Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[Scaly piscine]

Finally some training updates for England. Got a useless consistency pop on a batsman. Armstrong popped to phenomenal concentration. Experience pop for Preece, that's it.

 

[AussieDominance]

1. Kris Coates (792526)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: Pup
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 27,770 (+1129)
Wages: £6,064 p/w

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

That's all.

 

[Cloete]

Some nice pops for me today

Karl Blatherwick - 18 yo, BT Rating=12,379
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: superb Concentration: respectable
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

Swagat Moodley - 21 yo, BT Rating=103,065
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
An attacking player with abysmal leadership skills and respectable experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: competent Concentration: quality
Bowling: exquisite Consistency: exceptional
Fielding: proficient

 

[Johnners]

Up for your chance at revenge Chaulk???

 

[Tom Halsey]

Bob, I'll challenge you tomrrow if you still don't have a friendly.

 

[Mahindinho]

Well, I got absolutely mashed on Friday, effectively ending any hopes of promoting to I.1 - hopefully, I'll still be competitive next season.

I'm having a little friendly comp with three mates - The Tykes, TMS CC and The Great Unwashed. First round for me was against TMS, and I won that comfortably. I let Sandwith have a bowl, and he conceded 75 runs out of 120ish in total.

Lastly, training. Just a couple of secondary pops:

Vincent Hirst - 22 yo, BT Rating=38,970
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A destructive player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina:        competent       Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting:        woeful          Concentration:  feeble
Bowling:        quality         Consistency:    [B]WONDERFUL[/B]
Fielding:       woeful

Barry Verma - 20 yo, BT Rating=22,413
RH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina:        competent       Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting:        respectable     Concentration:  [B]MEDIOCRE[/B]
Bowling:        superb          Consistency:    proficient
Fielding:       abysmal

Cloete - Moodley's looking very nice indeed.

 

[trevor_vayro]

WRT what Adam was saying about Ashton's experience pop, I don't think it can all be down to aggregate career land-marks, i.e. 2000 runs or 150 wickets. I say this because Bridges M is my leading wicket-taker with 140-odd wickets, and Feeb experience, whereas Edworthy has 123 wickets and Resp Experience. I think the number of times you perform a given feat does have a bearing, as Edworthy has 7 career fivefers, as opposed to Bridges M's 4. Mind you, age also plays a part, as you'd expect I suppose, as 32YO Brammer has Feeb experience, despite only ever having played seventeen competitive matches in his life!

Only one pretty useless pop, Greening to Feeb WK. Just waiting for his Conc to hit Prof, then I'm sticking two batting nets on him, to try and get him half-way up Wond by the end of the season.

Saw off Xav quite convincingly in a bit of a miss-match yesterday. Sorry about that mate, I hadn't realised you were fielding a 2nd XI, or I'd have changed things around a bit.

Boulevard Bombers 123 A/O (31), Higgins 43*, Crow 35, Bridges M 3/18, Bewers 2/15, Wilde 2/27, Zonke 2/40.

Cymru Gurgitaters 124/0 (19.5) Patel 76 (65), Greening 47 (54)

Though at least I learnt a few things out of the match. I switched Greening to No.1 and Staveley to No.4 to try and see if it would be possible to get Strong/Resp batting ratings - It wasn't - I got Strong/Comp. At least I know now that I can get a Strong top order without having both of them in the top three, but which ever way I twist things, I can't get a Resp Middle order without Greening in there, and if I play Greening in the middle order, then I can only get Prof Top! So, in a nutshell, which is more advantageous? Strong/Comp or Prof/Resp?

And I've learnt that, despite having near identical Stats, Bent is more beneficial to my side than Zonke. On Friday I PANed, and had Resp/Prof bowling with Bent in the side, yesterday I only got Comp/Prof with Zonke - And I won on Fri, so it shouldn't be a morale thing?

So I think I might train Zonke up to Prof, only a few weeks at the most, then see if I can flog him for around a Mill - If there's no takers then I'll have another think.

BTW, Possibly of interest to newer teams, I have a 17YO Feeb Stam Comp/Med Bat on the TM for £50K, a 17YO Comp Stam Med/Med Bat, (£434P/W so a fag-paper from Comp), for £10K, and a 18YO Woe Bat, Med/Feeb Bowl for what anyone will give me for him!

Later, Trev

 

[Mahindinho]

With my fairly even bowling attack, the wickets usually get spread around - I really don't see 5-fers very often. As a result, four of them have Woeful experience, with the other Worthless.

I don't see all that many centuries either, so even my best two batsmen (Reed and Sandwith) only have Feeble exp.

Given that six of the players mentioned have been in my first XI since season 1, with the seventh a season 2 introduction, I'm really not very impressed with the way experience seems to be calculated - that's less than one level a season, for a team who've played almost every game together.

 

[cricketboy29]

Close match agaisnt the Vindscreen Vipers then, as Alex said won by 8 runs. R. Abdul Kadir really doing the **** for me.He and Thorp are like the mainstays of my batting lineup. You can usually depend on them for some stuff. Thorp of course, witcompetent-remarkable-competent, isn't what you would call consistent, but it's all good. Trying to get Gedye into a sort of third pillar role. Pop today helping that.

Grady Gedye (931621)
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Sad Decadent XI
Nationality: New Zealand
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 24,015 (+823)
Wages: £3,487 p/w
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: respectable Concentration: strong
Bowling: superb Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: abysmal

Tharmi, do you wanna play this week then?

Out of interest, how many home-grown players do people still have in their first XI?. I.E if you play in India, Indian players, If you play in WI, then West Indian players.

I just checked, I've actually got 7.

 

[Kweek]

Kieran Slaytor - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,344
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fair
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficient Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

 

[Jamee999]

No poppage today, but next week maybe a Kealey pop:

Dwight Kealey - 18 yo, BT Rating=17,498
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
An attacking player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable (+4) Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: proficient(+6) Concentration: competent(+6)
Bowling: superb(+4) Consistency: mediocre(+6)
Fielding: mediocre(+4)

 

[chaminda_00]

Tharmi, do you wanna play this week then?
.

Rather play someone i have 50/50 chance of winning, i need pick me up after losing to Rodgie, worst day of my life TBH. I'll play you if George doesn't want to play me, either this week or next week.

What do you guys think of this guy:

1. Jake Lucas (950814)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: MMA CCC
Nationality: England
Age: 18 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 16,108
Wages: £1,848 p/w

Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: strong Concentration: proficient
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

Going at 2.4 mil ATM with 3 hours left, probably a bit expensive, but his 18yo and got decent secondaries. A good option to open the batting.

Should i bid?

 

[Scaly piscine]

With my fairly even bowling attack, the wickets usually get spread around - I really don't see 5-fers very often. As a result, four of them have Woeful experience, with the other Worthless.

I don't see all that many centuries either, so even my best two batsmen (Reed and Sandwith) only have Feeble exp.

Given that six of the players mentioned have been in my first XI since season 1, with the seventh a season 2 introduction, I'm really not very impressed with the way experience seems to be calculated - that's less than one level a season, for a team who've played almost every game together.

Hmm seems most of my players are doing quite well then. I've got three players on medium experience (two openers and an all-rounder) plus Summers obviously who's respectable. Couple of other veteran players are on feeble experience.

Oh and I'm free for a friendly after being BT-screwed out of the cup.

 

[The Baconator]

Irfan Umar - 20 yo, BT Rating=36,251
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: remarkable Concentration: proficient
Bowling: respectable Consistency: competent
Fielding: proficient

I think that's my only pop.

 

[PY]

I think the experience may have something to do with how high up the leagues you are. I have Chanderpaul who's on comp experience and he's played 78 games scoring 5076 runs @ 110 with 22 centuries and 19 50s.

So nothing too special compared to people like you'd have Mahindinho who've been around forever and a day but Chanderpaul has been in II in a crap nation for 2 seasons+.

 

[Tom Halsey]

2 pops - batting (top 6) and bowling now full of competents, nothing better, nothing worse (in the first team, at least).

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Rather play someone i have 50/50 chance of winning, i need pick me up after losing to Rodgie, worst day of my life TBH. I'll play you if George doesn't want to play me, either this week or next week.

I'm up for a game this week, your place or mine.

 

[chaminda_00]

I'm up for a game this week, your place or mine.

I challenged you at my ground as it is a little bit bigger and im coming first in my league so my morale should be a little bit better.

BTW i brought Jake Lucas for 2.4 mil and he'll be getting one batting net. Just need to replace both Sisk and Sishayi with players with better secondaries and we'l start to look half decent.

 

[Adamc]

Two good pops:

Fitz Watkins - 22 yo, BT Rating=151,381
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: sensational Concentration: exquisite
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: exquisite
Fielding: strong

Ed Crawford - 22 yo, BT Rating=30,665
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: wonderful Consistency: proficient
Fielding: abysmal

The stamina pop is a relief, I didn't know what his sublevel was when I bought him so it could easily have taken another five weeks. Now he should at least be able to bowl sets of five without too much deterioration.

 

[Johnners]

Watkins is a fair allrounder...