Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[PY]

Two pops:

Brijesh Singh - 18 yo, BT Rating=13,321
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb form, fresh
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: competent
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: proficient
Fielding: woeful

and

Sandeep Chanderpaul - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,845
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb form, lively
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: proficient Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: respectable

 

[Robertinho]

Brijesh Singh - 18 yo, BT Rating=13,321
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb form, fresh
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: competent
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: proficient
Fielding: woeful

Ooh, got alot to work with there How many bat/bowl sessions do you have him on?

 

[superkingdave]

one pop for me, v dissapointing, Stack popped in consistency, probably enough to secure his place in the side, Macauley probably missing out now.

 

[mikeW]

There's a two-week break then the cup matches start the new season, so you won't have any competitive matches until the 15th. You can still play friendlies during the off-season though.

thats cool pretty short break hopefully my team can improve by then. What is the cup by the way? a knockout tournament?

 

[Adamc]

thats cool pretty short break hopefully my team can improve by then. What is the cup by the way? a knockout tournament?

Yep, straight knockout with seedings based on your league position this season, with higher divs getting better draws than lower divs obviously. I finished #4 on the div II promotion table so I'll get the fourth-best draw next season, bots for the first four or five rounds probably.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Marvin Gray - 17 yo, BT Rating=5,172
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong form, fresh
(strong batting form, proficient bowling form)
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: respectable Concentration: woeful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

The 2 fitness & 2 fielding sessions paying off

You do realise the second fielding session is wasted in terms of secondaries? Odd as it may seem you'd get more secondary pops having one fielding and one wicket keeping net. Some guy was reporting 3 pops of concentration every 4 weeks with that.

Anyway I got 5 pops, my gun bat finally popped to proficient and my wicket keeper now has quality concentration... I have absolutely no idea where to bat him relative to guys with 2 levels better batting but only feeble (or thereabouts) concentration, but he's in at number 4 at the moment (ahead of the other bats I described)

 

[mikeW]

Yep, straight knockout with seedings based on your league position this season, with higher divs getting better draws than lower divs obviously. I finished #4 on the div II promotion table so I'll get the fourth-best draw next season, bots for the first four or five rounds probably.

i finished 7th in division 5 who am i likely to play? a division 1 team?

 

[Robertinho]

You do realise the second fielding session is wasted in terms of secondaries? Odd as it may seem you'd get more secondary pops having one fielding and one wicket keeping net. Some guy was reporting 3 pops of concentration every 4 weeks with that.

Anyway I got 5 pops, my gun bat finally popped to proficient and my wicket keeper now has quality concentration... I have absolutely no idea where to bat him relative to guys with 2 levels better batting but only feeble (or thereabouts) concentration, but he's in at number 4 at the moment (ahead of the other bats I described)

How about 2 fielding and 1 wicket keeping net?

That's right, Marvin here has 3 batting nets, 2 fitness, 2 fielding a 1 wicket keeping.

 

[Adamc]

i finished 7th in division 5 who am i likely to play? a division 1 team?

7th on the promotion table or 7th in your league? Assuming the latter, then you'll probably play against a div IV team in the first round. There are 256 div V teams, therefore 256 teams who finished #8 in div V, and there are only 8 div I teams, 32 div II teams and 128 div III teams, so you won't meet them in the first round.

 

[mikeW]

7th on the promotion table or 7th in your league? Assuming the latter, then you'll probably play against a div IV team in the first round. There are 256 div V teams, therefore 256 teams who finished #8 in div V, and there are only 8 div I teams, 32 div II teams and 128 div III teams, so you won't meet them in the first round.

yep 7th in my league although i didnt really have much control over that seeing as i joined so late. thanks for the help mate its apreciated.

 

[Adamc]

yep 7th in my league although i didnt really have much control over that seeing as i joined so late. thanks for the help mate its apreciated.

You're probably a bit unlucky that you joined up so late in the season, as it means your players essentially miss out on a whole season of training (they'll all turn one year older in a few weeks). Still you should be able to do well in a div V league next season, good luck.

 

[Tom Halsey]

4 pops, quite pleased with that.

 

[mikeW]

You're probably a bit unlucky that you joined up so late in the season, as it means your players essentially miss out on a whole season of training (they'll all turn one year older in a few weeks). Still you should be able to do well in a div V league next season, good luck.

Thanks mate all the best to you too

 

[Tom Halsey]

You're probably a bit unlucky that you joined up so late in the season, as it means your players essentially miss out on a whole season of training (they'll all turn one year older in a few weeks). Still you should be able to do well in a div V league next season, good luck.

Damn, I'm buyign 19 year olds thinking I'll at least get a season training out of them, porbably not now.

There was some discussion quite early int his thread about a vitual designs Battrick tool, and it was said the weightings were wrong - I've fiddled around with it a bit and it's looking quite good, mainly because its now much easier to see where my strengths lie.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Btw, would people say form has any effect on things at all?

 

[Adamc]

Damn, I'm buyign 19 year olds thinking I'll at least get a season training out of them, porbably not now.

There was some discussion quite early int his thread about a vitual designs Battrick tool, and it was said the weightings were wrong - I've fiddled around with it a bit and it's looking quite good, mainly because its now much easier to see where my strengths lie.

Mmm well you should still train them, it's only an extra week of training per pop. Obviously if you've got 4 or 5 of these then it gets to be a problem, but if it's just 1 or 2 then there's no reason why you shouldn't train them.

Re. the weightings, I've adjusted it to make form and secondaries much less important, and stamina slightly more important than secondaries, which I think is about right. I don't think there's any golden ratio though as there will always be anomalies, e.g. someone batting at 7 or 8 can afford to have rubbish stamina, and a guy with huge stamina and secondaries isn't going to be any good unless one of their primaries is decent as well.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Cheers. Yeah I've only got 2, but I don't think I'll buy any more after hearing that.

EDIT: I suppose I should probably decide my batting order on stamina (combined with style as well because it would always be better to have destructive batsmen coming in towards the end on very aggressive).

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, looked like a pretty rubbish training update, just a couple of secondaries.

8. Vimesh Malik - 18 yo, BT Rating=13,251
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, strong form, moderate
(strong batting form, superb bowling form)
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: mediocre Concentration: proficient
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: respectable

11. Shevron Badley - 18 yo, BT Rating=10,517
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb form, moderate
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: proficient Consistency: respectable
Fielding: woeful

Then I remembered that I switched one of Malik's bowling sessions to another bowler in the hope that he was close to popping; turns out he was:

9. Bernie Pollock - 19 yo, BT Rating=7,763
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient form, invigorated
(proficient batting form, proficient bowling form)
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: proficient Consistency: feeble
Fielding: respectable

So not too bad after all, though my wicketkeeper's form is plummeting alarmingly. Bowling is looking fairly solid now though I lack a real standout bowler. Gillespie (strong/competent), Badley (proficient/respectable), Male (proficient/feeble), Pollock (proficient/feeble), Malik (respectable/mediocre) are my main five with Baptiste (respectable/feeble) as main backup.

Malik and Badley have been on fitness nets for four and five weeks respectively without popping, so should get two stamina pops next week...Malik has been on mediocre batting forever, really need him to pop so I can switch his net over to someone else. Might give Badley's fielding net to someone else as well, respectable consistency should be enough for now.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I thought Gillespie was miles ahead of the rest of your bowlers?

 

[Adamc]

I thought Gillespie was miles ahead of the rest of your bowlers?

In terms of bowling figures he is, in terms of raw stats there's not that much of a gap now. Last season my bowling attack consisted of Gillespie and a bunch of rubbishy competents, but it's improved a fair bit since then.