0-50 Draft

[Line and Length]

I'm up for another draft - despite having expressed my recent disappointment.

Drafters select two players from each of these groups:
Players with1 -10 Tests
Players with 11-20 Tests
Players with 21-30 Tests
Players with 31-40 Tests
Players with 41-50 Tests
Plus one player with no Test caps.

I'll make South African players who missed Tests due to the Apartheid ban ineligible - for obvious reasons.

Hoping for a dozen or so participants.

 

[Himannv]

Bradman available?

 

[Thala_0710]

In

 

[Line and Length]

Bradman available?

No. Bradman played 52

 

[Fuller Pilch]

In please

 

[ataraxia]

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[Teuton]

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[capt_Luffy]

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On a side note I get why Saffa Apartheids Era are banned, but I kinda feel bad for them if they aren't even available for a No Test Draft.

 

[ataraxia]

I'll make South African players who missed Tests due to the Apartheid ban ineligible - for obvious reasons.

Please clarify – does that render the likes of Goddard, Lindsay, PSdV, etc. unavailable or just the main two or three?

Edit: oh I thought you meant the ones which had played some tests. Nevermind me then.

 

[Thala_0710]

On a side note I get why Saffa Apartheids Era are banned, but I kinda feel bad for them

So basically everyone ever

 

[capt_Luffy]

Please clarify – does that render the likes of Goddard, Lindsay, PSdV, etc. unavailable or just the main two or three?

I thought it meant only the likes of VvDB, Le Roux and Rice, would be interesting if it includes Procter, Richards and Cook as well.

 

[trundler]

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[Bitmap]

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[Fuller Pilch]

Please clarify – does that render the likes of Goddard, Lindsay, PSdV, etc. unavailable or just the main two or three?

Edit: oh I thought you meant the ones which had played some tests. Nevermind me then.

I read it as ones who were likely to tour England 1971, Australia 1972 etc. or play test cricket in the 70s/80s.

Does it also include players who played for SA post readmission, but missed tests they probably would've played? For example, someone like Allan Donald debuted in 1st class in 85/86. Had he played 50 tests or fewer (he played 72, so irrelevant), would he have been eligible?

 

[Line and Length]

Please clarify – does that render the likes of Goddard, Lindsay, PSdV, etc. unavailable or just the main two or three?

I will list those ineligible after a bit of research. I didn't want drafters with an early first round pick gaining a big advantage by snaring the likes of Richards and Procter who aren't what I intended with a 1-10 Test career group.

 

[Line and Length]

Without listing them all, players who played Test cricket for South Africa in 1970 before that ban are ineligible.
Obvious names are B. Richards, M. Procter, G. & P. Pollock, L. Irvine, D. Lindsay, E, Barlow, T. Goddard, A. Bacher and P. Trimborn

Players who played zero Tests yet arguably would have played for South Africa without the ban are ineligible.
These include C. Rice, G. le Roux, H. Ackerman, K. McEwan and V. van der Bilj.

Players who were over 35 when they made their Test debut when South Africa resumed Tests in 1992 are ineligible.
These include J. Cook and P. Kirsten.

If you have any doubts about a South African player from this era, please ask for a ruling.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Without listing them all, players who played Test cricket for South Africa in 1970 before that ban are ineligible.
Obvious names are B. Richards, M. Procter, G. & P. Pollock, L. Irvine, D. Lindsay, E, Barlow, T. Goddard, A. Bacher and P. Trimborn

Players who played zero Tests yet arguably would have played for South Africa without the ban are ineligible.
These include C. Rice, G. le Roux, H. Ackerman, K. McEwan and V. van der Bilj.

Players who were over 35 when they made their Test debut when South Africa resumed Tests in 1992 are ineligible.
These include J. Cook and P. Kirsten.

If you have any doubts about a South African player from this era, please ask for a ruling.

What about players like Vincent Barnes?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Without listing them all, players who played Test cricket for South Africa in 1970 before that ban are ineligible.
Obvious names are B. Richards, M. Procter, G. & P. Pollock, L. Irvine, D. Lindsay, E, Barlow, T. Goddard, A. Bacher and P. Trimborn

Players who played zero Tests yet arguably would have played for South Africa without the ban are ineligible.
These include C. Rice, G. le Roux, H. Ackerman, K. McEwan and V. van der Bilj.

Players who were over 35 when they made their Test debut when South Africa resumed Tests in 1992 are ineligible.
These include J. Cook and P. Kirsten.

If you have any doubts about a South African player from this era, please ask for a ruling.

Thanks for the clarification. It is interesting re Goddard who wasn't affected by the ban (but for the sake of transparency should be ineligible as you've mentioned him). He played the 1st 3 tests of the 1970 series having earlier announced that it would be his final series. However, the SA selectors controversially didn't pick him for the 4th test as the series was won and they only wanted players who were available for the upcoming tour to England.