Scorecard Draft

[Somerset]

Thanks I'm against the 12th round personally. Let's give it some more time to get a few more opinions in.

To be honest I'm with Joe on this matter - if you have to select a lesser known player in early eras of the game because someone's left you with a dud scorecard, then thats just part of the game. In saying that I don't mind all that much if we select that 12th player though would prefer to stick to 11.

 

[G.I.Joe]

We weren't all waiting to get to the pre war era, I'm just looking for an opportunity to select Mike Garnham.

Then I read the 10 cap minimum rule. Damn.

True that. Might just have a read through this thread and disallow the extra pick for those who had their pinky finger extended at the start.

 

[Shri]

True that. Might just have a read through this thread and disallow the extra pick for those who had their pinky finger extended at the start.

Shri likes this.

 

[honestbharani]

Real men balance teams in 11 rounds. I don't get it. When the draft started, people were all snobby and couldn't wait to get to the Pre War era. Now that we've been there, people realise it wasn't all that flash and they'd prefer to make an extra pick from more conventional and well known eras.

issue is that not everyone had to make that many picks in that era.. people always got the easier way out and so we need 12 rounds to balance it fairer (still wont' obviously be completely fair, unless the 12th round has all the guys who had to pick twice in the 19th century at the top)...

 

[Noble One]

Yeah XI players only. Deal with the cards dealt (like me).

 

[Cevno]

issue is that not everyone had to make that many picks in that era.. people always got the easier way out and so we need 12 rounds to balance it fairer (still wont' obviously be completely fair, unless the 12th round has all the guys who had to pick twice in the 19th century at the top)...

Don't think being in the top or bottom makes that much of a difference in this draft.

 

[kingkallis]

Very few good players played with or against Weekes

Anyways, let me announce Lord Colin Cowdrey as my No.5

5th Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 22-24, 1957 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

CricZo XI

1.
2.
3. Sir Donald Bradman [ c ]
4.
5. Lord Colin Cowdrey [ 114 tests - 7624 @ 44.06 ]
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7.
8.
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Bill O'Rielly
11.

 

[Cevno]

I'm personally for 12 men .

It will not make a difference to most teams that much in any case as by the time comes to pick the 12th man all the best players would have gone already . But it will give a chance to balance the team and replace the majorly unknown 19 th century players for those who had to make 2 picks there.

With the Random order being used to the 12th round will be the opposite of the 11th round and the longer the draft goes the interesting the picks will get with so many drafters.

 

[G.I.Joe]

If we do end up having a 12th round, I'm going to try my hardest to make sure we get right back to the 19th century at the start of that round.

 

[Himannv]

Ah, a few quick picks have finally come my way.

Round 1:

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NUFAN - Muttiah Muralitharan
weldone - Adam Gilchrist
Noble One - Glenn Mcgrath
Cevno - Curtly Ambrose
Blakus - Vivian Richards
Himmanv - Imran Khan
honestbharani - Richard Hadlee
kingkallis - Malcolm Marshall
GI Joe - Brian Lara
Shri - Kumar Sangakkara
pskov - Shane Warne
HeathDavisSpeed - Jacques Kallis
Somerset - Sachin Tendulkar
marc71178 - Wasim Akram
Marcuss - Waqar Younis
Jamee999 - Ricky Ponting
Michaelf7777777 - Andy Flower
Riggins - Michael Slater

Round 2:

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Riggins - Rahul Dravid
Michaelf7777777 - Shaun Pollock
Jamee999 - Courtney Walsh
Marcuss - Kapil Dev
marc71178 - Ian Botham
Somerset - Dennis Lillee
HeathDavisSpeed - Joel Garner
pskov - Sunil Gavaskar
Shri - Garry Sobers
GI Joe - Keith Miller
kingkallis - Donald Bradman
honestbharani - Wally Hammond
Himmanv - Jack Hobbs
Blakus - Sydney Barnes
Cevno - Wilfred Rhodes
Noble One - Clarrie Grimmett
weldone - George Headley
NUFAN - Fred Trueman

Round 3:

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pskov - Alan Davidson
Jamee999 - Len Hutton
Marcuss - Les Ames
GI Joe - Herbert Sutcliffe
kingkallis - Aubrey Faulkner
Riggins - Charles Macartney
Michaelf7777777 - Colin Blythe
Shri - Hugh Trumble
weldone - George Lohmann
Blakus - Frederick Spofforth
NUFAN - Charlie Turner
Cevno - W.G Grace
Noble One - Victor Trumper
HeathDavisSpeed - Warwick Armstrong
Himmanv - Stanley Jackson
Somerset - Kumar Ranjitsinhji
marc71178 - Archie MacLaren
honestbharani - Johnny Briggs

Round 4:

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marc71178 - Bobby Abel
honestbharani - Billy Barnes
Somerset - Billy Bates
Himmanv - Dick Barlow
HeathDavisSpeed - Tom Garrett
Noble One - Arthur Shrewsbury
Cevno - Bobby Peel
NUFAN - Allan Steel
Blakus - Billy Murdoch
weldone - George Ulyett
Shri - Syd Gregory
Michaelf7777777 - Frank Woolley
Riggins - Bill Voce
kingkallis - Bill O'Rielly
GI Joe - Ray Lindwall
Marcuss - Jim Laker
Jamee999 - Clyde Walcott
pskov - Neil Harvey

Round 5:

Shri - Alec Bedser
Jamee999 - Peter May
honestbharani - Graeme Pollock
Blakus - Ken Barrington
Cevno - Frank Tyson
Michaelf7777777 - Arthur Morris
Riggins - Vinoo Mankad
GI Joe - Denis Compton
HeathDavisSpeed - Everton Weekes
kingkallis - Colin Cowdrey
Noble One
pskov
weldone
Marcuss
Himmanv
Somerset
marc71178
NUFAN

Round 6:

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marc71178
NUFAN
Somerset
Himmanv
Marcuss
weldone
pskov
Noble One
kingkallis
HeathDavisSpeed
GI Joe
Riggins
Michaelf7777777
Cevno
Blakus
honestbharani
Jamee999
Shri

 

[Cevno]

We currently have Noble one ,Pskov online and Weldone and Marcuss are usually online around this time too.
And with Somerset and Himannv also being online we could really get a move on today.

 

[kingkallis]

Also with Cowdrey, players of 60s and 70s are all wide open....

 

[Noble One]

Brian Statham

5th Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 23-28, 1956 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

 

[Himannv]

Hope the others pick before I go off to gym in a couple of hours.

 

[Noble One]

Noble XI

1. Arthur Shrewsbury (23 Tests, 1277 Runs @ 35.47)
2
3
4
5
6. Victor Trumper (48 Tests, 3163 Runs @ 39.04, 8 Wickets @ 39.62)
7
8
9. Clarrie Grimmett (37 Tests, 557 Runs @ 13.92, 216 Wickets @ 24.21)
10. Brian Statham (70 Tests: 675 Runs @ 11.44, 252 Wickets @ 24.84)
11. Glenn McGrath (124 Tests: 641 Runs @ 7.36, 563 Wickets @ 21.64)

 

[Himannv]

Not opening with Trumper and Shrewsbury??

 

[Jarquis]

Who gave GI Joe Compton? >.>

 

[Himannv]

Who gave GI Joe Compton? >.>

Riggins

 

[Noble One]

Not opening with Trumper and Shrewsbury??

Subject to later selections. I prefer the idea of Trumper batting down the order.

Not worried too much about the batting, I figure no matter which era you are in (well not pre WW1), you always have 10-15 really solid batsman to choose from. Bowlers, keepers and all-rounders, snap them up.

 

[Himannv]

Subject to later selections. I prefer the idea of Trumper batting down the order.

Not worried too much about the batting, I figure no matter which era you are in (well not pre WW1), you always have 10-15 really solid batsman to choose from. Bowlers, keepers and all-rounders, snap them up.

Shhh.. You're going to give people ideas!!!