I am going to start a Test League featuring the 9 Test nations active in 1998/9 plus Bangladesh who I will give Test status to 2 years early.
The games will be simmed using Owzat Games International Cricket run on an Excel helper.
The game is very accurate and after a while Career Averages, Strike Rates and Economy Rates should be spot on.
You might find some players who failed at Test level but did better at ODI or First Class level have had their stats boosted to make them useful so it's worth trying out everyone in your squad to see what they can do.
I will roughly follow the real life Test schedule with some series extended and some series added to the schedule.
I will also add some A tours and tour matches v Board XI's so you can try out extra players.
You will be restricted to players who were active at Test level in 1998/9, or in Bangladesh's case, first class level in 1998/9.
The league will continue beyond 1998/9 if there is sufficient interest, even up to the present if we get that far, with more players becoming available as they made their real life debuts.
There is a dedicated blog for this League with Match Reports and some cool Photos of the players (I find it too hard to attach photos here on Planet Cricket so if you are looking for better presentation head to the Blog).
The Blog is here on Blogspot:
For now I want managers to sign up and state the team they would like to manage, I will post each teams available squad in following posts, more to follow...
Teams and their Managers:
Australia: ahmedleo414
Bangladesh: Slowcoach
Pakistan: Khan Sahab 54
South Africa: TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican
The games will be simmed using Owzat Games International Cricket run on an Excel helper.
The game is very accurate and after a while Career Averages, Strike Rates and Economy Rates should be spot on.
You might find some players who failed at Test level but did better at ODI or First Class level have had their stats boosted to make them useful so it's worth trying out everyone in your squad to see what they can do.
I will roughly follow the real life Test schedule with some series extended and some series added to the schedule.
I will also add some A tours and tour matches v Board XI's so you can try out extra players.
You will be restricted to players who were active at Test level in 1998/9, or in Bangladesh's case, first class level in 1998/9.
The league will continue beyond 1998/9 if there is sufficient interest, even up to the present if we get that far, with more players becoming available as they made their real life debuts.
There is a dedicated blog for this League with Match Reports and some cool Photos of the players (I find it too hard to attach photos here on Planet Cricket so if you are looking for better presentation head to the Blog).
The Blog is here on Blogspot:
Hadi's Fake Cricket Scores - International Cricket - Planet Cricket Test League 1998/9 and Onwards
hadisfakecricketscoresplanetcricket.blogspot.com
For now I want managers to sign up and state the team they would like to manage, I will post each teams available squad in following posts, more to follow...
Teams and their Managers:
Australia: ahmedleo414
Bangladesh: Slowcoach
Pakistan: Khan Sahab 54
South Africa: TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican
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