Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[ash chaulk]

damn it im going away so my yp will age

ill probably get a **** one anyways

 

[Scaly piscine]

Andrew Parr - 17 yo, BT Rating=5,551
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, strong form, sublime
(proficient batting form, superb bowling form)
A steady player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: respectable
Batting: woeful Concentration: competent
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: abysmal

This is my keeper- he's on a batting, keeping and fitness net. I've not got all that much space in my nets, but do you think one batting net is good enough?

It depends on what your long term plans are and how many all-rounders you play. If you're going to have this guy as first choice keeper for the long term as opposed to a stop-gap, backup or someone to sell later then it possibly is worth the second batting net because they're always going to be in your team and so their batting is always going to be of some value even if they're a couple of batting levels behind most of your bats (which is what will likely happen, even with 2 batting nets).

Anyway he's going to age very shortly, so you have to take this into consideration - but this is the sort of progress he'll get over a season with 2 batting, 1 W/K net (ignored the fitness for the time being)


Andrew Parr - 19th birthday

Stamina: 	??????? 	Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: 	mediocre 	Concentration: 	superb-quality
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	mediocre-competent
Fielding: 	abysmal

 

[Kweek]

im ---******* relegating I hate playoffs tis not really fair !

 

[ash chaulk]

my keeper

5. Pete Berry - 18 yo, BT Rating=5,330
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, competent form, invigorated
(respectable batting form, mediocre bowling form)
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: respectable
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent
Bowling: feeble Consistency: competent
Fielding: abysmal


my new player

Jerome Fleming - 18 yo, BT Rating=12,721
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb form, sublime
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent
Bowling: feeble Consistency: proficient
Fielding: mediocre

 

[andyc]

my new player

Jerome Fleming - 18 yo, BT Rating=12,721
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb form, sublime
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A cautious player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: abysmal Concentration: competent
Bowling: feeble Consistency: proficient
Fielding: mediocre

Now that's a real pity he's going to age in a week, cause otherwise he could be a really good bowler with those secondaires.

 

[superkingdave]

as people are posting keepers, here's mine, he doesn't get any training, but he does a job, and he's ok

7. Daniel Steadhart - 25 yo, BT Rating=8,689
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, proficient form, sublime
(strong batting form, proficient bowling form)
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: proficient
Batting: mediocre Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: competent
Fielding: woeful

 

[Scaly piscine]

I'm feeling generous, so I'll show mine off...


4. David Armstrong - 17 yo, BT Rating=17,932
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb form, sublime
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: mediocre Concentration: quality
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: mediocre

Should pop in batting on Monday.

 

[mikeW]

Gareth Drummond - 18 yo, BT Rating=3,450
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, proficient form, lively
(proficient batting form, proficient bowling form)
A defensive player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: competent Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: feeble Consistency: woeful
Fielding: woeful

 

[Adamc]

Welcome to Golden Grove CG for the match between Golden Grove CC and Asterix XI.

We can tell you that Golden Grove CC won the toss and elected to bat.

Damn, no double ton for Cuss then. Hopefully we'll make fairly short work of the bot team, though Gillespie won't be opening the bowling (had him opening the batting in the hope of getting him up to the 1000/100 double).

 

[Scaly piscine]

Welcome to Golden Grove CG for the match between Golden Grove CC and Asterix XI.

We can tell you that Golden Grove CC won the toss and elected to bat.

Damn, no double ton for Cuss then. Hopefully we'll make fairly short work of the bot team, though Gillespie won't be opening the bowling (had him opening the batting in the hope of getting him up to the 1000/100 double).

Yea, just knew they bot would go and win the toss, so annoying. The side I was gonna obliterate in my last league did the same.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I'm 'watching' Carlton Bobcats v The Mighty Hornets, I'm hoping Carlton win because of the ratings the other team got in their last friendly...

The winner is in my division next season.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I assume this means that youth pulls next week pulled before Friday will age on Friday, so to avoid that you'd have to make the youth pull after the Friday update but before the financial update (Saturday).

If it's anything like Hattrick (and I'm not sure whether it is or not) then the youth pulls the week directly before the birthdays do not age. For example if you pull a 17 yo a day before the birthday, he'll stay 17 till the birthday next year.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Heh at Carlton losing 3 wickets in 4 balls (EDIT: and 2 in 2 the over before that!)

 

[The Baconator]

12. Shahid Khurshid - 19 yo, BT Rating=8,241
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, respectable form, sublime
(mediocre batting form, superb bowling form)
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: competent Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: competent

 

[Adamc]

End of Over 18: 39-10, runrate=2.17

Badley 7-3-12-5
Pollock 7-3-11-2
Gillespie 2-0-6-1
Malik 1-2-0-1

Quietly confident of being able to chase that down, I'll laugh if they get Cuss out.

Just scouting my div I opposition for next season a bit, this is what one of the teams got in his last league match (on GFI I hope...):

NorCricket United
Top Order: wonderful
Middle Order: superb
Lower Order: competent
Seam Bowling: remarkable
Spin Bowling: masterful
Fielding: respectable

 

[Tom Halsey]

NorCricket United
Top Order: wonderful
Middle Order: superb
Lower Order: competent
Seam Bowling: remarkable
Spin Bowling: masterful
Fielding: respectable

That's one of the guys Sam knows - clearly they do know what they're doing with cricket then!

 

[Adamc]

I'm 'watching' Carlton Bobcats v The Mighty Hornets, I'm hoping Carlton win because of the ratings the other team got in their last friendly...

The winner is in my division next season.

Looking at the other teams in that league I don't think you'll run into too much difficulty there with the top team auto-promoting out of the league. Hornets got decent ratings in their last friendly but that was on GFI, probably with good fitness as well, and none of the other teams look much better.

If it's anything like Hattrick (and I'm not sure whether it is or not) then the youth pulls the week directly before the birthdays do not age. For example if you pull a 17 yo a day before the birthday, he'll stay 17 till the birthday next year.

OK, never played HT so I'm not sure where the similarities begin and end, but it would make sense if the same thing happened in BT (can't remember what happened at this time last season). I think I'll wait till Friday anyway to be on the safe side unless I hear otherwise; it's pretty immaterial anyway given that my YP will probably be fired within a few seconds of being pulled...

 

[Scaly piscine]

Looking at the other teams in that league I don't think you'll run into too much difficulty there with the top team auto-promoting out of the league. Hornets got decent ratings in their last friendly but that was on GFI, probably with good fitness as well, and none of the other teams look much better.

Didn't know you could GFI friendlies. But yea I think they're on high fitness and all of the sides in my division seem pretty similar, hopefully my secondaries and stamina are higher so I get the full value for my ratings, that and I've got a lot of bowling depth to keep coming up with sublime competents to suit the conditions. Think I'll probably switch to fast and hard ground if/when I sell Zesh Emmanuel.

 

[Adamc]

Didn't know you could GFI friendlies. But yea I think they're on high fitness and all of the sides in my division seem pretty similar, hopefully my secondaries and stamina are higher so I get the full value for my ratings, that and I've got a lot of bowling depth to keep coming up with sublime competents to suit the conditions. Think I'll probably switch to fast and hard ground if/when I sell Zesh Emmanuel.

Mmm whoops about the friendly/GFI, didn't really think that through. Just wrote GFI because their ratings dropped for this match, not sure why it did.

Anyway, a nice boring match to finish the season:

Golden Grove CC 39-10 (17.1)
Badley 5-12 (MotM), Pollock 2-11, Malik 1-0, Gillespie 1-6

Asterix XI 43-0 (5.5)
Gillespie 23* (21), Cuss 19* (14)

  	Golden Grove CC Asterix XI[/B]
Top Order: 	abysmal superb
Middle Order: 	abysmal respectable
Lower Order: 	woeful 	woeful
Seam Bowling: 	abysmal strong
Spin Bowling: 	abysmal respectable
Fielding: 	feeble 	mediocre

Don't think I'm going to cut it in div I but at least I can't get relegated next season.

Edit: Oh, and I failed in my bit to achieve the lowest fitness level, went down to 'drained' after four GFIs in five matches.

 

[nibbs]

my keeper tbh... his 71 career catches make him the 6th most prolific in NZ

20. Tony Wheat (61261)
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb form, sublime
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.

Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: mediocre Concentration: respectable
Bowling: feeble Consistency: competent
Fielding: woeful