Test Cricket tweak

[jonah]

Close of Play, day 2.

Since the last post SA made something of a mini-fightback, first getting Vaughan lbw on 69 (dubious decision; going down leg), Hussain needlessly run out, then Butcher lbw Ntini on 40. Debutant Ed Smith and old warhorse Stewart saw England past the SA total, before Smith went for 16, trapped lbw by a yorker from Pretorius. England then consolidated again, with Stewart not out 28 and Flintoff not out 14 there at the end of play. Strangely no Kallis for SA, even odder no spin from Adams. What is Smith up to?
Close of play, England 216/5, a lead of 48.
Day 3 weather remains hot and sunny, the wicket still rock hard...

I love these batting files Ravi...well done . A real feeling of having to settle in before playing any big strokes, and well timed shots rewarded. Great stuff .

 

[jonah]

End of England innings.
Stewart and Flintoff batted aggressively in the morning session of day 3, pushing the score quickly past the 300 mark, before Flintoff edged one to slip on 65. Stewart continued on his way to a century, but was run out on 81 by a direct hit from square leg. The innings fell away after lunch, with the total reaching 339 all out, a handy lead of 171.
Pollock was the pick of the bowlers (unfortunately I didn't take a screenie of the bowling stats) with a 3 for...
So, SA have it all to do, with the match halfway through day 3...

 

[crick4life]

Originally posted by jonah@Aug 13 2003, 02:45 PM
End of England innings.
Stewart and Flintoff batted aggressively in the morning session of day 3, pushing the score quickly past the 300 mark, before Flintoff edged one to slip on 65. Stewart continued on his way to a century, but was run out on 81 by a direct hit from square leg. The innings fell away after lunch, with the total reaching 339 all out, a handy lead of 171.
Pollock was the pick of the bowlers (unfortunately I didn't take a screenie of the bowling stats) with a 3 for...
So, SA have it all to do, with the match halfway through day 3...

Excellent scores there Jonah but for those run outs. Without those you could have scored 500+ or something. Still a good lead even if SA lasts till the end of day 4, you can only expect them to score around 300-350. You almost have the 1 test in your bag unless you stuff it up. I have to mention the run rate is very realistic as well, its a pity C2k2 has set 75-80 overs as maximum for a day.

 

[crick4life]

After having saved games over games over games and losing out all the saved games, I have started this new series against India. Surprisingly I won the toss and decided to bat on a hard pitch(although on toss screen it looked like normal to me). I havent done badly so far given this version of batting file is far more harder to bat with as compared to the ones I have uploaded here. The first two wickets went cheaply with Srinath bowling really well. Fleming started to look in ominous form but only to play on a huge in cutter from Nehra on to the stumps(Grrrr Jonah). Astle is looking in great form with some excellent straight drives a couple of classy pulls against the left armers. Most of all just like in real cricket Harbhajan was brought in to try his luck for an over prior lunch. Also CPU has bowled all the 4 strike bowlers rather than using Sachin or Gangooly as its first change bowler.

 

[jonah]

Originally posted by crick4life@Aug 14 2003, 12:05 AM

Excellent scores there Jonah but for those run outs. Without those you could have scored 500+ or something. Still a good lead even if SA lasts till the end of day 4, you can only expect them to score around 300-350. You almost have the 1 test in your bag unless you stuff it up. I have to mention the run rate is very realistic as well, its a pity C2k2 has set 75-80 overs as maximum for a day.

I was hoping for a 450-500 score too Ravi. The run out of Stewart was the most disappointing. I played a pull shot and, thinking it was on it's way, set of on a run. However, the fielder at sq leg pulled off a great diving stop and threw down the stumps before old Stewie could turn round and get back in! Gutted .

As a quick update SA are in trouble in their efforts to make England even bat again. I'll post the scorecard later.

Btw, glad to see the old 'played on' shot is still causing some problems !

 

[crick4life]

A good day for Kiwis at the end of day 1 of 2 Test Series in India. Handsome contribution from the middle order with Astle and Styris putting up fairly big scores. Srinath was the pick of the bowlers bowling excellent line and length through out although I would have preferred CPU to attack a bit more with couple of slips rather than just a gully, a slip and a short sq leg. In the last hour of the day, Srinath was brought back for 3rd spell and Styris despatched the last ball of that over SQ leg with a fierce pull for a six. Guess what? In the next Srinath over the first ball was a short one which Styris pulled straight into the hands of deep sq leg to go back to the pavilion. Another mishap followed this one with Astle being run out for 96. While Astle was on 90, CPU for the first time brought its 5th bowler Bangar to bowl. The first 4 balls fetched 6 runs for Astle, the 5th one was played to the short mid wicket fielder (didnt notice that fielding change at all) and set off for a single only to be run out. Disappointment of not getting a deserved 100 aside, the other two batters at the moment are looking in good form with Cairns scoring 10 runs off the last over of the day from Zaheer. CPU did good bowling changes rotating its strike bowlers and Harbhajan bowled very well but wasnt lucky for a wicket.

 

[crick4life]

Well the 2nd day of the Test was far different from the first. First off, Kiwis should be blamed to have played one too many shot rather than just carrying on batting on a fairly easy wicket. India took the new ball and surprisingly carried on bowling with Bangar and Zaheer. Zaheer looked a very different bowler on the 2nd day and not much to write about Bangar. He was slapped for a six over long on and a boundry over poing by Macca. Just when things were again looking good for NZ, the pull shot landed the ball in the same over into the hands of Deep Mid wicket fielder and out went Macca. Harbhajan was brought in at the expense of Bangar and he posed a lot of problems to Cairns who finally presented a catch to the lone slip. CPU brought back Srinath and pretty much ended NZ innings. Srinath finished with 6 for including bowling two batsman in the same over; first to go was Adams to a yorker and next was Tuffey for a straight fast one. Vettori meanwhile scored two useful boundries off Harbhajan, Srinath in the next over removed Bond who presented a catch to the 3rd slip. Good batting effort on the 1st day but a very disappointing one the next day.

 

[radaga]

Hi Ravi, how have you been?
ive been away from the forums for a couple of days, i got that new virus that shuts down your computer. But that did give me a chance to play your files a bit more.
I played a test as Australia against England on a Green Pitch.
i won the toss and bowled first.
McGrath and Gillespie opened the bowling and after 10 overs England were struggling at 21/3 (McGrath with 7/2)
Trescothick was caught at first slip off McGrath in his first over, out for 2.
White (he opened) was next out. he was caught in the covers off McGrath. he made 12
The Vaughan was caught behind for a duck from Gillespie.
Hussain and Butcher made a little partnership of about 25 runs then Lee was introduced and Hussain was bowled out, then in the same over Butcher was run out.
The rest of the innings was very dissapointind for the Poms, Flintoff the only one making over 30.
they were all out for 118.
i then batted (and still am, i havent finished yet) and off the second ball Hayden was clean bowled for a duck. At the moment Langer and Ponting are still in and the score is 43/1, Ponting is looking very dangerous, all his shots are comming off beautifully.

i then got bored of the test and had a go at a couple of one-dayers.
the first one i lost, i played as India against New Zealand on a green pitch, i bowled first and bowled out NZL for 138, in reply i was bowled out for 128
i played another match on a normal pitch as Pakistan against Englan and batted first, i made 268/9 off 50
in reply England were bowled out in the 47th over for 249

sorry for not having any screenshots, i keep on forgetting, i think i will have to write it on my hand and get it tatooed in :

well i was very happy with the files, it was a great challenge and that loss to NZL is my first loss against the CPU

 

[radaga]

if anyone wants a greater challenge in the tests or one dayers, try these two teams i am about to post, they both have good batting line-ups and bowling attacks, but are not going to totally dominate.
they overwrite HB Studios and All-Time South Africa

 

[radaga]

heres the second one, use the line-ups that are already there

 

[crick4life]

Hi Tim, good to see you back mate. Another friend of mine had the same virus problem as he is on broadban like me too. I didnt have any such problems given I have Norton 2002 tools as well as Sygate firewall. For now I would think my pc is virus proof. Good to see you are enjoying the ODI files not to mention your first defeat against the CPU, it certainly makes you play more when you lose at times.

Jonah, I have sorted the batsman not being given out when he is bloody well caught. I will upload those changes shortly here alongwith changes to CPU batting. I am thinking about making CPU a bit more aggressive and try to score around 3-4 R/O. I will also make the top order a bit more stronger to ensure it bats well on green pitches against top teams too. What do you guys reckon? Isnt this change warranted?

Just a quick update on the Test match I am currently engaged in. A pleasent surprise, India bowled out for 130+ on the 2nd day with Cairns claiming 4 for and Bond snaring at 3 wickets. India has fought back strongly with removing Richardson, Fleming, Astle and Styris for ducks. All were geniune wickets with Srinath again being the main tormentor. For a change Vincent is looking in good form and tomorrow will be a different day with NZ looking forward to bat out the entire 3rd day .

 

[crick4life]

Here you go guys just the Test Cricket files.

 

[radaga]

Hi, just checking what's different about these Test files to the other ones and also with making the CPU top order more resistant to edges, would you be able to do that with the Human controled team too?
too many times when i play i loose 3 of my top 5 for less than 10.

 

[crick4life]

Originally posted by radaga@Aug 16 2003, 10:36 AM
Hi, just checking what's different about these Test files to the other ones and also with making the CPU top order more resistant to edges, would you be able to do that with the Human controled team too?
too many times when i play i loose 3 of my top 5 for less than 10.

I suppose there will be lot less edges from CPU top order and will try to score faster than in the previous files. We can get our edges reduced for the top order if you guys feel its a bit too hard to bat. Infact the batting file in the above will be lot harder than before. The idea is to make sure you will leave a lot of balls bowled outside off, also you will need to play really late to get the timing whether defending or playing a shot. The theory in this update is that the shots on the off side is suppose to fetch more edges than the legside shots and playing straight at the start of the inning for any batsman will also produce less edges. More time spent by the batsman will make them bat better unless he is among the tail enders.

 

[radaga]

Originally posted by crick4life@Aug 16 2003, 09:18 PM

Originally posted by radaga@Aug 16 2003, 10:36 AM
Hi, just checking what's different about these Test files to the other ones and also with making the CPU top order more resistant to edges, would you be able to do that with the Human controled team too?
too many times when i play i loose 3 of my top 5 for less than 10. 

I suppose there will be lot less edges from CPU top order and will try to score faster than in the previous files. We can get our edges reduced for the top order if you guys feel its a bit too hard to bat. Infact the batting file in the above will be lot harder than before. The idea is to make sure you will leave a lot of balls bowled outside off, also you will need to play really late to get the timing whether defending or playing a shot. The theory in this update is that the shots on the off side is suppose to fetch more edges than the legside shots and playing straight at the start of the inning for any batsman will also produce less edges. More time spent by the batsman will make them bat better unless he is among the tail enders.

ok thanks for that