Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[Dead Badger]

Some nice pops, including my first quality primaries:

2. Liam Bromby - 19 yo, BT Rating=31,352
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: superb
Batting: strong Concentration: quality
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless

7. Carl Oleary - 19 yo, BT Rating=21,738
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
An attacking player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: quality Consistency: strong
Fielding: woeful

3. Colin Janes - 19 yo, BT Rating=21,720
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: quality Concentration: strong
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

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Important pop here

Liam Vincent - 19 yo, BT Rating=21,821
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, feeble bowling form, lively
An attacking player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Concentration: respectable
Bowling: superb Consistency: competent
Fielding: woeful

Jon Gratton - 20 yo, BT Rating=15,960
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A defensive player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: superb Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre

[Dead Badger]

I'm off shopping for some pre off-season bargains (relatively speaking), in the hope of turning a fast buck for minimum effort. So far the main thing I've learnt is that there really aren't many names to go around in BT India, are there? I ended up looking at a match contested by 5 Alshauns, 4 Hameds, 3 each of Mohammed and Islam and then some randoms. Must be confusing as all hell to follow those matches.

Not very realistic, either, seeing as back in real life Sreesanth seems to want to corner the world market on names.

[Spitfires_Fan]

Just one pop for me:

5. Mathew Kepler - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,101
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, worthless batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful
Fielding: woeful

Had one guy pop from worthless to abysmal experience as well.

[Mahindinho]

Also, just the one pop from my lot today -- Gibb to Wonderful bowling. He's got Remarkable+ cons, and he's cautious RFM.

He's now in the clear as my second best bowler, ahead of the attacking Hirst and Brooker, but two levels behind the steady John.

He's been taking quite a few wickets, notably with the new ball -- that's not something I really expected when I started handing him the fresh cherry.

I'll train him to Exceptional and leave it at that. Despite him being only 21, and therefore trainable up to Sensational, I don't see too much benefit in having a super-bowler who's cautious. I need wickets, dammit!

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Mahindinho

Also, just the one pop from my lot today -- Gibb to Wonderful bowling. He's got Remarkable+ cons, and he's cautious RFM.

He's now in the clear as my second best bowler, ahead of the attacking Hirst and Brooker, but two levels behind the steady John.

He's been taking quite a few wickets, notably with the new ball -- that's not something I really expected when I started handing him the fresh cherry.

I'll train him to Exceptional and leave it at that. Despite him being only 21, and therefore trainable up to Sensational, I don't see too much benefit in having a super-bowler who's cautious. I need wickets, dammit!

Cautious won't stop them taking wickets. See Summers.

[Adamc]

Downer seems to take quite a lot of wickets for a cautious player as well, have no real basis for comparison though.

Only pop:

11. Junior Harewood - 19 yo, BT Rating=46,337
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with feeble leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: superb
Fielding: quality

Got him on a fielding net again as I too many nets and not enough trainees, will keep it till he reaches remarkable fielding. He should be pretty good next season, will pop to wonderful in a few weeks.

[trevor_vayro]

BT cricket well and truly trouncing the RL version for me ATM. My RL team managed to break a 29 year record for the highest team total in a blind cricket Cup final, 217/7 in 30 overs, only to lose it again in three hours time, as our opponents rattled up 218/5 in the penultimate over - Lemmings, the lot of us! Six current and former internationals in our side…and we Choke! Mind you, didn't help that our keeper was knocked out when he took a full-blooded sweep in the mush, and our 6Ft10 fast bowler was stretchered off to A&E with a broken shin. All in all I've had better cricketing days!

Meanwhile in the world of virtual cricket the Gurs closed to within NRR 1.16 of 1st place Whos Your daddy, after rattling up 300/4 against Victoria Drivers and dispatching them for 126. The news could have been even better, except Whos Your Daddy held their nerve to chase down 304 in exactly 50 against 4th place Veets.

On Friday The Gurs face already-relegated Everton_Aggro, whilst Whos Your Daddy have an equally easy match against second-bottom, but not quite as inept, Chloe Crusaders. Reckon I can take another bite out of their lead, but I'm pretty certain it's all going to go down to the last round!

A nice win over Rodgie in the CW Cup too, to set up a first ever meeting with Adam. I hope Cuss, (A BT childhood hero of many of my team), gets a century, but the Gurs close out a tight run chase (I can Dream!)

One pop, and Noon becomes my first player through the 50K BTR barrier. Actually it must have happened last week, but I didn't notice then.

Jon Wilde (939069)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, proficient batting form, strong bowling form, invigorated
A cautious player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience
Plays For: Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 16,336 (+465)
Wages: £2,709 p/w
*Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: feeble
Bowling: *quality* Consistency: respectable
Fielding: abysmal

Joe Noon (444923)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, strong bowling form, sublime
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.
Plays For: Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality: England
Age: 22 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 50,397 (+61)
Wages: £6,709 p/w
*Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: superb
Batting: superb Concentration: wonderful
Bowling: worthless Consistency: respectable
Fielding: worthless

Will take one of Wilde's bowling nets from him temporarily, to test out Jeffery's batting and bowling sub-levels. His wages would suggest that he's pretty close to Sup in something.

Later, Trev

[Scaly piscine]

Hmm if you want to post Jeffery I'll check him over

[trevor_vayro]

Tar Scaly, though I'm not sure how much you'll be able to work out, because of his cocked up form. A career average of 70 with the bat and 30 with the ball would suggest that he's higher up batting, though given that the net I'm going to allocate him is already a bowling, I'll probably start off with that.

Bill Jeffery (329353
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, abysmal batting form, strong bowling form, energetic
A steady player with worthless leadership skills and respectable experience.
Plays For: Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality: Australia
Age: 24 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 25,708 (+491)
Wages: £6,231 p/w
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Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: strong Concentration: proficient
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: respectable

[Scaly piscine]

Yea the form makes it more complex, I'd estimate his true BTR to be around 32,000, about midrange which doesn't tell us much.

The secondaries/keeping take off 560-1080 from the wages, so that leaves the two strongs at least halfway on average (so one might still be low and the other high etc.)

The secondaries should be a little lower than midway on average.

So anyway there's hidden bonuses there in primaries and secondaries, just have to find them out by training him.

[trevor_vayro]

Cheers Mate, like I say, I'll start him on one bowling net and see what happens.

[chaminda_00]

How far away is he from popping to either remarkable bowling or proficient cons, Craig?

Karl Willetts (813002)


RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime 
An attacking player with abysmal leadership skills and woeful experience. 

Plays For: Jaffna Jets 
Nationality: West Indies 
Age: 20 Years Old 
Battrick Rating: 18,416 
Wages: £6,056 p/w 
 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless 
Bowling: quality Consistency: respectable 
Fielding: woeful

Sold my 5th bowler (prof/comp/comp) for 556k, a 40k profit. Got 2.2 mil in the bank but i think im going to wait till i have enough money to buy the right type of payer to fill my 5th bowling position.

I want Willetts to bowling in the middle and late overs, as he struggles with the new cherry as he gives away too many runs. So i really need someone who can keep it tight with Jeithoon.

Looking for a strong or superb fast bowler with either the same or a level below in cons. There are a couple guys that interest me on the market but i think they will end up outside my price range.

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Gavin Gibbons (1407088)


LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Ballarat_United
Nationality: Australia
Age: 20 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,890
Wages: £698 p/w
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: feeble
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

I'm not very good at predicting pops, but I just bought this guy. He's freshly promoted. Does it look like there could be a bowling pop any time soon if I put him on just one net?

[chaminda_00]

Not worth training regardless his too old with those levels.