Archived [18/10/06] : Battrick

[Adamc]

Looks like you're easily through to the next round SP, wouldn't be surprised if you end up the last CW team remaining in the cup.

Match orders locked in for the cup match starting in a few minutes. Badley drafted into the starting XI in place of Begg, relieving allrounder Berry of bowling duties. Since it's a flat pitch I figured 7 batsmen should be enough, and Berry's bowling has been slaughtered in previous matches on flat pitches. Badley's still very much an unproven bowler though, his stats to date are rubbish.

Top four batsmen alternating between aggressive and v. aggressive orders, with Gillete being promoted to no. 5, set to normal to hopefully act as an anchor if we lose early wickets. Rocastle and Barrett to follow, then the bowlers. Two bowlers set to v. defensive, hopefully to keep them under 300 if we bowl first. Gillespie set to attacking as usual though. Going to bat first if we win the toss, though I don't mind either way as I feel we have a better chance chasing for some reason.

Going to be very tough though, they've got a very good top order, and one very good bowler - the rest are fairly average. They're likely to have much better fitness than me as well, which seems to have a big effect on match ratings. Won't mind terribly if we lose as I'd made a conscious decision to concentrate on league rather than cup, but a win would be nice.

EDIT: Lost the toss and bowling first.

 

[Kweek]

Poor Jamee, offering him a pancake of a track. he just can't make use of it..pitty. though good for the team morale...
End of Over 34: 159-8, runrate=4.68, reqrunrate=9.94 (317-2)
Badley 7-0-29-2
Binns* 0 (2 balls)
Sugden 30 (39 balls)

also handy to know that my spinners can bowl a googly

 

[Scaly piscine]

And that's the end of the match. Scaly Piscine CC won by 7 wickets.
Funky Funksters CC 189-10
Scaly Piscine CC 190-3 (36.4 overs)

Packer made 105 off 100 balls. Wickets shared around fairly evenly between the usual 4.

 

[superkingdave]

hmm, looks like itll at least be respectable, i've pegged them back to 181-1 after 35 but will still lose comfortably, my spinner has bowled 6-0-17-0

 

[Kweek]

And that's the end of the match. VCC won by 154 runs.
VCC 317-2
Jamees 999ers 163-10

good game Jamee

 

[Adamc]

We're getting slaughtered as expected. 79-0 after ten overs and one of their guys has a 50 already. Oddy's bowling absolute tripe and Gillespie's having a shocker, end of his spell now. Double century from Cuss to win it from here.

 

[ash chaulk]

my youth pull

Geoff Oneil (323492)
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, respectable form, Healthy
A cautious player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Viveash
Nationality: Australia
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 4,628
Wages: £741 p/w

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

 

[ash chaulk]

viveash are struggling with 647 members who arnt too happy with the clubs 4 league losses....

the team is currently Fitness Level: low
Morale: pessimistic

 

[superkingdave]

lucky man

 

[ash chaulk]

so does anyone here have the battrick membership??

 

[Scaly piscine]

I would if it actually allowed me to... I'm currently on the 1 week trial.

 

[Adamc]

Yeah, okay. I knew I was going to lose this match, but I was kind of hoping my bowlers could at least concede less than 500 or so. Take a wicket already!

EDIT: Woohoo, I've pulled the run rate down from 8.26 to a mere 7.00... We suck.

 

[Adamc]

Incredibly pathetic bowling performance, 370-4, with three of those wickets coming in the last two overs. I'm curious to see what my opponent's top order rating will be though, I'd be surprised if it isn't at least quality. Not entirely without precedent though - I played a match on a flat pitch early last season in which the opposition scored 366-3, and I ended up losing by 18 runs with 348-3. Meh, as I said, it's double-century time for Cuss or we lose.

 

[superkingdave]

lost my match but played ok, got my best ratings so far, gradual improvement, my fielding improved as well which was pleasing as it was something i was looking at.

 

[Kweek]

VCC v Jamees 999ers (174980)  

Date: 23/10/2005 Ground: Sportpark Westvliet 
Pitch: Flat Weather:  
  
VCC won the toss and elected to bat. 
First Innings of:   VCC (play as normal)  
Name     Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Osman   c. Sugden  b. Binns 121 129 7 2 
Watkiss   c. Norris  b. Levy 69 78 3 2 
Easton (*) not   out 76 74 4 0 
Varney  not   out 36 21 5 0 
Tucker              
Nosworth (+)             
Keehan              
Harper              
Badley              
Garrity              
Grewcock              
Extras (2b, 11lb, 1w, 1nb) 15   
Total (50.0 overs, 2 wickets) 317   
  
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 142 254         
Batsman Out 2 1         
  
Name O M R W nb wd 
Norris 10 0 68 0 0 0 
Aldred 10 0 44 0 0 0 
Levy 10 0 87 1 0 1 
Hole 10 0 54 0 1 0 
Binns 10 0 51 1 0 0 

First Innings of:   Jamees 999ers  
Name     Runs Balls 4s 6s 
Gowshall  lbw   b. Grewcock 28 29 3 0 
Delaney     b. Harper 36 54 2 0 
Aldred   c. Watkiss  b. Badley 15 28 0 0 
Field     b. Keehan 17 23 2 0 
Gayle   c. Garrity  b. Keehan 2 5 0 0 
Sugden  not   out 32 45 1 0 
Levy     b. Keehan 6 9 1 0 
Weight (*)(+)  c. Nosworth  b. Harper 5 15 0 0 
Hole   c. Easton  b. Badley 4 3 1 0 
Binns  lbw   b. Keehan 1 6 0 0 
Norris   c. Nosworth  b. Keehan 1 3 0 0 
Extras (10b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb) 16   
Total (36.1 overs, 10 wickets) 163   
  
FOW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Total 41 86 100 103 116 130 153 158 161 163 
Batsman Out 1 3 2 5 4 7 8 9 10 11 
  
Name O M R W nb wd 
Grewcock 10 0 52 1 1 0 
Garrity 5 0 21 0 0 0 
Badley 8 0 31 2 0 0 
Harper 7 0 34 2 2 0 
Keehan 6.1 1 12 5 0 0

 

[ash chaulk]

ok im looking for a friendly

 

[brenoevo]

And the losing streak moves onto 6!! College Dropouts 104 all out 35overs defeated by Boulevard Bombers 2/106 20overs. The team moral and members confidence are now both pessimistic but the sponsors confidence is estatic. My best batsmen popped in stamina and fielding and one of my bowlers has popped in bowling this week. Is there ne one out there who I might actually have a chance beating if so challenge me.

 

[GotSpin]

c'mon someone must want a match

I will play you. team is GoT_SpIn?

 

[rolande]

And the losing streak moves onto 6!! College Dropouts 104 all out 35overs defeated by Boulevard Bombers 2/106 20overs. The team moral and members confidence are now both pessimistic but the sponsors confidence is estatic. My best batsmen popped in stamina and fielding and one of my bowlers has popped in bowling this week. Is there ne one out there who I might actually have a chance beating if so challenge me.

youre a shot duck mate

 

[Adamc]

Well, I got thumped as expected. 370-4 v. 294/10 (47.2), though it was hardly surprising given my opponent's ratings:

 	[B]The Bosstones  	Asterix XI[/B]
Top Order: 	remarkable 	proficient
Middle Order: 	competent 	mediocre
Lower Order: 	woeful 	abysmal
Seam Bowling: 	proficient 	competent
Spin Bowling: 	respectable 	useless
Fielding: 	competent 	feeble

Just goes to show how much of an effect fitness has on match ratings, I guess. I've noticed a lot of div III sides ending up with much better ratings than div II sides, mainly because the div III sides have had the luxury of TIEing league matches and maxing out their fitness levels, while div II sides have generally had to play on Normal/GFI every match. Meh, enough excuses, we got hammered. Still, first loss of the season and I'm doing well in a fairly tough league.

Not much in the way of performances - all the bowlers were shocking, and none of the batsmen really did well considering the situation. Gillete top-scored with 82 (77) in his first match at no. 5, so he'll stay there for the next match. The match was effectively over when Cuss (42) and Berry (46) failed to convert. Gillespie played a rubbish innings, hitting 42 off 67 despite needing 8 an over - even though he is a destructive batsman set to v. attacking. Barrett on the other hand is a steady batsman set to normal, and managed 45* off 22 at no. 7. The tail was entertainingly inept, but the match was long-lost at that stage.

The one positive from that match was that my opponent's ground was packed so we receive a handy 22k. If my league match sells out we'll get 150k from gate receipts this week. Might not sell out though, as members' confidence dropped two levels to 'joyous'.

Oddy's probably out for the next match, had him opening the bowling but he's been far too expensive of late. Badley will come in again, despite a 1-70 in the last match. Not sure who will open the bowling out of Street/Badley/Berry/Male yet. I'm not reading too much into this match because of the ratings disparity, but it really underscores my need for another bowler. Badley's my main prospect, respectable bowler but abysmal stamina and cons, so I'm investing quite a lot in training for him. That'll take a while though, and I really need a bowler urgently. I'll have around 450-500k in the bank by the next update, so a big purchase is definitely an option. A young bowling allrounder would be preferable.