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Archived [10/08/07] Battrick

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marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Probably my most pleasing win since I started playing.

Facing such a tricky middle period against the opponents 2 bowlers of note, my tactics meant I didn't lose wickets in a huge pile and was able to bat out 50 overs with a much higher score than I expected.

Then the bowling kept it tight when needed and the stranglehold lead to them needing too many runs at the end and losing wickets in an attempt to get there.

The team ratings suggest I had a good strategy in place:

East London Iruns AA for President!
Top Order: proficient competent
Middle Order: mediocre mediocre
Lower Order: abysmal woeful
Seam Bowling: proficient competent
Spin Bowling: useless mediocre
Fielding: mediocre feeble
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
One of those teams where the ratings mislead somewhat, they've got 1 gun bowler and 1 good bowler who are both medium pacers and 3 complete rubbish bowlers. Weather was sunny so that nullified the medium pacers somewhat. Their batting is just dross plus a gun and a good bat with low stamina.

We'll see how well those orders and strategy work in the CW cup.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Funny how not so long ago you moaned that the game was fixed so the better ratings would win regardless and I disagreed.

Now you're changing your tune somewhat...

And which of the bowlers averaging 7 or so this season is only "good" then?
 
Robertinho

Robertinho

Cricketer Of The Year
Mahindinho said:
Yeah, I tried a couple, but they didn't work. I work for a software company - they know what they're doing!

It's unusual for software development companies to block sites, apart from dodgy ones obviously. Still, it's not quite enough to make me leave!
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Haha yeah, sounds a bit weird.

How are you doing, anyway?
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Being in Australia, my game had finished looong ago. Got crap ratings, but I had a TIE win, so all's good :cool:
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

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marc71178 said:
Funny how not so long ago you moaned that the game was fixed so the better ratings would win regardless and I disagreed.

Now you're changing your tune somewhat...

And which of the bowlers averaging 7 or so this season is only "good" then?
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The engine has changed since then, thankfully. That bowler is only superb with good consistency, that's good but not gun bowler standard. As for the average that's not particularly surprising when a team of your standard is as high as 5th in that division, also I've got a prof-superb who's leading my division averages with 20 @ 8.10 and I wouldn't say he's anything more than decent really (he'll be my 6th bowler on skills alone shortly)
 
Perm

Perm

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Clutha Valley CC reached 275-4 off their allocated overs. Graeme Bittner top scoring with an excellent captains knock of 107, good support from Nelson Lloyd who got 94. Dave Makgale contributed some good late innings hitting with 37 off 29. Derek Khotsofalang currently has 2-30 off 5 overs and Warlock 0-23 off 6. Need the bowlers to tighten things up a bit.
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
Won pretty easily yesterday:

Pebble Street CC 158/10 (45.2 overs)
Whitehorne 4-8 (8), Harewood 3-28 (7.2), Watkins 1-23 (10)

Asterix XI 161-2 (35.3 overs)
Cuss 72* (100), Malik 43 (55), Ashton 34* (48)

Decent debut for Harewood although two of the wickets were tailenders. Whitehorne and Watkins were both rather economical. Seam bowling went up a level, not really sure if that's because of the addition of Harewood or because it was a PAN. Fielding also went up, which might've been because of Harewood as well as he has respectable fielding.
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	        [B]Asterix XI      Pebble Street CC[/B]
Top Order: 	proficient 	strong
Middle Order: 	quality 	competent
Lower Order: 	woeful 	        worthless
Seam Bowling: 	strong  	superb
Spin Bowling: 	exquisite 	respectable
Fielding: 	mediocre 	feeble
Still stuck in fifth, though I'm only 4 points away from 2nd and have a 12 point lead over 6th. Got NorCricket next week who are currently 7 from 7 and likely to win the cup as well.
 
Perm

Perm

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Clutha Valley CC 272-4 (50 overs)
G Bittner 107(132), N Lloyd 94(110), D Makgale 37*(29)
tonk_it 238 (46.5 overs)
D Khotsofalang 7-55(8.5), N Neutze 2-48(10)

Clutha Valley CC
Top Order: feeble
Middle Order: woeful
Lower Order: worthless
Seam Bowling: feeble
Spin Bowling: woeful
Fielding: woeful
MOTM: Khotsofalang
 
andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Haha wow. I just checked my finance page, and noticed I was down a lot more than I was earlier. Turns out the bid I placed on this guy last night didn't get beaten. A steal for 52k, IMO

Charlie Terry (980934)
RH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Magical Ponies
Nationality: South Africa
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 5,123
Wages: £794 p/w
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: competent Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal
 
mikeW

mikeW

International Vice-Captain
I got absolutely smashed by the top team in my division although there wasnt too much diff in ratings.

Victoria Panthers 176 ao

Mcfadden 40 (46)
Malcolm 47 (60)

DNB Science 1/177 (27.5 overs)

Hook 1/41 (10 overs)
Barry 0/28 (5 overs)

Reporter's Summary
DNB Science Victoria Panthers
Top Order: proficient respectable
Middle Order: feeble feeble
Lower Order: woeful worthless
Seam Bowling: competent feeble
Spin Bowling: competent respectable
Fielding: woeful woeful
 
Johnners

Johnners

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
YP, 0 ITS

Put on the market

Bob Holt (982234)
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Clapo's XI
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 1,535
Wages: £347 p/w

Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: mediocre Concentration: feeble
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless
 
Robertinho

Robertinho

Cricketer Of The Year
0 ITS:

Matthew Pitt (982292)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A steady player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Anchormen
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 287
Wages: £252 p/w
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: worthless Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

Fired. I'm pretty sure there's a guy on CW called Matthew Pitt, can't be sure though.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Scaly piscine said:
The engine has changed since then, thankfully. That bowler is only superb with good consistency, that's good but not gun bowler standard. As for the average that's not particularly surprising when a team of your standard is as high as 5th in that division, also I've got a prof-superb who's leading my division averages with 20 @ 8.10 and I wouldn't say he's anything more than decent really (he'll be my 6th bowler on skills alone shortly)
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A team of my standard?

What sort of comment is that meant to be?
 
Jungle Jumbo

Jungle Jumbo

International Vice-Captain
Amitabh Abdul kadir (982367)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Zebras
Nationality: India
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,101
Wages: £484 p/w

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: woeful Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless


I think I might train him, probably up to proficient. Close to popping anyone?
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jungle Jumbo said:
Amitabh Abdul kadir (982367)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
An attacking player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Zebras
Nationality: India
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,101
Wages: £484 p/w

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: woeful Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless


I think I might train him, probably up to proficient. Close to popping anyone?
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Near bottom competent.
 
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