Draft Game IV - A cricket draft

[Warwick]

Once again to fill time in the off-season, The Den hosts another draft game.

This time footy is replaced by cricket. The aim of the game is to see who could draft the best possible "Test World XI" as judged by a poll amongst other members. The game will follow the same structure as previous draft games on this board.

The rules are as follows:

• You must draft one player that has played test cricket in every decade since the 30s in your team.
• You are allowed to draft a maximum of two players from any one decade.
• If a cricketer has played in more than one decade (i.e. the 80s and 90s), you can choose which decade he falls into.
• The draft order will be determined randomly, and the order will be reversed every other round (i.e. team 1 gets the first pick in the 1st and 3rd round, but the last pick in the 2nd and 4th rounds).

Everyone is welcome. If you haven't played one of these draft games before - i encourage you to join (but only if you can stand the sledging). We only need to pick 11 players so it wont take nearly as long as the football drafts. Ideally, it would be best if we got around 5 or 6 players, but there is room for more. Put your name down if you are interested.

 

[sherminator]

Im in. I'll suck, though.

 

[Warwick]

Im in. I'll suck, though.

The good thing is, you can pretty much determine who is good by looking at bowling and batting averages - you don't have to have seen them play at all.

 

[sherminator]

The good thing is, you can pretty much determine who is good by looking at bowling and batting averages - you don't have to have seen them play at all.

Yep.

 

[Grimreepah]

Perhaps Bradman should be excluded. Whoever gets him would have too big an advantage.

 

[Warwick]

Perhaps Bradman should be excluded. Whoever gets him would have too big an advantage.

Yeah i'm happy with that.

 

[toddy]

im in

 

[sherminator]

Perhaps Bradman should be excluded. Whoever gets him would have too big an advantage.

Alright.

 

[sherminator]

Okay I have a rough 16* now.

 

[CoZi36]

I want to play in this game as I missed the last.

 

[POBT]

I'd like to have a crack at it but I won't be online over the weekend. Happy to sit out if that causes problems.

 

[Lady Lawrence]

happy to have a go seeing as it is probably the only opportunity this pommy will have at possibly winning a game of cricket!!

I won't be on line on Saturday but will be today and later on Sunday (once my hangover clears!!)

 

[Grimreepah]

Good to see some new faces. For those of you who are new it should be pointed out that the goal is not to pick the best side, but to pick the side that you think will get the most votes. A poll will be conducted in the Den to determine a winner.

 

[POBT]

For those of you who are new it should be pointed out that the goal is not to pick the best side, but to pick the side that you think will get the most votes.

The two should be one and the same but clearly that is not the case

 

[Warwick]

I'm waiting to see how Grim will fit 3 'keepers in his team.

 

[Grimreepah]

I'm waiting to see how Grim will fit 3 'keepers in his team.

Why would I do that?

 

[Warwick]

Taking the moral high-ground already?

I think most people will make up their mind as soon as the game gets underway.

 

[Grimreepah]

Good luck everyone.

 

[Warwick]

Participants:

Warwick
Grimreepah
toddy
POBT
CoZi
Sherminator
Lady Lawrence

We could probably sort out the random draft order tonight. Its going to be very difficult trying to get 7 people on at the same time, so maybe we need to just take our turn when it comes and possibly PM your next pick if you are not going to be on for a while.

 

[John]

Good luck all. I am looking forward to being entertained as I have all the other draft games.

 

[sherminator]

Good luck all. I am looking forward to being entertained as I have all the other draft games.

I am looking forward to giving it a crack, probaly finish last.

 

[Warwick]

I'm disappointed not to see you giving it a go John. There is room for more if you have the time.

If not, thanks for your wishes. I expect we will all be entertained - who knows what Grim will do this game, or whether toddy will stack his team with numerous players who all hold the same role in the team.

And Sherminator - the person who has claimed underdog status has traditionally done very well. These games are all meant for a bit of fun and time to fill during the summer. I think most of us are in the same boat for this game, i.e. relying on statistics and hearsay.

 

[John]

I'm disappointed not to see you giving it a go John. There is room for more if you have the time.

If not, thanks for your wishes. I expect we will all be entertained - who knows what Grim will do this game, or whether toddy will stack his team with numerous players who all hold the same role in the team.

And Sherminator - the person who has claimed underdog status has traditionally done very well. These games are all meant for a bit of fun and time to fill during the summer. I think most of us are in the same boat for this game, i.e. relying on statistics and hearsay.

I am not sure I can devote the time.

What I will say is that I do have the week between Xmas and New year free if we had a draft game going then.

 

[Warwick]

I am not sure I can devote the time.

What I will say is that I do have the week between Xmas and New year free if we had a draft game going then.

No worries.

Actually while you are here, would you be able to determine the draft order considering you are a neutral observor? We will just do it the same way we have done for previous drafts. Every player gets a number according to alphabetical order, therefore:

CoZi (1)
Grimreepah (2)
Lady Lawrence (3)
POBT (4)
Sherminator (5)
toddy (6)
Warwick (7)

And you enter numbers 1-7 into this random number generator: http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/rnumber.cgi to determine the order (i.e. if 5 is on top of the list, Sherminator has first pick).

The only thing with that generator is you have to use numbers between 1 and 8 for 7 to be included.

Are you able to do that for us John?

 

[John]

My pleasure. I have cut and pasted the results.

Here is the list of random integers between 1 and 8:

3
4
2
5
1
7
6