From The Pavillion

[chaminda_00]

Playing SKD in a friendly. Smashed 400 against his side. I think that is the first time I hit 400 against a non bot.

End of over 50 (5 runs) - Jaffna Jets(403-2) RR 8.06 
K. Sandanayake 58 (38b) , A. Kodikara 61 (31b) , D. Truemer 10-0-100-1

They got a new funtion, the worm. They love their little features in this game.

Also for any guys that haven't noticed we starting sign ups for new CW League next season.

[chaminda_00]

CW FTP Cup I - Semi Finals - Thursday 17th April

10:00 Swamibapa CC (1149) v Otago (964)
Dynamo Morpork (629) v Scaly Piscine CC (207) - Morpork Challenged

Just need SP to accept and the semis are all set to go.

[chaminda_00]

Had five pops.
- A 17yo batsmen all rounder to capable batting.
- Two other 17yo batsmen to reasonable batting and a technique pop on of those guys.
- 16yo reasonable spinner to poor technique.

[Bobisback]

Only had 10 pops today

3 batting pops - Capable, Reasonable and Average
2 Bowling pops - Reasonable and Average
5 Technique pops - Reliable, 2x Average and 2 X Ordinary

My youth team now has 2 Capable bats, 3 Capable bowls, 6 Reasonable bats, 7 Reasonable bowlers. As well as an Average-Reliable. Fair gun.

[Samuel_Vimes]

5 pops

Weeks (avg bat/reas keep) to reasonable technique
Tossol to average bat and reasonable keep

Plus a fielding & fitness pop.

[NZTailender]

1 tech pop on a bowler. Sides taking shape nicely.

Bob, your Youth Team would own my Senior side

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I've just signed up for this game. My team is called "Navman Cheesecake"

Any tips on what I should be doing at the start? My best players are 'average', I've nothing better than that. Sounds pretty **** to me, so your help would be appreciated.

And here's my team

Players (15) | Training Efficiency (100%) Player Age End Bat Bowl Tech Power Keep Field Capt Exp Fatg Form Wage Rating
Dick Achurch 20 atrocious poor poor poor poor dreadful poor average dreadful energetic reasonable $678 14,587
Gregory Bayly 24 average poor ordinary ordinary poor average ordinary poor dreadful energetic reasonable $1,208 24,335
Percy Bott 28 ordinary dreadful average atrocious ordinary ordinary dreadful poor poor energetic average $942 18,008
Aaron Bullough 20 dreadful dreadful poor ordinary ordinary ordinary average average poor energetic reasonable $904 20,978
Artie Coleborn 21 ordinary ordinary ordinary ordinary poor poor ordinary poor ordinary energetic reasonable $1,056 23,056
Herbert Dudley 21 dreadful average average poor ordinary poor ordinary capable ordinary energetic reasonable $1,198 22,043
Alfred Gott 19 ordinary poor dreadful poor ordinary poor poor reasonable average energetic average $620 18,125
Shaun Jenkins 25 ordinary average ordinary ordinary average poor ordinary ordinary poor energetic reasonable $1,308 24,691
John Lovelock 18 average poor ordinary ordinary poor average average ordinary ordinary energetic reasonable $1,214 25,430
Graeme Majoribanks 27 atrocious ordinary poor poor dreadful ordinary average average ordinary energetic reasonable $888 18,895
Eric Mansfield 25 poor dreadful ordinary poor ordinary ordinary ordinary capable reasonable energetic reasonable $898 20,658
Geoff Moir 25 poor dreadful poor atrocious ordinary poor dreadful dreadful poor energetic reasonable $600 14,355
Robert O'Brien 19 poor poor ordinary ordinary ordinary ordinary dreadful dreadful poor energetic average $1,066 20,172
George Preen 30 poor ordinary dreadful ordinary poor ordinary ordinary reasonable poor energetic reasonable $976 21,473
Thomas Zoutman 22 dreadful poor ordinary poor dreadful average ordinary dreadful average energetic reasonable $1,104 19,428

Harold Balchin 17 poor ordinary atrocious dreadful ordinary dreadful average ordinary dreadful satisfactory average $740 16,610
Wyndham Goss 18 poor ordinary poor poor poor poor dreadful ordinary dreadful satisfactory reasonable $814 17,784
Peter Hassett 18 poor dreadful poor dreadful dreadful poor dreadful poor dreadful satisfactory reasonable $652 14,622
Stewart Lilly 18 dreadful poor poor ordinary poor poor ordinary capable atrocious satisfactory reasonable $786 18,622
Andrew Mace 17 poor ordinary poor ordinary average poor poor ordinary atrocious moderate reasonable $1,022 22,594
Charles Mace 17 dreadful dreadful poor dreadful poor dreadful ordinary poor dreadful moderate average $570 15,381
Mick McCoy 17 dreadful poor dreadful ordinary atrocious poor ordinary ordinary dreadful satisfactory average $662 15,072
Dawn O'Meara 18 dreadful poor atrocious poor dreadful poor poor poor dreadful satisfactory reasonable $594 13,109
John Powell 16 dreadful atrocious poor dreadful dreadful dreadful atrocious poor atrocious satisfactory average $530 8,599
John Scanes 17 ordinary poor ordinary average poor poor poor poor atrocious satisfactory reasonable $996 21,840
James Smart 16 ordinary ordinary atrocious ordinary atrocious poor ordinary ordinary dreadful satisfactory average $868 17,270
Ronald Taylor 16 dreadful dreadful poor dreadful dreadful poor reasonable accomplished dreadful energetic reasonable $630 15,390

[chaminda_00]

Better starting team then what I had TBH. Just pick whether you want to train someone as batsmen, bowler, keeper or all rounder and go from there really.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Is there any way to increase the effect of training? Do players improve better at a young age like in battrick? I've got a couple of decent youth players I think - Andrew Mace and James Smart.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by HeathDavisSpeed

Is there any way to increase the effect of training? Do players improve better at a young age like in battrick? I've got a couple of decent youth players I think - Andrew Mace and James Smart.

Invest more in the acadmey and that increases the effect of training. But I wouldn't invest too much to start off with until your finances are settled.

Also check out the CW FTP Championship thread, we need a couple more sides to make a D2.

[chaminda_00]

Originally Posted by chaminda_00

CW FTP Cup I - Semi Finals - Thursday 17th April

10:00 Swamibapa CC (1149) v Otago (964)
Dynamo Morpork (629) v Scaly Piscine CC (207) - Morpork Challenged

Just need SP to accept and the semis are all set to go.

SP can you accept this challenge please.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Heath: bear in mind that technique is pretty important - so for example Bott is near-useless. Probably best sold to some nutter who doesn't realise this.

Mace & Smart are good, but Scanes isn't too bad either, even though his fielding isn't up to it. Note that players train quicker in the youth academy, but gain more experience from senior games.

Also note that you can get better players than those pretty cheaply on the transfer market.

[pasag]

Just wondering how my team compares to the others on CW:

Also who should I look to train, get rid, buy and who should be my starting XI?

[Samuel_Vimes]

Haha, that's the first outstanding I've seen. Jonty Rhodes without the batting.

Saggers Mob's first XI imo:

Reid (better than any of my batsmen)
Bakker
Stenhouse
James
Blade (b5, but needs technique now!!)
+Nagel
*McLauchlan (b4)
McIlveen
Barstow (b3)
Richardson (b2)
Smyth (b1)

That is actually a pretty decent eleven, should average around 70 in ratings imo. Note that eight of your youth players don't get training as they're 19 years old, and most of them are really useless - Sellers, Randell possibly the best talents. You're wasting Sellers with allrounder though, train him as a bowler.

[pasag]

Cheers Hak, and what type of players should I be looking to buy and train? Have $749,801 in the bank.