From The Pavillion

[Bobisback]

Anybody got any idea on how long it takes for a 21 year old to pop on Strengh training? Got 2 pace bowlers on dreadful power and really want to give it a boost but dunno how long it'd take at this age.

Not long, like 4 weeks.

 

[chaminda_00]

Depends on sub levels and academy. I had a guy on for six weeks before a pop.

 

[Majin]

Cheers dudes!

also, pulled seam bowler just now, got this dude:

Team (Youth) Dai-Gurren Brigade Talents Slower Ball, Safe Hands
Bats Right hand batsman Bowls Right arm Fast
Wage $1,470 Rating 28,215
Nationality West Indies West Indies Age 17
Form reasonable Fatigue energetic
Experience poor Captaincy reliable
Endurance average Training Bowling
Batting ordinary Bowling average
Technique ordinary Power average
Keeping dreadful Fielding average

if he was 16 I might have actually died. Still, happy with that (edit: such an understatement, I want his babies now)

 

[Bobisback]

If he was 16 I think i would have died.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Decent youth pull again today - which is good. Any ****ing player I put a bid on, I get outbid by Bob ("I don't have a $1m, but I do have $800k and then about another thick wad of cash to spend on others")isBack or Lebrooy (whose name I recognise from somewhere)

Team (Youth) Navman Cheesecake Talents Seam Specialist
Bats Right hand batsman Bowls Right arm Finger spin
Wage $1,038 Rating 21,124
Nationality Scotland Age 16
Form reasonable Fatigue energetic
Experience poor Captaincy capable
Endurance dreadful Training Batting Technique
Batting average Bowling poor
Technique ordinary Power poor
Keeping ordinary Fielding average

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

or Lebrooy (whose name I recognise from somewhere)

Best player in Battrick.

Decent pull myself. Lacking secondaries but that can be fixed in future.

Central Districts >> Hubern Collymore >> Details
Player Details
Team (Youth) Central Districts Talents Gifted (Endurance)
Bats Left hand batsman Bowls Right arm Medium
Wage $1,150 Rating 19,325
Nationality Bermuda Bermuda Age 16
Form average Fatigue energetic
Experience poor Captaincy reasonable
Endurance ordinary Training Rest
Batting ordinary Bowling reasonable
Technique poor Power dreadful
Keeping dreadful Fielding poor

Not sure how to train him though, going to just go as a bowler for now. Bowling Tech it is.

 

[NZTailender]

Depends if you desperately need an all-rounder in the long term. If not, stick with bowling training.

 

[Bobisback]

Decent youth pull again today - which is good. Any ****ing player I put a bid on, I get outbid by Bob ("I don't have a $1m, but I do have $800k and then about another thick wad of cash to spend on others")isBack or Lebrooy (whose name I recognise from somewhere)

Team (Youth) Navman Cheesecake Talents Seam Specialist
Bats Right hand batsman Bowls Right arm Finger spin
Wage $1,038 Rating 21,124
Nationality Scotland Age 16
Form reasonable Fatigue energetic
Experience poor Captaincy capable
Endurance dreadful Training Batting Technique
Batting average Bowling poor
Technique ordinary Power poor
Keeping ordinary Fielding average

I didnt have a million at the time, I just sold one of my great players. Im also getting outbid by Labrooy, he had something like 5 million last week.

Nice YP though, actually very nice. Training him as a pure bat, or keeper?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I didnt have a million at the time, I just sold one of my great players. Im also getting outbid by Labrooy, he had something like 5 million last week.

Nice YP though, actually very nice. Training him as a pure bat, or keeper?

Nay probs, as I said, I needed the cash anyway. It's all cool.

I do need a youth keeper, so I will probably train him a couple of levels on bat and technique and then try and boost his keeping. The "average" fielding really is a bonus. Bloody good that he's 16.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

End of over 20 (12 runs) - Central Districts(208-6) RR 10.40
D. MacDermott 0 (0b) , N. Miller 8 (3b) , R. Kenny 4-0-40-2

Good start to my first season in Bangladesh. Playing a bot, with a very weakened side, should get over the line you'd imgaine. Should promote in all 3 divs tbh.

 

[andruid]

In the running for kenya u19 again. Please add sychophantic praise here, and yes I am using that first time I/or the match engine shafted Scaly as propaganda

 

[Bobisback]

Im running for Sri Lanka again. If you want to put a CW vote in, Andruid should be your first choice, unless narutoviv does something stupid and gets a whole heap of 'friends' to vote him in, I should walk in.

 

[sunilreddy]

Bats Right hand batsman Bowls Right arm Fast medium
Wage $1,434 Rating 27,492
Nationality India India Age 17
Form capable Fatigue rested
Experience dreadful Captaincy ordinary
Endurance average Training Bowling
Batting ordinary Bowling ordinary
Technique reasonable Power ordinary
Keeping ordinary Fielding average

Batsman: ordinary Bowler: ordinary Keeper:ordinary Allrounder: ordinary

Not sure how to train him.

 

[NZTailender]

Hmm, depending on your squad, I'd be inclined to train him as a pure bowler, but if you don't have an all-rounder in your squad he'd be worth training up taking turns between batting technique and bowling technique, but his bowling won't be as good as it could be by the time he's, say, 20.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Finally managed to get a player called up to the U-19s.

Navman Cheesecake >> David Elloit >> Details
Player Details
Team (Youth) Navman Cheesecake, Canada U19 Talents Spin Specialist, Gifted (Technique)
Bats Right hand batsman Bowls Left arm Medium
Wage $2,878 Rating 29,557
Nationality Canada Age 19
Form reasonable Fatigue passable
Experience ordinary Captaincy reliable
Endurance ordinary Training Batting
Batting reliable Bowling ordinary
Technique capable Power ordinary
Keeping ordinary Fielding dreadful

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Running for Netherlands U19 again.

 

[Scaly piscine]

My cup draw opening up nicely again...

 

[andruid]

Sapphires v Swamibapa CC >> Match Ratings
Match Ratings
Sapphires Swamibapa CC
Batting - Top Order: 7,138 6,754
Batting - Middle Order: 4,991 4,287
Batting - Tail: 2,161 2,389
Bowling - Seam: 4,411 (4) 7,091 (4)
Bowling - Spin: 9,046 (6) 6,629 (6)
Fielding/Keeping: 4,490 6,025
Overall: 104,429 103,475

I must be some kind of genius winning this match on a dry wicket on a windy day

 

[Scaly piscine]

Meh, spinners' performances seems kinda random anyway which is why I stopped playing on dry.

Knightingale Team won by 6 wickets

Zero Pillars and Hero Fillers Knightingale Team
Batting - Top Order: 6,721 4,890
Batting - Middle Order: 6,528 4,310
Batting - Tail: 1,410 1,751
Bowling - Seam: 6,944 (2) 5,468 (8)
Bowling - Spin: 7,784 (8) 6,342 (2)
Fielding/Keeping: 6,055 4,856
Overall: 113,471 84,835

Bob had an ordinary-ordinary as one of his spinners, so the other three would get about 9k otherwise. They chased down 264 with 33 balls to spare (was an uneven + overcast - but that doesn't disadvantage spinners at all). Still he was in my part of the draw anyway...

 

[andruid]

Meh, spinners' performances seems kinda random anyway which is why I stopped playing on dry.

Knightingale Team won by 6 wickets

Zero Pillars and Hero Fillers Knightingale Team
Batting - Top Order: 6,721 4,890
Batting - Middle Order: 6,528 4,310
Batting - Tail: 1,410 1,751
Bowling - Seam: 6,944 (2) 5,468 (8)
Bowling - Spin: 7,784 (8) 6,342 (2)
Fielding/Keeping: 6,055 4,856
Overall: 113,471 84,835

Bob had an ordinary-ordinary as one of his spinners, so the other three would get about 9k otherwise. They chased down 264 with 33 balls to spare (was an uneven + overcast - but that doesn't disadvantage spinners at all). Still he was in my part of the draw anyway...

Or that you don't know how to coach spinners