T20 Auction Draft

[CricAddict]

They need a table update.

I will do it in the next couple of hours.

 

[ataraxia]

Yeah well, wasn't going to be online on Sunday anyway so happy I got one of the three.

 

[CricAddict]

All bids closed as they have crossed 12 hours. I will provide the final list now.

 

[CricAddict]

So, after a long long round of auction, all bids are done and all players have been sold. All except one franchise have been able to complete their minimum squad of 15. I will leave it to the other franchise owners to decide if we can allow AZH's franchise also to participate in the league or not.

$1,200,000​	Remaining	Players	Consumed	Players in squad	Needed
1. Teuton	$29,000​	Tom Richardson, Mushfiqur Rahim, Rohan Kanhai, Chris Gayle, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shane Warne, David Warner, Kapil Dev, Rohit Sharma, Dean Jones, Pat Cummins, Dale Steyn, Yuvraj Singh, Michael Holding, Maurice Tate , Shadab Khan,Francois du Plessis, JP Duminy	$1,171,000​	18	-3​
2. Honest Hunks	$0​	Rashid Khan, Michael Bevan, Brian Lara, Fakhar Zaman, Doug Walters, Andy Flower, Aubrey Faulkner, Shahid Afridi, Sunil Narine, Daren Sammy, Jacques Kallis, Aamir Sohail, AB de Villiers, Rahul Dravid, Lokesh Rahul, Nuwan Kulasekara	$1,200,000​	16	-1​
3. Living Legends	$0​	Andrew Caddick, Robin Smith, Shane Watson, Shikhar Dhawan, James Faulkner, Ian Botham, Mohammed Rizwan, Graham Gooch, Imad Wasim, Saeed Ajmal, Glenn Maxwell, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Umar Gul, Daniel Vettori, Viv Richards, Aaron Finch, Martin Guptill, Colin Munro	$1,200,000​	19	-4​
4. Himannv Hotheads	$0​	Mark Greatbatch, Jos Buttler, Joe Root, Babar Azam, Javed Miandad, Gary Sobers, Lance Klusenar, Tony Lock, Mohammad Shahzad, Glenn McGrath, Sanath Jayasuriya, Maninder Singh, Umar Akmal, George Lohmann, Heath Streak, Mark Ealham, Marlon Samuels, Andy Roberts	$1,200,000​	18	-3​
5. Michael	$137,000​	Sunil Gavaskar, Desmond Haynes, Geoffrey Boycott, Sydney Barnes, Dennis Lillee, Morne Morkel, Nick Knight, Virat Kohli, Graeme Pollock, Eoin Morgan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Quinton De Kock , Brendon Mccullum, Kamran Akmal, Paul Collingwood, Shaun Pollock, Ray Lindwall, Derek Underwood, Curtly Ambrose, David Hussey	$1,063,000​	21	-6​
6. JOJOXI	$50,000​	Wasim Akram, Sir Jadeja, Imran Khan, Imran Tahir, Joel Garner, Muttiah Muralitharan, Marcus Trescothick, Everton Weekes, Jason Roy, Len Hutton, Gundappa Viswanath, Dudley Nourse, Kane Williamson, Ian Bishop, Richard Hadlee, Paul Stirling, Hashim Amla, Dawid Malan, Alex Hales, Ramiz Raja, Gary Kirsten, Mohammad Yousuf, Jeffrey Stollmeyer, Mike Procter	$1,150,000​	24	-9​
7. Ataraxia	$188,000​	Denis Compton , Jack Hobbs, Ahmed Shehzad, Keith Miller, Ewen Chatfield, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Alan Knott, Victor Trumper, Gautam Gambhir, Sanjay Manjrekar, Chris Broad, Colin Cowdrey, Clarrie Grimmett, David Gower, Malcolm Marshall, Vernon Philander, Ashton Agar	$1,012,000​	18	-3​
8. AndyZaltzHair	$352,000​	Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga, Allan Lamb, Carl Hooper, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell Starc, Zaheer Abbas, , Aravinda de Silva, Adil Rashid, Allan Border, Kevin Pietersen, Jonty Rhodes	$848,000​	13	2​

 

[CricAddict]

So, the Premier league is going to get underway now. Below is how it will play.

1. I will use the randomizer to generate competing teams for the 4 quarterfinals that will happen at the same time

2. All franchise owners are requested to post their team XI

3. All of us will vote for the 4 semifinalists here for the next 48 hours post posting the match-ups

4. Please note that 2 players from each franchise are to be released to the India-Australia tests that are going on in parallel

 

[CricAddict]

Match-up	Team 1		Team 2	Venue	Pitch Conditions
1	AndyZaltzHair	vs	Ataraxia	Lord's, UK	A flat batting track and both teams are expected to make a huge score. It looks like even 200 could be difficult to defend here
2	JOJOXI	vs	Honest Hunks	Sabina Park, Jamaica	Looks like a pitch of the olden days and expected to assist sheer pace throughout the day. With good pace off the pitch, we also expect run scoring to be faster. Looks like very less assistance for spinners
3	Michael	vs	Living Legends	Hagley Oval, NZ	Swing and reverse swing. With clouds hovering above, we expect swing bowlers to make hay initially. But it still looks like a 160 vs 160 track. Batsmen if settled can go on and make a good attacking score
4	Teuton	vs	Himannv Hotheads	Dubai	A day match with dew expected later in the evening. Pitch has multiple cracks and expected to assist spin

 

[CricAddict]

It will be great if AZH is allowed to participate since it can simplify things. You can pm me if you have concerns on AZH participating without a complete squad. In that case, I will change it to a group stage instead of quarterfinals.

 

[CricAddict]

@AndyZaltzHair @ataraxia @JOJOXI @honestbharani @Michaelf7777777 @Line and Length @Teuton @Himannv
Please post your team XI suiting the above conditions and leaving out 2 Ind/Aus players from your squad.

 

[CricAddict]

So, the Premier league is going to get underway now. Below is how it will play.

1. I will use the randomizer to generate competing teams for the 4 quarterfinals that will happen at the same time

2. All franchise owners are requested to post their team XI

3. All of us will vote for the 4 semifinalists here for the next 48 hours post posting the match-ups

4. Please note that 2 players from each franchise are to be released to the India-Australia tests that are going on in parallel

If you guys feel a league based winner will take too much time, we can just go with voting as usual. Please suggest.

 

[ataraxia]

1) Don Bradman* /
2) Jack Hobbs /
3) Sachin Tendulkar / (7)
4) Victor Trumper /
5) Denis Compton / (6)
6) Keith Miller o / (3)
7) Alan Knott + /
8) Vernon Philander o / (1)
9) Malcolm Marshall o / (2)
10) Clarrie Grimmett o (4)
11) Ewen Chatfield o (5)

A supreme batting lineup able to chase down just about anything is paired with a good bowling attack, with two very economical bowlers in there.

 

[CricAddict]

1) Don Bradman* /
2) Jack Hobbs /
3) Sachin Tendulkar / (7)
4) Victor Trumper /
5) Denis Compton / (6)
6) Keith Miller o / (3)
7) Alan Knott + /
8) Vernon Philander o / (1)
9) Malcolm Marshall o / (2)
10) Clarrie Grimmett o (4)
11) Ewen Chatfield o (5)

A supreme batting lineup able to chase down just about anything is paired with a good bowling attack, with two very economical bowlers in there.

That is a solid top 3 put up by Ataraxia and that line-up is going to be difficult to get through in these flat conditions. We now eagerly await what the other franchise @AndyZaltzHair puts up

Match-up	Team 1		Team 2	Venue	Pitch Conditions
1	AndyZaltzHair	vs	Ataraxia	Lord's, UK	A flat batting track and both teams are expected to make a huge score. It looks like even 200 could be difficult to defend here
			1) Don Bradman* /
			2) Jack Hobbs /
			3) Sachin Tendulkar / (7)
			4) Victor Trumper /
			5) Denis Compton / (6)
			6) Keith Miller o / (3)
			7) Alan Knott + /
			8) Vernon Philander o / (1)
			9) Malcolm Marshall o / (2)
			10) Clarrie Grimmett o (4)
			11) Ewen Chatfield o (5)

 

[Teuton]

Round 1 team

Chris Gayle

Rohit Sharma

Faf du Plessis c

Dean Jones

Yuvraj Singh

Kapil Dev

Mushfiqur Rahim wk

Shadab Khan

Shane Warne

Saqlain Mushtaq

Dale Steyn

Warner & Cummins have been released to play in the Aus v Ind series.

Also, I vote keep AZH in the tournament.

 

[Teuton]

A sim would have been great for this but since none has been suggested I guess we don't have that capability available amongst the group?

 

[Himannv]

AZH can take my spot.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah vote to keep AZH in.


Honest Hunks

Aamir Sohail (8)
Jacques Kallis (2)
Brian Lara
Doug Walters (7)
Michael Bevan
AB De Villiers (wk)
Shahid Afridi (5)
Darren Sammy (6)(c)
Sunil Narine (3)
Rashid Khan (4)
Nuwan Kulasekara (1)

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

1. Zaheer Abbas
2. Kumar Sangakkara [+]
3. Aravinda de Silva
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Jonty Rhodes [Point]
6. Allan Lamb
7. Carl Hooper [5]
8. Mitchell Starc [2]
9. Adil Rashid [4]
10. Jasprit Bumrah [3]
11. Lasith Malinga [1]

Reserves: Allan Border

 

[Line and Length]

S.Watson /o
A.Finch /
Mohammad Rizwan (W/k)
V.Richards /o
G.Maxwell /o
Inzamam-ul-Haq /
I.Botham /o
D.Vettori /o
Umar Gul o
Saeed Ajmal o
S.Badree o

Faulkner and Dhawan released

An aggressive batting line-up that bats deep. Plenty of bowling options.

 

[Himannv]

Maninder Singh and Glenn McGrath released I guess. Bowling seems to have taken a hit.

01. Sanath Jayasuriya
02. Jos Buttler+
03. Babar Azam
04. Joe Root*
05. Gary Sobers
06. Lance Klusener
07. Marlon Samuels
08. Heath Streak
09. George Lohmann
10. Andy Roberts
11. Tony Lock

Not a fan of the voting format if there's no sim. Not sure I see the point.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Brendon McCullum (c)
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Virat Kohli
Graeme Pollock
Eoin Morgan
Tillekeratne Dilshan (6)
Shaun Pollock (1)
Ray Lindwall (4)
Curtly Ambrose (3)
Dennis Lillee (2)
Sydney Barnes (5)

 

[Line and Length]

Not a fan of the voting format if there's no sim. Not sure I see the point.

My voting will be on actual, proven T20 and ODI form. It would be pure supposition to state that players from an earlier era could adapt when we have already witnessed VG Test players struggle to perform well in white ball cricket.