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  1. Aislabie

    Who's in your "All Time XI"?

    So this used to be one of the most common discussions on any cricket forum, but after a while it kind of died out. So I'd like to open up the conversation again in the form of almost a writing prompt. The scenario is that you're a video game developer and you've got to put together an "All Time...
  2. Aislabie

    Draft: Selection: Impossible

    Welcome to my latest draft. This one is grander than anything I have attempted since the Layer Cake Draft: not only will everyone be trying to select their best possible teams, but they will be trying to do so while conforming to some increasingly restrictive missions that will conflict with the...
  3. Aislabie

    South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2023-24

    South Africa travel to meet the one-time World Test Champions in a Test series without any of the players selected to play in their own domestic league. It's a bold strategy, Cotton... Neil Brand makes his debut today as his team's captain, opening batter and main spin bowler. What a time to be...
  4. Aislabie

    Playthrough: West Indies after Walsh

    Hello everyone; if you find yourself in this particular forum then you're no doubt familiar with my passion project over the last couple of years where I rebuilt English Test cricket from 1990 to the early 2000s (so far). That continues to be my favourite project I've ever done on PlanetCricket...
  5. Aislabie

    Draft: The Panesar Lottery

    You're probably heard of The Panesar Draft. You've probably been part of The Panesar RNG Draft. Welcome to The Panesar Lottery. It's easy to play, and the rules are simple: all you have to do is to sign-up in the thread and PM me a list of 11 players. That's all you need to do to build your...
  6. Aislabie

    Bermuda

    MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM NATIONAL SQUAD RESULTS ACADEMY DOMESTIC CRICKET CUP MATCH SOMERSET CRICKET CLUB ST GEORGE'S CRICKET CLUB
  7. Aislabie

    Draft: Old Guys

    One of the saddest stories of the off-season was the ending of Darren Stevens' legendary county career. Well this is a draft crafted not only to make him eligible, but to make him a star. This is a draft for The Old Guys. All players selected must be "active players". An "active player" is...
  8. Aislabie

    Irish Premier League

    The Irish Premier League is the brand new domestic List A competition in Ireland. Representing the biggest investment ever made in Irish cricket, this brand-new 40-over competition promises to be one of the best in the world. Featuring six new County teams replacing the previous four cricketing...
  9. Aislabie

    County Cricket Imperialism

    So, as this is something of a trend recently, I'm going to do a quick run of "County Cricket Imperialism". The rules will be as follows: The invading team will be chosen at random, and will invade in a direction also selected at random. If they invade terra nullius, then they unlock a...
  10. Aislabie

    Draft: Eleven to One: an ODI RNG Draft

    Welcome all to the Eleven to One ODI Draft. This is an RNG Draft, so the workload for draft participants will be very low. In first round of the draft you will have eleven players to pick from, then ten, until the very last round of the draft where you will simply get the player you're given...
  11. Aislabie

    Welcome to the PlanetCricket Discord Server

    On behalf of the staff team, I would like to welcome all PlanetCricket users to the brand new PlanetCricket Discord Server, which we are opening up to all users for a trial period. If it proves successful, then the server should prove to be a fast-paced, informal supplementary space to add to...
  12. Aislabie

    Draft: The A Team

    With the Seniors First Test Draft coming to a close, it's time for a new and slightly different idea. This will be The A Team Draft. Your task will be to select a Test team consisting only of players whose surnames begin with an A. I'm well aware that players from certain nations have names that...
  13. Aislabie

    Playthrough Planning - Test Cricket

    A Complete (Eventually, Maybe) Playthrough of Test Cricket So this absolutely isn't going to be instead of my England playthrough, this is just a second idea that I want to have the option of playing with from time to time. It's a frankly enormous idea, and one that I know I'll never...
  14. Aislabie

    Draft: The Seniors First Test Draft

    Greetings all; I've not done a draft in quite some time, but I have an idea for a draft that should prove challenging, and should force people into some fun and unusual selections. The Rules Each player must be less experienced than the last one you picked. This means that if your first pick...
  15. Aislabie

    Ireland

    REPUBLIC OF IRELAND CRICKET IRELAND
  16. Aislabie

    Show and Tell Thread

    So I was looking for a place to show off some of my cooking and couldn't find anywhere, so I thought I'd open up a new thread for it. This isn't just about cooking of course - anything that you've done and feel proud of has a place here, and absolutely don't feel embarrassed about bigging...
  17. Aislabie

    Draft: ECB World Series Cricket League - Blind Auction

    ECB World Series Cricket League - Blind Auction Greetings all. Once the No Ducks Draft concludes, I am planning to hold a slightly different kind of draft in that it isn't a draft at all, but an auction (specifically a blind auction, because I don't have the stamina for a full open auction at...
  18. Aislabie

    Draft: The No Ducks Draft

    It's been quite a while since my last draft, and I think it's probably overdue that I did another one. Thus: The No Ducks Draft. We will be selecting Test teams and there will be only one rule: nobody you select can have ever been dismissed for a Test duck. That gives us a motley player pool of...
  19. Aislabie

    Shane Warne dies from heart attack aged 52

    Fox Cricket is reporting that Shane Warne has died from a heart attack Nothing yet from Cricket Australia or anything more reputable, but Fox do employ him EDIT - Confirmation now (2) (3)
  20. Aislabie

    Draft: All-Time ODI Scrubs XI

    Some of you may remember my Test Cricket Scrubs XI draft, where we tried to pick the best possible teams out of players who'd never actually done anything good. Well, the same concept is back for the white-ball game. This is one where Arun Lal was too successful to qualify, and despite that we...
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