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  • #46
    Carrying on from three posts aboveā€¦

    I finished with a clean sweep in the latest season, Winning CC Division One, Pro40 Division One, Challenge Trophy and Twenty20 Cup! First time I've managed to get all four, since 2011! However I was extremely lucky in two of them. Firstly the Twenty20 Cup Final was Middlesex/Surrey for a start. They needed just a few off the last over and one of the last couple of balls to win. However the scores ended up tied with me winning the cup by losing fewer wickets!! Pro40 looked probably lost as well with me 2 points behind Glamorgan (who had only lost once) going in to the final game, although my NRR was a lot higher. I won and they were somehow slaughtered, therefore sealing all four titles.

    I've started the next season and the World Cup is on, hence about half my starting team are away, including my three frontline bowlers. On top of this, my first choice replacement bowler is injured as well as one of my remaining top batsman. However I've still managed to win all of my games so far in all comps, quite largely due to a Mr. A Rashid. So far that is just three CC games and maybe four or five CT matches, but things are going well. England find themselves third in the Super 8s after 5 games, hope they can go all the way as the current opening partnership is 100% Middlesex!

    With all of my tournament wins, my budget is always ensured to be extremely high and I decided to invest in all of the promising youth players this year. Within my seconds, three of the new batsmen (all aged between 20-22 and playing their first games for the club) are averaging over 55, scoring at least one 100 and two 50s in just a small handful of games.

    2019 is a sad time in a way, as KP no longer makes it in to the England team! Neither does Alistair Cook in fact and those two are the only remaining current real England players that are left playing first team cricket domestically. All of the other players have either not been offered contracts and are therefore gone from the game entirely (which is the case for nearly all of them!) or for a luckily few, they have of course retired by now. For those interested, KP is still at Hants and Cook is still at Essex.

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    • #47
      I'm baffled at how many people seem to do so well. I'm playing with Hampshire at the moment and am struggling to win a single game. In my first season, I lost every single 20/20 fixture, won a single Championship match and got knocked out in the first match after the group stage for the Challenge Trophy. I'm constantly conceding around 500 to 600 runs in the Championship, struggling to dismiss tailenders who manage to score centuries (or in one case a double century), and keep getting bowled out for ludicrous totals (like 35 for one 20/20 match). It seems that the only tactic people suggest on this forum is along the lines of "bowl a good length on middle-and-leg and hope for the best", which I've tried with absolutely no success whatsoever.

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      • #48
        In my first season I struggled a fair bit, it usually takes a bit of time to develop your players and get into the game properly.

        As for bowling tactics, you want to play to your opponent's weaknesses - if a batsman is strong on the off side, bowl to middle and leg. If he's good on the back foot, bowl it full. Of course you can mix it up if nothing else is working.

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        • #49
          First seasons are awful on 08, very difficult. But it's good, means you have to build a team. Unless you go with one of the better teams, anyway. I went with Essex, who have such a weak bowling unit it is untrue!

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          • #50
            Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see how it all goes. I've started another county game from scratch so I'll continue to persist. I've had a lot more success playing for Australia as an international team, so that's keeping me optimistic about my chances in the domestic leagues. :P

            Hampshire seems to be good in terms of the batting/bowling ratings (5 stars on batting and 3.5 on bowling), which ostensibly makes it one of the strongest teams, but I guess once you remove Bond, Tremlett and Pietersen from the equation it becomes a whole lot harder!

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            • #51
              Doing better at the moment, but have just torn all my hair out after losing a ridiculous one-dayer. I had Worcs 9-230 after 40 overs chasing 310. Their number 8 and number 11 batsmen then put together 81 runs in 8.2 overs - offering not a single chance in the process - to win the match. *screams*

              EDIT: I finished a credible third with Hants in my first season (courtesy of four wins, one loss and eleven draws!), and I've just started the second. I jettisoned Shane Bond (not performing + I need good bowlers who won't spend time on international duty) and picked up Michael Bevan as a batsman. And I managed to snare Naqqash Tahir, who was the leading wicket-taker in the first season with 116 wickets in 16 matches. I've just played my first county championship fixture and he and Tremlett are on fire. Bevan notched up a century, too. Tremlett will probably be picked for England but I'm hoping that Tahir will remain behind.

              Code:
              Top performers in Season 1:
              
              Carberry:
              16 / 32 / 7 / 1731 / 232* / 69.24  / 5 / 6  / 43.36
              14 / 14 / 0 / 680  / 136  / 48.57  / 1 / 5  / 82.32
              
              16 / 264 / 832  / 26 / 32.00 / 5-80  / 1 / 0 / 3.15
              14 / 80  / 434  / 11 / 39.45 / 3-39  / 0 / 0 / 5.38
              
              Crawley (C):
              13 / 22 / 3 / 1335 / 140* / 70.26  / 5 / 8  / 53.44
              10 / 9  / 1 / 265  / 62   / 33.12  / 0 / 2  / 82.81
              
              Lumb:
              16 / 27 / 9 / 1032 / 146* / 57.33  / 3 / 4  / 61.67
              16 / 13 / 6 / 251  / 51*  / 35.86  / 0 / 1  / 118.38
              
              Brown:
              14 / 25 / 1 / 1028 / 147  / 42.83  / 4 / 4  / 46.29
              15 / 15 / 1 / 532  / 94   / 38.00  / 0 / 4  / 75.34
              
              Tremlett:
              16 / 728 / 2332 / 79 / 29.52 / 6-62  / 4 / 1 / 3.20
              20 / 177 / 781  / 31 / 25.19 / 3-27  / 0 / 0 / 4.41
              Last edited by Cyril Washbrook; 12-02-2008, 02:46 AM.

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              • #52
                Season 2 summary...

                Tremendously successful season - won the county championship by 38 points, semi-finalists in the Challenge Trophy and promoted to D1 in the Pro-League. Michael Bevan replaced Shane Bond as the international player, and proved to be an outstanding investment, scoring over 2000 runs in first-class and one-day fixtures. I had dropped Sean Ervine for the first five matches of the season because of poor form... but when he came back, he was stunning. Absolutely stunning. In 19 innings, he scored 8 centuries and 10 fifties. He's become pretty much a specialist batsman now - I don't use him with the ball all that often.

                Carberry's excellent form continued, once again averaging over 60 in first-class matches and Tremlett avoided being selected for England and did well. Tahir was called up by England but didn't play a match.

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                Top performers in Season 2:
                
                Ervine:
                [B]11 / 20 / 5 / 1769 / 159  / 117.93 / 8 / 10 / 55.42[/B] (blimey!)
                8  / 8  / 1 / 348  / 126  / 49.71  / 1 / 1  / 81.10
                
                Carberry:
                14 / 27 / 2 / 1571 / 229  / 62.84  / 6 / 5  / 45.73
                17 / 17 / 0 / 901  / 131  / 53.00  / 3 / 4  / 79.22
                
                14 / 160 / 471  / 19 / 24.79 / 3-39  / 0 / 0 / 2.94
                17 / 78  / 336  / 14 / 24.00 / 4-30  / 0 / 0 / 4.27
                
                Bevan:
                16 / 29 / 6 / 1475 / 150  / 64.13  / 7 / 5 / 51.66
                18 / 18 / 4 / 606  / 91   / 43.29  / 0 / 5 / 73.27
                
                Crawley:
                16 / 24 / 5 / 846  / 153* / 44.53  / 3 / 3  / 54.47
                15 / 14 / 6 / 291  / 79*  / 36.37  / 0 / 1  / 98.97
                
                Tremlett:
                16 / 707 / 2222 / 86 / 25.84 / 6-93 / 4 / 0 / 3.14
                18 / 151 / 685  / 44 / 15.57 / 4-28 / 0 / 0 / 4.53
                10 / 39  / 211  / 13 / 16.23 / 4-16 / 0 / 0 / 5.41

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                • #53
                  Interesting, I could never get Ervine to perform consistently in this game (unlike 2005/06, in which he was great). Carberry is a gun though.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by aus5892 View Post
                    Interesting, I could never get Ervine to perform consistently in this game (unlike 2005/06, in which he was great). Carberry is a gun though.
                    In my first season he wasn't very good in my game - 33 with the bat in both forms of the game and pretty ordinary with the ball. I was flabbergasted at how well he's been doing (as you would have to be). I'm almost done with Season 3 at the moment, and he's on fire now as well - not quite as good as Season 2, but his overall FC average is now getting up around 45 and he's narrowly on track to beat the 1769 championship run mark that he set in the aforementioned season.

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                    • #55
                      I'm up to 2012 now and I got rid of him a while ago. Just have enough talented youngsters at the moment.

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                      • #56
                        Career with Somerset

                        I am playing only county season with Somerset and I am in Season 2031. poor performance in first 5 years after 2013 my team done well in first class cricket and won all County Championship except 2020 finished 2nd. After season 2022 my team is doing well and won all county championship 2 Pro League and 4 time Twenty20 Cup.

                        Season County Championship Pro League Challenge Trophy Twenty20
                        2008 09 03 R1 SF
                        2009 10 06 SF R1
                        2010 06 06 QF R1
                        2011 05 08 W R1
                        2012 03 13 QF QF
                        2013 01 10 SF R1
                        2014 01 07 SF R1
                        2015 01 16 SF R1
                        2016 01 16 R1 R1
                        2017 01 12 R1 QF
                        2018 01 11 R1 R1
                        2019 01 03 SF R1
                        2020 02 05 SF QF
                        2021 01 04 SF R1
                        2022 01 08 R1 R1
                        2023 01 10 QF W
                        2024 01 09 SF QF
                        2025 01 11 QF W
                        2026 01 07 QF QF
                        2027 01 01 SF QF
                        2028 01 04 SF W
                        2029 01 01 R1 SF
                        2030 01 03 SF W
                        Total
                        Win 17 02 01 04
                        Win % 73.91 08.69 04.34 17.39
                        Last edited by Typical Stroke; 12-10-2008, 04:53 PM.
                        Pakistan Zindabad

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                        • #57
                          What an over

                          Bresnan is a legend
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                          • #58
                            I haven't been doing anyhwere near as well as use guys (although you have given me some usful tips). I have been playing for northamptonshire and been fairly consistent in the championship finishing just outside of promotion. Panesar takes a stack of wickets for me gets into the england side, gets dropped and then gets a stack of wickets for me etc. David Sales has constantly scored runs and has carried the batting with some help from others. The recent signings of loye and enly have been successful. However the seam bowling has been shocking, I signed mohammad saif who averaged over 40 so dropped to the 2nd XI and then released. just signed Dale Steyn who has started with 7 for, will see what happens.

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                            • #59
                              Originally posted by Fozzie-Stars View Post
                              Bresnan is a legend
                              That's mad bro! Most wickets I ever got in a row was 4 with someone but I forgot who lol.

                              I have played a few International Seasons with Australia and other teams, and it's great to see Tail Enders hitting hundreds, hehe. I play on easy but still, Jason Krezja scoring 223* is not bad and Graeme Smith making a 200+ in an ODI was fun.

                              Although I did play a Test series against Banga on Normal Difficulty and Bryce McGain on debut took 9/76 (or so runs) in the first innings.
                              Last edited by biggy09; 02-23-2009, 11:06 AM.

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                              • #60
                                Hampshire

                                Currently playing the 2011 season as Hampshire and Australia, have been very good in both CC and Challenge Trophy with a number of my players excelling from season to season.
                                Some of the standouts are:

                                M Carberry: averaged more than 55 for past 3 seasons
                                C Woodcock: career average of 52 in his third year
                                C Tremlett: averaging 25 with the ball in past 3 seasons
                                K Dias: international player who took 110+ wickets at 17 in 1 season
                                S Prassana: another intrernational player who took 110+ wickets at 16 in 1 season

                                Only problem I have with the game so far is the cpu national selections, only one of my players has been selected for national duty (K Pietersen) during my career despite having two of the top 4 english batsmen in both first class and OD (based on averages), also two of my foreign players have had standout years when playing for me yet they have only manged one ODI between them. Is anybody else having this problem or do all national selectors just hate my coaching.

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