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Stumped!

Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
Good win for Morpork today. Well done on your campaign @Magrat Garlick. Hopefully you can get deeper.

Disappointing batting display again from the TMOs, still not taking any early wickets either. I need to remember its still a building squad... but these poor performances hurt, when you have expectations.
Thank you! Once you had batted I was always fairly confident, though if Margenout had played for your team I think we would have had a much tougher chase...also blundered with giving Haidar the death overs and he might be unlikely to feature further.

Away matches from here on so a different challenge :) Now on to Jura v aXI, should be an intriguing last match
 

Magrat Garlick

Rather Mad Witch
What's the lesson here? Should have given him the full 8 as much as possible while he was in Dev cricket.
I'm always happier when Menno only gets through 3 or 4 overs instead of having to stretch him to 6. I do sort of think that's too much for a 6th bowler as SCC also said. But then again Ahsan is a much stronger bowler on paper than Menno is (although the ACC is always a worry)
 

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Thank you! Once you had batted I was always fairly confident, though if Margenout had played for your team I think we would have had a much tougher chase...also blundered with giving Haidar the death overs and he might be unlikely to feature further.

Away matches from here on so a different challenge :) Now on to Jura v aXI, should be an intriguing last match
I have been batting first on most of my games recently... this is me trying to figure out my best batting line-up and orders to be set in the most difficult of circumstances. Need to figure this all out...
 

Charlie B

U19 Vice-Captain
I have been batting first on most of my games recently... this is me trying to figure out my best batting line-up and orders to be set in the most difficult of circumstances. Need to figure this all out...
Stephen when you've got it figured out, have the time and find a crayon please scribble it down because I don't have a clue or even a scrap of paper!;)
 

cnerd123

likes this
Does it make that much of a difference? I only ask because I understood that 4/5 overs was enough and you just get diminishing returns thereafter. It could make a big difference to my current Dev team setup.
There are diminishing returns but it adds up over the course of several seasons. If you know a player is going to form a part of your senior team attack long term then it is worth it to max out their IGT. I should have done that with Ahsan.

Made the same mistake with Zack Yattack too. Another low accuracy bowler who eventually just stopped bowling for us altogether!
 

JOJOXI

International Captain
Would prefer no promotion/relegation personally.

Self interest says DEV over T20 (although it is also my favourite format) but I don't mind either way as was mentally prepared for T20 in keeping with the existing SOD, T20, DEV rotation.

I do quite like Ataraxia's gamespam idea - as someone who very much has become accustomed to the definition of a dead rubber in recent CWC editions (!) I do prefer the prospect of playing a few dead rubbers (I do quite like the prospect of potentially influencing a title race I'm not involved in anyway) as opposed to small groups and then straight to a knockout.

If others were happy with it wouldn't mind a 16 team single round robin and have say the top 4 go through automatically, 5th to 16th play each other again (reverse of first fixture with top 4 from this group also making knockouts? Not sure if this would actually be feasible to arrange within Stumped game but just putting an idea out there.

Could maybe have U19 CWC style 11th, 13th placed playoffs etc to sort the seedings for the DEV/T20 round after.
 

ataraxia

International Coach
The wolves got a couple of overs of hitting, but a stupid death bowling attack ruined them otherwise. 310 to win... at least we're off to a good start.
 
okay, a chase of 310 in progress for CW’s number uno (per world rankings)…

i hope it’s fun filled ?

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After last night’s tied game, the boys will be having at each other once again…starting in just over 2 hours.
After taking 2 wickets from his 8 overs & was at the other end when the last wicket fell last night…Chaten Kurupath gets a rest from the craziness. He is gonna be replaced by the tall 16 year old, Kevin Curtis. He’s inexperienced but Gul has faith in him.

For GG CC, two changes. Rhys Postlethwaite is replaced by Ahsan Hafeez whose last game was over a month ago. He needs the playing time & he’ll be playing as a batsman rather than his usual all-rounder role. The other change is Bhavesh Meyappan replacing Takaedza Nwayo. Not much difference between the two of them.
 

Charlie B

U19 Vice-Captain
The wolves got a couple of overs of hitting, but a stupid death bowling attack ruined them otherwise. 310 to win... at least we're off to a good start.
A huge start - I'm very nervous - this is a good batting pitch and the graph looks ominous
 

ataraxia

International Coach
I think this would be AXI's highest ever successful chase. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though; it's only a matter of time before one of the openers gets out attacking.
 

Charlie B

U19 Vice-Captain
I think this would be AXI's highest ever successful chase. Let's not get ahead of ourselves though; it's only a matter of time before one of the openers gets out attacking.
but the middle order is stronger thsn the top order , so no respite for the wicked! :laugh:
 

ataraxia

International Coach
I like how they keep hitting threes. That said, falling a little behind the rate with the lack of fours.

edit: legit next ball simmo wag
 

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