Battrick

[Son Of Coco]

Was in a pretty good position at 270/5 with two batsmen in and some average bowlers on, had hopes of 350-400...unfortunately one of them got out the next over and we collapsed to 285 all out

We now have 3/2 after 3 though, so there's some hope! Should grab another one soon as one of the guys in now is poor and then there's one bat between us and the tail. Would love to roll them for 100...it's unlikely, but would be nice.

EDIT: Well, that turned out better than I thought - Hillside 46 a.o in reply. Would like to pick up a wicket or two tonight though...forgot I ordered the follow on, didn't think it would be necessary against these guys haha

 

[headhunter]

4.  	Spurs cricket club   82
5. 	Old Hat CC 82
6. 	BEST Indies 78

I'm playing against 2nd (who can win the title), Old Hat 4th and Spurs 1st.
We've all completed our first innings with me and Old Hat picking up 1 batting point.

End of Over 12 (1 runs). ShrimperZone Vets CC: 31-3, runrate=2.58
Trail by 175 runs. (BEST Indies 206-10)
Overs left today: 21
Bashir 6-1-15-1
Westcarr* 7 (12 balls)
Chanderpaul 1 (13 balls)
Last Wicket: Mckie c. Bennie b. Ross 15 (FOW: 24/3)

Is the great escape on?

EDIT 42-4!!!

 

[Son Of Coco]

Well, that was interesting. Expected a tight match and thought I'd have a run chase after my first innings. Turned out the complete opposite. The same team beat me by 7 wickets full strength at the start of the season. Nkosinathi finally played well in an important match scoring 125. And our bowlers shared the wickets around, except for the irrelevant 5th option, who bowled tightly.

And that's the end of the match. Coco's Nuts won by an innings and 143 runs.


End of Over 48 (3 runs). Hillside: 96-10, runrate=2.00 (1st Inn: 46-10)
Trail by 143 runs. (Coco's Nuts 285-10)

 

[headhunter]

4.  	Spurs cricket club   82
5. 	Old Hat CC 82
6. 	BEST Indies 78

I'm playing against 2nd (who can win the title), Old Hat 4th and Spurs 1st.
We've all completed our first innings with me and Old Hat picking up 1 batting point.

End of Over 12 (1 runs). ShrimperZone Vets CC: 31-3, runrate=2.58
Trail by 175 runs. (BEST Indies 206-10)
Overs left today: 21
Bashir 6-1-15-1
Westcarr* 7 (12 balls)
Chanderpaul 1 (13 balls)
Last Wicket: Mckie c. Bennie b. Ross 15 (FOW: 24/3)

Is the great escape on?


EDIT 42-4!!!

Bowled them out for 138 but I in turn was skittled for 206.

End of Over 3 (4 runs). ShrimperZone Vets CC: 11-0, runrate=3.67 (1st Inn: 138-10)
Trail by 153 runs. (BEST Indies 206-10 & 96-10)
Overs left today: 30
Ross 2-0-8-0
Timothea* 4 (10 balls)
Mountney 7 (8 balls)

All down to this innings.

 

[Jarquis]

End of Over 129 (5 runs). Torpoint CC: 787-3, runrate=6.10 (1st Inn: 463-1 dec)
Lead by 1130 runs. (LuLuBirchy CC 120-10)
Overs left today: 63
Clayden 19-0-94-0
Hendrik* 425 (356 balls)
Ocarroll 66 (62 balls)

 

[Noble One]

Second season of Battrick completed for my team. A brief season summary

FC: 2nd

I was the clear second best team in this league. Used the season to tinker with lineups and tactics. Promotion out of this league will definitely be achievable next season depending on who gets demoted.

OD: 4th

My first season in Div 5 was a relative success. I was given a large beating on a couple of occasions, but more than matched it with most of the human run teams in this league. Had a couple of terrific contests, and my better players really shone through in the tight situations.

T20: 5th

Much like my first class league, did not place a large focus on T20. Rested many of my key players, and largely just played around with aggression settings for the season.

My best player:

Marc Baholo - 18 yo, BT Rating=36,201
LH Batsman, LM Bowler. He is a destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has proficient batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.

Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: strong
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: strong

Will drop him to 1 bowling net next season, and keep him like that well into the future. Terrific bowler to have, his destructive aggression means he can really blow some teams away if given a chance.

Next season will see 1 new trainee added to the mix, a batsman. I will soon be in a position to start buying in better players to pad out my squad. Currently sitting on 1,558K, so nearly reached the the magic 1,600K mark.

Batstats rating has improved. Final game for this season stood at 84, compared to final game for last season of 74. Overall a good season, I set my expectations low at the start of the season. Was always going to be a transitional season whilst I earnt the required money, and waited for some of my trainee's to really come along.

 

[headhunter]

Howard Der Watt - 17 yo, BT Rating=11,167
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler. He is a defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has respectable batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficient Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

Arthur Bennie - 18 yo, BT Rating=35,280
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler. He is a steady player with competent leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and lively fitness.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: quality Consistency: strong
Fielding: competent

Rafi Bashir - 21 yo, BT Rating=170,058
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler. He is a destructive player with strong leadership skills and mediocre experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and fresh fitness.
Stamina: superb* Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: sensational Concentration: exquisite
Bowling: exceptional Consistency: exquisite
Fielding: strong

 

[andyc]

Bryan Hamilton - 20 yo, BT Rating=108,088
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler. He is a defensive player with woeful leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has competent batting form, proficient bowling form and moderate fitness.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: remarkable Concentration: exceptional
Bowling: exceptional Consistency: exceptional
Fielding: quality

 

[andyc]

My best player:

Marc Baholo - 18 yo, BT Rating=36,201
LH Batsman, LM Bowler. He is a destructive player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has proficient batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.

Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: strong
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: strong

Will drop him to 1 bowling net next season, and keep him like that well into the future. Terrific bowler to have, his destructive aggression means he can really blow some teams away if given a chance.

Strongly DWTA. Given that he's your best player and you're starting up, it's best to get one or two guns that you can build your team around. I'd have him on 2 bowling + 1 fielding definitely for all of next season and probably the one after that too tbh.

 

[nibbs]

Jon Coates - 19 yo, BT Rating=89,584 Part of the New Zealand U19 squad
LH Batsman, LF Bowler. He is a destructive player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience.
He currently has superb batting form, strong bowling form and sublime fitness.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: exceptional Concentration: wonderful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: exceptional


Sammy Pearson - 18 yo, BT Rating=29,514
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler. He is a destructive player with respectable leadership skills and woeful experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and fair fitness.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: quality Concentration: strong
Bowling: worthless Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

 

[Noble One]

Strongly DWTA. Given that he's your best player and you're starting up, it's best to get one or two guns that you can build your team around. I'd have him on 2 bowling + 1 fielding definitely for all of next season and probably the one after that too tbh.

Cheers for the advice, I will tinker with my training plan to try and implement this.

 

[NZTailender]

Anyone want a friendly? We're ****ed, financially. Probably going to have to sell someone, who would you all recommend?


Matthew Wilberforce - 23 yo, BT Rating=133,792
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler. He is a steady player with worthless leadership skills and superb experience.
He currently has strong batting form, strong bowling form and moderate fitness.

Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: exquisite Concentration: phenomenal
Bowling: woeful Consistency: competent
Fielding: strong

Nicolas Dhindsa - 24 yo, BT Rating=128,082
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler. He is an attacking player with woeful leadership skills and quality experience.
He currently has superb batting form, strong bowling form and invigorated fitness.

Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: masterful Concentration: phenomenal
Bowling: worthless Consistency: competent
Fielding: competent

Neale Gleeson - 25 yo, BT Rating=116,545
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler. He is a destructive player with respectable leadership skills and quality experience.
He currently has strong batting form, superb bowling form and sublime fitness.

Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: masterful Consistency: masterful
Fielding: competent

Jimmy Knowles - 24 yo, BT Rating=113,132
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler. He is an attacking player with mediocre leadership skills and superb experience.
He currently has proficient batting form, superb bowling form and sublime fitness.

Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: masterful Consistency: masterful
Fielding: competent

Ed Mills - 25 yo, BT Rating=67,944
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler. He is a destructive player with feeble leadership skills and superb experience.
He currently has strong batting form, competent bowling form and sublime fitness.

Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: sensational Consistency: sensational
Fielding: feeble

Greg Stiemmie - 19 yo, BT Rating=42,977
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler. He is a cautious player with feeble leadership skills and competent experience.
He currently has strong batting form, superb bowling form and fresh fitness.

Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: remarkable Concentration: remarkable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: respectable

Darren Henshaw - 18 yo, BT Rating=31,492
RH Batsman, RM Bowler. He is a cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has superb batting form, strong bowling form and moderate fitness.

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: proficient Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: respectable
Fielding: feeble



Leaning towards Henshaw, myself.

Edit: Stiemmie probably. How much would he fetch?

 

[nibbs]

Dhindsa, Gleeson, or Knowles IMO. Selling Henshaw will only be a short term solution IMO. Get your wages under control, and you may get your team back on track.

 

[Cloete]

Prafulla Chanderpaul - 23 yo, BT Rating=344,003
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler. He is a steady player with proficient leadership skills and competent experience.
He currently has strong batting form, mediocre bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: phenomenal Concentration: elite
Bowling: elite Consistency: elite
Fielding: masterful

 

[Robertinho]

Haven't seen you in here for a while, Dauth. Friendly sometime?

Let's do it!

I'm thinking that I'll need to win my Div 3s next season to really make maximum use of Bhutia, Holdsworth and Mulholland (26, 24 and 25 respectively) before they get too old to sell. They're at their peak and I have enough youth coming through so that I don't need to worry about it. Not to mention their wages. Here's that crazy little format we used to do, haven't seen it for a while:

[b]Player      Age BTR    Batting     Bowling      WK[/b] 
Shaw        23  87583  exquisite                
Whitehouse  21  74376  sensational                   
Bhutia      26  128152 masterful
Holdsworth  24  221297 exquisite   exquisite
Thabo       19  35542  remarkable
Allott      20  52440  strong	   wonderful
Jahanzeb    18  19987  superb			superb
Houlihan    31  3008   competent  
Busby       22  92116  worthless   exquisite
Appleyard   21  71003  worthless   exceptional
Mulholland  25  88831  worthless   masterful

Average BTR of 79485 and average age of 22.7. Couple of pops imminent but that's it at the moment. Would probably be more advantageous to have 4-5 sensationals rather than my 3 exquisite+'s but oh well. Wages are pretty intense.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

May as well:

[B]Player      	Age BTR    Batting     	Bowling      	WK [/B]
Dylan       	26  74769  exquisite                
Keane		25  62005  exquisite                   
Campbell      	21  92979  exceptional			exceptional
Daly  		19  31376  remarkable
Shaka       	26  197398 miraculous	phenonmenal
de Beer     	32  8450   respectable
Mccammon   	19  53940  superb	remarkable
Herd    	32  9819   competent  
Lambert       	26  72391  worthless   	sensational
Holt   		25  98082  worthless   	masterful
Hyde 		22  86159  worthless   	sensational

I don't think I'll bother selling anyone (bar Shaka when Mccammon gets a bit better) and will keep my guys until they die. <3 them too much.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I'm up for a friendly too, preferably against someone who won't kill me! The joy of winning FC has been tempered by the team below me losing to a team who hadn't won a match in OD meaning I stay in Div IV. Need a morale-boosting close match before the inevitable hidings start.

 

[chaminda_00]

Some random #1
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Jiethoon - Elite(2)/Elite(3)

Looking pretty good if you ask me.

 

[Eds]

I've been on BT for a few months now, and I've gone for the two trainees method. One batsman, and a bowler. They're fairly good, but the rest of my team really is bollocks.

Fazlul Jayaratne - 18 yo, BT Rating=53,559
RH Batsman, RM Bowler. He is a cautious player with abysmal leadership skills and mediocre experience.
He currently has superb batting form, strong bowling form and low fitness.

Stamina: superb* Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: remarkable Concentration: quality
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: superb


Ranjana Ajireen - 18 yo, BT Rating=35,138
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler. He is a steady player with proficient leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and fresh fitness.

Stamina: superb* Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: proficient

 

[Nate]

Jayaratne is incredible. Apart from his fitness.