I came up with this idea while working on a 1991/2 and onwards cricket history in my other Story/League.
The idea is I get 10 managers, 1 for each current Test nation (barring Ireland and Afghanistan).
Managers will be responsible for picking squads and XIs for each series or match.
Those managers will then organise series amongst themselves at different points in their nation's Test history.
I will then sim the matches using your chosen squads and XI's using Owzat Games International Cricket and IC Helper.
For example, the Pakistan manager in this League/Story might want to challenge the current 2017 Indian lineup with his current 2017 Pakistan lineup to a 6 Test series in Pakistan.
Or, the New Zealand manager might get sick of losing to Australia in Tests and wish to challenge them in 1986 when they had Hadlee at his peak.
Cross era series are also possible, for example the Bangladesh manager may wish to challenge the 1981/2 Sri Lankans, or 1992/3 Zimbabweans with his 2000/1 Bangladesh side in the battle of the Test newcomers in their years of Test debut.
Anything is possible, I just need 10 managers.
Am thinking anyone with interest in seeing how older players of all eras perform in different situations will have fun with this.
I can help provide squad information with Test caps, Averages, and Bests for those with limited knowledge of older squads.
As soon as at least 2 sign up we can start organising series.
The rule is if you sign up as manager of a nation, you control all of it's teams throughout history, is your choice what era of team you play with at any given time.
If you want to challenge someone's alltime great team you can try that too, and it is up to you who is in your alltime great XI.
Or you might just generally want 90's Australia, or 80's West Indies, and restrict yourself to the best 18 or so players from that decade for a series.
Totally up to managers.
All that I will ask is that you be aware that some recent Test debutants are not yet carded, so playing 2017 series with accurate current lineups might not always be possible (just check with me on player availability if you really want to use a 2017 team, not having a certain player might make you want to choose a different era instead).
I will run a dedicated blog on blogspot featuring match previews, match reports, scorecards, stats, news and photos linked to this thread to better display the relevent scorecards and information.
I find it impossible to copy and paste the scorecards to the Planet Cricket forum, and most people find it simple enough to click on the link to the blog to view the scorecards and photos.
For now, just state your interest, and which team throughout history you would like to control.
I will list managers as they sign up below.
I will start to help organise challenges and series between managers once at least two sign up.
I think managers should be able to challenge up to two opponents at any one time, and therefore have two series running if they choose, to allow teams more freedom in choosing opponents.
Australia -
Bangladesh -
England - redmosquito
India - Nitrogen
New Zealand -
Pakistan - CerealKiller
South Africa -
Sri Lanka -
West Indies -
Zimbabwe -
The idea is I get 10 managers, 1 for each current Test nation (barring Ireland and Afghanistan).
Managers will be responsible for picking squads and XIs for each series or match.
Those managers will then organise series amongst themselves at different points in their nation's Test history.
I will then sim the matches using your chosen squads and XI's using Owzat Games International Cricket and IC Helper.
For example, the Pakistan manager in this League/Story might want to challenge the current 2017 Indian lineup with his current 2017 Pakistan lineup to a 6 Test series in Pakistan.
Or, the New Zealand manager might get sick of losing to Australia in Tests and wish to challenge them in 1986 when they had Hadlee at his peak.
Cross era series are also possible, for example the Bangladesh manager may wish to challenge the 1981/2 Sri Lankans, or 1992/3 Zimbabweans with his 2000/1 Bangladesh side in the battle of the Test newcomers in their years of Test debut.
Anything is possible, I just need 10 managers.
Am thinking anyone with interest in seeing how older players of all eras perform in different situations will have fun with this.
I can help provide squad information with Test caps, Averages, and Bests for those with limited knowledge of older squads.
As soon as at least 2 sign up we can start organising series.
The rule is if you sign up as manager of a nation, you control all of it's teams throughout history, is your choice what era of team you play with at any given time.
If you want to challenge someone's alltime great team you can try that too, and it is up to you who is in your alltime great XI.
Or you might just generally want 90's Australia, or 80's West Indies, and restrict yourself to the best 18 or so players from that decade for a series.
Totally up to managers.
All that I will ask is that you be aware that some recent Test debutants are not yet carded, so playing 2017 series with accurate current lineups might not always be possible (just check with me on player availability if you really want to use a 2017 team, not having a certain player might make you want to choose a different era instead).
I will run a dedicated blog on blogspot featuring match previews, match reports, scorecards, stats, news and photos linked to this thread to better display the relevent scorecards and information.
I find it impossible to copy and paste the scorecards to the Planet Cricket forum, and most people find it simple enough to click on the link to the blog to view the scorecards and photos.
For now, just state your interest, and which team throughout history you would like to control.
I will list managers as they sign up below.
I will start to help organise challenges and series between managers once at least two sign up.
I think managers should be able to challenge up to two opponents at any one time, and therefore have two series running if they choose, to allow teams more freedom in choosing opponents.
Australia -
Bangladesh -
England - redmosquito
India - Nitrogen
New Zealand -
Pakistan - CerealKiller
South Africa -
Sri Lanka -
West Indies -
Zimbabwe -
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