from the pavillion - another cricket game

[amcgrath1uk]

I tend to have my worse batsmen aggressive, so one of my openers, then if it gets to them, down the order as I bat to 10 now. Against stronger teams, I also play one batsmen on defensive to try and hold the innings together.

usually put all my best bats, ie 2-6 on normal, as they are good enough to play vs most.

I hope he does put a few on aggressive, as it plays into my hands with my bowling order. I know that a lot of teams play aggressively, ie go for max runs in 30-40th over, so I tend to play my best bowler and 2nd best spinner ( esp at home) and they tend to destroy teams or put the last 10 under so much pressure they fold going for silly runs in the last 10.

Think I may have also surprised a few teams with my near 93k rating

I STILL have a player or 2 I could add to the team to get a higher rating if needs be

Anything you can send me is good tho

[Bongo]

I enjoyed that!

My main point was attack early and you should pick up some wickets which is always good (aggressive openers) if you pick up more you can wrap the game up in the first 10. I guess Pamenter usually opens the bowling on attack though!

[amcgrath1uk]

I enjoyed that!

My main point was attack early and you should pick up some wickets which is always good (aggressive openers) if you pick up more you can wrap the game up in the first 10. I guess Pamenter usually opens the bowling on attack though!

He does, and he comes back on before people expect him too as well. Stick in my highest tech bowler on the other end on defensive, as he bowls superbly on it. ( 10-3-16-2 last time, 10-2-21-0 game before, 10-1-28-2 the one before that)

I'm PRAYING I bowl first so I can chase. I won't have a single batsman on defensive either, with approx half the team on aggressive. Way I look at it is if one of them gets 70-80+ I should win...

[Bongo]

Sounds risky to me, especially if you want to chase!

[amcgrath1uk]

It does sound risky, but it actually isn't...

My nos 6-10 will all be on aggressive as usual, and my wk who opens will be too. My best 4 batsmen will be on normal..

[amcgrath1uk]

Well that worked bloody well.

despite conceding 214 we chased it down bloody comfortably. Not bad against the no 1 ranked team in the world

Both myself and Bongo in the last 8 too

[Bongo]

Vital home draw for me against the rather nasty spin of Jeanz. Need to figure out who my 4th and 5th bowlers will be!

Have a tough match on Friday too

[amcgrath1uk]

Same here, but at home on a crumbler on Friday, so may just take the risk with my reserves

[vegaslover]

Is the academy woth it on this game? Didin't put any money into it last season. This season have been putting 30k a week in and my academy is still meagre. Training pops and YP haven't been any better either!

[amcgrath1uk]

Is the academy woth it on this game? Didin't put any money into it last season. This season have been putting 30k a week in and my academy is still meagre. Training pops and YP haven't been any better either!

I'd say so yeah. You need to invest the average into an academy ( approx 19k youths, approx 16k senior) to get it to move towards satisfactory. The higher the academy, the quicker the pop times ( tho its not a huge difference) and with the youths, its more likely to get a better youth pull every week.

Both of my academies are at superior, my senior academy will probably pop as well soon, all financed by selling off good youths who wouldn't get anywhere near playing in my senior squad

[vegaslover]

Yeah I see there are a couple of levels before satisfactory, but I haven't moved up yet. If no joy next week will scrap funding the academy. be better off buying players with the money. All my YP are poor, wouldn't even play em in my youth team

[amcgrath1uk]

for the 1st time since the start of the game, i've lost all 3 matches this week. WEEP..

[vegaslover]

I lost today. Was expecting to as oppo were better than me, though don't get my best bowlers going for 8 or 9 runs an over when they never go for more than 5 on a bad day

[vegaslover]

managed to somehow lose a game today after batting first and scoring 360. Suddenly my decent bowlers were going for 10 runs an over...lol

[amcgrath1uk]

managed to somehow lose a game today after batting first and scoring 360. Suddenly my decent bowlers were going for 10 runs an over...lol

Ouch

I was probably one wicket away from losing to a BOT. They had 40k ratings, I had 88k!!!