The Quiz Draft

[Villain]

Eagerly waiting for this one.

 

[Aislabie]

I'm sorry it's taken so much longer than planned, been a little busy today sorting stuff for where I'm living next month. Without further ado...

Round Three Picks

Cricketers with parliamentary namesakes

@blockerdave - Clive Lloyd (namesake: Tony Lloyd)
@CerealKiller - Imran Khan (namesake: Afzal Khan)
@Rebel2k19 - Rohit Sharma (namesake: Virendra Sharma)
@Sinister One - Graeme Smith (namesake: Angela Smith)
@Survivor - Dean Jones (namesake: Helen Jones)
@VC the slogger - no reply
@Villain - Steve Smith (namesake: Angela Smith)

Everyone who nominated their player in this round gets who they asked for! What a time to be alive.

The Round Four question will be...

Name a player who has claimed both an international wicket and an international stumping (see link).

Thank you all!

 

[Aislabie]

All of the picks came in within 24 hours, but I needed to sleep.

Round Four Picks

Keepers with wickets

@blockerdave - AB de Villiers (9 wickets, 17 stumpings)
@CerealKiller - Javed Miandad (24 wickets, 3 stumpings)
@Rebel2k19 - Rahul Dravid (5 wickets, 14 stumpings)
@Sinister One - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@Survivor - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@VC the slogger - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@Villain - AB de Villiers (9 wickets, 17 stumpings)

So, according to the rules of the draft, both AB de Villiers and Clyde Walcott are unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

I'm also going to try to make things move along a bit quicker, so I'm going to start grouping together rounds of the draft that do not overlap.

The Round Five question will be...

Name a player with a better Test bowling average than first-class bowling average.

The Round Six question will be...

Name an Associate one-day international representative.

And the Round Seven question will be...

Name a female cricketer.

Thank you all!

 

[blockerdave]

All of the picks came in within 24 hours, but I needed to sleep.

Round Four Picks

Keepers with wickets

@blockerdave - AB de Villiers (9 wickets, 17 stumpings)
@CerealKiller - Javed Miandad (24 wickets, 3 stumpings)
@Rebel2k19 - Rahul Dravid (5 wickets, 14 stumpings)
@Sinister One - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@Survivor - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@VC the slogger - Clyde Walcott (11 wickets, 11 stumpings)
@Villain - AB de Villiers (9 wickets, 17 stumpings)

So, according to the rules of the draft, both AB de Villiers and Clyde Walcott are unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

I'm also going to try to make things move along a bit quicker, so I'm going to start grouping together rounds of the draft that do not overlap.

The Round Five question will be...

Name a player with a better Test bowling average than first-class bowling average.

The Round Six question will be...

Name an Associate one-day international representative.

And the Round Seven question will be...

Name a female cricketer.

Thank you all!

I was gonna go for Walcott, and then went for ABD just to ensure he was blocked... Villain probably hates me know ha ha!

 

[CerealKiller]

I can't believe nobody looked at Miandad. One of only two players whose average never dropped under 50, from his first innings to his last.

 

[Aislabie]

Round Five Picks

Test players who improved their bowling average

@blockerdave - Shane Warne (Test: 25.41 / FC: 26.11)
@CerealKiller - Donald Bradman (Test: 36.00 / FC: 37.97)
@Rebel2k19 - George Lohmann (Test: 10.75 / FC: 13.73)
@Sinister One - Dale Steyn (Test: 22.95 / FC: 23.57)
@Survivor - Allan Donald (Test: 22.25 / FC: 22.76)
@VC the slogger - Donald Bradman (Test: 36.00 / FC: 37.97)
@Villain - Jasprit Bumrah (Test: 21.89 / FC: 24.11)

So, according to the rules of the draft, Don Bradman is unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

Round Six Picks

Associate ODI cricketers

@blockerdave - Ryan ten Doeschate (33 ODIs for Netherlands)
@CerealKiller - Sandeep Lamichhane (6 ODIs for Nepal)
@Rebel2k19 - Ryan ten Doeschate (33 ODIs for Netherlands)
@Sinister One - Sandeep Lamichhane (6 ODIs for Nepal)
@Survivor - Tom Cooper (23 ODIs for Netherlands)
@VC the slogger - Eoin Morgan (23 ODIs for Ireland while they were Associates)
@Villain - Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe is a Full Member nation, so no.)

So, according to the rules of the draft, Sandeep Lamichhane and Ryan ten Doeschate unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

Round Seven Picks

Female cricketers

@blockerdave - Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
@CerealKiller - Meg Lanning
@Rebel2k19 - Sarah Taylor
@Sinister One - Ellyse Perry
@Survivor - Nat Sciver
@VC the slogger - Ellyse Perry
@Villain - Mithali Raj

So, according to the rules of the draft, Ellyse Perry is unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

The Round Eight question will be...

Name a complete set of siblings. All siblings who played first-class, List A, Twenty20 or women's international cricket will join your team.

For example, if you selected the Garth siblings from Ireland, then Kim and Jonathan would both be added to your team, but Robert would not as he has not played first-class cricket. This one could see some teams getting very close to completion!

 

[Villain]

@Villain - Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe is a Full Member nation, so no.)

How did I mess this up? And.. Sorry for the late picks, guess I was the last one to pick got messed up between college and internship.

 

[Villain]

Villain's:
Steve Smith
Mithali Raj
Jasprit Bumrah

Decent so far, need to make my picks on time.

 

[Deleted member 193590]

Dean Jones
Tom cooper
. Nat Sciver
. Phil Edmonds
Allan Donald
. Greg Chappell
. Ian Chappell
. Trevor Chappell

 

[Gaurav_7]

Shane Watson
Rohit Sharma
Rahul Dravid
Sarah Taylor (wk)
George Lohmann

Would have loved if I got RtD...

 

[Master Bates]

Dale Steyn
Graeme Smith

 

[Deleted member 193590]

Round Five Picks

Test players who improved their bowling average

@blockerdave - Shane Warne (Test: 25.41 / FC: 26.11)
@CerealKiller - Donald Bradman (Test: 36.00 / FC: 37.97)
@Rebel2k19 - George Lohmann (Test: 10.75 / FC: 13.73)
@Sinister One - Dale Steyn (Test: 22.95 / FC: 23.57)
@Survivor - Allan Donald (Test: 22.25 / FC: 22.76)
@VC the slogger - Donald Bradman (Test: 36.00 / FC: 37.97)
@Villain - Jasprit Bumrah (Test: 21.89 / FC: 24.11)

So, according to the rules of the draft, Don Bradman is unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

Round Six Picks

Associate ODI cricketers

@blockerdave - Ryan ten Doeschate (33 ODIs for Netherlands)
@CerealKiller - Sandeep Lamichhane (6 ODIs for Nepal)
@Rebel2k19 - Ryan ten Doeschate (33 ODIs for Netherlands)
@Sinister One - Sandeep Lamichhane (6 ODIs for Nepal)
@Survivor - Tom Cooper (23 ODIs for Netherlands)
@VC the slogger - Eoin Morgan (23 ODIs for Ireland while they were Associates)
@Villain - Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe is a Full Member nation, so no.)

So, according to the rules of the draft, Sandeep Lamichhane and Ryan ten Doeschate unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

Round Seven Picks

Female cricketers

@blockerdave - Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
@CerealKiller - Meg Lanning
@Rebel2k19 - Sarah Taylor
@Sinister One - Ellyse Perry
@Survivor - Nat Sciver
@VC the slogger - Ellyse Perry
@Villain - Mithali Raj

So, according to the rules of the draft, Ellyse Perry is unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft.

The Round Eight question will be...

Name a complete set of siblings. All siblings who played first-class, List A, Twenty20 or women's international cricket will join your team.

For example, if you selected the Garth siblings from Ireland, then Kim and Jonathan would both be added to your team, but Robert would not as he has not played first-class cricket. This one could see some teams getting very close to completion!

Does this include Test matches? If it doesn't I've dropped a massive bollock

 

[Aislabie]

Does this include Test matches? If it doesn't I've dropped a massive bollock

Of course! All men's Test matches count as first-class, and all women's Test matches are definitely internationals. Why wouldn't they count?

 

[Deleted member 193590]

Of course! All men's Test matches count as first-class, and all women's Test matches are definitely internationals. Why wouldn't they count?

Sorry,thought it was a trick question just including county cricket.

 

[Aislabie]

Firstly I'd like to thank everyone for sending me their picks even though I didn't get around to sending out PMs. That is very much appreciated indeed.

Round Eight Picks

Cricketing siblings

@blockerdave - Ken and Tom Graveney
@CerealKiller - Peter and Graeme Pollock
@Rebel2k19 - Albie and Morne Morkel
@Sinister One - Albie and Morne Morkel
@Survivor - Ian, Greg, and Trevor Chappell
@VC the slogger - Peter and Graeme Pollock
@Villain - Shane and Brett Lee

So, according to the rules of the draft, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Peter Pollock and Graeme Pollock are all unavailable for everyone for the duration of the draft. (Seriously, of all the cricketing brothers out there, the Morkels got picked twice? That is by miles the weirdest round of the draft so far!)

Now, I'm going to go again with the concept of having more than one question at a time, so long as they do not overlap. Therefore...


The Round Nine question will be...

Name a player who managed to be dismissed by Ravi Bopara in international cricket (see link).


The Round Ten question will be...

Name a current county cricketer.
This player must have played at least one first-class, List A or Twenty20 match for one of the eighteen first-class counties in 2019.


And the Round Eleven question will be...

Name a player who made their first-class debut before anyone else in your team so far was born.