Official World Cup Simulation Thread

[Djibril Cisse]

Group A: cfc05, NWTYRX, DIG & Computer XI

Group B: Jeremias, Djibril Cisse, Sublime & Kahuna

Draw, Round 1:

Group A: cfc05 2-226 def. Computer XI 7-225 & NWTYRX 9-236 def. DIG 5-235

Group B: Jeremias 3-331 def. Kahuna 9-279 & Djibril Cisse 5-251 def by. Sublime 6-275

Round 2:

Group A: cfc05 226 def by. DIG 4-295 & Computer XI 6-261 def by. NWTYRX 6-268

Group B: Sublime 7-204 def by. Jeremias 7-231 & Kahuna 5-235 def by. Djibril Cisse 4-286

Round 3:

Group A: NWTYRX 8-233 def by. cfc05 5-245 & DIG 4-262 def. Computer XI 161

Group B: Djibril Cisse 172 def by. Jeremias 4-174 & Sublime 4-393 def. Kahuna 7-235

Semi Final: DIG 6-227 def by. Sublime 4-231 & Jeremias 4-320 def. NWTYRX 5-294

Final: Sublime 6-363 def. Jeremias 3-362

Team Selection: Once every one has put in their XI, the tournament can get underway, it would be preferred if you didn't change your XI at all, but if you would like to, that's fine. Just let me know before your next match starts what changes you would like to make to your XI and I will do it.

Batting order can be changed from match to match aswell.

Stats will be updated after every round.

Thanks guys, Good luck when the tournament begins!

Group Standings:

Group A:Played - Won - Lost - Points
NWTYRX - 3 - 2 - 1 - 8
DIG - 3 - 2 - 1 - 8*
cfc05 3 - 2 - 1 - 8
Computer XI 3 - 0 - 3 - 0

*Most runs scored

Group B: Played - Won - Lost - Points
Jeremias - 3 - 3 - 0 - 12
Sublime - 3 - 2 - 1 - 8
Djibril Cisse - 3 - 1 - 2 - 4
Kahuna 3 - 0 - 3 - 0

Thanks for competing guys, Sublime winning the FINAL in a thrilling game of One Day Cricket!

[NWTYRX]

My XI for Round 1

Matthew Hayden
Sanath Jayasuriya
Younis Khan
Herschelle Gibbs
Michael Hussey
Jacob Oram
Paul Nixon
Chaminda Vaas
Andre Nel
Zaheer Kahn
James Anderson

[Djibril Cisse]

My XI for Round 1

Chris Gayle
Upul Tharanga
+AB De Villiers
Robin Uthappa
Brad Hodge
Marvan Atapattu
Justin Kemp
Irfan Pathan
Nathan Bracken
Jerome Taylor
Shane Bond

[Jeremias]

My XI for round 1:

Sachin Tendulkar
Stephen Fleming
Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Shahriar Nafees
Inzamam ul-Haq
Mark Boucher
Steve Tikolo
John Davison
Mashrafe bin Mortaza
Makhaya Ntini

Left out Anil Kumble and Marlon Samuels for this game. Doing a bit of experimenting with my order, too-Clarke moving back to 4 which enables Tendulkar to open, Davidson down the order, and Nafees in the middle.

Looks like a very strong team, especially with the batting. Let's see how that goes.

[cfc05]

Is a Bowlers Avergae taken into consideration.. or just the batsmens avergae?

[cfc05]

My XI for round 1:
Graeme Smith
Ed Joyce
Virender Sehwag
Kevin Pietersen
Ross Taylor
Tillerkaratne Dilshan
Dwayne Bravo
Brendan McCullum
Shaun Pollock
Farveez Maharoof
Rana Naved ul-Hasan


Leaving out Asif for this format, his numbers dont stack up all that well.
If he plays in the Windies... those numbers will improve!!
One floor in this system is it rewards those who dont have a keeper.. and have chosen a batsmen instead. Oh well still a bit of fun

[NWTYRX]

Is a Bowlers Avergae taken into consideration.. or just the batsmens avergae?

Yes, it does

[cfc05]

First game can get under away... both line ups in for CFC05 V computer xi?

[NWTYRX]

Djibril Cisse said that we won't start until all teams are in, but the Computer XI is in, just waiting on DIG, Sublime and Kahuna

[cfc05]

oh k, thats fine. Just thought we would go ahead and play that first round matches when possible.
Guess ill come back and check a bit later.

[Djibril Cisse]

oh k, thats fine. Just thought we would go ahead and play that first round matches when possible.
Guess ill come back and check a bit later.

I thought about that, and decided that it's best to wait until all teams are in, rather than just starting matches willy-nilly.

In that case, when all teams are in, I can run round 1 all together, then people can see their results, and decide if they are to make changes for their round 2 teams. If not, they just tell me they are unchanged, and then once all teams for round 2 are in, I'll run round 2, it keeps things a bit simpler.

Also, would you guys prefer if I started a new thread for every match? Or just posted each match in here (it would be much easier to follow if I started a new match thread for each match)

[Kahuna]

My XI for round 1

Adam Gilchrist
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Brian Lara
Paul Collingwood
Mohammad Yousuf
Shahid Afridi
Ashwell Prince
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Monty Panesar
Lasith Malinga

[Djibril Cisse]

Good stuff Kahuna, now we're waiting on Sublime and DIG to get their XI's in, and then we can get round 1 underway.

Hopefully those two don't take too long, will be good to get this underway sooner rather than later

[DIG]

My XI:

Mahela Jayawardene
Ian Bell
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
+M.S.Dhoni
Shoaib Malik
Scott Styris
Daniel Vettori
Ian Bradshaw
Glenn McGrath

Tait and Akmal miss out.

BTW, i think you've got me playing cfc05 twice.

[cfc05]

If u want me to do group A i can?

[Jeremias]

Good stuff Kahuna, now we're waiting on Sublime and DIG to get their XI's in, and then we can get round 1 underway.

Hopefully those two don't take too long, will be good to get this underway sooner rather than later

DC-As I also have the sim, I'm happy to run some of the games. Would make it much quicker. All I would need are the stats for each player.

[cfc05]

They are in the other thread J... lets see what he wants to do, he may well of typed a few teams into the sim already.

[Djibril Cisse]

They are in the other thread J... lets see what he wants to do, he may well of typed a few teams into the sim already.

I've got all teams in the sim besides DIG and Sublime, and if more than one person runs the matches, you'll have half the stats, i'll have half the stats, and then we'll have to send each other stats to get them correct...

I'll run it all myself, just keep things simple, it wont take me too long, because their wont be deadlines and wont be days between games, whenever teams are in, I will do the matches almost immediately, it wont take very long at all.

[Jeremias]

OK, fair enough DC.

If you need my help just ask :thumbsu:

Honestly, I think we should get this going. Doesn't matter if we don't have all the teams-some groups have all their teams submitted, let's get a move on with them...

[Djibril Cisse]

Thanks for the offers guys, but since there isn't all that many to games to sim, it would keep it simple if I did them all, I think that's why you'll find only eddie runs the BFFCL comp, or else, if more than 1 people did it, then the stats would get mixed up, and it's harder to keep track of.

Wont take too long, hopefully for guys like Kahuna and Sublime who aren't on all that often, if they choose to decide to use an unchanged team for the whole tournament, it would make things run a lot quicker, but over-all, it shouldn't take too long anyway.

I'm just putting DIG's team into the thread, I will sim all round 1 matches besides Sublime's match, then we will have to wait until he submits a team to complete round 1.

Thoughts on New threads, or just post games here?

[Jeremias]

I don't have any preference. I think that we should have them all in the one thread, just make sure they are marked clearly-otherwise it will take too much space. Perhaps after each game youc an post an updated group standings as well. And it might be worth editing your first post in this thread to include just the results from each game, that would make it easier to navigate IMO.

[Djibril Cisse]

I don't have any preference. I think that we should have them all in the one thread, just make sure they are marked clearly-otherwise it will take too much space. Perhaps after each game youc an post an updated group standings as well. And it might be worth editing your first post in this thread to include just the results from each game, that would make it easier to navigate IMO.

Just for those wondering, it's 4 points per win, no bonus point stuff, 4 for the win, 2 for the tie and 0 for a loss. I will update the first post with results and a ladder after each match has been completed.

I will start 1 new thread for all matches, and progress can be followed in there.

[Djibril Cisse]

Game 1 between cfc & the computer xi has been simmed and posted, the points table is updated in my first post in this thread, and match results are up there too.

[Djibril Cisse]

Round 1 between NWTYRX and DIG has been simmed and posted

Round 1 between Jeremias (my brother did the spelling wrong, so blame him) and Kahuna has been simmed and posted.

I don't want to start round 2 before round 1 is finished, so, at this time, we are waiting on Sublime to sim his team.

Guys, I am sorry about the bowling combinations, but all bowlers who have an average will bowl, and I put their real averages, thats why Brian Lara opened the bowling in one game, he has a bowling average of 15 in ODI's, and he had the lowest average from his team.

Just the way the sim runs.

[Jeremias]

I must say, that after my first match, my team is irresistible.

Incredible batting lineup, any number of the batsmen can make big scores as was displayed.

Bowling is slightly weaker, but still does the job. INZY!!!!! :eek:

[Sublime]

Thought i'd give Vincent and Nazir a rest for the simulation, and give the stars for the 2 minnows a hit.

1. William Porterfield
2. Ryan Ten Doeschate
3. Sourav Ganguly
4. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
5. Shane Watson
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Andrew Flintoff (c)
8. Andrew Hall
9. Liam Plunkett
10. James Franklin
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

[Jeremias]

Round 1 between NWTYRX and DIG has been simmed and posted

Round 1 between Jeremias (my brother did the spelling wrong, so blame him) and Kahuna has been simmed and posted.

I don't want to start round 2 before round 1 is finished, so, at this time, we are waiting on Sublime to sim his team.

Guys, I am sorry about the bowling combinations, but all bowlers who have an average will bowl, and I put their real averages, thats why Brian Lara opened the bowling in one game, he has a bowling average of 15 in ODI's, and he had the lowest average from his team.

Just the way the sim runs.

EDIT: No need for my suggestion, Sublime posted his team.

DC, keep the competition rolling!

[Jeremias]

Thought i'd give Vincent and Nazir a rest for the simulation, and give the stars for the 2 minnows a hit.

1. William Porterfield
2. Ryan Ten Doeschate
3. Sourav Ganguly
4. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
5. Shane Watson
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Andrew Flintoff (c)
8. Andrew Hall
9. Liam Plunkett
10. James Franklin
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

Well, that opening partnership is interesting to say the very least.

Could prove to be an absolute masterstroke, though. :thumbsu:

[Djibril Cisse]

I must say, that after my first match, my team is irresistible.

Incredible batting lineup, any number of the batsmen can make big scores as was displayed.

Bowling is slightly weaker, but still does the job. INZY!!!!! :eek:

I've seen Inzy bowl and I will state right now, he couldn't get me out of I had no legs, no arms, a blindfold and was mentally retarded.

I'm putting Sublime's team into the sim, and Round 1 will be completed very soon

[Jeremias]

I've seen Inzy bowl and I will state right now, he couldn't get me out of I had no legs, no arms, a blindfold and was mentally retarded.

I'm putting Sublime's team into the sim, and Round 1 will be completed very soon

He may struggle in real life, but he's a gun in the sim! :D

I'm thinking of opening the bowling with him and Ntini next match :D

Can we try and get the whole competition done and dusted tonight?

Then maybe we can just have practise matches between the different teams until the World Cup. Coaches can negotiate between themselves, and they can play a series against eachother. Maybe even tri-team competitions.

Thoughts?

[Sublime]

Well, that opening partnership is interesting to say the very least.

Could prove to be an absolute masterstroke, though. :thumbsu:

Haha yeah give the guys a go, see what they can do. I'm sure they'll make me proud, or very very annoyed! :P

[Jeremias]

Haha yeah give the guys a go, see what they can do. I'm sure they'll make me proud, or very very annoyed! :P

Good on you for trying something different.

They could easily both get out for ducks, but I reckon they will do OK not just in this but in the actual game-their countries need them.

[Djibril Cisse]

Game has been simmed and posted. About to post some stats after Round 1

[Djibril Cisse]

Round 1 stats have been posted in their own Stats thread, what's the consesus on changing teams? Or is everyone happy to keep the same XI, so the tournament can be finished tonight?

[Jeremias]

Round 1 stats have been posted in their own Stats thread, what's the consesus on changing teams? Or is everyone happy to keep the same XI, so the tournament can be finished tonight?

I'm happy to keep my team as it is.

[Djibril Cisse]

I'm happy to keep my team as it is.

If we can get everyone to agree to it.

I am happy to keep mine the same, and NWTYRX is happy to keep his the same. The Computer XI is happy aswell ;)

That's 4/8, we just need the other four participants to agree

[Jeremias]

If we can get everyone to agree to it.

I am happy to keep mine the same, and NWTYRX is happy to keep his the same. The Computer XI is happy aswell ;)

That's 4/8, we just need the other four participants to agree

CFC and DIG are both offline, the 2 others are still online so hopefully they answer.

I reckon majority rules.

[Djibril Cisse]

He may struggle in real life, but he's a gun in the sim! :D

I'm thinking of opening the bowling with him and Ntini next match :D

Can we try and get the whole competition done and dusted tonight?

Then maybe we can just have practise matches between the different teams until the World Cup. Coaches can negotiate between themselves, and they can play a series against eachother. Maybe even tri-team competitions.

Thoughts?

Fine by me, I'm guessing no-one will be too disappointed that they cannot change their teams. If that's the case, I will sim all the games, then at the end of it all, do all the stats and catches/stumpings etc.

I will start simming some more matches.

[Jeremias]

Fine by me, I'm guessing no-one will be too disappointed that they cannot change their teams. If that's the case, I will sim all the games, then at the end of it all, do all the stats and catches/stumpings etc.

I will start simming some more matches.

I think that's the best way to go about things. We don't want this to drag on for too long.

If people want to have competitions against other players, that's a perfect time to change your lineup. I will start a new thread for this.

[Sublime]

I'm happy to keep mine the same. Just get it over and done with i say ;)

So one minnow guy made 99 and one made a first ball of the innings duck... i'd call that a moderate success haha.

[Jeremias]

I'm happy to keep mine the same. Just get it over and done with i say ;)

So one minnow guy made 99 and one made a first ball of the innings duck... i'd call that a moderate success haha.

I would as well. The duck is very disappointing, but the 99 is a great result. A shame that he didn't manage to get one more run!

[Jeremias]

:eek:

How the ******** did I manage to win that match?

:eek:

[Djibril Cisse]

Round 2 finished, stats updated.

[Jeremias]

My team is playing irresistable cricket ATM. Batsmen are all class, and the bowlers are really stepping up.

Michael (or Michal :D) Clarke is my tip for player of the tournament. Gun. :thumbsu:

[Jeremias]

UNBELIEVABLE batting by Sublime there!!!

:eek:

[Djibril Cisse]

What's the best way to decide who goes through out of DIG, NWTYRX and cfc05?

Head to head, NWTYRX def. DIG, DIG def. cfc05 & cfc05 def. NWTYRX.

Head to head doesn't work.

[Jeremias]

What's the best way to decide who goes through out of DIG, NWTYRX and cfc05?

Head to head, NWTYRX def. DIG, DIG def. cfc05 & cfc05 def. NWTYRX.

Head to head doesn't work.

Whoever scored the most runs IMO.

[Djibril Cisse]

Okay, that will do :p

cfc05 scored 226, 226, 245 = 679
NWTYRX scored 236, 268, 233 = 737
DIG scored 235, 261, 262 = 768

DIG and NWTRYX go through!

[Jeremias]

Okay, that will do :p

cfc05 scored 226, 226, 245 = 679
NWTYRX scored 236, 268, 233 = 737
DIG scored 235, 261, 262 = 768

DIG and NWTRYX go through!

Yep, that's good-continue with the simming, lets get this done tonight.

cfc05 can consider himself VERY unlucky not to go through. Good for the rest of us though, KP would have continued to cause some major headaches.

[cfc05]

Dont like that, got punished for bowling the computer out cheaply... in that case you just play all batsmen.

I woulda suggested doing it the real way... runs compared to wickets, etc. Dosnt matter now, good luck to all!

Anyway, just try and win the real thing.. lol

[Jeremias]

Dont like that, got punished for bowling the computer out cheaply... in that case you just play all batsmen.

Anyway, just try and win the real thing.. lol

That's the fairest way to do it though.

As I said, you can consider yourself very unlucky not to have advanced past the group stage.

[Jeremias]

Awesome batting once again by Sublime-the openers are doing brilliantly.

Big chance to win this tournament.

[cfc05]

That's the fairest way to do it though.

As I said, you can consider yourself very unlucky not to have advanced past the group stage.

Why isnt it done in world cup then, afl football, any league really?

Dosnt matter, its a simmed thing, lol.

[Jeremias]

Why isnt it done in world cup then, afl football, any league really?

Dosnt matter, its a simmed thing, lol.

AFL does it on percentage, a similar concept.

This was the easiest, quickest and fairest way to do it.

Bad luck, you were unlucky to miss out.

[Djibril Cisse]

The final is ready to be played. Jerry been on fire all tournament, but Sublimes openers are his keys! This could be a classic

[cfc05]

AFL does it on percentage, a similar concept.

This was the easiest, quickest and fairest way to do it.

Bad luck, you were unlucky to miss out.

Thats how cicket do it aswell, runs and wickets for compared to against... exactly the same as percentage - not just who has the better attack.

My first choice was a bowler, most others took batsmen.

ANyway, your looking good for this J..... hoping someone from my group claims it though, lol.

SHould be done tonight, thanx DC - bit of fun to read

[Jeremias]

Thats how cicket do it aswell, runs and wickets for compared to against... exactly the same as percentage - not just who has the better attack.

My first choice was a bowler, most others took batsmen.

ANyway, your looking good for this J..... hoping someone from my group claims it though, lol.

SHould be done tonight, thanx DC - bit of fun to read

Yeah, I'm very happy with the way my team is looking ATM.

And yes, a big thankyou to DC for simming all the games-greatly appreciated.

cfc are you interested in having a fe wmore pracise games before the real thing kicks off?

[cfc05]

Thought you had it at the half way J!!

Could just pick Minows and dominate this. Guys like Joyce and Taylor are useless!! lol.

Im be up for it, dosnt worry me. In my next team though id make a few changes... just to suit this format.

[Djibril Cisse]

Yeah, the sim is based on averages, in the end Doeschate and Porterfield were the keys for Sublime, Doeschate player of the tournament.

[Jeremias]

Thought you had it at the half way J!!

Could just pick Minows and dominate this. Guys like Joyce and Taylor are useless!! lol.

Im be up for it, dosnt worry me. In my next team though id make a few changes... just to suit this format.

Sign up in the designated thread then.

[Jeremias]

Well done Sublime.

:thumbsu:

As I have asked, can we have voting for the player of the tournament?

[Djibril Cisse]

Well done Sublime.

:thumbsu:

As I have asked, can we have voting for the player of the tournament?

We'll see tomorrow, I'm off to bed now. Well done to Sublime, well done to Jeremias for making the final.

Thanks to everyone who participated, it was a pleasure running the comp, would be happy to do something again.

Ryan ten Doeschate: My player of the tournament

[Jeremias]

I reckon we should have a 3-2-1 voting system for each game, make it like a Brownlow.

I'll organise it tomorrow though, can't really be bothered doing it now!

:)

[DIG]

That's the fairest way to do it though.

As I said, you can consider yourself very unlucky not to have advanced past the group stage.

That was wrong. Should've factored in wickets as well as runs or even just winning margins somehow. cfc05 very unlucky - penalised because the computer XI batted first against him only.

But then again i only lost my game by one lousy arsey wicket so cfc05 may not have made it anyway!

Schmeh it's all a bit of fun. And what's a tournament without some controversy :D

I had Dravid and Dhoni coming in too low in my lineup, but i wouldn't have got anywhere near Sublime or J anyway, deserved to finish as a semi-finalist but no further.

[cfc05]

HAHA yeah thats what i was trying to say DIG... but as you said who cares.

The simulator is a bit of fun though, playing generations against others!

Cant wait for the real thing to start, most of my team should perform better in the real thing that on paper!

[Djibril Cisse]

My team will win the real thing, because AB Godvilliers will scores tons and tons of runs, Mr Cool will score tons and tons of runs, and I have Uthappa and Brendan Godlor on the bench too, who will score tons and tons of runs, and I have the two best bowlers in the world in my team too (none of this Pollock and McGrath nonsense, Bond and Bracken!!!)

I will win :D

[DIG]

My team will win the real thing, because AB Godvilliers will scores tons and tons of runs, Mr Cool will score tons and tons of runs, and I have Uthappa and Brendan Godlor on the bench too, who will score tons and tons of runs, and I have the two best bowlers in the world in my team too (none of this Pollock and McGrath nonsense, Bond and Bracken!!!)

I will win :D

You know...yours is the only squad who has no player averaging over 40 with the bat..:cool: :p

[Jeremias]

You know...yours is the only squad who has no player averaging over 40 with the bat..:cool: :p

Haha good point mate.

I remind you to please submit your votes for the player of the tournament in the designated thread.

[Djibril Cisse]

You know...yours is the only squad who has no player averaging over 40 with the bat..:cool: :p

I also have Bond and Bracken who are both averaging low twenties with the ball :p

I may not have big named players with sky high averages, but I am confident in the team I have, Gayle in a home WC, Tharanga to take over from Sanath, de Villiers is god, Strauss to return to form, Hodge to tear the WC apart, Atapattu to consistantly score runs, Justin Kemp will bat and bowl, as will Irfan Pathan, Nathan Bracken will take plenty of wickets, Jerome Taylor in a home WC, and Bond if he stays fit will tear it apart too.

Then, i've got Robin Uthappa who is going to be on fire with India, opening the batting, keeping Sehwag in the middle order, and Brendan Taylor, who can bat, bowl and is a very good wicket keeper, I've got an all round very good squad, and in the real WC, they'll show you all up, with your big names, like, Ponting, Hussey, Pietersen, Lara, Tendulkar!! We'll see :D

[DIG]

I also have Bond and Bracken who are both averaging low twenties with the ball :p

I may not have big named players with sky high averages, but I am confident in the team I have, Gayle in a home WC, Tharanga to take over from Sanath, de Villiers is god, Strauss to return to form, Hodge to tear the WC apart, Atapattu to consistantly score runs, Justin Kemp will bat and bowl, as will Irfan Pathan, Nathan Bracken will take plenty of wickets, Jerome Taylor in a home WC, and Bond if he stays fit will tear it apart too.

Then, i've got Robin Uthappa who is going to be on fire with India, opening the batting, keeping Sehwag in the middle order, and Brendan Taylor, who can bat, bowl and is a very good wicket keeper, I've got an all round very good squad, and in the real WC, they'll show you all up, with your big names, like, Ponting, Hussey, Pietersen, Lara, Tendulkar!! We'll see :D
It's gonna be awesome.

And worryingly i can see myself up at all hours glued to games like Bermuda vs Sri Lanka to see if Mahela Jayawardene makes any runs!

All the teams look strong, i just can't pick a winner yet.

[cfc05]

hahah we really have to get some good banta going on in the other thread... not the simulation threads!! Ill post a reply in their to set everyone off!

[Kahuna]

LOL I didn't win a game that is pretty disapointing with some of the players that I had.