ICC Sim League XI

[morgieb]

Weird Australia struggled so much. Was the squad ill-selected or was it just bad form?

EDIT: Although I do wonder if Australia are just under-rated by the sim as well.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

EDIT: Although I do wonder if Australia are just under-rated by the sim as well.

Yeah the English developers were probably traumatised by that team and decided to nerf them lol.

 

[jimmy101]

Round 9

India vs New Zealand - ****hede Stadium, Bombay

Match Drawn
Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
Points: IND 10 NZ 9

 

[jimmy101]

Weird Australia struggled so much. Was the squad ill-selected or was it just bad form?

EDIT: Although I do wonder if Australia are just under-rated by the sim as well.

On raw numbers alone, I'd probably say that Australia are the strongest team in this comp. I was kinda worried they were gonna run away with it before the tournament began tbh & felt you were doing the other players a charity when you selected your 1995-spec squad. Obvs Hayden & Martyn would have strengthened your side, but as it is, Australia underperformed massively here. Without giving too much away, players like Ponting, the Waughs, McGrath & Warne are all top-echelon players numerically & are about as good as you'd expect them to be, whilst the rest of your players range from good to very good. Those injuries to your bowlers in the middle rounds did you no favours though.

 

[honestbharani]

Jonty Rhodes has gone to Sachin level in this tournament.

 

[jimmy101]

Round 9

West Indies vs World XI - Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

West Indies won by 3 wickets
Man of the match: Ian Bishop
Points: WI 22 WXI 5

 

[jimmy101]

Great captain's knock from Richardson there.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

that bowling attack clearly didn't believe their luck when they had WI 39/4

 

[jimmy101]

Congratulations to @SillyCowCorner1 for winning the group stage of the tournament & to the rest of the semi-finalists.

Commiserations to ataraxia, Teuton, morgieb, Magrat Garlick, AndrewB & cnerd123 who all played well but unfortunately not everyone can be always winning in these things. Hope to see you again in future editions of the Sim League.

 

[jimmy101]

that bowling attack clearly didn't believe their luck when they had WI 39/4

Bit of lollapse from the World XI in the first innings too. Couple of chances not seized.

 

[jimmy101]

Semi Finals

West Indies vs England - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown



South Africa vs India - Kingsmead, Durban

 

[honestbharani]

Prabhakar
Sidhu
Ganguly (vc)
Tendulkar
Azharuddin (c)
Kambli
Mongia (wk)
Kapoor
Kumble
Srinath
Prasad

 

[Line and Length]

Gooch (c)
Stewart
Atherton
Thorpe
Smith
Hick
Russell +
Gough
de Freitas
Caddick
Malcolm

OUT: Gatting (failure on ground and v WI), Malcolm (poor form), Embury (poor bowling average @ Kensington and v WI in general)
IN: Hick (good form @ Kensington + spin option), Russell (solid batting and frees up Stewart), de Freitas (solid @ ground and v opponent).

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Unchanged for South Africa

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

1. Sherwin Campbell
2. Richie Richardson (c)
3. Brian Lara
4. Carl Hooper
5. Jimmy Adams
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7. Junior Murray (+)
8. Kenny Benjamin
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Ian Bishop
11. Courtney Walsh

 

[jimmy101]

Unchanged for South Africa

Can't have the same team 3x in a row. Need to make at least one change.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Can't have the same team 3x in a row. Need to make at least one change.

even for the playoffs?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Can't have the same team 3x in a row. Need to make at least one change.

Ahh damn, Schultz for de Villiers

 

[jimmy101]

even for the playoffs?

Yeah, it adds an extra dynamic imo.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

fair enough, the sim runner makes the rules