Alright SuperKingDave, I've signed up and, although I'm not really struggling, I've only won two out of four, athough admittedly they were automatically simmed by the computer because I've missed a few rounds. I've got a few decent players, although my batting isn't as good as it should be because two of my best players have gone AWOL (chior practice my ****).
I'm playing in about two hours on a fast pitch, and I've set my bowlers to bowl short stints and go for wickets. I'm not playing a spinner (he's been bowling crap), I've got four pacemen, a swing-bowling allrounder and a batsman who is (for an auto-generated bat) not a bad bowler. Lets see how we go now, eh?
Best of luck!
Next games will be played in 2 hours and 6 minutes
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One small step for Nick…
…one giant leap into the unknowns of online cricket management. I’m sad to say I never got the opportunity to play ICC online, and nothing in the online format has really interested me… until now. I hadn’t really noticed this thread before, until I chanced on it whilst clicking around in the Freeware section. I immediately signed up in the ‘Yorker’ league, and I named my team the HeadHunters, which is the name of my brilliant and (thus-far) undefeated indoor cricket team. We were instantly placed into the *long-breath* Conference 1, League 3, Division 1, Northeast Region thingy. Its nothing like the BHRDCA ladder, which is easy to understand; I clicked ‘team tables’ and got lost in three seconds.
The game automatically simulated the first four games for me, and the HeadHunters have made a steady, if not brilliant start. We’ve won half our games, which leaves us eighth on the ladder. Rather ironically, our next game is against the Nooge Wallop CC who are just above us on the ladder at seven. In first sits the Pakistan Bungrah CC , followed by the Mavericks and Chazs XI . Its not all bad, because I’m located above such aptly named sides such as 2 GUD, Whats It All About and PAKISTAN. I’ve renamed most of my team to players who I recognise, just so it helps me remember who they all are. Actually, I’m quite happy with my boys, and although we lack any
really good players we all seem to be reasonable.
Reality can wait until I’ve actually played, please.
Playing on a quick pitch and under a lot of sun, I’m going to play four pacemen and an allrounder, making them all bowl short stints at the middle and try to bowl the other team out. The Nooge Wallop captain seems to have the same idea for the bowling, but instead of batting like me and trying to play moderately he aims to raise the run-rate first and ask questions later. He has a pretty good team (including a fantastic opening bat), so it will be interesting to see who wins this first encounter.
God I hope it’s me.
‘Next games will be played in 27 minutes’
Wish me luck all!
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The Nooge Wallop CC (115 all out [37 overs]) lost to the HeadHunters (6-116 [44 overs])
A good result for a new team! The five pace-men idea worked a treat on the fast wicket. Winning the toss and electing to bowl we had immediate success removing Bryant and Jumper early, however Maker (14), Birmingham (19), Throw (24) and Dank (18) all got starts and took their score past one-hundred. However, we managed to stop them continuing on past the twenties, and credit should go to all the bowlers, who were consistently in the wickets. Lurigi (3/21), in particular, ripped out the lower order after Fertilizer (2/31) and Pettifer (2/18) did a job on the top batsmen.
I think where they went wrong was their batting. I started off with my bowlers bowling short stints and going for wickets, which is exactly what they did. However, when we batted we batted to accumulate runs, whereas they tried to lift the run-rate from the go. Against a squad of quick bowlers on a quick wicket, this was never going to work.
Now, I must remember not to get too ahead of myself; my team struggled just as much as theirs did. Nick Grimsdell (3/28) really ripped through us, and at one stage we were really looking down the barrel, luckily the only two players to pass thirty in the match were on my side. Cameron Horsham (35), despite injuring himself, and Justin Longmuir (38*) batted the Nooge Wallop Cricket Club out of the game. MOTM was Longmuir, and he deserved it, too.