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StephenZA
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Starting with TMOs current batting
So currently that (in order) is my best batting in current skill. 3 x 40+ skilled batsmen. All three are home grown started with Kock and scouted Levy and Davidson early. No chance I would have been able to buy Davidson or Levy, so got lucky there. Got Johannes at a bargain last season of about $190K. Bought him because he could bolster my batting and I needed a backup wk in a pinch. Really good buy. Badenhorst is home grow, does a consistent job. Mthombeni is home grown again and primary wicket keeper. Ncanana and Coetzee are my allrounders, bought in both at good prices and done a great job for the team.
My current issues are in order (1) Coetzee has a touch of 5 and been terrible all season, so has only been playing the development games and an occasional T20. Playing him in senior 50 over has not worked and become a big no no. He was meant to replace Ncanana full time by this stage in the senior team but have had to hold out. (2) Which goes with (1) I was hoping that I would only need to play one of Mthombeni or Badenhorst as they stats are so similar (along with Kock) and both have poor Stamina. I would like to play them at three but it does not always work out. (3) The fielding of my top batsmen are all horrendous and definitely effects games. Unfortunately that is not an easy sort out and something I must just keep an eye on over time. Badenhorst and Ncanana are on the top of the potential chopping block depending how the season goes.
So currently that (in order) is my best batting in current skill. 3 x 40+ skilled batsmen. All three are home grown started with Kock and scouted Levy and Davidson early. No chance I would have been able to buy Davidson or Levy, so got lucky there. Got Johannes at a bargain last season of about $190K. Bought him because he could bolster my batting and I needed a backup wk in a pinch. Really good buy. Badenhorst is home grow, does a consistent job. Mthombeni is home grown again and primary wicket keeper. Ncanana and Coetzee are my allrounders, bought in both at good prices and done a great job for the team.
My current issues are in order (1) Coetzee has a touch of 5 and been terrible all season, so has only been playing the development games and an occasional T20. Playing him in senior 50 over has not worked and become a big no no. He was meant to replace Ncanana full time by this stage in the senior team but have had to hold out. (2) Which goes with (1) I was hoping that I would only need to play one of Mthombeni or Badenhorst as they stats are so similar (along with Kock) and both have poor Stamina. I would like to play them at three but it does not always work out. (3) The fielding of my top batsmen are all horrendous and definitely effects games. Unfortunately that is not an easy sort out and something I must just keep an eye on over time. Badenhorst and Ncanana are on the top of the potential chopping block depending how the season goes.
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Current TMO bowling
Only Burger is home grown. Top of the tree but you guys know I have mixed feelings about his performance. Karunaratne is a buy from end of last season and originally bought as a stop gap because of his fielding and wanting an extra fast bowler. Passmore is an early buy that has been fantastic for the TMOs and developed perfectly for what I had in mind and wanted (lots of fast fast men!) Jupp was a buy a few seasons ago that has just become better and better for me. He was originally neglected by management but is now the primary opening bowler. He will stay medium and hopefully continue to get to a high movement! Importantly Jupp is also my future opening bat so fulfills an extra allrounder slot in the team. Nkumane does not find his place in the senior team yet but is ear marked to replace Karunaratne in the near future. Ncanana and Coetzee sit as my allrounder options. Fielding not great amongst bowlers either but not as bad as the batsmen.
Bowling problems include less movement than I would currently like for early innings, but that is coming along. Donald Hunt is the extra plan to help with the fielding and extra early movement. Also no spinner. That was a deliberate choice end of last season but have brought in Garai this season.
Only Burger is home grown. Top of the tree but you guys know I have mixed feelings about his performance. Karunaratne is a buy from end of last season and originally bought as a stop gap because of his fielding and wanting an extra fast bowler. Passmore is an early buy that has been fantastic for the TMOs and developed perfectly for what I had in mind and wanted (lots of fast fast men!) Jupp was a buy a few seasons ago that has just become better and better for me. He was originally neglected by management but is now the primary opening bowler. He will stay medium and hopefully continue to get to a high movement! Importantly Jupp is also my future opening bat so fulfills an extra allrounder slot in the team. Nkumane does not find his place in the senior team yet but is ear marked to replace Karunaratne in the near future. Ncanana and Coetzee sit as my allrounder options. Fielding not great amongst bowlers either but not as bad as the batsmen.
Bowling problems include less movement than I would currently like for early innings, but that is coming along. Donald Hunt is the extra plan to help with the fielding and extra early movement. Also no spinner. That was a deliberate choice end of last season but have brought in Garai this season.
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
So looking towards the future
Bowling likely change towards, Burger, Jupp, Passmore and Nkumane with Coetzee as the allrounder. Garai as the spinning option. Hunt as the extra bowling option. Karunaratne is likely to be sold by end of season... but we shall see. Norman is meant to be the backup allrounder option, but he is not playing frequently beyond development and thinking of selling him to bring in cash. Another lets put a pin in it.
Pikirayi and Fayaz are my future batting (still poor fielders!) Pikirayi is home grown and Fayaz was bought this season. Once they develop Badenhorst will likely be sold (possibly a bit earlier). Kock is likely to stay for a long time because he is my captain unless Davidson picks up the role. But there is a bit of sentimentality around Kock as well. Monkhouse is the development replacement keeper and future replacement for Johannes.
As the squad ages and develops, the plan is for 2 to 3 of the development players to be able to play senior cricket (about 6 or 7 play currently). Picking up players to try fill holes as needed. Hopefully with a slowly improving overall skill and trait set.
I will try keep the age categories as follows:
25+ -> 3 or 4 players. 22 to 25 -> 4 or 5 players. 20-21 -> 4 or 5 players. 18-19 -> 3 players; 15-17 -> 4 or 5 players. Max squad size is 22 down to about 18 min long term.
Bowling likely change towards, Burger, Jupp, Passmore and Nkumane with Coetzee as the allrounder. Garai as the spinning option. Hunt as the extra bowling option. Karunaratne is likely to be sold by end of season... but we shall see. Norman is meant to be the backup allrounder option, but he is not playing frequently beyond development and thinking of selling him to bring in cash. Another lets put a pin in it.
Pikirayi and Fayaz are my future batting (still poor fielders!) Pikirayi is home grown and Fayaz was bought this season. Once they develop Badenhorst will likely be sold (possibly a bit earlier). Kock is likely to stay for a long time because he is my captain unless Davidson picks up the role. But there is a bit of sentimentality around Kock as well. Monkhouse is the development replacement keeper and future replacement for Johannes.
As the squad ages and develops, the plan is for 2 to 3 of the development players to be able to play senior cricket (about 6 or 7 play currently). Picking up players to try fill holes as needed. Hopefully with a slowly improving overall skill and trait set.
I will try keep the age categories as follows:
25+ -> 3 or 4 players. 22 to 25 -> 4 or 5 players. 20-21 -> 4 or 5 players. 18-19 -> 3 players; 15-17 -> 4 or 5 players. Max squad size is 22 down to about 18 min long term.
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
On to TNT...
Again got a bit lucky with the batting, van Zyl was part of the opening squad, Caldwell and Hugo where scouted pretty early. Managed to grab Fungai, Corbett, Chamara and Hanif all pretty cheap. Because I had a better Idea what I was looking for right from day one fielding is much better. Also managed to grab a pretty decent keeper in Kadir. Fungai, Chamara and Hanif all fulfill allrounder roles. Van Zyl is my biggest concern for the squad because I don't know if I will have enough time to train him to full potential, but he is a great captain. Short one more quality bat.
Again lucky with the bowling Shaukat, Damien and Itai. Itai was original squad and Damien came soon after. Shaukat was end of last season. Hanif is a future opening bowler with Damien. Itai is planned to become a fast man and end innings bowler. Hoping that Shaukat, Chamara and Fungai can fulfill the 5/6th bowler. Pretty good fielding again. Also really nice mixture of bowling options.
I started with the idea to make this squad more about spinning low slow pitches, but with some great pulls I have just cut this squad down to essentials and growing from there. Its just overall a very balanced squad because of the luck and also better understanding what a good squad needs. Pretty happy with the squad considering its only my second full season. Bruce Wild is up for sale!
I have kept my coaching much simpler as well. Cheaper and seems to be working well.
Long term my plan is to try maintain similar age categories as TMOs.
Again got a bit lucky with the batting, van Zyl was part of the opening squad, Caldwell and Hugo where scouted pretty early. Managed to grab Fungai, Corbett, Chamara and Hanif all pretty cheap. Because I had a better Idea what I was looking for right from day one fielding is much better. Also managed to grab a pretty decent keeper in Kadir. Fungai, Chamara and Hanif all fulfill allrounder roles. Van Zyl is my biggest concern for the squad because I don't know if I will have enough time to train him to full potential, but he is a great captain. Short one more quality bat.
Again lucky with the bowling Shaukat, Damien and Itai. Itai was original squad and Damien came soon after. Shaukat was end of last season. Hanif is a future opening bowler with Damien. Itai is planned to become a fast man and end innings bowler. Hoping that Shaukat, Chamara and Fungai can fulfill the 5/6th bowler. Pretty good fielding again. Also really nice mixture of bowling options.
I started with the idea to make this squad more about spinning low slow pitches, but with some great pulls I have just cut this squad down to essentials and growing from there. Its just overall a very balanced squad because of the luck and also better understanding what a good squad needs. Pretty happy with the squad considering its only my second full season. Bruce Wild is up for sale!
I have kept my coaching much simpler as well. Cheaper and seems to be working well.
Long term my plan is to try maintain similar age categories as TMOs.
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Open season.
What sort of amount would you be looking for Vedula, Kamal and Sahar - might be out of my price range but would be very tempted if not.
StephenZA
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@Jarquis I look at the Pirates and think you must have a very different philosophy compared to mine. I would probably reduce squad size to about 12 or so.
I would definitely keep Kamal, Sahar and Vedula. Then for bowling I would hang on to Trupti, Fakhir and Nonyana. For batting I would hang onto Rigby and Baloch for now. Keep Anson and Chandrasekaran. Hang onto Young for your senior team as he is the only real keeper you have got. I would try buy somebody like Ndlela or Gourley (or both) as a stop gap keeper for my dev squad for right now.
I don't know how much monies you have saved, but I would also try buy a player like Lucas to help bolster the dev batting. Look at Rufaro as well.
The best batsmen currently available on the market is Boyce, TNT are bidding on him but whatever...
I would sell/get rid of the rest of the squad... you will basically only have a limited dev teams left with 4 potentially great/good players in it. From there you need to save your monies and improve you squad through judicious buying and really hope for some good scouts.
TNT also have Wild on the market. currently going unsold. Not a great trait and a bit older than you would like for restarting dev team but overall stable low 40 potential skills in both. Could do a temporary job for awhile and if coached properly could become a really good player.
I would definitely keep Kamal, Sahar and Vedula. Then for bowling I would hang on to Trupti, Fakhir and Nonyana. For batting I would hang onto Rigby and Baloch for now. Keep Anson and Chandrasekaran. Hang onto Young for your senior team as he is the only real keeper you have got. I would try buy somebody like Ndlela or Gourley (or both) as a stop gap keeper for my dev squad for right now.
I don't know how much monies you have saved, but I would also try buy a player like Lucas to help bolster the dev batting. Look at Rufaro as well.
The best batsmen currently available on the market is Boyce, TNT are bidding on him but whatever...
I would sell/get rid of the rest of the squad... you will basically only have a limited dev teams left with 4 potentially great/good players in it. From there you need to save your monies and improve you squad through judicious buying and really hope for some good scouts.
TNT also have Wild on the market. currently going unsold. Not a great trait and a bit older than you would like for restarting dev team but overall stable low 40 potential skills in both. Could do a temporary job for awhile and if coached properly could become a really good player.
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cnerd123
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Yea this is key. 40 pot players are quite easy to find, doesn't make sense really to keep anyone lower around unless you're Home Grown and don't have anyone better for a specific role
@Jarquis I'd build your bowling attack around Habib Kamal, Chirayus Sahar (both future BD nat players) and Akil Trupti. The other 40 pot+ bowlers are decent too but you need a spinner. Batting wise Young is (ironically) a bit old to reach his potentials but definitely have him as a regular in every senior game. Subodh Vedula is decent, the rest have no long term future.
ataraxia
International Coach
crucial SOD 2.2 game: GG CC pile up 368 on the back of Bram 159, Takaedza Eugene with a brave effort from the opponents. 283 runs for zero points. Brilliant.
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Bram and his skipper went at them in their opening partnership.
Bowling for us was quite weak tho. Experimenting with the like of Sutherland, Levy, and Bram making up the overs of a 5th bowler.
Bram even took a wicket!
A top order wicket
Charlie B
U19 Vice-Captain
I am not the cleverest chap in the pack; a bear of little brain perhaps, which makes it frustrating that I also have been saddled with a curiosity to understand how things work! So, the WR and the points that you receive to create it - well they are pretty murky!
Does it run like the word tennis rankings dropping on and off (over what time period? with any kind of weighting to most recent and most distant in terms of the period?). Are the points influenced by the type of game played? which division you play in? the ranking of the opposition? the ability of the opposition in terms of XPV ranking? - questions questions - we do not know- for sure.
Today after scraping a win in an OD match Jura have catapulted 23 places! to their highest ever World Ranking - 47 - yes, we are a Top 50 hit for the 1st time ever!!
Come on Z.o.r.a.x. give us an international player and knock another wish off our Stumped Bucket List!
(Of course I did not mention the Geese have nosedived further to 154th - surely one is overstated and the other understated!)
Does it run like the word tennis rankings dropping on and off (over what time period? with any kind of weighting to most recent and most distant in terms of the period?). Are the points influenced by the type of game played? which division you play in? the ranking of the opposition? the ability of the opposition in terms of XPV ranking? - questions questions - we do not know- for sure.
Today after scraping a win in an OD match Jura have catapulted 23 places! to their highest ever World Ranking - 47 - yes, we are a Top 50 hit for the 1st time ever!!
Come on Z.o.r.a.x. give us an international player and knock another wish off our Stumped Bucket List!
(Of course I did not mention the Geese have nosedived further to 154th - surely one is overstated and the other understated!)
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SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Congrats!I am not the cleverest chap in the pack; a bear of little brain perhaps, which makes it frustrating that I also have been saddled with a curiosity to understand how things work! So, the WR and the points that you receive to create it - well they are pretty murky!
Does it run like the word tennis rankings dropping on and off (over what time period? with any kind of weighting to most recent and most distant in terms of the period?). Are the points influenced by the type of game played? which division you play in? the ranking of the opposition? the ability of the opposition in terms of XPV ranking? - questions questions - we do not know- for sure.
Today after scraping a win in an OD match Jura have catapulted 23 places! to their highest ever World Ranking - 47 - yes, we are a Top 50 hit for the 1st time ever!!
Come on Z.o.r.a.x. give us an international player and knock another wish off our Stumped Bucket List!
On the contrary, GG CC thrashed a team earlier today and dropped a place in the WR.
I must admit that 9271 fans came out to watch the game. Not a sold out (10,500 capacity)
So that might have played a part in our slide…
Charlie B
U19 Vice-Captain
Now you have added a new possible variable to the mix SCC - what a milkshake!!
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Is there any room for him in the Senior setup of ZCC?
cnerd123
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Not if he can't score runs!
We have 12 senior cricketers atm, with 2 set to leave soon. Ed would be the 13th once he ages. So he probably can stick around a bit longer, but if we drop to Div 3 in T20 next season I'll want to trim the squad and have just 9 senior players and use two kids to round off the XI.
We have 12 senior cricketers atm, with 2 set to leave soon. Ed would be the 13th once he ages. So he probably can stick around a bit longer, but if we drop to Div 3 in T20 next season I'll want to trim the squad and have just 9 senior players and use two kids to round off the XI.