Draft time: World Cup history - ALL FINISHED!!

[Papa_Smurf]

Whoa, more picks have been selected than I expected.

Nice choice in Fleming Mohit Obvious pick after Crowe as NZ's top batsman.

Interesting choice in Harris Akshay - not the AR I would've picked for my XI, but looking forward to hearing your reasons - hurry up and write the write-up

Excellent pick in Styris Angry - I'm surprised his stats are this good! Definitley deserves to be higher than no. 7 - but he makes an excellent 6th bowler.

Where are you Zora?

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Can we have some kind of time limit on the picks?? Else every round would take 2 or 3 days . Lets say that you have to pick your player within 4 hours of previous pick. That wont solve the problem completely but that would atleast make people more active.

They've got a 24 hour window - that's reasonable enough considering the different time zones, work etc...

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Exactly mate. Don't let anyone else tell you how to pick But that said, I'm glad you didn't pick my guy

Exactly mate - that's the beauties of draft, the subjectiveness of each user when selecting a team. That's what make them fun. Very intrigued to know who your guy is - can't wait

 

[sifter132]

Well there are still a lot of good kewi's left. Vettori,Cairns,Hadlee,Glenn Allot (He was the first bowler to take 20 wickets in a single WC tournament before Warne overtook him but he played one more game, He was kinda like Shane Bond always injured but lethal whenever fit) He would be my next pick if someone else had picked Styris

Careful with your words mate - you might want one of those guys in round 11, but now you've let everyone know about who you like. I think we should have an unofficial rule that you shouldn't be mentioning players who haven't been picked yet. I won't enforce it strictly or anything, but I'd prefer it if you didn't mention potential picks. Plus you might give Zorax the idea to steal my player

Can we have some kind of time limit on the picks?? Else every round would take 2 or 3 days . Lets say that you have to pick your player within 4 hours of previous pick. That wont solve the problem completely but that would atleast make people more active.

Yeah it's good to keep the draft moving for sure. I've got the limit 24 hours right now. I'm open to lowering that to 12 or 18 hours, but you can't have any lower than that because people have to sleep. I'm not going to get up twice a night just so I can see if it's my pick in the draft eg. Zorax would have been sleeping for the last few hours if he's in Hong Kong. If we have anyone who drags their feet constantly then I'll see if they should be removed from the draft or if we could reduce the 24 hour limit.

 

[AngryPixel]

We can create different time limit for everyone once we know their timezones \
I mean if me and the guys who picked before me are in the same timezone then i should pick my player withing next 4 hours. If i'm in a different timezone then i should get 4 hours + different in the time. This could be practical.

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@all-who-are-questioning-styris's-batting slot.
At the moment i plan to get 6 batsman who are better than Styris. Thus he stays at 7. After 5 or 6 picks it would be slightly clear where he would play. If i had a team full of aggressive batsmen then i would move him up the order to play anchor role

@jason, sorry for mentioning those players. I think its a good idea. From now on i'll be careful.

P.S: On the other hand, i think its my god damn team. I'll play him at 11 if i like to.

 

[sifter132]

Hmm we could have worked out a timezone thing, but the picking order is fairly randomised for every round, so you might have the same person ahead of you, but you'll have someone different behind you each round (or vice versa). However if most of you tell me you can do a 12 hour time limit, then lets go for it. I mentioned 18hrs before because there might be a time when you have to sleep and do work/school virtually back to back so that would be longer than 12hrs. That could be a compromise figure. Anyway lets hear what you think.

And angry if you can find 6 better World Cup batsmen than Styris then you will have won - hands down . Styris has 2 100s and 5 50s, averaging 70. I can't think of more than a handful of players who've got better numbers than that in World Cups, probably 10 batsmen with a record that good at most. See how you go

 

[AngryPixel]

Okay then.. He'll get a promotion

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12 hr limit is no problem for me. I check this thread before sleeping and after breakfast. I never sleep more than 7 hours add 1 hour for shower,breakfast etc. That is 8 hours. So i could easily have my pick.
I think we should all agree to 12 hours limit. If anyone gonna be busy due to some work then he should tell you so we can adjust for that. To quicken up the things, he could send his picks priority wise to the person who's turn is next.

If a person at number 4 gonna be busy, he should send a list like this:
Bond
Vettori
Crowe
Styris

If all 3 have been chosen then next person would post Styris for him and then he would post his own pick. Lets say only Bond and Crowe were picked then his pick would be Vettori. This sound complicated but its easier in process and this would speed up the Draft.

 

[shravi]

No, 12 hour limit will not work for me. I can't commit to that.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

I was sleeping in Dubai actually.


Gotta run now...will be back in about 6 hours I hope. Mind if I make my pick then?


Also, I had an eye on Styris. Would have gone for him as 2nd choice, behind Crowe. Although my stats show he averaged in the late 60s, not 70s, so I think you're doing something wrong AP.

 

[riz7khan12]

yeah 24 hour is good, i dont want people to be rushed into picking players without a explanation after every round.

 

[sifter132]

I was sleeping in Dubai actually.


Gotta run now...will be back in about 6 hours I hope. Mind if I make my pick then?


Also, I had an eye on Styris. Would have gone for him as 2nd choice, behind Crowe. Although my stats show he averaged in the late 60s, not 70s, so I think you're doing something wrong AP.

Hmm, you'd still be technically inside your 24 hour window in 6hrs time, but it would be nice if you could pick now - even if you don't mention the gory details, just give us a name. In 6hrs I won't be on, although I can just tell shravi who I want to pick if he's keen to continue while I'm not available. And that was a good suggestion from Angry - if you know you're going to be offline for a while and you are only one, maybe 2 people away from picking then you can always leave your names with the guy who picks after you to try and keep it flowing.

And I don't mind keeping it at 24hrs, I think everyone will need that luxury at some point. But I do emphasise that hopefully you be won't RELYING on having that 24 hr buffer. You should be checking the thread whenever possible and be ready to pick when it's close to your turn.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Don't mind the 24 hour window really. If we keep going at this pace, it's not a problem at all.

 

[mohit_dude10]

Yeah so far its going fine and there is a lot of time left till world cup starts.

Styris was really a good pick.. i was confused between him and Fleming but i thought i could get a better A/R

 

[AngryPixel]

I was sleeping in Dubai actually.


Gotta run now...will be back in about 6 hours I hope. Mind if I make my pick then?


Also, I had an eye on Styris. Would have gone for him as 2nd choice, behind Crowe. Although my stats show he averaged in the late 60s, not 70s, so I think you're doing something wrong AP.

Its 69.something so i rounded it of to 70

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Yea, 69.42. Fair enough.

Right, my pick:

Sir Richard Hadlee

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Matches Played: 13
Wickets: 22
Average: 19.13
Economy: 2.88
Runs Scored: 149
Average: 16.55
Strike Rate: 61.06

Look at that economy rate. Phenomenal. One of the finest allrounders and seam bowlers to grace the game, Hadlee carried the NZ team for a large part of his career, while continuing to remain one of the best bowlers in the world in both formats.

Hadlee played in the first 3 World Cups, between 1975 and 1983, and performed well above his career ODI record (Average of 21.65 and Econ of 3.3) He didn't run through teams so much as slowly strangle them, creating pressure from one end and proving thoroughly impossible to score off. He was blessed with that combination that all fast bowlers strive for - pace, bounce and movement - and had the guile to make the most of it. He only took one five wicket haul (5/25 against Sri Lanka), instead dealing out spells such as 12-6-10-0 (against East Africa), 12-3-16-1 (against SL) and 10-2-20-2 (against India).

A hard-hitting batsman, he underperformed during these World Cup games, but an average of 16 is still useful for a number 8 or 9.


Zorax's World Cup XI

Sir Richard Hadlee (NZ)

 

[Gaurav_7]

Saw this coming too. His S/R as bowler is a bit too high like 39 odd. But, a good pick.

 

[AkshayS]

I expected this. Good pick, awesome ER but all too in bowling friendly era. Still good pick.