Draft idea: Counties by initial

[AndrewB]

Draft idea based on the fact that the 18 first-class counties have 11 different initials (D, E, G, H, K, L, M, N, S, W, Y)...

Eligible cricketers for this draft are anyone (from any country) who has played at least one first-class match for one of the 18 current first-class counties.
Each cricketer is eligible to represent only the county for which he has played the most first-class matches.

Then each drafter picks 11 players representing 11 different counties with 11 different initial letters. That is, you must pick precisely

1 player representing one of Derbyshire and Durham
1 player representing Essex
1 player representing one of Glamorgan and Gloucestershire
1 player representing Hampshire
1 player representing Kent
1 player representing one of Lancashire and Leicestershire
1 player representing Middlesex
1 player representing one of Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire
1 player representing one of Somerset, Surrey and Sussex
1 player representing one of Warwickshire and Worcestershire
1 player representing Yorkshire

If there's enough interest, I'll start it when 12 people sign up.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Sure, sign me up

 

[Howe_zat]

I'll play

Suppose Jim Bloggs Jr played 20 matches for Kent and 20 matches for Surrey, who does he rep?

 

[AndrewB]

I'll play

Suppose Jim Bloggs Jr played 20 matches for Kent and 20 matches for Surrey, who does he rep?

Fair point. In that case, Jim Bloggs can represent either Kent or Surrey.

 

[morgieb]

I'm in.

 

[fredfertang]

I'll give it a go

 

[jimmy101]

In. I can juggle 3 drafts at once

 

[Zinzan]

Inners!

 

[watson]

Nice idea. In.


Not sure about this clause though as it creates homework.

Each cricketer is eligible to represent only the county for which he has played the most first-class matches.

Happy whatever though.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'm game. Shotgun Joe Bloggs.

 

[randycricfreak]

In baybe

 

[AndrewB]

Regarding the "eligibility" clause, on the one hand it does add to the work; on the other hand, I didn't really want anomalous selections such as "Jim Laker - Essex; he played a couple of seasons there after leaving Surrey" and this seemed the simplest way to avoid them.

 

[jimmy101]

Seems logical & fair to me

 

[AndrewB]

That's 10 signed up - still room for a couple more; in any case I'll launch the draft some time tomorrow.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Best place to find the number of matches for each county?

 

[AndrewB]

If you want to check for a specific player, Cricket Archive (The Home of CricketArchive) will tell you.

e.g. if you search for Jim Laker, it takes you to his main page (The Home of CricketArchive), click on "Lists of matches and more detailed statistics", then on "First-class record for each team batting and fielding", where it shows he played for various FC teams, including Surrey (309 matches) and Essex (30 matches).

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Cheers

 

[randycricfreak]

When are we kicking off

 

[The Battlers Prince]

That's 10 signed up - still room for a couple more; in any case I'll launch the draft some time tomorrow.

When are we kicking off

Very clearly happening at "some time"

 

[AndrewB]

OK, looks like it's going to be a 10-player draft: here's the draw for the first two rounds:

Round 1:

Zinzan
Howe_zat
fredfertang
BoyBrumby
watson
The Battlers Prince
jimmy101
AndrewB
morgieb
randycricfreak

Round 2:

randycricfreak
morgieb
AndrewB
jimmy101
The Battlers Prince
watson
BoyBrumby
fredfertang
Howe_zat
Zinzan

12 hours between picks.