Season 10 PC Round 5 - New Zealand v Britain (completed)

Discussion in 'Matches' started by Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011.

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  1. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    Why are they different?
     
    BoyBlunder, Aug 13, 2011
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  2. Mousey AJ Son

    Is the difference that big though? Like, surely if Eds tears BS to shreds he wouldn't average 20 for Britain.
     
    Mousey, Aug 13, 2011
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  3. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Yeah because that exact thing hasn't been happening :laugh:

    I think it's been largely a fluke when something like that has happened this season though, tbh. When there were only two rep teams there was a genuine gap between the two levels and you got players like Perry who just couldn't step up, but now with the 8/6 split it's largely a coincidence. Eds is neither as good as his BS10 average of 65 or as bad as his rep average of 20 odd; that all his successes have come for one team and all his failures for another is partly due to the increase in standard but mainly a coincidence.

    The funny thing is that Eds has been a minnow basher even at BS level this season though - he averages 35 in 8 innings against the top three teams this season and 94 in 10 innings against the other four teams. He genuinely does seem to just flog the crap and struggle against the cream.
     
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    Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011
    #103

  4. Eds E Ames

    So considering the standard of the attacks of Victoria and New Zealand would be poor and mediocre attacks, respectively, I'm just seriously unlucky at rep, and lucky at BS?
     
    Eds, Aug 13, 2011
    #104

  5. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    But it's happened to Luffers before this season too. And the opposite can be said for myself and McGrath.
     
    BoyBlunder, Aug 13, 2011
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  6. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Well you could say that. I think you bat a lot more confidently in the BS than in rep cricket though; the latter obviously has a higher intensity to it and you choke a bit because you haven't cemented a place. You struggled really early on in the BS too before you broke through and relaxed a bit.

    Callum's selection policies seem to indicate you'll struggle to ever play for Britain again though.
     
    Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011
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  7. Cribbage RG Cribb

    As I said in that post, it was different before this season as the gap in standard was bigger. We had 8 BS teams and 5 rep teams last season and only four rep teams the season before. The difference between rep cricket and BS cricket has never been less significant than now with the 8-6 split.
     
    Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011
    #107

  8. Eds E Ames

    Haha yeah.

    Although, don't think I struggles early on because of choking, so to speak. I was in and out of BS in my first full season and that's why I was dire, just because I was dire.

    I wasn't exactly awful for the Ravens either.

    It seems so.
     
    Eds, Aug 13, 2011
    #108

  9. Mousey AJ Son

    Was obviously exaggerating a touch :p

    But yeah, fair enough if it's all chance, that's all good, but will Eds' simming average be significantly worse at rep stuff because he's been shit for Brit or will BS still mean he has a chance at success?
     
    Mousey, Aug 13, 2011
    #109

  10. Fiery GR Smith

    You make it all sound so real...and so human :happy:
     
    Fiery, Aug 13, 2011
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  11. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Talking about the intricacies of how the simming averages makes CricSim incomprehensibly boring. Treat it like real life. There are some players who excel at some levels of the game but inexplicably fail at slightly higher levels. There are also some players who turn that around.
     
    Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011
    #111

  12. Mousey AJ Son

    I agree, I just hope that someone like Eds won't be stuck not playing rep forever :p
     
    Mousey, Aug 13, 2011
    #112

  13. 99* JJ Ritchie

    Eds not playing rep is an excellent thing. Less chances to get injured.
     
    99*, Aug 13, 2011
    #113

  14. Ari PM Jackson

    Ritchie always looking at the big picture. :p
     
    Ari, Aug 13, 2011
    #114

  15. Cribbage RG Cribb

    Well that's up to Callum more than it is any simming average formula. If I was Eds I'd be [/wrist]ing over a few of his recent calls though. It's not even so much that Eds didn't get picked when Graham was injured.. McDougal of all people getting the call-up when Callum was injured himself, even though Eds obviously wasn't contention for that place, sends a firm message that Callum blacklists players from rep cricket.
     
    Cribbage, Aug 13, 2011
    #115

  16. Eds E Ames

    I think it's much better I don't play rep for the moment, tbh. So I'm not really bothered at all.
     
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    Eds, Aug 13, 2011
    #116

  17. 99* JJ Ritchie

    Hell yeah.
     
    99*, Aug 13, 2011
    #117

  18. BoyBlunder BOY Blunder

    AWTA. Should have been Nova :p
     
    BoyBlunder, Aug 14, 2011
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  19. the_killerz S Bakkum

    Torres WAG. Such a fucking tank with the bat.
     
    the_killerz, Aug 14, 2011
    #119

  20. Verigoat S Verigotta

    Its just one more chance of getting injured if your not doing that well at it really
     
    Verigoat, Aug 14, 2011
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