Battrick

[cnerd123]

Haha I think it's about 1 week. We should be back and running after the holidays.

RKCC have just invested in upgrading the stadium. Looking forward to the first YP of the new season. Still not sure how I'm gonna allocate the ITS.

Oh, and all-Worthless player Gholam Ahmed hit 45 off 40 in a friendly vs a bot today!

Holy moly

Stop the presses folks

Gholam Ahmed just hammered 49 off 56 balls opening the batting in a T20

Robot Koalas CC vs Sol Invictus

14.3 W Yeadon to Ahmed
Ahmed admires his technique on the big TV as he walks off. A perfect example of a straight drive - the only problem being that he played all around it and now his off stump is out of the ground.

Tragically dismissed 1 short of what would have been his first ever 50

 

[andruid]

Is Hellsreach just not fielding bowlers in this competition?&

 

[ataraxia]

My Axolotls doing surprisingly well with 2 wins from 3 games, despite a sizeable ratings disadvantage to all the other teams.

 

[cnerd123]

Strong start for the Astronauts - 5 wins on the trot, including an upset win over Chapati Madondo!

RKCC don't play their first game till 17th September. Looking at the BatStats ratings so far, I daresay we should clean up here

 

[Himannv]

Tight game between my second team and Chapati Modondo

End of Over 41: 248-5, runrate=6.05, reqrunrate=8.78 (326-4)
Shehzad	6-0-40-1
Kalonzo*	49 (52 balls)
Gicharu	17 (19 balls)

My first team looks like it's winning against Helsreach.

 

[Himannv]

Madondo pick up a big win in a close game against my second XI.

And that's the end of the match. Chapati Madondo won by 5 wickets.
March Hairz	326-4
Chapati Madondo	327-5

 

[Himannv]

Here's the reporter's summary. Not much in it between the two sides, but just enough quality there to get the win. I need to tweak something with my bowling orders I think. My best bowlers don't bowl at the end and it cost me here.

Reporter's Summary

	Chapati Madondo	March Hairz
Top Order:	superb	remarkable
Middle Order:	competent	feeble
Lower Order:	abysmal	abysmal
Seam Bowling:	competent	proficient
Spin Bowling:	useless	feeble
Fielding:	feeble	woeful
Batstats:	90	99
MOTM: Wickes

 

[andruid]

Here's the reporter's summary. Not much in it between the two sides, but just enough quality there to get the win. I need to tweak something with my bowling orders I think. My best bowlers don't bowl at the end and it cost me here.

Reporter's Summary

	Chapati Madondo	March Hairz
Top Order:	superb	remarkable
Middle Order:	competent	feeble
Lower Order:	abysmal	abysmal
Seam Bowling:	competent	proficient
Spin Bowling:	useless	feeble
Fielding:	feeble	woeful
Batstats:	90	99
MOTM: Wickes

My squad is bereft of anything other than starter level spinners. Batting depth is coming along great though

 

[Himannv]

My squad is bereft of anything other than starter level spinners. Batting depth is coming along great though

Facing your lads again today. Might be another close game I think.

 

[Himannv]

The axolots are on fire against my second XI! We were all comfy at 238/4 in 30 odd overs and got bowled out for 250.

 

[ataraxia]

 

[andruid]

Facing your lads again today. Might be another close game I think.

Doesn't look like we are chasing down 400+ again.

 

[Himannv]

Doesn't look like we are chasing down 400+ again.

Yeah, same target but I think this will be difficult to chase down due to the required rate.

 

[ataraxia]

The axolots are on fire against my second XI! We were all comfy at 238/4 in 30 odd overs and got bowled out for 250.

well, that 238-4 was good enough in the end. Disappointing loss given the situation, that Kingston knock ruined it. I should probably make his orders more aggressive tbh

 

[Himannv]

well, that 238-4 was good enough in the end. Disappointing loss given the situation, that Kingston knock ruined it. I should probably make his orders more aggressive tbh

Yeah, I think I have to tweak something with my orders as well but I'm not quite sure what. Need one of my better bowlers bowling in the death, which was a problem against the Chapatis earlier, but it seemed to work well against your side with bowlers 3 and 4 really restricting the scoring when you needed to keep pace with the rate. The batting worked well against the Chapatis but we fell apart after my best 2 bats got out against you. Will have a closer look and try and change it up somehow.

 

[Himannv]

My second team is no. 79 in Pakistan now (don't ask me how, I have no idea) and I'm playing against no. 80 today in an FC game. No. 80 is much stronger than me on paper though and looks like he has about 5 or 6 players with reasonably high wages. However, we've both seemingly decided to throw the game and have fielded weak teams.

 

[andruid]

the two bot teams that got relegated out of our OD division got replaced by two other bot teams, so once again my OD season is effectively a shootout for 5th place with Kenya Comp Box XI, given that neither our squads stand a chance against the rest of the division

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Is Hellsreach just not fielding bowlers in this competition?&

I haven't set a lineup for either of my teams in like 2 years. Got 120m in the bank of both though I guess lol.

EDIT: Only 50m for Helsreach, but 100+ for CD.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Turns out I've got no bowlers better than mediocre on Helsreach at the moment. Will set a lineup for both sides best I can as a default to at least be competitive.

 

[Himannv]

That's a lot of money to have lying around. Probably enough to be a rank 1 side.