Yeah it's pretty close, actually I'm pretty sure there are better players than Gray, Armstrong and Mccammon going around. For me, Mccammon isn't that great because his stamina is such a liability. Probably put Hamshaw (Nibbs) in instead of Mccammon and find a better keeper.Scaly piscine said:Close contest for the keepers:
Marvin Gray - 19 yo, BT Rating=22,598
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A defensive player with abysmal leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: competent
Batting: strong Concentration: strong
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: competent
Fielding: feeble
1. David Armstrong - 19 yo, BT Rating=47,838
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A cautious player with worthless leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: respectable
Batting: respectable Concentration: sensational
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: proficient
Fielding: mediocre
Batting overall is about the same in my opinion given 3 levels of concentration is roughly one level of batting. Obviously mine has the edge in keeping.
I wouldn't say Gray has the edge in batting looking at their records in friendlies, which should be against similar opposition (if anything you'd have had easier games with better morale). For keeping secondaries play a part in it as well, so he's better than a normal respectable keeper. He should be about half-way up both batting and keeping (not getting keeping training at the moment and the records I keep are on my old computer).Robertinho said:Yeah it's pretty close, actually I'm pretty sure there are better players than Gray, Armstrong and Mccammon going around. For me, Mccammon isn't that great because his stamina is such a liability. Probably put Hamshaw (Nibbs) in instead of Mccammon and find a better keeper.
Gray and Armstrong are pretty even, Gray appears to have the edge in batting but with the batsmen above whoever gets the spot, batting won't make too much of a difference. So I'd say, if you're looking for a bit of batting as well, you would go for Gray (he's close to Superb batting/Resp keeping anyway). If you want the best keeper, it's obviously Armstrong. But IMO, if you were going to go for Armstrong for his keeping, you may as well go for a specialist keeper anyway.
I didn't say he had a big advantage, but IMO a Strong/Strong offers more than a Resp/Sensational, because despite Armstrong's awesome secondaries (which would make him an even better keeper), he's still only a Resp bat. Can't believe you'd even look at friendlies... they're as unreliable a guide to what a player is like as normal OD stats.Scaly piscine said:I wouldn't say Gray has the edge in batting looking at their records in friendlies, which should be against similar opposition (if anything you'd have had easier games with better morale). For keeping secondaries play a part in it as well, so he's better than a normal respectable keeper. He should be about half-way up both batting and keeping (not getting keeping training at the moment and the records I keep are on my old computer).
Well what are his stats...Jamee999 said:I guess Bardle would be close to being a bowling reserve.
Robertinho said:Well what are his stats...
marc71178 said:I don't think stats are that useful to be honest - my bowlers are always playing weaker teams so will have low numbers, but they're not as good as other people's bowlers!
I think if Hamshaw was a better bowler, he'd warrant selection, but even then, I think that there are better allrounders at cricketweb, so he is probably going to remain one of those fringe player cw xi players...Adamc said:Nah I think Mccammon is still better despite his stamina, and if you're going to include Hamshaw, Wynand is theoretically a better batsman anyway (and has the higher fielding rating to put him ahead). There are better batsmen though.