We're Off - The JP Premier League

And we're off and running with the JPPL - the JP Premier League. I've finally brought everything together and the matches are underway.

These are the teams involved and the managers:

Surrey Sloggers: slogger
Freuchie CCC: robbie
Caribbean Blasters: Spin Wizard
Melbourne Masters: bladescape
Kolkata Knight Riders: dips_december
Canterbury Crushers: NZ_Fast
West Yorkshire Wildcats: The Tyke
Blackpool: Monty
Hyderabad Victors: sam_ahmed
Perth Giants: mystery

Remember, when you're picking your team you can give each player an aggression rating (1-10) for bowling and batting, and an overall aggression rating for the team.

Also pick your opening bowlers, who you want to bowl and your wicket-keeper and what you want to do if you win the toss.

Home teams must decide on the pitch they prepare and have three options:

State of the pitch (1-5) Excellent -- Good -- Normal -- Worn -- Green
Bounce (1-5) Very high - High - Normal - Lowish - Low
Outfield (1-5) Very fast - fast - normal - slow - heavy

The money you have remaining, and the money you gain from attendances (remember, press releases help in getting more people into the ground) can be used for transfers with other managers, stadium expansion or relocation or buying other players which haven't been picked up.

I would also bookmark the following link as it has all the information from the sim: http://www.originalonion.com/cricketsim/pbmindex.htm

So without further ado, the headlines from the first round of fixtures (click the above link for scorecards, averages, fixtures, etc.):

THRILLER AT CHRISTCHURCH GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE

DRAVID ON SONG FOR THE KNIGHT RIDERS

PERTH UNDONE BY FREUCHIE'S AUSSIES

TENDULKAR BRILLIANT, MARTIN BETTER

MELBOURNE RELY ON ASIAN BATSMEN

I'll be sending PMs to managers with details of injuries in their squad and morale ahead of the second round of fixtures which are:

Blackpool v Kolkata
Caribbean v Perth
Freuchie v Canterbury
Hyderabad v W Yorks
Melbourne v Surrey

I've just realised that some of the PMs I've sent out have the wrong fixtures in them. Please ignore those and refer to the fixtures above or on the web page as they are correct!

Question:
Do we post our press releases in this thread now or in the original?

Ok then, I've got west yorkshire wild cats for the second round!

PHEW!! I knew our teams were evenly matched, but it took some Bond magic to pull it off.

When reporters finally caught up with Canterbury owner NZF he had this to say: "I'm extremely proud of the lads. We knew it was going to be a tough game, and we perhaps didn't execute our plans quite as we wanted, but Bondy stepped up to the plate, and used his experience to ultimately pull off a tight win.  I will probably look at changes for the next game, but I will have to wait and see once we arrive what the conditions hold."

No,the last one just got out before the day ended!(That is correct,JP?)

Have you got a starting line up for us robbie?

yes the starting line up will be as follows

Edited by robbie - 02 March 2009 at 6:37pm

Jaques
Gibbs
Ponting (vc)
Hodge
Prince
Dhoni (wk, C)
Ten doeschate (b)
Munaf Patel (b)
Panesar (b)
Ntini (1)
Bond (2)

Due to his busy schedule, NZF released this press statement via his public blog once again. "I've decided to stick with almost the same team, making just one change with Patel in for Sidebottom. Unfortunately Sids didn't really perform last game despite the bowler friendly conditions, so we decided to bring in Munaf who is more familier with this type of pitch condition. We decided against the extra spinner because it is not spin friendly enough to justify inclusion of another. We will use 6 aggression again, but with Ten doeschete using 4 aggression for his bowling and Prince using 5 aggression for his batting."

I thought the match was on Tuesday?


I bet it's the rain again!

West Yorkshire Wildcats XI

 

Batting lineup and their Aggressions

 

Andrew Puttick A.L = 5

Imraan Khan A.L = 6

Michael Carberry A.L = 5

Ajinkya Rahane A.L = 7

Malinda Warnapura A.L = 5

Heino Kuhn (Wk.) A.L = 6

David Wiese A.L = 8

James Hopes A.L = 6

David Wainwright A.L = 4 (Designated Night-watchman)

Saqlain Mushtaq A.L = 4 (Capt.)

Lonwabo Tsotsobe A.L = 2

 

Bowlers and their Aggressions

 

Lonwabo Tsotsobe - 7 (Opens the Bowling)

David Wiese - 7 (Shares the New Ball)

 

James Hopes - 5

Saqlain Mushtaq - 6

David Wainwright - 6

 

If we win the Toss - Bowl

 

After defeat to Melbourne in the opening fixture of the JPPL, changes have been made to the side to face the Hyderabad Victors.

Left Arm Spinner David Wainwright is in the team at the expense of Matthew Hoggard, who had a highly ineffective first match.

 

On the batting side of things, the Wildcats have made 4 changes. Imraan Khan, Michael Carberry and Malinda Warnapura come into the lineup with Murray Goodwin, Ross Taylor and Jaques Rudolph all making way after below par performances. Ajinkya Rahane will bat at 4 and will be wary that he had a bad match last time out so must improve.

Edited by The Tyke - 04 March 2009 at 6:37pm

Bit of a balls up of a run chase really. I think my batsmen might be spending a bit of extra time in the nets this week!

Can i have Bell in for Collingwood next game JP? 

dips_december : Series living upto the hype

KKR manager dips_december spoke to the media after a narrow victory against Blackpool.

Reporter : Are you happy with your performances in the two matches so far?
dips : Yes I am pretty pleased. The results have gone our way so far and I am looking forward to seeing better performances in the upcoming matches. The results so far have been satisfactory.

Rep : The bowlers deserve special mention don't they?
dips : Yea they have been fantastic but then again cricket is a team game. The batsmen have backed up the bowlers' performances which is why we have been successful.

Rep : How is the morale in the dressing room?
dips : Winning always keeps you in high spirits. The dressing room morale is absolutely perfect. The players are full of confidence and are enjoying every aspect of the game.

Rep : What about the bench players?
dips : Look you can only give 11 players a chance at a time. There are some quality players like Malik and Dinda who are warming the benches. They will all get a game and I am sure they will have their opportunities as well.

Rep : Brendan Nash has not looked in great touch so far. So is there any possibility of change?
dips : Yea he has not done well so far and there are other players waiting in the fringes. We will have a meeting and find the best way out.

Rep : Sourav Ganguly has not played well either, is he under pressure to perform?
dips : Look, Sourav has played 13 years of international cricket and we all know what he is capable of. No one should question his place in the team. He got some runs against Blackpool and its only a matter of time before he gets over his rustiness and gets back to the free flowing Ganguly we are used to seeing.

Rep : The league has finally got off to the much awaited start. Your views so far on the league and future expectations?
dips : The series has certainly lived upto its hype. The players have done well and the standard of cricket has been brilliant. I am looking forward to seeing much more competitive matches and better performances from all the players.

Rep : No home games yet. Aren't you getting impatient?
dips : Not really. The crowd in Kolkata will be eagerly waiting for it though. Home matches will mean much more fun, much more support and automatically much improved performances. Its important that we take one game at a time and not think too far ahead.

Rep : Thank You.
dips : It was a pleasure.

I've got everything uploaded properly now:

http://www.originalonion.com/cricketsim/pbmindex.htm

I agree dips, Ganguly is a handy bowler but for some reason the sim doesn't want to bowl him. I'll get that sorted for next time!