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Old 10th July 2012, 13:57
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Bhai, he is offering a B contract and I am offering a B contract. Plus, we want you more as we've made it known very long ago
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Old 10th July 2012, 14:14
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Old 10th July 2012, 14:15
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As of now, I'm not going for Batting All-rounders or Pure-All-rounders because the risk of their bowling outweighs the gains of batting.

Bowling All-rounders maybe. Insaniyaat had his moments
at the end, INsaniyet played all the games... Now try to drop me

Bowling allrounder not a good idea. Mayby go for Pure or batting allrounder.. But we shouldn't give them the worst contracts.
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Old 10th July 2012, 17:56
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Bhai, he is offering a B contract and I am offering a B contract. Plus, we want you more as we've made it known very long ago
We want him more, I'm sure he wants to be part of the Team of the Season anyways.

Haha that funny thing is that even if he wants to join another team, it's up to his captain KU92 to release him or not.
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Old 10th July 2012, 17:58
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Old 10th July 2012, 17:59
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Old 10th July 2012, 18:03
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Old 11th July 2012, 13:32
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Are Velu and Shahrukh spinners?
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Old 11th July 2012, 13:34
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Old 11th July 2012, 13:36
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Fellas, I want to start planning for the off-season and the players we plan on targeting. Are there any players you guys are looking at that could be strong candidates to be Big Cats? Keep in mind that certain players will be released and we need to replace our lad Badsha.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:04
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velu is a spiner and i'm a phast bowler.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:06
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Teesra, would you not mind if you could share with us your plans. Like who you are going to drop, how many bowlers, allrounders, batmen would you be going for this time....
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:08
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Teesra, would you not mind if you could share with us your plans. Like who you are going to drop, how many bowlers, allrounders, batmen would you be going for this time....
Yup that's the plan. I want to finalize the list of drops over the next couple of days and I'll wait to reveal my thoughts on contracts until Rizzy finalizes the averages. Don't worry though, team input will be required until any final decisions on contracts are made.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:09
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Shahrukh, since your a fast bowler, I think you may have to be our replacement for Badsha and we'll probably have to get another one via the draft.
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velu is a spiner and i'm a phast bowler.
Contradiction.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:12
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:12
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I really doubt that people will release their good (active) players, we might just have to get rookies from new draft.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:15
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Just a suggestion: We need a leg spinner, one reserve fast bowler (lefty would be great). And extra batsman wouldn't hurt as you never know someone might get banned or something again.
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:19
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Just a suggestion: We need a leg spinner, one reserve fast bowler (lefty would be great). And extra batsman wouldn't hurt as you never know someone might get banned or something again.
Yup that's the plan. I'm planning on getting rid of the inactive D-contract players so that will open up 2-3 slots and we can start grooming new players.

Ok so far:

1 Legspinner
1 Batsman
1 Fast Bowler

Btw. Would anyone that is a batsman like to become a bowler and vice-versa?
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Old 11th July 2012, 14:53
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Teesra, did you find any difference in the performance of a Fast bowler and Fast medium bowler. And also same question regarding right arm and left arm fast bowler?
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Old 11th July 2012, 15:01
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I think pure fast bowlers had a more prominent impact.

Pakistani Boy from LH led the league in FC wickets and was a left arm fast
Me and Badsha were 4th and 3rd respectively in wickets in ODIs and were both right arm fast

However on further looking I think it evens out.

Imranq a C-level contract bowler from the Assassins was the leading wicket taker in ODs and was a left arm medium fast!

Asln was a B-level contract bowler from the Falcons and was the 3rd highest wicket taker in FCs and was a right arm medium fast.

I think its pretty even actually.
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Old 11th July 2012, 15:42
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Good research there Teesra.

I agree with the main requirements: Batsman, fast bowler, leggie.

Last season we didn't opt for any pure or batting allrounders. Will we do the same this season?

We had a reasonably good season, winning the OD comp and challenging for most of the FC comp (fell away at the end, probably due to losing players). We have to be careful of the changes we make to try and add to the positives, not replace the positives by negatives.
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Old 19th July 2012, 14:02
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Guys would anyone like to change to a Pure Fast Bowler? Let me know because I'd be up for trading
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Old 20th July 2012, 03:47
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When does the next season start?
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Old 20th July 2012, 03:57
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Fellas, I want to start planning for the off-season and the players we plan on targeting. Are there any players you guys are looking at that could be strong candidates to be Big Cats? Keep in mind that certain players will be released and we need to replace our lad Badsha.
Do you plan to release me ? If you do, I will retire. Once a CAT always a CAT

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Old 20th July 2012, 04:25
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Do you plan to release me ? If you do, I will retire. Once a CAT always a CAT
No mate your a valuable member of the squad and will be re-signed
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Old 20th July 2012, 04:25
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I believe in a few weeks.
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Old 20th July 2012, 23:58
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So in a few days, Rizzy is going to post a thread regarding players that will not be resigned so I'd like to get a head start and do some spring cleaning. The list given below is NOT a final list but rather a highly probable one where the players named will NOT be offered a contract and thus will not be able to wear the Big Cats uniform for Season 2.

Here we go:

Musaarthali
Dubawi
Abdullah Zubair
Halaatehazara
A-Khan
boom_boom-A.S

I'd like your input on this fellas. Is there anyone on this list that you'd like to save? The players mentioned have not been active at all and I believe can ultimately be replaced. Among them, are 4 starting players (3 of them who played at a given time). I plan on switching to a pure batsman next season so I can replace Musaarthali and that leaves us with the starting 11 being:

2 Batsman short
Depth of bowlers

I think that's a pretty good turnout considering the massive turnout in the draft thread (41+ signups I believe so we're guaranteed at least 4 new members).

So going into the draft, here's what we need and what we have;

Opener ---------------> Needed
Violet_May
Cricketworm
Talha3
I Believe in the Teesra
Batsman -------------> Needed
insaniyaat
Fast Bowler ----------> Needed
Fast Bowler ----------> Needed
Shahrukh619
Velu

That means 4 positions of need.

The time is now to re-tool for another championship run fellas!
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Old 21st July 2012, 00:11
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I have to say I'm going to miss dubawi. He was the bradman of c contract players.

But yes, I agree with your selections.

To add to your requirements:
- I think we need a leggie in the squad.
- We have to decide what type of player the number 6 will be.
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Old 21st July 2012, 00:38
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I have to say I'm going to miss dubawi. He was the bradman of c contract players.

But yes, I agree with your selections.

To add to your requirements:
- I think we need a leggie in the squad.
- We have to decide what type of player the number 6 will be.
Good point in the leggie and there are a couple in the draft.

The question of no. 6 is going to be the biggest one and it'll ultimately depend on how we decide to build ourselves as a team. After watching the other forms of the game fold out, I think going batting heavy is the way to do it. As an A level bowler, I never felt like I was a game changer whereas I had more faith in Talha/Cricketworm/Dubawi because to me, it felt as if these guys were the X-factors that would either push us to victory or get us very close to there.

How do you guys feel about a Batting Heavy Squad in terms of Batsman being valued more? Our core batting unit would compromise of Me, Cricketworm, Talha3, and Violet_May and would be supported by 1 more Batsman. The 6th slot could be a Bowling All-rounder *Insaniyaat* or something and we could go with B and C level Bowlers.

Thoughts?
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Old 21st July 2012, 00:39
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Ok, before the season start let me admit that unfortunately I won't be as active as I was in season 1. I am going to be very busy with studies. I will certainly put inputs on our team thread but I really doubt that I will be creating any extra threads like I did during season 1.

So, Teesra, you are free to give me lower contracts for up coming season if you wish.

About your decision to release players, I don't mind at all. As Talha said we will surely miss Dubawi the batsman, but he posted only once

We surely need leggie/chinaman or honestly any spinner other than Right handed off spinner(Velu) and left arm slow(insaniyat) I know quite a few posters who have signed up as a spinner.

There are few preference of few posters who would I like to be in team, but I am not sure our team thread is the right place to discuss. If you don't care, we can discuss here, whom we should get in or we can wait till signs up are over.
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Old 21st July 2012, 00:40
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Yup I was also thinking of giving higher contract to Insaniyat. As he is bowling all rounder and spinner.
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Old 21st July 2012, 00:41
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Ok, before the season start let me admit that unfortunately I won't be as active as I was in season 1. I am going to be very busy with studies. I will certainly put inputs on our team thread but I really doubt that I will be creating any extra threads like I did during season 1.

So, Teesra, you are free to give me lower contracts for up coming season if you wish.

About your decision to release players, I don't mind at all. As Talha said we will surely miss Dubawi the batsman, but he posted only once

We surely need leggie/chinaman or honestly any spinner other than Right handed off spinner(Velu) and left arm slow(insaniyat) I know quite a few posters who have signed up as a spinner.

There are few preference of few posters who would I like to be in team, but I am not sure our team thread is the right place to discuss. If you don't care, we can discuss here, whom we should get in or we can wait till signs up are over.
Regardless, I'm going be offering you a high contract because along with me and Talha, you've been the backbone of this squad and deserve it so. Younger players will have to start at the bottom of the pecking order and work their way up in order to be rewarded

With regards to your preferences, if you could, send me a list via the mods, it would be awesome. I can sort through the list and narrow down the prospective players we should try and target.
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Old 21st July 2012, 12:22
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I agree with the batting heavy squad. It should boost our chances in FC and T20 especially. In T20 it didn't feel as though you and Badsha being A contract bowlers made much of a difference.
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Old 25th July 2012, 00:14
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Fellas, any players in the draft you'd like us to target?
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Old 25th July 2012, 12:24
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I am waiting for Sign ups to get over, then I will DM you via Rizzy.
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Old 25th July 2012, 12:44
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Spacecat is natural fit for you guys, so I take that he is already on your radar.
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Old 25th July 2012, 17:43
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Spacecat is natural fit for you guys, so I take that he is already on your radar.
Spacecat, Ironcat, any cats out there are naturally going to be targets of the Big Cats

Btw. I hope you guys select Ironcat. Ironcat + Namak = Dynamite

Or better yet speaking of Dynamite --> iZeeshan + Ironcat = Dhamakedar Dynamite
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Old 25th July 2012, 17:44
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Sounds good!
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Old 25th July 2012, 19:02
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Spacecat, Ironcat, any cats out there are naturally going to be targets of the Big Cats

Btw. I hope you guys select Ironcat. Ironcat + Namak = Dynamite

Or better yet speaking of Dynamite --> iZeeshan + Ironcat = Dhamakedar Dynamite
Not sure if Ironcat has signed up though.
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Old 26th July 2012, 00:39
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I'm greatly looking forward to this draft and retooling this squad. Time for another massive run.

Also, Talha3 since you were the vice captain last season, would you like to be retained for the upcoming season?
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Old 26th July 2012, 02:37
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Spacecat, Ironcat, any cats out there are naturally going to be targets of the Big Cats

Btw. I hope you guys select Ironcat. Ironcat + Namak = Dynamite

Or better yet speaking of Dynamite --> iZeeshan + Ironcat = Dhamakedar Dynamite


Namak + Ironcat + iZeeshan Would be a hell of a team if it was possible
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Old 26th July 2012, 08:46
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We need Ironcat!!!!!
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Old 26th July 2012, 08:57
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change of team name plz :p?
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Old 26th July 2012, 20:54
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change of team name plz :p?
Unfortunately, that will not happen! If we change our name, we'd have to change our logo and smiley which would be too much of a hassle. Sorry!
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Old 26th July 2012, 21:25
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Okay fellas, time to discuss contracts. I don't think there's a point to PMing and using chatrooms considering that all the contracts will be visible. So throw some ideas at me fellas.

Here's are some of propositions:

Plan A - The Greatest Batting Line-Up In the History of PPCL

2 A level Batsman
3 B level Batsman
1 B level Bowler
4 C level Bowlers
1 C level All-Rounder

Ds and Es - Depth

Thoughts: Very strong attacking batting lineup and will most likely be able to chase down totals in ODIs / T20s / FC. In FCs, this squad will be very hard to bowl out on normal and excellent pitches and will have the potential to score 300+ every time they bat. PPCL is heavily batting favored and you see more batting spectacular performances than bowling ones so it would make sense to go in a batting favored side. The Bowling lineup would be weak but may be compensated with a strong batting lineup.

Plan B - The Terrifying Two Make a Return

2 A level Bowlers
4 B level Batsman
2 C level Bowlers
2 C level Batsman
1 C level All-rounder

Ds and Es will be depth

Thoughts: Advantage will be obvious in the bowling department but the problem will be in the batting department which without a doubt will be solid but will lack a "star." In theory this is the closest lineup we'd have to last year's squad but I'd like to something different. We had success and I personally feel that our squad can adapt to changing times. Season 2 is a changing time!

Plan C: A Mix and A Mash and More Mixing

1 A level Batsman
1 A level Bowler
2 B level Batsman
2 B level Bowlers
3 C level Batsman
2 C level Bowlers

Ds and Es will be depth


Plan D: The Iron Walls of the Jungle Kingdom

A level Batsman
A level Bowler
3 B level Batsman
1 B level Bowler
3 C level Bowlers
2 C level Batting All-rounders

Thoughts: Decent bowling attack with the weak links being the C level Bowlers. You have 2 wicket taking options in the A and B level Bowler and a strong of core of Batters. There will be some reliance on the Batting All-rounders as 1 of them will have to fill the squad.



Overall thoughts: Let me know if you guys have another way to go because I'd be up for that as well. Personally, I'd like to stay away from the All-rounders again this season. Let me know what you think.
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Old 26th July 2012, 21:28
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Fellas there are certain players I'd like to target through the trade period:

Aneeq7
Square Drive
Express Pace
freelance_cricketer
Inswinger

Anyone else that you guys would like to target in the trade period?
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Fellas there are certain players I'd like to target through the trade period:

Aneeq7
Square Drive
Express Pace
freelance_cricketer
Inswinger

Anyone else that you guys would like to target in the trade period?
but Unfortunately I will not join any other team than Dhamakedar Dynamites!

EDIT: Somehow I feel that I will regret this!

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Old 26th July 2012, 22:15
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Okay fellas, time to discuss contracts. I don't think there's a point to PMing and using chatrooms considering that all the contracts will be visible. So throw some ideas at me fellas.

Here's are some of propositions:

Plan A - The Greatest Batting Line-Up In the History of PPCL

2 A level Batsman
3 B level Batsman
1 B level Bowler
4 C level Bowlers
1 C level All-Rounder

Very tempting, but quite risky. We definitely should have at least one A batsman this season, two will make terrific, but then having All B's batsmen as well is quite risky I believe. We can have 2 A's Batsman, 2 B's Batsman, 2 B bowlers. 3 C bowlers, 1 C batsman, 1 C all-rounder

Ds and Es - Depth

Thoughts: Very strong attacking batting lineup and will most likely be able to chase down totals in ODIs / T20s / FC. In FCs, this squad will be very hard to bowl out on normal and excellent pitches and will have the potential to score 300+ every time they bat. PPCL is heavily batting favored and you see more batting spectacular performances than bowling ones so it would make sense to go in a batting favored side. The Bowling lineup would be weak but may be compensated with a strong batting lineup.

Plan B - The Terrifying Two Make a Return

2 A level Bowlers
4 B level Batsman
2 C level Bowlers
2 C level Batsman
1 C level All-rounder

Seeing at the last FC performance by our A bowlers, well wicket wise, they did well, but match winner wise, not so much. However, we did much better in ODis as a group, but again as you said this sim is batsman friendly, not many MOTms gone to Bowlers. I think we should make change this time to spice things up, so I will pass this one.
Ds and Es will be depth

Thoughts: Advantage will be obvious in the bowling department but the problem will be in the batting department which without a doubt will be solid but will lack a "star." In theory this is the closest lineup we'd have to last year's squad but I'd like to something different. We had success and I personally feel that our squad can adapt to changing times. Season 2 is a changing time!

Plan C: A Mix and A Mash and More Mixing

1 A level Batsman
1 A level Bowler
2 B level Batsman
2 B level Bowlers
3 C level Batsman
2 C level Bowlers

Ds and Es will be depth

Quite similar to what I said under Plan A. Assuming we are not going for allrounder this season, this plan is not bad at all. But I am tempted to play bowling all rounder, who is spinner. So may be one C level bowling all rounder. I like this one as well with addition of Bowling all rounder.
Plan D: The Iron Walls of the Jungle Kingdom

A level Batsman
A level Bowler
3 B level Batsman
1 B level Bowler
3 C level Bowlers
2 C level Batting All-rounders

Thoughts: Decent bowling attack with the weak links being the C level Bowlers. You have 2 wicket taking options in the A and B level Bowler and a strong of core of Batters. There will be some reliance on the Batting All-rounders as 1 of them will have to fill the squad.

This one is closest to what I am thinking. Seeing how Shayan is bowling as an A contract player, I think we can go with spinner with A contract, I think lot of ppl will go for spinner being A contract as well. That's why we will need better batting line up, this time around. I like this one a lot, but this might make our batting bit less strong but Bowling very strong. If you can change batting all-rounder to batsman or at least one to batsman it becomes perfect. We have to keep in mind that if we have 5 pure bowlers and then if we have to play an allrounder, that means all rounder WILL bowl few overs and will definitely will go for runs. So, with this one we can make batting all rounder in to pure batsman.

Overall thoughts: Let me know if you guys have another way to go because I'd be up for that as well. Personally, I'd like to stay away from the All-rounders again this season. Let me know what you think.
Brilliant Analysis Teesra!

It's your call Teesra!

I like

2 A's Batsman, 2 B's Batsman, 2 B bowlers. 3 C bowlers, 1 C batsman, 1 C bowling allrounder

Also I like this one as well.

A level Batsman
A level Bowler
3 B level Batsman
1 B level Bowler
3 C level Bowlers
2 C level Batsman

Let's see what others think.
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Old 26th July 2012, 22:17
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Fellas there are certain players I'd like to target through the trade period:

Aneeq7
Square Drive
Express Pace
freelance_cricketer
Inswinger

Anyone else that you guys would like to target in the trade period?
I think most of them won't be wanting to trade. From this list I think only Inswinger is available. I would be glad to have others in this list, but realistically, not possible. I don't see them leaving their team.
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Old 26th July 2012, 22:28
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Great points Cricketworm.

I like the idea of Batting heavy lineup and your points about the Batting All-rounders hit the hammer on the nail. I agree with the changing of the batting-allrounders to batsman because their bowling could potentially hurt us in the long run.

The spinner idea is also pretty good because I've also noticed that spinners tend to do well regardless of contracts (Velu / El Raja). An A contract spinner may push us over the edge.

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With regards to the trades, your most likely right. Is there any player you want us to trade for that may come aboard?
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Old 26th July 2012, 22:45
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I have no idea which players will be up for trade to begin with. I think most teams will release their players, and they will go to post-draft. And those who are going to be released will be most likely less active ones, so we shouldn't worry about getting few traded players (unless we find specific need of particular kind of player). That is very unlikely.

So, we should worry about getting New players. I think signs up will be over soon. I have few in my mind, I will send you the list (via Rizzy) and you can also make a list, so before draft we are just ready to go. Like if that player is taken we know whom to choose next instead.
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Hey, Teesra and Talha.

Draft thread is ready. And it's our pick at the moment. Whenever you are online Teesra, check your PM. I have sent a list through Rizzy.
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Old 27th July 2012, 15:53
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Glad you got the PM.

It's our pick now. You can take your time and look at the draft pick orders, available players and everything .... take your time. Don't worry about the time pressure.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:02
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Cricketworm, I decided to go with SoSami. I think insaniyaat will be willing to change to a Legspin bowler. I saw the legspin bowlers and many of them are new members so that a bit worrisome because I wasn't sure if they'd go out there and get banned :[
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Excellent choice then, since VM is not a mod anymore we surely needs a Mod. And SOSami is most active one from Draft pick.

Also, you wanted to be batsman this season so we need pace bowlers.

Anyway, now we need to wait for a long time for our next pick. LOL
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First target: Sledge the other teams to submission.

Second Target: Sledge some more.

Third Target: Try to win some games.
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Good tactics Sami, same ones I follow.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:32
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First target: Sledge the other teams to submission.

Second Target: Sledge some more.

Third Target: Try to win some games.
Welcome to the squad mate! Hopefully you become our ace
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Just so I know, which team do we hate the most?
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Hey cricketworm, really sorry I didn't get your second PM until just now! I do apologize for that and for the next pick I'll shoot for those guys if they're on the board. With a leggie, I think we can wait because one of our current players may change to it as most of the posters are quite young.

Also you've been given permission to make picks in my absence!
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Everyone
We hate them all. Particularly those Bulls! They had our number quite a few times last season :facepalm
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We hate them all. Particularly those Bulls! They had our number quite a few times last season :facepalm
The cow-ardly Bulls?

They are no threat. A few lucky edges last season, that's all.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:38
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They are no threat. A few lucky edges last season, that's all.
Last year they were no threat
Hopefully they didn't learn from last year's debacle.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:40
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Welcome SOSami.

We badly needed Lethal Pace Bowler. You are terrific add to our side. Teesra is great captain. You will feel very comfortable being part of

Teesra, send me specific lists of players from the list I have sent. Whom do you want to target next? Any specific players or players' type? This is only for emergency, only if you aren't online. I think you can PM through SOSami now, if he doesn't mind.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:42
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Welcome SOSami.

We badly needed Lethal Pace Bowler. You are terrific add to our side. Teesra is great captain. You will feel very comfortable being part of

Teesra, send me specific lists of players from the list I have sent. Whom do you want to target next? Any specific players or players' type? This is only for emergency, only if you aren't online. I think you can PM through SOSami now, if he doesn't mind.
KK sounds good gimme a sec
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:45
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Yep, use me to PM if you need. Thanks for the welcome CW.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:47
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Yep, use me to PM if you need. Thanks for the welcome CW.
Thanks a lot mate! Just sent you it.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:52
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Yup! got it long wait till next pick. So, we can chillax.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:53
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I'm hoping we get around 20 picks in. Who knows haha.
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Old 27th July 2012, 16:57
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Ok heading off to Jummah in a bit. Best of luck with the draft fellas. I don't think we'll get more than 5 picks in.
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Old 27th July 2012, 17:03
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Yeh, cheers, don't worry about it. It's going to take a while before our next pick.
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Old 27th July 2012, 21:25
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Old 27th July 2012, 21:42
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VC is Talha3 but he hasn't been on for a while. Hope everything is okay with him. Cricketworm has been selected to draft if I am absent.
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Old 27th July 2012, 21:56
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Welcome Navroks and SOSami to the Big Cats! Hope you guys perform excellently in the upcoming season.

Cricketworm, I'll PM you via SOSami 2 names that I believe we should also target that are not on the list. Also, I think we should hold off on the legspinner pick for a while because the remaining members aren't as active and if worst comes to worst, I can always be willing to switch to that position.

So far we added 1 new batsman and 1 new bowler.

Squad as of now:
Violet_May - Wicket Keeper
Cricketworm - Batsman
Talha3 - Batsman
Insaniyaat - Bowling All-rounder - Anyone remember the type?
Velu - Bowler - Offspiner
Shahrukh619 - Bowler - Anyone remember the type?
SOSami - Bowler - Fast
I Believe in The Teesra - Position to be decided
Navroks123 - Batsman
So that makes 3 bowlers, 1 bowling all-rounder, 3 batsman, 1 wicketkeeper

Need 3 more batsman and 1 or maybe 2 more bowlers.
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Old 27th July 2012, 22:24
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If Lachrymose is avaliable, add him for consideration as well. Fairly active dude and a leggie.
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Old 27th July 2012, 22:28
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Lachrymose is a girl IBIT, lol fairly active dude
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