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Jamie Hunter

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Guys, something a bit different here. I am helping a programmer produce a computer simulation of test cricket. Its along the lines of the game you use for your leagues on this forum, but a lot more in depth and you can "watch" the action unfold ball by ball with TMS/cricinfo style commentary.

The game is about 75% complete but the programmer wants to add a bit more flavour to the players than just their averages by inputting stuff about their style of batting, bowling and any specialist field positions.

I have spread sheets of players through the decades and my task is to fill in whatever I can find on test players since WW2. Obviously we are not expecting to profile every single player but will take any info we can get.

So I wondered if anyone would be willing to spare a couple of hours putting some notes and stuff on the spreadsheet if you know about players? Maybe you specialise in current players, or ones from the 80s, or just Indian ones? But any help would be hugely appreciated and I thought this would be good place to ask!

Thanks for reading and hope to hear from a few of you, cheers!
 

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A simulator you say? I would be very much looking forward to it, i.e. of course the owner decides to release it here as well.
 

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Guys, something a bit different here. I am helping a programmer produce a computer simulation of test cricket. Its along the lines of the game you use for your leagues on this forum, but a lot more in depth and you can "watch" the action unfold ball by ball with TMS/cricinfo style commentary.

The game is about 75% complete but the programmer wants to add a bit more flavour to the players than just their averages by inputting stuff about their style of batting, bowling and any specialist field positions.

I have spread sheets of players through the decades and my task is to fill in whatever I can find on test players since WW2. Obviously we are not expecting to profile every single player but will take any info we can get.

So I wondered if anyone would be willing to spare a couple of hours putting some notes and stuff on the spreadsheet if you know about players? Maybe you specialise in current players, or ones from the 80s, or just Indian ones? But any help would be hugely appreciated and I thought this would be good place to ask!

Thanks for reading and hope to hear from a few of you, cheers!
You are at the right place. There is a live walking database around this forum whose username is @VC the slogger. I haven't seen anyone as smart as him when it comes to player database and their attributes from 1900 to 2019.

He has been running some leagues that include players from 1900s till date. He will surely help if he is free. Just get in touch with him and you are good to go with simulator development.

Good to see someone is doing a new simulator. Eagerly waiting for it. Good luck. :)
 

Jamie Hunter

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Guys, thank you and I will try to contact the chap you mentioned. @asprin the game will most definitely be available to all. Expected release is around June. I have attached a screenshot here to show you what it looks like at this stage :-)
 

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