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September 09, 2009
Diary of a TFC Century League Challenge 17
Week 19 Day 1
Well, that turned into an interesting match. Everything you could want including yet another scare with floodlights which almost fell victim to high winds. Something really does need to be done about this situation. We are going to suffer high winds in this country, even in summer, so if the TV circus is going to rely on these mobile floodlights accompanying them around the country, maybe TV needs to stump up more cash to provide a sturdier alternative.
Anyway, enough ramblings. Today I'm going to start with the latest table and include the whole top ten again because it really does make fascinating reading.
One of the best things about fantasy cricket is that there are so many more permutations on a reasonable squad (compared to most fantasy football). Look above, up there in 9th place is a team without Trescothick and Kaneria. Further down the league there are some teams just with Kaneria, one even has him as captain.
I'm sure anyone following this diary will know by now that I just had Trescothick and Kaneria. Fortunately I managed to get back home with two minutes to spare to switch captain back to Trescothick. With the help of other teams in my open league I can predict that Red Eleven and Outside Edge probably had Tresco (c), Hildreth, Kaneria and Keiswetter. GOLD 1 could well have fielded Tresco, Keiswetter and Kaneria (c) while Jones Boys Two maybe has Tresco, Foster, Turner and Kaneria. KPs Love Child looks to have Tresco and Kaneria (c) while All out winners might have Tresco, Trego, Keiswetter and Kaneria (c). Finally Roadblock Hijack almost certainly just had Tresco (c).
The trouble is that with such a wide variety of combinations it would be impossible to cover all possibilities. Unlike FF there is also a much wider spread of points scoring too. In football it is rare for a player to score more than 15 points and all too common for him to score plenty of standard 2's. In FC there is no such standard score. A batsmen is just as likely to score -20 as 150, or more. This is why I far prefer FC to FF.
Moving on, day 2 sees most of the four day matches start, so no more reverse engineering (unless there's a real standout score). The weather is set reasonably fair for the week and it's definitely still game on.
Well, that turned into an interesting match. Everything you could want including yet another scare with floodlights which almost fell victim to high winds. Something really does need to be done about this situation. We are going to suffer high winds in this country, even in summer, so if the TV circus is going to rely on these mobile floodlights accompanying them around the country, maybe TV needs to stump up more cash to provide a sturdier alternative.
Anyway, enough ramblings. Today I'm going to start with the latest table and include the whole top ten again because it really does make fascinating reading.
| Team | Start | Tue | Total |
| Bramernic Spitfires | 16 | 97 | 19188 |
| Outside Edge | 1 | 159 | 18762 |
| GOLD 1 | 3 | 79 | 18390 |
| Jones Boys Two | 4 | 153 | 18053 |
| KPs Love Child | 11 | 38 | 17970 |
| Red Eleven | 35 | 159 | 17906 |
| All Out Winners | 2 | 122 | 17881 |
| batsentertainment | 32 | 148 | 17636 |
| SJ1 | 24 | 0 | 17551 |
| Roadblock Hijack | 7 | 104 | 17497 |
I'm sure anyone following this diary will know by now that I just had Trescothick and Kaneria. Fortunately I managed to get back home with two minutes to spare to switch captain back to Trescothick. With the help of other teams in my open league I can predict that Red Eleven and Outside Edge probably had Tresco (c), Hildreth, Kaneria and Keiswetter. GOLD 1 could well have fielded Tresco, Keiswetter and Kaneria (c) while Jones Boys Two maybe has Tresco, Foster, Turner and Kaneria. KPs Love Child looks to have Tresco and Kaneria (c) while All out winners might have Tresco, Trego, Keiswetter and Kaneria (c). Finally Roadblock Hijack almost certainly just had Tresco (c).
The trouble is that with such a wide variety of combinations it would be impossible to cover all possibilities. Unlike FF there is also a much wider spread of points scoring too. In football it is rare for a player to score more than 15 points and all too common for him to score plenty of standard 2's. In FC there is no such standard score. A batsmen is just as likely to score -20 as 150, or more. This is why I far prefer FC to FF.
Moving on, day 2 sees most of the four day matches start, so no more reverse engineering (unless there's a real standout score). The weather is set reasonably fair for the week and it's definitely still game on.
