Draft

I'm not running this. It'll be run by the participants themselves.

Basically you draft a team out of anyone who has played cricket before. It's quite simple. Then we discuss and vote on whose teams we believe to be best.

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MrPrez

You could make zillions of useful and worthy nominations and combinations.

Off the top of my head:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Brian Lara
4. Don Bradman
5. Walter Hammond
6. Garfield Sobers
7. Alan Knott
8. Shane Warne
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Ted McDonald

12. Colin Bland (narrowly pipping Jonty, AB, Randall and Clive Hubert God)
Non-playing captain: Mike Brearley

Lara at 3 instead of Tendy or Punter because he adds a bit of flamboyance (also left-handed in a mainly RHB top order). Hammond at 5 because he could also bowl a bit (and was often underbowled) and was a genius despite the syphilis and depressive tendency and all that.

The combination of the last three would kill most sides stone dead, but if not, Warne could get the team out of a hole (as he often did Oz), Garry could seam or spin his left-handers either way. Hammond is the medium-pace option for those sorts of conditions.

You no comprehendo.

We do it as a draft; ie everyone gets a turn to make one pick, then everyone gets a turn for a 2nd pick, etc.

Eg for football:
Person A: Ronaldo
B: Messi
C: Iniesta

C: van Persie
B: Rooney
A: Pique

etc.

At the end we look at the teams players a-c have.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh ......

So, no cricket relevance then?

Yes there is cricket relevance...

You would do the same thing, but with cricket. I didn't want to do an example with cricketers because that would possibly give away picks.

I suppose everyone is going to go for DGB first.

DGB isn't pickable, purely because it makes picking first a heavy advantage. Everyone else is fair-game.

I follow what you're intending Mr Prez. So,on that basis, my first pick of the draft will be .........

Jacques Kallis

We haven't started yet, first people need to sign up, then I make an order in which we pick.

Sign me up. Or 'sign' me up as the case may be.

Okay, I'm in

How do you tell who picks first? Can I pick Jesus?

Brass Monkey wrote:How do you tell who picks first? Can I pick Jesus?

Okay, you can have Freddie.

We are talking tests?

Must be on about Tests? It's the only format that has had enough great players for everybody

I'll Random.org the start.

Tests obviously.

So, when's it kick off? There'll have to be a cut off point... there's bound to be a few who'll want to join, just depends when they turn up.

Brass Monkey wrote:So, when's it kick off? There'll have to be a cut off point... there's bound to be a few who'll want to join, just depends when they turn up.

Should be fun

Aye, I reckon I'll go all jazz on my team.

I'll give it till next noon-ish britain time.

MrPrez wrote:I'll give it till next noon-ish britain time.

To post a team?

Sign me up. Do we have running order of sign ups?

What am I missing? Where do we post the team?

Running order? Do you mean 1st come 1st serve? Think he's going to randomise the order.

Or PM?