I've just uploaded something I've been working on for a while now to the Academy. Thanks go to all those who had already done some hard work that I've 'borrowed' in this - stadium creators and those who've done ATB teams likenesses (maybe kieranmrhunt/villafan92?).
Under 'The SFC Chris' you can now find both the Australia 1993 Ashes squad and the England 1993 Ashes squad. Here's what's included:
- All players from both squads. That means 24 England players (yes, they really did use that many) and the 17-strong Australia squad, which includes a few players who didn't play a Test. All players who are in any of the Historical on-disc teams have been linked correctly.
- Accurate roles and mentalities for all players
- All ratings have been based off ICC rankings all-time high rating, divided by 10. That means some (like Hayden) will be over-rated for the 1993 squad, but may be useful at other times. Only issue with this is that those who never became established Test players are often left with hideously low ratings. I've stuck with them (some are in the 10s, 20s and 30s for overall rating) and haven't found any issues with too many wides etc in the basic testing I've done, but may change after using these teams proper. I've used other sources to try and make these as lifelike as possible - for example, Devon Malcolm has great pace but poor accuracy
- Basic likenesses for every player
- Test statistics have been added for everyone who has them, FC for those who don't
- Team uniforms. These aren't perfect (lack of logos) but they do the job I think. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a way to get some England players in white helmets, and some in navy blue.
- Line-ups for each test.
- Classic stadiums - I've made some adjustments to stadiums where I know there's been developments since 1993. It's difficult to find good reference pictures from the time but I've done my best. All adboards don't change (no electronic adboards then ...)
Now to give them a Test ...
