JP's First-Class Sim

OK, seeing as there seemed to be enough interest for it, I will start a first-class simulation in here.

In simple terms, it'll be a first-class equivalent of the IPL - you will have to build your teams from scratch with a virtual (closed bid) auction, similar to the one MP12 used in his IPL sim.

Once you've got your team, it's then up to you to decide team line-ups, and how to play the games - home and away against everyone else in the league.

Now for the twist - you can get as involved as much you like, but there will be rewards for making the game more fun. I'm going to introduce a fairly limited financial model - don't worry, you won't be able to go bankrupt! You will however, need to think about budgets when you build your team and then trade with other teams.

Think about where you want to play as well - it will cost you to relocate and the bigger your stadium the better, as attendance brings in money. You can help add to this by obviously winning games but also playing an active role in issuing 'press releases', 'interviews' and other stuff which will mean more people will come and watch your team play!

And of course, there'll be prize money for your virtual franchise on offer for finishing positions in the league and I'll probably have a knockout cup as well, just to keep things interesting.

So, all I want at this stage, is anyone interested in taking a team to post in this thread with their team-name (City and nickname i.e The Grantham Gooseberries), the real-life stadia (max. of 3) where they want to be based and team colours.

I'll be using International Test Cricket as the simulator - for a detailed rundown on how that works, click here.



Teams in so far and current squads:

Surrey (slogger): Butcher, Haddin, Strauss, I Sharma, C Martin, Younus Khan, M Morkel, Mendis, Bravo, Chigumbura, J Batty, C Jordan, Ramprakash, Bell, Collingwood

Freuchie (robbie): Shah, Katich, Swann, Zaheer Khan, B McCullum, Umar Gul, Kallis, Sangakkara, Sarwan, Tamim Iqbal, Y Arafat, Trescothick, AM Davies, M Clarke, I Tahir, Hildreth

Caribbean (Spin wizard): Chanderpaul, Clark, Pietersen, Sehwag, Mills, Danish Kaneria, Steyn, P Jayawardene, Barath, G Flower, J Bennett, M Kartik, Sammy, Samaraweera, Dippenaar, McKenzie

Melbourne (bladescape): Siddle, Hughes, Rashid, Mishra, Southee, Fawad Alam, G Smith, Muralitharan, W Hinds, Taibu, North, Joyce, Badrinath, Bracken, Rohrer, Thornely, Yashpal Singh, Nannes, Parnell, McDonald

Kolkata (dips_december): Ganguly, D Hussey, Wright, Gambhir, Vettori, Shoaib Malik, AB de Villiers, Vaas, B Nash, Mortaza, Dravid, A Cook, Shukla, Bose, Franklin, Saha, Jaffer, Parmar, Chopra, Dinda

Hyderabad (sam_ahmed): Laxman, Tait, Broad, Y Pathan, Oram, Salman Butt, JP Duminy, M Jayawardene, J Taylor, Shakib Al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, H Amla, Harbhajan Singh, Vaughan, Sohail Tanvir, Nel, Karthik, Bollinger, Ervine, Price

Perth (mystery): M Hussey, Watson, Clare, I Pathan, Guptill, Shahid Afridi, A Morkel, Jayasuriya, Gayle, S Tikolo, Ronchi, M Johnson, Hazlewood, Jeremy Smith, Pomersbach, Malinga, Shoaib Akhtar, Ojha, Cooray, Elliott

Canterbury (NZ Fast): Bond, Ponting, Sidebottom, Dhoni, Ryder, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ntini, Maharoof, ten Doeschate, Panesar, Jaques, Hodge, Gibbs, Prior, M Patel, Prince, P Harris, Rogers, Chawla

West Yorkshire (Tyke): Hoggard, Hopes, Bresnan, Rahane, R Taylor, Saqlain Mushtaq, Rudolph, Warnapura, Simmons, Goodwin, J Patel, CJD de Villiers,  Wiese, Puttick, Kuhn, Carberry, I Khan, Tsotsobe, M Harris, Wainwright

Blackpool (Monty): Flintoff, Anderson, Tendulkar, How, Mohammad Yousuf, Boucher, Dilshan, Benn, Ashraful, B Lee, Styris, Symonds, Harmison, Sreesanth, Fernando, Leverock, S Mahmood

Your minimum squad size is 15, remember, maximum is 20.


Edited by -JP- - 24 February 2009 at 4:30pm

Can i be called Freuchie CC and my stadium at Lords. Thanks

Edited by robbie - 09 February 2009 at 9:00pm

Me too!

Originally posted by Press release Today The latest team in the FC Sim was announced by eccentric millionare owner Bladescape: "I've decided to call my team the 'Masters From Downunder' and I managed to contract the MCG,SCG and the WACA to be used as home grounds. I've also decided on the team colours being pink and green. We'll be based in Australia in general.(If thats allowed.If it's not then I'll be based in Melbourne)"

Edited by bladescape - 10 February 2009 at 4:20am

I'd like to go ahead too. My team would be the Kolkata KnightRiders any my stadium would be the Eden Gardens (Kolkata).

Edited by dips_december - 22 February 2009 at 7:52am

I'm in too... I'd like my team to be known as "Hyderabad Victors" and my Stadium will be Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

mystery - you shall be the Perth Giants because as specified in the opening thread, your franchise is to be named as 'area' 'nickname'. You can think of something else if you like though provided it follows the above criterion.

Right, you can all start thinking and selecting your 'icon' players now. You are allowed to pick one player who has a strong link with your home area. You'll still have to pay for them though. Fee is worked out by first-class runs/wickets taken - for example, Michael Clarke works out as £2.6m and Ricky Ponting comes out as £6.6m. This will also be how I work out reserve prices for the auction.

You might as well post these in the thread as it's unlikely you'll pick the same player as anyone else and in any case, there are no bids to think about!

So long as they haven't formally retired from first-class cricket, then most definitely!

Anyone who has retired from first-class cricket (recently that includes Hayden, Kumble, Bichel etc.) won't be eligible though.

Do I need three guesses for your icon player? 

I look forward to seeing him, and everyone else's tomorrow, then!

Originally posted by -JP- bladescape, you are not having three of the world's biggest stadia - you can have the MCG, let's give others a chance!

I'll take Telstra Dome as well,I can't think of any other Melbourne stadiums.

Originally posted by -JP- I'm renaming your team the Downunder Masters as per naming conventions listed above, unless you want to choose something else - city/area + nickname i.e Melbourne Monsters!

My team from here forth will be christened:the "Melbourne Masters".

Originally posted by -JP- Good work with the press release though.

Thanks.

Originally posted by -JP- The four of you can now start thinking about how to spend your £100m for the player auction

Any player currently playing first class cricket is available?

Edited by bladescape - 11 February 2009 at 5:21am

Does IPL count?(i.e.Warne or Gilchrist?)

My icon player will be Symonds.

Come on JP! I took Kolkata because of Ganguly. Although he retired from first class cricket, he will be playing for Bengal in the national one-dayers which will prepare him for the IPL. So I'd badly want Ganguly to be my Icon PLayer.

Thanks JP.

You've picked Lord's, robbie, so for the purpose of this sim, you're in London, so pick someone who plays for Middlesex!