Decade/Country test draft

[mr_mister]

Assuming trundler is in thats 14 but that's fine

Will post round 1 order shortly

 

[mr_mister]

decided i'd generate 5 random orders so we can know the whole draft order straight away

Round 1:

Shri
kingkallis
JOJOXI
Coronis
Line and Length
AndrewB
Red Hill
mr_mister
honestbharani
Teuton
morgieb
fuller pilch
ataraxia
trundler

Round 3:

morgieb
Coronis
Teuton
JOJOXI
Red Hill
AndrewB
ataraxia
mr_mister
Shri
fuller pilch
trundler
kingkallis
Line and Length
honestbharani

Round 5:

ataraxia
Teuton
kingkallis
JOJOXI
trundler
Red Hill
fuller pilch
Coronis
Line and Length
honestbharani
Shri
mr_mister
AndrewB
morgieb

Round 7:

fuller pilch
mr_mister
kingkallis
trundler
honestbharani
JOJOXI
ataraxia
Red Hill
Teuton
Coronis
AndrewB
Line and Length
morgieb
Shri


Round 9:

Line and Length
kingkallis
AndrewB
Shri
ataraxia
Red Hill
trundler
Teuton
mr_mister
Coronis
fuller pilch
morgieb
honestbharani
JOJOXI




and of course it's random/reverse (old school) order.

16 hours for the first round picks then 8 hours for round 2 onwards

 

[mr_mister]

Shri > kk > JOJOXI

 

[trundler]

Can you all switch to another randomizer because this one doesn't like me at all

 

[mr_mister]

least you get a double pick that's always fun

 

[Shri]

Eh I'll take Kallis

 

[trundler]

King Kallis is up then

 

[Shri]

No I just took him

 

[JOJOXI]

I think KingKallis has timed out but hoping this would not have been his pick anyway - Muttiah Muralitharan (SL, 1990s)

 

[trundler]

I think KingKallis has timed out but hoping this would not have been his pick anyway - Muttiah Muralitharan (SL, 1990s)

You're up in the other draft too

 

[Coronis]

Sobers (WI 1950’s)

 

[JOJOXI]

You're up in the other draft too

Thanks for the heads up Trundler

 

[JOJOXI]

Upcoming Picks

Line and Length
AndrewB
Red Hill

Kingkallis (catchup pick whenever)

 

[kingkallis]

I had completely forgotten about this. Sorry.

 

[kingkallis]

Curtly Ambrose (WI, 80s)

 

[AndrewB]

Having 11 different test countries and 11 different decades represented I think would be a little too hard so I'll have mercy.

That would actually have been a lot more restrictive than I'd initially realised - everyone would have to pick an Afghani or Irish player from the 2010s, a Bangladeshi player from the 2000s, a Zimbabwean from the 1990s* and a Sri Lankan from the 1980s. The India, Pakistan, West Indies and New Zealand players would all be from the 30s/40s/50s/60s/70s, so at least two of the England/Australia/South Africa players would have to be from the 1920s or earlier.

If you waited until an Irish/Afghani debutant from the 2020s, that would at least allow a bit more leeway.

*I suppose one player could be devious and claim that John Traicos represented Zimbabwe and debuted in the 1970s.

 

[Line and Length]

A couple of obvious picks gone. I'll take Shane Warne (Aust '90s) on the grounds that quality pacemen and batsmen are in greater abundance than spinners. Coronis covered all 3 categories with Sobers.

 

[Line and Length]

Question: Do we have to have selected from 8 countries and 8 decades before we can double up in our other 3 selections?

 

[AndrewB]

Kumar Sangakkara (SL, 2000s)

 

[JOJOXI]

Question: Do we have to have selected from 8 countries and 8 decades before we can double up in our other 3 selections?

Will see what the definitive answer is on this but I perceived it as just needing 8 decades and 8 countries at the very end of the draft.