Round 9 fixtures
Hound Dogs v The Undisputed Era at Johannesburg
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Frank Tyson (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): None
@CerealKiller
Dominators v PlanetCricket at The MCG
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Sydney Barnes (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Warren Bardsley (DOM)
@The Deadman/@Master Bates @Yash./@Pinch hitter
Karachi Cricket Club v Generic Wanderers at Karachi
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Ken Barrington (1 match) & Charles Macartney (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Neil Harvey, John Reid, Jack Cowie (KCC)
@Na Maloom Afraad @Aislabie
Lineup rules
1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 48 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
5) Teams must give a minimum of 15 players a game over the course of the tournament (warm-ups don't count). However, all players must be given a go during the 2 rounds of warm-ups.
Venue timelines
Olympics era 1(1896-1912): Terrible for batsmen, average scoring rates around 3 to 3.5 runs per over.
Olympics era 2 (1920-1936): Truer wickets for batting, average scoring rates around 3.5 to 4.0 runs per over.
Early-ODI era (1971-1983): Evenly balanced contests between bat and ball, average scoring rates around 4.0 to 4.5 runs per over.
Mid-ODI era (1985-1999): Slightly better for batting than the previous era, average scoring rates around 4.5 to 5.0 runs per over.
Pre-Twenty20 era (2000-2009): More in favor of batsmen than previous eras, average scoring rates around 5.0 to 5.5 runs per over.
Twenty20 era (2010-present): The most batting friendly era of the lot, average scoring rates around 5.5 to 6.5 runs per over.
Statistics
Standings
-||Team||Pld||Won||Lost||NR/T||NRR||Pts
| | Karachi Cricket Club | | 8 | | 6 | | 2 | | 0 | | +0.223 | | 12
| | Generic Wanderers | | 8 | | 5 | | 3 | | 0 | | +0.537 | | 10
| | Dominators | | 8 | | 5 | | 3 | | 0 | | +0.082 | | 10
| | PlanetCricket | | 8 | | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | | +0.479 | | 9
| | Hound Dogs | | 8 | | 2 | | 6 | | 0 | | -0.721 | | 4
| | The Undisputed Era | | 8 | | 1 | | 6 | | 1 | | -0.615 | | 3
Explanation on pitch types
Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 3 an over.
Hound Dogs v The Undisputed Era at Johannesburg
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Frank Tyson (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): None
@CerealKiller
Dominators v PlanetCricket at The MCG
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Sydney Barnes (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Warren Bardsley (DOM)
@The Deadman/@Master Bates @Yash./@Pinch hitter
Karachi Cricket Club v Generic Wanderers at Karachi
- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: Ken Barrington (1 match) & Charles Macartney (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Neil Harvey, John Reid, Jack Cowie (KCC)
@Na Maloom Afraad @Aislabie
Lineup rules
1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 48 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
5) Teams must give a minimum of 15 players a game over the course of the tournament (warm-ups don't count). However, all players must be given a go during the 2 rounds of warm-ups.
Venue timelines
Olympics era 1(1896-1912): Terrible for batsmen, average scoring rates around 3 to 3.5 runs per over.
Olympics era 2 (1920-1936): Truer wickets for batting, average scoring rates around 3.5 to 4.0 runs per over.
Early-ODI era (1971-1983): Evenly balanced contests between bat and ball, average scoring rates around 4.0 to 4.5 runs per over.
Mid-ODI era (1985-1999): Slightly better for batting than the previous era, average scoring rates around 4.5 to 5.0 runs per over.
Pre-Twenty20 era (2000-2009): More in favor of batsmen than previous eras, average scoring rates around 5.0 to 5.5 runs per over.
Twenty20 era (2010-present): The most batting friendly era of the lot, average scoring rates around 5.5 to 6.5 runs per over.
Statistics
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DOMINATORS
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
H Sutcliffe 6 6 0 340 114 56.67 415 81.93 2 1 36 5 0 4 -
WH Ponsford 8 8 0 258 90 32.25 381 67.72 0 3 20 2 2 4 -
VS Hazare 7 7 1 179 56 29.83 280 63.93 0 1 11 1 0 4 -
KS Ranjitsinhji 3 3 1 173 149 86.50 158 109.50 1 0 17 6 0 2 -
KR Miller 5 5 3 160 82* 80.00 163 98.16 0 1 20 3 0 1 -
DJ Vilas 8 6 0 136 54 22.67 171 79.53 0 1 10 3 0 9 0
AL Hassett 5 5 1 88 49* 22.00 123 71.54 0 0 4 5 1 3 -
TL Goddard 6 5 0 87 44 17.40 155 56.13 0 0 4 4 0 4 -
JM Gregory 6 5 2 74 31* 24.67 93 79.57 0 0 4 3 0 3 -
WM Woodfull 2 2 0 39 38 19.50 62 62.91 0 0 2 1 0 4 -
GA Headley 3 3 0 28 11 9.33 43 65.11 0 0 4 0 0 1 -
R Peel 2 1 0 26 26 26.00 18 144.44 0 0 3 1 0 1 -
SF Barnes 8 4 2 18 9* 9.00 51 35.29 0 0 0 0 0 3 -
FR Spofforth 3 2 1 13 7 13.00 17 76.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
JJ Ferris 8 5 2 9 5 3.00 28 32.14 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
AE Trott 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 11 72.74 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
GA Lohmann 6 4 0 6 5 1.50 15 40.00 0 0 1 0 2 1 -
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
GA Lohmann 6 6 50.3 1 237 17 5/42 13.94 4.69 17.8 1 1
SF Barnes 8 8 69.5 1 298 14 3/47 21.29 4.27 29.9 0 0
JJ Ferris 8 8 56.5 1 284 12 4/41 23.67 5.00 28.4 1 0
JM Gregory 6 6 50.5 3 246 9 3/51 27.33 4.84 33.9 0 0
KR Miller 5 5 40.0 1 188 7 3/30 26.86 4.70 34.3 0 0
TL Goddard 6 6 45.0 2 206 7 3/20 29.43 4.58 38.6 0 0
FR Spofforth 3 3 23.0 1 101 4 2/41 25.25 4.39 34.5 0 0
R Peel 2 2 18.0 1 101 3 2/54 33.67 5.61 36.0 0 0
GA Headley 3 1 4.0 1 8 1 1/8 8.00 2.00 24.0 0 0
AE Trott 1 1 5.0 0 27 0 0/27 N/A 5.40 - 0 0
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GENERIC WANDERERS
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
VT Trumper 8 8 0 343 128 42.88 351 97.72 1 2 38 6 1 6 -
CG Macartney 8 8 0 330 118 41.25 373 88.47 1 1 41 2 1 1 -
GL Jessop 8 8 0 283 100 35.38 225 125.78 1 2 18 19 0 5 -
DCS Compton 6 6 0 229 115 38.17 249 91.97 1 1 28 3 0 5 -
C Hill 8 8 0 176 74 22.00 250 70.40 0 1 13 5 1 4 -
C Milburn 5 5 0 147 93 29.40 143 102.80 0 1 14 6 0 0 -
BL Irvine 5 5 1 133 46 33.25 145 91.72 0 0 10 4 0 0 0
JB King 6 5 3 79 43 39.50 77 102.60 0 0 7 2 0 2 -
M Klinger 3 3 0 72 54 24.00 64 112.50 0 1 11 1 0 0 -
PGH Fender 5 5 1 65 22* 16.25 69 94.20 0 0 3 5 1 2 -
MJ Procter 5 4 3 47 18 47.00 73 64.38 0 0 2 1 0 1 -
Asif Iqbal 1 1 1 35 35* N/A 27 129.63 0 0 4 1 0 0 -
GJ Gilmour 3 2 0 28 28 14.00 59 47.46 0 0 1 0 1 0 -
LEG Ames 4 3 0 19 10 6.33 30 63.33 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
H Verity 4 2 1 7 7 7.00 9 77.78 0 0 1 0 0 1 -
R Appleyard 1 1 1 1 1* N/A 1 100.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
FE Woolley 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 6 16.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
JB King 7 7 57.4 0 346 14 3/29 24.71 6.00 24.7 0 0
MJ Procter 5 5 37.0 0 227 13 4/51 17.46 6.14 17.1 1 0
H Verity 6 6 50.0 4 244 9 4/60 27.11 4.88 33.3 1 0
PGH Fender 5 5 41.0 1 224 8 3/52 28.00 5.46 30.8 0 0
CG Macartney 8 8 42.0 1 233 7 3/46 33.29 5.55 36.0 0 0
R Appleyard 3 3 29.0 1 137 5 4/58 27.40 4.72 34.8 1 0
GJ Gilmour 3 3 23.4 2 126 4 3/39 31.50 5.32 35.5 0 0
GL Jessop 8 8 43.0 1 203 4 2/61 50.75 4.72 64.5 0 0
FE Woolley 1 1 3.0 0 34 2 2/34 17.00 11.33 9.0 0 0
JB Iverson 2 2 19.0 0 87 2 1/33 43.50 4.58 57.0 0 0
Asif Iqbal 1 1 9.0 0 65 0 0/65 N/A 7.22 - 0 0
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HOUND DOGS
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
JL Langer 8 8 0 290 120 36.25 386 75.13 1 1 27 1 0 1 -
IL Bula 8 8 0 222 124 27.75 269 82.53 1 0 17 8 1 4 -
ER Dexter 7 7 0 178 74 25.43 241 73.86 0 1 13 5 0 4 -
DR Jardine 7 7 1 163 60 27.17 429 38.00 0 2 3 1 1 2 -
LN Constantine 7 7 0 132 42 18.86 137 96.35 0 0 7 6 1 1 -
SG Barnes 5 5 0 131 43 26.20 205 63.90 0 0 10 1 0 3 -
RJ Campbell 8 8 2 107 52* 17.83 102 104.90 0 1 18 0 2 5 0
JH Sinclair 3 3 0 82 44 27.33 81 101.23 0 0 8 2 0 0 -
FH Tyson 6 5 3 61 42* 30.50 114 53.51 0 0 4 0 0 1 -
M Sathasivam 2 2 1 45 40* 45.00 76 59.21 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
AV Bedser 5 3 0 39 21 13.00 80 48.75 0 0 0 0 0 2 -
W Voce 2 2 0 32 30 16.00 32 100.00 0 0 3 1 0 0 -
GAR Lock 6 3 1 31 26* 15.50 36 86.11 0 0 2 1 1 3 -
CJ Posthuma 4 3 1 28 14* 14.00 41 68.30 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
RG Nadkarni 4 3 2 11 8* 11.00 18 61.11 0 0 0 0 0 1 -
BF Butcher 2 2 0 10 8 5.00 12 83.33 0 0 1 0 0 1 -
S Ramadhin 2 1 1 7 7* N/A 15 46.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
R Gilchrist 2 1 0 2 2 2.00 6 33.33 0 0 0 0 0 1 -
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
FH Tyson 6 6 54.0 2 278 10 6/38 27.80 5.14 32.4 0 1
LN Constantine 7 7 66.0 0 304 9 5/57 33.78 4.61 44.0 0 1
S Ramadhin 2 2 18.0 0 86 5 4/38 17.20 4.78 21.6 1 0
AV Bedser 5 5 43.4 1 229 5 2/31 45.80 5.24 52.4 0 0
GAR Lock 6 6 49.0 0 246 5 2/39 49.00 5.02 58.8 0 0
CJ Posthuma 4 4 33.0 1 200 4 2/27 50.00 6.06 49.5 0 0
RG Nadkarni 4 4 27.5 2 108 3 2/19 36.00 3.88 55.7 0 0
R Gilchrist 2 2 19.0 0 91 2 1/29 45.50 4.79 57.0 0 0
W Voce 2 2 16.0 1 93 2 1/30 46.50 5.81 48.0 0 0
JH Sinclair 3 3 21.0 0 115 2 1/15 57.50 5.48 63.0 0 0
ER Dexter 7 5 13.5 0 83 0 0/2 N/A 6.00 - 0 0
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KARACHI CRICKET CLUB
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
DG Bradman 8 8 1 399 108 57.00 440 90.68 3 0 42 9 2 3 -
KF Barrington 8 8 0 312 85 39.00 357 87.39 0 3 35 6 0 7 -
WR Hammond 7 7 3 246 78* 61.50 247 99.59 0 2 27 6 0 4 -
WG Grace 6 6 0 239 60 39.83 361 66.20 0 3 21 3 0 1 -
AR Morris 4 4 0 225 105 56.25 262 85.88 1 2 20 8 1 1 -
Hanif Mohammad 6 6 0 202 79 33.67 240 84.17 0 3 15 5 0 3 -
CL Walcott 8 6 3 160 55* 53.33 139 115.11 0 1 14 7 0 6 1
WW Armstrong 8 7 2 145 55* 29.00 187 77.54 0 1 18 1 0 1 -
W Rhodes 5 3 1 21 13* 10.50 33 63.64 0 0 2 0 0 0 -
WH Lockwood 5 3 1 15 15 7.50 23 65.22 0 0 1 1 1 2 -
R Benaud 8 5 1 15 15* 3.75 25 60.00 0 0 1 0 4 1 -
J Woods 6 4 2 9 4* 4.50 17 52.95 0 0 0 0 1 2 -
H Dorning 2 2 0 2 2 1.00 9 22.22 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
HJ Tayfield 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 3 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 2 -
H Trumble 4 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
R Benaud 8 8 68.2 0 337 14 5/25 24.07 4.93 29.3 0 1
H Trumble 4 4 37.0 0 181 9 3/39 20.11 4.89 24.7 0 0
WH Lockwood 5 5 46.0 0 244 9 3/37 27.11 5.30 30.7 0 0
J Woods 6 6 54.4 1 270 8 3/64 33.75 4.94 41.0 0 0
WR Hammond 7 7 42.0 0 278 7 2/45 39.71 6.62 36.0 0 0
WW Armstrong 8 8 46.0 0 248 5 2/44 49.60 5.39 55.2 0 0
W Rhodes 5 5 49.3 0 258 5 3/57 51.80 5.21 59.4 0 0
HJ Tayfield 3 3 28.0 0 121 3 2/46 40.33 4.32 56.0 0 0
H Dorning 2 2 13.0 0 60 1 1/35 60.00 4.62 78.0 0 0
KF Barrington 8 1 2.0 0 15 0 0/15 N/A 7.50 - 0 0
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PLANETCRICKET
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
GS Sobers 8 8 1 398 156 56.86 454 87.66 1 3 34 11 0 4 -
MA Noble 8 8 0 210 68 26.25 299 70.23 0 2 16 8 0 1 -
BA Richards 6 6 0 192 64 32.00 202 95.05 0 2 22 4 0 4 -
JB Hobbs 4 4 0 175 61 43.75 316 55.38 0 3 7 1 0 3 -
W Jaffer 6 6 1 150 82 30.00 227 66.08 0 1 8 1 1 5 -
L Hutton 6 6 0 138 45 23.00 166 83.13 0 0 13 2 0 3 -
FD Stephenson 5 5 1 87 44* 21.75 56 155.36 0 0 2 8 0 2 -
GA Faulkner 5 5 1 76 29 19.00 73 104.11 0 0 9 0 0 4 -
JG Langridge 2 2 0 69 67 34.50 118 58.47 0 1 6 0 0 0 -
KS McEwan 4 4 0 63 30 15.75 75 84.00 0 0 4 2 1 3 3
MH Mankad 3 3 2 52 37 52.00 87 59.77 0 0 3 0 0 2 -
FS Trueman 6 4 1 30 10* 10.00 39 76.92 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
CTB Turner 6 4 3 22 14* 22.00 29 75.87 0 0 2 0 0 1 -
JM Parks 4 3 0 20 12 6.67 25 79.99 0 0 3 0 0 4 0
Fazal Mahmood 6 5 2 16 6 5.33 26 61.54 0 0 0 0 1 4 -
PJ Sainsbury 2 2 0 12 10 6.00 23 52.18 0 0 1 0 0 2 -
DJ Shepherd 5 2 1 5 4* 5.00 9 55.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
R Goel 2 1 1 0 0* N/A 1 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
FS Trueman 6 6 53.3 1 248 14 4/45 17.71 4.64 22.9 1 0
GS Sobers 8 7 40.0 0 174 10 3/26 17.40 4.35 24.0 0 0
CTB Turner 6 6 44.3 2 197 9 3/39 21.89 4.43 29.7 0 0
Fazal Mahmood 6 6 46.0 1 243 8 4/32 30.38 5.28 34.5 1 0
FD Stephenson 5 5 37.0 1 201 6 3/19 33.50 5.43 37.0 0 0
GA Faulkner 5 5 17.0 0 82 5 2/10 16.40 4.82 20.4 0 0
MH Mankad 3 3 22.1 1 82 5 3/30 16.40 3.70 26.6 0 0
MA Noble 8 6 37.0 3 148 5 2/24 29.60 4.00 44.4 0 0
DJ Shepherd 5 5 29.2 1 118 4 2/24 29.50 4.02 44.0 0 0
R Goel 2 2 12.1 0 49 0 0/13 N/A 4.03 - 0 0
PJ Sainsbury 2 2 12.0 0 79 0 0/19 N/A 6.58 - 0 0
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THE UNDISPUTED ERA
BATTING & FIELDING
Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF S/R 100s 50s 4s 6s 0s Ct St
SJ McCabe 8 8 0 362 112 45.25 424 85.38 1 2 30 7 1 8 -
ED Weekes 8 8 0 237 68 29.63 307 77.20 0 2 19 1 1 6 -
DT Lindsay 7 7 0 229 82 32.71 227 100.88 0 2 22 10 0 7 0
FMM Worrell 7 7 0 220 82 31.43 260 84.62 0 1 13 5 0 3 -
CEB Rice 7 7 1 146 52* 24.33 179 81.57 0 1 11 2 0 0 -
KS Duleepsinhji 4 4 0 120 54 30.00 125 96.00 0 1 11 1 0 1 -
RR Lindwall 7 7 2 83 40* 16.60 104 79.81 0 0 7 3 1 2 -
H Larwood 6 6 2 76 37 19.00 91 83.51 0 0 3 3 0 1 -
RG Pollock 4 4 0 73 57 18.25 102 71.57 0 1 11 0 1 0 -
AK Davidson 6 6 1 68 31* 13.60 109 62.38 0 0 5 0 0 0 -
VM Merchant 2 2 0 60 60 30.00 89 67.42 0 1 5 0 1 0 -
VAP van der Bijl 5 4 1 46 34* 15.33 43 106.97 0 0 2 2 1 1 -
GS le Roux 3 3 0 29 14 9.67 25 115.99 0 0 3 0 0 0 -
WJ O'Reilly 6 5 1 29 13* 7.25 44 65.91 0 0 1 1 2 1 -
GS Patterson 1 1 0 21 21 21.00 31 67.74 0 0 1 1 0 0 -
BS Chandrasekhar 3 2 1 19 19 19.00 18 105.56 0 0 3 0 0 0 -
CV Grimmett 3 3 0 5 4 1.67 8 62.50 0 0 1 0 1 0 -
WAS Oldfield 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 15 20.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOWLING
Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ S/R 4w 5w
H Larwood 6 6 52.0 1 300 11 3/30 27.27 5.77 28.4 0 0
RR Lindwall 7 7 61.5 0 366 11 2/39 33.27 5.92 33.7 0 0
AK Davidson 6 6 53.0 3 259 8 3/34 32.38 4.89 39.8 0 0
VAP van der Bijl 5 5 48.0 4 216 7 3/71 30.86 4.50 41.1 0 0
WJ O'Reilly 6 6 55.5 2 289 7 2/49 41.29 5.18 47.9 0 0
CEB Rice 7 7 33.0 2 201 5 2/43 40.20 6.09 39.6 0 0
GS le Roux 3 3 27.2 0 153 3 1/45 51.00 5.60 54.7 0 0
CV Grimmett 3 3 29.0 0 140 2 1/33 70.00 4.83 87.0 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 3 3 27.0 1 145 2 2/48 72.50 5.37 81.0 0 0
GS Patterson 1 1 2.0 0 12 0 0/12 N/A 6.00 - 0 0
FMM Worrell 7 2 4.0 0 32 0 0/22 N/A 8.00 - 0 0
Standings
| | Karachi Cricket Club | | 8 | | 6 | | 2 | | 0 | | +0.223 | | 12
| | Generic Wanderers | | 8 | | 5 | | 3 | | 0 | | +0.537 | | 10
| | Dominators | | 8 | | 5 | | 3 | | 0 | | +0.082 | | 10
| | PlanetCricket | | 8 | | 4 | | 3 | | 1 | | +0.479 | | 9
| | Hound Dogs | | 8 | | 2 | | 6 | | 0 | | -0.721 | | 4
| | The Undisputed Era | | 8 | | 1 | | 6 | | 1 | | -0.615 | | 3
Explanation on pitch types
Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 3 an over.