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2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

Postby The Professor » Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:07 pm

An expectant hush falls over the Dubai conference centre where the All Year Fantasy auction is to take place; the socially distanced teams are ready to fight tooth and nail for their prime cuts for the year ahead.

For those uninitiated, contributors are selected randomly to make their first choices with second choices reversed. This year we are having three cricketers each (pauses for gasp of appreciation). This takes the total list up to 21. There are only 2 contributors who need their third pick thanks to retentions and they do not have any clashes on their list so parity is assured.

The order of selection this year will go:

Arthur
RedDevil
The Professor
MenInBlue
DFM
RedTwins
RedDevilJunior.

So without further ado, let's see who has who:

Arthur has retained Joe Root for his fifth year on our List which means who only has two berths to fill. What with being first he inevitably get's his most desired pick - Rishabh Pant. The Indian is making his debut in this competiton.

On to this year's third place team lead by RedDevil. He chose to retain third placed Babar Azam and adds one of the most desired selections at this auction. Half of the contributors wanted Mohammad Rizwan but it is RD who gets him to join his fellow countryman.

It was another disappointing campaign for The Professor and this is reflected in his blank slate for the 2022 season. His first pick is controversial Sri Lankan Limited Overs player Bhankuka Rajapaksa eho had a decent Lankan Premier League and an explosive Abu Dhabi T10 tournament. He is the first Sri Lankan to feature in this competition.

As is traditional MenInBlue has shed his entire team and picks up his first choice player: New Zealand and Bangalore's Kyle Jamieson.

With the inevitability of night following day DFM has stayed true to Simon Harmer. He does not get Rizwan due to RD's snaffling but does bag his second choice in the form of new Essex man Matt Critchley. All eyes will be on the CloudFM Ground next year for Team DFM.

Controversially RedTwins retained David Warner who has spent almost all of 2021 rooted to the bottom of the List. Will their faith pay off. Joining wee Davey is one of MIB's discards. Controversy will abound as Warner is joined by Quinton De Kock. Let's hope there is no talk about families in that camp.

Finally in the first round is Red Devil Junior who retains last year's Cricketer of the Year Marnus Labuschagne and teams him up with the discarded Moeen Ali from the now defunct Alviro franchise.

And thus ends Round 1 of the auction. Stand by for Round 2.
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby The Professor » Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:56 pm

And so for Round 2

RDJ get the first pick for their final player. And they have selected Steve Smith leaving Moeen stuck between the twin souls of Smitty and Marnus to complete their team.

RedTwins team will be quite a lively one on a night out as Ben Stokes is added to Warner and De Kock to complete their team.

DFM has stayed true to his County Championship roots by selecting Travis Head to form a trio of Southern county players. His team is complete.

MIB has only Kyle Jamieson in his squad and adds KL Rahul to form his duo.

The Professor also has two berths to fill and brings in Pakistani bowler Hasan Ali to get him two thirds of the way there.

Red Devil has played the draft system like a pro to claim back his released player of Glenn Maxwell to join Azam and Rizwan.

Team Arthur has always had an English edge and this year is no different. He adds Jonny Bairstow to complete his team.




That just leaves The Professor and MIB to fill their final place. As suggested above there was no clashes in their teams so The Professor can claim released player Kane Williamson to finish off his team whilst MIB takes Pat Cummins

And so ends the player selection progress.

The best of luck.
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby The Professor » Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:56 pm

Arthur

Root
Pant
Bairstow

RD

Azam
Rizwan
Maxwell

TP

Rajapaksa
Hasan Ali
Kane Williamson


Mib

Kyle Jamieson
KL Rahul
Pat Cummins

DFM

Harmer
Critchley
Head

RT

Warner
De Kock
Stokes

RJ

Labuschagne
Moeen
Smith
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Durhamfootman » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:37 pm

odd title for the thread Prof

3 man teams.

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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Durhamfootman » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:39 pm

Red Snr's trio looks like the team to beat
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby The Professor » Mon Dec 27, 2021 6:48 pm

Durhamfootman wrote:odd title for the thread Prof

3 man teams.

:salute


Whoops

I've had a shocker there.

Can someone move that 2 to where it was supposed to be please.

Sorry
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:01 pm

It'll take murder to stop Durham winning again.

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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Durhamfootman » Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:49 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:It'll take murder to stop Durham winning again.

Cheers Prof.

unlikely

England might decide to take a punt on a Critchley call up and then he'll only play the same number of times in a year as Woody. If they were to pick him, then the only way I might have a chance is if the Prof decided to award 100 points a game for carrying drinks effectively,
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Red Devil » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:57 pm

The Professor wrote:
Durhamfootman wrote:odd title for the thread Prof

3 man teams.

:salute


Whoops

I've had a shocker there.

Can someone move that 2 to where it was supposed to be please.

Sorry


Done
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby Red Devil » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:59 pm

Durhamfootman wrote:
Arthur Crabtree wrote:It'll take murder to stop Durham winning again.

Cheers Prof.

unlikely

England might decide to take a punt on a Critchley call up and then he'll only play the same number of times in a year as Woody. If they were to pick him, then the only way I might have a chance is if the Prof decided to award 100 points a game for carrying drinks effectively,


Unlikely I think, must agree with Arthur - looks like good picks and Harmer gives a huge cushion anyway. But a lot can happen in a year. Or alternatively, with covid not a lot can happen in a year as well!
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Re: 2021 All Year Fantasy Competitio2

Postby The Professor » Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:29 am

Red Devil wrote:
The Professor wrote:
Durhamfootman wrote:odd title for the thread Prof

3 man teams.

:salute


Whoops

I've had a shocker there.

Can someone move that 2 to where it was supposed to be please.

Sorry


Done


Thanks
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Re: 2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

Postby The Professor » Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:45 pm

BREAKING: Quinton de Kock has announced his retirement from Test cricket
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Re: 2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

Postby The Professor » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:09 am

Australia batter Travis Head has tested positive for Covid-19
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Re: 2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

Postby Durhamfootman » Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:59 am

The Professor wrote:Australia batter Travis Head has tested positive for Covid-19

great start for team DF
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Re: 2022 All Year Fantasy Competition

Postby Red Devil » Fri Dec 31, 2021 4:14 pm

The Professor wrote:BREAKING: Quinton de Kock has announced his retirement from Test cricket


Not a great start for the twins!
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