Hi, I can't see any threads with this kind of stuff on it, so thought I would start one.
1. Have the grounds for each county and country named and (potentially) be able to choose which games are played at which venue. So for Kent you could have the main ground as Canterbury, plus 'out-grounds' of Tunbridge Wells, Beckenham and even Maidstone and Folkestone. Each ground could have a capacity and a 'local fan base' (akin to Football Manager) and you might get more income from playing at a particular pitch.
2. Pitches could have permanant or temporary floodlights which may be costly to install, but you would get more revenue from one day games. Also if pitch was hosting a First Class game, then those with floodlights would not get called off for bad light.
3. Having pictures of these grounds (shown in the background during the game) and associated statistics for each ground (highest score/best bowling etc etc) would be good too.
4. Bring back the option to add in pictures of each player. I realise due to licensing issues this may be a problem, but people can and will create their own 'facepacks' on forums such as this where you can download player pictures. I would be happy if the picture only showed when you look at a player profile rather than on the main match screen.
5. Include 'A' team tours (England Lions etc) and also tour matches against visiting nations where you can try out fringe players against the tourists.
6. Under-19 teams - and the U19 World Cup - not necessarily to be able to manager these sides, but to be able to see the results and pick out future England prospects.
7. Use the official World Ranking system for Test and One Dayers - instead of just 2 pts for a series win, 1 for a draw etc.
8. Introduction of D/L and weather interruptions for One Day games.
9. The option of being offered other jobs - so start at Surrey and then be offered the Western Australia job.
10. Connected to the above, run multiple domestic leagues (Eng/Aus etc) in the same game so that you can move from country to country.
11. The most important one for me would be to include Affiliate Teams and make them available as sides you can manage.
There are plenty of games that they do play throughout a year. There is the Intercontinental Cup which is a 4-day competition for the top 8 affiliates namely Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, UAE, Netherlands, Namibia, Kenya and Canada.
There is also the 50 over competition - the World Cricket League which has 8 Divisions and runs over the course of 3 years.
In total the WCL includes 38 affiliate nations with promotions and relegations between each league.
At the end of each cycle, the top 2 teams from Div 1 qualify for the 50 over World Cup and the next 10 play-off for the remaining 2 spots.
There is also the T20 world cup to qualify for, with regional pre-qualifying events held to decide the 16 affiliate who will play-off for the 2 remaining T20 World Cup spots.
I would be happy to help with any statistics/data needed on players and fixtures for these nations.
1. Have the grounds for each county and country named and (potentially) be able to choose which games are played at which venue. So for Kent you could have the main ground as Canterbury, plus 'out-grounds' of Tunbridge Wells, Beckenham and even Maidstone and Folkestone. Each ground could have a capacity and a 'local fan base' (akin to Football Manager) and you might get more income from playing at a particular pitch.
2. Pitches could have permanant or temporary floodlights which may be costly to install, but you would get more revenue from one day games. Also if pitch was hosting a First Class game, then those with floodlights would not get called off for bad light.
3. Having pictures of these grounds (shown in the background during the game) and associated statistics for each ground (highest score/best bowling etc etc) would be good too.
4. Bring back the option to add in pictures of each player. I realise due to licensing issues this may be a problem, but people can and will create their own 'facepacks' on forums such as this where you can download player pictures. I would be happy if the picture only showed when you look at a player profile rather than on the main match screen.
5. Include 'A' team tours (England Lions etc) and also tour matches against visiting nations where you can try out fringe players against the tourists.
6. Under-19 teams - and the U19 World Cup - not necessarily to be able to manager these sides, but to be able to see the results and pick out future England prospects.
7. Use the official World Ranking system for Test and One Dayers - instead of just 2 pts for a series win, 1 for a draw etc.
8. Introduction of D/L and weather interruptions for One Day games.
9. The option of being offered other jobs - so start at Surrey and then be offered the Western Australia job.
10. Connected to the above, run multiple domestic leagues (Eng/Aus etc) in the same game so that you can move from country to country.
11. The most important one for me would be to include Affiliate Teams and make them available as sides you can manage.
There are plenty of games that they do play throughout a year. There is the Intercontinental Cup which is a 4-day competition for the top 8 affiliates namely Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, UAE, Netherlands, Namibia, Kenya and Canada.
There is also the 50 over competition - the World Cricket League which has 8 Divisions and runs over the course of 3 years.
In total the WCL includes 38 affiliate nations with promotions and relegations between each league.
At the end of each cycle, the top 2 teams from Div 1 qualify for the 50 over World Cup and the next 10 play-off for the remaining 2 spots.
There is also the T20 world cup to qualify for, with regional pre-qualifying events held to decide the 16 affiliate who will play-off for the 2 remaining T20 World Cup spots.
I would be happy to help with any statistics/data needed on players and fixtures for these nations.
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