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The BigFooty Cricket Forum Fantasy Draft
With SaintkildaMan unable to run his draft due to real life issues, I've received permission from him to step up and take his place. For this edition, in order to keep it simple, we will be running a competition based on One Day Internationals. 8 participants will each pick a squad of 14 and compete to be crowned the inaugural champion.
Many of you may have undertaken drafts before and have a good idea of what to expect. However, for those of you who may not have participated in one before, or would like some specifics about how this draft will run, here's an outline of what to expect.
1. The Participants
a. The Chairman
The Chairman is in charge of running the draft. The Chairman enforces the rules, keeps the draft order and chosen players list updated, authorizes trades, posts match ups and randomizes the bracket. He will also deal with any issues that come up during the duration of the game.
b. The Coaches
In this edition of the draft there will be 8 'Coaches'. These players will select squads following the draft order. They will also be responsible for submitting their elevens before matches and arguing their case for victory.
c. The Umpires
In this edition of the draft there will be three 'Umpires'. The umpires act as the judges of matches, listening to the arguments of coaches and determining which team will be the victors in each match up. They will also be able to provide breakdowns and feedback of squads as the draft progresses.
(note. If we cannot find three judges, I will act as one. I will also judge if any of the umpires are unavailable for a period of time)
2. The Draft
Once the participants are finalised, I will post the draft order. The draft order will be organised. There will be 14 rounds of drafting in order to select full squads. At the end of each round, the order will be reversed, so as to look something like this:
Round 1
1. Team A
2. Team B
3. Team C
4. Team D
Round 2
1. Team D
2. Team C
3. Team B
4. Team A
All players who have ever played a ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL are available for selection. It is highly recommended that coaches post a link to their player's Cricinfo profile with their selection, as this will help with organising the available players list and with judging.
When a coach is up to pick, they must announce their selection in the thread. They will have 24 hours from the previous selection to make their own. If they do not do so, then they will be dropped to the last position of that particular round (the chairman will announce when a player's turn is forfeit). If they miss their selection again, they will be dropped from the game and a replacement found to take over their team.
If a coach knows they will be absent for a period of time, they can send a list of players to the chairman that they would like to select with their next pick(s). When that player's turn comes around, the chairman will go down their list of preferred selections from top to bottom and will pick the first available player from that list. The draft will then continue as normal.
The draft order will be updated often so players know where they stand. Only the chairman and the judges may update the draft order.
At the end of the fourteenth round, players will have 24 hours to finalise their squads (the chairman will announce the beginning and the end of this time period)- they can dump players and pick up a new one just by posting in the thread. Any player released by a coach is then available for any
2.1 Trading
Coaches will be allowed to trade players prior to the final submission of their squads. Trading will be open upon the completion of the second round of drafting. Coaches should suggest and discuss trades via private messages. All trades must involve at least one player and coaches must maintain fourteen overall picks in the draft.
In order to finish a trade, BOTH coaches must PM the chairman with the conditions of the trade - if this is not done, then the trade will not go through. The chairman will also block any trades that he feels is highly unequal.
3. The Matchups
Once drafting and squads are finalised, the chairman will post the matchups. This tournament will be run on a double elimination bracket, which means that a team must lose two matches before they are eliminated. The winner will be the last team left standing.
When matchups are announced, coaches will have 24 hours to PM their final elevens (drawn from their squads)in their batting order to the chairman. They must also PM their preference to Bat or Bowl first, which will be determined by a coin toss (the team listed first in the matchup will be considered to have called 'heads'). If a team does not send their line-up in, the chairman will randomize a team from their squad.
Teams must nominate a captain, a wicket-keeper and their two opening bowlers when they submit their teams.
In order to provide some extra strategy, each game will be played at a particular Australian ground, which will be announced at the time of the matchup. It will be assumed that all matches are day night matches and played without interruptions on the average pitch type for the ground. The coaches and judges can use this to help argue and determine the victors in the matchups. Each matchup will be played at a randomized ground. The grounds in the tournament are as follows:
·
When determining the results, Umpires should take into account the balance of the sides (ie Batting Depth, Averages and Strike Rates, Economy rates, types of bowlers, bowling depth) and the conditions of the ground. Fielding and leadership may also be used as a determining factor. They should provide some sort of explanation as to why they have made their decision. Umpires need to judge all matchups for the round.
Coaches can make arguments in support of their sides. They can also counter arguments used by their opponents (remember, attack the argument, not the poster). The judge's decision is final - any coach who argues with that excessively will first be warned, then removed from the game if it continues.
All arguments and judging must be made on the basis of ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL records only.
Any further questions can be directed towards the chairman.
THE GAME
Chairman
Kyptastic
Umpires
1. magpies2010
2. Pocket Aces
3.
Umpires should have time available to make judgements and breakdowns. Anyone who wants to umpire should PM the chairman, who will then confirm the line-up of umpires in the thread.
Coaches
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Note - since the previous draft already had 8 players selected, I will give those people 24 hours to confirm their participation in this version. Once that 24 hours is up, all available spots will be allowed to be filled by anyone - simply post in this thread to announce your intention to play. The commissioner will then confirm your position in the draft list.
Those previously confirmed players were:
1.SaintkildaMan
2.Thorne89
3.FreoFanMundy
4.Happy Eagle
5.Pie4Life
6.Clinn McGraw
7.Courtjester
8.Surjin.
DRAFT ON!
With SaintkildaMan unable to run his draft due to real life issues, I've received permission from him to step up and take his place. For this edition, in order to keep it simple, we will be running a competition based on One Day Internationals. 8 participants will each pick a squad of 14 and compete to be crowned the inaugural champion.
Many of you may have undertaken drafts before and have a good idea of what to expect. However, for those of you who may not have participated in one before, or would like some specifics about how this draft will run, here's an outline of what to expect.
1. The Participants
a. The Chairman
The Chairman is in charge of running the draft. The Chairman enforces the rules, keeps the draft order and chosen players list updated, authorizes trades, posts match ups and randomizes the bracket. He will also deal with any issues that come up during the duration of the game.
b. The Coaches
In this edition of the draft there will be 8 'Coaches'. These players will select squads following the draft order. They will also be responsible for submitting their elevens before matches and arguing their case for victory.
c. The Umpires
In this edition of the draft there will be three 'Umpires'. The umpires act as the judges of matches, listening to the arguments of coaches and determining which team will be the victors in each match up. They will also be able to provide breakdowns and feedback of squads as the draft progresses.
(note. If we cannot find three judges, I will act as one. I will also judge if any of the umpires are unavailable for a period of time)
2. The Draft
Once the participants are finalised, I will post the draft order. The draft order will be organised. There will be 14 rounds of drafting in order to select full squads. At the end of each round, the order will be reversed, so as to look something like this:
Round 1
1. Team A
2. Team B
3. Team C
4. Team D
Round 2
1. Team D
2. Team C
3. Team B
4. Team A
All players who have ever played a ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL are available for selection. It is highly recommended that coaches post a link to their player's Cricinfo profile with their selection, as this will help with organising the available players list and with judging.
When a coach is up to pick, they must announce their selection in the thread. They will have 24 hours from the previous selection to make their own. If they do not do so, then they will be dropped to the last position of that particular round (the chairman will announce when a player's turn is forfeit). If they miss their selection again, they will be dropped from the game and a replacement found to take over their team.
If a coach knows they will be absent for a period of time, they can send a list of players to the chairman that they would like to select with their next pick(s). When that player's turn comes around, the chairman will go down their list of preferred selections from top to bottom and will pick the first available player from that list. The draft will then continue as normal.
The draft order will be updated often so players know where they stand. Only the chairman and the judges may update the draft order.
At the end of the fourteenth round, players will have 24 hours to finalise their squads (the chairman will announce the beginning and the end of this time period)- they can dump players and pick up a new one just by posting in the thread. Any player released by a coach is then available for any
2.1 Trading
Coaches will be allowed to trade players prior to the final submission of their squads. Trading will be open upon the completion of the second round of drafting. Coaches should suggest and discuss trades via private messages. All trades must involve at least one player and coaches must maintain fourteen overall picks in the draft.
In order to finish a trade, BOTH coaches must PM the chairman with the conditions of the trade - if this is not done, then the trade will not go through. The chairman will also block any trades that he feels is highly unequal.
3. The Matchups
Once drafting and squads are finalised, the chairman will post the matchups. This tournament will be run on a double elimination bracket, which means that a team must lose two matches before they are eliminated. The winner will be the last team left standing.
When matchups are announced, coaches will have 24 hours to PM their final elevens (drawn from their squads)in their batting order to the chairman. They must also PM their preference to Bat or Bowl first, which will be determined by a coin toss (the team listed first in the matchup will be considered to have called 'heads'). If a team does not send their line-up in, the chairman will randomize a team from their squad.
Teams must nominate a captain, a wicket-keeper and their two opening bowlers when they submit their teams.
In order to provide some extra strategy, each game will be played at a particular Australian ground, which will be announced at the time of the matchup. It will be assumed that all matches are day night matches and played without interruptions on the average pitch type for the ground. The coaches and judges can use this to help argue and determine the victors in the matchups. Each matchup will be played at a randomized ground. The grounds in the tournament are as follows:
·
- The MCG
- The SCG
- The Gabba
- The WACA
- Adelaide Oval
- Bellerive
When determining the results, Umpires should take into account the balance of the sides (ie Batting Depth, Averages and Strike Rates, Economy rates, types of bowlers, bowling depth) and the conditions of the ground. Fielding and leadership may also be used as a determining factor. They should provide some sort of explanation as to why they have made their decision. Umpires need to judge all matchups for the round.
Coaches can make arguments in support of their sides. They can also counter arguments used by their opponents (remember, attack the argument, not the poster). The judge's decision is final - any coach who argues with that excessively will first be warned, then removed from the game if it continues.
All arguments and judging must be made on the basis of ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL records only.
Any further questions can be directed towards the chairman.
THE GAME
Chairman
Kyptastic
Umpires
1. magpies2010
2. Pocket Aces
3.
Umpires should have time available to make judgements and breakdowns. Anyone who wants to umpire should PM the chairman, who will then confirm the line-up of umpires in the thread.
Coaches
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Note - since the previous draft already had 8 players selected, I will give those people 24 hours to confirm their participation in this version. Once that 24 hours is up, all available spots will be allowed to be filled by anyone - simply post in this thread to announce your intention to play. The commissioner will then confirm your position in the draft list.
Those previously confirmed players were:
1.SaintkildaMan
2.Thorne89
3.FreoFanMundy
4.Happy Eagle
5.Pie4Life
6.Clinn McGraw
7.Courtjester
8.Surjin.
DRAFT ON!

