JP's First-Class Sim
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Topic: JP's First-Class Sim
Posted By: -JP-
Subject: JP's First-Class Sim
Date Posted: 09 February 2009 at 7:35pm
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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, http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3528&PID=127406#127406 - 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. |
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 09 February 2009 at 8:19pm
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Sounds like a great sim JP Can I be called the Surrey Sloggers, based at the Brit Oval? |
Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 09 February 2009 at 8:52pm
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Can i be called Freuchie CC and my stadium at Lords. Thanks |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 09 February 2009 at 11:28pm
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I'll give it a go. Mine should be "Caribbean Bashers". 3 stadiums should be Kensington Oval (Barbados) Sabina Park (Jamaica) and Queen's Park Oval (Trinidad) ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 4:14am
Me too!
------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 6:57am
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bladescape, you are not having three of the world's biggest stadia - you can have the MCG, let's give others a chance! 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! Good work with the press release though. The four of you can now start thinking about how to spend your £100m for the player auction. ------------- |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 12:34pm
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I'd like to go ahead too. My team would be the Kolkata KnightRiders any my stadium would be the Eden Gardens (Kolkata).
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 12:38pm
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I wondered how long it would be until someone snapped up Eden Gardens! You're in dips.
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Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 5:12pm
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I'm in too... I'd like my team to be known as "Hyderabad Victors" and my Stadium will be Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 5:58pm
| My team is "Unstoppable Giants" and my stadium is WACA. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 6:23pm
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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! ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 9:39pm
| Quick question, are ICL players available? |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 9:56pm
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 10:05pm
| Right then, I'll take the Canterbury Crushers, based at AMI stadium (prev. Jade), but I'll also name whatever they call the Auckland stadium these days as another since it has a bigger capacity. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 10:21pm
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Do I need three guesses for your icon player?
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Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 10:30pm
Almost certainly 
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 10:49pm
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I look forward to seeing him, and everyone else's tomorrow, then!
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 10 February 2009 at 11:27pm
My Icon player should be the Shivster, Shivnarine Chanderpaul (just a pity this game won't account for current form.  ).
JP, I still don't get how you work out the fees? Maybe this sinus is affecting me more than I ever thought. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 5:20am
I'll take Telstra Dome as well,I can't think of any other Melbourne stadiums.
My team from here forth will be christened:the "Melbourne Masters".
Thanks. 
Any player currently playing first class cricket is available? ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 7:14am
| Can I have Mark Butcher? |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 7:21am
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Does IPL count?(i.e.Warne or Gilchrist?) ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 9:36am
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IPL players who have retired from first-class cricket (that includes Warne, Gilchrist, Hayden, and co.) are not available. I wouldn't worry about a second stadium as you have one of the biggest ones in the world already! Keep an eye on the first post in this thread as I'll be updating it with icon players and money left. ------------- |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 10:02am
| My icon player will be Symonds. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 10:08am
And his strong connection with Perth, Western Australia, is what, exactly?! If you were in Brisbane you could have him but I can't allow this. You could have any number of players including Langer, Mike Hussey, Marcus North, Mitchell Johnson... ------------- |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 12:34pm
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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.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 12:46pm
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I'll let you have Ganguly, as he is at least still playing representative cricket, but, once he does call it a day for good, then he'll also retire in the sim. I think that's fair enough. Mohammad Asif will also not be available until September 22nd, 2009, after his ban. Ganguly has cost you £6.6 million. ------------- |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 12:52pm
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Thanks JP.
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:07pm
| im from scotland so no matter what my icon player wont be any good or does it have to be near your stadium |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:08pm
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You've picked Lord's, robbie, so for the purpose of this sim, you're in London, so pick someone who plays for Middlesex!
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Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:35pm
Hmm then i will go with Hussey.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 2:41pm
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No problem. £6.4 million is the price.
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Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 3:24pm
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Can I Join???
If so can I be the West Yorkshire Wildcats and based at Headingley, Leeds.
Icon Player - Matthew Hoggard ------------- Minn hugur er minn sverš (My mind is my sword) |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 4:06pm
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Done - Hoggard costs you £5.5m. One more team needed for the Premier League and then we can get started on the auction.
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Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 5:31pm
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ok, my Icon player will be VVS Laxman.
My home team is Hyderabad, but my stadium is based out at mumbai (as i didn't wanted to take our home stadium since it is not that famous) so is it ok that my icon player is from HYD and not from Mumbai? ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 5:39pm
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That's fine mate - VVS Laxman costs you £5.5 million. You could take the Rajiv Gandhi stadium if you want as I'm going to limit attendances to 40,000 so that teams with huge grounds don't get an obscene advantage! And it holds more than the Brabourne Stadium (20,000) ------------- |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 6:13pm
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Thanks lot JP!!! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
ok JP, can you please change my home stadium to Rajiv Gandhi Stadium then?Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 6:49pm
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Done. I'm awaiting icon players from: Bladescape (Melbourne/Victoria) Robbie (Freuchie/Middleses/London) NZ Fast (Canterbury) The rest of you can start thinking about which Australians, other than Mike Hussey and whichever one bladescape goes for to sign as they'll be the first picks in the auction. The format will basically be you submit me a list of 10 players (max, as that's how many teams there'll be, hopefully) with a maximum price you're prepared to pay for that player. For example 1. A Symonds - £7.5m 2. P Siddle - £4m 3. B Lee - £5m and so on and so forth. When I have bids from all managers, I will then assign players with more than one bid to the highest bidder, and so on until everyone has a player. If you are the only person to bid, then you'll get them for the price you bid or their reserve price, as explained above, if the reserve price is lower than your bid. So think carefully before bidding!! ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 8:33pm
| I'll be taking Shane Bond as my icon player then. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 February 2009 at 9:03pm
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Good lad. £4.5m. Bids for Australians eagerly awaited.
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Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 4:03am
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I'd go for Shane Watson first up. Price offered £ 6m
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Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 4:04am
I was hoping to have Warne as my icon! 
I'll have Siddle instead. ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 10:52am
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Bids are to be PM'd to me - up to 10 players with your maximum bid for them please. Siddle has cost you £2.5m, blade. I've received bids for Australians from slogger, NZ fast, dips and Tyke while mystery has made a bid of sorts! ------------- |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 12:24pm
| I will go for Symonds and Price offered £ 8m |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 1:05pm
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You can PM me if you want to keep your bids secret! ------------- |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 2:07pm
| hm fine. |
Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 3:22pm
| can my icon player be owais shah |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 3:36pm
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No problem, £4.5m. Now let's have your bids for Australians, robbie.
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 12 February 2009 at 3:39pm
| i have pm'ed them to you with a few questions aswell |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:00am
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We'll be having local players too right? Like I will be having local players from the Bengal Ranji side too right?
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 7:09am
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dips - once you've picked a player from each nation, you can bid for whoever you like, so yes you'll be able to pick Bengal players. OK, the first auction has been completed, and these are the players you have picked up: Surrey Sloggers - Brad Haddin £5m (only team to bid) Canterbury Crushers - Ricky Ponting £9m (4 franchises bid) West Yorkshire Wildcats - James Hopes £3.5m (2 franchises bid) Kolkata Demolishers - David Hussey £3.5m (returns to Kolkata!) (2 franchises bid) Freuchie CCC - Simon Katich £6.5m (4 franchises bid) Melbourne Masters - Phil Hughes £4m (2 franchises bid) Perth Giants - Shane Watson £10.5m (3 franchises bid) Caribbean Crushers - Stuart Clark £4.3m (2 franchises bid) Hyderabad Victors - Shaun Tait £5.5m (3 franchises bid) Some fine players, such as Symonds, Clarke, Lee and Jaques weren't picked up and will be available later on. Money left and current squad: Surrey: £89.2m (Butcher, Haddin) Freuchie: £89m (Shah, Katich) Caribbean: £89.6m (Chanderpaul, Clark) Melbourne £93.5m (Siddle, Hughes) Kolkata: £89.9 (Ganguly, D Hussey) Hyderabad: £89m (Laxman, Tait) Perth: £83.1m (M Hussey, Watson) Canterbury: £86.5m (Bond, Ponting) West Yorkshire £91m (Hoggard, Hopes) Your minimum squad size is 15, remember, maximum is 20. The next auction will be for English players, but you can send me bids for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, and then Bangladesh/Zimbabwe + associates whenever you like. I would suggest a new maximum of five players to bid for, it makes it easier and far more manageable, obviously putting your players in order of preference. Just a quick note - you can't bid for Owais Shah, Mark Butcher, Matthew Hoggard, VVS Laxman, Saurav Ganguly, Shane Bond, or Shivnarine Chanderpaul as they've already been grabbed as icon players. ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:17am
| Quick question: Do we have to lump all associates bids together, or can we PM them separately? |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:22am
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I've not made that very clear, have I? Basically you bid for all eight established Test-playing nations and then pick five (max) players in total from all the other countries (Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, etc.) So you could go for Ashraful, Taibu, Tikolo, ten Doeschate and Leverock, for example. ------------- |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:24am
Its a Friday evening. I'm allowed to ask stupid questions 
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:29am
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It wasn't a stupid question - I hadn't quite explained it properly.
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Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 12:08pm
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So we get to bid for the Aussies who missed out later on?
Sorry,just a little confused. ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 12:23pm
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Yes, once we've gone through the other countries, it'll effectively be open season and you can bid for those you missed.
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Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 3:34pm
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so JP we now pick 5 players from England or 5 players from every country.
as you said you can send me bids for other countrys so does that mean there will still be seperate auctions for them teams aswell as bidding for them now
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 3:43pm
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Robbie, There will be bids for every country and each person will get one person from that country. You can send 10 bids the max for players from a country but in the end, you'll get one. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:02pm
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Thanks spin wiz - it's a max of five per country now though.
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:17pm
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Ok. So when we're done with that phase, we're suppose to have 14 players, right. 8 test nations plus the 5 minnows plus the icon player. Then we're free the get the remaining 6 (max) from where ever we choose. Am I correct JP? ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:21pm
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Not quite - 10 players, one from Australia, England, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, one from Bangladesh/Kenya/Holland etc. and your icon player. Then you'll have free reign to bid for whoever you like with the next 10 (max). ------------- |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 4:37pm
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ok, I get it now. Excellent. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:05pm
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JP can you please clarify if the 89 m that i have with me can be used up only in player auction or do i need to save some for other things as well? ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:22pm
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That's the money you have left for assembling your squad, so you'll need to make it account for 13 (minimum) more players. If you have any left over, you can then use it for player trades if you wish, but there's no obligation to do so as you'll get money from attendances once the matches begin. ------------- |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:25pm
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Ok... Thanks JP! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 5:51pm
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Still room?
Ill just be..Blackpool ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 6:16pm
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Still room mate. You've missed out on the opening Australian auction, but give me some bids for England and pick an icon player that hasn't been picked already, and you're in. Can I have a nickname and a home ground please? ------------- |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:14pm
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Right errrm, Ill play at Old Trafford if I can, nickname can be the Lashers, and my icon player, if he has to be local is Flintoff, otherwise Ill go for Murali, dont know if ive got this right, sorry... ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:34pm
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Flintoff is yours for £5.5m. All bids received for England players except Spin Wizard. ------------- |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 8:48pm
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so how often do these auctions finish? ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 9:03pm
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They finish when I've got the bids for all players. I did one this morning and as I said in my earlier post, I'm just waiting for one more set of bids so I can do the next one.
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 13 February 2009 at 11:31pm
Ok, I've made a bit for Shah as well JP and he's already an icon player. poor me.  ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 14 February 2009 at 9:39am
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I have all the bids, but as mystery only bid for Flintoff, I'm going to wait and give him a chance to make some more bids, so anyone else who also bid for Flintoff is welcome to throw in an alternative.
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 14 February 2009 at 10:07pm
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Results from the England player auction are in and are as follows: Surrey Sloggers picked up Andrew Strauss for £4 million Canterbury Crushers picked up Ryan Sidebottom for £6 million Melbourne Masters picked up Adil Rashid for £7m Caribbean Blasters picked up Kevin Pietersen for £10.5m Kolkata Demolishers picked up Luke Wright for £4m West Yorkshire Wildcats picked up Tim Bresnan for £4m Freuchie CC picked up Graeme Swann for £4.5m Hyderabad Victors picked up Stuart Broad for £5m Blackpool picked up James Anderson for £4m Perth Giants did not pick up a player in this round but you are offered Jonathan Clare, the Derbyshire all-rounder for £3m. If you refuse you pick up no player from this round. Bids from India welcomed from now on. I already have bids from bladescape, dips, tyke, sam and Spin wizard leaving the other five of you to pick your players. The aforementioned five can make changes to their bids should they wish, of course. Money left in millions: Surrey 85.2 Freuchie 84.5 Caribbean 79.1 Melbourne 86.5 Kolkata 85.9 Hyderabad 84 Perth 83.1 Canterbury 80.5 W Yorkshire 87 Blackpool 90.5 ------------- |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 14 February 2009 at 11:52pm
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I expected that pick up!
Next round should be good! ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 12:05am
Ok i would take Jonathan Clare, the Derbyshire all-rounder for £3m.
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Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 1:55am
| Can't help but feel I wasn't thinking clearly when I bid that much for Sidebottom. All well I wanted him, and I did get him, so I should be happy. |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 6:10am
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Woah got Wright! Good going thus far.
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Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 6:30am
I'm expecting to see some huge/ridiculous bids come through. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 9:40am
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Just waiting for robbie to bid for some Indians and I can do the next auction. ------------- |
Posted By: bladescape
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 12:13pm
Nah,I'm only bidding big for Tendulkar and Gambhir!  ------------- You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not... |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 12:23pm
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If two people bid the same for the same player how is it decided? Because i bid 4m for Strauss but didn't get him.. ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 12:27pm
| I bid 6 million for him, so I guess I beat you because I bid more, but only had to pay as much as you were willing to pay |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 12:34pm
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Ok fair enough ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: robbie
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 1:50pm
| i didn't realise we were to pick colours for our teams can mine be green and yellow thanks |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 2:17pm
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Ill be true blackpool, Orange ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 2:56pm
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my color will be dark blue and light green. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 3:20pm
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My team's colours will be Blue and Yellow ------------- Minn hugur er minn sverš (My mind is my sword) |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 3:35pm
| My Green and White |
Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 3:54pm
| I'll stay true to the real Surrey team and go for brown and blue, although it is a fairly rubbish color scheme |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 4:53pm
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OK, Indian auction has just been completed: Melbourne have picked up Amit Mishra for £3.8m Kolkata have picked up Gautam Gambhir for £8.5m West Yorkshire have picked up Ajinkya Rahane for £4m Hyderabad have picked up Yusuf Pathan for £3.7m Caribbean have picked up Virender Sehwag for £7.5m Canterbury have picked up MS Dhoni for £9m Blackpool have picked up Sachin Tendulkar for £10.5m Perth have picked up Irfan Pathan for £4.3m Surrey have picked up Ishant Sharma for £5m Freuchie have picked up Zaheer Khan for £4.5m Money left in £million: Surrey 80.2 Freuchie 80 Caribbean 71.6 Melbourne 83 Kolkata 77.4 Hyderabad 80.5 Perth 75.8 Canterbury 71.5 W Yorks 82.5 Blackpool 80 Remember, you've got to buy a minimum of 11 more players (12 for Monty as he missed the Australian auction) Bids for New Zealand players welcomed for the next auction. I already have bids from bladescape, tyke, and mystery. ------------- |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 4:59pm
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ah! some very big bids there, i didn't expected this... anyways i've still got yusuf for a very cheap price which is a big bonus. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: mystery
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 5:07pm
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Lucky mate i went for Irfan i was about to bid for Yusuf then i went for Irfan. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 5:07pm
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Yes, there were some huge bids flying in which made things interesting! Bids can be edited for those of you have already sent them to me. ------------- |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 5:15pm
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No JP, I haven't got M Hussey, I have VVS, Yusuf Pathan, Tait and Broad... Yup I'm happy with my players but I need a few big ones which are in my mind!
Irfan is a steal at 4.3 mystery!
EDIT- Oh, I've got it now... mystery has got 3 Big all rounders and Mike Hussey... thats great going mystery!!!! ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 5:24pm
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JP i don't see it in my outbox but i hope u've got my bids for NZL players. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 5:35pm
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Yes, I got confused between your two sides earlier, sorry. I have your bids, don't worry. I'd also recommend that everyone submits five players, especially with a small nation like New Zealand as two or three players are proving very popular! ------------- |
Posted By: Monty
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 6:48pm
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Can you not get more than one player at an auction?
Becuase I should have got sreesanth as well ------------- Flavia et Cornelia sedebat sub arbore!!! Oh My goodness!! Sitting under a tree! |
Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 6:53pm
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you get 1 player per auction Monty. Once we've got through the main auctions it's open season. ------------- Minn hugur er minn sverš (My mind is my sword) |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 15 February 2009 at 7:36pm
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Only one player per auction - keeping it simple at this stage.
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