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The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

ohnoitsyou

ohnoitsyou

International Regular
watson said:
PEWS chose Steyn and Hadlee as his opening bowlers during one of Monk's 'real-time' drafts last year. I remember quite liking it at the time, so I've decided to plagarise it now :whistling
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its a pretty gun pair besides steyn being the stand out pick for his decade. The not disclosing the draft order is a great addition btw, a lot harder to plan
 
watson

watson

Banned
chasingthedon said:
Excellent idea for a draft this mate - the decades wrinkle really makes it difficult to choose.
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Yeah, the rules from this Draft create 12 'bottle-necks' by automatically excluding a load of players from a particular decade once you have picked a player. It also reminds me of Marcuss' recent 'Budget Draft' in that there are numerous ATGs that you'd love to pick but can't.

Looking forward to your next pick chasingthedon.

DECADES USED SO FAR
01. AldoRaine18: <=1870s
02. Ankitj: 1950s - 1970s
03. Blakus: 1900s - 1920s
04. Camo999: 1880s
05. Chasingthedon: 1970s
06. Fredfertang: 1900s
07. Howe_Zat: 1950s - 1970s
08. Kyear2: 1940s - 1950s
09. Monk: 1910s
10. Morgieb: 1900s - 1970s
11. ohnoitsyou: 1930s
12. Pothas: 1910s - 1960s
13. Saint Kopite: 1890s - 1900s
14. watson: 1950s - >=1980s

ROUND 1
01. Camo999 - Jack Hobbs (942)
02. ohnoitsyou - Garry Sobers (938/715)
03. Monk - Len Hutton (945)
04. AldoRaine18 - Sydney Barnes (932)
05. Chasingthedon - Adam Gilchrist (874)
06. Fredfertang - Harold Larwood (720)
07. Howe_Zat - Malcolm Marshall (910)
08. Pothas - Keith Miller (681/862)
09. Morgieb- Bill O'Reilly (901)
10. Ankitj - Imran Khan (650/922)
11. Blakus - Walter Hammond (897/446)
12. watson - Dale Steyn (898)
13. Kyear2 - Viv Richards (938)
14. Saint Kopite - Herbert Sutcliffe (888)

ROUND 2
15. Saint Kopite - George Headley (915)
16. Kyear2 - Dennis Lillee (884)
17. watson - Richard Hadlee (562/909)
18. Blakus - Alan Davidson (526/908)
19. Ankitj - Sachin Tendulkar (898)
20. Morgieb - Glenn McGrath (914)
21. Pothas - Shane Warne (905)
22. Howe_Zat - Jacques Kallis (935/742)
23. Fredfertang
24. Chasingthedon
25. AldoRaine18
26. Monk
27. ohnoitsyou
28. Camo999
 
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ankitj

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
Does anyone know how to look up cricketers by birth dates on cricinfo? I am curious to find out who is the earliest born player to play test cricket. Someone born in 1840s I will guess.
 
watson

watson

Banned
ankitj said:
Does anyone know how to look up cricketers by birth dates on cricinfo? I am curious to find out who is the earliest born player to play test cricket. Someone born in 1840s I will guess.
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Don't know of any website, Cricinfo or otherwise, that conveniently lists or searches birthdays. However, Wikipedia does have chronological lists of players from each nation. So it's just a matter of clicking on the player in the list to get their details;

List of England Test cricketers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of Australia Test cricketers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Blakus

Blakus

State Vice-Captain
My experience with drafts has taught that there's always someone else with the same player in mind as you. Grab em when you can
 
watson

watson

Banned
Highest ICC Peak Ratings so far;

Batting - Len Hutton (945 to 30/3/1954)
Bowling - Sydney Barnes (932 to 14/2/1914)


What do the ratings measure?

Think of the Reliance Mobile ICC ratings as a system for identifying the players who could be selected for an ICC World XI if it was picked today. Take a look at the latest top tens, and you should find that most of the players at the top would be candidates for your current World XI. The ratings have often been described as a measure of form, but this is a simplification. A form rating would only look at what a player has done in (say) the last year, whereas our ratings take into account a player's entire career - though they put more emphasis on what he has done recently.

http://www.icc-cricket.com/player-rankings/faqs
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What does it mean to have, say, 500 points?

Ratings points have a meaning in the same way as traditional averages do. Over 900 points is a supreme achievement. Few players get there, and even fewer stay there for long. 700 plus is normally enough to put a player in the world top ten. 500 plus is a good, solid rating.

http://www.icc-cricket.com/player-rankings/faqs
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What is the best way to determine the "best players of all time". Can you produce a definitive list?

The ratings represent a player's standing have compiled a list of "best-ever ratings" which are effectively snapshots of greatness. When it comes to judging a player's greatness over his career, it's necessary to look at his entire graph rather than his peak. It's not so much how high a player gets as how long he stays there. If you think of a player's rating graph as being the shape of a mountain, then the greats will have graphs shaped more like Kilimanjaro than the Matterhorn. Hence Tendulkar would be deemed greater than Clyde Walcott despite the latter's higher peak. One way of assessing a player would be to calculate his 'average rating' over his career though of course this could penalize a player whose long career included a slow start. So it's over to you to make your own judgment by comparing graphs, or by other more subjective means.

http://www.icc-cricket.com/player-rankings/faqs
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watson

watson

Banned
The Fred V Chasingthedon saga continues..........Protagonist V Antagonist, or is it the other way round?


ROUND 2
15. Saint Kopite - George Headley (915)
16. Kyear2 - Dennis Lillee (884)
17. watson - Richard Hadlee (562/909)
18. Blakus - Alan Davidson (526/908)
19. Ankitj - Sachin Tendulkar (898)
20. Morgieb - Glenn McGrath (914)
21. Pothas - Shane Warne (905)
22. Howe_Zat - Jacques Kallis (935/742)
23. Fredfertang - Brian Lara (911)
24. Chasingthedon - Aubrey Faulkner (877/639)
25. AldoRaine18 - Michael Holding (860)
26. Monk - Curtly Ambrose (912)
27. ohnoitsyou - Ray Lindwall (897)
28. Camo999 - Wasim Akram (473/830)
 
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