It is the year 2015. An unknown county and it's players has agreed to change their names to PlanetCricket members in a bid to raise money for charity.
There is a catch however. The PlanetCricket members will not know the cricketer they are being named after. Rather they will just know some personal details about the cricketer, as well as their batting preference.
There are 18 players which are currently contracted by the unknown county. The have all agreed to change their names.
The list is as follows:
Note:
'Amount of Games Player Last Season' has no influence on the amount of games they will play this season. It just gives you a small indication of their ability.
'Role'
.\ - opening batsmen
.\k - opening batsmen, part time keeper
\ - batsmen
k - keeper
\o - batting all rounder
A - genuine all rounder
o\ - bowling all rounder
o - bowler
Player numbers available: 5, as he is temporally named after me.
Player numbers taken:
12 - Troy Lerana
10 - Brendan Gutteridge
14 - Lassana Dias
8 - Madhur Verma
17 - George Pickering
7 - Amiya Shreyas
13 - Chris Bosnich
16 - Gaurav Aggarwal
6 - Aditya Cricketer
1 - Greem Sim
15 - Nick Marcell
18 - Daniel Veza
9 - B Blake
3 - Prithvi Raj
4 - Brendon Hedger
11 - Nakul Shah
2 - Rahul Ramesh
5 - Ollie Holden
For PlanetCricket members to sign up they will need to fill in the form attached below. You just need to fill in your first name, your last name, and the player number you wish to be named after. You can find which player you want on the above list. Entries will be taken on a first in first served basis.
The coach of the county Callum Gray (me) said he will be keeping in depth statistics of all the players, as well as running an MVP competition. Throughout the season he will release details around the players concerning their real identities, as well as details surrounding the county. He said he will be less so focusing on the individual matches, but more so the statistics around them.
What are you waiting for?
There is a catch however. The PlanetCricket members will not know the cricketer they are being named after. Rather they will just know some personal details about the cricketer, as well as their batting preference.
There are 18 players which are currently contracted by the unknown county. The have all agreed to change their names.
The list is as follows:
Code:
Player Number - Role - Age - Batting Style - Bowling Style - Nationality
Amount of Games Player Last Season - Played for Country?
Batting Preference
[B]1[/B] - .\ - 27 - RHB - RM - English
Some - Yes
Slight Spin Bowling, Slight Front Foot, Slight Off Side
[B]2[/B] - \ - 28 - RHB - RM - English
Some - No
Strong Pace Bowling
[B]3[/B] - .\k - 30 - LHB - OS - English
Most - Yes
Defensive Style, Slight Pace Bowling, Strong Front Foot, Slight Leg Side
[B]4[/B] - \ - 28 - RHB - LS - English
Most - No
Strong Front Foot
[B]5[/B] - \ - 27 - LHB - RM - English
Most - No
Defensive Style, Slight Pace Bowling, Slight Leg Side
[B]6[/B] - .\ - 24 - RHB - RM - English
Some - No
Slight Spin Bowling, Slight Back Foot, Strong Leg Side
[B]7[/B] - \ - 29 - RHB - RFM - Pakistani
Most - Yes
Aggressive Style, Slight Pace Bowling, Slight Front Foot
[B]8[/B] - k - 29 - RHB - RM - English
Most - No
Aggressive Style, Slight Spin Bowling, Slight Front Foot, Strong Leg Side
[B]9[/B] - \o - 30 - RHB - LS - South African
Some - No
Defensive Style, Slight Pace Bowling, Strong Front Foot, Slight Leg Side
[B]10[/B] - o\ - 29 - LHB - RM - English
Most - Yes
Defensive Style, Slight Spin Bowling, Strong Front Foot, Slight Leg Side
[B]11[/B] - \o - 25 - RHB - LS - English
Some - No
Slight Back Foot
[B]12[/B] - A - 28 - RHB - RFM - English
Most - Yes
Aggressive Style, Strong Back Foot, Slight off Side
[B]13[/B] - o - 32 - LHB - RMF - English
Most - Yes
Very Defensive Style, Strong Pace Bowling, Strong Front Foot, Slight Off Side
[B]14[/B] - o - 33 - RHB - RF - English
Some - Yes
Defensive Style, Slight Front Foot, Slight Leg Side
[B]15[/B] - o - 30 - RHB - RFM - English
Some - No
Strong Pace Bowling, Slight Off Side
[B]16[/B] - o\ - 26 - RHB - RFM - English
Most - Yes
Strong Pace Bowling, Slight Back Foot, Slight Off Side
[B]17[/B] - o - 25 - RHB - OS - English
Some - Yes
Defensive Style, Spin Specialist, Slight Back Foot, Slight Leg Side
[B]18[/B] - o - 21 - RHB - RFM - English
Some - No
Defensive Style, Slight Pace Bowling, Slight Back Foot
Note:
'Amount of Games Player Last Season' has no influence on the amount of games they will play this season. It just gives you a small indication of their ability.
'Role'
.\ - opening batsmen
.\k - opening batsmen, part time keeper
\ - batsmen
k - keeper
\o - batting all rounder
A - genuine all rounder
o\ - bowling all rounder
o - bowler
Player numbers available: 5, as he is temporally named after me.
Player numbers taken:
12 - Troy Lerana
10 - Brendan Gutteridge
14 - Lassana Dias
8 - Madhur Verma
17 - George Pickering
7 - Amiya Shreyas
13 - Chris Bosnich
16 - Gaurav Aggarwal
6 - Aditya Cricketer
1 - Greem Sim
15 - Nick Marcell
18 - Daniel Veza
9 - B Blake
3 - Prithvi Raj
4 - Brendon Hedger
11 - Nakul Shah
2 - Rahul Ramesh
5 - Ollie Holden
For PlanetCricket members to sign up they will need to fill in the form attached below. You just need to fill in your first name, your last name, and the player number you wish to be named after. You can find which player you want on the above list. Entries will be taken on a first in first served basis.
Code:
First Name:
Last Name:
Player Number:
The coach of the county Callum Gray (me) said he will be keeping in depth statistics of all the players, as well as running an MVP competition. Throughout the season he will release details around the players concerning their real identities, as well as details surrounding the county. He said he will be less so focusing on the individual matches, but more so the statistics around them.
What are you waiting for?
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