Test Cricket Draft

[JC Hawks]

A draft consisting of any current test players.

Rules

i. Must pick a player from the top seven test nations (Aus, NZ, India, Eng, SA, Sri Lanka, Pakistan).
Note: Excluded teams like Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies to try and maintain quality teams.

ii. Must pick two players from the remaining three teams; Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies.

iii. 12 Picks in a snake styled draft.

Big Jacko and eth-dog have already expressed their interest in the Big Bash Draft, so I'll need five more participants to make up eight.

Let me know if you're interested. First in, best dressed.

Draft Order
Round 1
1. PhatBoy: Steve Smith
2. The_Reaper: Virat Kohli
3. Pykie: AB De Villiers
4. JC Hawks: Joe Root
5. JG22: David Warner
6. Rustin Cohle: Kane Williamson
7. Big Jacko: Mitchell Starc
8. eth-dog: Ravi Ashwin
9. Van_Dyke: Josh Hazlewood
10. DustinsGuns: Quinton de Kock

Round 2
11. DustinsGuns: Dale Steyn
12. Van_Dyke: Rangana Herath
13. eth-dog: Shakib Al Hasan
14. Big Jacko: Kagiso Rabada
15. Rustin Cohle: Hashim Amla
16. JG22: Mohammed Amir
17. JC Hawks: Azhar Ali
18. Pykie: Vernon Philander
19. The_Reaper: Angelo Mathews
20. PhatBoy: Jonny Bairstow

Round 3
21. PhatBoy: Tamim Iqbal
22. The_Reaper: BJ Watling
23. Pykie: Ben Stokes
24. JC Hawks: Dinesh Chandimal
25. JG22: Sarfraz Ahmed
26. Rustin Cohle: Matthew Wade
27. Big Jacko: Ross Taylor
28. eth-dog: Dinesh Ramdin
29. Van_Dyke: Mushfiqur Rahim
30. DustinsGuns: Cheteshwar Pujara

Round 4
31. DustinsGuns: Stuart Broad
32. Van_Dyke: Ajinkya Rahane
33. eth-dog: Jimmy Anderson
34. Big Jacko: Ravi Jadeja
35. Rustin Cohle: Alastair Cook
36. JG22: Faf du Plessis
37. JC Hawks: Murali Vijay
38. Pykie: Younis Khan
39. The_Reaper: Trent Boult
40. PhatBoy: Dananjaya de Silva

Round 5
41. PhatBoy: Yasir Shah
42. The_Reaper: Darren Bravo
43. Pykie: Mominul Haque
44. JC Hawks: Kraigg Brathwaite
45. JG22: Carlos Braithwaite
46. Rustin Cohle: Chris Woakes
47. Big Jacko: Asad Shafiq
48. eth-dog: Dimuth Karunaratne
49. Van_Dyke: Jason Holder
50. DustinsGuns: Dilruwan Perera

Round 6
51. DustinsGuns: Usman Khawaja
52. Van_Dyke: Tom Latham
53. eth-dog: Tim Southee
54. Big Jacko: Matt Renshaw
55. Rustin Cohle: Mohammed Shami
56. JG22: Devendra Bishoo
57. JC Hawks: Morne Morkel
58. Pykie: Neil Wagner
59. The_Reaper: James Pattinson
60. PhatBoy: Stephen Cook

Round 7
61. PhatBoy: Colin de Grandhomme
62. The_Reaper: Dean Elgar
63. Pykie: Peter Handscomb
64. JC Hawks: Jackson Bird
65. JG22: Shikhar Dhawan
66. Rustin Cohle: Misbah ul Haq
67. Big Jacko: Moeen Ali
68. eth-dog: Wahab Riaz
69. Van_Dyke: Imran Khan
70. DustinsGuns: Kemar Roach

Round 8
71. DustinsGuns: Shaun Marsh
72. Van_Dyke: Ian Bell
73. eth-dog: Lokesh Rahul
74. Big Jacko: Hamilton Masakadza
75. Rustin Cohle: Upul Tharanga
76. JG22: Jos Buttler
77. JC Hawks: Steven Finn
78. Pykie: Jerome Taylor
79. The_Reaper: Mohammad Hafeez
80. PhatBoy: Gautam Gambhir

Round 9
81. PhatBoy: Shannon Gabriel
82. The_Reaper: Mark Wood
83. Pykie: Milinda Siriwardana
84. JC Hawks: JP Duminy
85. JG22: Corey Anderson
86. Rustin Cohle: Nathan Lyon
87. Big Jacko: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
88. eth-dog: Temba Bavuma
89. Van_Dyke: Stiaan Van Zyl
90. DustinsGuns: Ahmed Shehzad

Round 10
91. DustinsGuns: Jimmy Neesham
92. Van_Dyke: Haseeb Hameed
93. eth-dog: Adam Voges
94. Big Jacko: Gary Ballance
95. Rustin Cohle: Mehedi Hasan Miraz
96. JG22: Marlon Samuels
97. JC Hawks: Mitchell Santner
98. Pykie: Karun Nair
99. The_Reaper: Craig Ervine
100. PhatBoy: Duanne Olivier

Round 11
101. PhatBoy: Ishant Sharma
102. The_Reaper: Harbhajan Singh
103. Pykie: Joe Burns
104. JC Hawks: Rohit Sharma
105. JG22: Stephen O'Keefe
106. Rustin Cohle: Umesh Yadav
107. Big Jacko: Shane Dowrich
108. eth-dog: Babar Azam
109. Van_Dyke: Henry Nicholls
110. DustinsGuns: Keaton Jennings

Round 12
111. DustinsGuns: Mahmudullah
112. Van_Dyke: Lakshan Sandakan
113. eth-dog: Peter Siddle
114. Big Jacko: Dushmantha Chameera
115. Rustin Cohle: Malcolm Waller
116. JG22: Mubarak
117. JC Hawks: Sabbir Rahman
118. Pykie:
119. The_Reaper:
120. PhatBoy:

 

[PhatBoy]

A draft consisting of any current test players.

Rules

i. Must pick a player from the top seven test nations (Aus, NZ, India, Eng, SA, Sri Lanka, Pakistan).
Note: Excluded teams like Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies to try and maintain quality teams.

ii. Must pick two players from the remaining three teams; Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies.

iii. 12 Picks in a snake styled draft.

iv. Maybe.... The keeper must actually keep for their team, ie. you wouldn't be able to pick Peter Handscomb as your keeper. I'll see what others think before deciding this rule.

Big Jacko and eth-dog have already expressed their interest in the Big Bash Draft, so I'll need five more participants to make up eight.

Let me know if you're interested. First in, best dressed.

I've never done this sort of shit before but as a devotee of foreign sides I'm kind of curious....

 

[JC Hawks]

I've never done this sort of shit before but as a devotee of foreign sides I'm kind of curious....

Can I count you in?

 

[PhatBoy]

Can I count you in?

How much time and dedication does this involve? If it's relatively minimal, yes.

 

[JC Hawks]

How much time and dedication does this involve? If it's relatively minimal, yes.

It's not too bad. You'll get tagged when it's your turn, where you'll have, I don't know, 24 hours to pick a player. I'll keep a list of who's been picked on the first page, to make it easier to pick.

Might need to bit more time and dedication researching players for the best pick, but by the sounds of it you shouldn't need much time anyway.

 

[PhatBoy]

It's not too bad. You'll get tagged when it's your turn, where you'll have, I don't know, 24 hours to pick a player. I'll keep a list of who's been picked on the first page, to make it easier to pick.

Might need to bit more time and dedication researching players for the best pick, but by the sounds of it you shouldn't need much time anyway.

Righto. Count me in.

 

[Rustin Cohle]

In.

 

[The_Reaper]

In.

imo might be worth considering a points system with a salary cap.

So averaging 50 is worth lets say 5000 points and a bowling average of under 25 is worth 5000. But that is probably too complicated to sort out

 

[JC Hawks]

In.

imo might be worth considering a points system with a salary cap.

So averaging 50 is worth lets say 5000 points and a bowling average of under 25 is worth 5000. But that is probably too complicated to sort out

What would doing this do exactly?

 

[The_Reaper]

What would doing this do exactly?

Just realised that this was a current players test draft and not an all time one. So yeah its irrelevant.

How do we define current though?

Would Doug Bollinger for instance count as a current player?

 

[JC Hawks]

Just realised that this was a current players test draft and not an all time one. So yeah its irrelevant.

How do we define current though?

Would Doug Bollinger for instance count as a current player?

Hmm, it's a tough one. Maybe played within the last year, and not yet retired?

 

[eth-dog]

How about anyone who has played test cricket since start of '15?

 

[Big Jacko]

Just reiterating I am in

 

[Pykie]

In

 

[JG22]

In

 

[Van_Dyke]

In

 

[DustinsGuns]

In.

If there are any spots left?

 

[JC Hawks]

It's currently 10, which may be too many, but we'll see how it goes. Players eligible for selection I have decided will be anyone who has played test cricket since the start of 2015 and are not yet retired. I'll post and order soon.

 

[JC Hawks]

1. PhatBoy
2. The_Reaper
3. Pykie
4. JC Hawks
5. JG22
6. Rustin Cohle
7. Big Jacko
8. eth-dog
9. Van_Dyke
10. DustinsGuns

 

[JC Hawks]

PhatBoy you're up.

 

[PhatBoy]

PhatBoy you're up.

So just any player from any of the top 7 nations yeah?

 

[JC Hawks]

So just any player from any of the top 7 nations yeah?

Basically just pick the best test cricketer as you're the first pick.

 

[PhatBoy]

Smith.

 

[JC Hawks]

The_Reaper

 

[Pykie]

These are current players, not all time, yes?