Is there anything more frustrating than picking a player and then they don't play? I mean really, the nerve. Anyway, Yesterday saw South Africa beating Zimbabwe and India taking the piss out of Pakistan.
Things started well for Zimbabwe, they got top 4 of South Africa's order out within the first 20 overs. This is no small feat when you consider that top four includes, de Kock, Amla, du Plessis, and de Villiers. But then they were left with Miller and Duminy, and those two refused to leave. They each had centuries well in hand finished out the innings not out. So, in the end Zimbabwe allowed SA to rack up 339 that they had to chase. I think the match was probably over at that point. Although Chibhabha and Masakadza both earned half centuries, Zimbabwe went all out after 48 overs and came up 62 runs short.
I think the first inning went ok for Pakistan. They were able to hold India to 300 runs - that's should have been within reach. Kohli got a century and both Dahwan and Raina were in the 75 run range. But it seems Pakistan could not hit to save their lives. They went all out after 47 overs and were 76 runs shy - Zimbabwe did better against SA. The Haq was the only Pakistani of note run wise with 76.
Today there is only one match, Ireland take on the West Indies. Should be a WI day, but apparently they have been in bad form of late and this is a World Cup, so the luck of the Irish may have some surprises for us.
Get your trades in!
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Mistakes have already been made, mistakes have been made
So, let me share with you a lesson I have had to learn the hard way in just about every competition we have done: When you make a trade, make sure you hit the "confirm changes" button on the second page. You will make trades and at the bottom it will say "make changes", then it will show you the changes you've picked and you have to click the "confirm changes" button! You MUST click TWO buttons before the trade is actually made. Otherwise you will think you have made a change, go about your day, sit down to check in on your players progress only to find the guy with the 5 wicket haul is not actually on your team.
Anyway, well done every one on the first day of matches. Anna and James soared to the top - I suspect well picked captains. I am in third - my captain earned me a duck! This is mistake number two for me, pick a good captain. Michael doesn't seem to know what game he is playing, and for most of us we are just getting our feet wet.
So what happened? Well, For starters New Zealand beat Sri Lanka. NZ went in to bat first and put up a respectable score of 331. Half centuries to B. McCullum, Williamson, and Anderson. They only dropped 6 wickets and Sri Lanka didn't seem to have any stand out bowlers. Then Sri Lanka went in and went all out only answering 233 of the runs after 46.1 overs. Thirimanne got 65 but he was the only one do to much. The Kiwis like to share the love so Southeem Boult, Milne, Vettori, and Anderson all got 2 wickets a piece.
The second match was Australia v. England and I am sorry to say for Moira, Catherine and Henry that Australia seemed to kick a little English tail. Australia batted first and with half centuries for Bailey and Maxwell to add to Finch's 135, they racked up 342 runs for England to chase. But it wasn't a blow out, England's bowlers did get 9 wickets with a 5 wicket haul going to Finn. England then went in to bat and Taylor was their all star with 98 runs, he was not out so bummer for him that he couldn't have snuck a few extras in to reach the 100. But with 2 wickets a piece for Starc and Johnson and another 5 wicket haul going to Marsh, England just could not reach the mark and fell 111 runs short.
So this evening, or in the wee hours of tomorrow, South Africa will take on Zimbabwe (the only two African nations in the tournament) and India will battle Pakistan, always a heated battle.
For those of us in California it seems like morning is the best time to make your trades, I guess that means in the evening for those in England. And Moira?? Well, that is one to many time zones for me to figure out just now.
Good Luck All!
Anyway, well done every one on the first day of matches. Anna and James soared to the top - I suspect well picked captains. I am in third - my captain earned me a duck! This is mistake number two for me, pick a good captain. Michael doesn't seem to know what game he is playing, and for most of us we are just getting our feet wet.
So what happened? Well, For starters New Zealand beat Sri Lanka. NZ went in to bat first and put up a respectable score of 331. Half centuries to B. McCullum, Williamson, and Anderson. They only dropped 6 wickets and Sri Lanka didn't seem to have any stand out bowlers. Then Sri Lanka went in and went all out only answering 233 of the runs after 46.1 overs. Thirimanne got 65 but he was the only one do to much. The Kiwis like to share the love so Southeem Boult, Milne, Vettori, and Anderson all got 2 wickets a piece.
The second match was Australia v. England and I am sorry to say for Moira, Catherine and Henry that Australia seemed to kick a little English tail. Australia batted first and with half centuries for Bailey and Maxwell to add to Finch's 135, they racked up 342 runs for England to chase. But it wasn't a blow out, England's bowlers did get 9 wickets with a 5 wicket haul going to Finn. England then went in to bat and Taylor was their all star with 98 runs, he was not out so bummer for him that he couldn't have snuck a few extras in to reach the 100. But with 2 wickets a piece for Starc and Johnson and another 5 wicket haul going to Marsh, England just could not reach the mark and fell 111 runs short.
So this evening, or in the wee hours of tomorrow, South Africa will take on Zimbabwe (the only two African nations in the tournament) and India will battle Pakistan, always a heated battle.
For those of us in California it seems like morning is the best time to make your trades, I guess that means in the evening for those in England. And Moira?? Well, that is one to many time zones for me to figure out just now.
Good Luck All!
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Is Everyone Ready??
Welcome everyone! I am so glad to see some new names in the mix, and I look forward to beating the new and old alike. I haven't seen that bat since we bought it back in the West Indies - time for it to return home. So, matches will be starting tomorrow, get your teams in order and your captains picked. The first match begins tomorrow at 2pm my time. Which is like 10 pm England time and 11 am (the next day) local time. I see keeping the match schedule straight as the hardest part this time around. Be Vigilant!
Match one: New Zealand V. Sri Lanka. I've been looking for prematch previews but my normal source doesn't seem to have anything yet. So.... you can bet it will be a good match. Both strong teams, we know those Sri Lankans like to hit, a lot. And the kiwis? Well, maybe they'll do a little Haka for us during the drinks break.
Match Two: Australia v. England. I do know the Irish are pissed. They are a bit tired of England stealing all their players, me thinks South Africa can relate. Moira, what does one do when Australia is playing England? I mean I know its anyone but Australia, but when England have pilfered your best men?? What then?
Good luck to everyone tomorrow and check back later in the day for a post match recap.
Have Fun and Good Luck!
Katy
Match one: New Zealand V. Sri Lanka. I've been looking for prematch previews but my normal source doesn't seem to have anything yet. So.... you can bet it will be a good match. Both strong teams, we know those Sri Lankans like to hit, a lot. And the kiwis? Well, maybe they'll do a little Haka for us during the drinks break.
Match Two: Australia v. England. I do know the Irish are pissed. They are a bit tired of England stealing all their players, me thinks South Africa can relate. Moira, what does one do when Australia is playing England? I mean I know its anyone but Australia, but when England have pilfered your best men?? What then?
Good luck to everyone tomorrow and check back later in the day for a post match recap.
Have Fun and Good Luck!
Katy
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
The tournament
So I promised a breakdown of how the tournament is structured. Here goes. The teams are broken into two pools of 7 (pool A and pool B). Each team will play a One Day International (ODI) match against all the other teams in their pool. A win earns them 2 points, 1 point for a tie or no result, and 0 points for a loss. Top 4 teams in each pool advance to the quarter finals with A1 playing B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1. Qaurter finals is a knockout round with winners moving on to the semi finals. Winners of the semis move onto the final match.
An ODI is a shortened version of the game in which each side plays 50 overs. An over consists of 6 balls. So one team will go in to bat and will face 50 x 6 balls, scoring as many runs as possible. Of course the inning will be over early if the bowling team can get 10 outs before the 50 overs are up. Then we'll have a drinks break, tea anyone? Then the second team will go in to bat and again face 50 x 6 balls (or until 10 outs), hoping to score more than the first team.
Everyone clear? If not, study up with the "cricket 101" link on the right.
Pool A
England (1)
Australia (4)
Sri Lanka (5)
Bangladesh (8)
New Zealand (9)
Afghanistan (12)
Scotland (13)
Pool B
South Africa (2)
India (3)
Pakistan (6)
West Indies (7)
Zimbabwe (10)
Ireland (11)
United Arab Emirates (14)
An ODI is a shortened version of the game in which each side plays 50 overs. An over consists of 6 balls. So one team will go in to bat and will face 50 x 6 balls, scoring as many runs as possible. Of course the inning will be over early if the bowling team can get 10 outs before the 50 overs are up. Then we'll have a drinks break, tea anyone? Then the second team will go in to bat and again face 50 x 6 balls (or until 10 outs), hoping to score more than the first team.
Everyone clear? If not, study up with the "cricket 101" link on the right.
Pool A
England (1)
Australia (4)
Sri Lanka (5)
Bangladesh (8)
New Zealand (9)
Afghanistan (12)
Scotland (13)
Pool B
South Africa (2)
India (3)
Pakistan (6)
West Indies (7)
Zimbabwe (10)
Ireland (11)
United Arab Emirates (14)
Monday, February 2, 2015
Join our Competition
Ok, did you create a team? If not, read the last post and go make a team. Don't worry about who is on it just yet, just make one.
Team made? Ok, next you need to join our private competition. Go to the cricket web site, sign in, and on the right click "user comp - join"
Enter "1422824046" as the user comp key. You will now have joined Robinsons Cricketers Rout where you can see everyone else in our group and how they are doing.
Come back tomorrow and I will share some info on the general tournament set up.
Katy
Team made? Ok, next you need to join our private competition. Go to the cricket web site, sign in, and on the right click "user comp - join"
Enter "1422824046" as the user comp key. You will now have joined Robinsons Cricketers Rout where you can see everyone else in our group and how they are doing.
Come back tomorrow and I will share some info on the general tournament set up.
Katy
Sunday, February 1, 2015
ICC World Cup 2015 - How to create your team
Hi all, if you've joined us in the past the email from cricket web with an invite should be coming in the next day or so, so keep an eye out for it - check your spam.
For those who are new:
Let me start by walking you around the bog. Look on the right hand side of the screen, see the links?? Those are handy. The one marked "Cricket 101" will take you to a good basic intro to the game and its rules if you care. You might not. The one marked "cricket web fantasy home" will take you to the site where you will create and manage your team. The other two "ICC World Cup 2015" and "Cricinfo" are both links to sites with useful info about the tournament - schedules, team rosters, and so on.
Now look at the bottom of this post. See in aqua blue where it says "0 comments" click that and leave a comment. The comments are the best part of the competition, really they are. Comment frequently. I will be trying to write a blog post most days during the competition. And we will also be posting a worm, Anna, you want to be in charge of the worm? The worm is a graph that will show your standings in our private competition.
So, that is blog. Visit often, comment with wild abandon. Now you need to create your team:
Go and click the link on the right for "cricket web fantasy home" and log in. If you've never played with us you will need to create an account – easy.
The on the left hand side choose “add team”, then choose “World Cup 2015 ODI Competition” from the drop down menu. And hit “select competition”
Now you have to pick a team name and your players. Team name is important – you want it to be good. :)
Players. You will see drop menus for the 11 positions (6 batsmen, 1 wicketkeeper, and 4 bowlers). Each player is listed under their country and they have a ranking A-E. You are allotted 125 points with which to create your team. A players cost 15 points, B players 13 points, and so on with E players costing 7. So you have to budget, you can not have a team of 11 A players.
You will also be able to make 300 modifications or trades during the tournament. So, you can change your team daily depending on who is playing that day. *****modifications are FREE until a few hours before the start of the tournament***** so feel free to just choose random people for now.
Once you have selected all your players, pick one of them to be your captain. Your captain will earn you double points (and will lose double points) so Captain choice is key. Also, it will cost you 4 modifications to trade your captain once the competition starts.
So go and make a team, leave us a comment with your teams name. I will post again soon with the next step.
Katy
For those who are new:
Let me start by walking you around the bog. Look on the right hand side of the screen, see the links?? Those are handy. The one marked "Cricket 101" will take you to a good basic intro to the game and its rules if you care. You might not. The one marked "cricket web fantasy home" will take you to the site where you will create and manage your team. The other two "ICC World Cup 2015" and "Cricinfo" are both links to sites with useful info about the tournament - schedules, team rosters, and so on.
Now look at the bottom of this post. See in aqua blue where it says "0 comments" click that and leave a comment. The comments are the best part of the competition, really they are. Comment frequently. I will be trying to write a blog post most days during the competition. And we will also be posting a worm, Anna, you want to be in charge of the worm? The worm is a graph that will show your standings in our private competition.
So, that is blog. Visit often, comment with wild abandon. Now you need to create your team:
Go and click the link on the right for "cricket web fantasy home" and log in. If you've never played with us you will need to create an account – easy.
The on the left hand side choose “add team”, then choose “World Cup 2015 ODI Competition” from the drop down menu. And hit “select competition”
Now you have to pick a team name and your players. Team name is important – you want it to be good. :)
Players. You will see drop menus for the 11 positions (6 batsmen, 1 wicketkeeper, and 4 bowlers). Each player is listed under their country and they have a ranking A-E. You are allotted 125 points with which to create your team. A players cost 15 points, B players 13 points, and so on with E players costing 7. So you have to budget, you can not have a team of 11 A players.
You will also be able to make 300 modifications or trades during the tournament. So, you can change your team daily depending on who is playing that day. *****modifications are FREE until a few hours before the start of the tournament***** so feel free to just choose random people for now.
Once you have selected all your players, pick one of them to be your captain. Your captain will earn you double points (and will lose double points) so Captain choice is key. Also, it will cost you 4 modifications to trade your captain once the competition starts.
So go and make a team, leave us a comment with your teams name. I will post again soon with the next step.
Katy
Sunday, April 6, 2014
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