Archived [19/01/09] Battrick

[oz_fan]

A few really good pops.

Ben Grahame - 23 yo, BT Rating=15,085
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, proficient bowling form, fair
An attacking player with feeble leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: quality Concentration: competent
Bowling: woeful Consistency: feeble
Fielding: abysmal

First quality rating.

Owen Tranter - 17 yo, BT Rating=7,363
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, strong batting form, proficient bowling form, low
A steady player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: proficient Concentration: worthless
Bowling: competent Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: mediocre

Ron Mohan - 17 yo, BT Rating=5,978
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
An attacking player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: worthless

James Grant - 17 yo, BT Rating=4,654
RH Batsman, LM Bowler, woeful batting form, superb bowling form, low
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: feeble Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: feeble Concentration: feeble
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

 

[Dead Badger]

Just a stamina pop, as the fat camp starts to pay dividends:

1. Liam Bromby - 20 yo, BT Rating=51,907
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A cautious player with woeful leadership skills and mediocre experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: remarkable
Batting: superb Concentration: wonderful
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

 

[chaminda_00]

Yeah, but look at your team.

*looks at his team... in the CW Cup thread*

The funny thing is all my batsmen are about on par with Hamlin, its just that we have five about the same level.

 

[bugssy]

a few pops today

4. Mike Whitman - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,963
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, competent bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless


17. Kevin Jongikhaya - 17 yo, BT Rating=7,700
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: proficient
Bowling: worthless Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

 

[Mahindinho]

First quality rating.

Congrats. That's what you miss out on as your team gets better -- it's entirely possible that I'll never again train a player to a 'new' rating

Still, there's a reason for that

I had a couple of pops, none of them Earth-shattering.

Hardy, my 5th bowler, has popped to Respectable fielding -- trying to balance his bowling, as he's currently Quality/Strong.

Buckley, my intensive all-rounder trainee, popped to Woeful fielding last week. This week, he's hit Feeble stamina and Respectable consistency as well. Shaping up nicely, even if he is drained.

Thinking of going for a green-top in Tuesday's match against AidanSwain's Rickmansworth -- it's as close to an FC promotion play-off as you're going to get...and if it's a draw, we'll probably both lose out!

From memory, he's got:

Sp: v.good (BTR 70k+)
F: v.good (BTR 60k+)
M x2: okay (BTR 30-40k)

The 5th bowler is a relatively numptyish M or Sp.

I'm going in with my full attack, so a spinner as good as his, a FM as good as his quick, then F and FM as good as his 3rd and 4th bowlers. My 5th (M) is better too.

Against this, he's got a better batting line-up than mine.

In my experience, green pitches favour FMs, and I thrashed him on one last time. Thoughts?

 

[Jamee999]

No pops, no home games this week, **** PFLs. What a game.

 

[Mahindinho]

I've just twigged that it's almost a certainty that a certain Scaly Piscine CC will drop into II.1, my Div II league, next season. Bugger.

Whether or not I'm still there will almost certainly depend on a relegation play-off. It may well be quicker for me to drop down to III and then try to work my way back up to II and thence I.1.

 

[Jamee999]

Surely you'd be as well just trying to stay in II till SPCC re-promotes?

 

[headhunter]

Raymond Fordham - 19 yo, BT Rating=17,899
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A defensive player with competent leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: superb Concentration: strong
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

1st superb

Stephen Ross - 18 yo, BT Rating=11,337
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, respectable bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: proficient Consistency: proficient
Fielding: woeful

Good week of pops.

 

[Mahindinho]

Surely you'd be as well just trying to stay in II till SPCC re-promotes?

II.1's been a pretty hard-as-nails league, to be honest -- two monster teams, and a very canny operator in GM-Hoose. I reckon it'd take me at least three more seasons to promote anyway, assuming I keep on improving and no-one manages to overtake me. I may have a better chance in another II league, and fancy my chances in most III's.

It's all academic anyway -- I've never thrown a play-off, and I'm not about to start now. Just that I won't be too upset if I went down. At least, that's what I'll tell myself

 

[NZTailender]

a few pops today

4. Mike Whitman - 17 yo, BT Rating=6,963
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, competent bowling form, fresh
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: worthless
Bowling: proficient Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless


17. Kevin Jongikhaya - 17 yo, BT Rating=7,700
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with competent leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: competent Concentration: proficient
Bowling: worthless Consistency: woeful
Fielding: worthless

Looks as though your side is starting to come along nicely. You've got some good trainees, there - especially Whitman being proficient at 17. Sure, it's not an oddity but it's a good start.

Raymond Fordham - 19 yo, BT Rating=17,899
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A defensive player with competent leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: superb Concentration: strong
Bowling: worthless Consistency: abysmal
Fielding: woeful

1st superb

Stephen Ross - 18 yo, BT Rating=11,337
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, respectable bowling form, invigorated
A destructive player with mediocre leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: abysmal Concentration: feeble
Bowling: proficient Consistency: proficient
Fielding: woeful

Good week of pops.

Congrats on your first superb It's always a good feeling to get those first "high" pops. Ross is also nicely balanced - did you buy him or pull him from the youth academy?

 

[Jamee999]

My current XI.
Primary/Secondary/Stamina

Dominic Kerwin Resp/Med/Med
Andrew Lea Resp/Med/Med
Hamid Gowshall Prof/Prof/Comp
Maurice Aldred Prof/Comp/Comp // Resp/Comp/Comp RFM
Jlloyd Ndah Resp/Med/Med
Dwight Kealey Resp/Med/Comp // Strong/Feeb/Comp RM
Dirk Wanless Resp/Feeb/Med // Competent Keep
Dom Mccammon Resp/Feeb/Woe
Anthony Fitzpatrick Abys/Woe/Med // Prof/Feeb/Med RFM
Gareth Bardle Wor/Comp/Sup // Wond/Qual/Sup RFM
Daniel Laws Wor/Med/Med // Prof/Med/Med RAS

Training Mccammon up, so he can move up the order, let Wanless drop into the Number 8 slot, with Kealey batting below the big 2 in Gowshall and Aldred for next year. Eventually, I want him at 3 and bowling 10 overs. That won't be possible in FC though, obviously, so he might have to bat 5 in that. Ultimately, I also want a gun specialist bat, who I'll try to pull at the start of next season. He should be able to open in OD and bat 3 in FC all the time.

1 calendar year on....

Marvin Warnock Won/Rem/Sup
Zesh Snodin Sup/Prof/Prof
Dwight Kealey Rem/Won/Sup // Sen/Rem/Sup RM
Maurice Aldred Prof/Comp/Comp // Resp/Comp/Comp RFM
Geoff Fillery Prof/Med/Med
Gene Todd Resp/Med/Med
Andrew Lea Resp/Med/Med
Dirk Wanless Resp/Feeb/Med // Competent Keep
Gareth Bardle Wor/Comp/Sup // Exq/Sen/Sup RFM
Anthony Fitzpatrick Abys/Woe/Med // Prof/Feeb/Med RFM
Daniel Laws Wor/Med/Med // Prof/Med/Med RAS

Going to go for a WK-Batsman YP next year, to slot in around about 5 in the long run, with another seamer to slot in the next year. And I'd like to buy a superb spinner at some point.

 

[PY]

Name		Age	BT	Bat		Conc		Bowl		Cons
Abdul kadir	22	27211	remarkable	quality		
Chanderpaul	23	48979	exceptional	quality
Ahmed		24	13231	respectable	respectable
Moodley		22	37702	remarkable	quality
Taylor		19	23854	remarkable	strong
King		29	4000	competent	woeful
Sekani		22	36629					exceptional	proficient
Ferrell		19	20020					superb		strong
Croft		22	54124					exquisite	superb
Matthews	20	27006					remarkable	superb
Bardle		21	28772					quality		superb

Chanderpaul	23	49386	exceptional	quality
Abdul kadir	22	30945	wonderful	quality
Taylor		19	26703	wonderful	superb
Moodley		22	48658	wonderful	remarkable
Ahmed		24	13837	respectable	respectable
Rampaul		17	7123	respectable	respectable
Harris		21	59473					sensational	remarkable
Ferrell		19	22265					remarkable	superb
Croft		22	49581					exquisite	superb
Matthews	20	29450					remarkable	quality
Bardle		21	31300					remarkable	quality

2 months down the line and I still have the same problems as I had then of having no all-rounder to fill the 7th batting position and 5th bowler.

Bowling is looking quite tasty now after a long slog of trying to get a minimum standard. By about 4 weeks into the new season, I hope to have minimum of wonderful-superb.

Then look at getting a young trainee and burn him out on 5 nets if I have the patience, which I probably don't as I never stick to what I say I need.

 

[nibbs]

2 stamina pops... duggan nears completion

Jason Duggan - 23 yo, BT Rating=131,390
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, strong batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with feeble leadership skills and superb experience.
Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: abysmal
Batting: masterful Concentration: miraculous
Bowling: woeful Consistency: superb
Fielding: strong

Dom Graham - 20 yo, BT Rating=58,700
LH Batsman, LM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fair
A defensive player with worthless leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: strong Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: worthless Concentration: strong
Bowling: exceptional Consistency: quality
Fielding: mediocre

 

[Adamc]

Saman Dissanayake - 20 yo, BT Rating=30,260
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, proficient bowling form, fresh
A cautious player with superb leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: worthless Concentration: woeful
Bowling: superb Consistency: wonderful
Fielding: mediocre

Popped in bowling, consistency and stamina within five weeks of purchase. (y) Two 17yo's popped to proficient, will probably sell them soon.

 

[Johnners]

Name		Age		BT		Bat		Conc		Bowl/WK		Cons
Stroud		21		17513		Superb		Proficient				
Harris		18		23009		Quality		Proficient				
Ludlow 		20		12068		Strong		Proficient				
Appleyard	20		16173		Strong		Proficient				
Moloto		19		50061		Quality		Wonderful	Remarkable (WK)		
Meyer		22		28071		Proficient	Competent	Superb		Proficient
Yousif		22		13208		Proficient	Respectable	Competent	Respectable
Groves		21		13283		Woeful		Woeful		Superb		Competent
Hamlin		18		17465		Woeful		Worthless	Superb		Proficient
Savage		21		10098		Worthless	Mediocre	Proficient	Proficient
Verhoeven	20		21989		Worthless	Worthless	Quality		Superb

I can't find the last 1 of these I did unfortunately, it would be good to see how much my team has progressed. Will be looking to get either an Allrounder, or a Bowler early next season, as imo they are the weakest points in my team atm.

Oh, and PY, how the hell did I ever beat you

 

[Bobisback]

Name		Age		BT		Bat		Conc		Bowl/WK		Cons
Alshaun		30		 9,427		strong		competent	
Hocking		21		39,586		wonderful	remarkable
Hiller		21		37,292		remarkable	remarkable
Beaumont	19		41,670		quality		remarkable	superb (wk)
Gravey		30		11,266		respectable	feeble
Allison		27		 7,148		proficient	woeful
Byles		33		14,247		respectable	competent	strong		feeble
Hartburn	21		17,194		woeful		abysmal		quality		competent
Sicelo		18		19,139		worthless	worthless	quality		respectable
Poke		21		40,028		worthless	abysmal		wonderful	remarkable
Wikus		21		53,305		worthless	worthless	exceptional	wonderful

Will be training a new #5 bat next season, as i really need one. Other than that, im happy with my squad.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

End of Over 7 (1 runs). Flagstone Creek: 22-0, runrate=3.14
Trail by 65 runs. (Central Districts 87-10)
Hodge 4-1-3-0
Monk* 12 (25 balls)
Albrighton 4 (18 balls)

Looks like I underestimated the new PFL lift on bots. Will lose this match, but doesn't bother me much. I'd rather not promote in FC anyway.

 

[Johnners]

End of Over 51 (7 runs, 1lb). Opening Balance: 300-3, runrate=5.88
Bradford 2-0-12-1
Appleyard* 87 (81 balls)
Moloto 11 (9 balls)

Last Wicket: Stroud c. Hinton b. Bradford 131 (FOW: 284/3)

Think this bloke is resting his bowlers, which means it should be an easy win for me. Want to stretch it over 3 days though as it's my home game.

 

[cameeel]

End of Over 76 (4 runs). Kipper XI: 422-3, runrate=5.55
Tench	16-1-64-0
Dove*	222 (188 balls)
Brown	45 (52 balls)

Actually going alright in a FC match for the first time in a while, hopefully Dove can make it a triple century.