Tactics thread

[Yorkshire Blue]

The advantage of batting first is that it doesn't knacker your bowling if each innings lasts a day.

 

[Davros]

ive had a slow pitch since day 1, no idea why

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

OK guys, only a month to go until I start up again.

Want to gague peoples opinions as to the best way to set up a training schedule.

My thinking is

1 A/R - 1 x bat, 1 x bowl, 1 x fielding (unless I can find a bowler with med / med or similar batting)
1 W/K - 1 x bat, 1 x wk
2 x bowlers - 1 x bowling
2 x batters - 1 x batting
1 x stamina net to be rotated

What would everyone else do...

 

[MrB]

Given that you've gone past the YP time your training schedule will probably depend on what players you can get hold of.

Personally I woudn't bother training a WK, the added value it gives for the nets used is minimal, I would use the two nets to train two players and buy a WK in.

So would go exactly what you have above but with an extra bowler.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

I went 5 bowlers and 4 batsmen and one stamina net for my franchise.

 

[superblue24]

Does anyone know the effects of PFL from FC games? Does the engine consider that if a team wraps up a FC in a day and a bit, they are much fresher for the OD game than if the FC game had gone the distance? It says that PFL is related to how much a player does in a game, but I can't find anywhere about how the FC impacts it so that I can manage effectively (especially when coming up against bots)

Any ideas?

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Yes, the quicker you finish the game, the less the PFL hit.

However, if a batsman faces 200 balls in an inns for example, you can still expect him to drop 2 levels of PFL even if you've finished the game in 1 day, although he'll probably have made one of those back by the time you come to play your OD game.

With BOT's you can afford to rest players against them. If playing them away, try and get them done as soon as poss. If at home, try and string it out until Day 3 if poss for the extra gate receipts, but judge the extra money against how much of a hit your players will take.

 

[superblue24]

So is there a specific correlation to balls faced/bowled to levels dropped? Would 100 balls faced equal one level if 200 is 2 levels? Is there any variation on attacking orders?

I assume the BT20 games and Od are dependant on the match effort? (ie TIE, GFI etc)

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

That's a rough estimate, but not too far away I think. For bowlers I think it's about 18-20 overs for 1 level of PFL.

BT20 hits are negligible even on a GFI.

For OD matches on a GFI, bowlers will lose one level generally if they bowl their full 10 overs, batters facing 80+ balls will generally lose a level.