Is it skills that only matter?

[voldemort]

After losing two friendlies Extremely poorly while i could have held on for more i decided to dive into the matter.... Before i arrive at the conclusion maybe the two friendlies reporters summary will help...

Aura vs Assassins...

Assassins XI Aura
Top Order: respectable competent
Middle Order: competent feeble
Lower Order: abysmal worthless
Seam Bowling: proficient mediocre
Spin Bowling: mediocre respectable
Fielding: feeble feeble

Basically i expected a loss... but he trashed me just like anyone against a BOT...

Aura vs BFN Bombers

Aura BFN Bombers
Top Order: competent competent
Middle Order: mediocre feeble
Lower Order: worthless worthless
Seam Bowling: mediocre competent
Spin Bowling: respectable competent
Fielding: feeble woeful

I bowled much better in a dusty pitch bundled them out for 174...

But then i got out for 93...

Now lets Dive into the stats...

The 6 pure batsmen whom i let play in the team... they have no other work except fielding.

Murray, Naidoo, Dharmasena, Crainey, Wijenayake and Duminda...

Murray this season:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 9 7 394 2 78.80 95.17 144 8 0 1 2

Naidoo:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 7 5 265 1 66.25 92.98 125 1 0 0 2

Dharmasena:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 10 7 240 2 48.00 112.15 139* 3 0 1 1

Crainey:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 5 5 104 2 34.67 104.00 76* 1 0 1 0

Wijenayake:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 8 6 216 1 43.20 106.40 64 2 0 2 0

Duminda:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 5 3 75 2 75.00 108.70 58* 11 1 1 0

Duminda, Wijenayake and Dharmasena are exceptional cases...

naturally playing these high skilled players should yield better results...

But then Arthur and Fletcher are low skilled...

Arthur:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 7 6 351 2 87.75 94.86 147 0 0 0 2

Fletcher:

Batting M I R n.o. Ave SR HS C st 50s 100s
Season 7 5 259 2 86.33 94.18 108* 2 0 2 1

Surely they perform much better and exceptionally high against BOTS...

so what am i doing wrong?

My first Strong+ Spin bowler gave away 17 runs in two overs against an abysmal/abysmal batting lineup on a dusty pitch yesterday...

He ended up 2/40 in 10 overs... an Economy of 4.... while my other respectable bowlers gave away at max 3... not mentioning Fletcher... who is a comp bowler with abysmal consistency on the same day batted 107 balls racked up 93 runs... and still got figures of 1/10 in 5 overs...

So... should i go after stats or form? will you go after stats or form? you decide... I already have decided...

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Skills all the time for me...

 

[Adarsh]

Skills first, then fitness unless fitness is really poor, then their statistics, followed by favourite ice cream flavour and finally, form.

I've seen guys on worthless form score 200s. I really have.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

skills, although if players have identical skills ill use this technique to decide
PF

mentality (ie do i have an attacking line up, well a defensive will be preferred to act as the spine?)

if i think ive found a good role and orders for them

form (higher priority if a huge difference, may go for the lesser form player to try and raise the form)

fielding

handedness (predominantly right handed batsmen, spice it up with a lefty)

and finally, which name i like best

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Fielding plays quite a role for me. I would overlook a minute difference in batting skill if it means better fielding.

 

[zainawan89]

Skills.
And if they r equal there secondaries then stamian and PFL the fielding and last form

 

[voldemort]

Well... Skills hmmm....

Aura Pakistani Legend
Top Order: mediocre competent
Middle Order: mediocre mediocre
Lower Order: abysmal abysmal
Seam Bowling: mediocre competent
Spin Bowling: competent mediocre
Fielding: feeble feeble

So the investigation proved worthy... I won the match by 7 wickets...

Fletcher, Hilton and Arthur did well...

Thanks for all the feedback...