Generation Draft - COMPLETED!!

[Papa_Smurf]

The current threads going on atm, like the best all-rounder and Great India's Cricketer of the week have got me into research mode. And what do you do if you have research mode? Start a draft!

Not going to lie - the idea for this one has been copied shamelessley from cricketweb. But I think it can be pretty interesting. It's a variant of Jason's last draft. The idea here, like Jason's, is on specific generations. But instead of rounds of countries, there will be rounds for each generation.

I'm thinking the format would be some something like:

Round 1: 1877-1899 & 1971- 1990
Round 2: 1900 -1927 & 1951 - 1970
Round 3: 1991 - 2011
Round 4: 1877-1899 & 1928 - 1950
Round 5: 1900 -1927 & 1971 - 1900
Round 6: 1928 - 1950 & 1951 - 1970

So apart from Round 3, we all have two picks per round. One from each.

Rules:

1) The player has to have played the majority of their careers in that generation. I think for most cases, it's pretty clear. For e.g. Even though Viv Richards played in the early 90's, he'll only be counted in '71-'90. But if an exceptional case does turn up, I think it'll lead into some good discussion

2) A minimum of 10 Tests sounds like a fair criteria.

3) Same as Jason's - you must have atleast 2 left-handers. And for a wicket-keeper batsman, only his stats as a keeper would count.

4) Time limit: 18 hours for each pick. If you need longer, just post beforehand.

5) No Bradman. I need to be fair, otherwise who ever picked him first will automatically have the best team. However, I am assigning the lot numbers...

6) Presentation. Please make your posts informative. No fun if it's just the name. You can include anything and everything you want - pics, stats, a famous highlight, wisden accolade etc... the list is endless!

And most of all, have fun!

I'd like about 10 sign-ups. That would make 11, including myself. Don't know if I'll get any where near that, but a minimal of 5-6 would be workable.


Round 1: 1877-1899 & 1971- 1990

1. User2010 - George Lohmann & Imran Khan
2. War - Jack Blackham & John Snow
3. Swacker - George Ulyett & Viv Richards
4. Aditya - W.G. Grace & Sunil Gavaskar
5. Crew of Black - Frederick Spofforth & Richard Hadlee
6. Shravi - Johnny Briggs & Malcolm Marshall
7. Papa Smurf - Charles Turner & Dennis Lillee
8. Sifter132 - Ranjitsinhji & Ian Botham
9. Send2yaari - John Ferris & Joel Garner
10. AngryPixel - Bobby Peel & Kapil Dev
11. StinkyBoHoon - Tom Richardson & Michael Holding

Round 2: 1900 -1927 & 1951 - 1970

1. StinkyBoHoon -Jack Hobbs & Garfield Sobers
2. AngryPixel - Herbert Sutcliffe & Richie Benaud
3. Send2yaari - Sydney Barnes & Graeme Pollock
4. Sifter132 - Victor Trumper & Keith Miller
5. Papa Smurf - Wilfred Rhodes & Everton Weekes
6. Shravi - Aubrey Faulkner & Fred Trueman
7. Crew of Black - Bill Ponsford & Frank Worrell
8. Aditya - Jack Russell & Ken Barrington
9. Swacker - Frank Woolley & Neil Adcock
10. War - Jack Gregory and Bobby Simpson
11. User2010 - Charlie Blythe & Clyde Walcott

Round 3: 1991 - 2011

1. Crew of Black - Shane Warne
2. Aditya - Glenn McGrath
3. War - Brian Lara
4. Swacker - Jacques Kallis
5. User2010 - Andy Flower
6. AngryPixel - Sachin Tendulkar
7. Send2yaari - Kumar Sangakkara
8. StinkyBoHoon - Muttiah Muralitharan
9. Sifter132 - Ricky Ponting
10. Shravi - Adam Gilchrist
11. Papa Smurf - Wasim Akram

Round 4: 1877-1899 & 1928 - 1950

1. Papa Smurf - Joe Darling & Wally Hammond
2. Shravi - Stanley Jackson & Leonard Hutton
3. StinkyBoHoon - George Giffen & George Headley
4. Send2yaari - Billy Bates & Denis Compton
5. AngryPixel - Billy Barnes & Eddie Paynter
6. Sifter132 - Hugh Trumble & Alec Bedser
7. User2010 - Joey Pamer & Dudley Nourse
8. Swacker - Allen Steel & Maurice Tate
9. War - Archie MacLaren & Vijay Hazare
10. Aditya - Les Ames & Jack Hearne & Les Ames
11. Crew of Black - Arthur Shrewsbury & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5: 1900 -1927 & 1971 - 1990

1. Swacker - Warwick Armstrong & Rod Marsh
2. Aditya - Clem Hill & Bob Willis
3. AngryPixel - Phil Mead & Javed Miandad
4. Papa Smurf - Monty Noble & Zaheer Abbas
5. Sifter132 - Bert Oldfield & Allan Border
6. Crew of Black - Charlie Macartney & Clive Lloyd
7. User2010 - Warren Bardsley & Geoffrey Boycott
8. StinkyBoHoon - Patsy Hendren & Andy Roberts
9. War - Tibby Cotter & Doug Walters
10. Shravi - Herbie Taylor & Gordon Greenidge
11. Send2yaari - Charles Kelleway & Tony Greig

Round 6: 1928 - 1950 & 1951 - 1970

1. Send2yaari - Bruce Mitchell & Bill Lawry
2. Sifter132 - Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall
3. Shravi - Harold Larwood & Neil Harvey
4. War - Stan McCabe & Alan Davidson
5. StinkyBoHoon - Don Tallon & Hanif Mohammad
6. User2010 - Bill Bowes & Rohan Kanhai
7. Crew of Black - Maurice Leyland & Godfrey Evans
8. Papa Smurf - Clarrie Grimmett & John Waite
9. AngryPixel - Duleepsinhji & Denis Lindsay
10. Aditya - Tich Freeman & Ted Dexter
11. Swacker - Bill Edrich & Norm O'Neill

The XI's:

1. Joe Darling (c)
2. Wilfred Rhodes
3. Wally Hammond
4. Sir Everton Weekes
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Monty Noble (vc)
7. John Waite (wk)
8. Wasim Akram
9. Clarrie Grimmett
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Charles Turner

1. Victor Trumper
2. Arthur Morris
3. Prince Kumar Ranjitsinhji
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Allan Border (c)
6. Keith Miller
7. Sir Ian Botham
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Hugh Trumble
10. Bert Oldfield (wk)
11. Sir Alec Bedser

1. Bobby Simpson
2. Archie McClaren
3. Vijay Hazare
4. Brian Lara
5. Stan McCabe
6. Doug Walters
7. Jack Gregory
8. Alan Davidson
9. Jack Blackham (wk)
10. John Snow
11. Tibby Cotter

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Phil Mead
3. Javed Miandad
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Eddie Paynter
6. Maharaj Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji
7. Denis Lindsay (wk)
8. Kapil Dev
9. Richie Benaud
10. Billy Barnes
11. Bobby Peel

1. Dr William Grace
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Clem Hill
4. Jack Russell
5. Ken Barrington
6. Ted Dexter
7. Les Ames (wk)
8. Bob Willis
9. Jack Hearne
10. Tich Freeman
11. Glenn McGrath

1. Arthur Shrewbury
2. Bill Ponsford
3. Charlie Macartney
4. Sir Frank Worrell (c)
5. Clive Lloyd
6. Maurice Leyland
7. Godfrey Evans (wk)
8. Sir Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Fred Spofforth
11. Bill O'Reilly

1. -
2. -
3. Frank Woolley
4. Sir Viv Richards
5. Jacques Kallis
6. Allan Steel
7. Warwick Armstrong
8. George Ulyett
9. Rod Marsh (wk)
10. Maurice Tate
11. Neil Adcock

1. Geoffrey Boycott
2. Warren Bardsley
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Dudley Nourse
5. Andy Flower (wk)
6. Sir Clyde Walcott
7. Imran Khan (c)
8. Joey Palmer
9. George Lohmann
10. Charlie Blythe
11. Bill Bowes

1. Bruce Mitchell
2. Bill Lawry
3. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Denis Compton
6. Tony Greig
7. Charles Kelleway
8. Billy Bates
9. Sydney Barnes
10. Joel Garner
11. John Ferris

1. Sir Leonard Hutton
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. Neil Harvey
4. Herbie Taylor
5. Sir Stanley Jackson
6. Adam Gilchrist (wk)
7. Aubrey Faulkner
8. Johnny Briggs
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Fred Trueman
11. Harold Larwood

1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. George Headley
4. Sir Garfield Sobers (c)
5. Patsy Hendren
6. George Giffen
7. Don Tallon (wk)
8. Andy Roberts
9. Michael Holding
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Tom Richardson

 

[swacker]

Can I be in?

 

[AngryPixel]

I'm in

 

[Aditya]

This sounds good. I'm in.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

Good to have all of you on-board.

Forgot to post about presentation. Please include pictures when you make your picks, and a paragraph explaining why you chose him. It'll make this draft so much more interesting, and should lead into some good discussion.

And no Bradman. Humans only

Ha, think I'll just put these in the rules.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Oh yes! Finally something interesting here. I am in.

 

[sifter132]

I'll have a go as well Papa, it sounds interesting and yes, always good to delve into cricket's history. So you want to lessen the number of modern players? Just checking because having only 3 players from the 70s and later is not much when most of the 2000 Tests have happened since then. I don't mind that though, will make for a much more historical draft

If you need me to you the magic mod powers for anything let me know

 

[AbhishekS]

Well this seems interesting but I'll prefer being a spectator as I have absolutely no knowledge of players who played before the 70s.

 

[shravi]

 

[VC the slogger]

@Papa Smurf
I think your format rounds are ideal according to timeline.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

Nice to have User, Shravi and Jason

I'll have a go as well Papa, it sounds interesting and yes, always good to delve into cricket's history. So you want to lessen the number of modern players?

Yup. Like I said, I'm into research mode, and I really don't know about that many players before the 70's. Should be a fun exercise.

If you need me to you the magic mod powers for anything let me know

Cheers mate. Will do!

Well this seems interesting but I'll prefer being a spectator as I have absolutely no knowledge of players who played before the 70s.

Up to you Yudi. But my knowledge is pretty limited as well about players before the 70's. Which is why I think it will be more fun to participate - you'll learn a lot more by looking up old interviews and articles yourself And I could make sure you get the first pick in Round 6, so Sehwag would be a guarantee for your XI

@Papa Smurf
I think your format rounds are ideal according to timeline.

Are you in then, Varun?

 

[Aoun13]

Count me in.

 

[Gaurav_7]

And I could make sure you get the first pick in Round 6, so Sehwag would be a guarantee for your XI

I hate you. Not.

 

[Papa_Smurf]

Count me in.

Cool

So, excluding Varun and Yudi, that makes 8 so far. If both of them decide to be in, then I'll wait for one more sign-up and then we can begin.

 

[Crew of Black]

If there is still room, count me in