RedCafe Cricket Draft

[OB]

Ok i pick Jacob Oram.

Bah I wanted Oram as my 12th man

How'd you know he was getting picked?

 

[United Fan 101]

Right then, how many people in front of me before I next need to pick? Just a bit confused as to the order as there hasn't been an updated list in a while.

 

[KM]

Only Aldo.

 

[KM]

KM - Kallis, Inzy, Anderson, Shane Bond, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, David Boon, Ravi Shashtri, Brad Haddin, Tamim Iqbal, Salman Butt
Omar Dalvi - Tendulkar, Kaneria, Boucher, Caddick, M Asif, Katich, Mitchell Johnson, Shoaib Mohammad, Nasser Hussain, Neil McKenzie, Jacob Oram
AldoRaine18 - S Waugh, Flower, Jayawardene, Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Gibbs, Hoggard, Collingwood, Ranatunga, A. Giles
Unitedfan101 - Ponting, Harbhajan, Ian Healy, Damien Fleming, Strauss, Ian Bell, Thorpe, I Pathan, Patrick Patterson, C Martin
Zen - Gilchrist, Vettori, Jason Gillespie, Darren Gough, Damien Martyn, Angus Fraser, Vaughan, Sidhu, Azhar Ali, A Jones
Interval Level - Akram, S. Mushtaq, Chanderpaul, Watson, Gul, Brendan McCullum, Gambhir, Robin Smith, Jimmy Adams, Cork
ha_rooney - Warne, de Villiers, Vaas, Langer, Clark, Richardson, Trescothick, Tillakaratne, Ross Taylor, Razzak
nm03 - Lara, VVS Laxman, Stewart, Ntini, Reiffel, Broad, Dean Jones, Mushtaq Ahmed, Afridi, P Adams
kps88 - Murali, Flintoff, Jayasuriya, Azharuddin, Zaheer, G. Lawson, Slater, Saleem Malik, Astle, Kasprowicz
R-Indian - McGrath, Kumble, G Smith, M. Clarke, B McMillan, Streak, A DeSilva, Dujon, G Marsh, Lamb
Desert Eagle - Hayden, Sehwag, M.Hussey, Dhoni, Sammy, Srinath, D. Morrison, Malinga, Dwayne Bravo, Mendis
Crappy - Dravid, Walsh, Chris Cairns, G. Kirsten, M. Crowe, S. Mcgill, Alderman, Cullinan, M. Hafeez, Misbah
MJJ - Younis, Steyn, M. Yousuf, Ganguly, S. Ajmal, Trott, Sarwan, Atapattu, Harmison, Hick
Mightberight - Pollock, Ambrose, A.Cook, Akhtar, Swann,M. Prior, Gayle, Fleming, A Prince, C McMillan
Donadol - Sangakarra, Donald, Pietersen, McDermott, M. Waugh, S. Anwar, Atherton, Hooper, Cronje, Klusener
Stretch - Amla, Lee, Younis Khan, Ian Bishop, Samarweera, F. De Villiers, T. Dilshan, K.Wessels, Herath, Symonds

 

[OB]

KM - Kallis, Inzy, Anderson, Shane Bond, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, David Boon, Ravi Shashtri, Brad Haddin, Tamim Iqbal, Salman Butt
Omar Dalvi - Tendulkar, Kaneria, Boucher, Caddick, M Asif, Katich, Mitchell Johnson, Shoaib Mohammad, Nasser Hussain, Neil McKenzie, Jacob Oram
AldoRaine18 - S Waugh, Flower, Jayawardene, Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Gibbs, Hoggard, Collingwood, Ranatunga, A. Giles
Unitedfan101 - Ponting, Harbhajan, Ian Healy, Damien Fleming, Strauss, Ian Bell, Thorpe, I Pathan, Patrick Patterson, C Martin
Zen - Gilchrist, Vettori, Jason Gillespie, Darren Gough, Damien Martyn, Angus Fraser, Vaughan, Sidhu, Azhar Ali, A Jones
Interval Level - Akram, S. Mushtaq, Chanderpaul, Watson, Gul, Brendan McCullum, Gambhir, Robin Smith, Jimmy Adams, Cork
ha_rooney - Warne, de Villiers, Vaas, Langer, Clark, Richardson, Trescothick, Tillakaratne, Ross Taylor, Razzak
nm03 - Lara, VVS Laxman, Stewart, Ntini, Reiffel, Broad, Dean Jones, Mushtaq Ahmed, Afridi, P Adams
kps88 - Murali, Flintoff, Jayasuriya, Azharuddin, Zaheer, G. Lawson, Slater, Saleem Malik, Astle, Kasprowicz
R-Indian - McGrath, Kumble, G Smith, M. Clarke, B McMillan, Streak, A DeSilva, Dujon, G Marsh, Lamb
Desert Eagle - Hayden, Sehwag, M.Hussey, Dhoni, Sammy, Srinath, D. Morrison, Malinga, Dwayne Bravo, Mendis
Crappy - Dravid, Walsh, Chris Cairns, G. Kirsten, M. Crowe, S. Mcgill, Alderman, Cullinan, M. Hafeez, Misbah
MJJ - Younis, Steyn, M. Yousuf, Ganguly, S. Ajmal, Trott, Sarwan, Atapattu, Harmison, Hick
Mightberight - Pollock, Ambrose, A.Cook, Akhtar, Swann,M. Prior, Gayle, Fleming, A Prince, C McMillan
Donadol - Sangakarra, Donald, Pietersen, McDermott, M. Waugh, S. Anwar, Atherton, Hooper, Cronje, Klusener
Stretch - Amla, Lee, Younis Khan, Ian Bishop, Samarweera, F. De Villiers, T. Dilshan, K.Wessels, Herath, Symonds

Does anyone have Aldoraine's pick.

 

[Varun]

Gambhir is better in tests away from home. He has above 50 averages in series at RSA, SL, Bangladesh and WI.

Plus, Robin Smith was no mug with the bat either.

And yes, McCullum opens in tests. Its not like their ability to face opening bowlers disappears in tests.

SL Bangladesh and WI are very similar to Indian conditions though.

Never watched Robin Smith play, too young i guess.

Opening in tests is very different to ODIs and you know that IL.

Anyways, never mind. As i said, you have a good team. Lets see how things shape up.

 

[Interval]

SL Bangladesh and WI are very similar to Indian conditions though.

Never watched Robin Smith play, too young i guess.

Opening in tests is very different to ODIs and you know that IL.

Anyways, never mind. As i said, you have a good team. Lets see how things shape up.

I answered both of them earlier Varun. McCullum's average is better in the 13 tests he has opened than at number 7. Gambhir's average is better away from home than at home. He had a great series in New Zealand too. Lastly, this game assumes players at their peak and at his peak, he was test batsman of the year.

 

[Red-Indian]

Right then, how many people in front of me before I next need to pick? Just a bit confused as to the order as there hasn't been an updated list in a while.

PM somebody your pick if you're going to leave. Most anyone will do. We can get this done today and only leave twelfth men for tomorrow.

Its been 2 weeks since we started. Not a bad pace but not great either.

 

[Interval]

Hurry up aldo.

I have 1 person on my short list. If he gets picked, I aint playing anymore.

EDIT: Just noticed Donadol's batting

 

[Red-Indian]

I have a couple but my first choice is clearly preferable. Because you've repeatedly proven yourself to be a cnut and kps88 has recently joined the ranks with his choice of Astle, I better find a third.

 

[United Fan 101]

Hurry up Aldo!

 

[kps88]

I have a couple but my first choice is clearly preferable. Because you've repeatedly proven yourself to be a cnut and kps88 has recently joined the ranks with his choice of Astle, I better find a third.

Don't worry, I need a WK.

 

[The Taurean]

Hurry up aldo.

I have 1 person on my short list. If he gets picked, I aint playing anymore.

EDIT: Just noticed Donadol's batting

Excellent team as well so far.

 

[United Fan 101]

1. Andrew Strauss (vc)
2. xxx - OPENING BATSMEN
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Graham Thorpe
5. Ian Bell
6. Ian Healy (wk)
7. Irfan Pathan (all-rounder)
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Damien Fleming
10. Patrick Patterson
11. Chris Martin

Thoughts Taurean?

 

[OB]

My team-
1)Simon Katich
2)Shoaib Mohammad
3)Nasser Hussain
4)Sachin Tendulkar
5)Neil McKenzie
6)Jacob Oram
7)Mark Boucher
8)Mitchell Johnson
9)Andrew Caddick
10)Danish Kaneria
11)Mohammad Asif

Even though i messed up many times, i am pretty happy with that in the end.

 

[Interval]

Don't worry, I need a WK.

I was looking it up. There are tonnes who are at a similar level.

 

[The Taurean]

Thoughts Taurean?

Good and deep batting line-up from a test perspective if you get that other opener sorted out.
Who is your frontline(opening) bowler?

 

[KM]

Good and deep batting line-up from a test perspective if you get that other opener sorted out.
Who is your frontline(opening) bowler?

TT could you do us a favor.

Go to random.org, go to sequence generator under numbers and create a sequence from 1-16 and post the results here. Let's do the match draw.

 

[The Taurean]

Sure mate.

 

[United Fan 101]

Aldo picks: Vernon Philander

I pick: Aamer Sohail

 

[Interval]

TT could you do us a favor.

Go to random.org, go to sequence generator under numbers and create a sequence from 1-16 and post the results here. Let's do the match draw.

Are we doing the KOs thing? If so, does it mean 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 and so on?

 

[Red-Indian]

Are we doing the KOs thing? If so, does it mean 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 and so on?

Thats not a bad idea. Fold it in half.

Though, to discourage strategic voting, it would probably be better if you didn't know who your next round opponent was likely to be. Do a draw every round.

 

[The Taurean]

Random sequence

1. 16
2. 13
3. 1
4. 14
5. 15
6. 5
7. 12
8. 9
9. 10
10. 11
11. 6
12. 4
13. 2
14. 7
15. 8
16. 3

Not sure if you required this.

 

[KM]

Random sequence

1. 16
2. 13
3. 1
4. 14
5. 15
6. 5
7. 12
8. 9
9. 10
10. 11
11. 6
12. 4
13. 2
14. 7
15. 8
16. 3

Not sure if you required this.

yeah that's what I required. Thanks bud.

So the first match will be No. 16 vs no. 13
i.e
Stretch vs MJJ.

 

[Red-Indian]

So its 16 Vs. 13, 1 Vs. 14 and so on?

Edit: I see KM has confirmed this. Can someone put all the match ups together with names? Its very inconvenient on the iPad.

 

[OB]

We are not picking a 12th man?

 

[kps88]

We ain't doing groups?

 

[KM]

We ain't doing groups?

No groups. Will be too many matches. KO's.

Also we need a decision on 12th man.

 

[OB]

I don't see the point of a 12th man.

 

[Red-Indian]

Groups would mean a minimum of 30 games however you structured it. We discussed this earlier. It wouldn't be practical.

 

[kps88]

Groups would mean a minimum of 30 games however you structured it. We discussed this earlier. It wouldn't be practical.

Yeah true. Guess it's all down to luck of the draw now.

I say we might as well pick a 12th man since we discussed it from the start. Not too bothered either way.

 

[OB]

Yeah true. Guess it's all down to luck of the draw now.

I say we might as well pick a 12th man since we discussed it from the start. Not too bothered either way.

Did we discuss it in the start?

OP says this -

12 players. We go from 1 to 16 and then back to 1 till we all have a team of 11 players! In short, 1-16 then 16-1 then 1-16 and so on.

I thought 12 players meant 12 participants, and he just didn't edit it to 16.

 

[Interval]

I don't see the point of a 12th man.

It depends. If you think you need flexibility depending on the kind of opponent, you need a twelfth man. If you feel you're coming up against a strong bowling unit, you might want to squeeze in an extra batsman.

I'm with the majority though. Don't care either way.

 

[Red-Indian]

This is what it looks like gentlemen.

1. 16 Stretch Vs. 2. 13 MJJ

3. 1 KM Vs. 4. 14 Mightberight

5. 15 Donadol Vs. 6. 5 Zen

7. 12 Crappy Vs. 8. 9 kps88

9. 10 R-Indian Vs. 10. 11 Desert Eagle

11. 6 Interval Vs. 12. 4 Unitedfan 101

13. 2 Omar Vs. 14. 7 ha rooney

15. 8 nm03 Vs. 16. 3 AldoRaine18

 

[Donaldo]

I can see your smirk.

 

[Stretch]

Bugger, up against a strong batting line up. Meh, this competition is rigged. I call match fixing

 

[Red-Indian]

Who me?

I was only searching for something in my pockets and I was pouting not whistling.

 

[Stretch]

 

[NM]

I planned my team around a 12th man and the ability to move a player depending on opponents.. It isn't fair to cancel it now.

 

[Red-Indian]

Thats a fair point. I didn't do that but don't see any issue in finishing this as originally planned. We've been picking for 2 weeks. A day more will do us no harm.