Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Adamc]

1 - two or three weeks max
2 - dunno
3 - couple of weeks max

 

[Robertinho]

With how many sessions for 1 and 3?

Remember that 1 has respectable concentration, so that might help.

 

[andyc]

My YP:

Owen Schoeman (415121)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable form, fresh
(respectable batting form, respectable bowling form)
A steady player with proficient leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Magical Ponies
Nationality: Australia
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 345
Wages: £267 p/w

Stamina: worthless Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: worthless
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

I'm probably gonna end up being annahilated in this season, as my league has no bots in it...

 

[Adamc]

That's just with one net. I trained a guy with a wage of 946 with one net for four weeks and he popped to proficient, wage went up to 1,115. Respectable concentration doesn't add to the wage, only primaries do (bat/bowl/WK) and none of those guys have other primaries. Generally the base wage for a proficient is around 1,100 and for a strong around 1,800 which is where I got those times from.

 

[Robertinho]

Ooh, thanks. I'm giving 2 bowling, 2 fitness and 1 fielding net to #1, and 2 batting, 1 keeping and 1 fielding to #3.

 

[andyc]

Now that wages have been recalculated, can anyone tell me how close these guys are to popping?

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	5,424
Wages:	£626 p/w
 
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	competent
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	woeful
Fielding: 	feeble

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	4,118
Wages:	£395 p/w
 
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	abysmal
Batting: 	woeful 	Concentration: 	feeble
Bowling: 	mediocre 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	abysmal

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	England
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	5,149
Wages:	£629 p/w
 
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	feeble
Batting: 	abysmal 	Concentration: 	abysmal
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	feeble

 

[andyc]

How much do you guys reckon I could get for this guy?

Steven Hessenthaler (308855)
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, strong form, sublime
(superb batting form, respectable bowling form)
An attacking player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Magical Ponies
Nationality: England
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 8,723
Wages: £308 p/w

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

I set an asking price of 30k

 

[marc71178]

I have someone who's 19 who has very similar figures to that guy and he does fine for me as 5th bowler and he's done pretty good with the bat too so I can't complain.

At the moment he's my 3rd best batsman (after my latest YP whose secondaries suggest that he won't be as useful as Verde) and 5th best bowler, so he's worth a place in the team on both skills, which is nice.

Mind you looking at my league, I can see the benefit in not having been promoted last season now!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Now that wages have been recalculated, can anyone tell me how close these guys are to popping?

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	5,424
Wages:	£626 p/w
 
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	worthless
Batting: 	competent 	Concentration: 	competent
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	woeful
Fielding: 	feeble

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	4,118
Wages:	£395 p/w
 
Stamina: 	mediocre 	Wicket Keeping: 	abysmal
Batting: 	woeful 	Concentration: 	feeble
Bowling: 	mediocre 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	abysmal

Plays For:	Magical Ponies
Nationality:	England
Age: 	19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:	5,149
Wages:	£629 p/w
 
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	feeble
Batting: 	abysmal 	Concentration: 	abysmal
Bowling: 	competent 	Consistency: 	mediocre
Fielding: 	feeble

1st one 1-2 weeks
2nd one 1-2 weeks
3rd one 2-4 weeks (the feeble adds something to the wage, but this amount varies on how high the feeble is)

I agree with Adam on the others, with the 2nd one being roughly 8 weeks and the 3rd one might possibly take another week.

 

[andyc]

1st one 1-2 weeks
2nd one 1-2 weeks
3rd one 2-4 weeks (the feeble adds something to the wage, but this amount varies on how high the feeble is)

I agree with Adam on the others, with the 2nd one being roughly 8 weeks and the 3rd one might possibly take another week.

Cool, thanks SP.
Just so I don't have to keep asking you for different players, how do you know?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Cool, thanks SP.
Just so I don't have to keep asking you for different players, how do you know?

The wages are based on the 3 stats w/keeping, batting and bowling. They reflect any sublevels so from looking at the wage of a player you can get a good idea of what sublevel they're at when the wages were calculated.

The wages range like this roughly:

feeble up to £300, mediocre £300-£400, competent £400-£640, respectable £640-£1090, proficient £1090-£1700 and so on.

It is straight forward when a player has say competent/worthless/worthless in the 3 skills, because worthless won't contribute anything. It gets a bit more complicated if they're competent/mediocre/worthless for example because the mediocre contributes to the wage and any sublevels in that will also contribute to the wage. So if a competent/mediocre/worthless has a wage of £600 say, they could have quite high competent and very high mediocre, or they could have very high competent and bottom of the level mediocre or they could have anything in between. That's why it's hard to know exactly when your competent/feeble/abysmal player will pop in bowling - the feeble could contribute anything up to £50 in the wage I reckon.

 

[PY]

Are we sure fielding doesn't contribute?

I have a proficient-abysmal-abysmal (but respectable fielder) and he's on £1560 so he's about 3-4 weeks away from popping? It's quite interesting seeing when all these pops actually happen.

Could people keep us informed on whether these people pop and maybe post prediction and actual times taken?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Are we sure fielding doesn't contribute?

I have a proficient-abysmal-abysmal (but respectable fielder) and he's on £1560 so he's about 3-4 weeks away from popping? It's quite interesting seeing when all these pops actually happen.

Could people keep us informed on whether these people pop and maybe post prediction and actual times taken?

Yes.

 

[PY]

Yes.

Thanks.

 

[Adamc]

Fielding definitely doesn't contribute, look at this guy for example:

Aviksha Chandakumara (94839)
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb form, sublime
(superb batting form, superb bowling form)
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: Zanarkand Abes
Nationality: Sri Lanka
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 37,005
Wages: £463 p/w

Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: worthless Concentration: superb
Bowling: competent Consistency: remarkable
Fielding: strong

 

[trevor_vayro]

Hi,
Hope you don't mind me butting in, I've been reading your thread throughout last season, and all your tips helped immensely in getting me promoted from English V.135 into IV.44. It's only now that I'm getting around to signing up and actually contributing to the discussion, as I started reading the thread in September, three months after it started, and it just kept growing quicker than I could read it. But finally here I am at the end, so I hope you don't mind me joining in. It's actually great to find some like-minded Battrick addicts, as no-one else in my real life has got a clue what I'm on about, and without any exaggeration, my single-minded push for promotion had taken priority over both my job and our preparations for my fiancé and my wedding:-)

So allow me to introduce you to the Cymru Gurgitaters' first XI, and please do give me any thoughts or observations on them. It Doesn't look all that impressive on paper, certainly not compared with some of your guys' sides, but it was good enough for fourteen out of fourteen last season, against a half and half split of decent'ish teams and inactives, (but, in fairness to the boys, no bots) - So I figured I'd be better off trying to keep my money in my pocket while the side were winning, make a profit for the season, and hopefully be able to buy in if I can't cut it in Div IV. Bewers, as a 17yo Comp, is my record signing at 76.5k, with the only other purchase of note being Dunfield, as a 19yo Comp bat and Feeb WK, for 48k.

1. Alton Staveley (374819)

LH Batsman, LM Bowler,
strong
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
proficient
bowling form)

A
cautious
player with
mediocre
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
5,709
Wages:
£1,128 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
feeble
Wicket Keeping:
abysmal
Batting:
proficient
Concentration:
feeble
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
feeble
Fielding:
Woeful

2. Eddie Oli (302214)

LH Batsman, LFM Bowler,
respectable
form,
sublime
proficient
batting form,
respectable
bowling form)

A
defensive
player with
proficient
leadership skills and
woeful
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
24 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
4,233
Wages:
£461 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
respectable
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
competent
Concentration:
woeful
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
abysmal
Fielding:
Abysmal

3. Richard Dunfield (306415)

RH Batsman, RF Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form)

A
defensive
player with
worthless
leadership skills and
worthless
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
20 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
5,330
Wages:
£922 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
mediocre
Batting:
respectable
Concentration:
mediocre
Bowling:
woeful
Consistency:
abysmal
Fielding:
Woeful

4. Trevor Wynne-willson (302218)

LH Batsman, LM Bowler,
proficient
form,
sublime
strong
batting form,
respectable
bowling form)

An
attacking
player with
woeful
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
25 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
4,634
Wages:
£431 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
feeble
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
competent
Concentration:
abysmal
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
competent
Fielding:
Mediocre

5.+. Andy Carless (302230)

RH Batsman, RFM Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form)

A
steady
player with
worthless
leadership skills and
worthless
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
20 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
6,556
Wages:
£651 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
competent
Batting:
competent
Concentration:
respectable
Bowling:
abysmal
Consistency:
abysmal
Fielding:
Abysmal

6. (Occasionally B5) Gavin Partridge (302228)

RH Batsman, RM Bowler,
strong
form,
sublime
strong
batting form,
strong
bowling form)

A
cautious
player with
proficient
leadership skills and
worthless
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
20 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
4,850
Wages:
£709 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
abysmal
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
respectable
Concentration:
feeble
Bowling:
feeble
Consistency:
mediocre
Fielding:
Woeful

7. (Usually B5) Thomas Mullins (351920)

LH Batsman, LFM Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form)

A
cautious
player with
competent
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
19 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
6,063
Wages:
£511 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
abysmal
Batting:
competent
Concentration:
abysmal
Bowling:
feeble
Consistency:
competent
Fielding:
Mediocre

8.(B3) Brad Edworthy (302221)

RH Batsman, RFM Bowler,
strong
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
strong
bowling form)

A
steady
player with
feeble
leadership skills and
mediocre
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
27 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
6,211
Wages:
£1,017 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
feeble
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
woeful
Concentration:
feeble
Bowling:
respectable
Consistency:
mediocre
Fielding:
abysmal

9. (B4) Gene Bewers (326242)

LH Batsman, LM Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
superb
bowling form)

A
cautious
player with
strong
leadership skills and
worthless
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
Australia
Age:
18 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
4,310
Wages:
£749 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
feeble
Wicket Keeping:
abysmal
Batting:
woeful
Concentration:
woeful
Bowling:
respectable
Consistency:
woeful
Fielding:
Feeble

10.*.(B2) Steven Burke (302219)

RH Batsman, RF Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
superb
batting form,
strong
bowling form)

A
destructive
player with
strong
leadership skills and
abysmal
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
22 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
4,675
Wages:
£945 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
abysmal
Concentration:
abysmal
Bowling:
respectable
Consistency:
woeful
Fielding:
feeble

11.(B1) Joe Crick (302224)

RH Batsman, RF Bowler,
superb
form,
sublime
strong
batting form,
superb
bowling form)

A
destructive
player with
respectable
leadership skills and
feeble
experience.

Table with 2 columns and 6 rows
Plays For:
Cymru Gurgitaters
Nationality:
England
Age:
29 Years Old
Battrick Rating:
3,418
Wages:
£411 p/w
*
table end

Table with 4 columns and 4 rows
Stamina:
feeble
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
abysmal
Concentration:
woeful
Bowling:
competent
Consistency:
mediocre
Fielding:
abysmal


Guess the thing I need most is a Comp or better spinner who can bat a bit, I am painfully aware of the fact that the only spinner in my squad is a Med bowl, with Feeb stam and Med cons. He is amongst my best five bowlers, but loses out because of the lack of batting in my tale. He's only an Abs bat, and if he played I'd be Woe or worse from No.7 down.

So here are my key questions.
1. I have a bit of spending power, as I ran last season at a 100k profit, and so have around 300K in the bank. Would I be better off using this money to buy a spinning all-rounder - Say Med Bat/Comp bowl, or should I invest in expanding my ground, to fill the 45/40/11/4 ratios?
2. How important are the keepers do you reckon? Should I drop Carless, (low Comp WK) and give the gloves to Dunfield, (Low Med WK), allowing me to play an extra Bat? Not really an immediate issue, as I don't have anyone better at batting than Carless in any case. But I've got an 18yo Aussie who's going to pop to Resp soon, and was wondering who to leave out for him.
3. Can Comp players cut it in Div IV? I know, long-term I need to replace Wynne-willson , Oli and Crick, but they were three of my best performers last season, despite having far from the best stats. No Idea if they'll be able to replicate that kind'a form at a higher level?
4. Currently training, I have Stavely with two batting, Bewers with two bowling and a fielding, Mullins with one bat, one bowl and one fitness, and the young Aussie with one bat and one fielding. I've taken cessions off all the players who've just turned 20yo. Was this the right thing to do? Especially as I think Partridge is on the point of turning Med Bowl - But because of his Abs Stam I figured he was going to be of limited use as a bowler in any case.
5. Is there any point in training 20yo plus players in stam or fielding? Does the time taken to train them increase exponentially, as it does with training them in primaries?
6. Despite the fact that he's 27yo, would it be worth giving Brad Edworthy a bowling net? I just figured that with wages of £1017, and no other primary better than Woe, he must be reasonably close to Prof? Even if he were, is there much, if any, advantage to having a V. low Prof, as opposed to a V. high Resp?
7. How much better than your opponent's do your ratings need to be to make it safe to TIE? In my Cup match I'm playing a side who's ratings on the last two outings were: Feeb/Feeb/Abs - Woe/Abs/Med. Playing as normal, with fair fitness and over the moon morale, my ratings for the last two games were Med/Comp/Abs - Comp/Use/Woe. I'd really like to TIE it, because I've got some tough league matches coming up - But…Ph34r…It's too close really, especially if they were to GFI?


Anyway, think that's it for now, Hope this has been of some interest, and I haven't taken up too much of your time.

Tar, Trev.

 

[superkingdave]

Welcome, don't think i'm quite qualified to answer all your questions but looking at the league you are in, you shouldn't have any trouble staying up, if your fixtures are kind you could be near the top.

IV isn't necessarily that much better than V, i've managed to finish 3rd and 2nd in my league the last 2 seasons and my team isn't much cop.

for comparison here is my starting XI

1. John Magloire - 20 yo, BT Rating=10,560   
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, superb form, invigorated 
(superb batting form, superb bowling form) 
A steady player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: proficient Concentration: feeble 
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal 
Fielding: respectable     

2. Bob Webster - 19 yo, BT Rating=12,356   
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb form, sublime 
(superb batting form, superb bowling form) 
A steady player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: respectable Concentration: proficient 
Bowling: woeful Consistency: respectable 
Fielding: mediocre     

3. Kieran Lawrence - 21 yo, BT Rating=8,711   
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, strong form, sublime 
(superb batting form, proficient bowling form) 
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: woeful 
Batting: respectable Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: woeful Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: respectable     

4. Satish Abdul kadir - 18 yo, BT Rating=8,036   
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, strong form, sublime 
(proficient batting form, superb bowling form) 
A defensive player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: respectable Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: feeble Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: feeble     

5. Adnan Naidoo - 19 yo, BT Rating=4,298   
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, respectable form, sublime 
(mediocre batting form, strong bowling form) 
A defensive player with superb leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: competent Concentration: woeful 
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: woeful 
Fielding: respectable     

6. William Keane - 21 yo, BT Rating=8,244   
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, strong form, sublime 
(proficient batting form, strong bowling form) 
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: feeble 
Batting: mediocre Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre 
Fielding: woeful     

7. Daniel Steadhart - 26 yo, BT Rating=8,633   
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, strong form, sublime 
(strong batting form, strong 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     

8. Eddie Stack - 19 yo, BT Rating=3,764   
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, mediocre form, sublime 
(competent batting form, feeble bowling form) 
An attacking player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: woeful Concentration: feeble 
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: woeful     

9. Hayden Atkins - 19 yo, BT Rating=7,779   
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb form, energetic 
(strong batting form, superb bowling form) 
An attacking player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: abysmal Concentration: abysmal 
Bowling: mediocre Consistency: proficient 
Fielding: mediocre     

10. Santosh Islam - 18 yo, BT Rating=14,328   
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb form, energetic 
(superb batting form, superb bowling form) 
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and worthless experience. 
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: abysmal 
Batting: abysmal Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: respectable Consistency: strong 
Fielding: feeble     

11. Peter Willmott - 21 yo, BT Rating=6,524   
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb form, energetic 
(superb batting form, superb bowling form) 
An attacking player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience. 
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless 
Batting: worthless Concentration: mediocre 
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble 
Fielding: competent

 

[PY]

How the hell did I beat you Dave? The fitness reset must have shafted you royally.

Welcome Trev, good on ya for joining in (although a residential Taff hailing from Cardiff yuk ). I'm far from an expert on this stuff as I've only been playing since 14/10/2005 but your team is way better than mine and I just got promoted to III in India (though my league was full of bots) so wouldn't see you having any problems in the league you're in!

1) I'd keep your money for the moment if I was you and see what things pan out with the new Youth Academy because you could make yourself a pretty good player through that it seems. I'm not going to touch my ground for a while until I see how the confidence of various things goes in the new season.

2) I reckon the WK is pretty important which is why I trained mine for quite a while. I would stick with the comp chap for a while if I was you.

3) Comps (and worse) did for me in IV but as I mentioned I had a lot of bots kicking about. I think comp should be fine as if you look at ratings for your league then an all-comp team would fair pretty well I reckon.

4) I take off training sessions for 20 yo but that's just me, I just have people who are younger that need the sessions more.

5) No idea, someone else will have to answer that with certainty.

6) IMO, the only reason to give him a net would be to get him to pop to prof then flog him on the market and people will be more impressed with a prof than a resp.

7) Again, no idea but I'd TIE it because all you gain from getting further in the cup is receipts from the gate anyway and the league is more important in my eyes.

8) Can't think of anything better to distract you from a wedding than Battrick.

 

[Scaly piscine]

5. Is there any point in training 20yo plus players in stam or fielding? Does the time taken to train them increase exponentially, as it does with training them in primaries?

It doesn't increase exponentially, it increase linearly - goes up one week per year in age. Virtually every attribute appears to follow this pattern in terms of training. The main difference is batting/bowling take 11-12 weeks for a 17yo to start with, so one year older is an increase in training time of less than 10%. Compare this with something that initially takes a small amount of time like stamina training, which takes 3-4 weeks at 17yo, add a year to that and the increase is 25%-33%, by the time you get to 20yo the training time has virtually doubled. The only time I'd consider training older players in stamina/concentration/consistency (ie fielding or w/keeping) would be if they were if they were one of the best 2-3 players in your team and they needed rounding out to stop them underperforming. I'd have no problem training a 20-21yo proficient (or higher) tho in batting or bowling, it's easily worth it financially at the very least, especially if they have good fielding, stamina etc.

 

[andyc]

10.*.(B2) Steven Burke (302219)
Stamina:
woeful
Wicket Keeping:
worthless
Batting:
abysmal
Concentration:
abysmal

Welcome to CW Trev. I can't really help you with any of your questions cause I'm pretty hopeless at Battrick, but I hope you stick around.