Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[trevor_vayro]

All over here! 69/1 in 10.1, Carey 39 (38) Staveley 23 (22) Just the four for Greening though, his fifth straight failure. I'm considering whether to A, bite the bullet and get to grips with his Conc, as obviously Feeb isn't good enough, or, B, sell him on and replace him with an older, but more rounded batsman. He'll be Qual in the next three to five weeks, so, at 19yo, hopefully I could get £2m for him. It's just a case of whether that would in turn be enough to buy me a Sup+ bat with better Conc?

BTW, DCYE, it's Andy Carless who's on for £2m, interested:-)

Later, Trev

 

[Agent TBY]

Beat the league leaders quite comfortably, now equal on points with them, but I have a NRR that's -1 of that of their's, though.

Bowled them out for 156, Abdul Kadir taking 4-28, Malik taking 3-18, and Islam bowling a mesmerizing spell of 2-14 off his ten.

Chased the runs down in 30 overs, lost quite a few wickets, though, which is a worry.

Ratings:

	[B]Citizens Erased[/B]
Top Order: 	[B]competent[/B]
Middle Order: 	[B]competent[/B]
Lower Order: 	[B]woeful[/B]
Seam Bowling: 	[B]proficient[/B]
Spin Bowling: 	[B]respectable[/B]
Fielding: 	[B]feeble[/B]

 

[andyc]

All over here! 69/1 in 10.1, Carey 39 (38) Staveley 23 (22) Just the four for Greening though, his fifth straight failure. I'm considering whether to A, bite the bullet and get to grips with his Conc, as obviously Feeb isn't good enough, or, B, sell him on and replace him with an older, but more rounded batsman. He'll be Qual in the next three to five weeks, so, at 19yo, hopefully I could get £2m for him. It's just a case of whether that would in turn be enough to buy me a Sup+ bat with better Conc?

BTW, DCYE, it's Andy Carless who's on for £2m, interested:-)

Later, Trev

Maybe you should just bat him down the order, say 3 or 4, and open with someone else. You could also give him a fielding net as well as his batting, but if your net's are a bit tight, it mightn't be a bad idea to sell him. What's his stamina like?

 

[Jamee999]

End of Over 29: 156-1, runrate=5.38, reqrunrate=0.33 (162-10)
Muirhead 8-0-42-0
Nix* 66 (98 balls)
Gowshall 38 (36 balls)


Earlier:

Sugden 8-0-22-5
Johnson 8-2-16-2
Hinshelwood 10-1-31-2
Aldred 10-1-35-0
Norris 10-0-36-0

Nice.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Won by 218 runs so a nice RR boost. Again my weakest bowler took a five-fer, this time my 6th best bowler Mohamed who I bring in to give Lisbie a break from being an all-rounder.

 

[Adamc]

Hmm, struggling a bit at the moment, probably should've PAN instead of TIE since I GFI'd on Sunday. A win will pretty much ensure that I won't have to face a relegation playoff, while a loss will still keep me in 4th but without a points advantage.

Dodgy start after sending them in:

End of Over 16: 94-1, runrate=5.88
Malik 3-0-18-0
Kirby* 45 (35 balls)
Gallop 29 (49 balls)
Last Wicket: Jack c. Ashton b. Monk 14 (FOW: 21/1)

 

[alternative]

A great game today winning by 10 wickets, after a terrible loss last week..
good to see my openers do some damage..

 

[trevor_vayro]

Looking like a clean sweep today so far for the CW sides?

Andy, Greening is Med Stam and Feeb conc. I am thinking of taking Patel's fitness net off him, as he's reached Med now, and giving Greening a fielding net. But how quick do secondaries pop for a teenager, even with a fielding net?

Guess it comes down to how much I could get for him, and what I could buy in return? Though in all honesty I don't need him for the rest of this season, I'm going to win my league, I shouldn't need a playoff to go up, so I could sell him now, earn some pretty hefty interest until the end of the season, and then buy another gun ready for Div VI?

 

[marc71178]

Not a clean sweep - I decided to TIE in the end and thought I was going to pull off a shock when I reduced them to 34-4 with 2 danger men out.

Unfortunately they had a 3rd dangerman and a number 6 who deliberately scored more than he'd ever scored before - I'm sure it was only because they were playing me!

Still we managed to battle back and run through the tail, but the score was set, and I soon discovered their bowling was their real strength... 90 all out and defeat, but 2nd is still a possibility if I can get wins through the rest of the season.

 

[roseboy64]

Won my league match comfortably today. I PANd and got sent in to bat first.

Boulevard Bombers 349-3
Elsegood 104*, Crowe 75, Fordham 58*, Sykes 56

Llansantffraid 111 ao
Groves 3-15, Robbins 3-16, Elsegood 1-27, Kent 51

Decent debut for Sykes. Hopefully he'll do better in the future which he should considering his ratings.

Boulevard Bombers 
Top Order:  competent 
Middle Order: mediocre 
Lower Order:  abysmal 
Seam Bowling: mediocre 
Spin Bowling: mediocre 
Fielding: feeble 
 
MOTM: Elsegood

My ratings have also improved.

 

[ash chaulk]

a huge win

viveash

0-396
Elvins 206*(his H/S) , Wainwright 178* (his H/S)

All Out 263

Wainwright 3-41, Beevers 3-40

 

[NZTailender]

New look Crusaders getting pummeled once again. Our bowling gave up 370 runs.

End of Over 30: 142-2, runrate=4.73, reqrunrate=11.45 (370-3)
Etherington 5-0-25-0
Sagren* 14 (19 balls)
Drummond 73 (91 balls)
Last Wicket: Prendergast c. Boddington b. Davidson 52 (FOW: 109/2)

Somehow, I don't think we'll get there.

 

[Robertinho]

Anyone up for a friendly?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'll take ya Rob.

 

[Robertinho]

Wanna go?!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

You'll beat me but a match is a match.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Bah, that means I'm still looking for one.

Dunno how I managed to miss yesterday's finish, but:

Dynamo Morpork 281 all out (recovering from 35/3)
Herbert 133* (128b, 14x4), Lester 69 (76b, 9x4, 1x6), Cable 33 (42b, 2x4, 1x6)
Donovan 9.5-0-60-6, McDonnell 9-1-39-3

3wide.com Strike CC 279 all out (first 181/2 -> 183/5, then 266/5...)
Garvey 78 (95b), +Adams 61 (72b), Hogg 40 (37b), Sturgess 39 (42b)
Tuck 9.4-0-42-5, Harris 10-0-39-2, Fear 10-0-80-1

Edit, with ratings...

		3wide		Dynamo
Top Order: 	quality 	proficient
Middle Order: 	competent 	mediocre
Lower Order: 	abysmal 	abysmal
Seam Bowling: 	strong 		respectable
Spin Bowling: 	strong 		respectable
Fielding: 	mediocre 	feeble

That is an upset of the highest order.

 

[Robertinho]

Haha what the hell, there must be something to this game that no one else is getting, because you, Mr Mork, are pulling upsets from all sorts of orifices.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

My 0 ITS YP

Ed Gordon (860245)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For:	Central Districts
Nationality:	Australia
Age: 	        17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,851
Wages:	        £1,051 p/w
Stamina: 	worthless 	Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: 	respectable 	Concentration: 	worthless
Bowling: 	worthless 	Consistency: 	feeble
Fielding: 	worthless

He's close to Proficient too.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Haha what the hell, there must be something to this game that no one else is getting, because you, Mr Mork, are pulling upsets from all sorts of orifices.

That's called "tactics".

(of course, when other people pull upsets against me, it is called "bad luck")