The "What Is He Smoking" Draft

[JOJOXI]

I always look forward to the last few selections of the round. For me the big reveal at the end of the round is the most fun part .

I thought it was the part where you get to compliment players picks knowing we are soon to be disappointed

 

[stephen]

I thought it was the part where you get to compliment players picks knowing we are soon to be disappointed

That's fun too.

There's one in particular this round that's hilarious. Not Dick Spooner level of hilarious but still funny nonetheless.

 

[stephen]

Here are the teams after round 3:

	1	2	3
kingkallis	Curtly Ambrose	George Headley	*Jimmy Binks
Himmanv	Dale Steyn	Joel Garner	*Ollie Pope
srbhkshk	*Gordon Greenidge	Courtney Walsh	*George Duckworth
Ataraxia	*Qasim Umar	Alan Davidson	*Wasim Bari
weeman27bob	*Corey Anderson	Andy Flower	*Dick Spooner
Jojoxi	Kapil Dev	Virat Kohli	*Wally Grout
MorgieB	*Virender Sehwag	Wasim Akram	*Roy Swetman
HonestBharani	*Ross Edwards	Mike Procter	*James Kelly
AndrewB	*Sunil Gavaskar	Ray Lindwall	Clyde Walcott
Trundler	*John Snow	Allan Donald	*Gil Langley
Pothas	*Rohan Kanhai	Michael Holding	*Warren Lees
Michaelf7777777	*Neville Quinn	Shaun Pollock	Les Ames
Marcuss	Muttiah Muralitharan	Dennis Lillee	Kumar Sangakkara
ankitj	Bill O'Reilly	Denis Compton	*John Ward

The new banlist:

Glenn McGrath, Don Bradman, Imran Khan, Garfield Sobers, Steve Smith, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shakib Al Hasan, Richard Hadlee, Keith Miller, Jack Hobbs, W. G. Grace, Jacques Kallis, Sydney Barnes, Brian Lara, Len Hutton, Aubrey Faulkner, Fred Trueman, Sachin Tendulkar, Barry Richards, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, Richie Benaud, Graeme Pollock, Rahul Dravid, Shane Warne, Clarrie Grimmett, Jim Laker, Waqar Younis, Harold Larwood, Simon Katich

Round 4 order:

honestbharani - David Boon
morgieb - Allan Border
Pothas - Ken Barrington
kingkallis - Bob Simpson
AndrewB - Maurice Tate
Himannv - Steve Waugh
trundler - Younis Khan
Marcuss - James Anderson
Michaelf7777777 - Victor Trumper
weeman27bob - Chris Gayle
@srbhkshk
@ataraxia
JOJOXI
ankitj

 

[stephen]

What did people think about the free for all last round? Did you want to do it again or did you prefer a proper random order?

 

[JOJOXI]

What did people think about the free for all last round? Did you want to do it again or did you prefer a proper random order?

Happy to go with the majority opinion personally

 

[Himannv]

As with all things in this draft, anything goes.

 

[stephen]

@weeman27bob has 1h left to pick

 

[weeman27bob]

Chris Gayle

 

[stephen]

@srbhkshk has timed out, @ataraxia is up

 

[srbhkshk]

Wait I did not know it was my turn I'll pick Adam Voges.

 

[ataraxia]

Alec Bedser

 

[ataraxia]

@JOJOXI

 

[JOJOXI]

Frank Worrell

 

[ataraxia]

@ankitj

 

[JOJOXI]

@ankitj

Apologies had actually typed his name in to tag him but then never posted

 

[stephen]

It's 4 AM in India so @ankitj is probably sleeping. As soon as he awakens and picks someone I can post the rule and the teams.

We'll do a free for all next round again.

 

[ankitj]

Herbert Sutcliffe

 

[ataraxia]

@stephen... sure hope it's a bowlers-only round...

 

[stephen]

Round 4: Respect test history round.

The player selected must have debuted before 1950. If an invalid player is picked, the next valid player in alphabetical order who has played a minimum of 10 tests will be selected instead.

Some of you did well.

I think KingKallis's selection was the most amusing this round. Himmanv hitting the jackpot for missed picks.

	1	2	3	4
kingkallis	Curtly Ambrose	George Headley	*Jimmy Binks	*Reg Simpson
Himmanv	Dale Steyn	Joel Garner	*Ollie Pope	*Everton Weekes
srbhkshk	*Gordon Greenidge	Courtney Walsh	*George Duckworth	*Bert Vogler
Ataraxia	*Qasim Umar	Alan Davidson	*Wasim Bari	Alec Bedser
weeman27bob	*Corey Anderson	Andy Flower	*Dick Spooner	*George Geary
Jojoxi	Kapil Dev	Virat Kohli	*Wally Grout	Frank Worrell
MorgieB	*Virender Sehwag	Wasim Akram	*Roy Swetman	*Harry Boyle
HonestBharani	*Ross Edwards	Mike Procter	*James Kelly	*Bill Bowes
AndrewB	*Sunil Gavaskar	Ray Lindwall	Clyde Walcott	Maurice Tate
Trundler	*John Snow	Allan Donald	*Gil Langley	*Billy Zulch
Pothas	*Rohan Kanhai	Michael Holding	*Warren Lees	*Ivan Barrow
Michaelf7777777	*Neville Quinn	Shaun Pollock	Les Ames	Victor Trumper
Marcuss	Muttiah Muralitharan	Dennis Lillee	Kumar Sangakkara	*Tommy Andrews
ankitj	Bill O'Reilly	Denis Compton	*John Ward	Herbert Sutcliffe

Ban list:

Glenn McGrath, Don Bradman, Imran Khan, Garfield Sobers, Steve Smith, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shakib Al Hasan, Richard Hadlee, Keith Miller, Jack Hobbs, W. G. Grace, Jacques Kallis, Sydney Barnes, Brian Lara, Len Hutton, Aubrey Faulkner, Fred Trueman, Sachin Tendulkar, Barry Richards, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, Richie Benaud, Graeme Pollock, Rahul Dravid, Shane Warne, Clarrie Grimmett, Jim Laker, Waqar Younis, Harold Larwood, Simon Katich, David Boon, Allan Border, Ken Barrington, Bob Simpson, Steve Waugh, Younis Khan, James Anderson, Adam Voges

Round 5 order is free for all, round 6 will be in reverse order.

 

[stephen]

Imagine picking Bob Simpson and getting stuck with Reg Simpson instead