“Universally Challenged” Draft Idea

[a massive zebra]

Andy Whittall if he is available

CricZo XI

1. Kris Srikkanth /
2. Jehan Mubarak /
3. Ken Rutherford / (c)
4. Talat Ali /
5.
6.
7.
8. Ajit Agarkar o /
9. Rahat Ali o
10. Andy Whittall o
11. Ashish Nehra o

I selected Andy Whittall in round 1.

 

[marc71178]

Just a thought, but if the last round is going to be a free for all how about making it slightly different by upping the criteria for that pick to significantly increase the minimum number of Tests played - was thinking something like 50

To be honest I'd be against this as it is a bit late in the day to change thinking (especially as my remaining targets have all played a lot less than 50!)

 

[a massive zebra]

mr_mister and SillyCowCorner1 time out.

Next up:

Teuton > MrPrez > a massive zebra

Catch up: Flem274 x7, kingkallis, mr_mister, SillyCowCorner1

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Runako Morton

1. Devon Smith
2. Faoud Bacchus
3. Runako Morton
4. Narsingh Deonarine
5.
6. David Williams +
7.
8. Inshan Ali
9. Brian Murphy
10. Adam Sanford
11. Raphick Jumadeen

 

[mr_mister]

Trevor Gripper

 

[Teuton]

Shahadat Hossain

 

[kingkallis]

Ryan Hinds. He was hyped to be next big thing back in those days.

 

[kingkallis]

CricZo XI

1. Kris Srikkanth /
2. Jehan Mubarak /
3. Ken Rutherford / (c)
4. Talat Ali /
5.
6.
7. Ryan Hinds / o
8. Ajit Agarkar o /
9. Rahat Ali o
10.
11. Ashish Nehra o

 

[a massive zebra]

Round 1
kingkallis - Ken Rutherford
Teuton - Rubel Hossain
marc71178 - Asoka de Silva
trundler - Farveez Maharoof
a massive zebra - Andy Whittall
SillyCowCorner1 - Brian Murphy
mr_mister - Ian Salisbury
Michaelf7777777 - Alex Moir
fredfertang - Lawrie Miller
MrPrez - Alok Kapali
Flem274 - blair pocock

Round 2
Flem274 - Matthew Hart
MrPrez - Khaled Mashud
fredfertang - David O'Sullivan
Michaelf7777777 - John Sparling
mr_mister - Ian Craig
SillyCowCorner1 - Raphick Jumadeen
a massive zebra - Louis Stricker
trundler - Mohammad Sami
marc71178 - Ken James
Teuton - Mark Dekker
kingkallis - Jehan Mubarak

Round 3
mr_mister - Mitch Marsh
trundler - Mohammad Ashraful
Flem274
Michaelf7777777 - William Shalders
Teuton - Enamul Haque (Snr)
fredfertang - Daren Powell
marc71178 - Abdur Razzaq
MrPrez - Paul Wiseman
kingkallis - Agit Agarkar
SillyCowCorner1 - Adam Sanford
a massive zebra - Mohammad Sharif

Round 4
a massive zebra - Guy de Alwis
SillyCowCorner1 - Devon Smith
kingkallis - Ashish Nehra
MrPrez - Chris Mpofu
marc71178 - David Capel
fredfertang - John Parker
Teuton - Mike Shrimpton
Michaelf7777777 - Mick Commaille
Flem274
trundler - Paul Allott
mr_mister - Syd Gregory

Round 5
trundler - Ishant Sharma
mr_mister - Nixon McLean
MrPrez - Mushfiqur Rahman
Michaelf7777777 - Kamran Akmal
marc71178 - Shafiul Islam
Flem274
SillyCowCorner1 - Faoud Bacchus
a massive zebra - Maitland Hathorn
fredfertang - Datta Gaekwad
kingkallis - Talat Ali
Teuton - Matt Poore

Round 6
Teuton - Mluleki Nkala
kingkallis - Kris Srikkanth
fredfertang - Ashok Mankad
a massive zebra - Noel McGregor
SillyCowCorner1 - Narsingh Deonarine
Flem274
marc71178 - Tapash Baisya
Michaelf7777777 - Geoff Allott
MrPrez - Vusi Sibanda
mr_mister - Dion Ebrahim
trundler - Munaf Patel

Round 7
kingkallis - Rahat Ali
Teuton - Ruwan Kalpage
marc71178 - Wayne Larkins
mr_mister - Courtney Browne
fredfertang - Nana Joshi
Flem274
a massive zebra - Manjural Islam
trundler - Mark Stoneman
SillyCowCorner1 - David Williams
Michaelf7777777 - Harry Cave
MrPrez - Hannan Sarkar

Round 8
MrPrez - Nicky Boje
Michaelf7777777 - Mark Craig
SillyCowCorner1 - Inshan Ali
trundler - Lee Germon
a massive zebra - Murray Chapple
Flem274
fredfertang - Champaka Ramanayake
mr_mister - Pommie Mbangwa
marc71178 - Aftab Ahmed
Teuton - Inshan Ali
kingkallis - Ryan Hinds

Round 9
fredfertang - Cuan McCarthy
mr_mister - Trevor Gripper
SillyCowCorner1 - Runako Morton
Flem274
Teuton - Shahadat Hossain
MrPrez
a massive zebra - Craig Wishart
Michaelf7777777 - Maqsood Ahmed
trundler - Javed Omar
kingkallis
marc71178

Round 10
marc71178
kingkallis
trundler
Michaelf7777777
a massive zebra
MrPrez
Teuton
Flem274
SillyCowCorner1
mr_mister
fredfertang

Round 11
First come first served. Starting from the earlier of:

a) When fredfertang makes his round 10 pick, and
b) 8 hours after mr_mister makes his round 10 pick.

 

[a massive zebra]

MrPrez times out so Craig Wishart will be my next selection please.

1. Murray Chapple
2. Louis Stricker
3.
4. Noel McGregor
5. Maitland Hathorn
6. Craig Wishart
7. Mohammad Sharif
8. Guy de Alwis (wk)
9.
10. Andy Whittall
11. Manjural Islam

Next up: Michaelf7777777 > trundler > kingkallis

Catch up: Flem274 x7, MrPrez

 

[a massive zebra]

Just a thought, but if the last round is going to be a free for all how about making it slightly different by upping the criteria for that pick to significantly increase the minimum number of Tests played - was thinking something like 50

Interesting idea! I'm slightly reluctant to change the rules so late into the draft, but if other players would like to express their support for this idea, I'm more than happy for democracy to rule...

 

[mr_mister]

It's a rule change that could give an unfair advantage to someone who needs a middle order bat to fill their final spot as opposed to a spinner, for example

 

[a massive zebra]

Also, a few players with over 50 Tests have already been selected, such as Ashraful and Gregory. So would the participants who already have a player with 50+ Tests in their side be exempt from this round 11 rule or not? In other words, would the rule be:

• All teams must include at least one player who played 50+ Tests, or
• Only players who played 50+ Tests are eligible for selection in round 11.

Personally I think this idea is more trouble than it is worth, but happy to be overruled if the consensus is in favour.

 

[fredfertang]

Personally I think this idea is more trouble than it is worth, but happy to be overruled if the consensus is in favour.

On reflection, I agree

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Somebody timed out

 

[a massive zebra]

Somebody timed out

Michaelf7777777 it was.

Next up: trundler > kingkallis > marc71178 x2

Catch up: Flem274 x7, MrPrez, Michaelf7777777

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Maqsood Ahmed will be my next selection please

Charter 77 so Far

William Shalders
Mick Commaille
Maqsood Ahmed
John Sparling
Kamran Akmal (+)
Mark Craig
Alex Moir
Harry Cave
Geoff Allott

 

[trundler]

Javed Omar

 

[marc71178]

I’m going to go with 2 specialist batsmen in George Lohmann and Carlton Baugh

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Javed Omar

Javed Omar > Hannan Sarkar :ninja: