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@The Man Himself would the reinforcement pool after the matches also include players who were unpicked throughout the 12 rounds or just the ones who got knocked out?

If not, we can start discussing which players went unpicked.
 
Aldo said:
@The Man Himself would the reinforcement pool after the matches also include players who were unpicked throughout the 12 rounds or just the ones who got knocked out?

If not, we can start discussing which players went unpicked.
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No, I was thinking about this before and today as well and players unpicked will NOT be available in reinforcement pool. Only the knocked out ones but what is rule for that usually? 2 players from the team player X defeats in previous round?

Yeah, you can start discussing unpicked ones. 1-2 on top of my head names, almost criminally missed out.
 
The Man Himself said:
nly the knocked out ones but what is rule for that usually? 2 players from the team player X defeats in previous round?
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It used to be like that, but these days we take all the knocked out teams of the round, so say after round of 16, 8 teams get knocked out, so you make a pool of players using all those teams and let the ones who qualified pick from that. How to do that is up to you, since this is a sheep draft so maybe you can continue the same format for picking reinforcements.

The Man Himself said:
Yeah, you can start discussing unpicked ones. 1-2 on top of my head names, almost criminally missed out.
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It sucked that Harold Larwood never qualified for any criterion. The leader of the pack during the famous bodyline series against Bradman.
 
Aldo said:
It used to be like that, but these days we take all the knocked out teams of the round, so say after round of 16, 8 teams get knocked out, so you make a pool of players using all those teams and let the ones who qualified pick from that. How to do that is up to you, since this is a sheep draft so maybe you can continue the same format for picking reinforcements.


It sucked that Harold Larwood never qualified for any criterion. The leader of the pack during the famous bodyline series against Bradman.
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We considered him for criteria 11, but gone after Tyson.
 
Aldo said:
It used to be like that, but these days we take all the knocked out teams of the round, so say after round of 16, 8 teams get knocked out, so you make a pool of players using all those teams and let the ones who qualified pick from that. How to do that is up to you, since this is a sheep draft so maybe you can continue the same format for picking reinforcements.


It sucked that Harold Larwood never qualified for any criterion. The leader of the pack during the famous bodyline series against Bradman.
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Didn't he qualify for criteria 11? We considered him before going for tyson.
 
ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeaeah :) Took a risk and it paid off big time. I'm sure other players got great picks too but you can't beat a personal favorite
 
harshad said:
Bit surprised no one went for Peter May
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Tossed a coin between him and Ted Dexter.

Victor Trumper, WG Grace, Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Dudley Nourse, Learie Constantine, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Merchant, Subhash Gupte some of the names that could have been picked.
 
Aldo said:
Tossed a coin between him and Ted Dexter.

Victor Trumper, WG Grace, Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Dudley Nourse, Learie Constantine, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Merchant, Subhash Gupte some of the names that could have been picked.
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Gupte is our spinner. Considered Tayfield but Gupte's better.
 
Aldo said:
It used to be like that, but these days we take all the knocked out teams of the round, so say after round of 16, 8 teams get knocked out, so you make a pool of players using all those teams and let the ones who qualified pick from that. How to do that is up to you, since this is a sheep draft so maybe you can continue the same format for picking reinforcements.
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I see. Sounds interesting, although my worry is how picks drag on for Cricket draft.

Aldo said:
It sucked that Harold Larwood never qualified for any criterion. The leader of the pack during the famous bodyline series against Bradman.
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...Closer to home, Vengsarkar and Viswanath were missed out on. Could have easily been picked above some others which went through. Both classy players. Atherton would have been a decent pick too if someone wanted a proven opener. His numbers aren't that great but he was an important kind of player to have in his time.
 
Aldo said:
Can't believe you picked Tyson ahead of him. :(
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Larwood was all about bodyline bowling though. Difficult to guess how he would have done in a normal setup. Tyson was ferocious and a wicket taker par excellence in traditional setups.
 
Aldo said:
Tossed a coin between him and Ted Dexter.

Victor Trumper, WG Grace, Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Dudley Nourse, Learie Constantine, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Merchant, Subhash Gupte some of the names that could have been picked.
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I was trying to recollect the name of the guy who batted with an injured thumb and scored a double hundred. Completely forgot his name :lol:
 
Aldo said:
Tossed a coin between him and Ted Dexter.

Victor Trumper, WG Grace, Aubrey Faulkner, Hugh Tayfield, Dudley Nourse, Learie Constantine, Vijay Hazare, Vijay Merchant, Subhash Gupte some of the names that could have been picked.
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Stats wise not useful for tests. And I think Subhash Gupte is picked?
 
Varun said:
Larwood was all about bodyline bowling though.
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That's really harsh, he was one of the greatest of that generation, one that was usually dominated by batsmen, had great speed and deadly accuracy, he was pretty feared before the bodyline happened. He also inspired future legends such as:

Larwood's classical action, copied by countless schoolboys - including Ray Lindwall in Sydney - culminated in a side-on delivery, the ball's velocity touching the highest ever recorded
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Aldo said:
That's really harsh, he was one of the greatest of that generation, one that was usually dominated by batsmen, had great speed and deadly accuracy, he was pretty feared before the bodyline happened. He also inspired future legends such as:
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Yeah, probably being harsh but he came to prominence and became best known due to the bodyline series, that can't be denied imo. Seeing as we won't be having the setup, we felt it was too much of a risk.
 
Aldo said:
Stats don't even begin to describe his legacy.
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Yes but aren't we supposed to judge the player based solely on their test career? Of course his first class record is exemplary with him playing pretty much every position including WK and scoring 54000 runs and 800 wickets but this is a test draft and the sad fact is he has 1000 runs and 10 wickets from 22 tests and some of the sheep have better stats. Objectively he won't be a good pick.
 
Trumper, Merchant, Hazare etc I had doubts about being picked. As great as they were, such less no. of test matches meant that they would not have been properly valued. W.G. similarly even though few will argue against him being one of the game's greatest.
 
Criteria 12 round 2 results:

Mani: FAIL (Player already picked)
Akshay: PASS
Ijazz17: PASS
PaulScholes18: PASS
RedTiger: PASS
Crappy: FAIL (Walsh)
Boycott: PASS
Kazi: PASS
Prath: FAIL (Walsh)

@Mani @crappycraperson @prath92 you go again.
 
Phew.... Could have strengthened other departments, but happy with my pick.
 
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