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Birthplace Draft

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Pick 11 players for a Test team such that no two players in your team were born in the same country.

For the purposes of this draft:
- West Indies is *not* a country: the country of birth for a West Indian player might be Barbados/Jamaica/Trinidad & Tobago (etc).
- Conversely, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all count as being part of the UK, so you may not pick (say) one player born in England and another born in Wales.
- The present day country containing a player's birthplace is what matters.
- The Test team (if any) that a player played for is irrelevant.

Hope that's clear!

Usual rules (no Bradman; 16 hours for first pick, 8 hours for each subsequent pick; order of picks in an even round is the reverse of the round before) will also apply.
 

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
So someone born in British India counts as India/Pakistan/Bangladesh rather than UK?

I'm in.
 

Test_Fan_Only

First Class Debutant
This is going to be an interesting draft. It is quite possible the quality of player picked in the last round will be greater than the quality of player picked in the first couple of rounds.

Knowledge of where great West Indians were born is going to be very important and it is something I know very little about.

Thank you AndrewB for running this draft/
 

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Order for Round 1:
Michaelf7777777
ankitj
morgieb
Red Hill
trundler
Test_Fan_Only
AndrewB
mr_mister
fredfertang

Note - it'd be helpful if you put the countries of birth with your picks.
 

Test_Fan_Only

First Class Debutant
Order for Round 1:
Michaelf7777777
ankitj
morgieb
Red Hill
trundler
Test_Fan_Only
AndrewB
mr_mister
fredfertang

Note - it'd be helpful if you put the countries of birth with your picks.
Yes, it would be very useful if countries are listed next to picks, especially picks that are born in unusual places for cricketers and West Indies players.
 

SillyCowCorner1

Request Your Custom Title Now!
You're from Guyana eh cow. That's cool
It's like the coolest unknown country in the world.

Like Venezuela is right there next to us, and Brazil...and Suriname.


Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch.

Surrounded by countries with an official language of their own.

And then there is TT, our rivals in everything.

Chicken Curry versus Curry Chicken.
Haha...I love the Trinis though. One love.
 

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