Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Robertinho]

Can someone please check the state of my match for me? I can't see it

Ah, someone called "Lancashire" challenged me so this Sund-ee I'll be playing them.

 

[Robertinho]

Woohoo, got them all out for 172, made 1/174 from 25 overs Arnison with a crazy 60 (42), Biggins with 72* (68).

 

[andyc]

Wongoondy CC 8/198
Joseph 50 (82), Sura 43 (111)
Cave 4/35, Reed 2/36

Magical Ponies 4/200 off 32.4
Hessenthaler 80* (84), Fonseka 62* (59)
Ditman 5/27

We won by 6 wickets. Very disappointing show, with Sutton and Williamson both with ducks, and the openers getting only 18 and 29. But, it was on take it easy and they were all on very attacking. Looks like Hessenthaler was a good buy.

 

[cameeel]

Mortdale CC v Kipper XI @ Mortdale CG

Mortdale CC: 10-138 (38.5)

Cable 29
Brydon 4-20 (7.2)

Kipper XI: 0-139 (21)

Brydon 69*
Waterhouse 66*

MOTM should be Brydon

Finally, a win!

Meaning my coaching record is now 1-4

 

[GotSpin]

Just played and won my first game. record 1-0

Openers a bit dissapointing with only 30 and 25 but the middle came into to help, with one player getting 96 off 104 and a player i put in just to fill the space managed to score 70* which was surprising. And then wiped the opp. for 150, i got 270

 

[Adamc]

I'm pretty sure I'll be knocked out of the cup this week, so I'll challenge someone the week after. The cup draw for WI hasn't been done yet, but I'm pretty sure I know who I'll be playing by working out the seedings. They seem to have very similar reporter's summary ratings to me, but since I'll be playing on TIE or Normal, and they'll probably GFI, I'll probably lose. More focused on getting a good position in the league.

My next match is against the current league leaders (though they started as the lowest-seeded team in my league), not sure whether to GFI or play Normal. I'll probably play on Normal so I can do the same for my cup match and give myself an outside chance of progressing. My match the week after is against the current #2, and the match after that is against the highest-seeded team in WI, so I highly doubt I'll get through the next few rounds unscathed.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Bowled the opposition out for 179, will be very annoyed if that isn't chased down with ease considering the opposition usually gets 'woeful' for their seam bowling on the reporter's summary.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Battrick's commentary messing up somewhat now.

I was wondering what the experienced veterans thought about the fitness levels, mine is only 'fair' at the moment and I'm playing a stronger team in the cup in a few days - I think I have a chance of beating them because their batting is fragile, but is the gain in fitness if I play at TIE worth it? Does the fitness level have a noticeable effect when you're playing at normal?

 

[Adamc]

Battrick's commentary messing up somewhat now.

I was wondering what the experienced veterans thought about the fitness levels, mine is only 'fair' at the moment and I'm playing a stronger team in the cup in a few days - I think I have a chance of beating them because their batting is fragile, but is the gain in fitness if I play at TIE worth it? Does the fitness level have a noticeable effect when you're playing at normal?

I don't really know, to be honest, because I've never let my fitness drop below fatigued (never been higher than fresh either). The only reason I play matches on TIE is so that I can play other matches on GFI without worrying about my fitness level being too low. It seems to have some effect though - I played a match last season on GFI when I had fairly low fitness and only ended up winning by 1 run after posting 354. That might just be because my bowlers are crap though. I'd hazard a guess and say that the difference between playing on 'fatigued' and 'invigorated' is probably comparable to the difference between TIE and GFI, but my guess is no better than yours.

It doesn't mention it in the rules, but I'd guess that fitness would affect stamina, while TIE/GFI would affect the players' actual skill ratings.

 

[Hoggy31]

Resting 3 regulars for tomorrows match, Still playing on Normal though... After what happened last time when i played 'Take it Easy' while resting players.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Won by 8 wickets with 21.5 overs to spare, got competent for my top order and mediocre for seam bowling and fielding again. Still wish I'd have got that batter the other day had a bid of 50k leading when it was on the closing time of the bidding, then someone chimed in right on the close before some muppet bid 70k... grrrrrrr. Anyway hoping my 17yo feeble/feeble bat with feeble/mediocre bowling improves a bit with them having 2 batting and 2 bowling training sessions.

 

[Adamc]

Best ratings I've ever seen:

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

Frightening to see teams getting that good after just one season.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Best ratings I've ever seen:

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

Frightening to see teams getting that good after just one season.

Sheesh, look at the ages of that squad as well... They must have been on GFI looking at their other games tho.

 

[superkingdave]

Can someone please check the state of my match for me? I can't see it

Ah, someone called "Lancashire" challenged me so this Sund-ee I'll be playing them.

that'd be me

 

[ash chaulk]

Best ratings I've ever seen:

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

Frightening to see teams getting that good after just one season.

i know what you mean ive seen a player with a bt rating of 25,000

 

[Adamc]

i know what you mean ive seen a player with a bt rating of 25,000

The highest I've seen is a WK/batsman with a BTR of 57,172. He averages 185 with the bat, so I'm guessing he's pretty good. My quality batsman in proficient form only has a rating of 16,000, so this guy is probably at least wonderful in both batting and keeping. I'm guessing he probably gets at least 8 coaching sessions to be that good already.

I got this player for 3k last night, bargain IMO:

Prateek Singh lali - 17 yo, BT Rating=1,408
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, respectable form, Healthy
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: 	woeful 	Wicket Keeping: 	woeful
Batting: 	mediocre 	Concentration: 	abysmal
Bowling: 	abysmal 	Consistency: 	abysmal
Fielding: 	woeful

He had over an hour to go before the deadline when I made my bid, so I didn't expect to get him. In a way I only bidded for him because I didn't expect to get him, as I don't know what to do with him now. With two coaches and a little luck he'll get to respectable by the end of the season, but he's not good enough to play in my 1st XI until he gets to respectable. 17yo respectables usually go for well over 200k, so I could make a handy profit. Or I could keep him and train him up for next season, not sure what to do.

If my training works out right I should have 8 respectable+ batsmen before next season, which will be very handy when the FC matches (and injuries) arrive. Just allocated my 21yo keeper with competent batting to a training slot, as I don't want him to be the weak link in the lineup. Hopefully he'll pop to respectable before the end of the season.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I think I'll have to start going after mediocre batters, every time I go for a competent I look like getting them relatively cheap then suddenly the bidding is at 75k...

 

[Adamc]

I think I'll have to start going after mediocre batters, every time I go for a competent I look like getting them relatively cheap then suddenly the bidding is at 75k...

Yeah, I tried to get the 18yo competent you were bidding for earlier, gave up at 25k though.

Unless you get a good price, it's not really worth getting an 18yo competent instead of a 17yo mediocre IMO. The only advantage is that you can probably play the competent player in your starting XI straight away instead of waiting for him to pop, and that you can keep training slots free if you want to.

Instead of buying competents for 75k I generally prefer to buy 17yo mediocres (usually for virtually nothing), give them two coaches and wait 7 weeks (maximum, as they're usually half-way to competent when they come out of the academy) for them to pop. At 2.5k/session that's a maximum of 35k investment to get a 17yo competent - much better than paying an extra 40k to get someone who's already competent, and a year older. One coach will take max 11 weeks, i.e. 27.5k, which is even more economical. The ideal situation of course is that you get good players straight out of the academy, but that seems to happen rarely.

 

[Deja moo]

Do you actually have to be logged on while the matches are simmed ? How long do they take ?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Do you actually have to be logged on while the matches are simmed ? How long do they take ?

Nope, you just select the team whenever you like (there is a default set-up as well that you can change easily enough) and the games play themselves out. Each game gets commentary like on CricInfo, the games don't have very long between innings breaks (5-10 minutes maximum if that) and they usually play through a little bit quicker overall than your average 50 over game (all the games are 50 overs on Battrick at the moment).