Where should i improve

[ash chaulk]

This is my starting XI what is the main area you guys think i should work on:

David Elvins - 20 yo, BT Rating=37,602  
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic 
A steady player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: proficient Concentration: quality 
Bowling: woeful Consistency: strong 
Fielding: proficient 

Andy Wainwright - 29 yo, BT Rating=16,136  
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A destructive player with strong leadership skills and feeble experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: proficient Concentration: proficient 
Bowling: competent Consistency: proficient 
Fielding: woeful 

Neil Blewitt - 22 yo, BT Rating=10,952  
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: competent Concentration: proficient 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: mediocre 
Fielding: abysmal 

Pete Berry - 20 yo, BT Rating=26,957  
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: strong 
Batting: mediocre Concentration: quality 
Bowling: feeble Consistency: proficient 
Fielding: abysmal 

Bill Kenna - 28 yo, BT Rating=9,629  
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A steady player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience. 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: competent Concentration: proficient 
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: mediocre 

Terry Nash - 21 yo, BT Rating=10,498  
RH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: proficient Concentration: respectable 
Bowling: woeful Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: competent   

Kevin Lockwood - 22 yo, BT Rating=7,135  
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and woeful experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre 
Batting: proficient Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: woeful 

Wayne Stevens - 17 yo, BT Rating=19,238  
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, moderate 
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: feeble Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: strong Consistency: proficient 
Fielding: feeble 

Jerome Fleming - 20 yo, BT Rating=15,900  
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and woeful experience. 
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent 
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: strong 
Fielding: mediocre 

Wayne Beevers - 25 yo, BT Rating=8,706  
RH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: woeful Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: proficient Consistency: competent 
Fielding: abysmal 

Geoff Oneil - 21 yo, BT Rating=10,612  
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A cautious player with respectable leadership skills and woeful experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: proficient Consistency: competent 
Fielding: mediocre

Bowling Order

Oneil, Stevens, Beevers, Fleming, Wainwright

Keeper- Berry

[nooga99]

Id just work on getting Blewitt, Kenna and Fleming out of the team and replacing them with respectables and proficients.

[andyc]

Hmmm... assuming that's your batting order, I'd have Lockwood and Nash above Kenna and Berry. You're obviously giving Stevens a lot of nets, but I notice you don't have any other players under 20, so maybe you could look for/pull a new trainee next season? You shouldn't be bowling Fleming, regardless of his secondaries, cause mediocre is just too low IMO. Wainwright's getting on as well, so you might want to consider keeping an eye out for a new allrounder in a season or two's time.

Good idea though, think I might do something similar.

[nooga99]

Might be a good idea for everyone to have a thread for their team, asking about what to improve etc etc

[ash chaulk]

thats what i was thinking

[ash chaulk]

That is my Lineup. yeah i have alot of older players and most nets go on Elvins and Stevens and a couple on Berry.

Berry only bats that high because the battrick assistant says hes better then the others.

Nash seems to always get out in the 30's

and lockwood used to be a gun and has become a dud.

[andyc]

Originally Posted by nooga99

Might be a good idea for everyone to have a thread for their team, asking about what to improve etc etc

Keep it one thread IMO, don't want to clutter it up, and then some teams won't get noticed. Just wait a while between posting teams.

And Ash, regardless of what battrick assistant says, I wouldn't be batting a mediocre in front of proficients.

[andyc]

Edit: Will give it a day, on second thoughts.

[AussieDominance]

4. George Findlay (791786)  
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and feeble experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: England 
Age: 27 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 8,268 (+4)  
Wages: £2,168 p/w 
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: strong Concentration: feeble 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: abysmal 

Terry Pollard (854028)  
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
An attacking player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: New Zealand 
Age: 17 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 4,058 (+378)  
Wages: £464 p/w 
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless 
Fielding: abysmal 

13. Liam Paris (789111)  
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fresh 
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: Australia 
Age: 17 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 7,462 (+246)  
Wages: £926 p/w 
 
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: strong Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless 
Fielding: woeful 

9. Terry Nevin (357222)  
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and woeful experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: Australia 
Age: 20 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 5,306 (+137)  
Wages: £561 p/w 
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: respectable Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful 
Fielding: mediocre 

16. Manogaran Weerakoon (351049)  
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: Sri Lanka 
Age: 21 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 3,826 (-11)  
Wages: £735 p/w 
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: respectable Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful 
Fielding: abysmal 

1. Kris Coates (792526)  
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: New Zealand 
Age: 17 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 8,506 (+550)  
Wages: £585 p/w 
 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: proficient 
Batting: respectable Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal 
Fielding: abysmal 

Stuart Street (884903)  
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, respectable batting form, strong bowling form, moderate 
A defensive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: England 
Age: 17 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 5,603 (+237)  
Wages: £757 p/w 
 
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: respectable 
Fielding: worthless 

17. Kelvin Verhoeven (791793)  
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated 
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: England 
Age: 21 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 7,366 (+22)  
Wages: £1,213 p/w 
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: abysmal Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: proficient Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: feeble 

5. Ross Jones (791797)  
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fresh 
A steady player with strong leadership skills and worthless experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: England 
Age: 18 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 6,180 (+187)  
Wages: £557 p/w 
 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: feeble Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: competent 
Fielding: woeful 

8. David Mee (786468)  
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
A steady player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: Australia 
Age: 17 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 6,222 (+216)  
Wages: £411 p/w 
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: competent 
Fielding: abysmal 

18. Ashley Viljoen (476671)  
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively 
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience. 

Plays For: Pup 
Nationality: Australia 
Age: 18 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 9,823 (-173)  
Wages: £1,166 p/w 
 
Stamina: worthless Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: worthless Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: woeful 
Fielding: proficient 

this is my top team in batting order

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by ash chaulk

This is my starting XI what is the main area you guys think i should work on:

Nash will keep getting out for 30s because they've abysmal stamina. Basically you've got 2 batsmen you can rely on for runs - the two openers - after that you'll be lucky to get anything against a decent team. With Battrick's OD engine you basically have guys who average 100 or more, as your openers have done, then there's a big drop. You need to have more reliable bats and less bits and pieces batters of the mediocre, competent variety and the proficient-woeful types. These won't help you win games, they'll get a few against crap teams that you'll thrash anyway and maybe one decent 30-40 a season against a good side. You need to get Nash's stamina up and then they'll be a be a reliable scorer for you (obviously they'd need promoting up the order when the stamina is better).

I presume you're still training Elvins, you need to keep doing this for a while and get them up to superb+. I would recommend selling Lockwood, you should get 300k minimum and get in a boring young trainee batsman like the one I've got:

4. Steven Obrien - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,527
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: feeble

They're nothing special, but they've got the basics and you only need to give them one batting net (although I'll give them some stamina training eventually) but they're solid and in a couple of 18 week seasons they'll have 3 extra levels of batting without you hardly having to do anything. There should be a few of these players on the market on a Tuesday (ie when people do their YP and list them straight off).

[Bobisback]

Billy Gravey - 26 yo, BT Rating=11,731
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	respectable 	Wicket Keeping: 	feeble
Batting: 	respectable 	Concentration: 	feeble
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	respectable
Fielding: 	feeble

Eamonn Hocking - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,444
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A destructive player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: 	respectable 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	respectable
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	abysmal
Fielding: 	abysmal

Liam Maughan - 20 yo, BT Rating=11,866
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	woeful
Batting: 	respectable 	Concentration: 	competent
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	proficient
Fielding: 	feeble

Ryan Hiller - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,757
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	woeful
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	proficient
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	worthless
Fielding: 	abysmal

Si Rose - 27 yo, BT Rating=4,073
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: 	feeble 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	feeble
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	feeble
Fielding: 	abysmal

Alex Baker - 21 yo, BT Rating=9,489
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A cautious player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	proficient
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	competent
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	woeful

Owen Mitchell - 18 yo, BT Rating=5,372
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	mediocre
Batting: 	abysmal 	Concentration: 	woeful
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	feeble
Fielding: 	woeful

Alan Poulter - 19 yo, BT Rating=4,836
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
An attacking player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	abysmal 	Concentration: 	mediocre
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	woeful


Mark Nkosi - 21 yo, BT Rating=6,180
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A defensive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	abysmal 	Concentration: 	woeful
Bowling: 	mediocre 	Consistency: 	competent
Fielding: 	feeble


Nick Wikus - 17 yo, BT Rating=8,487
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, respectable bowling form, moderate
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	worthless 	Concentration: 	worthless
Bowling: 	respectable 	Consistency: 	proficient
Fielding: 	abysmal

Eric Poke - 17 yo, BT Rating=7,528
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	competent 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	worthless 	Concentration: 	abysmal
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	respectable
Fielding: 	abysmal

Thought i may aswell post my team here so that people can have a good laugh

my best players are all 17, and i have 4, so that kinda sucks, would be good to be training 2 people, but oh well, cant complain too much.

My nets -

Hocking
1 batting
1 fielding

Hiller
1 Batting
1 Fielding

Poke
1 Bowling
1 Fielding

Wikus
1 Bowling
1 Fielding
1 Stamina

Baker
1 Stamina

What should i do over next season to improve?

[Scaly piscine]

I wouldn't bother with fielding nets personally (unless it turns out that it's a really important factor in FC cricket) and especially as none of those players are all-rounders, you'll get 2 fielding pops and one extra useful con pop a year for a young player - fielding hardly seems to makes a difference in OD cricket and one con pop a year is hardly worth noting.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

I wouldn't bother with fielding nets personally (unless it turns out that it's a really important factor in FC cricket) and especially as none of those players are all-rounders, you'll get 2 fielding pops and one extra useful con pop a year for a young player - fielding hardly seems to makes a difference in OD cricket and one con pop a year is hardly worth noting.

Um unless I'm completely mis-informed, don't they improve the conc pop times?

[Adamc]

They do, but not by much any more. A 17yo with primary+fielding net will get about two con pops per season, as opposed to one pop if they don't have the fielding net, so it really only adds one pop per season as he said.

[ash chaulk]

hey thanks everyone for the help this is awesome.