ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Rating Draft

[AndyZaltzHair]

we are on a war here boys. frontline defence broken.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

If I get pick 1 I'm taking Miller and idgaf what anyone says

get in the line

 

[watson]

Gotta a 90 minute drive home followed by feeding the tribe and putting on a suitable DVD - then I'll put up the all important order for Round 1 etc.

*dumps clutch, spins wheels*

 

[BackFootPunch]

At least with CaptainGrumpy round we won't need a voting thread!

 

[weldone]

Grumpy, we don't need your advice. Thanks. Also, it's an unwritten rule in draft threads not to talk about unpicked players.

 

[Red]

Pretty amused that CaptainGrumpy wrote what looks like about 500 words that is tldr

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Pretty amused that CaptainGrumpy wrote what looks like about 500 words that is tldr

More like 900+

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Grumpy, we don't need your advice. Thanks. Also, it's an unwritten rule in draft threads not to talk about unpicked players.

That is stupid.

A forum is about communication. A draft is all about picking players.

A draft thread is all about talking about who have been drafted and who have not been drafted yet.

Typical discussion before a draft is what player(s) will go number 1 and get picked in the first few rounds and who will get drafted last or not at all.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

cant wait to watch grumpy's rxn after round 1

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

cant wait to watch grumpy's rxn after round 1

I will watch the thread with a keen interest. I want to see what clever player combinations people pick for team balance and what not so clever selections are picked.

 

[watson]

17 names have gone into the Sorting Hat - I didn't forget you OverratedSanity.......and.........

 

[watson]

ROUND 1
1.weldone - Go for it.
2.OverratedSanity
3.AldoRaine18
4.Howe_zat
5.Days of Grace
6.Prince EWS
7.WalkingWicket
8.Honestbharani
9.Pothas
10.kyear
11.Zinzan
12.Watson
13.Coronis
14.longranger
15.Chasingthedon
16.AndyZaltzHair
17.Red Hill

Timestamp: 2015-06-12 08:56:52 UTC

 

[Dan]

Ok Grumpy, time for you to assign everyone their players.

 

[watson]

Here is the whole shindig......each odd numbered round was randomised using the usual site - RANDOM.ORG. I hope I've got the names for the inverted even numbered rounds in the correct order.

Because of the large number of participants, and the budget restriction, I reckon that we should get some pretty WILD teams. Choose carefully, and ENJOY!


ROUND 1
1. weldone
2. OverratedSanity
3. AldoRaine18
4. Howe_zat
5. Days of Grace
6. Prince EWS
7. WalkingWicket
8. Honestbharani
9. Pothas
10. kyear
11. Zinzan
12. Watson
13. Coronis
14. longranger
15. Chasingthedon
16. AndyZaltzHair
17. Red Hill


ROUND 2
1. Red Hill
2. AndyZaltHair
3. Chasingthedon
4. Longranger
5. Coronis
6. Watson
7. Zinzan
8. Kyear
9. Pothas
10. HonestbHarani
11. WalkingWicket
12. Prince EWS
13. Days of Grace
14. Howe_zat
15. AldoRaine19
16. OverratedSanity
17. Weldone


ROUND 3
1. Red Hill
2. weldone
3. Prince EWS
4. longranger
5. Coronis
6. Honestbharani
7. Chasingthedon
8. AldoRaine18
9. OverratedSanity
10. Days of Grace
11. Pothas
12. Zinzan
13. Watson
14. WalkingWicket
15. AndyZaltzHair
16. kyear
17. Howe_zat


ROUND 4
1. Howe-zat
2. Kyear
3. AndyZaltHair
4. Walking Wicket
5. Watson
6. Zinzan
7. Pothas
8. Days of Grace
9. OverratedSanity
10. AldoRaine18
11. Chasingthedon
12. Honestbharani
13. Coronis
14. Longranger
15. Prince EWS
16. weldone
17. Red Hill


ROUND 5
1. AldoRaine18
2. longranger
3. Red Hill
4. weldone
5. Days of Grace
6. AndyZaltzHair
7. OverratedSanity
8. Prince EWS
9. Chasingthedon
10. Pothas
11. Coronis
12. Zinzan
13. WalkingWicket
14. Watson
15. Howe_zat
16. kyear
17. Honestbharani


ROUND 6
1. Honestbharani
2. Kyear
3. Howe_zat
4. Watson
5. WalkingWicket
6. Zinzan
7. Coronis
8. Pothas
9. Chasingthedon
10. Prince EWS
11. OverratedSanity
12. AndyZaltzhair
13. Days of Grace
14. Weldone
15. Red Hill
16. Longranger
17. AldoRaine18


ROUND 7
1. Zinzan
2. Days of Grace
3. longranger
4. Pothas
5. WalkingWicket
6. kyear
7. Prince EWS
8. weldone
9. Chasingthedon
10. OverratedSanity
11. AndyZaltzHair
12. Howe_zat
13. Coronis
14. Red Hill
15. Watson
16. AldoRaine18
17. Honestbharani


ROUND 8
1. Honestbharani
2. AldoRaine18
3. Watson
4. Red Hill
5. Coronis
6. Howe_zat
7. AndyZalthair
8. Overrated Sanity
9. Chasingthedon
10. Weldone
11. Prince EWS
12. Kyear
13. WalkingWicket
14. Pothas
15. Longranger
16. Days of Grace
17. zinzan


ROUND 9
1. Watson
2. Days of Grace
3. Red Hill
4. Chasingthedon
5. Howe_zat
6. AldoRaine18
7. AndyZaltzHair
8. weldone
9. longranger
10. Honestbharani
11. Pothas
12. OverratedSanity
13. kyear
14. Prince EWS
15. WalkingWicket
16. Zinzan
17. Coronis


ROUND 10
1. Coronis
2. Zinzan
3. WalkingWicket
4. Prince EWS
5. Kyear
6. OverratedSanity
7. Pothas
8. HonestbHarani
9. Longranger
10. Weldone
11. AndyZaltzHair
12. AldoRaine18
13. Howe_zat
14. Chasingthedon
15. Red Hill
16. Days of Grace
17. Watson


ROUND 11
1. kyear
2. Honestbharani
3. weldone
4. AndyZaltzHair
5. Red Hill
6. OverratedSanity
7. Coronis
8. Chasingthedon
9. Days of Grace
10. WalkingWicket
11. Watson
12. AldoRaine18
13. Prince EWS
14. Zinzan
15. Howe_zat
16. longranger
17. Pothas


POINTS TALLY
1. weldone
2. OverratedSanity
3. AldoRaine18
4. Howe_zat
5. Days of Grace
6. Prince EWS
7. WalkingWicket
8. Honestbharani
9. Pothas
10. kyear
11. Zinzan
12. Watson
13. Coronis
14. longranger
15. Chasingthedon
16. AndyZaltzHair
17. Red Hill

 

[watson]

As a reminder, the relevant ICC website is;

Reliance ICC Player Rankings


And your Total Budget is 7370 rating points (an average of 670 per player).


OverarratedSanity - you'll be fine. There is no right or wrong answer in Drafting, so just go with your 'gut feeling'.

 

[watson]

Lastly, a bit of friendly banter about players AFTER they been selected is fun. But as per usual, no giving the game away beforehand.

 

[watson]

Second thoughts - I think that the budget may be too low after scanning a few extra players. Especially with 17 drafters.

Therefore, the new Total Budget is 7975 ratings points at an average of 725 per player. I think that Total will work better in the long run. I hope no one minds.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Really? You could choose a keeper bat like Watling at like 644 or Wade at 465 and have a lot of change! It was a far more interesting challenge before.

 

[Dan]

Lastly, a bit of friendly banter about players AFTER they been selected is fun. But as per usual, no giving the game away beforehand.

I think that horse has well and truly bolted.

 

[Dan]

Really? You could choose a keeper bat like Watling at like 644 or Wade at 465 and have a lot of change! It was a far more interesting challenge before.

Yeah, look, you've been specifically asked not to do this. So don't.