, could be quite interesting.

 

[99*]

Was pretty stoked last round to get Donald - no way that would have happened in some previous drafts with people like Jamee playing.

You wouldn't have got him if I'd been quicker thats for sure.

 

[Himannv]

Yeah, thought pretty hard about Dhoni - he would have been my next choice.

Was pretty stoked last round to get Donald - no way that would have happened in some previous drafts with people like Jamee playing.

He was one of my main targets but you picked him just before I managed to. Still I somehow managed to get Barry Richards who was surprisingly available. More mystifying is how long it took for Dudley Nourse to get picked.

 

[Matt79]

There were four all-time allrounders, one all-time great opening bowler, and at least two other genuinely great batsmen selected before him - there were plenty of excellent options!

 

[Cevno]

He was one of my main targets but you picked him just before I managed to. Still I somehow managed to get Barry Richards who was surprisingly available. More mystifying is how long it took for Dudley Nourse to get picked.

Yeah! was surprised at how Dudley Nourse was left till the last pick.Pleasantly though.

 

[Cevno]

This would get interesting when there a country is chosen the second time.
It depends on luck too where your position is with respect to the second run of the teams.

Another facet which will be interesting is how to plan what player to chose when u do not know what countries will come next.

 

[Somerset]

Are we applying the 24 hour rule before I can make my selection if HB hasn't picked by then?

 

[Zinzan]

Gotta change something to speed it up Matt, maybe sub someone else to make someones selection for them & then bracket their names on the draft

 

[Himannv]

Going to be tough to come up with a quicker way of doing it fairly I reckon.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Going to be tough to come up with a quicker way of doing it fairly I reckon.

12 hour time limit, imo. You snooze, you lose.

 

[Himannv]

Thats fair enough for me as I'm online fairly often.

For some, by the time they sleep, wake up and get to office, their turn will be done.