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    A general update thread for those who aren't able to commit to a story thread.

    Am current doing a Kent save, I generally mix up who I play with each season, thought they looked a challenge and yup, they are!

    4 decent bowlers in Davies, Coles, Shreck and Tredwell, but the back up bowlers are a bit nothing, Tredwell hasn't started the season well (hello real life!). Batting is really struggling, brought in Borgas, just about the best overseas I could afford. He's doing meh, Nash is struggling (like, averaging single figures), but Blake and Key are doing well.

    Playing all formats, first season will be consolidation and work out which of the youngsters are worth keeping.

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    Originally posted by Sureshot View Post
    A general update thread for those who aren't able to commit to a story thread.

    Am current doing a Kent save, I generally mix up who I play with each season, thought they looked a challenge and yup, they are!

    4 decent bowlers in Davies, Coles, Shreck and Tredwell, but the back up bowlers are a bit nothing, Tredwell hasn't started the season well (hello real life!). Batting is really struggling, brought in Borgas, just about the best overseas I could afford. He's doing meh, Nash is struggling (like, averaging single figures), but Blake and Key are doing well.

    Playing all formats, first season will be consolidation and work out which of the youngsters are worth keeping.
    I think it's the second season where you get to really stamp your authority on the team as you have to pretty much go with what you have in terms of overseas players and the squad in general.
    (exception seems to be Yorkshire who at the beginning of the game didnt have any overseas or T20-only guys at all)
    It's a bit like taking over a football team after the transfer deadline !

    Trying a Yorkshire save and have won 1, drawn 1, lost 1 in the County Championship so far.
    Brought in Robin Peterson (South African SLA all rounder) as my overseas player with Vettori as reserve (he's off doing his IPL stuff at the moment so couldn't justify him being the main overseas pick), plus Ian Moran (cheap as chips !!!) and Obus Pienaar as my 20/20 specialists.

    I've gone with 3 spinners and 4 seamers
    Slow left arm Peterson, the legspin of Adil Rashid plus the offspin of Azeem Rafiq and all 3 have chipped in with quite a few wickets - predominatly during the 2nd innings.

    Plunkett and Sidebottom are doing well but first my change pairing of Bresnan and new signing Kevin O'Brien have been a bit quiet.

    The batsmen have all done well with Root and Ballance being amazing. Jaques and Bairstow chipping away as well.

    As the team has allrounders batting down until no.9 these guys regularly contributes 50s ... as soon as they don't I think I'd be focred to bring in another batsman - Gale, Sayers or Lyth maybe.

    When the one day games kick in I normally rest Plunket and bring in Pyrah whose medium pace has done some damage so far.

    International call ups expected so will see how good the depth really is in the Yorkshire squad ...

    Really enjoying the game guys - cheers
    Last edited by Dick Van Dykes Disco Dog; 07-24-2013, 12:08 PM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sureshot View Post
      A general update thread for those who aren't able to commit to a story thread.

      Am current doing a Kent save, I generally mix up who I play with each season, thought they looked a challenge and yup, they are!

      4 decent bowlers in Davies, Coles, Shreck and Tredwell, but the back up bowlers are a bit nothing, Tredwell hasn't started the season well (hello real life!). Batting is really struggling, brought in Borgas, just about the best overseas I could afford. He's doing meh, Nash is struggling (like, averaging single figures), but Blake and Key are doing well.

      Playing all formats, first season will be consolidation and work out which of the youngsters are worth keeping.
      Great idea for a thread! Kent are a nightmare to control - a couple of injuries and it is virtually impossible to win a single game!

      I am in 2017 in my Somerset and England FC only game and I ride high in the rankings with England (1st in tests). I have won the County Championship with Somerset once (in 2016) and been a runner up too (2014). Buttler and Kieswetter bully bowlers from positions 6 and 7, whilst Hildreth, Compton, a regen and Amla (I re-signed him for 2 seasons on the trot) provide solidity at the top.

      The test rankings in my game are currently:

      1 England
      2 Australia
      3 India
      4 Pakistan
      5 Sri Lanka
      6 South Africa
      7 West Indies
      8 New Zealand
      9 Bangladesh
      10 Zimbabwe

      India have a couple of great regens, my England team is doing well, and South Africa has fallen from glory to 6th!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Graham_5000 View Post
        Great idea for a thread! Kent are a nightmare to control - a couple of injuries and it is virtually impossible to win a single game!

        I am in 2017 in my Somerset and England FC only game and I ride high in the rankings with England (1st in tests). I have won the County Championship with Somerset once (in 2016) and been a runner up too (2014). Buttler and Kieswetter bully bowlers from positions 6 and 7, whilst Hildreth, Compton, a regen and Amla (I re-signed him for 2 seasons on the trot) provide solidity at the top.

        The test rankings in my game are currently:

        1 England
        2 Australia
        3 India
        4 Pakistan
        5 Sri Lanka
        6 South Africa
        7 West Indies
        8 New Zealand
        9 Bangladesh
        10 Zimbabwe

        India have a couple of great regens, my England team is doing well, and South Africa has fallen from glory to 6th!
        How many games do you manage to get out of Amla each season ?
        Or maybe a better question is how many does he miss with SA tours etc ?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Dick Van Dykes Disco Dog View Post
          How many games do you manage to get out of Amla each season ?
          Or maybe a better question is how many does he miss with SA tours etc ?
          SA are not that busy in the months May-Sept so he is around most of the time. Only when SA tour England is it really a problem and maybe the occasional other tournament, but I have Pujara as a back up.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Graham_5000 View Post
            SA are not that busy in the months May-Sept so he is around most of the time. Only when SA tour England is it really a problem and maybe the occasional other tournament, but I have Pujara as a back up.
            Good plan ... I try to check out who is touring and when before going for overseas players - didnt always and paid the price many a time !!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Graham_5000 View Post
              Great idea for a thread! Kent are a nightmare to control - a couple of injuries and it is virtually impossible to win a single game!
              If Key or Davies fall over I'm going to have an interesting few games! In situations like this I always try out youngsters, particularly in T20 and when you get the inevitable dead rubbers in the other formats.

              DVDDD - Yeah, Yorkshire are strong when England aren't playing, can't wait to see Ballance being given a go in real life.

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              • #8
                I'm struggling to find time to play at all, so shattered! But in my current save I'm into 2015 with Australia, and we're in trouble! Bowlers get plundered, batsmen collapse. Watson makes 80's and 90's a lot.

                I'm using a defensive tactic to just remain competitive instead of dominating until some of the younger kids develop and can resurrect the Green and Gold.

                It all sounds so so familiar.......
                The Cult Of Personality

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                • #9
                  I'm just starting the 2017 season with New Zealand. Main bulk of the squad are still players from now. Vettori retiring has killed me as there are no good spinners, travelled to India and lost 2-0 but with a decent spinner would have at least drawn it.

                  Rutherford is a beast and I'm hoping he goes on to break all New Zealand batting records in Test and ODI. T20i I find are a bit hit and miss, i'm not too interested in them at the moment but I was 1st in the rankings for a couple of years in them. ODIs I am having good success and tests we are improving.

                  Enjoying it loads.

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                  • #10
                    Half way through my first season with Hampshire just playing County Championship Matches.

                    Position: 1st (P: 8 - W: 6 - L: 0 - T: 2 - Bat: 27 - Bowl: 22 - PTS: 151)

                    Highest Score: 555 vs Northamptonshire
                    Lowest Score: 247 vs Lancashire

                    Highest Innings: George Bailey (257 vs Northamptonshire)
                    Best Figures: Danny Briggs (6-44 vs Gloucestershire)
                    Best Match Figures: Chris Wood (9-128 vs Essex)

                    Most Runs: Michael Carberyy (715)
                    Most Wickets: Danny Briggs (31)

                    Top 3 Batsman
                    1) George Bailey (78.71)
                    2) Adam Wheater (63.25)
                    3) Jimmy Adams (58.50)

                    Top 3 Bowlers
                    1) Chris Wood (24.30)
                    2) Danny Briggs (27.73)
                    3) James Tomlinson (29.10)

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by KieranA91 View Post
                      Position: 1st (P: 8 - W: 6 - L: 0 - T: 2
                      That is amazing to tie two first class games!

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                      • #12
                        Ah, that switch around when the batting starts doing well so the bowlers stop doing well.

                        I've got half the points of 2nd from bottom in the Championship....

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                        • #13
                          Horrendous season finished, bottom in short formats, finished 17th in Championship, 2 wins all season

                          Lots of changes for season #2:

                          Released:
                          Vernon Philander (a lot of money to justify when struggling)
                          Ben Harmison
                          Adam Riley
                          Ben Kemp
                          Cameron Borgas (Had some decent OD stats for me, but not that good)
                          Charlie Shreck

                          Retired:
                          Geraint Jones

                          New signings;
                          James Vince
                          Adil Rashid
                          Jade Dernbach
                          A regen who averaged 30 for me in about 7 matches, did okay

                          Overseas:
                          BJ Watling
                          Mushfiqur Rahim (Reserve)
                          Aaron O'Brien (20 over) Mostly because he was very cheap, decent 20 over stats though

                          -------

                          First season, well the batting eventually started firing, but the bowling dwindled away, Davies and Tredwell were consistent all season, but really struggled for wickets outside of them. Adam Ball did okay. Rob Key hit 1500 FC runs, Alex Blake hit 1000 and was consistent all season, if only scoring a century in the final game of the season.

                          With Geraint Jones retiring I signed keepers for overseas deliberately, the plan will be to keep with Watling and play Billings as batsman only, to help develop him. The free reserve player was fully utilised, be interesting to see how Rahim goes if he gets a game.

                          I'm quite happy with the signings of Rashid, Vince and Dernbach. The latter will help in short format cricket, been a fan of the other two for a while and they're good value for money.

                          Season 2 objectives:
                          Develop the youngsters (Bell-Drummond, the regen, Billings and Ball being the most likely to play lots)
                          Show some better form in the short formats.
                          Try not to Tie two One Day games! Didn't make any odds on my position but not helpful!
                          Last edited by Sureshot; 08-02-2013, 06:17 PM.

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                          • #14
                            So im midway through 2019 as the overlord of Hampshire CCC

                            Have won the championship for the last 2 seasons, but have only 1 final in the YB40 to show in the limited overs stuff.

                            Frankly my team is really rather good and i struggle to fit everyone in.

                            So here is my best XI (probably)

                            Michael Carberry
                            Jimmy Adams (c)
                            James Taylor
                            Craig Kieswetter (wk)
                            Umar Akmal
                            James Vince
                            Ben Stokes
                            Stuart Broad
                            Scott Borthwick
                            Stuart Meaker
                            Toby Roland-Jones

                            Squad:

                            Sean Ervine
                            Samit Patel
                            Norman Orton
                            Phil Mustard
                            Phil Hutchinson
                            Phil Rees
                            Rees Topley
                            Darren Bravo (Reserve)


                            Openers

                            Carbs and Adams are still going strong at 38, they offer reliabillity and consistently good starts. Both have 16,000 first class runs. For the Limited overs stuff i push Kiestwetter up to open and rest Adams.

                            Middle order

                            James Taylor is an absolute run machine, averages 48 in FC. Amazed he remains off englands radar. Technically excellent and versatile enough to knuckle down when required but can also score quickly in the shorter forms

                            Umar Akmal is my overseas player, i tend to mix it up and get a different one each season, looking for someone who won't be IPL'ing. Unfortunately i learned the hard way this game doesn't restrict Pakistan players from the IPL.

                            James Vince has dropped down to six, he only averages 37 but is an excellent counter-attacker who can score quickly with the tail, frankly the top order is strong enough that he doesn't often come in at 50-4

                            Keeper

                            Craig Kiesswetter was a great coup while we were still in Div 2 and i probably paid over the odds at the time but to have a keeper who bats 5 and can open in 40/20 overs is priceless and excellent batsman and the lack of quality spin in county cricket means his weakness against the tweakers is not often exposed

                            Phil Mustard was signed at the age of 38 as a backup to Kieswetter, a cheap option @24k has only played 2 T20's but won them both single-handedly with destructive innings at the top of the order

                            All rounders

                            Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad are an excellent asset, Broad is perhaps not as prolific as i would like but he has a knack of getting crucial wickets. Ben Stokes is more than good enough as frontline bowler and he averages 35 with the bat

                            Norman Orton was a first season regen for Essex that i picked up at the end of that season. Very much a Freddie Flintoff reincarnation. A very aggressive batting, RMF bowler. He's a little bit bits and pieces for First class cricket but is more than useful in Limited-overs, bowls a mean yorker and can make quick runs at the death, the kind of player who tilts the balance at key moments

                            Scott Borthwick has evolved into a tremendous spin bowler, 470 FC wickets at 24.3 speaks for itself, could do with more runs and can be a tad expensive but wickets is wickets!!

                            Bowlers

                            Toby Roland-Jones is very much a safe pair of hands, economical, reliable and capable of long spells, he is the Hoggard of our bowling attack, avgs 27.7

                            Stuart Meaker is the wildcard, expensive and prone to more than his fair share of offs day he can be absolutely lethal when in-form and firing

                            Rees Topley provides left arm variation, lethal in t20's and plays in them and replaces Broad when on England duty

                            Phil Hutchinson (RF) and Phil Rees (OS) are my regen backups andare more than competent enough for most county teams, we however are not most county teams!

                            So there it is, my only real regret is that the Hampshire academy has yet to produce a real gem despite substantial investment, a few of them are earning decent livings for other counties but none of them have played for England

                            Finally this calender of the Future Tours program has been useful in establishing overseas player availability, although it doesnt help with the IPL

                            Last edited by Bowled_Him; 08-02-2013, 08:00 PM. Reason: Forgot Rees Topley!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sureshot View Post
                              Horrendous season finished, bottom in short formats, finished 17th in Championship, 2 wins all season

                              Lots of changes for season #2:

                              Released:
                              Vernon Philander (a lot of money to justify when struggling)
                              Ben Harmison
                              Adam Riley
                              Ben Kemp
                              Cameron Borgas (Had some decent OD stats for me, but not that good)
                              Charlie Shreck

                              Retired:
                              Geraint Jones

                              New signings;
                              James Vince
                              Adil Rashid
                              Jade Dernbach
                              A regen who averaged 30 for me in about 7 matches, did okay

                              Overseas:
                              BJ Watling
                              Mushfiqur Rahim (Reserve)
                              Aaron O'Brien (20 over) Mostly because he was very cheap, decent 20 over stats though

                              -------

                              First season, well the batting eventually started firing, but the bowling dwindled away, Davies and Tredwell were consistent all season, but really struggled for wickets outside of them. Adam Ball did okay. Rob Key hit 1500 FC runs, Alex Blake hit 1000 and was consistent all season, if only scoring a century in the final game of the season.

                              With Geraint Jones retiring I signed keepers for overseas deliberately, the plan will be to keep with Watling and play Billings as batsman only, to help develop him. The free reserve player was fully utilised, be interesting to see how Rahim goes if he gets a game.

                              I'm quite happy with the signings of Rashid, Vince and Dernbach. The latter will help in short format cricket, been a fan of the other two for a while and they're good value for money.

                              Season 2 objectives:
                              Develop the youngsters (Bell-Drummond, the regen, Billings and Ball being the most likely to play lots)
                              Show some better form in the short formats.
                              Try not to Tie two One Day games! Didn't make any odds on my position but not helpful!
                              Shame about the first season - Kent are struggling in real life I see! Did you have any money to get an overseas signing. If you want a keeper and need some quick runs, consider de Kock!

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