JP's First-Class Sim

Looks like theres 2 or 3 teams who are 1 or 2 good players short of having an excellent team, this is shaping up to be a very good sim.

Sourav Ganguly
David Hussey
Luke Wright
Gautam Gambhir
Daniel Vettori
Shoaib Malik
AB de Villiers
Chaminda Vaas
Brendan Nash
Mashrafe Mortaza
Rahul Dravid
Alastair Cook
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ranadeb Bose
James Franklin
Wriddhiman Saha

Not a bad side that. I am pretty happy with that. I probably lack an express pace bowler but Vaas, Bose and Franklin all top-class swing bowlers.

Now we have 15 players, do we have to keep bidding for squad players JP or can we just keep the money, because I'm happy with my squad now.

For anyone whose interested here it is.

Mark Butcher (I)
Andrew Strauss
Brad Haddin
Ishant Sharma
Chris Martin
Younus Khan
Morne Morkel
Ajantha Mendis
Dwayne Bravo
Mark Ramprakash
Paul Collingwood
Elton Chigumbra
Jon Batty
Chris Jordan
Ian Bell

Slightly worried about the batting and also the backup bowling outside the 1st XI isn't too great either


Edited by slogger72N/O - 22 February 2009 at 10:55am

Hey JP when you will do the next auction?

I'm doing the auction right now...

I'm happy with that lot of bidding.
I'll submit my bids for the next auction now.

Edited by bladescape - 22 February 2009 at 11:37am

I need to submit bids,and a few others do to!

im finished aswell im happy with my 16

FINAL AUCTION RESULTS:

Melbourne picked up Yashpal Singh (3.7m), Dirk Nannes (2.5m), and Wayne Parnell (2.2m). They have one squad space remaining and £18.9m

Hyderabad picked up Ray Price (3m) and have no squad spaces left and £1.6m

W. Yorks picked up David Wainwright (3m) and have a full squad with £24.2m left over

Blackpool picked up Sajid Mahmood (3m) and have 3 spare spaces with £17.1m

If anybody else wants more players, just PM me with bids and you'll probably get your men. If you want to do any transfers with other managers, then you are free to do so ahead of the first matches which I hope can begin on Wednesday/Thursday.

Remember, press releases and things earn you bigger crowds and more money ;-)

And, here's some pointers ahead of you picking your teams with the sim I'm using:

1) Pitch and ground conditions - home side will be able to choose the state of the pitch (5 options, ranging from excellent to green), the bounce (again, 5 settings from very high to very low), how fast the outfield is (very fast to heavy).

2) Ability to choose what you want to do if you win the toss

3) Each player can be told how aggressively to play from 1-10 - defaults to 5

4) Night-watchman are automatically sent in when the situation requires it

5) Form is a factor, as is player morale. More to think about before selecting your team.


Edited by -JP- - 22 February 2009 at 10:47pm

Press Release

Edited by spin wizard - 22 February 2009 at 11:39pm

KnightRiders ready to face the challenge

The Kolkata KnightRiders are ready to face the challenge. The team manager, dips_december is confident about his teams success and has promised that his team will put up a stiff challenge against the other teams.

He was quoted saying, " If you look at our team you will see it's got a nice blend of youth and experience. We have the firepower and strong leaders in Ganguly and Dravid who will certainly take up the responsibility of getting the team going. We all know the success team India have had when Sourav was captain and Dravid was his deputy. We are all hopeful that it will be pretty much the same here."

On being asked about his teams balance and composition he said, "We have got some big names and some not so big names. It will a tough ask but we are upto it. The not so big names will have to prove their credentials and the big names know what it is like to maintain their status and will be hungry to score runs and wickets. We have experience in players like Dada, Jammy, Dave, Vaasy and Vettori. There is also a wealth of domestic experience in the likes of Bose and Shukla who are crowd favourites. Players like Malik and de Villiers just make the team all the more exciting. There are a number of all-rounders who are a boost to any team. So we are pretty confident about our success."

He also said that the Eden Gardens bing their home ground will be a huge bonus. He said, "You know how crazy the people of Kolkata are for cricket. Hundred thousand people coming to watch these matches will not only be a big boost for us but also for the the team as they will feel confident when they see so much support. The atmosphere will just be awesome."

He signed off by saying, "I just can't wait for the matches to start. Good Luck to the other teams."

Here is the full KKR squad :

Batsmen
 
Rahul Dravid (vc) 
Gautam Gambhir  
Alastair Cook
Wasim Jaffer
Akash Chopra

Wicket-keepers

Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
AB de Villiers (wk)

All Rounders

Sourav Ganguly (c)
David Hussey
Luke Wright
Daniel Vettori      
Shoaib Malik   
Brendan Nash
Mashrafe Mortaza
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
James Franklin

Bowlers

Chaminda Vaas
Ranadeb Bose
Monish Parmar
Ashok Dinda




Edited by dips_december - 24 February 2009 at 10:13am

Just a comment,I havent worked out who will be captain yet!

And what are the fixtures?

Edited by bladescape - 23 February 2009 at 4:25am

I'll be drawing up the fixture list later on today, as well as revealing the points system, finalising everybody's squads and working out prize money for finishing positions.

Great work with the press releases.

very good work by all of you in press releases! i'm not very good at it but will give it a try!!!

Edited by sam_ahmed - 23 February 2009 at 4:55pm