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Team Tornado

centurymaker

International Captain
1. Andrew Strauss
2. Neil McKenzie
3. Younis Khan
4. Kevin Pieterson
5. Rohit Sharma
6. Ian Blackwell / Virat Kohli
7. Chris Read (wk)
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Sunil Joshi / Dinuka Hettiarachchi
10.Andre Adams
11. Morne Morkel

14. Joginder Sharma
15. Andrew Birch
 

Flem274*

123/5
Kohli has to play ahead of Blackwell. I own Blackwell in cricsim CPL, I have a weaker batting line up than you and Blackwell is very much my 12th man.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
And Badrinath,Mukund,Rahan,Vijay,pUJARA etc.. have done well on overseas India a tours too. Though not sure how that is taken into account.
A-team cricket (between two A teams that is; not on tour against random domestic teams) is judged to be the second strongest level of cricket, behind Test cricket.
 

centurymaker

International Captain
Nah he needs Blackwell to be fifth bowler. I'd play Blackwell.
does the sim factor in having specialist openers?
Does an ordinary test record have too much of an effect on a player's performance?

maybe i should play kohli in place of one of the openers?
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Not playing a specialist opener makes an enormous difference.

My experience of the sim is that you'd be as well having Chris Martin opening the batting if you're going to put a non-opener there.
 

centurymaker

International Captain
OMGGGGGGGG
Mckenzie's not a specialist opener according to prince's search engine


I need an opener!!! Will have to trade!!
 
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Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Not playing a specialist opener makes an enormous difference.

My experience of the sim is that you'd be as well having Chris Martin opening the batting if you're going to put a non-opener there.
Haha it's not quite that bad at all in my experience, particularly if the batsman's preferred position is down at #3 (which McKenzie's is in the database).
 

Spark

Global Moderator
Really? Is that where he's batted most of his FC career?

Surprised tstl, was thinking of picking him as backup opener myself.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Haha it's not quite that bad at all in my experience, particularly if the batsman's preferred position is down at #3 (which McKenzie's is in the database).
Ok, I exaggerated a little, but I've seen teams have their best batsman average single digits opening because he was a number 5 or 6 batsman.
 

Flem274*

123/5
Nah he needs Blackwell to be fifth bowler. I'd play Blackwell.
Ian Blackwell in Cricsim Second Class (A considerably lower standard of competition than CWCPL).

4 matches, 114 runs at 16.29 and 9 wickets at 46.22.

He is going to get destroyed in this.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Ian Blackwell in Cricsim Second Class (A considerably lower standard of competition than CWCPL).

4 matches, 114 runs at 16.29 and 9 wickets at 46.22.

He is going to get destroyed in this.
He is better than what he's shown though. Just in poor CPL form.
 

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