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[Shri]

Originally Posted by Shri

Opponents: CW Green

1. Virender Sehwag [6]
2. Rilee Rossouw
3. Phil Jaques
4. Ajinkya Rahane
5. Dale Benkenstein
6. Heino Kuhn [Wk]
7. Shakib Al Hasan [4]
8. Mohammed Mahmudullah [5]
9. Chris Woakes [3]
10. Rusty Theron [2]
11. Shabbir Ahmed [1]

Sehwag to be used as a partnership breaker when bowling.

If a batsman from the top nine is playing with #10/#11, he should play ultra aggressively in the first innings. Every one to play defensively if 4 wickets have fallen on day 5. If they do not lose another wicket from that point on and the last 20 overs remain on day 5, they should play ultra aggressively till they are seven down/end of the day whichever comes first. They should again go back to batting defensively if they go six down looking for quick runs.

Win toss and bat btw.

[Himannv]

Round 1 - Good at BJs CC vs. Team Tornado

Win Toss - Bowl first

Batting & Bowling Order:
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Lahiru Thirimanne
03. Manoj Tiwary
04. AB De Villiers*
05. Thilan Samaraweera (5)
06. VVS Laxman
07. Zulqarnain Haider+
08. Sachithra Senanayake (4)
09. Nuwan Kulasekara (2)
10. Junaid Khan (3)
11. Glenn McGrath (1)

Other random instructions:
1. Kulasekara as nightwatchman
2. Samaraweera to be used as a partnership breaker when needed.
3. McGrath to bowl short 3 over spells after the opening spell.
4. Play aggressively when going for a win on the last day, lower them when batting to save the game.

[Prince EWS]

Round 1

1. Phil Hughes
2. Shane Watson (3)
3. Mark Ramprakash
4. Ed Joyce
5. Mathew Sinclair
6. MIsbah-ul-Haq
7. Matt Prior (keeper)
8. Andrew Hall (4, 5)
9. Chris Swan (2)
10. Steve Harmison (1)
11. Danish Kaneria (5, 4)

Harmison and Kaneria on bunny mode.
If either of them are batting with any of the top 9, protect them from strike and put them on 0 aggression.
If any of the top 8 are batting with them, put that batsman on 80% aggression. Do not do this for Chris Swan.

If Harmison and Kaneria find themselves batting together, put it back to normal.

[Marcuss]

Round 1
Win toss and Bat

1. Simon Katich (7)
2. Usman Khawaja
3. Stiaan van Zyl
4. Jacques Kallis (4,5)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Albie Morkel (6)
7. Kaushal Silva
8. Dan Vettori (5,4)
9. Vernon Philander (3)
10. Ryan Harris (2)
11. Makhaya Ntini (1)

Harris and Ntini on bunny mode.
If either of them are batting with any of the top 9, protect them from strike and put Harris on 2, Ntini on 0 aggression.
If any of the top 8 are batting with them, put that batsman on 80% aggression. Do not do this for Vernon Philander

[Howe_zat]

Round 2 - The Brudenell Social Club Pub Quiz Team vs Beautiful Souls

Win the toss and bat.

1. Dean Elgar
2. Fawad Alam
3. Dinesh Chandimal+
4. Mahela Jayawardene*
5. David Hussey (7)
6. Andrew Symonds (6)
7. Angelo Mathews (5)
8. Shahid Afridi (4)
9. Graeme Swann (3)
10. Vinay Kumar (2)
11. Mark Davies (1)

Mathews and Symonds to be bowled sparingly, Hussey only if things are going very badly. When in doubt, go for the spinners.

No declaration in the first innings, do what you think is reasonable in the second innings but stay on the defensive side. Up the aggression settings only if we're going for a win on the last day, lower them if we're batting to save the draw. No nightwatchman.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Round 2

vs CW Green

Win toss - Bat for ever
Batting and bowling order

Cook
Trescothick
Pujara
R Taylor
J Taylor
Broom
Haddin - hits if with tail (Friend/George)
Broad - hits if with tail
Chapple
Friend
George

1 Broad (aggressive burst with new ball if clouds, otherwise not much)
2 Friend
3 Cameron
4 Chapple (longer spells even if getting hit)
5 Pujara (use only if other bowlers can not walk)
6 Taylor R (use after 5 overs of Pujara and see above)

Other random instructions (when to declare, nightwatchmen etc)
Declare after 7 sessions (lunch day 3) in first innings if at least 350 runs on board
Declare with 250 run lead in second innings and less than 6 sessions remaining
Declare around 5 rpo in third innings (leaving up to captain to judge weather, skill of oppo etc)
Reward bowlers who get chances (lbw mainly) with extra aggression settings for 2-3 overs

[GIMH]

Round 1 - CW Green V Mork's team

Win toss, Bat

Key
Carberry
Trott
Hodge
Bopara
Collingwood
Flintoff
Boucher
Tremlett
Onions
Panesar

Bowling Order:

1. Onions
2. Tremlett
3. Flintoff
4. Panesar
5. Collingwood
6. Bopara / Hodge if it's turning



Other random instructions:

Flintoff to bat super aggressively with the tail
No declarations unless 600 on the board in the first innings batting first or lead of 200, 400 lead in the 2nd

[Teja.]

vs. the Squirts
win toss and bat

1. T. Iqbal
2. A. Chopra
3. I. Haq
4. J. Hildreth
5. M. Cosgrove (6)
6. K Williamson (5)
7. S Davies
8. James Hopes(2)
9. Murali Karthik (4)
10. Zaheer Khan(1)
11. Imran Tahir (3)

No Nightwatchmen
Use the two top spinners as much as you can
Declare at 550 if I bat in the first Innings of the match and at a lead of 350 in the second Innings.
No other specific instructions, default aggression settings

Thanks.

[Noble One]

Round 2

Mick Lewis Invitational XI vs. Good at BJs CC

Win toss: Bat

1 W Jaffer
2 A Puttick
3 A Prince
4 S Tendulkar
5 M North (5)
6 U Akmal
7 N Pothas (WK)
8 L Butterworth (2)
9 P Siddle (1)
10 A Mendis (4)
11 K Roach (3)

Mendis to bowl the bulk of the overs. Keep him bowling unless he is struggling to restrict the run-rate.

Common sense approach in regards to all other tactics.

[Prince EWS]

Round 2

Tails
Bat

1. Phil Hughes
2. Shane Watson (3)
3. Mark Ramprakash
4. Ed Joyce
5. Mathew Sinclair (6 in emergency)
6. MIsbah-ul-Haq
7. Matt Prior (keeper)
8. Andrew Hall (4, 5)
9. Chris Swan (2)
10. Steve Harmison (1)
11. Danish Kaneria (5, 4)

Harmison and Kaneria on bunny mode.
If either of them are batting with any of the top 9, protect them from strike and put them on 0 aggression.
If any of the top 8 are batting with them, put that batsman on 80% aggression. Do not do this for Chris Swan.
If Harmison and Kaneria find themselves batting together, put it back to normal.

Don't declare the first innings before 750 unless there's been a lot of rain. Declare the second innings whenever appropriate.

[GotSpin]

Round 2 v Team Bring it - Unchanged line up

Graeme Smith [c]
Chris Lynn
Hashim Amla
Ian Bell
Ben Rohrer
Steve Smith 5
Tim Paine [+]
Copeland 1
Coulter-Nile 3
Bollinger 2
Maher 4

Bowl first If Graeme wins the toss
Copeland too bowl long spells with the new ball
No declaration. Just keep batting. (For the first innings).
No Night watchmen.

I want Ben Rohrer, Smith, and Paine to bat defensively if they're batting with each other but bat normally if one of the top 4 are still in.

[Himannv]

Round 1 - Mick Lewis Invitational XI vs. Good at BJs CC

Win Toss - Bat first.

Batting & Bowling Order:
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Lahiru Thirimanne
03. Manoj Tiwary
04. AB De Villiers*
05. Thilan Samaraweera (5)
06. VVS Laxman
07. Zulqarnain Haider+
08. Ravichandran Ashwin (4)
09. Nuwan Kulasekara (2)
10. Sachithra Senanayake (3)
11. Glenn McGrath (1)

Other random instructions:
1. Ashwin as nightwatchman.
2. Samaraweera to be used as a partnership breaker when needed.
3. Spinners to be given more overs if they get some success.
4. Senanayake and McGrath to bat defensively unless batting together.
5. Score 600+ in the first innings if possible before declaration.

[Spark]

Just the one change for me vs Furball - O'Keefe in for Pollock, on account of pitch conditions.

P'vitana
di Venuto
Ponting
Ganguly
Clarke
RTD
Wade
O'Keefe
Clark
Bond
Anderson

[GingerFurball]

Fenoms vs Sparks

Call heads and bat.

Rogers
Rudolph
van Jaarsveld
Hussey
Yuvraj Singh (6)
McDonald (3)
Foster +
Warne (5)
Steyn (1)
Kabir Ali (2)
Murali (4)

After the opening salvo from Steyn and Kabir, give McDonald a spell with the ball and then bring Murali on. After about 30 or so overs bring Steyn back for a burst then have Warne and Murali bowling in tandem, giving the quicks the odd spell with the older ball. Yuvraj to be used as a partnership breaker.

No declaration in the first innings, 2nd innings use common sense please.

[Shri]

Round 2
Opponents: Moops
Toss: Heads / bat first

1. Virender Sehwag [6]
2. Rilee Rossouw
3. Phil Jaques
4. Ajinkya Rahane
5. Dale Benkenstein
6. Heino Kuhn [Wk]
7. Shakib Al Hasan [4]
8. Mohammed Mahmudullah [5]
9. Chris Woakes [3]
10. Rusty Theron [2]
11. Shabbir Ahmed [1]

Sehwag to be used as a partnership breaker.


Theron and Shabbir on bunny mode.
If either of them are batting with any of the top 9, protect them from strike and put them on 0 aggression.
If any of the top 8 are batting with them, put that batsman on 80% aggression. Do not do this for Chris Woakes.
If Theron and Shabbir find themselves batting together, put it back to normal.
PEWSIsMyHero

Sportive declarations and all that jazz.