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If Afghanistan were good enough to make the final than probably not
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Have played ten years of a save as England. Have a look at the all-time Test batting and bowling lists at the start of the 2024-2025 season:
Will admit, have played Cook, Bell, Anderson and Broad in literally every game they were fit for in every format during the decade so far, but they've genuinely been among the Best XI in all formats anyway, so they weren't just being gifted games.
The Test rankings are kind of interesting too:
Will admit, have played Cook, Bell, Anderson and Broad in literally every game they were fit for in every format during the decade so far, but they've genuinely been among the Best XI in all formats anyway, so they weren't just being gifted games.
The Test rankings are kind of interesting too:
PTizzle
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This game does some confusing things sometimes - won a test series 2-1 in India (played a few debutants in the last game) because the AI refused to play a spinner. Rohit Sharma was their main spinner on pitches that started off a few bars in the red for spin and always degraded to 'sharp turn' by day 3-4. Played two spinners and tore through them.
Just odd because whenever I play the likes of Pakistan they play 2 spinners so it's definitely something that's coded in, maybe India's pacemen are just rated higher and so the AI picks them?
Just odd because whenever I play the likes of Pakistan they play 2 spinners so it's definitely something that's coded in, maybe India's pacemen are just rated higher and so the AI picks them?
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Looks like the case with Damon's pics above...Mohammad Shami 500+ Test wickets! WTF!?!
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The AI seems to pick teams based on in-built (invisible to users) ratings, rather than form or conditions. Seems to be particularly tough for a spinner to get Test selection through the AI, and pretty easy for talented-but-underperforming batsmen to hold their place, too.
Often you'll see (for example) someone like Phil Hughes rack up 80+ Tests averaging just 30 with the bat, or someone like Sunil Narine rack up 250+ ODI wickets at a ripping strike and economy rate, but never get selected for a Test. It's definitely something they need to keep working on.
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I'm playing on Android at the moment, works well as a phone game. There's a definite learning curve, I've been playing for years and I'm still pretty bad.
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Hate it when hack Indian medium pacers like S Tyagi rip through my team.
had a fairly epic shield game, me as qld vs south australia
bowled them out for 115 in the first dig, cutting 6 wickets boyce 4. made 300 myself but then they went nuts with the bat (not helped by a.mcdermott getting injured leaving me with 3 bowlers only) and ended up setting 270 in about 60 overs to win
had a crack but all looked lost at 5/230 with 3 overs left, managed to hit 15 off the next 2 overs but lynn got out off the last ball of the 2nd last over. needed 25 off the last over with cutting in and hartley the new batsman
cutting goes 6, 6, 4, 4, single leaving 4 off the last ball for hartley's first ball - cracks it for 4 and win off the last ball
the other week had a one day cup match where i needed to win with a bonus point to make the finals. needed 12 off the 40th over, fell 1 short and got 11. thought it was all over, then the bowler bowls a no ball first ball of the 41st to get me the bonus point haha
bowled them out for 115 in the first dig, cutting 6 wickets boyce 4. made 300 myself but then they went nuts with the bat (not helped by a.mcdermott getting injured leaving me with 3 bowlers only) and ended up setting 270 in about 60 overs to win
had a crack but all looked lost at 5/230 with 3 overs left, managed to hit 15 off the next 2 overs but lynn got out off the last ball of the 2nd last over. needed 25 off the last over with cutting in and hartley the new batsman
cutting goes 6, 6, 4, 4, single leaving 4 off the last ball for hartley's first ball - cracks it for 4 and win off the last ball
the other week had a one day cup match where i needed to win with a bonus point to make the finals. needed 12 off the 40th over, fell 1 short and got 11. thought it was all over, then the bowler bowls a no ball first ball of the 41st to get me the bonus point haha
Match Fixing, International Cricket Captain style.
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Anyone had players just randomly stop appearing on the squad selection list? I've now had Nathan Lyon and Ben Dunk just stop appearing for selection.
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Yeah, I had Agar go for a while there, then he came back.
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It's because they don't get selected for there state I'm guessing? I'm playing as tassie ATM and Dunk is terrible so is Paine. Doolen is my keeper haha
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Did uncovered pitches make a return?
2028 now.
Boxer
Johnson
Warner
Hughes
Smith
Castle
Denny+
M.Marsh
Steed
Mirren
Cummins/Pattinson
Came good. Still 1st in all formats. Interesting who is still in my team nearly 15 years from now. The 3 bats have about 40,000 runs between them. Lyon just retired, and I still have Faulkner at my disposal for ODI/T20s.
Also, I wonder what would happen if you started a new international career with the youngest players you can find (with a bit of talent), and refuse to drop them regardless of form across all formats?
There'd be some ******* rough patches.
There'd be some ******* rough patches.
PTizzle
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I did that with a Shield career, just made the youngest/most inexperienced team XI I could and stuck with them. Unearthed some real gems but there was about 3 seasons of constant floggings, especially in FC games. It's good for something different though, really feels like your team.
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You can usually get at least one season out of playing 40-year-old Shiv Chanderpaul (before he retires) and his 18-year-old son Tagenerine together in the West Indian side, which is a bit of a unique thing in itself.
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Playing as Zimbabwe, noticed that there is a "qualification" group stage prior to the Super 10 period for the 2016 World T20. Get drawn in a group with Scotland, Canada and Nepal (the other group includes Bangladesh, Ireland, The Netherlands and Hong Kong). Lose to Scotland, and pump Canada and Nepal, before getting slaughtered by NZ (out for 69, lose by 9 wickets), Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England, and ending with a NRR of -2.54 in the Super 10 stage.
I've been guilty of this. Final test of an ashes series, 2-2, batting first on a completely flat pitch, good weather conditions. Skittled for 76. But woops, my ipad accidently turned itself off and I forgot to save
Pat Cummins and Jonathan Denny just put on 221 for the last wicket. Cummo got 106* batting at 11.
I love this game.
I love this game.
I've been guilty of this. Final test of an ashes series, 2-2, batting first on a completely flat pitch, good weather conditions. Skittled for 76. But woops, my ipad accidently turned itself off and I forgot to save
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