Alphabetic draft

[trundler]

Hadlee and Gilchrist are the 2 most valuable picks given the lack of alternatives in any draft.

 

[stephen]

Pothas - SF Barnes, Allan Donald
Stephen - Ken Barrington, Rahul Dravid
Michaelf7777777 - Les Ames, Greg Chappell, Aubrey Faulkner
Trundler - Warwick Armstrong, Geoff Boycott, Jock Cameron, Andy Flower
Honestbharani - ​Neil Adcock, ​Eddie Barlow, AB de Villiers, Joel Garner
Milenko47 - Abdul Qadir, Allan Border, Michael Clarke, Sunil Gavaskar
Red Hill - Ian Botham, Adam Gilchrist
Teuton - James Anderson, Bishan Bedi, Denis Compton, MS Dhoni, Richard Hadlee
AndrewB - Curtly Ambrose, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Jack Hobbs
AndyZaltzHair - Don Bradman, Mahmudullah

 

[stephen]

Hadlee and Gilchrist are the 2 most valuable picks given the lack of alternatives in any draft.

Gilchrist is a prime pick whenever he's on offer, but Hadlee isn't the only ATG fast bowler. He's not even the only ATG fast bowler who is a decent batsman.

 

[trundler]

There are great fast bowlers and great ones who can bat a bit but he's the only one who really boosts your lower order while arguably being the greatest fast bowler ever imo

 

[Teuton]

I was thinking about him for my previous pick but thought I'd take the risk, sneak Dhoni in to fill a specialist spot and only wait 3 picks before getting a second crack. Dujon was the other option but would have cost me an extra 2 picks in the order

 

[Pothas]

Len Hutton

 

[Red]

Wally Hammond

 

[honestbharani]

And there goes my two H picks.

 

[trundler]

Isn't my F pick before Red Hill's G pick unless I've forgotten my ABCs?

 

[Pothas]

Red Hill just picks when he wants.

 

[Teuton]

Yeah i think Hammond shouldn't count as Stephen still has to pick from D, and then the Fs

 

[stephen]

Yeah please follow the list Red Hill

 

[stephen]

I will take Clarrie Grimmett.

The order of picks is from the player at the top to the player at the bottom. AZH is still last in the draft order. Michael is up next, followed by trundler.

Michaelf7777777 - Les Ames, Greg Chappell, Aubrey Faulkner
Trundler - Warwick Armstrong, Geoff Boycott, Jock Cameron, Andy Flower
Honestbharani - ​Neil Adcock, ​Eddie Barlow, AB de Villiers, Joel Garner
Milenko47 - Abdul Qadir, Allan Border, Michael Clarke, Sunil Gavaskar
Red Hill - Ian Botham, Adam Gilchrist
Stephen - Ken Barrington, Rahul Dravid, Clarrie Grimmett
Teuton - James Anderson, Bishan Bedi, Denis Compton, MS Dhoni, Richard Hadlee
AndrewB - Curtly Ambrose, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Jack Hobbs
Pothas - SF Barnes, Allan Donald, Len Hutton
AndyZaltzHair - Don Bradman, Mahmudullah

 

[Saint Kopite]

I see Andy still chilling rn with Bradman and Mahmudullah.

 

[trundler]

I see Andy still chilling rn with Bradman and Mahmudullah.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Having said that, I don't think Andy is at massive disadvantage here like I thought he would be with all this waiting.

But having Mahmudullah in the team along with waiting this long gotta sting.

 

[stephen]

Having said that, I don't think Andy is at massive disadvantage here like I thought he would be with all this waiting.

But having Mahmudullah in the team along with waiting this long gotta sting.

The issue is that he needs to pick 9 players with names starting with N-Z. That basically means he has 13 letters for 9 picks and V, X and Z are close to (but not entirely) useless.

Last thing you'd want is to have Zaheer Khan as your best option

 

[stephen]

I lift be interested in running this draft in reverse alphabetical order after we're finished with this one. I like the challenge that this presents - it's going to be hard to fill positions later on.

 

[trundler]

Sure, buddy. We'd still be in lockdown and needing a draft to fill the void.

 

[Saint Kopite]

The issue is that he needs to pick 9 players with names starting with N-Z. That basically means he has 13 letters for 9 picks and V, X and Z are close to (but not entirely) useless.

Last thing you'd want is to have Zaheer Khan as your best option

Damn. Hadn't thought of it that deep lol.