From the Pavilion

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ugh. Not out of debt yet. Damn relegations and failure to have a decent youth pull. Not sure what's happened to the transfer market, but perhaps there are fewer human players than in the past.

Zachary Gould >> Details
Player Info
26y9w | 62,450 rating | $15,101 wage (9.5% discount)
Right hand batsman | Right arm Wrist spin

Talents	Safe Hands
Nationality	Canada
Form	capable
Fatigue	rested
Experience	expert
Captaincy	reasonable

Skills Summary

Batsman	exceptional
Bowler	average
Keeper	poor
Allrounder	reasonable

Skills

Batting	exceptional	Endurance	outstanding
Bowling	poor	Technique	exceptional
Keeping	poor	Power	spectacular
Fielding	exceptional

 

[Son Of Coco]

Ugh. Not out of debt yet. Damn relegations and failure to have a decent youth pull. Not sure what's happened to the transfer market, but perhaps there are fewer human players than in the past.

Zachary Gould >> Details
Player Info
26y9w | 62,450 rating | $15,101 wage (9.5% discount)
Right hand batsman | Right arm Wrist spin

Talents	Safe Hands
Nationality	Canada
Form	capable
Fatigue	rested
Experience	expert
Captaincy	reasonable

Skills Summary

Batsman	exceptional
Bowler	average
Keeper	poor
Allrounder	reasonable

Skills

Batting	exceptional	Endurance	outstanding
Bowling	poor	Technique	exceptional
Keeping	poor	Power	spectacular
Fielding	exceptional

The youth pulls suck arse. It's not sustainable when you pump money into your academy and then get 1-2 decent youths out of it a season if you are lucky. We are going to possibly end up with more extra cash this season than last, which is good, but we are only a bad season away from running into trouble. To be fair, we always are.

 

[Son Of Coco]

These are my youth pulls this season. I am obviously due a massive 36k rated 16 year old in the last week of the season to make up for all of this ****.

I kept one (Finlayson) - the highest rated - because I need a keeper replacement. I will have to buy two short-term before he is possibly ready though. He won't be great, but he'll probably do at some stage.

 

[NZTailender]

How much would this guy fetch on the TM do you think?

Otago >> Talib Shehzad >> Details
Player Info
16y0w | 26,138 rating | $965 wage (5% discount)
Right hand batsman | Right arm Medium

Talents	Gifted (Bowling)
Nationality	Pakistan
Form	reasonable
Fatigue	rested
Experience	poor
Captaincy	reasonable

Skills Summary

Batsman	ordinary
Bowler	ordinary
Keeper	ordinary
Allrounder	ordinary

Skills

Batting	average	Endurance	average
Bowling	ordinary	Technique	average
Keeping	ordinary	Power	poor
Fielding	ordinary

 

[Jarquis]

Somehow up into Youth 2.1

 

[morgieb]

I think this might be the GOAT name:

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I think this might be the GOAT name:

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Hopefully he will not have a record as Keegan Meth.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Huge win for our affiliate team this week. Got up against the Brew Boys by 2 runs. We have a stronger team than last season, and are currently ranked 2nd in the country, but we have had a tough run at the start of the season, being up against 3 of the 4 potentially top teams off the bat. We are currently sitting at 2/2, and hopefully we will improve on this as we play some of the teams drifting towards the bottom of the table.

My other team is currently on top, having won 4 from 4, so hopefully we have the resources to keep that up for the rest of the season.

 

[Son Of Coco]

The bloke we are playing against in the Pavilion Cup messaged me earlier this week to suggest we play on a slow wicket and they bat first to 'entertain the crowd'. He came 2nd last time I think, so we are going to get hammered.

Instead, I set our orders to bat first and we won the toss, so we are currently 90/7. Hopefully minimising the amount of energy players lose in the process.

A quick game's a good game and all that.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

wtf

 

[Son Of Coco]

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wtf

Haha, yeah that sucks a bit. Good at a glance, but if they had poor - atrocious for Either batting / bowling and keeping, they'd be very handy. I got this guy, who is rated a fair bit lower, but I kept him because he is dreadful for batting and keeping, with the other skills not being too bad. I also kept him because my youth recruits have been ****ing woeful for at least 2 seasons, so he is quite good in comparison with what I usually get. The guy I pulled this week was rated at 10k.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Massive win today. I've had issues beating this team for a number of seasons, and it looked like we were on our way to another loss today. As we were 1st - out in front by 1 win, and they were 2nd, we were going to have a nice buffer going into the 2nd half of the season if we could get up. They were cruising at 140/3 with 10 overs to go on a slow deck, and I was thinking that they might kick on and get well over 200 at that stage, however we managed to take the last 7 wickets for 46 to keep them to 186 all out. In contrast, we dragged our feet with the bat for the 1st 30 overs, and with 10 to go needed 62 runs with 5 wickets in hand, only one of those being a middle order bat. The other was a bowler (we have a long tail). However, they had their 2 weakest bowlers bowling the last 8, obviously hoping that the others would have done the job by then and reduced us to a position where it wouldn't matter. We took 20 off the 33rd over and followed that up with 10 off the 34th. Boundaries consistently came from that point onwards, alongside frequent singles, and we got to the target still 5 down with 2.5 overs to go.

We're now 8 points clear at the top. Next week we play the guy who is currently rating the highest in the league, but he is losing a Youth international player due to them turning 21, so hopefully we can win that one too and maintain an 8 point buffer with 6 games to go. We're only losing 2 guys through that period, and hopefully have enough backup to get to the end of the season.

 

[Jarquis]

 

[NZTailender]

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Awkward, because you could train him as an all rounder but mediums are midiums, or you could go keeper bat. Personally I'd sell him because his wages will probably will be more harmful for not much return.

If he had some gun talents it might be a different story.

 

[Number 11]

Specialist bat for mine, skilled tech is decent on top orders bats. (and keepers tbf)

 

[NZTailender]

Looks like we'll be battling it out again in season 61 @HeathDavisSpeed

 

[Jarquis]

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Very nearly let my team expire. Hard to find any enthusiasm at the moment.

 

[NZTailender]

Very nearly let my team expire. Hard to find any enthusiasm at the moment.

Is this some kind of excuse you're putting out there to insulate yourself in case you lose to me next week?

I mean if you beat us then I'm gonna feel even worse. Kudos on the 4D chess.

 

[kaetor]

Very nearly let my team expire. Hard to find any enthusiasm at the moment.

I did let mine expire a couple of years back - I wish I had left my team in limbo rather than gone altogether, mostly because I wish I had all my old club stats (classic cricket nerd complaint). But honestly restarting did make the game feel fresh again.