English Premier League VIII | Round 13

[Aislabie]

Well, I've impressed myself with this one:

 

[Haarithan]

I'd love an auction tbh. Though it seems highly unlikely. Else I think I'm more than happy with this squad, and hence prefer the normal drafting method of releasing just the unwanted players and retaining the rest.

 

[Umair7]

Re Draft Or Auction Please

 

[Sartaj]

The problem with the auction is that there are wayyyyyy too many local players who are more or less equally good.

 

[Aislabie]

The problem with the auction is that there are wayyyyyy too many local players who are more or less equally good.

Agreed - just look at the keepers:

Bairstow, Buttler, Prior, Kieswetter, Davies, Ambrose, Jones, Mustard, Nixon, Morgan, Foster, O'Brien, Read, are all good enough keepers - where's the competition going to be?

 

[Umair7]

Yeah Exactly

 

[Iridium]

Agreed - just look at the keepers:

Bairstow, Buttler, Prior, Kieswetter, Davies, Ambrose, Jones, Mustard, Nixon, Morgan, Foster, O'Brien, Read, are all good enough keepers - where's the competition going to be?

Prior, Kieswetter and Davies would be the top 3 keepers followed by O'Brien. Bairstow and Buttler are young up and coming players with heaps of potential. Ambrose, Mustard and Foster are average. Jones has had his day in the sun. Nixon is retired so he won't even be available to be picked. And when was the last time Morgan kept? Not sure if I'll let him keep this season.

Just waiting on Callum and harris to voice their opinions.

 

[CG123]

Obviously I'd like to be able to build on my current squad for another season.

 

[Aislabie]

Agree on not letting Morgan keep.

 

[Iridium]

I have decided that we'll have a release and a mini draft for season 5. This means that next season, (if we get that far), we will have a redraft/auction.

• There is no minimum number of players you must release. You can choose to release your entire squad or no players at all. It's up to you.
• The more players you release, the earlier you will feature in the draft.
• PM your list to me ASAP so we can get things going.

Few more things about the upcoming season:

• Each team will play each other team twice, just like this season. This means 14 rounds in the regular season. This in my opinion ensures that the very best teams make it through to the finals and gives you ample opportunity to recover from a bad start to the season.
• I'm scrapping the MVP points system 'cause I can't be bothered working on it anymore.
• I'll try get through the season as quickly as possible. If you get your lineups in quick, the matches will follow just as quickly.

So if everyone can send me their releases via PM, that would be much appreciated.

 

[Iridium]

Still waiting on Umair and harris to send release lists in. If you could send them in ASAP.

 

[Iridium]

Something fun:

Durham Dynamos 1st innings

AN Cook           c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	53 (109)
ND McKenzie       c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	13 (11)
MJ Clarke                    lbw      b SL Malinga        	9  (21)
PD Collingwood    c BB McCullum       b CR Woakes         	29 (65)
MS Dhoni                     lbw      b DW Steyn          	10 (25)
WTS Porterfield   c DW Steyn          b CR Woakes         	0  (6)
AJ Hall           c SM Davies         b CR Woakes         	0  (1)
DL Vettori        c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	3  (19)
AR Adams          c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	9  (24)
Umar Gul          c SM Davies         b JM Anderson       	0  (5)
ST Finn                        not out                		0  (1)
Extras		( nb1 lb6 )					7

Total 		(from 48 overs)	[B]133 All out[/B]

Fall of wickets: 1-15  2-47  3-103  4-114  5-115  6-115  7-121  8-130  9-133  10-133

Bowling Figures for Nottingham Outlaws
                  O	M	R	W
DW Steyn          13	4	36	5
SL Malinga        9	4	26	1
SM Ervine         6	1	21	0
JM Anderson       8	2	22	1
CR Woakes         11	2	22	3

Nottingham Outlaws 1st innings

SM Davies         c PD Collingwood    b ST Finn           	80 (146)
V Sehwag          c MS Dhoni          b DL Vettori        	42 (77)
BB McCullum       c AJ Hall           b ST Finn           	25 (51)
KP Pietersen                          b AJ Hall           	42 (106)
EJG Morgan        c ND McKenzie       b ST Finn           	6  (14)
SR Patel          c MJ Clarke         b AR Adams          	3  (12)
SM Ervine         c AR Adams          b DL Vettori        	14 (36)
CR Woakes         c MS Dhoni          b AR Adams          	0  (6)
DW Steyn          c MS Dhoni          b ST Finn           	41 (80)
SL Malinga        c MJ Clarke         b DL Vettori        	7  (10)
JM Anderson                    not out                		16 (42)
Extras		( w6 nb1 b9 lb10 )				26

Total 		(from 97 overs)	[B]302 All out[/B]

Fall of wickets:1-96  2-150  3-163  4-169  5-180  6-206  7-207  8-267  9-278  10-302

Bowling Figures for Durham Dynamos
                  O	M	R	W
Umar Gul          21	2	63	0
AJ Hall           11	2	43	1
ST Finn           18	3	55	4
AR Adams          19	7	38	2
DL Vettori        27	6	84	3

Durham Dynamos 2nd innings

AN Cook           c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	0  (1)
ND McKenzie                           b CR Woakes         	70 (122)
MJ Clarke         c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	0  (3)
PD Collingwood                    c & b DW Steyn          	6  (15)
MS Dhoni          c EJG Morgan        b SL Malinga        	9  (10)
WTS Porterfield   c V Sehwag          b SL Malinga        	3  (5)
AJ Hall           c EJG Morgan        b SM Ervine         	0  (6)
DL Vettori        c SM Davies         b CR Woakes         	29 (40)
AR Adams                       not out                		11 (35)
Umar Gul          c DW Steyn          b SR Patel          	7  (17)
ST Finn           c SM Davies         b DW Steyn          	1  (6)
Extras		( b2 lb9 )					11

Total 		(from 44 overs)	[B]147 All out[/B]

Fall of wickets:1-0  2-0  3-20  4-35  5-45  6-46  7-118  8-126  9-146  10-147  

Bowling Figures for Nottingham Outlaws
                  O	M	R	W
DW Steyn          8	1	26	4	
SL Malinga        10	2	45	2	
SM Ervine         7	1	21	1	
JM Anderson       9	1	25	0	
CR Woakes         8	2	18	2	
SR Patel          1	0	1	1

Nottingham Outlaws won by an innings and 22 runs

Man of the match: DW Steyn

 

[sivaprsd]

if there is any vacancies please do notify me

 

[CG123]

Other than Cook, my team's full of players who're much better at OD matches.

 

[Sartaj]

Haha,Steyn's a beast!