The first Cricket sheep thread

Skizzo said:
When we reinforce, are we keeping our original players too, or do we swap them so we only have a max of 12 players at one time?
Click to expand...
Next stage rules:

1) ONLY Players in the completed 12 men teams above will be available henceforth in next round and subsequent rounds.
2) All 16 teams will be randomly drawn against each other in 8 match ups, knockout.
3) 8 grounds across the world will be selected for round 1. One each from India, Pak, SL, WI, Aus, Eng, NZ and SA.
4) 8 grounds will be randomly allocated to the 8 match ups in first round. You may choose your 11 based on the ground.
5) Grounds for quarters (4) will be declared before start of next round. You may choose to use players from replenish pool accordingly. Although which match up will get which ground won't be declared beforehand. So you choose your 12 as best as you can and then final 11 to match ground.
6) Each day will have 2 matchups. Poll will be open for voting for 24 hours and will open around 13:30 IST (8AM GMT).

Grounds and match up info shortly.
Click to expand...
I'm guessing the team strength will go up based on TMH's post.
 
I bet once the Round of 16 is decided, there will be a game of one upmanship to be had.
 
Mani said:
We can play on Sunday @Varun
Click to expand...
Err, not everyone gets choice :D
I have decided who plays on day 1, 2, 3 and 4. Just want to know if tomorrow start is OK for those on day 1 or day after for them to prepare write up.
 
The Man Himself said:
Err, not everyone gets choice :D
I have decided who plays on day 1, 2, 3 and 4. Just want to know if tomorrow start is OK for those on day 1 or day after for them to prepare write up.
Click to expand...
Oops,need to prepare the write up then.
 
Mani said:
Pollock ,Srinath and Alderman not the genuine quickies but still they can manage,but again depends on batting line up he's up against.
Click to expand...

Hopefully get a nice seaming wicket to play on
 
Round 1 match ups:

Day 1: VanGaalEra vs Akshay @ MCG, Melbourne
Day1: PaulScholes18 vs RedTiger @ SSC, Colombo
Day 2: Kazi vs Prath @ Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Day 2: Boycott vs Aldo @ National Stadium, Karachi
Day 3: Crappy vs Ijazz17 @ Kensington Oval, Barbados
Day 3: Harshad vs Samid @ Lord's, London
Day 4: Skizzo vs Skills @ Newlands, Capetown
Day 4: Mani vs NM @ Basin Reserve, Wellington
 
The Man Himself said:
Next stage rules:

1) ONLY Players in the completed 12 men teams above will be available henceforth in next round and subsequent rounds.
2) All 16 teams will be randomly drawn against each other in 8 match ups, knockout.
3) 8 grounds across the world will be selected for round 1. One each from India, Pak, SL, WI, Aus, Eng, NZ and SA.
4) 8 grounds will be randomly allocated to the 8 match ups in first round. You may choose your 11 based on the ground.
5) Grounds for quarters (4) will be declared before start of next round. You may choose to use players from replenish pool accordingly. Although which match up will get which ground won't be declared beforehand. So you choose your 12 as best as you can and then final 11 to match ground.
6) Each day will have 2 matchups. Poll will be open for voting for 24 hours and will open around 13:30 IST (8AM GMT).
7. Toss will be virtual and will be done before start of every match. Playing 11 needs to be finalized before this.
8. For grounds, it is recommended that use the usual 'type of wicket' on that ground, not the very recent type. Also, grounds are indicative of certain condition not players' records on those grounds.

Grounds and match up info shortly.
Click to expand...
This just got a lot more complicated. :nervous:.
Now we have to see how our teams play in the 1st innings and 2nd as well ?
I'm gonna be pretty fecked at the write-ups. :(

Edit: 5 match series ?
 
TMH, for imbeciles like myself who are completely out of depth at this stage, how do I check the type of wicket a particular ground is ? I can stereotype by saying Indian Pitches favour spin, Windies for bounce etc., but I'd like to be sure.
 
Guys, what sort of pitch is the Kensington Oval, barbados ? Even a link will do.
 
Mani said:
I would say drop Jayasuriya and play John along with Hayden
Click to expand...

John is the better opener but Jayasuriya is the better batsman i feel. Now that it's Eden gardens, Sanat would make more sense I suppose :p

Mani said:
Ian Smith?he served Nz of 10 yes or so good to keep for spin and pace.
Click to expand...

No was talking about how we try to keep the fattest guy as goalkeeper in football when we played as kids. Similarly you don't know what to do with Ganga put him in 6. :p

Varun said:
Ofcourse man. Just loved how you didn't miss the chance to highlight the guy's coaching credentials.
Click to expand...

Lol. I also have Saleem Malik in case I need to fix matches. :p
 
Ijazz17 said:
Guys, what sort of pitch is the Kensington Oval, barbados ? Even a link will do.
Click to expand...
Traditional it assisted quickies but now the standard has gone down and its not same as it used to be.
 
feck Pollock did awesome in Pakistan but never played at the National Stadium
 
prath92 said:
John is the better opener but Jayasuriya is the better batsman i feel. Now that it's Eden gardens, Sanat would make more sense I suppose :p



No was talking about how we try to keep the fattest guy as goalkeeper in football when we played as kids. Similarly you don't know what to do with Ganga put him in 6. :p



Lol. I also have Saleem Malik in case I need to fix matches. :p
Click to expand...
Ganga is opener he can face the second new ball coming at 6
 
Boycott said:
feck Pollock did awesome in Pakistan but never played at the National Stadium
Click to expand...

As I said in other post, use stadiums as general condition indicator of that country. Not possible for each player to have played at each stadium necessarily.
 
Skizzo said:
Good luck for our game, my good man. You managed to draw the guy who watches no cricket, so feel free to take it easy on me ;) :angel:
Click to expand...

Top tip, your bowlers have to bat first in the order. All the great teams did it that way.
 
The Man Himself said:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59429.html

As I said though, pitches are indicative of certain conditions in that country. Now within country too sometimes pitches differ, but go by the usual type of pitches from that country.
Click to expand...
The Kensington Oval has been home to Pickwick CC since 1882, and originally a pasture on a plantation 600 yards from the coast, it has grown into one of the most impressive grounds in the Caribbean. The official capacity of the old ground was 15,000, although more were crammed in on occasions. In more recent times, the locals were often outnumbered by tourists (Barbados being a tourism centre) never more so than when England visited. The pitches at Bridgetown are generally fast and bouncy, but generally favour the batsmen.

The ground was closed down at the end of the 2004-05 season and demolished in order that a new stadium could be built at a cost of $135 million in time for the World Cup, with the capacity being raised from 12,500 to 28,000. It was also allocated the final. The process was fraught with problems and the completion date slipped almost by the week.

The venue is steeped in history. It hosted the first England touring side (1895), the first combined West Indies side (against MCC in 1910-11) and was the scene of West Indies' first Test in 1930. The reason for this is mainly geographical - Barbados is the easternmost island in the West Indies and so the first port of call for travellers from Europe. That first Test produced records aplenty, with Andrew Sandham's 325 the first Test triple hundred (in 1920 Tim Tarilton had hit the first triple century in West Indies on the ground).

The ground was demolished and rebuilt at the end of the 2004-05 season as part of a redevelopment effort ahead of the 2007 World Cup.
Click to expand...
That was about the only sentence which gave any indication about the pitch and the stadium was re-built after that. So it doesn't really help.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.