Draft: The Quiz Draft

Which was your favourite team?

  • Blockerdave's XI

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  • Rebel2k19's XI

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  • Sinister One's XI

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  • Survivor's XI

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  • Aislabie's Secret XI

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  • Total voters
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  • Poll closed .

Aislabie

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Okay so by now you'll all be pretty familiar with my drafts as I've run three in quite quick succession. Those three are:
The last of those is still ongoing, which seems like the ideal opportunity to gather sign-ups for this draft, which is completely different to the others. It is...

The Quiz Draft
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Rules of the Quiz Draft
  1. It's a quiz, but you're still trying to build the best team you can.
  2. Quiz answers must be sent to me by PM (so make sure I can contact you that way).
  3. If two people pick a player then everyone loses them.
The draft will continue until all participants have managed to fill their XIs. This could easily take fifteen or more rounds, so this draft will probably take a couple of weeks. It's entirely up to you whether you want to write profiles for your players, but if you do I'll link them in the index.

If you have any questions at any time, then please feel free to post them in the thread. Almost certainly, someone else will be wondering the same thing and you'll probably help everyone out!

Completed Teams


@[B]blockerdave[/B]'s XI
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01 - :eng: :bat: Tom Graveney
02 - :eng: :bat: Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
03 - :eng: :bat: Ted Dexter
04 - :ind: :bat: Sourav Ganguly
05 - :wi: :bat: Clive Lloyd :c:
06 - :eng: :wk: Ben Foakes
07 - :eng: :ar: Ken Graveney
08 - :aus: :ar: Mitchell Johnson
09 - :wi: :bwl: Andy Roberts
10 - :aus: :bwl: Shane Warne
11 - :aus: :bwl: Shaun Tait

Completed after Round Thirteen


@[B]CerealKiller[/B]'s XI
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01 - :aus: :bat: Archie Jackson
02 - :aus: :bat: Meg Lanning
03 - :ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
04 - :pak: :bat: Javed Miandad
05 - :aus: :bat: Steve Waugh
06 - :pak: :ar: Imran Khan
07 - :saf: :ar: Shaun Pollock
08 - :sri: :wk: Prasanna Jayawardene
09 - :saf: :bwl: Vince van der Bijl
10 - :wi: :bwl: Curtly Ambrose
11 - :aus: :bwl: Ranji Hordern

Completed after Round Twenty-Two


@[B]Rebel2k19[/B]'s XI
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01 - :eng: :ar: WG Grace
02 - :eng: :bat: John Langridge
03 - :ind: :bat: Rahul Dravid
04 - :ind: :bat: Rohit Sharma
05 - :eng: :wk: Sarah Taylor
06 - :aus: :ar: Shane Watson
07 - :eng: :ar: Andrew Flintoff
08 - :sri: :bwl: Rangana Herath
09 - :eng: :bwl: Tony Lock
10 - :eng: :bwl: George Lohmann
11 - :sri: :bwl: Lasith Malinga

Completed after Round Twenty-One


@[B]Sinister One[/B]'s XI
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01 - :saf: :bat: Graeme Smith
02 - :saf: :bat: Kepler Wessels
03 - :aus: :bat: Justin Langer
04 - :pak: :bat: Mohammad Yousuf
05 - :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey
06 - :aus: :ar: Frank Tarrant
07 - :eng: :wk: Matt Prior
08 - :nzf: :ar: Richard Hadlee
09 - :wi: :ar: Sydney Smith
10 - :saf: :bwl: Dale Steyn
11 - :sri: :bwl: Nuwan Zoysa

Completed after Round Twenty-One


@[B]Survivor[/B]'s XI
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01 - :aus: :bat: Victor Trumper
02 - :nzf: :wk: Brendon McCullum
03 - :aus: :bat: Ian Chappell :c:
04 - :aus: :bat: Dean Jones
05 - :aus: :bat: Greg Chappell
06 - :aus: :ar: Trevor Chappell
07 - :ned: :bat: Tom Cooper
08 - :eng: :ar: Nat Sciver
09 - :eng: :bwl: Jofra Archer
10 - :eng: :bwl: Phil Edmonds
11 - :saf: :bwl: Allan Donald

Completed after Round Eleven


@[B]VC the slogger[/B]'s XI
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01 - :wi: :ar: Chris Gayle
02 - :eng: :bat: Alastair Cook
03 - :wi: :bat: Frank Worrell
04 - :ire: :bat: Eoin Morgan
05 - :wi: :ar: Garry Sobers
06 - :ban: :wk: Mushfiqur Rahim
07 - :saf: :ar: Mike Procter
08 - :usa: :ar: Bart King
09 - :aus: :bwl: Dennis Lillee
10 - :wi: :bwl: Michael Holding
11 - :eng: :bwl: Charlie Parker

Completed after Round Twenty-Three


@[B]Villain[/B]'s XI
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01 - :ire: :bat: Ed Joyce
02 - :sri: :bat: Mahela Jayawardene
03 - :aus: :bat: Steve Smith
04 - :wi: :bat: Viv Richards
05 - :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis
06 - :ind: :bat: Mithali Raj
07 - :aus: :ar: Shane Lee
08 - :eng: :wk: Andy Wilson
09 - :aus: :bwl: Brett Lee
10 - :aus: :bwl: Josh Hazlewood
11 - :ind: :bwl: Jasprit Bumrah

Completed after Round Twenty


[B]@Aislabie[/B]'s Secret XI
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01 - :pak: :bat: Hanif Mohammad
02 - :pak: :bat: Sadiq Mohammad
03 - :eng: :ar: Wally Hammond
04 - :aus: :ar: Mark Waugh
05 - :pak: :bat: Wazir Mohammad
06 - :pak: :ar: Mushtaq Mohammad
07 - :pak: :bat: Raees Mohammad
08 - :ind: :wk: MS Dhoni
09 - :afg: :ar: Rashid Khan
10 - :wi: :bwl: Colin Croft
11 - :wi: :bwl: Tony Gray

Picked in the background while the draft was going on; players in this team were still fair game for others, which was how we lost Mike Procter.


Duplicate Picks
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:wi: George Headley
:ind: Kapil Dev
:saf: AB de Villiers
:wi: Clyde Walcott
:aus: Don Bradman
:ned: Ryan ten Doeschate
:nep: Sandeep Lamichhane
:aus: Ellyse Perry
:saf: Albie Morkel
:saf: Morne Morkel
:saf: Peter Pollock
:saf: Graeme Pollock
:eng: Jimmy Anderson
:ind: Ravichandran Ashwin
:eng: Sydney Barnes
:ind: Anil Kumble
:wi: Joel Garner
:wi: Malcolm Marshall
:aus: Adam Gilchrist
:sri: Muttiah Muralitharan
:nzf: Ross Taylor
:aus: Nathan Lyon


Round-by-Round

Round One: Players born in non-Test countries


@blockerdave - :eng: Ted Dexter
@CerealKiller - :aus: Archie Jackson
@Survivor - :eng: Phil Edmonds

No player - @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @VC the slogger and @Villain
Multiple picks - :wi: George Headley


Round Two: Better ODI than Test high scores

@blockerdave - :aus: Shaun Tait
@CerealKiller - :saf: Shaun Pollock
@Rebel2k19 - :aus: Shane Watson

No player - @Sinister One @Survivor @VC the slogger and @Villain
Multiple picks - :ind: Kapil Dev


Round Three: Parliamentary Cricketers

@blockerdave - :wi: Clive Lloyd
@CerealKiller - :pak: Imran Khan
@Rebel2k19 - :ind: Rohit Sharma
@Sinister One - :saf: Graeme Smith
@Survivor - :aus: Dean Jones
@Villain - :aus: Steve Smith

No player - @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - None


Round Four: Wicket-keeper bowlers

@CerealKiller - :pak: Javed Miandad
@Rebel2k19 - :ind: Rahul Dravid

No player - @blockerdave @Sinister One @Survivor @VC the slogger @Villain
Multiple picks - :saf: AB de Villiers, :wi: Clyde Walcott


Round Five: Bowlers who made the step up

@blockerdave - :aus: Shane Warne
@Rebel2k19 - :eng: George Lohmann
@Sinister One - :saf: Dale Steyn
@Survivor - :saf: Allan Donald
@Villain - :ind: Jasprit Bumrah

No player - @CerealKiller @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - :aus: Don Bradman


Round Six: Associate ODI representatives

@Survivor - :ned: Tom Cooper
@VC the slogger - :ire: Eoin Morgan

No player - @blockerdave @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @Villain
Multiple picks - :ned: Ryan ten Doeschate, :nep: Sandeep Lamichhane


Round Seven: Women's cricketers

@blockerdave - :eng: Rachael Heyhoe-Flint
@CerealKiller- :aus: Meg Lanning
@Rebel2k19 - :eng: Sarah Taylor
@Survivor - :eng: Nat Sciver
@Villain - :ind: Mithali Raj

No player - @Sinister One @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - :aus: Ellyse Perry


Round Eight: Cricketing Siblings

@blockerdave - :eng: Ken and Tom Graveney
@Survivor - :aus: Ian, Greg and Trevor Chappell
@Villain - :aus: Shane and Brett Lee

No player - @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - :saf: Albie Morkel, :saf: Morne Morkel, :saf: Peter Pollock and :saf: Graeme Pollock


Round Nine: Bopara's Bunnies

@blockerdave - :aus: Mitchell Johnson
@Rebel2k19 - :sri: Lasith Malinga
@Sinister One - :aus: Michael Hussey
@Survivor - :nzf: Brendon McCullum
@VC the slogger - :wi: Chris Gayle

No player - @CerealKiller @Villain
Multiple picks - None


Round Ten: Current county cricketers

@blockerdave - :eng: Ben Foakes
@Survivor - :eng: Jofra Archer
@VC the slogger - :eng: Alastair Cook

No player - @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @Villain
Multiple picks - :eng: Jimmy Anderson, :ind: Ravichandran Ashwin


Round Eleven: Ye olde cricketers

@Rebel2k19 - :eng: WG Grace
@Sinister One - :nzf: Richard Hadlee
@Survivor - :aus: Victor Trumper - TEAM COMPLETE
@VC the slogger - :wi: Garry Sobers
@Villain - :wi: Viv Richards

No player - @blockerdave @CerealKiller
Multiple picks - :eng: Sydney Barnes


Round Twelve: Northants Alumni

@blockerdave - :ind: Sourav Ganguly
@CerealKiller - :wi: Curtly Ambrose
@Sinister One - :wi: Sydney Smith
@VC the slogger - :aus: Dennis Lillee

No player - @Rebel2k19 @Villain
Multiple picks - :ind: Anil Kumble


Round Thirteen: WIndies Quicks

@blockerdave - :wi: Andy Roberts - TEAM COMPLETE
@VC the slogger - :wi: Michael Holding

No player - @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @Villain
Multiple picks - :wi: Joel Garner, :wi: Malcolm Marshall


Round Fourteen: Played for two countries

@CerealKiller - :aus: Steve Waugh
@Sinister One - :saf: Kepler Wessels
@VC the slogger - :wi: Frank Worrell
@Villain - :ire: Ed Joyce

No player - @Rebel2k19
Multiple picks - None


Round Fifteen: 2005 Ashes Alumni

@Rebel2k19 - :eng: Andrew Flintoff
@Sinister One - :aus: Justin Langer

No player - @CerealKiller @VC the slogger @Villain
Multiple picks - :aus: Adam Gilchrist


Round Sixteen: Alliterative cricketers

No player - @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @Sinister One @VC the slogger @Villain
Multiple picks - :sri: Muttiah Muralitharan


Round Seventeen: No international experience

@CerealKiller - :saf: Vince van der Bijl
@Rebel2k19 - :eng: John Langridge
@Sinister One - :aus: Frank Tarrant
@VC the slogger - :usa: Bart King
@Villain - :eng: Andy Wilson

No player - None
Multiple picks - None


Round Eighteen: At least four initials

@CerealKiller - :sri: Prasanna Jayawardene
@Rebel2k19 - :sri: Rangana Herath
@Villain - :sri: Mahela Jayawardene

No player - @Sinister One @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - :nzf: Ross Taylor


Round Nineteen: Countries you haven't picked from so far

@CerealKiller - :ind: Sachin Tendulkar
@Sinister One - :pak: Mohammad Yousuf
@VC the slogger - :ban: Mushfiqur Rahim
@Villain - :saf: Jacques Kallis

No player - @Rebel2k19
Multiple picks - None


Round Twenty: Players with Z in their name

@Sinister One - :sri: Nuwan Zoysa
@Villain - :aus: Josh Hazlewood - TEAM COMPLETE

No player - @CerealKiller @Rebel2k19 @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - None


Round Twenty-One: Cricketing Slapheads

@Rebel2k19 - :eng: Tony Lock - TEAM COMPLETE
@Sinister One - :eng: Matt Prior - TEAM COMPLETE

No player - @CerealKiller @VC the slogger
Multiple picks - :aus: Nathan Lyon


Round Twenty-Two: Less than 10 Tests

@CerealKiller - :aus: Ranji Hordern - TEAM COMPLETE
@VC the slogger - :saf: Mike Procter

No player - None
Multiple picks - None


Round Twenty-Three: One-Cap Wonders

@VC the slogger - :eng: Charlie Parker - TEAM COMPLETE

No player - None
Multiple picks - None
 
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I only just noticed this. Will be happy to take part although I might go a little easy on the writeups this time.
 

Villain

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I'll play a part, thanks.
 

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Sorry don't have enough time to participate. I would miss out on my chances if I do. And that would spoil the fun of this wonderful draft.
 

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