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Draft Game - Fantasy Cricket 2017

Teuton

International Captain
This is both a draft and fantasy game where the winner will be decided by how their players produce across the year. To give a large enough pool of players for a draft, every international game in calendar year 2017 (Test, ODI, T20I) will be counted in the one competition. As an aside it should add interest to series that you wouldn’t have otherwise given much thought to.
Scoring will be 1 point for every run, 20 per wicket and 5 per catch/stumping.

The year will be broken into 4 three-month quarters (Q1 = Jan-Mar, etc) with a main draft in December, and minor changes before every quarter where you can cut guys who aren’t playing/performing and replace them with anyone else who hasn’t been picked (via a minidraft in reverse order of current standings).

Participants will pick a squad of 14 players in given positions (see below), with the top 11 in each quarter contributing to your total so that you aren’t punished if up to 3 of your players don’t play much in that quarter for whatever reason. This will be done automatically and won’t be dependent on position.
1 Opening Batsman OP
2 Opening Batsman OP
3 Middle Order Batsman MOB
4 Middle Order Batsman MOB
5 Middle Order Batsman MOB
6 All Rounder AR
7 Wicketkeeper WK
8 Fast Bowler FB
9 Fast Bowler FB
10 Fast Bowler FB
11 Spin Bowler SP
12 Bowler Bowl
13 Batsman Bat
14 All Rounder AR

To ease administrative burden for me I will define the positions of players in the near future.
• Bowler can be either a FB or SP
• Batsman can be either OP or MOB

Given the size of the player pool I am looking for 10 participants with the patience to read this whole post, draft 14 rounds and then the interest to follow for the year with occasional input. I will update and post the scores every 2-4 weeks.

The draft has a clear deadline of January 1. Given that a bit of research and schedule checking will be required more than latent knowledge I reckon we will aim for a start within 3 days. Normal draft rules of randomised order, reversed, then re-randomised each round will apply. 8 hours per pick – which may be adjusted if we get close to deadline.

Obviously I realise that the calendar year is both a long time and doesn’t line up nicely with cricket seasons, but to give a large enough pool to support a reasonable draft, and to have an unambiguous start/end, this is how it is. If there are Tests that cross the boundary between 2 periods, matches will be attributed to the day that they are scheduled to start.

I also realise that many fixtures have not yet been determined, which is another element of luck. I recommend starting research here: Live cricket | Current and future cricket series | ESPN Cricinfo

Please post in if you are interested.
 

Teuton

International Captain
Participants
1. Teuton
2. kingkallis
3. anil1405
4. Howe_zat
5. morgieb
6. Shady Slim
7. harsh.ag
8. NUFAN
9. Red Hill
10. The Battlers Prince
 
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Shady Slim

International Coach
one issue that i see though is how say england and india play a gazillion tests... perhaps make it an average points per match in a quarter for a player?
 

kingkallis

International Coach
one issue that i see though is how say england and india play a gazillion tests... perhaps make it an average points per match in a quarter for a player?
Ahhh leave it to the drafters please. Let them think and build their teams by keeping all these points in mind.
 

Teuton

International Captain
It is a known issue so i say its just part of the game - you just need to draft accordingly. I reckon it can be safely assumed Eng, Ind, SA & Aus will all play heaps of matches this year (and most years).
Also I can comfortably handle totals in my spreadsheet which relies on cutting and pasting from cricinfo - averages would make it too time consuming to calculate.
 

Teuton

International Captain
So as mentioned in the OP, i will list the player positions to make my database manageable. This is the list of players from the top teams (10 test teams + Ire, Afg since they play a stack of ODIs) based on who played a few games this year. If you want to pick someone else just nominate their appropriate category at the time. If you see someone who has retired, please feel free to let me know.

Player Pos
AD Russell (WI) AR
AR Cusack (IRE) AR
BA Stokes (ENG) AR
CJ Anderson (NZ) AR
CR Brathwaite (WI) AR
DJ Bravo (WI) AR
DJG Sammy (WI) AR
DSNFG Jayasuriya (SL) AR
E Chigumbura (ZIM) AR
GD Elliott (NZ) AR
GJ Maxwell (AUS) AR
Gulbadin Naib (AFG) AR
HH Pandya (INDIA) AR
Imad Wasim (PAK) AR
JDS Neesham (NZ) AR
JF Mooney (IRE) AR
JP Faulkner (AUS) AR
KA Pollard (WI) AR
KJ O'Brien (IRE) AR
LA Dawson (ENG) AR
MD Shanaka (SL) AR
MF Maharoof (SL) AR
MJ Santner (NZ) AR
MM Ali (ENG) AR
Mohammad Nabi (AFG) AR
Mohammad Nawaz (3) (PAK) AR
MR Marsh (AUS) AR
NLTC Perera (SL) AR
RA Jadeja (INDIA) AR
Rahmat Shah (AFG) AR
RL Chase (WI) AR
Samiullah Shenwari (AFG) AR
Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) AR
Shoaib Malik (PAK) AR
Shuvagata Hom (BDESH) AR
SS Pathirana (SL) AR
STR Binny (INDIA) AR
TAM Siriwardana (SL) AR
A Nehra (INDIA) FB
AF Milne (NZ) FB
AL Phehlukwayo (SA) FB
Al-Amin Hossain (BDESH) FB
Anwar Ali (PAK) FB
AS Joseph (WI) FB
B Kumar (INDIA) FB
BB Sran (INDIA) FB
BJ McCarthy (IRE) FB
CA Young (IRE) FB
CB Mpofu (ZIM) FB
CH Morris (SA) FB
CJ Jordan (ENG) FB
CP Tremain (AUS) FB
CR Woakes (ENG) FB
CT Mumba (ZIM) FB
D Wiese (SA) FB
DAJ Bracewell (NZ) FB
Dawlat Zadran (AFG) FB
DJ Willey (ENG) FB
DS Kulkarni (INDIA) FB
DT Tiripano (ZIM) FB
DW Steyn (SA) FB
Hamid Hassan (AFG) FB
Hasan Ali (PAK) FB
I Sharma (INDIA) FB
JJ Bumrah (INDIA) FB
JL Pattinson (AUS) FB
JM Anderson (ENG) FB
JM Bird (AUS) FB
JO Holder (WI) FB
JR Hazlewood (AUS) FB
JT Ball (ENG) FB
JW Hastings (AUS) FB
K Rabada (SA) FB
KAJ Roach (WI) FB
KJ Abbott (SA) FB
KMDN Kulasekara (SL) FB
KTGD Prasad (SL) FB
KW Richardson (AUS) FB
LE Plunkett (ENG) FB
LM Jongwe (ZIM) FB
M Morkel (SA) FB
MA Starc (AUS) FB
MA Wood (ENG) FB
Mashrafe Mortaza (BDESH) FB
MC Sorensen (IRE) FB
Mirwais Ashraf (AFG) FB
MJ Henry (NZ) FB
MJ McClenaghan (NZ) FB
ML Cummins (WI) FB
MM Sharma (INDIA) FB
Mohammad Amir (PAK) FB
Mohammad Irfan (PAK) FB
Mohammad Sami (PAK) FB
Mohammed Shami (INDIA) FB
Mustafizur Rahman (BDESH) FB
N Madziva (ZIM) FB
N Pradeep (SL) FB
N Wagner (NZ) FB
NM Coulter-Nile (AUS) FB
PJ Cummins (AUS) FB
PKD Chase (IRE) FB
PM Siddle (AUS) FB
PVD Chameera (SL) FB
Rahat Ali (PAK) FB
RAS Lakmal (SL) FB
RJW Topley (ENG) FB
RMS Eranga (SL) FB
Rubel Hossain (BDESH) FB
SCJ Broad (ENG) FB
Shafiul Islam (BDESH) FB
Shapoor Zadran (AFG) FB
SM Boland (AUS) FB
Sohail Khan (PAK) FB
Sohail Tanvir (PAK) FB
SR Thompson (IRE) FB
ST Finn (ENG) FB
ST Gabriel (WI) FB
T Muzarabani (ZIM) FB
T Panyangara (ZIM) FB
TA Boult (NZ) FB
Taskin Ahmed (BDESH) FB
TG Southee (NZ) FB
TJ Murtagh (IRE) FB
TL Chatara (ZIM) FB
TS Chisoro (ZIM) FB
Umar Gul (PAK) FB
UT Yadav (INDIA) FB
VD Philander (SA) FB
Wahab Riaz (PAK) FB
WB Rankin (IRE) FB
WD Parnell (SA) FB
A Balbirnie (IRE) MOB
AB de Villiers (SA) MOB
AC Voges (AUS) MOB
AD Mathews (SL) MOB
AM Rahane (INDIA) MOB
Asad Shafiq (PAK) MOB
Asghar Stanikzai (AFG) MOB
AT Rayudu (INDIA) MOB
Azhar Ali (PAK) MOB
Babar Azam (PAK) MOB
BKG Mendis (SL) MOB
C Munro (NZ) MOB
CA Pujara (INDIA) MOB
CK Kapugedera (SL) MOB
CR Ervine (ZIM) MOB
DA Miller (SA) MOB
DAS Gunaratne (SL) MOB
DM Bravo (WI) MOB
DM de Silva (SL) MOB
EC Joyce (IRE) MOB
EJG Morgan (ENG) MOB
F Behardien (SA) MOB
F du Plessis (SA) MOB
GJ Bailey (AUS) MOB
GS Ballance (ENG) MOB
H Masakadza (ZIM) MOB
Haris Sohail (PAK) MOB
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG) MOB
HM Amla (SA) MOB
HM Nicholls (NZ) MOB
J Anderson (IRE) MOB
J Blackwood (WI) MOB
JE Root (ENG) MOB
JL Carter (WI) MOB
JM Vince (ENG) MOB
JP Duminy (SA) MOB
KM Jadhav (INDIA) MOB
KS Williamson (NZ) MOB
Liton Das (BDESH) MOB
LMP Simmons (WI) MOB
LR Johnson (WI) MOB
LRPL Taylor (NZ) MOB
Mahmudullah (BDESH) MOB
MDKJ Perera (SL) MOB
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) MOB
MK Pandey (INDIA) MOB
MN Samuels (WI) MOB
MN Waller (ZIM) MOB
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) MOB
Mominul Haque (BDESH) MOB
Mosaddek Hossain (BDESH) MOB
Najibullah Zadran (AFG) MOB
Nasir Hossain (BDESH) MOB
Nawroz Mangal (AFG) MOB
RR Rossouw (SA) MOB
Sabbir Rahman (BDESH) MOB
SC Williams (ZIM) MOB
SE Marsh (AUS) MOB
Shafiqullah (AFG) MOB
Sikandar Raza (ZIM) MOB
SK Raina (INDIA) MOB
Sohaib Maqsood (PAK) MOB
SPD Smith (AUS) MOB
SW Billings (ENG) MOB
T Bavuma (SA) MOB
TM Head (AUS) MOB
Umar Akmal (PAK) MOB
UT Khawaja (AUS) MOB
V Kohli (INDIA) MOB
Younis Khan (PAK) MOB
Yuvraj Singh (INDIA) MOB
AD Hales (ENG) OP
ADS Fletcher (WI) OP
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK) OP
AJ Finch (AUS) OP
AN Cook (ENG) OP
BB Chari (ZIM) OP
BM Duckett (ENG) OP
CH Gayle (WI) OP
CJ Chibhabha (ZIM) OP
D Elgar (SA) OP
DA Warner (AUS) OP
E Lewis (WI) OP
FDM Karunaratne (SL) OP
G Gambhir (INDIA) OP
H Hameed (ENG) OP
HDRL Thirimanne (SL) OP
Imrul Kayes (BDESH) OP
J Charles (WI) OP
JA Burns (AUS) OP
Javed Ahmadi (AFG) OP
JJ Roy (ENG) OP
JK Silva (SL) OP
Karim Sadiq (AFG) OP
KC Brathwaite (WI) OP
Khalid Latif (PAK) OP
KL Rahul (INDIA) OP
M Vijay (INDIA) OP
MD Gunathilaka (SL) OP
MJ Guptill (NZ) OP
Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) OP
Mohammad Mithun (BDESH) OP
Noor Ali Zadran (AFG) OP
NRD Compton (ENG) OP
PJ Moor (ZIM) OP
PR Stirling (IRE) OP
RG Sharma (INDIA) OP
S Dhawan (INDIA) OP
Sami Aslam (PAK) OP
SC Cook (SA) OP
SD Hope (WI) OP
Sharjeel Khan (PAK) OP
Soumya Sarkar (BDESH) OP
Tamim Iqbal (BDESH) OP
TMK Mawoyo (ZIM) OP
TWM Latham (NZ) OP
Usman Ghani (AFG) OP
V Sibanda (ZIM) OP
WTS Porterfield (IRE) OP
WU Tharanga (SL) OP
A Mishra (INDIA) SP
A Zampa (AUS) SP
AG Cremer (ZIM) SP
AM Phangiso (SA) SP
Amir Hamza (AFG) SP
AR McBrine (IRE) SP
AR Patel (INDIA) SP
Arafat Sunny (BDESH) SP
AU Rashid (ENG) SP
D Bishoo (WI) SP
DL Piedt (SA) SP
GH Dockrell (IRE) SP
HMRKB Herath (SL) SP
Imran Tahir (SA) SP
IS Sodhi (NZ) SP
JM Holland (AUS) SP
JS Patel (NZ) SP
KA Maharaj (SA) SP
MA Aponso (SL) SP
MD Craig (NZ) SP
MDK Perera (SL) SP
Mehedi Hasan Miraz (BDESH) SP
NL McCullum (NZ) SP
NM Lyon (AUS) SP
PADLR Sandakan (SL) SP
R Ashwin (INDIA) SP
Rashid Khan (AFG) SP
S Badree (WI) SP
S Prasanna (SL) SP
SJ Benn (WI) SP
SMSM Senanayake (SL) SP
SNJ O'Keefe (AUS) SP
SP Narine (WI) SP
T Shamsi (SA) SP
Taijul Islam (BDESH) SP
WP Masakadza (ZIM) SP
Yasir Shah (PAK) SP
YS Chahal (INDIA) SP
ZS Ansari (ENG) SP
Zulfiqar Babar (PAK) SP
BJ Watling (NZ) WK
D Ramdin (WI) WK
GC Wilson (IRE) WK
JC Buttler (ENG) WK
JM Bairstow (ENG) WK
L Ronchi (NZ) WK
LD Chandimal (SL) WK
Mohammad Shahzad (AFG) WK
MS Dhoni (INDIA) WK
MS Wade (AUS) WK
Mushfiqur Rahim (BDESH) WK
NJ O'Brien (IRE) WK
PM Nevill (AUS) WK
Q de Kock (SA) WK
R Mutumbami (ZIM) WK
RW Chakabva (ZIM) WK
Sarfraz Ahmed (PAK) WK
SO Dowrich (WI) WK
SW Poynter (IRE) WK
WP Saha (INDIA) WK
 

Teuton

International Captain
Thats 10 so I will kick off with the random draw for round 1.
NUFAN
Howe_zat
anil1405
Shady Slim
Red Hill
Teuton
kingkallis
harsh.ag
morgieb
The Battlers Prince

I will only start the timer in 72 hours from this post to give research time, but feel free to pick before then if you are ready and it's your go.
8 hours per pick from then.
 
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Teuton

International Captain
I'm not familiar with Billings, amongst others. Does he keep when playing for England?
Woakes is certainly borderline. I was worried if I put him as an all-rounder I'd have to do the same for ashwin and jadeja and then there wouldn't be enough spinners to go around. What position does Woakes normally bat for England? Would he be in the team as a bowler alone ?
Just noticed I put Jadeja as an AR anyway. Um it's not a perfectly consistent system.
 

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