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[Dutch]

A thread to share scorecards and discuss their stories and beauty!

 

[Dutch]

Bowling really is quite a joy in this game (tour mode).

I am playing the 2019 Ashes (yes Warner and Bancroft and Smith are reinstated which had more to do with me being lazy!). Good honest test cricket: an LBW, A bowled, a feathered nick to the keeper...really nice. Being able to actually bowl to some sort of plan is really rewarding.

First to go was Warner, trapped in front. At first I thought it was a little high but the umpire gave it and I expected Warner to challenge but he didint. Hawkeye had it clipping off stump.
Second was Bancroft, a beautiful inswinger on off-stump that just straightened a bit on pitching and Bancroft, trying to flick it on the on-side lost his off-peg to my delight.
Smith came out and scored quickly but Curran bowled one short of a length which Smith feathered behind to Foakes off an uncertain back-foot defensive prod.

England's session so far and a great start to this test match.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Finished this game earlier having bowled Ireland out a couple of days ago.

I was going along nicely at about 80/90 for 1 then Tim Murtagh tore through my middle order and Kevin O'Brien finished off my tail. Very disappointing. A nice variety of dismissals (mine) not as many caught behind.

 

[Wealey]

Made as much of a realistic spinners pitch as I could and tweaked the Sri Lankan team to bowl first with spinners..

Couldn’t handle it.. got battered!

I did take 10/87 with Maharaj!!!

 

[SpitfiresKent]

Finished this game earlier having bowled Ireland out a couple of days ago.

I was going along nicely at about 80/90 for 1 then Tim Murtagh tore through my middle order and Kevin O'Brien finished off my tail. Very disappointing. A nice variety of dismissals (mine) not as many caught behind.

A night match at Harare sports club? They finally got those floodlights working?

 

[Dutch]

A night match at Harare sports club? They finally got those floodlights working?

Nothing six thousand candles cant do!

 

[wasteyouryouth]

A night match at Harare sports club? They finally got those floodlights working?

I did notice there were no floodlights.

That explains my middle/lower order collapse. I couldn't see the ball.

 

[Dutch]

I decided to download @wasteyouryouth 's excellent teams (Can't believe I missed that thread!) and play the first Ashes test: me bowling: Grassy and overcast: England win the toss and decide to bowl...vindicated!

Great to see how Broad and Anderson are working in tandem! Anderson squeezing the runs and Broad a little more aggressive getting two catches to the slips!

 

[Dutch]

Aussies inspired by England??? Lunch day one:

 

[Dutch]

Little cameo from Lyon holding England up but well on top....

 

[Rumple43]

I'm doing the opposite to you @Dutch. Posted in the DJ Method thread about my innings in general, but wanted to put the scorecard here for comparison. Using the DJ players, grassy wicket, soft, pristine, no cracks, very high swing slider.

I'm controlling Oz and the AI is England. It's looking remarkably similar!

 

[Dutch]

Ha nice @Rumple43
keen to see how both matches pan out!

 

[Rumple43]

Ha nice @Rumple43
keen to see how both matches pan out!

My game went off the rails a bit as I was mainly testing the DJ Method players. Simmed the AI’s 2nd innings, left me needing 500+ batting last. Didn’t go great.

I have however just had this game, it was incredible. So satisfying.

Absolutely mental on a knackered crumbly pitch in Sri Lanka. In the end, 150 seemed too much so I thought I’d just try to smash it about and see how it went. If I’d been chasing 200 I’d have folded I reckon.

I’ve got the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings cards, forgot to record the 2nd. I’ll put them up tomorrow. Played til 4am, couldn’t turn it off, now need sleep haha

 

[Rumple43]

As promised. For reference, this was on Veteran, with hardest batting, hard bowling, hard fielding, with custom sliders for the pitch that changed as the game progressed, My batting/bowling sliders are also custom.

The players were the DJ Method ones made by @wasteyouryouth. I cannot recommend them highly enough. The games I've had with them so far have been fantastic.

1st Innings - Sri Lanka 130 All Out (56.5 overs)

Spoiler

• Starc was absolutely brutal with the new ball, could have had a hat full. He had a spell where he was hitting the pads for a legit shouts nearly every ball for 2 overs. Lyon was fairly useless the entire game, not sure why. Zampa outshone him by miles.
• Hazelwood was really tight, but less threatening than Starc. Tied up an end though. Maybe in hindsight I might go with the express pace of Cummins (and a bit more with the bat), but can't complain.

2nd Innings - Australia 128 All Out (51.4 overs)

Spoiler

No scorecard as I forgot to grab it. Either way, the left arm finger spinner Pushpakumara had his way with me. 6-19, though it was fairly frustrating. I think it's just how the game is programmed. Nearly all his wickets were bowled. Every time, there would only ever be 2 animations, one for when I was defending, one for when I was attacking. Either a defensive shot that is played straight wicket to wicket, so the ball coming in from wide misses the bat and hits the stumps as the shot is down the wrong line. Or the batsman would play some massive heaving cut shot off the back foot falling away to fine leg and miss it entirely. Both were equally annoying, and also difficult to stop from happening. All I wanted every time was a big step down the pitch towards cover, go out to the ball, which neither of those shots does. It did however teach me some valuable lessons for my 2nd innings.

All in all, this was probably the "best" grind I've had on this game. It just felt really difficult, and runs were at an absolute premium. I've naturally struggled vs spin on this game, so it was also a baptism of fire of sorts, but taught me a lot. Having spinners from both ends on a worn out pitch definitely showed me a thing or two.

3rd Innings - Sri Lanka 147 All Out(51 overs)

Spoiler

• The Adam Zampa show! I was on the ropes, in honesty. I knew that if they made 150+ I'd be struggling. Karunaratne and de Silva put together a really nice partnership after the early wicket and I thought the game was going to slip away.
• Managed to chip away but at tea on Day 2, Sri Lanka were 134-5 and de Silva was looking very assured. Him and Dickwella were putting a solid partnership together and taking the contest out of reach. Then Zampa happened. 137-5 to 147 all out. 150 on the nose to win.
• Lyon was once again very ineffective. No real idea why.

4th Innings - Australia 150/7 (27.1 overs)

Spoiler

• I figured, this innings probably isn't going to go past 40 overs. I'll get bowled out, so I need to get on with it. You can see from the bowling scorecard what the weather was like on the morning of day 3, and the pitch was doing loads.
• In reality, two things should have happened. The seamers shouldn't have been bowling (Pushpakumara got 4 overs once I'd already passed 100, he took 6 wickets in my 1st innings!) as I was able to thrash them around with way more success. Also, the AI should have set a way more defensive ring field and made me hit past them/over the top. As it was, I frequently had an area to score in and did my best to milk it whenever I could.
• Every time I lost a wicket, I knew if I lost another one quickly I'd be in a mess. Partnerships between Harris and Head, then Harris and Patterson pretty much got me over the line. Paine came in and steadied the ship, then annoyingly got out with the scores tied haha! I wanted him to be there at the end, but he did his part. When Burns went for a duck to start me off it was horrible.
• All in all, it was awesome. Probably still would have been awesome even if I'd lost.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

As promised. For reference, this was on Veteran, with hardest batting, hard bowling, hard fielding, with custom sliders for the pitch that changed as the game progressed, My batting/bowling sliders are also custom.

The players were the DJ Method ones made by @wasteyouryouth. I cannot recommend them highly enough. The games I've had with them so far have been fantastic.

1st Innings - Sri Lanka 130 All Out (56.5 overs)

Spoiler

• Starc was absolutely brutal with the new ball, could have had a hat full. He had a spell where he was hitting the pads for a legit shouts nearly every ball for 2 overs. Lyon was fairly useless the entire game, not sure why. Zampa outshone him by miles.
• Hazelwood was really tight, but less threatening than Starc. Tied up an end though. Maybe in hindsight I might go with the express pace of Cummins (and a bit more with the bat), but can't complain.

2nd Innings - Australia 128 All Out (51.4 overs)

Spoiler

No scorecard as I forgot to grab it. Either way, the left arm finger spinner Pushpakumara had his way with me. 6-19, though it was fairly frustrating. I think it's just how the game is programmed. Nearly all his wickets were bowled. Every time, there would only ever be 2 animations, one for when I was defending, one for when I was attacking. Either a defensive shot that is played straight wicket to wicket, so the ball coming in from wide misses the bat and hits the stumps as the shot is down the wrong line. Or the batsman would play some massive heaving cut shot off the back foot falling away to fine leg and miss it entirely. Both were equally annoying, and also difficult to stop from happening. All I wanted every time was a big step down the pitch towards cover, go out to the ball, which neither of those shots does. It did however teach me some valuable lessons for my 2nd innings.

All in all, this was probably the "best" grind I've had on this game. It just felt really difficult, and runs were at an absolute premium. I've naturally struggled vs spin on this game, so it was also a baptism of fire of sorts, but taught me a lot. Having spinners from both ends on a worn out pitch definitely showed me a thing or two.

3rd Innings - Sri Lanka 147 All Out(51 overs)

Spoiler

• The Adam Zampa show! I was on the ropes, in honesty. I knew that if they made 150+ I'd be struggling. Karunaratne and de Silva put together a really nice partnership after the early wicket and I thought the game was going to slip away.
• Managed to chip away but at tea on Day 2, Sri Lanka were 134-5 and de Silva was looking very assured. Him and Dickwella were putting a solid partnership together and taking the contest out of reach. Then Zampa happened. 137-5 to 147 all out. 150 on the nose to win.
• Lyon was once again very ineffective. No real idea why.

4th Innings - Australia 150/7 (27.1 overs)

Spoiler

• I figured, this innings probably isn't going to go past 40 overs. I'll get bowled out, so I need to get on with it. You can see from the bowling scorecard what the weather was like on the morning of day 3, and the pitch was doing loads.
• In reality, two things should have happened. The seamers shouldn't have been bowling (Pushpakumara got 4 overs once I'd already passed 100, he took 6 wickets in my 1st innings!) as I was able to thrash them around with way more success. Also, the AI should have set a way more defensive ring field and made me hit past them/over the top. As it was, I frequently had an area to score in and did my best to milk it whenever I could.
• Every time I lost a wicket, I knew if I lost another one quickly I'd be in a mess. Partnerships between Harris and Head, then Harris and Patterson pretty much got me over the line. Paine came in and steadied the ship, then annoyingly got out with the scores tied haha! I wanted him to be there at the end, but he did his part. When Burns went for a duck to start me off it was horrible.
• All in all, it was awesome. Probably still would have been awesome even if I'd lost.

Would love to see how you go on a more bating friendly pitch. Only if you fancy trying.