2016/17 New Zealand First-Class Season Draft

[Kippax]

I think Athlai said he would've liked Tests included in this last season, so this time we'll look at points being gained in the seven to be played (there's two against Pakistan, two against Bangladesh and three against South Africa).

Be mindful that the likes of Munro will have potential selection in ODIs/T20Is clashing with five out of the ten Plunket Shield rounds.

Batting
Each Run Scored: 1 point
Duck: -10 points
Opener Scores a Century: 25 bonus points
King of the Engine Room (drafted player with most runs batting at Nos. 7-11): 100 bonus points


Bowling
Each Wicket Taken: 25 Points
Innings bowling average 20 or under: 10 Points (min. 5 overs)
Bowling economy rate 4 or above: -10 Points (min. 5 overs, bowling average must be above 30)

Example
Bowler A = 0/100 (24) = -10 points
Bowler B 5/27 (5) = 135 points
Bowler C 5/120 (26) = 125 points
Bowler D 1/118 (50) = 25 points
Bowler E 3/55 (11) = 85 points
Bowler F 3/62 (26) = 75 points
Bowler G 3/91 (16) = 65 points
Bowler H 3/115 (55) = 75 points

Fielding
Per Catch 10 Points
Per WK Catch 8 Points
Per Run Out 10 Points
Per Stumping 10 Points

The well-performed players last season under a pretty similar points system:

The 21 players offered BLACKCAPS contracts for the 2016-2017 year are:

Corey Anderson – Northern Districts
Trent Boult – Northern Districts
Doug Bracewell – Central Districts
Mark Craig – Otago
Martin Guptill – Auckland
Matt Henry – Canterbury
Tom Latham – Canterbury
Mitchell McClenaghan – Auckland
Adam Milne – Central Districts
Colin Munro – Auckland
James Neesham – Otago
Henry Nicholls – Canterbury
Luke Ronchi – Wellington
Mitchell Santner – Northern Districts
Ish Sodhi – Northern Districts
Tim Southee – Northern Districts
Ross Taylor – Central Districts
Neil Wagner – Otago
BJ Watling – Northern Districts
Kane Williamson – Northern Districts
George Worker – Central Districts

Auckland Aces:

Cody Andrews
Brad Cachopa
Mark Chapman
Colin de Grandhomme
Lockie Ferguson
Donovan Grobbelaar
Michael Guptill-Bunce
Shawn Hicks
Dane Hutchinson
Tarun Nethula
Rob Nicol
Robert O’Donnell
Glenn Phillips
Jeet Raval
Sean Solia

Canterbury:

Todd Astle
Jeremy Benton
Leo Carter
Michael Davidson
Andrew Ellis
Cameron Fletcher
Peter Fulton
Kyle Jamieson
Timothy Johnston
Kenneth McClure
Cole McConchie
Edward Nuttall
Henry Shipley
Logan van Beek
William Williams

Central Stags:

Tom Bruce
Dane Cleaver
Greg Hay
Marty Kain
Andrew Mathieson
Ryan McCone
Ajaz Patel
Navin Patel
Seth Rance
Jesse Ryder
Bevan Small
Ben Smith
Blair Tickner
Ben Wheeler
William Young

Northern Knights:

James Baker
Jono Boult
Dean Brownlie
Joe Carter
Anton Devcich
Daniel Flynn
Zak Gibson
Tony Goodin
Brett Hampton
Nick Kelly
Scott Kuggeleijn
Daryl Mitchell
Bharat Popli
Tim Seifert
Josef Walker

Otago Volts:

Warren Barnes
Michael Bracewell
Derek deBoorder
Jacob Duffy
Ryan Duffy
Sean Eathorne
Josh Finnie
Jack Hunter
Anaru Kitchen
Rhys Phillips
Michael Rae
Hamish Rutherford
Christoffel Viljeon
Sam Wells
Brad Wilson

Wellington:

Brent Arnel
Hamish Bennett
Tom Blundell
Fraser Colson
Matt McEwan
Iain McPeake
Stephen Murdoch
Ollie Newton
Michael Papps
Jeetan Patel
Michael Pollard
Matt Taylor
Anarug Verma
Luke Woodcock
Pete Younghusband

 

[Athlai]

In.

 

[Howsie]

Gotta defend my title

 

[NZTailender]

Tempted to join. Do I have to submit a team every so often or can I set and forget?

 

[Dan]

yeah, in

 

[Kippax]

Tempted to join. Do I have to submit a team every so often or can I set and forget?

Season-ending injuries and some unforeseeable stuff like Kruger van Wyk leaving the country did have an excessive effect on last season's scoring, I felt.

I'll defer to draft veterans like Athlai and Phlegm to decide how best to deal with that. Maybe selecting squads of 14, then getting a chance to update your playing XI after each of the three Test series to be played, something like that.

 

[NZTailender]

I'd rather set and forget tbh.

 

[Athlai]

Set and forget and if there's any crazy people leaving or severe season long injuries you can get a random dude.

 

[Chewie]

In

 

[NZTailender]

In

 

[Flem274*]

in if space

 

[Flem274*]

should defs include tests imo to test the balance of guns vs hacks and proper looking sides vs engine roooooom

last time tests were involved i think there were automatic bonus points?

 

[Kippax]

Yeah I awarded 50 bonus points just for being picked to play a Test. Phlegm can decide if we do that again, or a figure less than 50.

Order of opting in:

Kippax
Athers
Howsie
Dan
Chewie
NZT
Flem274*

Picking order for R1 and R2:

Flem274*
Athlai
Chewie
Howsie
Kippax
NZT
Dan

Dan
NZT
Kippax
Howsie
Chewie
Athlai
Flem274*

 

[Kippax]

Hold off on making the first pick until Wednesday, Phlegm. We'll get everyone's issues with the points system sorted out, and Heef and BFP were good in this last season, so we may need to go to nine players or something a bit crammed.

 

[Kippax]

No sign of BFP or Heef, so kick us off with the first pick, Phlegm.

It took us 14 days of drafting last season (we've got 11 days before the season starts, this time around).12 hours passes and I'll let you skip the guy in front. Auto 50 bonus points for a guy playing a Test, as Phlegm suggested.

 

[Flem274*]

not the best decision but the best love

Ross Taylor

 

[Athlai]

Kane Williamson

 

[Kippax]

.

Picking order for R1 and R2:

Flem274* Taylor
Athlai Williamson
Chewie
Howsie
Kippax
NZT
Dan

Dan
NZT
Kippax
Howsie
Chewie
Athlai
Flem274*

 

[Howsie]

So a player gets 50 points for every test they play? Or is it just a one off bonus?

 

[Kippax]

So a player gets 50 points for every test they play? Or is it just a one off bonus?

Yeah, every.