Story A Season in Battrick - The TT Lions Story

[ZoraxDoom]

Mondays trip to the Nets.​

Monday is the day on which the Training Updates occur on BT. It's when you get the see the fruit of all the net sessions you have invested in your players along with their hard work. If you are lucky, they may improve -or as it is know in Battrick jargon, 'pop'- in a skill.

Here are this week's trainees:
Mohaideen Abdeen (1 wicketkeeping net, 1 fitness net, 1 fielding net, 1 batting net): No pops, (BTR) increase.
Xavier Eli (2 bowling nets, 1 fitness net): No pops, BTR increase.
Wavell Folkes (2 bowling nets, 1 fitness net): Stamina pop, BTR increase

Nice pop on Folkes. In 6 weeks, i can dump the Fitness for a Fielding net, so he should get some secondary increases then. Abdeen hasn't popped in 3 weeks I think, so a bit worrying.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

28/01/2007 Sold Andrews for ?19000.

We here are the TT Lions hope he has a good futue at the Indian team cricket drag0ns.

 

[surendar]

To which club Andrew has been sold? Also a crushing defeat for TT lions in last game!

 

[Jaztheman]

We here are the TT Lions hope he has a good futue at the Indian team cricket drag0ns.

he has already said suren and nice pop there for folkes

 

[surendar]

he has already said suren and nice pop there for folkes

oh sorry.. as i have mentioned already, i am following this battrick only from TT lions... so i dont knw the team names! Apart from TT lions, i knw PC's Falcons.

Anyways gud luck for Andrews in the new club!

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Suren, why don't you start playing Battrick?

 

[surendar]

Suren, why don't you start playing Battrick?

i don't knw how to play that! i guess lot of tactics needed.. Anyways i have only just got some ideas how battrick will be that too from the stories.. so, might play after knwing this somemore...Thanks PC

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Time for...

Tuesday's Top Player Interview​

With Chris Gamble​

CG: Welcome to everyone's favourite, Tuesday's Top Player interview, with me, your host, Chris Gamble! Today, we have young spin bowling prodigy Xavier Eli, who has already impressed with 2/20 against the Port Royal Pirates and 0/46 against the Golden Eagles. So, Xavier, how you feeling?
XE:Ah, a little bloated, just had lunch, but apart from that, good
CG: Hehe So, you have had a great start to your career, what are your aims for this season?
XE: Well, I just want to bowl well. Bowling is more my main concern than anything else, but if I can score some runs in the process and hold some catches, that would be good too.
CG: That's good to hear. So, how much have you learned from playing alongside Bill Tuckett and Keith Andrews?
XE: Well, it has been a great learning experience. Keith was very experienced, taught me a lot of good tactics and plans, and it was dissapointing to see him leave. But watching Bill bowl is just fantastic. He can bowl a googly, legbreak and a flipper pretty much exactly where he wants to and it, and watching his tactics and lines and lengths when bowling is just amazing.
CG: Hopefully one day a young spinner will be saying the same abotu you How is it at the TT Lions anyways?
XE: Ah, it's great. Great atmosphere, lots of fun, lots of cooky things going on. It's just great fun, win or lose.
CG:Thats great Now, how did you get into cricket in the first place?
XE: Well, I always loved the game. My dad was a great fan, got me interested, and my borthers used to play alot. I visited the Lions Academy everyday, and bowled there, and eventually I was in reckoning for the Youth team. And I just tried my best, and now I am here
CG:Ah, great Excellent stuff. Is it true you used to keep wicket?
XE: Haha, yea, I used to. I used to want to bat, bowl and keep wicket But when I was selected for the Youth team, I was told to focus on one thing, and I chose bowling.
CG: Ah. Now before we leave, one questiuon. What is your favourite Pizza topping?
XE: Umm...I'll say mushrooms
CG: Thanks There you have it, Xavier Eli, a fun loving, mushroom eating guy! And he is our this week's Tuesday's Top Player!

 

[plympilgrim]

uhh, mushroom flavoured pizza!!

great work Zorax

 

[ZoraxDoom]

31/01/2007 Sold Weston for ?72854.

We hope he has a great future and develops well with his new club Bundy All-Stars.
Oh, and the cash is very useful too.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Wednesday's Words of Wisdom
From Shaka Nelson​

Hello, welcome to Wednesday's Words of Wisdom, where we give you, the readers, a piece of advice on Battrick every week, delivered by the TT Lion's experienced groudsman, Shaka Nelson. Today's piece of Advice is:

"Never swim after eating a heavy lunch. Trust me. I remember doing it once on the eve of an important match, I got a terrible bout of the cramps and threw up on my way to the ground..."​

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Uhh...umm...well...thank you for joining us, see you again next week on Wednesday's Words of Wisdom.

 

[surendar]

Nice Stuff Zorax

I have read this somewhere in my school.. Minimum of 4-5 hrs gap after lunch shd be there i guess if i remember right!

 

[plympilgrim]

another great words of wisdom, very useful when coming to umm.urhh...

 

[aussie1st]

No more swimming for my guys before there matches then

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Match Preview​

One Day League
TT Lions vs. Corktown Wayfarers
The Lion Stands
Friday 02/02/2007, 15:30 GMT​

This should be yet another easy win. The Wayfarers have been around for 3 seasons, and do have a few talented players in Stephen Weir, Keith Jaco and Christian Lea. However, a lack of young blood and an over reliance of veternan players harms the team's chances of performing well this season. Add to that the fact that their manager has just recently retired, and they don't stand a chance. They are the better of the lower 4 sides, and do have a good chance of avoiding relegation. But in order to reach their potential, they will have to find some young talents, and most importantly, a manager.
At last look, the ratings for each side were:

		[B]TT Lions	Corktown Wayfarers[/B]

[B]Top Order:[/B]	mediocre	       feeble
[B]Middle Order:[/B]	respectable            woeful
[B]Lower Order:[/B]	abysmal                abysmal
[B]Seam Bowling:[/B]	superb                 medicore
[B]Spin Bowling:[/B]	strong                 woeful
[B]Fielding:[/B]       feeble	               woeful

The pitch is likely to remain a standard Lion Stands pitch, with grass and a bit of moisture. The lineup is also expect to be the same, although there could be a few suprise inclusions if Zorax decides to give his subs a go. Even then, this match is heavily favoured towards the Lions.

Playing XI (Expected): Whing, Abdeen (+), Rudi, Gallagher, Crouch, Finlayson, Shipp, Spearitt, Eli, Tuckett (*), Folkes.