Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[Magrat Garlick]

I hate flat pitches.

Dynamo Morpork 525/3d (111)
M Virk 255*, D James 126, S Porter 95

Canton CC 383/5 (109)
D Plaatjies 99, L Carling 90, A Hick 84; D Tuck 2/80 (24), G Harris 2/98 (24)

Want to declare at 225 tomorrow to set them somewhat of a target, but could result in frayed nerves if I don't bowl them out for as little as I like. I expect to rout them tomorrow morning though with rested bowlers and a bit of overhead help (they can't have more than respectables at the crease) but still annoying to go out of it with an almost equal-point draw (if Canton's manager is up to anything he'll declare, the match is a dead set draw and the only result of him batting on is to gift me two points - which I'll happily take as I'm three points behind him in the table)

On a brighter note, the guys hot on my heels will probably lose three batting points and could conceivably lose the match, they need to score 384 without losing 12 wickets tomorrow. So the table will look like this (assuming Canton declares and Blue Hoops save the draw)

Canton 98 (W4, D2)
Dynamo Morpork 95 (W3, D3)
Blue Hoops 93 (W3, D3)
Bosstones 88 (W3, D2, L1)

 

[Athlai]

Victory by 454 runs and an innings in my first battrick match.

 

[Athlai]

Dickson (+) not out 245 222 24 3
Saunders lbw b. Mckenna 182 155 16 1
Hodgkiss not out 54 48 3 0

Total guns. Declared on 502, next time I think I will let them bat a bit longer.

Match figures for the bowlers
Name O M R W
Heywood 20 11 19 10
Roberts 17.2 12 13 7
Pembridge 5 3 7 2
Saunders 3.5 3 0 1

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Dickson (+) not out 245 222 24 3
Saunders lbw b. Mckenna 182 155 16 1
Hodgkiss not out 54 48 3 0

Total guns. Declared on 502, next time I think I will let them bat a bit longer.

Hm. Well, it doesn't seem like you're in danger of promoting, so probably no need to save fitness.

 

[Athlai]

Hm. Well, it doesn't seem like you're in danger of promoting, so probably no need to save fitness.

When do you get promoted?

 

[Nate]

'Work Athlai.

 

[Athlai]

'Work Athlai.

Set the best bowler to attacking on the first day and very attacking on the second day. Set my cautious opener to defensive (still scored at more than a run a ball) and let my defensive opener play defensive as well. Made my dire bowlers all defensive and my two other good ones on either normal or attacking.


Worked. So what should I do next? I'm training up several players, batting bowling and fitness are my prime concerns as of the moment.

 

[Dead Badger]

Get the 38, then declare...

Possibly, but then the 10 overs my batsmen would take to make the 38 would almost certainly eliminate any possibility of the win, as well as giving the opposition a chance to make the two bowling points they've not got yet.

Sod it. Overnight declaration it is. Of course, knowing my luck the match engine will probably mean my players come out for at least one over tomorrow morning, will collapse and gift the oppo the bowling points anyway. But eh, nothing ventured...

 

[Nate]

Worked. So what should I do next? I'm training up several players, batting bowling and fitness are my prime concerns as of the moment.

Show us the players you're training mate.

 

[Athlai]

Patrick Edmunds - 27 yo, BT Rating=5,551
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, mediocre batting form, competent bowling form, fresh
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: abysmal
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: respectable
Fielding: mediocre

Gerry Dickson - 18 yo, BT Rating=6,944
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, competent batting form, competent bowling form, fair
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: proficient Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: feeble

Jon Pembridge - 23 yo, BT Rating=3,185
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, proficient batting form, mediocre bowling form, moderate
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: competent Consistency: feeble
Fielding: mediocre

Shaun Saunders - 18 yo, BT Rating=4,357
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, moderate
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: competent

 

[cameeel]

End of Over 7 (5 runs). Kipper XI: 34-2, runrate=4.86 (1st Inn: 505-3 dec)
Trail by 15 runs. (UTS Engineering 554-8 dec)
Mcallister	4-2-8-2
Dove*	24 (22 balls)
Brown	0 (3 balls)

And both openers have fallen cheaply again, but in the first innings these two put on 250 odd for the third wicket.

 

[Bobisback]

Athlai, do yourself a favour, jump on the transfer market and buy a couple of competent primary 17yr olds with decentish seconds. You're a new team, so i assume you dont have much money, so maybe look for a comp batter with feeble-med concentration and two comp bowlers with feeble-med consistency, or 2 bats 1 bowl, whatever you feel like. Then put them on 2 primary nets and 1 fielding. You will get better results training the 17yr olds then training your current batch.

EDIT: Also make sure they have at least mediocre stamina, feeble as a complete minimum.

 

[Athlai]

Athlai, do yourself a favour, jump on the transfer market and buy a couple of competent primary 17yr olds with decentish seconds. You're a new team, so i assume you dont have much money, so maybe look for a comp batter with feeble-med concentration and two comp bowlers with feeble-med consistency, or 2 bats 1 bowl, whatever you feel like. Then put them on 2 primary nets and 1 fielding. You will get better results training the 17yr olds then training your current batch.

EDIT: Also make sure they have at least mediocre stamina, feeble as a complete minimum.

What's wrong with the current batch? (mainly the 18 year old players I mean)

 

[Nate]

Athlai, I'll be puting a gun 17yo destructive spinner on the market in about a week's time. You should consider getting yourself some 17yo comp/med batsmen and bowlers to build up your side.

 

[Bobisback]

What's wrong with the current batch? (mainly the 18 year old players I mean)

Dickson isnt bad, but his stamina is a killer, would take a while to train him upto a decent playable level.

If you got a comp-med 17yr old right now and put him on 2 primary and 1 fielding he would be Respectable-Competent minimum at 18, and 19 would be strong-strong. Whereas, Dickson, at the end of this season with 2 batting 1 fielding and 1 stamina net will be Strong-Mediocre with Feeble stamina.

 

[andyc]

Gerry Dickson - 18 yo, BT Rating=6,944
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, competent batting form, competent bowling form, fair
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: abysmal Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: proficient Concentration: feeble
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: feeble

Shaun Saunders - 18 yo, BT Rating=4,357
LH Batsman, LF Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, moderate
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: woeful
Bowling: woeful Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: competent

These two are the only ones worth training, as the others are too old. Once you get above 20, 21, there's not much point training someone unless they're already at a pretty high level. You should definitely be training Dickson's batting as well, because you could still be using him in a few seasons to come with the right training given that his batting is fairly high.

 

[Athlai]

Just bid on a fair few 17 year old players to train up, thanks everyone.

 

[Athlai]

Dickson isnt bad, but his stamina is a killer, would take a while to train him upto a decent playable level.

If you got a comp-med 17yr old right now and put him on 2 primary and 1 fielding he would be Respectable-Competent minimum at 18, and 19 would be strong-strong. Whereas, Dickson, at the end of this season with 2 batting 1 fielding and 1 stamina net will be Strong-Mediocre with Feeble stamina.

But when Dickson's 20 wouldn't his batting be better than the 17 (19) year old's? Dickson's probably one of the few players in this side I can see myself keeping in the longterm.

 

[Nate]

Dickson's batting is certinaly gun, but his stamina makes him a bane to train. Would try to find yourself an alternate wicket-keeper on the market. If you train his batting AND 'keeping, he'll get hella tired with his fitness.

 

[Athlai]

Dickson's batting is certinaly gun, but his stamina makes him a bane to train. Would try to find yourself an alternate wicket-keeper on the market. If you train his batting AND 'keeping, he'll get hella tired with his fitness.

I see, will do. Most of the players are very dire keepers though.