Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Still have close to 3mill, only lose like 120k with one home game a week.

 

[Mahindinho]

Have a higher batstats than you tbh.

It's all mainly for show, though.

Does anyone else agree that the Batstats rating is too weighted towards batsmen? I mean, you have 11x batting ratings but only 5x bowling -- if I was playing the game, I'd stick a decent batsman at no.7 and watch my rating soar!

So, teams like 'tinho's suffer as they've got a better attack. I reckon the bowling rating should be either doubled or multiplied by 1.4 (to give it the same importance as top + middle order batting). Could do with adding the WK's primary level to the fielding too.

Meh. It's too entrenched now, anyway.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Does anyone else agree that the Batstats rating is too weighted towards batsmen? I mean, you have 11x batting ratings but only 5x bowling -- if I was playing the game, I'd stick a decent batsman at no.7 and watch my rating soar!

How I get a decent rating is having my team bat down to #9. The #9 is Strong/Strong bat, whilst 10 and 11 are useless with the bat. Currently training a guy to be my number 10 batsman (competent/proficient with the ball, respectable/feeble with the bat). He won't be good enough for 2 seasons, but when he does I'll have a veritable New Zealand-esque batting line up.

1-9 will all be at least Quality with the bat, Strong at 10 and only one abysmal, and he'll be #11....

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Does anyone else agree that the Batstats rating is too weighted towards batsmen? I mean, you have 11x batting ratings but only 5x bowling -- if I was playing the game, I'd stick a decent batsman at no.7 and watch my rating soar!

So, teams like 'tinho's suffer as they've got a better attack. I reckon the bowling rating should be either doubled or multiplied by 1.4 (to give it the same importance as top + middle order batting). Could do with adding the WK's primary level to the fielding too.

Meh. It's too entrenched now, anyway.

As has been preeviously pointed out, I only have 4 batsmen and get alright ratings so you're probably right.

 

[Bobisback]

You are aware that you only have 5 bowlers, while 11 people have to bat... Batstats ratings perfectly fine for mine. This coming from a mainly bowling team.

 

[PY]

Would appreciate BatStats being bowling dominated tbh but I reckon they aren't too bad.

 

[andruid]

Don't you just hate them rival bidders who add silly amounts to the bid thinking they are scaring off competition

 

[Speersy]

Hey how do I find my batstats rating for my team? Is it just on the reporters summary?

 

[Mahindinho]

Hey how do I find my batstats rating for my team? Is it just on the reporters summary?

It's dead simple -- have a look near the start of the "CW Batstats Rankings" thread for a full explanation.

Basically, it's the numerical value for each of your ratings, multiplied by the number of players who contributed.

Top Order x 3
Middle Order x 4
Lower Order x 4
Seam Bowling x 3 or 4 or 5
Spin Bowling x 2 or 1 or 0
Fielding x 1

Add 'em up, and there you go.

 

[EARLOBE]

Wait, what? Why are you training wicketkeeping on a bowler? It's not like his secondary particularly needs fixing, is it?

I had a left over net, I figured he may as well have it.

 

[Dead Badger]

Heh, fair enough I s'pose. Probably be better off as a stamina net on someone though, the phrase "**** on a boar" comes to mind...

Edit: Gah, forgot to turn off the follow on for my home FC match, am now looking at a marathon bowling spell. Hope it doesn't knacker my filler bowlers too much for Friday.

 

[Adamc]

Does anyone else agree that the Batstats rating is too weighted towards batsmen? I mean, you have 11x batting ratings but only 5x bowling

Not really - having five good bowlers will get you more or less the same rating as having five good batsmen, as your middle order rating won't be as good (unless you have a good no. 6 and 7 also - but then you should be rewarded for that anyway). You could argue that it's biased against teams who have more than five good bowlers, but as you can't use more than five bowlers in OD that's pretty sensible.

My only problem with it is that differences in lower order count for far more than they should, as the BT-collapse means that a competent lower order for example is unlikely to do much better than a woeful lower order, but the effect on the batstats rating is significant.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Just got a 15m bid on Coburn, lolwtf. It ruins my CW BT Cup chances but lol, even with the many weeks of his wage added on to the fee I paid, I still almost made a profit on the guy. WAG.

 

[Dead Badger]

Insanity. How can a div V team afford Coburn (and why would they want to)? Still, nice result for you, eh?

My only problem with it is that differences in lower order count for far more than they should, as the BT-collapse means that a competent lower order for example is unlikely to do much better than a woeful lower order, but the effect on the batstats rating is significant.

Yeah, quite. Witness India's remarkable lower order getting two runs against England today, while England's feeble lower order managed six. Granted, they're batting against elite+ bowling, but still, it does rather show up the uselessness of batting past 7.

 

[chaminda_00]

FFS Smith, I wanted a excuse for losing on Sunday. Now I'm going lose purely cus my BT side is **** and have no excuse. Hopefully we get Conn'd atleast.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Nah I've got 2 bowlers who are any good, you negotiate the first 12ish overs and you're home and hosed.

 

[chaminda_00]

Nah I've got 2 bowlers who are any good, you negotiate the first 12ish overs and you're home and hosed.

I raise your two bowlers for my one man attack with no fitness.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Make that 3, just picked up an exquisite RF.

 

[chaminda_00]

Make that 3, just picked up an exquisite RF.

Does that mean you have three batsmen for the next couple months until your trainiees come through. Or do you have some hidden pile of cash lying around. Would have through you would down size to another all rounder, rather then a specialist bowler.

Still that is three more batsmen then what we have.

 

[Dead Badger]

I'm Spartacus!