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The Colts Thread
- Thread starter new_age_ar
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Shaggy Alfresco
State Captain
Right then. What team should I sign up for? It's all a little daunting.
Majin
International Debutant
You can sign up in this thread here, Laventville Bandits or Port of Spain Pirates would be a good bet for the West Indian League, and you could have your pick of spots at any of the American league teams really, although you might want to go somewhere like Washington or Indiana where you're pretty much guaranteed a spot all season. Up to you though!
davidpares
School Boy/Girl Captain
i played a few grade league game slast season, think i may have also scraped into the dev side on a couple of occasions? anyway had a pretty succesfful charity season, U19 tour and hopefully now offseason!
chooka_nick
International 12th Man
What do ya mean, Dizz?
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah. Good question.
Loony BoB
International Captain
Good pre-season for OD batting so far. Two matches in and we already have five 50's and three centuries between us.
FC batting isn't too shabby, although should be much better. Just six 50's there.
Bowling is pretty much the opposite - great in FC but lacking penetration in OD.
FC batting isn't too shabby, although should be much better. Just six 50's there.
Bowling is pretty much the opposite - great in FC but lacking penetration in OD.
Loony BoB
International Captain
Signed In
AS Das
CR Butler
DK Rai
DP Towns
DW Pares
GM Thomas
JP McNamara
KS Wright
S Jasotharan
T Bochat
TV Weber
WA Kerr
Waiting on: J Griffen, JB Malthus-Howell, NR Hancock, Manan Shah, MR Hopgood, MW Wilson, P Bharat.
Playing Off Season
AS Das
CR Butler
DK Rai
DP Towns
DW Pares
GM Thomas
J Griffen
JP McNamara
KS Wright
NR Hancock
P Bharat
S Jasotharan
T Bochat
TV Weber
WA Kerr
Declined Off Season
MW Wilson
Nowhere to be seen
JB Malthus-Howell
Manan Shah
MR Hopgood
16 active players altogether, although some of them still need to sign in.
And now for an update on how people are progressing overseas.
Dasa has been true to his offseason tradition. It seems when he's in the opposite hemisphere, he plays well in the other form of the game - FC cricket and Dasa has a very nice eight 50's out of his 14 innings... although he may want to convert one of those, as his high score remains his first innings of 78, which is also his high score in the OD game, where he's performing averagely for his talent with two fifties in six innings.
Buts has had no problems getting into the runs despite starting slightly later than the other clubs, being involved with Durham in county cricket. He's our best performing batsman in the Twenty20 game and has two fifties in five games with another innings stranded at 49*. He's got a century and a fifty in both OD and FC forms - 164* recently boosted his average up to 55.71 over eight innings for the FC game and in List A his two not outs in four innings have him averaging 101 at a solid strike rate of 117.44..
Dan Rai has had praise heaped onto him by selector Geg Thomas recently, and he stands third of our off-season bowlers in OD wicket taking, our only spinner to average beneath 30. He averages 23 with the bat there, and a solid 33.33 with the bat in the longer form with his 400 runs mixing him in amongst the specialist batsmen - two scores of 80 and 81 showing his allround talents with a further fifty FC & OD (61* and 50* respectively). Wickets haven't come too easily to Rai in the long form, 13 in 7 games leaving Dan wanting a bit more - something more like his quality bowling in Twenty20 - a cool 5 wickets at 18.60 only bettered by Geg himself out of our Colts contingent.
Towns has managed to keep up with Jaso so far, just four runs shy of the keeper's tally and at a nice average, if marginally slower than some other batsmen. He also has managed two centuries and was out twice in the 90's for the OD game, although form has left him in recent times as he sees his average dropping. He didn't fare well in Twenty20, not getting more than one innings and only managing 0* in that one off a single ball while batting well down the order. FC has been fairly mixed - two fifties and a century in twelve innings but too many scores ending in the 20's and 30's can only remind him of his early days.
Upcoming bowler Pares is putting in a lot of effort to show the selectors what he has, and nobody can deny his ability to take wickets. 21 in the long form, 10 in the OD game and three more in Twenty20 have only helped his cause, although his average in the 4D game could use a little reduction. Struggling in the first few games, he seems determined and has put time into getting more wickets per game. He only needs to get them for less runs and then things should fall into place - hopefully Bochat can help him now that he's joined him in T&T.
Thomas is doing us proud in Australian state cricket, despite not getting much time outside of the FC arena. He's performed well in Twenty20, managing 6 @ 11.00, our best bowler and - almost naturally - the worst batsman with two innings amassing him two golden ducks! FC generally is Geg's expertise, though, and he's shown it with a nice five wicket bag in the starting game of the season. Wickets haven't been as easy since then, but his quality means even when he's out of form, he's still averaging below 30.
Youngster Griffen, like Pares, is certainly working hard. With a lot of success, I might add - impacting well enough to be 3rd highst runscorer of the Colts overseas in all three forms, you can't really say he's doing much wrong. A century in 4D, a century in OD, a few fifties here and there to back it all up. A firm nod of approval is being given by the fans and with Howler and Hoppy missing in action, Griffen is taking every opportunity to get into the limelight.
Jack's not had the best of offseasons, but is showing his experience and continuing with the gradual change from OD specialist to FC bowler. 20 wickets at 29.50 in the longer form have kept him ahead of fellow spinner Rai - although still behind Weber. Jack and Rai have proved to be a quality partnership overall, with either one or the other generally taking wickets persistently. Jack's had the short end of the stick in OD, though - 4 wickets at 58.75 have left him fairly far behind. Still, a long way to go and he's certainly kept it tight - the only bowler to manage less than 6rpo in Twenty20.
Oh captain, my captain, Kyle Wright is storming up in FC with style. 34 wickets @ 23.00 and an economy of 2.70 can't be faulted. OD - like his fellow senior Colt Jack - not so great with just 6 @ 53.67, but as with Jack, he can look to improve over the rest of the offseason before he digs in for the Dev League. Best so far for Kyle is the latest outing where he took five scalps for 92 runs, and I'm sure we all hope he can hold that form and further improve his stats. Possibly the only Colt bowler to have taken wickets every 4D bowling innings.
While Kyle has pushed ahead in FC despite his OD form, the opposite can be said of allrounder Nick Hancock. Our best bowler in the one day form, he's taken 14 wickets at 22.71, a very nice strike rate of 24.00 backing up his wicket taking ability. Stats boosted by a BBI of 5-63, he's been consistent in wicket taking in OD innings much like Kyle has in FC innings. If only he could manage to carry his form to the longer game, where he hasn't managed three wickets in an innings to date - but he does have a 50 in both forms, even if he might want a few more than just one in each.
Batswoman Pooja "Resha" Bharat has been fairly subpar for her standards in the long form, the lowest of the specialist bats and averaging just 25.57, despite having a century and two fifties to her name over her 14 innings. In OD it's been much better, though. Two fifties and not a score below 20 mean she averages well into the 60's, and she will hope to be improving on her Twenty20 average of a poor 19.33 when she moves into the playoffs.
Jaso has been the story of the batsmen so far, outscoring all other Colts batsman at the moment in both FC and OD forms. One day scores of 116, 156 and 98 have nudged him ahead of Towns while the vice captain lost his form, and only one of his scores has been below 45. Things are very different for Jaso this time around in the long form - he's still scoring fifties regularly and has a nice 121 to his name, but the fact that he got that score off 202 balls says it all: Ja-slow-tharan? Almost impossible to believe, but Shan's 635 4D runs have come from 1249 balls, a strike rate markedly lower than what we're used to seeing. His keeping abilities have been up to scratch, too, with him picking up a MOTM for his duties behind the stumps recently.
If there's anyone who is likely to compete with Hancock in the bowling front, it's Bochat. The young lad who recently completed a fairly successful rookie season with the Colts has only bowled 15 overs, but the five wickets he took at 14.8 runs a piece have already got the T&T fans talking. His bowling - while not bettering a certain "whooshy" bowler as yet - has also been good in the longer form, if a little incosistent. 7-111 in the first innings he bowled over in the Carribean were followed by a few less successful affairs before he became the only Colt to have two 5-fers so far, taking 5-90 in his most recent game.
Out Dutch-speaking CWLander has gone about his work quietly (!) but he still manages to shine in FC. His 23 wickets at 25.65 are keeping him ahead of his fellow spinners, keeping the ball spinning in all directions and certainly troubling the batsmen. If only the surfaces felt as right to Weber in the shorter forms, where he's struggled in both keeping it tight and finding the wickets. Batting in Twenty20 proved fun for him, where he has scored his only fifty so far.
Kerr has had a largely positive time of it in the States, showing no trouble whatsoever with converting his 50's into 100's - so far, he's done it three times out of three! A late starter in the offseason, he's quickly pushed himself up the batting ranks and averages higher than any of his counterparts from this club. Big scores of 169* in 4D and 147 in OD boost his stats, and while he does have another century and a few scores above 30, he will want to improve his consistency. Those three centuries in all forms come from fourteen starts, five of which ended before he passed 10 runs.
AS Das
CR Butler
DK Rai
DP Towns
DW Pares
GM Thomas
JP McNamara
KS Wright
S Jasotharan
T Bochat
TV Weber
WA Kerr
Waiting on: J Griffen, JB Malthus-Howell, NR Hancock, Manan Shah, MR Hopgood, MW Wilson, P Bharat.
Playing Off Season
AS Das
CR Butler
DK Rai
DP Towns
DW Pares
GM Thomas
J Griffen
JP McNamara
KS Wright
NR Hancock
P Bharat
S Jasotharan
T Bochat
TV Weber
WA Kerr
Declined Off Season
MW Wilson
Nowhere to be seen
JB Malthus-Howell
Manan Shah
MR Hopgood
16 active players altogether, although some of them still need to sign in.
And now for an update on how people are progressing overseas.
Dasa has been true to his offseason tradition. It seems when he's in the opposite hemisphere, he plays well in the other form of the game - FC cricket and Dasa has a very nice eight 50's out of his 14 innings... although he may want to convert one of those, as his high score remains his first innings of 78, which is also his high score in the OD game, where he's performing averagely for his talent with two fifties in six innings.
Buts has had no problems getting into the runs despite starting slightly later than the other clubs, being involved with Durham in county cricket. He's our best performing batsman in the Twenty20 game and has two fifties in five games with another innings stranded at 49*. He's got a century and a fifty in both OD and FC forms - 164* recently boosted his average up to 55.71 over eight innings for the FC game and in List A his two not outs in four innings have him averaging 101 at a solid strike rate of 117.44..
Dan Rai has had praise heaped onto him by selector Geg Thomas recently, and he stands third of our off-season bowlers in OD wicket taking, our only spinner to average beneath 30. He averages 23 with the bat there, and a solid 33.33 with the bat in the longer form with his 400 runs mixing him in amongst the specialist batsmen - two scores of 80 and 81 showing his allround talents with a further fifty FC & OD (61* and 50* respectively). Wickets haven't come too easily to Rai in the long form, 13 in 7 games leaving Dan wanting a bit more - something more like his quality bowling in Twenty20 - a cool 5 wickets at 18.60 only bettered by Geg himself out of our Colts contingent.
Towns has managed to keep up with Jaso so far, just four runs shy of the keeper's tally and at a nice average, if marginally slower than some other batsmen. He also has managed two centuries and was out twice in the 90's for the OD game, although form has left him in recent times as he sees his average dropping. He didn't fare well in Twenty20, not getting more than one innings and only managing 0* in that one off a single ball while batting well down the order. FC has been fairly mixed - two fifties and a century in twelve innings but too many scores ending in the 20's and 30's can only remind him of his early days.
Upcoming bowler Pares is putting in a lot of effort to show the selectors what he has, and nobody can deny his ability to take wickets. 21 in the long form, 10 in the OD game and three more in Twenty20 have only helped his cause, although his average in the 4D game could use a little reduction. Struggling in the first few games, he seems determined and has put time into getting more wickets per game. He only needs to get them for less runs and then things should fall into place - hopefully Bochat can help him now that he's joined him in T&T.
Thomas is doing us proud in Australian state cricket, despite not getting much time outside of the FC arena. He's performed well in Twenty20, managing 6 @ 11.00, our best bowler and - almost naturally - the worst batsman with two innings amassing him two golden ducks! FC generally is Geg's expertise, though, and he's shown it with a nice five wicket bag in the starting game of the season. Wickets haven't been as easy since then, but his quality means even when he's out of form, he's still averaging below 30.
Youngster Griffen, like Pares, is certainly working hard. With a lot of success, I might add - impacting well enough to be 3rd highst runscorer of the Colts overseas in all three forms, you can't really say he's doing much wrong. A century in 4D, a century in OD, a few fifties here and there to back it all up. A firm nod of approval is being given by the fans and with Howler and Hoppy missing in action, Griffen is taking every opportunity to get into the limelight.
Jack's not had the best of offseasons, but is showing his experience and continuing with the gradual change from OD specialist to FC bowler. 20 wickets at 29.50 in the longer form have kept him ahead of fellow spinner Rai - although still behind Weber. Jack and Rai have proved to be a quality partnership overall, with either one or the other generally taking wickets persistently. Jack's had the short end of the stick in OD, though - 4 wickets at 58.75 have left him fairly far behind. Still, a long way to go and he's certainly kept it tight - the only bowler to manage less than 6rpo in Twenty20.
Oh captain, my captain, Kyle Wright is storming up in FC with style. 34 wickets @ 23.00 and an economy of 2.70 can't be faulted. OD - like his fellow senior Colt Jack - not so great with just 6 @ 53.67, but as with Jack, he can look to improve over the rest of the offseason before he digs in for the Dev League. Best so far for Kyle is the latest outing where he took five scalps for 92 runs, and I'm sure we all hope he can hold that form and further improve his stats. Possibly the only Colt bowler to have taken wickets every 4D bowling innings.
While Kyle has pushed ahead in FC despite his OD form, the opposite can be said of allrounder Nick Hancock. Our best bowler in the one day form, he's taken 14 wickets at 22.71, a very nice strike rate of 24.00 backing up his wicket taking ability. Stats boosted by a BBI of 5-63, he's been consistent in wicket taking in OD innings much like Kyle has in FC innings. If only he could manage to carry his form to the longer game, where he hasn't managed three wickets in an innings to date - but he does have a 50 in both forms, even if he might want a few more than just one in each.
Batswoman Pooja "Resha" Bharat has been fairly subpar for her standards in the long form, the lowest of the specialist bats and averaging just 25.57, despite having a century and two fifties to her name over her 14 innings. In OD it's been much better, though. Two fifties and not a score below 20 mean she averages well into the 60's, and she will hope to be improving on her Twenty20 average of a poor 19.33 when she moves into the playoffs.
Jaso has been the story of the batsmen so far, outscoring all other Colts batsman at the moment in both FC and OD forms. One day scores of 116, 156 and 98 have nudged him ahead of Towns while the vice captain lost his form, and only one of his scores has been below 45. Things are very different for Jaso this time around in the long form - he's still scoring fifties regularly and has a nice 121 to his name, but the fact that he got that score off 202 balls says it all: Ja-slow-tharan? Almost impossible to believe, but Shan's 635 4D runs have come from 1249 balls, a strike rate markedly lower than what we're used to seeing. His keeping abilities have been up to scratch, too, with him picking up a MOTM for his duties behind the stumps recently.
If there's anyone who is likely to compete with Hancock in the bowling front, it's Bochat. The young lad who recently completed a fairly successful rookie season with the Colts has only bowled 15 overs, but the five wickets he took at 14.8 runs a piece have already got the T&T fans talking. His bowling - while not bettering a certain "whooshy" bowler as yet - has also been good in the longer form, if a little incosistent. 7-111 in the first innings he bowled over in the Carribean were followed by a few less successful affairs before he became the only Colt to have two 5-fers so far, taking 5-90 in his most recent game.
Out Dutch-speaking CWLander has gone about his work quietly (!) but he still manages to shine in FC. His 23 wickets at 25.65 are keeping him ahead of his fellow spinners, keeping the ball spinning in all directions and certainly troubling the batsmen. If only the surfaces felt as right to Weber in the shorter forms, where he's struggled in both keeping it tight and finding the wickets. Batting in Twenty20 proved fun for him, where he has scored his only fifty so far.
Kerr has had a largely positive time of it in the States, showing no trouble whatsoever with converting his 50's into 100's - so far, he's done it three times out of three! A late starter in the offseason, he's quickly pushed himself up the batting ranks and averages higher than any of his counterparts from this club. Big scores of 169* in 4D and 147 in OD boost his stats, and while he does have another century and a few scores above 30, he will want to improve his consistency. Those three centuries in all forms come from fourteen starts, five of which ended before he passed 10 runs.
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Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yeah. Great read.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Great write up Towns. Great to see how everyones doing. Noones really having a terrible off season, are they?
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Haha.
