Vintage Cricket Draft Anyone?

[Mister Wright]

1.01 Alec Stewart (England) (WK) (143)

Batting Average - 39.55
Career Runs - 8463
Hundreds - 15

Bowling Average - n/a
Career Wickets - 0
5 wicket hauls - 0

Dismissals - 277 (263/14)

Even though it was tempting having the first pick going for an allrounder or a batsman like Gavaskar or a bowler like Walsh I thought it important to pick the highest scoring keeper, as there is only one.

It was close between Stewart and Flower. Flower's average is far superior, but Stewart has 4000+ more runs and over 100 more dismissals than Flower and three more hundreds.

With another 26 picks before I get my next one, I though it would be good to get the keeper now, before all the good ones were taken, hopefully there will be enough batsman, bowlers & allrounders left for my next pick.

How have I done Johnny A?

Another question - is it 24 hours per round of picks, or 24 hours per each separate pick?

 

[JohnnyA]

Intersting choice MW. I thought Stewie would be definate 1st rounder. You get rid of a difficult position first. A good pick I think.

24 hours per pick. Occasionally the draft will be slowed down to a snails pace. Especially at the weekends. But if we all check in regularly, and email our picks when we're away, it should go quite smoothly.

Anyway, there's no hurry, and it gives us a chance to brush up on our short lists, and discuss each others picks ... and maybe do a bit of misguiding and crap talking

If anyone knows anyone else who might wanna jump in, please see to it before the end of the first round. It would be nice to have 12 competitors.

P.S. could you make the actual pick BOLD, so we can easilly see it.

Jon

 

[iamdavid]

I spose its to late to join then

 

[JohnnyA]

I spose its to late to join then

Nope ... I'll put you in 10th on the list.

Anyone else can jump in until the first round in complete, up to a maximum of 14 teams we have 10 so far.

Welcome

Jon

Luckyeddie UP Next
Then Slats4ever

 

[age_master]

i would also like to join

 

[JohnnyA]

Welcome. Can we please delete irelevant posts from the thread to keep it clean.

Jon

Should we create another "drafting only" thread, and leave the chat for this thread? It works with the baseball draft I'm doing.

Luckyeddie UP Next

Then Slats4ever

 

[JohnnyA]

aaaarrrghh

Luckyeddie was here and didn't make his pick! Can we please check the thread whenever we come to the Website.

Thx,

Jon

P.S. PLEASE MAKE YOUR PICKS IN THE OFFICIAL DRAFTING THREAD

 

[luckyeddie]

Damn. Just made my selection and then read the rules afterwards - now realise that I've lost already .

Ah, well. Not changing it.

 

[luckyeddie]

aaaarrrghh

Luckyeddie was here and didn't make his pick! Can we please check the thread whenever we come to the Website.

Thx,

Jon

P.S. PLEASE MAKE YOUR PICKS IN THE OFFICIAL DRAFTING THREAD

Don't worry - I had bigger fish to fry (match report on Bang v Eng). I checked that it was my go and then as soon as I had filed the close of play report got on to it

 

[JohnnyA]

Don't worry - I had bigger fish to fry (match report on Bang v Eng). I checked that it was my go and then as soon as I had filed the close of play report got on to it

That must have been fun to write ... thrilling cricket - NOT!

Maybe it's not a bad pick ... time will tell

Best,

Jon

Slats is on the clock (almost had a serious typo there )

 

[JohnnyA]

RULES EDIT: please do not be mentioning or discussing names before they have been picked. It's fine to give a justification of your own pick, and to comment on players who have already been selected. No point giving away drafting strategy to you competitors!!!

BTW ... the first round always takes the longest. Until people are familiar with where they are picking etc, and the fact that they have to check in, it'll go slowly. But it will speed up when your teams start to take shape, and interest grows

There are always a couple who join, then sort of forget until reminded ... unfortuntley there is no PM or IM option in the forum.

 

[marc71178]

1. The draft will be randomised, and we will pick in turn. Check ou this Vintage Baseball Draft I'm involved with to see how the selection will work:Vintage Baseball Draft Thread

So this oprder remains the same throughout, or what.

Giving us numbers for Round 1 - ie 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 etc.

In Round 2 is it 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 etc. or what?

2. There will be a 24 hour waiting period between picks. But try and check in much more regularly. We'll suspend the 24 limitation at the weekends. If you miss the 24 hour period, you will be skipped.

24 hours between when? may be a bit harsh to enforce, especially with the time differences across the world.

 

[marc71178]

Luckyeddie was here and didn't make his pick! Can we please check the thread whenever we come to the Website.

Erm, isn't this getting a bit too regimented - people may only pop on to answer one thread or other, and might miss the odd thing they should respond to.

 

[JohnnyA]

Is anyone else putting together a short or long list? I'm trying to build a spreadsheet. In the end, I'll prob'ly just list the names in some sort of order ... and then watch as they're taken by others ... as is the way with these drafts.

There's a lot to figure into the equation:

1. Everyone has to pick someone from every test playing nation (apart from Zim and Bang).
2. No more than 4 from each country.
3. Positional scarcity (i.e. W/K for sure, openers maybe?)
4. The value of all-rounders verse specialists

Everyone should make up some sort of draft sheet, and fill in the names of the players everyone picks. Some sort of spreadsheet or grid/table should work.

Also, make sure you keep track of the positions you need to fill. Remember, there is a 10 game minimum for positional eligability.

 

[JohnnyA]

Originally posted by marc71178 Erm, isn't this getting a bit too regimented - people may only pop on to answer one thread or other, and might miss the odd thing they should respond to.

Hi Marc,

24 hours is actually very very leisurely ... when we get up and running you'll realise that this is not regimented at all. The limit is also suspended at the weekend. Asking people to wait any longer is unreasonable.

I'm reminding people now to make sure they know we've started. I did say at the beginning that it's best to be able to check in quite regularly. The fact that people check in in different time zones should have no real bearing.

I just ask that people check the draft whenever they come to the site. That's not too much to ask.

At the start of the baseball season, when we do these drafts "for real", there's normally a 3 hour limit on picks during the day ... and that frustrates some people

So this order remains the same throughout, or what.

It snakes back and forth Marc. Last to pick in round 1, is first to pick in round 2 ... and so on for 13 rounds of drafting. There are different strategies depending on were you draft. If you're at the corners, you get two quick picks, then you have to wait a while. It's pretty easy to predict who will not be available next time around. If you're in the middle, then you have to consider who might be available next time around ... because it's easier to predict. Best position in my book is in-between middle and end.

 

[marc71178]

24 hours is actually very very leisurely ... when we get up and running you'll realise that this is not regimented at all. The limit is also suspended at the weekend. Asking people to wait any longer is unreasonable.

I mistakenly read it as 24 hours for the whole round.

 

[JohnnyA]

I mistakenly read it as 24 hours for the whole round.

NP ... I updated the rules to make sure there was no more ambiguity. You weren't the only one to misread that

Thanks,

Jon

 

[JohnnyA]

Just a reminder to y'all make your picks in the other thread. Let's leave this one for commentary and discussion.

Things will pick up when we get started

If you don't mind a reminder when your pick is due, then please leave your email when you make your first pick.

All the best, and good luck,

Jon

 

[JohnnyA]

This is moved from the other thread

since the very nature of this thread is that it should be visited by a dozen members regularly, it should pretty well stay on the first page automatically so 'topping' it isn't necessary (besides, it's probably only of interest to those actually having a go).

We could well think of setting up a forum section for this type of activity, though, thus keeping it away from the regular cricket chat.

I agree with both points. There are probably too many Topped/Sticky threads as it is. It's confusing.

As for moving this to another forum section, could we hold off on that until after the first round of drafting. That way everyone will know.

Best,

Jon

 

[JohnnyA]

Nice pick Slats ... that 100 BA and and 30 odd hundreds should set you up nicely in the batting categories.