cnerd123
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You need defense for the powerplay in SOD and maybe one guy in the middle. attack definitely seems more important. Shot Selection and Accuracy are king.
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Stumped!
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Jarquis
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Currently sitting at 35(49) - seems to have stalled a little bit.
Reason for flagging is today might be the first SOD game he's been picked for on merit - albeit in a slightly rotated side before the Cup game on Sunday.
cnerd123
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The stamina is also a big factor behind Azam scoring tons and Goonewardene not
Jarquis
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Oh absolutely. That's part of the reason one exclusively bats top 3 and the other at 5/6. Although Goonerwadene does bat higher than that in DEV.
ataraxia
International Coach
Jeepers Kamal's done a lot with not a lot. SOD openers are so easy btw – get two mid-30s skill with decent SS and Defence, you're sweet. Experience basically doesn't matter. For lower-down players like Goonewardene, it does matter quite a bit so that's why you see him underperform. Also why I'm holding back on promoting Butler to the senior team for Kurt I guess
StephenZA
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I don't even feel like the TMOs suck... just no rub of the green, as such. The game engine has decided that they not allowed taking wickets even if bowling well. And the TMOs first 4 wickets lost all came off balls that where 0/10 BQ i.e. bad ball so attacked the ball and lost their wickets. Opponent attacks 7/10 to 9/10 balls gets away with it or it goes for a boundary. I mean what do I do? I literally don't know anymore what I can do orders wise, when all indications are that the team should be doing better....
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Wish them all the best…after our CUP game in two days
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Btw, Cornelius Human is now a proud member of Moooo CC
He made his debut for the team just a few minutes ago. His cap was presented to him by our skipper, Jamil Gul (who is resting for this game in preparation for the CUP game on Sunday.)
He made his debut for the team just a few minutes ago. His cap was presented to him by our skipper, Jamil Gul (who is resting for this game in preparation for the CUP game on Sunday.)
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Is it a toxic team culture? The old guys are not performing enough?
cnerd123
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I think I've just built a bad outfit. EurAfrica is cut throat. My side is more seam-heavy, but we get outplayed by other teams who prefer similar conditions, and then we also go and struggle on spinning wickets because all we have is Tim Chester.
Having said that, we've also lost 1 and tied 1 SOD league game this season that we really should have won, just ****ed up from winning positions. So luck is not going our way.
The Moooo game wasn't the first time this season we failed to defend a reasonable score against relatively weaker batting. It's happened to us in the SOD too. Danial Ahsan is a step down from Arif Jalal as a captain, so that's an issue, and we only have Ghani (13) and Chester (15) in the starting XI who have accuracies above 12! So I suspect we are not building enough pressure to defend scores. In fact 3/5 of my most accurate bowlers atm are in the Dev team lol. Rockall and Ashraf are two of those and have actually gone okay when I give them chances at senior cricket.
Also apart from Shahbaz, none of my batters have good stamina. So we're not getting anyone scoring tons. Heshan has 13 stam but is 29 year old keeper-bat. I can't put him in the Top 3 cuz it will wreck his fitness. This means lots of batters getting set and getting out.
We also do not bat deep. When I try to pick 3 bowlers + Ghani at 8, we bat deep, but then I need 10 overs of Ahsan and Younis which has not worked, especially defending scores. When I pick 4 bowlers then Ghani gets nosebleeds at 7 and our tail gets skittled - Bashir at 8 is a 27 skill batter, 8-10-9. Just not good enough.
Our experience levels as a team are kinda meh. 3 guys with 20 exp, Danial Ahsan with 19, Sampath 16, Samra 15, rest 13 or lower. I've got 7 guys who are between 21 and 24, and then Samra is 25. So in theory this group should get better with time. But the balance is all out of whack, and the skill distributions are not great.
It's tough to fix all this in incremental ways. I'm very tempted to just start selling off the pieces, build a bank balance, and look to invest in building a new better team. But with the way the TM is I feel that's not a wise move either! So all I can do is try to get the best out of this unit, hopefully save some money and avoid relegation, hope for some good YPs and keep an eye out on the TM for role players.
My Dev XI looks better, but are too raw. I've got a 13-19-12 opener with 19 stam, so he'll be great when he's ready, a 15-20-7 seamer with 20 stam who can plug up an end with the new ball, also has 12-3-17 slogging ability and 16 fielding. Naeem and Rockall, as mentioned, are high Acc bowlers who can already step up to senior cricket. So hopefully the future is a bit brighter. Just about survival now.
FHK are thriving tho. 2nd in SOD Div 2, 1st in T20 Div 1. Avoiding relegation in Dev so far. Will be a shame when this golden generation ages out.
EDIT: Wrote this rant before checking yesterday's result and seeing that we successfully chased down 345 with tons for Raun and Heshan
Points are still valid IMO
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SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Appreciate your response...as I skimmed through your post, I went over and looked at the scorecard. What a high-scoring match that was.
Raun is proving to be the best that CW's produced. Love that guy!
Raun is proving to be the best that CW's produced. Love that guy!
ataraxia
International Coach
ftr just on this, that isn't horrible IMO – especially given he's a strike rotator. A better option than bowling 3–4 BQ for 10 overs, but of course I'd say that. Daly is very very similar as a batter IIRC (finisher instead of strike rotator), he bats #8, and we're at the top of SOD 1.1