CW Development League - Season 2

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

After a successful Season 1, the Development League prepares to launch into Season 2 on the 2nd of August.

The Minnows XI and Zimbabwe 'A' were relegated in the 5D and OD competitions respectively. As such India 'A' has been invited to join the tournament.

The teams taking part will be:-

5D
New Zealand 'A' (reigning champs)
England 'A'
West Indies 'A'
Australia 'A'
South Africa 'A'
CW Devs
Zimbabwe 'A'
India 'A'

OD
Australia 'A' (reigning champs)
England 'A'
West Indies 'A'
Australia 'A'
South Africa 'A'
CW Devs
Minnows XI
India 'A'

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The India 'A' is as follows:-

5D
Shiv S Das (captain)
Wasim Jaffer
Gautam Gambhir
Satyajit Parab
Hemang Badani
Sridharan Sriram
Ambati Rayudu
Rohan Gavaskar
Vijay Bharadwaj
Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper)
L Balaji
Aavishkar Salvi
Amit Bhandari
Irfan Pathan Jr.
Murali Kartik
Amit Mishra

OD
Shiv S Das (captain)
Wasim Jaffer
Gautam Gambhir
Satyajit Parab
Hemang Badani
Sridharan Sriram
Rohan Gavaskar
Vijay Bharadwaj
Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper)
L Balaji
Aavishkar Salvi
Amit Bhandari
Murali Kartik
Amit Mishra
Ambati Rayudu

Irfan Pathan Jr. is the OD omission.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The start of Season 2 will be post-poned to the 8th of August.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Irfan Pathan Jr. and Ambati Rayudu are the OD omissions.

1) Why drop one of the most aggressive players (he hit ~180 twice for India U19 in the "ODI" series last summer) for the One Day games?

2) It's a "U" in his name for the fourth letter.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1/ He was an oversight on my part. When I checked stats, I thought he had very little OD stats. My mistake.

2/ I know how to spell his name, as indicated by the 5D squad. It's just a typo.

 

[bugssy]

um can i sign up pls guys


would really like to get involved

 

[Mr. P]

sign up in the other dev league thread

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The CW Dev League II Teams:-

Ratings have been assigned according to the potential strength of the squad.
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CW Devs
(5D Rating 958, OD Rating 843)
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Umpire Money (c)
Mr Mxyzptlk (vc)
Eyes Only (wk)
Age Master (backup wk)
Paid the Unpire
David
Vishnureddy
Rik
SupahFreak
Master Blaster
Chris Hinton
R_Powell_fan
Marc71178
Sunil Havascar
Mr Ponting
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NZ A
(5D Rating 914, OD Rating 619)
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Peter Fulton (capt)
Tim McIntosh (vc)
Michael Papps (wk)
Rob Nicol
Jesse Ryder
Craig Cumming
Tama Canning
James Franklin
Matthew Walker
Paul Hitchcock
Michael Mason
Ian Butler
Bruce Martin
Jamie How
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Aus A
(5D Rating 826, OD Rating 778)
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Greg Blewett (capt)
Simon Katich (vc)
Ryan Campbell (wkt)
Bradley Haddin (wkt)
Mike Hussey
Michael Slater
Jamie Cox
Matthew Elliott
Michael Clarke
Cameron White
Nathan Hauritz
Ashley Noffke
Stuart Clark
Brad Williams
Nathan Bracken
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Eng A
(5D Rating 854, OD Rating 705)
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Dominic Cork (capt.)
Ian Bell (vc)
Geraint Jones (wk)
Chris Read (wk)
Ian Ward
Ed Smith
Owais Shah
Jamie Troughton
Bilal Shafayat
James Kirtley
Chris Silverwood
Martin Saggers
Rikki Clarke
Chris Tremlett
Richard Johnson
Gareth Batty
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SA A
(5D Rating 808, OD Rating 785)
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Adam Bacher (capt.)
John Kent (vc)
Tami Tsolekile (wk)
Morne Van Wyk (wk)
Ahmed Amla
Martin Van Jaarsveld
Ashwell Prince
Robin Peterson
Justin Kemp
Shafiek Abrahams
Albie Morkel
Andre Nel
Dewald Pretorius
Allan Dawson
Monde Zondeki
Mfuenko Ngam
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Ind A
(5D Rating 911, OD Rating 706)
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SS Das (capt)
Parthiv Patel (wk)
Wasim Jaffer
Gautam Gambhir
Satyajit Parab
Hemang Badani
Sridharan Sriram
Ambati Rayudu
Rohan Gavaskar
Vijay Bharadwaj
L Balaji
Aavishkar Salvi
Amit Bhandari
Irfan Pathan Jnr
Murali Kartik
Amit Mishra
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Zim A
(5D Rating 748)
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Gavin Rennie (capt.)
Craig Evans (vc)
Alester Maregwede (wk)
Charles Coventry (wk)
Craig Wishart
Gavin Ewing
Barney Rogers
Dirk Viljoen
Gary Brent
Pommie Mbangwa
Trevor Gripper
Hamilton Mazakadaza
Brighton Watambwa
Blessing Mahwire
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WI A
(5D Rating 803, OD Rating 785)
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Imran Jan (capt.)
Dinanath Ramnarine (vc)
Carlton Baugh jr. (wk)
Leon Garrick
Dwayne Bravo
Sylvester Joseph
Tonito Willett
Dave Bernard jr.
Dave Mohammed
Tino Best
Jason Bennett
Ravi Rampaul
Ryan Hurley
Kenroy Peters
Ricardo Powell
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Minnows
(OD Rating 626)
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Steven Tikolo (capt)
John Davison (vc)
Kennedy Otieno (wk)
Ravindu Shah
Maurice Odumbe
Ian Billcliff
Thomas Odoyo
Collins Obuya
Asif Karim
Martin Suji
D Keulder
DB Kotze
Davis Joseph
AJ Burger
Sanjay Thurasingham

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

The Itinerary

Here it is. It's in MS Word format, but if anyone wants it in another format, just say so.

 

[Eyes_Only]

Happy to see I made the team as Keeper!

 

[Mr. P]

sweet! i'm in, and ready to play!

 

[bugssy]

how come i am ot in the devs side for season 2

when will i make the side

anyone

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You signed up after I named the initial squad. Fear not, you are in the first team.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

We are thinking of creating another cw dev team

12 members in both the dev sides

the CWDevA will have the top peforming CW Dev players...who can get priority selection to CW XI and CW Dev B will have the okay performing players..

Players who are dropped from Test Squads or ODI squads from the CWXI move on straight to CWDev A and the low performing players of CW DevA will be demoted to Dev B

Players who perform well in Dev B will be eligble for selection to Dev A squad..

The maximum size both teams can have can go upto 13 players max.. that way everyone gets to play

 

[bugssy]

sounds great guys


wooohoooo

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

We are thinking of creating another cw dev team

12 members in both the dev sides

the CWDevA will have the top peforming CW Dev players...who can get priority selection to CW XI and CW Dev B will have the okay performing players..

Players who are dropped from Test Squads or ODI squads from the CWXI move on straight to CWDev A and the low performing players of CW DevA will be demoted to Dev B

Players who perform well in Dev B will be eligble for selection to Dev A squad..

The maximum size both teams can have can go upto 13 players max.. that way everyone gets to play

I think that this will only be possible next season (ie sometime in September) because I have already laid out the infrastructure for the current system. There are 8 teams currently and that makes for a balanced schedule.

Here's is what will be done next season:-

1/ A CWXI 'A' team will be added to the competition. The 'rookie' players will play for the Dev XI and the discarded Test/ODI players will represent the 'A' team.
2/ Teams will be split into 2 divisions of 5 according to strength of finish in Season 2.
3/ Teams will play each other twice in 5D and OD.
4/ Top 3 teams in each division will compete against each other in a playoff-like setup. More will be explained on this later.
5/ The All Star Team will be picked from the 8 non-CW teams and they will compete against a CW All Star team. This team will comprise of the best of the CWXI 'A' team and Dev XI.

That's about it.

 

[lord_of_darkness]

Okay all good