'A' Championship V | Grand Finale! Who won?

[Vivek7]

Book a team for me.

 

[FabregasChelsea]

Can I take Pakistan?

 

[Dipak]

Ithe team bookings are started then I would love to manage England A

 

[SiriusBlack]

edited

 

[Champagnepapi]

I'm interested to go with India A or South Africa A.

 

[Fenil]

I'm interested to go with India A or South Africa A.

Same here. Pakistan will also do but I am waiting for Varun to 'officially' start the things.

 

[Varun]

They haven't begun officially. Prologue is an overview of the league so far.
I'll post a few important things in detail and then we'll begin with the teams. I'll announce it.

 

[Varun]

'A' Championship​

Prologue: A Glimpse of the Past - I​

It all began with an idea. The idea to bring into the public perspective the nuances of a battle that went on bubbling hot under the international, televised games, the talents that would soon ascend to take on the legacy. And thus 'A' Championship began, a conglomeration of the national List A team competing, with its first season.

a few banners of the tournaments in the first season​

It was a success, if not an overwhelming hit. West Indies A won the inaugural T20 championship with a brutal assault of the New Zealand A team. South Africa A steered away from the choking paths of their seniors to grab the OD trophy, grappling with Pakistan A. New Zealand A clean sweeped the finals to win the Tri-Series Trophy. England A overcame the OD champions in the finals of the World Series, winning 2-1. And Pakistan A curbed an emphatic chase by the South African A team in the finals of the FC knockout championship. Followed by a brutal challenge of facing their senior teams, in which only Pakistan A and England A emerged victorious. Ensued a presentation ceremony where heads held high.

The announcement of a second season didn't take long. CEO Varun Rustagi showed enormous confidence and risky as it was, decided to reorganize the schedule into a more Future-Tours-Programme style. The second season was divided into three phases, Phase I, Phase II and Phase III, the season spanning over four months. Phase I kicked off with the second edition of 'A' T20 championship, where New Zealand A and West Indies A had a repeat of the season one finals, and West Indies taking their second T20 crowd consecutively. The South African A team toured West Indies grounds, winning the OD series by 3-0, as well as the only T20, while losing the FC series by 2-0, very depressing to some. Meanwhile Australia A, Sri Lanka A and India A took each other on in the Commonwealth Bank Series, and India A emerged victorious behind Virat Kohli's being not out through the entire tournament. The league went to the USA, with England Lions pummeling Pakistan A 2-1 in the T20 series. In the end India A took on Australia A in a three game FC series, winning 2-1, and New Zealand A touring Sri Lanka unable to hold their own on their home ground, losing the OD series 2-1, FC series 1-0 and T20 series 2-0. The season also saw the emergence of official rankings for all formats, calculated by precise and specific rules.

Phase II continued where Phase I left, beginning with the Asia Cup which Pakistan A won, redeeming themselves in ODs against India A. The Windies A toured the Australian continent, only to be submerged and clean swept under the brawly aussie attack, losing the T20 series 2-0, the OD series 2-1 and the Test Series 1-0. India A toured South Africa A, and we witnessed one of the best series of all times, with India A rolling away with the OD series 2-1 and South Africa A with the test series 2-1. India A won the lone T20 1-0. England Lions toured New Zealand, tying the test series 1-1, losing the T20 series 2-1 and clean swept in the ODs, 3-0. Pakistan A continued their OD dominance, whitewashing the Sri Lankan team 5-0, albeit lost the test series 2-1. They emerged as the top OD team for Phase II. But could they sustain it?

Phase III. And it brought - The Ashes. Australia A took away the OD trophy in a close 3-2 contest. England Lions, under Haarithan's leadership and management, reeled in the FC Series 2-0. The T20 series was tied. New Zealand A toured West Indies, their T20 rivals, and this time the West Indies A won the OD series 3-2, and the FC series 2-1 but the Kiwis dealt a crushing blow in the T20s, 2-0. Pakistan A toured South Africa, where they were subject to a heartbreaking 5-0 OD sweep by the Saffies, but held their own and took the T20 series 2-1 and Test series 2-0. Sri Lanka A toured India for a short T20 series, which they lost 2-1. In the US, South Africa A and Australia A collided for another T20 series, the former winning by 2-1. India A then toured England, and out of fortune lost the OD series 2-1, FC series 2-0 and T20 series 2-0 again. The phase and with it the season ended with West Indies A tying their T20 series in Lanka, 1-1 and losing the FC series 1-0, while New Zealand vanquished Pakistan A at their grounds, winning the FC series 1-0. Followed another emotional closing ceremony, with all managers as well managers present and enjoying wine while watching the fireworks. New Zealand sat atop the T20 rankings, South Africa A reigned as the OD leaders, separating themselves from everyone else, in a league of their own. England Lions finished atop the FC or Test rankings.

Next up: Prologue Part II - with the third and fourth seasons.

 

[Champagnepapi]

Wow neat work there, really good presentation I can really see all the hard work you put on to this.

 

[GlitchInTheMatrix]

Mind if I have the Aussies please?
Btw, great work!

 

[Varun]

Mind if I have the Aussies please?
Btw, great work!

This.

They haven't begun officially. Prologue is an overview of the league so far.
I'll post a few important things in detail and then we'll begin with the teams. I'll announce it.

 

[Umair7]

Everyone is interested in Australia A

 

[Varun]

'A' Championship​

Prologue: A Glimpse of the Past - II​

Season two was the season which thrust 'A' Championship into the mainstream leagues, and season three and four capitalized on that. Season three went on for four months, albeit much shorter than season two and identified itself with various ideas, mainly the 'A' North-South War. Eight teams divided into two groups, North and South on geographical basis, took each other on in three consecutive rounds, with the North side winning the war with a 4-0 sweep in Round 1, the remaining two rounds being tied. India A and West Indies A clashed like titans in a final showdown, where India A came out on top. After that, North XI and South XI engaged in a bonus series, with South XI vindicating the motto 'divided we fall, united we stand' and winning 2-0. Also we witnessed one of the greatest tie matches of all time, a game reeking of epicness, when South XI brutely chased a target of 353 set by North XI and fell a run short of winning. India A dominated the presentation ceremony.

The teams then subsided into their usual touring schedules. South Africa A toured New Zealand, winning a thrilling OD series 3-2, and banking on that cleaning the FC series 2-0 and T20 series 2-1. Meanwhile Pakistan A lost the FC and T20 series in West Indies, 2-1 both, but returned to their winning OD ways with a 4-1 series win. Australia A toured India, winning another thrilling OD series 3-2, but losing the FC series 2-1, and T20 series 2-1. England Lions toured the Sri Lankan island, getting trounced in the T20 series 2-1, but coming back and winning the OD series 3-2 and FC series 2-0. The season ended with a short T20 knockout cup tournament, with Australia A defeating Sri Lanka A in the finals to end the season on a high note. There was an OD Synopsis, an FC Synopsis and presentation ceremony. Sri Lanka A dethroned New Zealand A from the T20 ranking crown, South Africa A still sat atop the OD rankings and England Lions occupied their proverbial FC den.

CEO Varun Rustagi figured it was time that the second tier had its own world cup, and thus season 4 was christened 'A' World Cup. Ireland A, Bangladesh A, Zimbabwe A and Scotland A joined the eight teams in the fray, and sure we would see some surprises? In the heart of the Queen's country, the World Cup was held, beginning with the domestic teams from England and Australia warming up the teams. Then a group stage, from where three teams advanced into the super six from the two groups respectively. Bangladesh was the surprise inclusion, although they qualified with losing record 2-3, merely due to poor efforts by New Zealand A and West Indies A. South Africa A and England Lions the teams which had dominated the group stages, bowed out to India A and Sri Lanka A respectively in the semifinals, owing the their choking ways. South Africa A held the third spot winning in the third place playoff. The finals was exciting: India A, a team which had mauled teams on its way to the finals while Sri Lanka A a team which struggled at first but slowly developed and learnt. Who would win? Who won?

An emotional presentation ceremony followed, with promises of a Test Championship. How did that turn out?

CEO Varun Rustagi devised an experiment of pitting batsmen against bowlers, selecting players from the Planet of Cricket, which lies somewhere in the star system of the Internet star, and occupies a certain cyberspace. It didn't turn out to be a big success, and Varun experienced humongous losses midway and went bankrupt and into chronic depression.

Present.

Two Years.

An old office, cobwebs on it and two years of dust.

A man enters, his face slightly withered, but resolute.

He sits in the chair, and takes out his phone.

Mr. Callum Gray, the mayor, sitting in the City of League Forum, in the State of Simulation and Stories, on the Planet of Cricket, picks up. A mixed expression on his face.

A voice.

"Hey buddy. I'm back. It is back."

"Is it....are you sure? Shall I unlock what I locked and transferred away to the Archive Suburb? You know things have changed."

"So have I. So has everything. Do it."

*click*

It is back!

- eight 'A' teams
- squad selection with certain rules
- dynamic ratings
- ability to hire (and fire) coaches which affect your team
- injury system
- round robin format; 50 over game
- 6 type of pitches available to home teams
- Syedur Rehman's Cricksim
- official ranking system
- and more!

 

[Champagnepapi]

Wow that sounds great and just looked back some seasons, it is all very clean and really love the way you set it all up.

 

[Till Valhalla]

I am interested in India A.