Trial matches

[Himannv]

I hope there would be more than one trial game. Would like to see how a few of my reserves go.

 

[Noble One]

I don't think I'm ever going to have to worry about bowling options, what with Hussey/Bopara/Sewhag providing more than passable part time options.

Your team is easily the fan favourite of the competition. No tail, and yet so many bowling options.

 

[Howe_zat]

Brudenell Social Club Pub Quiz Team

1. Dilshan (6)
2. Hafeez (5)
3. Chandimal
4. Sarwan
5. Mathews*
6. Ballance
7. Pothas+
8. Chapple (1)
9. Herath (4)
10. Lewis (3)
11. Rampaul (2)

 

[GIMH]

Key*
Lumb
Joyce
Trott (5)
Pietersen (6)
Davies+
Bairstow
Flintoff (3)
Tremlett (1)
Onions (2)
Panesar (4)

If the conditions are seam-friendly, get Trott on before Panesar but probably after a second spell for whichever opening bowler makes way for Freddie. if possible.

 

[Cabinet96]

How many trial games will we be doing? I'd like to try out all 16 players.

Anyway, here's my line up for the first trial match, I know it's slightly unbalanced, but I want to try out all my bowlers.

1. Michael Carberry
2. AB de Villiers* +
3. Asad Shafiq
4. Ryan ten Doeschate (7)
5. Suresh Raina (8)
6. Ravindra Jadeja (6)
7. Ravichandran Ashwin (5)
8. Pat Cummins (2)
9. Saeed Ajmal (4)
10. Aizaz Cheama (3)
11. Mohammad Asif (1)

Bench: Suraj Randiv, Craig Kieswetter, Andrew Strauss, Gautam Gambhir

Special instructions: Only bowl ten Doeschate and Raina if the first 6 bowlers are doing absolutely nothing.

 

[Dan]

Can I change my trail line-up based on my last two picks?

1. S Robson
2. J Botha (5)
3. N Compton (8)
4. U Salahuddin
5. F du Plessis (7)
6. B Stokes (6)
7. D Vilas (+)
8. N Rimmington (2)
9. S Bond (3)
10. G Dockrell (4)
11. M de Lange (1)

Resting: Nevill (replacing Vilas in Game 2), Bravo (for Salahuddin), Cook (for Robson), Wagner (for Rimmington), Boult (for de Lange).'

Instructions: Share the ball around, even if someone is running through them. Testing out Compton's bowling, want to see how rubbish he is.

 

[Cabinet96]

Is the new database ready?

 

[Prince EWS]

Is the new database ready?

Will be when cricketarchive puts this week's county fixtures onto their site properly.

 

[Eds]

1. Taufeeq Umar
2. Alex Hales+
3. Usman Khawaja
4. Subramaniam Badrinath
5. Jesse Ryder (7)
6. Zander de Bruyn (3, 1)
7. Daniel Vettori (4, 5)
8. Chris Swan (1, 6)
9. Murali Karthik (6, 4)
10. Mohammad Amir (2)
11. Sunil Narine (5, 3)

 

[Noble One]

What's the plan for the trial matches?

 

[Spark]

When I get the database I sim with the lineups I have. There's no special plan for these, they'll just come out as-is.

 

[Prince EWS]

Will be when cricketarchive puts this week's county fixtures onto their site properly.

Which I believe they've done now (they better have anyway *shakes fist*).

Since as I have no intention of sleeping or leaving the house tonight, the plan is:

1. Watch Game of Thrones
2. Sim cric
3. Make database

Spark should have the thing by tomorrow morning his/our time.

 

[Eds]

Awesome.

Would quite like to play someone full strength, or close to, personally.

 

[Jarquis]

Might as well send it to me too, not much else I'm doing with glandular..

 

[Prince EWS]

Might as well send it to me too, not much else I'm doing with glandular..

Ahh so it's official then?

Well at least you'll get dispensation.

 

[Jarquis]

Got to wait for blood test results but the doctor was 90% certain

Have got a bacterial infection on top of the viral one too

 

[weeman27bob]

Got to wait for blood test results but the doctor was 90% certain

Have got a bacterial infection on top of the viral one too

Sounds awful.

Get better soon, etc.

 

[Johnners]

Awesome.

Would quite like to play someone full strength, or close to, personally.

Happy to do so, team I've named is what I expect will be my first XI.

 

[Jarquis]

Tails
Bat

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Brendon McCullum
3. Michael Klinger
4. Simon Katich (5)
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Roshen Silva
7. Sarfraz Ahmed
8. James Hopes (3)
9. Mark Gillespie (2)
10. Seekkuge Prassana (4)
11. David Masters (1)


Kallis, VVS, Shakib, Rhino and Philander all sitting out.

Katich the only one of my first 5 picks.

 

[Howe_zat]

Request to give weemanbob's lot a roughing up in a trial match.