Well we've got a real Bobby Dazzler of a draft for you all today. We'll be making Test teams again, and in a nice change of pace you have complete freedom over who you select. The only slight challenge is that you'll have only 100 "tariff points" to spend on making the best eleven you possibly can.
Tariff Points
Every player who has ever played Test cricket has a "tariff" value:
If that's still confusing, feel free to consult this spreadsheet which has players arranged by name, matches and tariff costs. Please do note that it was made last week, so a couple of players have become a bit more expensive since it was made.
The Rules
Tariff Points
Every player who has ever played Test cricket has a "tariff" value:
- Based on a player's batting average, for every one full run over 20 they cost one tariff point.
- Based on a player's bowling average, for every one run under 50 they cost one tariff point.
- If a player has taken 0.5 wickets per match or fewer, then they will not cost any tariff points.
- The maximum tariff for any player is 50 points. The minimum tariff for any player is 0 points.
Allan Border - average 50 (30 pts) / fewer than 0.5 wickets per match (0 pts) - Tariff: 30 points
Ben Stokes - average 35 (15 pts) / average 32 (18 pts) - Tariff: 33 points
Wasim Bari - average 15 (0 pts) / nope (0 pts) - Tariff: 0 points
Jacques Kallis - average 55 (35 pts) / average 32 (18 pts) - Tariff: 50 points (maxed out at 50)
Daren Powell - average 7 (0 pts) / average 47 (3 pts) - Tariff: 3 points
Ben Stokes - average 35 (15 pts) / average 32 (18 pts) - Tariff: 33 points
Wasim Bari - average 15 (0 pts) / nope (0 pts) - Tariff: 0 points
Jacques Kallis - average 55 (35 pts) / average 32 (18 pts) - Tariff: 50 points (maxed out at 50)
Daren Powell - average 7 (0 pts) / average 47 (3 pts) - Tariff: 3 points
The Rules
- You are trying to select the best possible Test team of 11 players.
- You will have 100 Tariff points to spend on players.
- Every player selected must have played at least one Test match.
- As in all drafts, if 24 hours pass without somebody making their pick after being tagged then the next person can go ahead and pick.
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- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @ddrap14
- @Supreme General
- @blockerdave
- @mohsin7827
- @Welwyn
- @CerealKiller
- @icyman
- @Till Valhalla
- @Neptune
- @Aravind.
- @Perfect Square
- @icyman - Arjuna Ranatunga (15 points, 85 remaining)
- @Welwyn - Graham Gooch (22 points, 78 remaining)
- @ddrap14 - Jimmy Cook (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @blockerdave - Stuart Law (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @Till Valhalla - Salil Ankola (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @Neptune - Mike Brearley (2 points, 98 remaining)
- @Supreme General - WG Grace (12 points, 88 remaining)
- @Perfect Square - Fawad Alam (18 points, 82 remaining)
- @mohsin7827 - Victor Trumper (19 points, 81 remaining)
- @Yash. - George Pope (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @CerealKiller - Shane Warne (25 points, 75 remaining)
- @Paranoid Kendroid - Dale Steyn (28 points, 72 remaining)
- @Aislabie - Don Bradman (50 points, 50 remaining)
- @pillowprocter - Alec Stewart (20 points, 80 remaining)
- @Aravind. - Ricky Ponting (31 points, 69 remaining)
- @Aravind. - Ian Healy (7 points, 62 remaining)
- @pillowprocter - Zak Crawley (12 points, 68 remaining)
- @Aislabie - Godfrey Evans (0 points, 50 remaining)
- @Paranoid Kendroid - Adam Gilchrist (27 points, 45 remaining)
- @CerealKiller - Ed Joyce (3 points, 72 remaining)
- @Yash. - Saba Karim (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @mohsin7827 - Alan Knott (12 points, 69 remaining)
- @Perfect Square - MS Dhoni (18 points, 64 remaining)
- @Supreme General - Shaun Tait (0 points, 88 remaining)
- @Neptune - Clem Hill (19 points, 79 remaining)
- @Till Valhalla - Garry Sobers (50 points, 50 remaining)
- @blockerdave - Raman Lamba (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @ddrap14 - George Tribe (0 points, 100 remaining)
- @Welwyn - James Foster (5 points, 73 remaining)
- @icyman - Dave Richardson (4 points, 81 remaining)
- @CerealKiller - CARETAKER PICK - Glenn McGrath (29 points, 43 remaining)
- @icyman - Allan Lamb (16 points, 65 remaining)
- @Paranoid Kendroid - "Dodger" Whysall (9 points, 36 remaining)
- @Yash. - Ajay Sharma (6 points, 94 remaining)
- @ddrap14 - Charles Studd (18 points, 82 remaining)
- @pillowprocter - Jack Mason (0 points, 68 remaining)
- @Neptune - Subramaniam Badrinath (1 point, 78 remaining)
- @blockerdave - Ezra Moseley (7 points, 93 remaining)
- @Till Valhalla - Hemang Badani (0 points, 50 remaining)
- @mohsin7827 - Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (0 points, 69 remaining)
- @Perfect Square - Grant Flower (9 points, 55 remaining)
- @Welwyn - Neil Fairbrother (0 points, 73 remaining)
- @Aislabie - Mohammad Sami (0 points, 50 remaining)
- @Supreme General - Heinrich Klaasen (0 points, 88 remaining)
- @Aravind. - Javed Akhtar (0 points, 62 remaining)
- @Aravind. - Pankaj Singh (0 points, 62 remaining)
- @Supreme General - HD Ackerman (0 points, 88 remaining)
- @Aislabie - KC Ibrahim (1 point, 49 remaining)
- @Welwyn - Ben Hollioake (1 point, 72 remaining)
- @Perfect Square - Noman Ali (23 points, 32 remaining)
- @mohsin7827 - Graeme Hick (11 points, 58 remaining)
- @Till Valhalla - Jack Ryder (38 points, 12 remaining)
- @blockerdave - Rob Bailey (0 points, 93 remaining)
- @Neptune - Prasidh Krishna (0 points, 78 remaining)
- @pillowprocter - Mashrafe Mortaza (8 points, 60 remaining)
- @ddrap14 - Bruce Dooland (4 points, 78 remaining)
- @Yash. - LATE
- @Paranoid Kendroid - Karn Sharma (0 points, 36 remaining)
- @icyman - Jack Cheetham (3 points, 62 remaining)
- @CerealKiller - CARETAKER PICK - "Plum" Warner (3 points, 40 remaining)
- @ddrap14 - Ken Meuleman (0 points, 78 remaining)
- @Supreme General - Sarah Taylor (0 points, 88 remaining)
- @icyman - Ajit Agarkar (3 points, 59 remaining)
- @Perfect Square - Pat Cummins (28 points, 4 remaining)
- @pillowprocter - Meg Lanning (11 points, 49 remaining)
- @Welwyn - Jimmy Anderson (24 points, 48 remaining)
- @mohsin7827 - CB Fry (12 points, 46 remaining)
- @blockerdave - Fred Grace (0 points, 93 remaining)
- @Till Valhalla - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5 points, 7 remaining)
- @Aravind.
- @Yash.
- @Aislabie
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @CerealKiller
- @Neptune
- @Neptune
- @CerealKiller
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @Aislabie
- @Yash.
- @Aravind.
- @Till Valhalla
- @blockerdave
- @mohsin7827
- @Welwyn
- @pillowprocter
- @Perfect Square
- @icyman
- @Supreme General
- @ddrap14
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @blockerdave
- @Aislabie
- @Welwyn
- @Aravind.
- @ddrap14
- @Perfect Square
- @icyman
- @pillowprocter
- @Supreme General
- @Till Valhalla
- @Neptune
- @CerealKiller
- @mohsin7827
- @Yash.
- @Yash.
- @mohsin7827
- @CerealKiller
- @Neptune
- @Till Valhalla
- @Supreme General
- @pillowprocter
- @icyman
- @Perfect Square
- @ddrap14
- @Aravind.
- @Welwyn
- @Aislabie
- @blockerdave
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @CerealKiller
- @blockerdave
- @Welwyn
- @Supreme General
- @mohsin7827
- @ddrap14
- @Aravind.
- @Neptune
- @Till Valhalla
- @pillowprocter
- @icyman
- @Aislabie
- @Yash.
- @Perfect Square
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @Perfect Square
- @Yash.
- @Aislabie
- @icyman
- @pillowprocter
- @Till Valhalla
- @Neptune
- @Aravind.
- @ddrap14
- @mohsin7827
- @Supreme General
- @Welwyn
- @blockerdave
- @CerealKiller
- @blockerdave
- @Till Valhalla
- @Aislabie
- @Welwyn
- @mohsin7827
- @CerealKiller
- @ddrap14
- @Perfect Square
- @Yash.
- @pillowprocter
- @Neptune
- @Aravind.
- @icyman
- @Paranoid Kendroid
- @Supreme General
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