RedCafe Cricket Draft - ODIs

I'll be knocking you out and taking Andy Flower, crappy..
 
Moin Khan
1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Greame Hick, Mushtaq Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail.
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez
 
Russel Arnold

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel, Russel Arnold
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu, Moin Khan
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Greame Hick, Mushtaq Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail.
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez
 
1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja, Tait
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel, Russel Arnold
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu, Moin Khan
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp, Tsotsobe
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Greame Hick, Mushtaq Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail.
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez
 
4 team group for me?

ffs.

shouldnt we have 2 teams progressing from a group to a QF? Weeks of effort put into this.
 
When are we starting this then? This being monday we should have the first match today. Draw up the fixtures IL
 
Wednesday crappy, Wednesday.

And can we have concurrent matches? Would save a lot of time.
 
We should start this from friday. I'll be available from then onwards.
 
It'l just add 4 matches IL. After having done such an extensive draft, i dont see why 4 extra matches/days will be such a big issue.

Anyways, am fine with it if thats what the majority want.
 
Interval Level said:
Group A:
Aldo
MJJ
Varun
Interval

Group B
nm03
Donadol
Omar

Group C
Desert Eagle
mightberight
KM

Group D
zing
crappy
The Best
Click to expand...

Matchday 1:
Aldo vs MJJ
nm03 vs Donadol

Matchday 2:
Desert Eagle vs mightberight
zing vs crappy

Matchday 3:
Varun vs Interval
Donadol vs Omar

Matchday 4:
mightberight vs KM
crappy vs The Best

Matchday 5:
Aldo vs Varun
nm03 vs Omar

Matchday 6:
Desert Eagle vs KM
zing vs The Best

Matchday 7:
MJJ vs Interval

Matchday 8:
Aldo vs Interval
MJJ Varun

Matchday 9:
Winner Group B vs Winner Group C

Matchday 10:
Winner Group A vs Winner Group D

Matchday 11:
Final
 
Yea. Let's do it. I'm not a fan of so many matches, but the 4 team group is tougher.
 
Doing a group stage to eliminate 5 teams out of 13 is a bit odd... Lemme have a think if we can do something else here
 
Interval Level said:
Match day 1 will be Friday. I need all 4 teams to start working on their angles. I'm PMing them for confirmation.
Click to expand...
Starting on friday might not be optimal. Vote difference will matter here so it is important that same number of people get to vote in every match up
 
crappycraperson said:
Starting on friday might not be optimal. Vote difference will matter here so it is important that same number of people get to vote in every match up
Click to expand...

Yeah. But we can't be totally leaving out Fridays. Saturdays and Sundays is okay. But starting Friday morning isn't bad. They'll have all of Friday to vote.
 
I have no idea how you'll manage with 2 teams qualifying from one group. That'll make it 5 semi-finalists.

It'll go from 2 matches to decide the finalist to 9. By the end, you'll have 4 or 5 people voting because everybody else will lose interest.
 
Red-Indian said:
I have no idea how you'll manage with 2 teams qualifying from one group. That'll make it 5 semi-finalists.

It'll go from 2 matches to decide the finalist to 9. By the end, you'll have 4 or 5 people voting because everybody else will lose interest.
Click to expand...

8 teams, RI. 4 groups with 2 qualifiers = 8
 
If I understand this right

4 groups to get 8 qualfiers - 14 games
QFs - 4 games
SFs - 2 games
Finals - 1 Game

21 in total. Seems a trifle overkill but ok I guess. I suppose a minor concern is that this being such a slow sub-forum in general, it'll push a lot of sports off the main page which may annoy a few people.

The group round does seem pointless though. 14 games to eliminate just 5 teams.
 
Actually, I've changed my mind. I think it'll be over-kill..

We'll lose interest by the end of it. If anyone can think up a better format, that would be nice.
 
Just stick with the original plan.
 
Aldo says

aldoraine18 said:
Alright.

And if you are looking for a different idea, I have one but it doesn't involve groups. We recently finished a draft down in the newbies that had 13 teams. So we had straight knockouts. That is to say we had 6 regular games in the first knockout round, and the best loser out of those 6 games played the 13th team (based on vote percentage). And then again, we had 3 QFs, and the best loser out of the 3 played the 7th player. Then we got the 4 semi finalists.

So basically it involved 7 pre quarters, 4 quarter finals, 2 semi finals and a final, which adds up to 14 games in total. I personally am not a big fan of having groups. Makes the whole thing redundant after a while. Probably you could pitch this up in the thread and see what others say.

Also, there is one problem in this method, that is since we don't know who the best loser is till all the games of the round are done, players have to wait to pick players from the losing teams till we know who the best loser is. This part was a little complicated but all went very nicely in the end.

Basically what was done was once we knew who the best loser was, rest of the teams picked players from the teams they beat. Now say X was the best loser, and Y is the 13th player who will play him and Z was the one who beat him earlier. So two cases : if X beats Y, Z picks a player from Y and then X picks a player from Y. If Y beats X, whoever beat X by a bigger margin between Y and Z picks a player first. That was the only difficult part.

See what others say.
Click to expand...
 
There are 13 people in the newbies who watch cricket?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.