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Dev League Suggestions

Robertinho

Robertinho

Cricketer Of The Year
There are 5 teams in the Dev League - all fairly close in terms of ability and usually each team will beat every other team several times through the season, and you'd never say, in the lead up to a game, that it would be heavily one sided (bar unusual injuries, call ups..).

The AFL is completely different. If you truly believe that Carlton could beat St Kilda (both at full strength), then you're quite stupid and know nothing about AFL. No offence, but if you actually believe the AFL and Dev League are similar in terms of the gaps between top and bottom sides... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
Loony BoB

Loony BoB

International Captain
Mr Mxyzptlk said:
Oooh. Saw it there this morning and meant to reply... then got distracted by a shiny thing. I like the idea, and once a method can be agreed upon by everyone, we can slip into place asap.
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I'm assuming it won't be possible until end of season, given that it's still not gone ahead? ;) Looking forward to finding out what it is.
 
age_master

age_master

Hall of Fame Member
As noone likes byes im going to suggest that we look at that. i reakon that we will have enough players for 5 teams again next season. so the aim of the following suggestions would be to eliminate those.

i) Re-introduce another team such as Australia A, or maybe Kanya or Scotland? as was the case back in the beginning of dev league.

ii) Introduce a team of Dev league Vet's

iii) add 2 or 3 non-international players from other countries to each team - allowing us to spread our numbers to a 6th team - would obviously create a mass move of alot of players.

these are just idea's i dont necessarily support any of them but they might spark an idea in someone else.
 
Loony BoB

Loony BoB

International Captain
I for one don't mind byes too much, but having three teams play a bye in one day seems a bit much to me. I think it would be better if we just organise the schedule so that four teams play every day.
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
The best idea in my opinion if we wanted a 6th team would be to allow the hiring of internationals who are off-season, similar to county cricket. The numbers of such could be reduced as we get more signups.
 
Loony BoB

Loony BoB

International Captain
If we were going for a sixth team, I'd much rather it be a team such as Aussie A or Scotland. Bringing in non-internationals to the existing teams is only discouraging people from playing CW members. For those who argue saying that the non-internationals should only play if needed, I still think it's not fair as injuries and callups should damage a teams potential, not strengthen it.
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
Loony BoB said:
If we were going for a sixth team, I'd much rather it be a team such as Aussie A or Scotland. Bringing in non-internationals to the existing teams is only discouraging people from playing CW members. For those who argue saying that the non-internationals should only play if needed, I still think it's not fair as injuries and callups should damage a teams potential, not strengthen it.
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I agree with that. I think the best idea (at least as long as there is an odd number of teams) is to bring in a relatively poor international side, say Kenya or Scotland, rather than an Aus A or England A, simply because no-one will be particularly happy if the international side wins it. I vaguely recall this happening a couple of seasons ago (one of them made a final at least, can't remember the details...). They should be good enough that any matches against them won't be regarded as a walkover, though.
 
Neil Pickup

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Adamc said:
I agree with that. I think the best idea (at least as long as there is an odd number of teams) is to bring in a relatively poor international side, say Kenya or Scotland, rather than an Aus A or England A, simply because no-one will be particularly happy if the international side wins it. I vaguely recall this happening a couple of seasons ago (one of them made a final at least, can't remember the details...). They should be good enough that any matches against them won't be regarded as a walkover, though.
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They repeatedly won it in the early days. India A were such a powerhouse batting line up!
 
kears_falcon_9

kears_falcon_9

International Debutant
My first thing would be to bring back Smash. Alot of people hate it, but i cant see why. This is a 'fake' game afterall so you guys dont actually physically play :). So i am throwing a few ideas around. I really think we should bring it back as a pre season tournament to kick start the season with a bit of fun. ( I no bowlers dislike it because they get smashed but if it is a fun tounrament then stats dont count really). Also with the charity games we could throw a couplke of 25smash games in there.

The internationals are doing it now with 20/20 so i think CW should have its own version. If we cant introduce it into dev ;league i think the international scene should have 20/20 cricket soon, following approval from ICC ofcourse :).

My other suggestion is about the length of this season gone by. Most of the CWXI players who played TEST and ODI have played 6 or 7 FC games this season. Now i no being realistic and all this is pretty right, but in the context of CWXI its about fun. ANd i think although it is fun playing for your country its great going home and palying with ya mates from Black, Green, Red, Blue and Colts. So i think we should either have shorter tours during the season, have a longer season or keep all international games to the off season.

These are just a few suggestions, im not sayin i dont enjoy palying for the CWXI but just about the fact of lack of cricket for my home side.

Cheers
David
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
I don't think the 25Smash or any incarnations thereof should be brought back. It just wasn't interesting in the slightest, and for this reason I don't think it's worth the effort on Liam's part.
 
chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
I think we should add super subs in the Development League next season, its worked ok for the ODIs and it will give 5 more players a game. The more people that get a game the better it is for the Development League IMO.

Also if there is going to be a sixth team, then how about a side made of the top players from the 5 new ODIs nations and Kenya. The current national teams help us out when we started, maybe this is a way we could help the new teams coming through, by giving them some FC cricket.
 
thewizard1o1

thewizard1o1

International Debutant
Adamc said:
I don't think the 25Smash or any incarnations thereof should be brought back. It just wasn't interesting in the slightest, and for this reason I don't think it's worth the effort on Liam's part.
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here here :happy:
 
Magrat Garlick

Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
Adamc said:
I don't think the 25Smash or any incarnations thereof should be brought back. It just wasn't interesting in the slightest, and for this reason I don't think it's worth the effort on Liam's part.
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Agreed. Twenty20 works in real life because it's so short. However, CW matches are pretty short anyway, so the point of the format is removed.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Something From a Newbie...

A Contract System
  • Every player in the Dev League is offered a contract, the length of which is determined by the heirachy of each side.
  • Contracts may not be longer than two seasons, EXCEPT for two players who can be offered four year contracts, effectively making them "franchise players".
  • At the end of each season, you may re-sign an arbitary number of players (for arguments sake, four).
  • The remaining players who are unsigned at the end of the year are then entered into a draft along with the new sign-ups, and selections made.
  • When drafted, each player is offered another contract.
Just a radical idea, to sort of quell the "factions" that are supposedly being created in the Dev League. While it erodes loyalty, it could help to make it more of a single community working towards a goal of making the CW outfit more successful.
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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chaminda_00 said:
I think we should add super subs in the Development League next season, its worked ok for the ODIs and it will give 5 more players a game. The more people that get a game the better it is for the Development League IMO.
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Fingers crossed that Neil's sim will be ready for the next season. Fingers also crossed that Neil sees this post and tries to incorporate SuperSubs into his sim...
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

Mr Mxyzptlk

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Adamc said:
I don't think the 25Smash or any incarnations thereof should be brought back. It just wasn't interesting in the slightest, and for this reason I don't think it's worth the effort on Liam's part.
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I agree. I always found simming Smash to be immensely boring.
 
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