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First Class

chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Well FC is just around the corner and i for one can't wait it should be brilliant. There seems to be a lot of discussion about different aspects of FC cricket. So i thought it would be a good idea to have a thread for FC cricket, so you can have one place to talk about things surrounding First Class cricket.

I for one would love to know if any of you guys are going to make an major tactically changes for the longer form. Personally i might drop some of my better batsmen into the middle order, rather then having my top 3 at 1,2,3. Also i'm thinking about playing four bowlers and having a part timer at five if required, so i can play an extra batsmen, but that may depend on the new advanced tactics.
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
My only worry about FC is that I won't have enough batting depth. I've got three very good batsmen (Cuss, Watkins, Whitehorne) and another decent batsman (Ashton) but nothing much after that save for a few respectables/competents with poor secondaries.

Most of the time it won't matter as few teams will be able to get rid of all my good batsmen, but my concern is more to do with PFLs, as Watkins and Whitehorne are allrounders so it will be damaging to have them do too much batting. I've been training Ashton fairly heavily lately to get him up to a decent level so I'll be able to use him to open against weaker teams. I'll probably spend 1.5m or so for a new batsman around the middle of the season, so I just have to ride it out till then.

Don't really have any problems with bowling apart from a lack of reserves, although I'm not sure what the plan is with NT matches next season so I may or may not have Whitehorne at my disposal. He's a sensational spinner with superb stamina so he should be pretty handy bowling long spells if necessary. I hope the bowling orders for FC are decent, will be a bit boring if they're pre-determined like OD.
 
Bobisback

Bobisback

International Regular
Im just hoping that my FC league is kinda easy, so that i can coast through and win 75% of my matches, and bring in a nice amount of cash. That way i can have a solid team for next season, and actually challenge in either FC or OD, hopefully both.
 
cricketboy29

cricketboy29

International Regular
Bobisback said:
Im just hoping that my FC league is kinda easy, so that i can coast through and win 75% of my matches, and bring in a nice amount of cash. That way i can have a solid team for next season, and actually challenge in either FC or OD, hopefully both.
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Same.
 
nibbs

nibbs

International Captain
I don't really believe that my side will ready for FC games. However, this seems to be a trend amongst most sides in BT. Although perhaps some will be more ready than others, most sides will head in the First Class matches feeling underdone and not ready yet. So I think that all anyone needs to do here is relax, because most sides aren't although, having said that, I would like to see what everyone defines has being ready for FC cricket next season. Personally, I think it involves having considerable depth and most players having stamina of respectable or better. But thats just me. I supect 95% of teams won't be ready if applied to my outlook at what being ready is all about.
 
3

33/3from3.3

International Vice-Captain
The only thing im worried about is havingonly five bowlers (one being a AR),
but im training up another AR. Also might jiggle the starting OD XI to make the FC one, and add in the second AR, maybe in place of Buckle.

What i am confused about is how wll the FC league sbe arranged im sure there will be an announcement at the end of this season/start of season 5.
 
nibbs

nibbs

International Captain
hmm, i think the best prepartion that anyone can make at this stage is to have depth.
 
dontcloseyoureyes

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
I don't have ANY depth at all. I need about two more batsmen and another bowler. I'm waiting until next season to look for a trainee of each type, though, as I figure there'll be plenty of decent 17 year olds on the market.
 
chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
dontcloseyoureyes said:
I don't have ANY depth at all. I need about two more batsmen and another bowler. I'm waiting until next season to look for a trainee of each type, though, as I figure there'll be plenty of decent 17 year olds on the market.
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Im hoping there is quite a few 17yo as well, i think i have depth, but i have no real stars, so i think might stop buying average players and save up and get some guns.
 
cricketboy29

cricketboy29

International Regular
Yep, Quite a lot of trainees will be needed next season, since im going to be in the market for some as well, what with islam and thorp both reaching 19. Hopefully, it wont come to that, and the YPs will come through and give me a star. Lookin' for an allrounder,
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
nibbs said:
hmm, i think the best prepartion that anyone can make at this stage is to have depth.
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What sort of depth do you mean?

I currently have a long batting line-up with no stars (all the top 8 are respectable or better I think)

Or do you mean depth in the squad size?
 
nibbs

nibbs

International Captain
marc71178 said:
What sort of depth do you mean?

I currently have a long batting line-up with no stars (all the top 8 are respectable or better I think)

Or do you mean depth in the squad size?
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marc, good question. i guess by depth, i mean that when you have to rest certain players, you're able to bring in players of a similiar calibre. obviously, when resting your star batsmen there won't be an adequate similiar batsmn to take his place, but i guess, if you can have your no. 5, 6, 7 batsmen all at simliar levels. for instance, if you've got to rest your no. 6 batsmen, i don't want to have to rest him by having to call on my no.7 feeble batmen etc.
 
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