Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Could be a big name coming Adam's way tonight. Hoping he gets him itbt. They're calling him the next Watkins. Big call, I know, but he could just be there.

Well, Labrooy ended up getting him for over 12mill. Interesting.

 

[Adamc]

Cbf paying 13m+ for someone whose secondaries were never going to amount to anything. Would've weakened my bowling overall as my fifth bowler would have been an absolute deadbeat.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Indeed.

 

[Scaly piscine]

So... anyone playing in Australia have any competitive BT20 games in about 9 hours?

 

[PY]

I was thinking about watching some as well to see what kind of match engine is being used.

Wouldn't mind knowing people's tactics for the game I watch too to see if the orders make much of a difference.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Mine will probably be a walkover loss, I'll sleep through it too.

If you do watch it, I'm just on v. attacking for every bat and v. def for every bowler.

 

[Bobisback]

Ive played around with my orders, have only got a few on v.att, and i think none of my bowlers are on v.def, will see how it goes.

But yeah, the match itself should be an easy win, not much to watch.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Have been inserted on my hard and fast pitch. Opener James seems to have hit the stamina wall already. Four dot balls in the 7th over...

 

[The Baconator]

Thrown playoff today, he'd have probably beat me if he tried, but I wasn't really bothered either way. I was a little tempted to throw it myself, would certainly have been interesting if I had.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

218-1 for me now, in the 39th over.

Going to be so hopping mad if they chase this...

(yeah, ok, I should probably have put my batsmen on aggressive.)

 

[marc71178]

hmm, i don't understand. why would we get little or no money from twenty20. it is beyond a joke imo.

I guess one of the main problems is that some sides have 2 home but others only 1, so it could create a big unbalance in gates if it's done normally.

 

[Jamee999]

Demoted

 

[andyc]

I guess one of the main problems is that some sides have 2 home but others only 1, so it could create a big unbalance in gates if it's done normally.

They should just split the match fees in half then IMO.

 

[Scaly piscine]

They are splitting the gates 50/50, what gates there are in the first place. Anyways... two and a half hours to go...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

at the play-off. Made 303 for three, then bowled them out for 90.

 

[andyc]

I'm a bit disappointed I've got soccer now, I'm going to miss my top order (Kilkenny-Canning-Griffin) going beserk against some team whose user has never signed in, and whose best rating is woeful fielding.

 

[The Baconator]

Rabb United
Top Order: abysmal
Middle Order: woeful
Lower Order: worthless
Seam Bowling: abysmal
Spin Bowling: useless
Fielding: woeful

The oppo. Shame the game's on at 5:30am though.

 

[Johnners]

Woops, forgot to set T20 orders.

Bowling first though, this match *should* be a walkover

End of Over 4: 18-1, runrate=4.50
Meyer 2-0-10-0
Remaketse* 1 (9 balls)
Townsend 15 (13 balls)
Last Wicket: Edge lbw b. Verhoeven 0 (FOW: 0/1)

EDIT: Either the match engine is screwed, or Remaketse is set on V Defensive, as he's leaving every second delivery....

 

[Scaly piscine]

Don't take any notice of the what the commentary says, it's just random. Engine seems decent so far, except for the usual not handling mismatches very well.

 

[mikeW]

End of Over 12: 122-2, runrate=10.17
Leadbitter 3-0-38-0
Mills* 7 (12 balls)
Bertos 62 (31 balls)


Killing it....