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

[Umair7]

Sri Lanka A

 

[Varun]

All teams taken. Yes, remaining managers can co-manage if the original managers agree. I'll elucidate a bit more on some aspects, and then squad selection will begin.

 

[Varun]

West Indies 'A' please.


Although if I could rename them to West Indies Pirates, that'd be awesome. Completely unnecessary though.

Haha, I'd have no problems, but then everyone would ask for the same. So, no.

 

[Vivek7]

When can we start picking our squad?

 

[coolash1]

Anybody n?e a co manager

 

[Varun]

When can we start picking our squad?

There's some explaining left to do. Taking slightly more time would lead to much less confusion later.

 

[Varun]

The detailed rating (or ranking) system can be found here. For a sample, check out Season 4 - Archive's main page from the first post. We'll most probably scrap the Season 4 ratings and begin with a fresh base rating for the season. Or should we? Answer in the poll.

 

[Champagnepapi]

^Nah I personally don't want the rankings to be reset, I like it to be more interesting and see where our team can get to and weather if we have improved since the last season or not.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Interested in co-managing India-A.

 

[Varun]

Pitch Types*​

A wider diversity in pitch types goes hand-in-hand with the dynamic rating agenda of the league. So instead of the conventional three, we have six pitch types available in the game. Hard, Normal, Damp represent Excellent, Normal, Poor on the sim respectively, while Dry, Dusty and Green represented Normal with a few rating adjustments (displayed in the table above). Home teams will be able to choose a pitch type before their home game. All the teams also have home grounds. They are:

Australia A - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
England Lions - Lord's Cricket Ground, London
India A - Eden Gardens, Kolkata
New Zealand A - Basin Reserve, Wellington
Pakistan A - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
South Africa A - Newlands, Cape Town
Sri Lanka A - R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
West Indies A - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Fixtures coming up.

*Note that a -ve change in bowling rating represents a positive change in bowling ability and vice versa.

 

[Aislabie]

Ah, shite. Internet decided to have a hissy fit, so I've lost the long wordy bit explaining how I thought the rankings system was a wee bit flawed, so instead, I'm just going to re-do my alternative. Apologies.

Rankings Difference (d) | Win Change | Loss Change
+20 < d |+5.0|0
+15 < d < +20|+4.5|-0.5
+10 < d < +15|+4.0|-1.0
+5 < d < +10|+3.5|-1.5
0 < d < +5|+3.0|-2.0
d = 0|+2.5|-2.5
0 < d < -5|+2.0|-3.0
-5 < d < -10|+1.5|-3.5
-10 < d < -15|+1.0|-4.0
-15 < d < -20|+0.5|-4.5
-20 < d |0|-5.0

Now, I know that's a lot of algebra and possibilities, but I believe that it makes sense for the following reasons:

• The consequences of the result depend logically upon the relative rankings of the teams concerned.
• If a badly rated team takes on a well rated team, the weaker team has little to lose, while the stronger team has little to gain.

For example, I will use the following two scenarios (sorry):

• Australia 'A' (120pts) lose to Sri Lanka 'A' (94pts). This means that Australia 'A' lose 5pts and Sri Lanka 'A' gain 5pts. New ratings: Australia 'A': 115pts, Sri Lanka 'A' 99pts.
• West Indies 'A' (104pts) beat New Zealand 'A' (104pts). The teams are evenly matched, so the consequences are even. New ratings: West Indies 'A': 106.5pts, New Zealand 'A': 101.5pts.
• England Lions (117pts) beat Vanuatu 'A' (5pts). This was obviously going to happen, so there is no change in ratings.

That post was longer than expected, sorry. Also, the maths might well be wrong there, because I've just done it in two minutes, but you know.

 

[Varun]

Haha, thanks Author. I can see the flaw. I think the system was obsolete anyway. I formulated it a long time ago, and at the time I didn't take into account the fact that winning teams would probably win more. Silly me. I have no issues with changing the formulation to a more linear one, though I fear then we'd have to reset the rankings because the old ratings would clearly be unequally spaced?

 

[Varun]

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Warmup fixtures

Australia A vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
England Lions vs England at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
India A vs India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
New Zealand A vs New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington
Pakistan A vs Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
South Africa A vs South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town
Sri Lanka A vs Sri Lanka at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
West Indies A vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

South Africa A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
India A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
England Lions vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Sri Lanka A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Group stage fixtures

Round 1

Australia A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
Pakistan A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Sri Lanka A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
West Indies A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town

Round 2

England Lions vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
India A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
South Africa A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
West Indies A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo

Round 3

Australia A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
England Lions vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town
New Zealand A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Pakistan A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo

Round 4

South Africa A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
West Indies A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Sri Lanka A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Pakistan A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington

Round 5

Australia A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
South Africa A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
India A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
England Lions vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington

Round 6

Sri Lanka A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Pakistan A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
New Zealand A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town
England Lions vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Round 7

Australia A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Sri Lanka A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
West Indies A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
South Africa A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Round 8

New Zealand A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
England Lions vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
India A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
South Africa A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Round 9

Australia A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
New Zealand A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Pakistan A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town
Sri Lanka A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Round 10

India A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
South Africa A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London
West Indies A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
Sri Lanka A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Round 11

Australia A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town
India A vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
England Lions vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
New Zealand A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Round 12

West Indies A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Sri Lanka A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town
Pakistan A vs India A at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
New Zealand A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

Round 13

Australia A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
West Indies A vs Pakistan A at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
South Africa A vs New Zealand A at Basin Reserve, Wellington
India A vs England Lions at Lord's Cricket Ground, London

Round 14

Pakistan A vs Australia A at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
New Zealand A vs Sri Lanka A at R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo
England Lions vs West Indies A at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
India A vs South Africa A at Newlands, Cape Town

Playoffs


P1 - G1 vs G2 at
P2 - G3 vs G4 at
P3 - Loser of P1 vs Winner of P2 at

Finals - Winner of P3 vs Winner of P1 at Neutral Venue

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[Varun]

Since Neer is banned, Australia A is available. I'd prefer managers who already have a team to not switch, but if you're passionate enough..

 

[TSPrathik]

Since Neer is banned, Australia A is available. I'd prefer managers who already have a team to not switch, but if you're passionate enough..

I will manage