Current English County Cricket Draft

[Pothas]

Stephen Peters

Tom Smith

 

[91Jmay]

Think that has been 12 hours:

Will go a bit left field and take a gamble:
Kyle Jarvis, Lancashire. Couple of test 5fers, looks to have an action/bowling style that will suit CC.

 

[Cabinet96]

Michael Bates

 

[Jarquis]

Chris Read

Unbelievable that some players haven't been picked yet IMO.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah, its because people have made there choices in certain positions and don't need the overload. Read is a very good pick, but wicketkeeper is a very strong position.

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah, there's a whole host of seamers left. Happy with Read, not sure there's another keeper who is (a) as good in general (b) useful in all 3 formats.

Are there absolutely no restrictions on the overseas round?

 

[theegyptian]

Think that has been 12 hours:

Will go a bit left field and take a gamble:
Kyle Jarvis, Lancashire. Couple of test 5fers, looks to have an action/bowling style that will suit CC.

Sorry Jmay but pick another instead of Jarvis. Wasn't contracted to any county at the start of the draft.

 

[91Jmay]

Fair enough, David Masters.

 

[theegyptian]

Fair enough, David Masters.

Sorry Jmay. Always seems like I'm picking at your posts. Not intentional I can assure you.

Masters was definitely one of the better picks left.

 

[theegyptian]

Phil Mustard - Combative if technically limited keeper batsman. Can offer a bit of firepower to my T20/40 over teams

FC Lumb, Jaques, Madsen, Trott, Morgan, Stokes, Mustard, Wright, Kerrigan, Finn, Richardson (ugh that tail is long - I don;t like this team) Reserves - Stevens, Batty, Topley, Thomas
40 over Lumb, Mustard, Trott, Stokes, Morgan, Stevens,......,Batty, Thomas, Wright, Finn,
20 over Lumb, Mustard, Jaques, Stevens, Morgan, Stokes, Batty, Thomas, Finn, Topley, Wright (and ugh again can't quite get around how I'm gonna figure out the batting orders/ balance for the T20 and 40 over game)

 

[theegyptian]

Yeah, there's a whole host of seamers left. Happy with Read, not sure there's another keeper who is (a) as good in general (b) useful in all 3 formats.

Are there absolutely no restrictions on the overseas round?

Yes first round you can pick anyone (who hasn't been selected) to be your main overseas player to play in all 3 formats over the season. Doesn't have to have played county cricket this season or ever.
Second Overseas round is less significant as the player is only being selected for the T20 competition. Can pick from anywhere - but obviously not selected before.


Not sure I should have incorporated the overseas round (or at least the second t20 round) but it's too late now. MIght have been better just keeping it domestic based.

 

[91Jmay]

Nah its no problem I knew it was always going to be a big chance with Jarvis. Worth the gamble though, but I'm more than happy with Hoddy there.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Chris Liddle

 

[MW1304]

Chris Read

Unbelievable that some players haven't been picked yet IMO.

Was shocked to see Cab go for Bates when Read was still available.

 

[Howe_zat]

Man of the moment David Willey

 

[Dan]

Pretty sure he's been taken already.

 

[91Jmay]

Man of the moment David Willey

Took him a while back.

 

[Dan]

So I've left Howe with a couple of hours to fix his pick up, but I'm grabbing my last 2 players now. Had a shortlist of 6, but hopefully I'm making the right call.

Will Gidman

Last pick is a bit tougher, had a shortlist of 4 guys. In the end it's a heart over head pick - going for the guy who I reckon has the higher ceiling despite every statistical measure telling me he's not as good as the other contender.

Zafar Ansari

Gidman provides a solid bowling all-rounder option to fill the void should one of my top quicks go down with injury. He's surplus to requirements in T20, but is a useful List A option.
Ansari is my flexible player to take up the last slot - he can open the batting in FC cricket and blunt the new ball, chip in with handy orthodox spin and play some dashing cameos in T20 cricket. But List A cricket is his specialty, and I reckon he deserves a place in the full-strength XI.

FC XI	LA XI	T20 XI
1. V Chopra	1. V Chopra	1. Z Ansari
2. J Root	2. L Wright	2. L Wright
3. S Croft	3. S Croft	3. S Croft
4. R Bopara	4. J Root	4. J Root
5. S Thakor	5. R Bopara	5. R Bopara
6. L Wright	6. J Buttler +	6. J Buttler +
7. J Buttler +	7. Z Ansari	7. A Mahmood
8. W Beer	8. A Mahmood	8. R Sidebottom
9. R Sidebottom	9. R Sidebottom	9. S Parry
10. G Onions	10. G Onions	10. M Davies
11. M Davies	11. S Parry	11. Azharullah
W Gidman	M Davies	W Beer
S Parry	S Thakor	G Onions
Z Ansari	W Gidman	S Thakor
Azharullah	Azharullah	V Chopra
A Mahmood	W Beer	W Gidman

Flexibility is probably my biggest strength; in the T20 and List A cricket everyone (bar Varun Chopra and Jos Buttler) can bowl some overs. It means, if need be, I can drop one of the bowlers to shore up the batting. Only concern is that the FC and T20 tails are a little long, but Gidman in reserve means that can be fixed easily enough.

 

[theegyptian]

Yay a Gloucestershire player selected finally. Rounds and rounds after every other county had been represented.

 

[Jarquis]

Surprised it took this long for Gidman to go tbf. Not rating that FC side all too highly it must be said.