As an avid Football Manager player over the last two decades, I've found myself wondering how certain well-known challenges could translate into Cricket Captain. For example, there's the Climb The Ladder challenge, where the manager attempts to take a team from the bottom tier all the way through to the top. Then there's the San Marino challenge, where the manager takes over the San Marino club side and the national team, attempting to develop top young players at the club side to strengthen the San Marino national team to the extent that they may qualify for the World Cup.
Well, this story aims to translate both of these challenges into the Cricket Captain equivalent.
We are taking over Leicestershire, the worst county in England, who finished bottom of the County Championship Division Two and both of their respective Challenge Trophy and T20 Blast groups in 2019. We are also taking over the national team of Ireland, who are ranked 12th in all three formats of the game. Where the two challenges come together is that in order to achieve success with both, I'll be looking to pick up young Irish cricketers for Leicestershire and develop them through training and matches, to try and strengthen the Irish national side and bring success to Leicestershire at the same time.
The overall ambition is very simply to win as much as possible with both teams.
Can Leicestershire win the County Championship, the Challenge Trophy and the T20 Blast?
Can Ireland win the Test Championship, the ODI World Cup and the T20 World Cup?
Welcome to Mission Impossible.
Well, this story aims to translate both of these challenges into the Cricket Captain equivalent.
We are taking over Leicestershire, the worst county in England, who finished bottom of the County Championship Division Two and both of their respective Challenge Trophy and T20 Blast groups in 2019. We are also taking over the national team of Ireland, who are ranked 12th in all three formats of the game. Where the two challenges come together is that in order to achieve success with both, I'll be looking to pick up young Irish cricketers for Leicestershire and develop them through training and matches, to try and strengthen the Irish national side and bring success to Leicestershire at the same time.
The overall ambition is very simply to win as much as possible with both teams.
Can Leicestershire win the County Championship, the Challenge Trophy and the T20 Blast?
Can Ireland win the Test Championship, the ODI World Cup and the T20 World Cup?
Welcome to Mission Impossible.
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