Battrick

[Jakester1288]

Whats with the comp/comp? Did you forget his bowling or something?

 

[Robertinho]

Haha nope, he is indeed a 32yo comp/comp specialist batsman. I just have no one better to put there. I don't have any room for trainees and I don't want to spend any money buying a stop-gap player so he stays! That spot being filled by him rather than say, a superb or quality doesn't really make a huge difference to me. Would obviously be handy but that's why I've got 8 batsmen before him.

And FWIW, I would make Fillery a wrist spinner. He's already destructive, so when you add the increase in wicket-taking ability he'll get from being a wrist-spinner he's going to take wickets really frequently. Obviously go for heaps of runs in the process, but he'll be a freak. Only 19 as well so you need to make sure you give him a decent amount of nets to extract the most out of him. Depends on your squad and training regime but I'd be looking at 1 x fitness and 1 x bowling at the very very least, and pending availability another bowling and possibly a fielding.

 

[Jakester1288]

Haha nope, he is indeed a 32yo comp/comp specialist batsman. I just have no one better to put there. I don't have any room for trainees and I don't want to spend any money buying a stop-gap player so he stays! That spot being filled by him rather than say, a superb or quality doesn't really make a huge difference to me. Would obviously be handy but that's why I've got 8 batsmen before him.

And FWIW, I would make Fillery a wrist spinner. He's already destructive, so when you add the increase in wicket-taking ability he'll get from being a wrist-spinner he's going to take wickets really frequently. Obviously go for heaps of runs in the process, but he'll be a freak. Only 19 as well so you need to make sure you give him a decent amount of nets to extract the most out of him. Depends on your squad and training regime but I'd be looking at 1 x fitness and 1 x bowling at the very very least, and pending availability another bowling and possibly a fielding.

Fair enough.

And yeah, I'm going to make Fillery my wrist spinner, he should dominate. I wouldn't mind getting a defensive offie to bowl down the other end, they could work well together.

Got him on 1 bowling, 1 stam, 1 fielding ATM.

 

[Robertinho]

Fair enough.

And yeah, I'm going to make Fillery my wrist spinner, he should dominate. I wouldn't mind getting a defensive offie to bowl down the other end, they could work well together.

Got him on 1 bowling, 1 stam, 1 fielding ATM.

I would probably chuck him on 2 bowling rather than the one fielding, if only until he turns 20. Secondaries take an age to pop for young players and his bowling will only take longer to pop as he gets older. It's not as though he's really lacking in secondaries anyway.

 

[Bobisback]

Nousel Illangakoon - 18 yo, BT Rating=34,504
RH batsman, RFM bowler. He is an attacking player with strong leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has superb batting form, woeful bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: worthless Concentration: feeble
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: superb
Fielding: strong

Just the one pop today, his cons should catch by the time he hits wonderful.

 

[Jakester1288]

I would probably chuck him on 2 bowling rather than the one fielding, if only until he turns 20. Secondaries take an age to pop for young players and his bowling will only take longer to pop as he gets older. It's not as though he's really lacking in secondaries anyway.

He turns 20 in a few weeks, whenever they age, so no point wasting the money on the nets for only a couple of sessions.

 

[Noble One]

For the second week out of the last three I have pulled a respectable primary with 0 ITS. Shame about the abysmal/worthless secondaries and stamina. Knowing my luck first week of the new season on full ITS I will only pull a mediocre.

 

[Jakester1288]

For the second week out of the last three I have pulled a respectable primary with 0 ITS. Shame about the abysmal/worthless secondaries and stamina. Knowing my luck first week of the new season on full ITS I will only pull a mediocre.

I pulled a worth/resp/feeb bowler, imagine is I had 12/12/12 on stam/bowl/cons.

 

[Jarquis]

Sudhanssu Khalil - 18 yo, BT Rating=21,125
RH batsman, RFM bowler. He is a cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has woeful batting form, respectable bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: abysmal Concentration: woeful
Bowling: strong Consistency: quality
Fielding: competent

Craig Stols - 18 yo, BT Rating=16,811
RH batsman, RH Spin bowler. He is an attacking player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: strong Concentration: strong
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: feeble

Ewan Daly - 18 yo, BT Rating=14,114
LH batsman, LM bowler. He is a destructive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has strong batting form, proficient bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: strong Consistency: proficient
Fielding: abysmal

Stuart Aulak - 18 yo, BT Rating=13,253
RH batsman, RM bowler. He is a destructive player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: worthless

Khalil = 2 bowl, 1 field
Stols = 2 bat, 1 field
Daly = 2 bowl
Aulak = 2 bowl

 

[nibbs]

so so training. pearson ends his keeping training. will now train him in fielding to keep his cons ticking over. coates is 1-2 weeks from sensational batting. at this stage i'm trying to work him through to 16/17 batting.


Sammy Pearson - 19 yo, BT Rating=49,924
RH batsman, RFM bowler. He is a destructive player with respectable leadership skills and feeble experience.
He currently has strong batting form, superb bowling form and lively fitness.
Stamina: proficient Wicket Keeping: quality
Batting: remarkable Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: competent
Fielding: worthless


Jon Coates - 20 yo, BT Rating=116,529
LH batsman, LF bowler. He is a destructive player with worthless leadership skills and mediocre experience.
He currently has strong batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: exceptional Concentration: sensational
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: sensational

 

[nibbs]

Khalil = 2 bowl, 1 field
Stols = 2 bat, 1 field
Daly = 2 bowl
Aulak = 2 bowl

from next season onwards, or when they reach superb (your choice), drop them back to 1 primary net each and get them all on 1 stamina net each. it will pay dividends in the long run.

 

[Jarquis]

Will do, cheers

 

[Noble One]

Announcement #5 possibly the biggest announcement of the last fortnight.

I am a fan. Gives players greater individuality, and opens up numerous tactical options. Can only laugh if my star trainee picks up the Lazy trait.

 

[chaminda_00]

I think BT found Ctrl+C funtion. FTP + FC anyone...

 

[Bobisback]

I think BT found Ctrl+C funtion. FTP + FC anyone...

It still has a long way to feel like FTP. So glad FTP doesnt have FC, too.

 

[Jakester1288]

Announcement #5 possibly the biggest announcement of the last fortnight.

I am a fan. Gives players greater individuality, and opens up numerous tactical options. Can only laugh if my star trainee picks up the Lazy trait.

Agreed. But I won't be laughing, I'll be raging.

 

[Nate]

We secured the OD title today. First time we've gone through an OD season undefeated.

These changes are scary.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Smashed the team coming last today to secure second last. Could've come third last if I'd played my first team for the whole season but decided I'd rather concentrate on FC where I came 4th (or 3rd last). Went ok in Twenty20 though, coming 4th in amongst some decent teams.

 

[Noble One]

Canterbury Chargers Season 15 Review

League Position

One Day League V.154: 3rd Place

Good position in a relatively easy league. Quality of competition suffered as a couple of teams turned bot mid-season. Good chance that next season will see a decent league formed, with two bots disposed of. Aim for next season is to maintain a 3rd Place or higher considering the increased level of competition.

First Class League IX.120: 1st Place

Dominated a league mostly compiled of bots, or poorly managed teams. Have been stuck in this league since joining in Season 13, held back in past two seasons due to always being one better team than my own.

Depending on league joined next season, I might treat FC Div VIII as my preferred format. I quite enjoy the tactical side of First Class.

BT20 VI.343: 4th Place

Never cared for BT20, will focus on promotion once I stagnate in my other two leagues.

Finances

My finances are well on track. Bank balance rests at $2.9M in the bank, drawing $390k in a week that involves both a FC and OD game. Stadium could do with an upgrade, otherwise I will hold off on any major expenditure until I see the level of competition I face next season.

My Team

Finished the season with the following lineup (the best I could field).

Donald 19 Resp/Comp - Feeble
Beech 22 Comp/Comp
Naseem 21 Resp/Fee
Caulfield 19 Sup/Strong
Carey 17 Prof/Res
Fuller 26 Resp/Woe
Lombard 19 Comp/Woe - Med/Comp
Gerber 18 Worth/Comp - Sup/Stron
Zibi 21 Worth/Abys - Resp/Comp
Baholo 19 Abys/Stro - Sup/Sup
Salmon 19 Worth/Worth - Comp/Comp

Reporters summary for the final game on GFI reads:

Top order: Competent
Middle Order: Respectable
Lower Order: Abysmal
Seam Bowling: Proficient
Spin Bowling: Superb
Fielding: Mediocre

Trainees are Caulfield, Baholo, Gerber and Carey. I made early mistakes with trainee's in my first season, but I have a detailed training plan in place now. Season 16 will see a new batsman added to the list, the aim is to either youth pull or spend the big money on a very good batsman. A trainee that will surpass strong before turning 18 is the goal.

Key performers Season 15

Batsman
Donald (OD) 556 runs @ 55.60 (FC) 426 runs @ 85.20
Beech (OD) 488 runs @ 69.71 (FC) 677 runs @ 135.40
Caulfield (OD) 481 runs @ 68.71 (FC) 710 runs @ 236.67

Bowlers
Baholo (OD) 20 wickets @ 15.40 (FC) 26 wickets @ 3.15
Gerber (OD) 19 wickets @ 12.74
Clegg (OD) 17 wickets @ 18.24 (FC) 31 wickets @ 14.00

The Future

Next season will be huge, a wealth of new changes coming to Battrick and probably the shake up the game needs. Will renew my membership for a full 12 months, enjoy all the features, provides a great diversion for 10 minutes a day, and I still live for the excitement of a Saturday morning trainee pop

 

[Nate]

Dwayne Smart - 25 yo, BT Rating=32,104
RH batsman, RF bowler. He is an attacking player with woeful leadership skills and exceptional experience.
He currently has superb batting form, superb bowling form and energetic fitness.

Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: superb
Fielding: worthless

Club legend, but it's time he moved on. Listed for 2mil, would really appreciate an early bid.