Story A Season in Battrick - The TT Lions Story

[Leicester Fox]

yep i missed who would win but i've edited it now

 

[Jaztheman]

1-b
2-d
3-b
4-a
5-c

 

[zainawan89]

a) Umer's XI
b) Abdeen
c) Tucket
d) TT Lions
Tivia) Kobie Bryant

Looking to be a good match.

 

[plympilgrim]

1- a
2-d
3-a
4-a

Trivia Kobe Bryant

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Friendly Match
TT Lions vs. Umer's XI
Graveyard of Loosers
Sunday 4/03/2007, 10:30 GMT​

Watch the match Live and Exclusive Here!​

Note: Only registered BT members may be able to view the live ball-by-ball commentary of this match. For none-BT members, you can follow any updates provided by me or umerawan/zainawan in this thread.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Sunday's Youth​

No ITS, 17 year old, hope for something decent to sell. No real need of a good player, and no ITS for one anyways. So, here is what I get...

Jesse Quett (1146834)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, changeable
An attacking player with abysmal leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: TT Lions
Nationality: West Indies
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 3,078
Wages: ?341 p/w

The Coach's thoughts on JQ here:

Well, 'ee is a god fielder, very agile, but can't bat too well or bowl well either. Would make a good dancer or gymnast.

My thoughts:

What the coach said. Nice fielder, he is also quite consistent. Up for sale if a newbie will take him off my hands. But if not, I'm afraid he'll have to find another profession. I'll reccomend him to the local dance studio...

Join us next week to see what the Academy can produce!

 

[Jaztheman]

:rtfl funny person, a dancer :rtfl

 

[gamerkid22]

lol nice update zorax . ur thoughts were the funniest

 

[plympilgrim]

well um thats sounds different, nice work zorax

 

[surendar]

Oh i missed the fan's quiz this time It wud be unfair to enter now after watching ur match... So will participate next time!

Anyways tough day so far Zorax.. Hope you make a pull from nowhere again!

 

[aussie1st]

Good to see cricket can pull other people like dancers in your case

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Yea, I actually think he got lost and stumbled into the wrong building

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, 2 batting net): Batting pop, (BTR) increase.
Xavier Eli (2 bowling nets, 1 fitness net): Bowling, BTR increase.
Wavell Folkes (2 bowling nets, 1 fitness net): No pops, BTR increase

Finally the batting pop for Abdeen! And an unexpected bowling pop for Eli too, so a great week overall!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Match Review​

Friendly Match
TT Lions vs. Umer's XI
Graveyard for Loosers

Sunday 04/03/2007, 10:30 GMT​

The Lions sneak home in yet another thriller in what was an exact replica of Sunday's match, with a fine knock by Lennox Rudi and some absolutely brilliant bowling from Wavell Folkes guiding the team home in a shock victory.
After winning the toss, Tuckett elected to bat on a very up-and-down pitch. Cutler fell early, followed by Abdeen on a duck. Giddings got off to a flier, but didn't last long, and the Lions were 34/3. That became 48/4 as the dangerous Ryan Crouch was trapped LBW, and the Lions were in serious trouble. Rudi and Gally batted fantastically, but a terrible mixup ended a fantastic partnership. Whing hung around, but fell just before the slog overs. Finlayson didn't last long, and neither did the tail. Rudi tried his best, but all the Lions could muster up was 178.
In reply, the Umer's XI lost an early wicket Noble, Rudi following up his 71* with a wicket in his first over. But Burke and Jefferry batted on and on, taking the game out of the Lions' hands. Or so they though. Crouch struck, and Everett played very well before falling to Tuckett to leave the score 144/4. But from their on they collapsed, Folkes bowling a fiery spell to take 5/10 in 3.4 overs! A testement to how well he bowled was that 4 of his 5 victims were clean bowled, 3 were yorked. Out of nowhere the Lions had snatched victory.
Overall, so crap batting and crap bowling overall was covered up by some fantastic bowling by Folkes and Crouch to help the Lions sneak home. Not that it wasn't a good win. It's just that, we are used to it now.

Ratings:

Great ratings, with yet another very good opponent. However, I'll need to tweak my tactics a bit. Folkes the obvious MOTM reciever.

Attendance:

Not bad, a bit of cash. Useful.

Stay tuned as The Lions head over to the Armadillos CG!

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Fan's Quiz!!
Tme for the answers, let's see how you have done!​

Q1) In this Sunday's friendly match against Umer's XI, who will win the toss?
Correct Answer:
A) TT Lions

Q2) Which player will score the most runs from the TT Lions?
Correct Answer:
D) None of the above

Q3) And which player will be the leading wicket-taker for the Lions?
Correct Answer:
C) Wavell Folkes

Q4) And finally, who will win the match?
Correct Answer:
A) TT Lions

And now, the trivia question:

Q) Who is Wavell Folkes' favourite basketball player??
Correct Answer:
C) Kobie Bryant

Congrats to Leicester-fox and Plympilgrim, each who got 4/5 right! But don't worry if you didn't win, there is always next week's Fan's Quiz!

 

[plympilgrim]

wow a close win zorax

i actually won, well came equal topp