Using Owat Games International Cricket, and with the help of IC Helper, I'm going to be staging a World Test Championship in 1992 between the Test nations playing at the time.
This seemed a good point to start because South Africa had just returned, and Zimbabwe were granted Test status that year, bringing the total number of Test nations to 9.
It is also a good point in time as far as official player cards go, with many one Test wonders carded.
Each team will be play the other twice, one home, one away, with each team playing a total of 16 games.
Matches will last 5 days, and points will be awarded as follows:
Win: 12 pts
Draw: 4 pts
Tie: 4 pts
First Innings Lead: 4 pts
Bonus Points achieved for after first 100 overs of first innings:
Batting:
200 runs: 1 pt
250 runs: 2 pts
300 runs: 3 pts
350 runs: 4 pts
Bowling:
3,4 wickets: 1 pt
5,6 wickets: 2 pts
7,8 wickets: 3 pts
9,10 wickets: 4 pts
I randomly created a draw, with teams to play home fixtures at a suitable time of the year (England playing 8 home Tests in the middle of the year, etc).
Lineups will be as per team in 1992, with players playing in the correct ratio of Tests (for example, if Ian Botham played 50% of England's Tests in 1992, he will play 50% of England's 16 matches in this replay).
I will make changes to the teams in the sequence they were made in real life to ensure each player plays the correct ratio of games, and as such each lineup may not always be optimized for the pitch and weather conditions.
This should ensure each team's performance over the season is reflective of their overall squad strength and depth at the time, and not any particular best XI for that year.
The length of the season will result in players playing a lot more Tests than they did in real life, but I wanted the chance to build up some County Championship like stats over 16 matches, and I wanted the competition to be fair on all teams with home and away fixtures against each team.
Am wondering if any of the bowlers can crack the 100 wicket mark, or if any batsmen can pass 2000 runs for the season.
It should be fascinating to see which team comes out on top over the course of the season.
Draw for the First Round is as follows:
West Indies v England
India v Sri Lanka
Australia v Zimbabwe
New Zealand v Pakistan
South Africa bye
This seemed a good point to start because South Africa had just returned, and Zimbabwe were granted Test status that year, bringing the total number of Test nations to 9.
It is also a good point in time as far as official player cards go, with many one Test wonders carded.
Each team will be play the other twice, one home, one away, with each team playing a total of 16 games.
Matches will last 5 days, and points will be awarded as follows:
Win: 12 pts
Draw: 4 pts
Tie: 4 pts
First Innings Lead: 4 pts
Bonus Points achieved for after first 100 overs of first innings:
Batting:
200 runs: 1 pt
250 runs: 2 pts
300 runs: 3 pts
350 runs: 4 pts
Bowling:
3,4 wickets: 1 pt
5,6 wickets: 2 pts
7,8 wickets: 3 pts
9,10 wickets: 4 pts
I randomly created a draw, with teams to play home fixtures at a suitable time of the year (England playing 8 home Tests in the middle of the year, etc).
Lineups will be as per team in 1992, with players playing in the correct ratio of Tests (for example, if Ian Botham played 50% of England's Tests in 1992, he will play 50% of England's 16 matches in this replay).
I will make changes to the teams in the sequence they were made in real life to ensure each player plays the correct ratio of games, and as such each lineup may not always be optimized for the pitch and weather conditions.
This should ensure each team's performance over the season is reflective of their overall squad strength and depth at the time, and not any particular best XI for that year.
The length of the season will result in players playing a lot more Tests than they did in real life, but I wanted the chance to build up some County Championship like stats over 16 matches, and I wanted the competition to be fair on all teams with home and away fixtures against each team.
Am wondering if any of the bowlers can crack the 100 wicket mark, or if any batsmen can pass 2000 runs for the season.
It should be fascinating to see which team comes out on top over the course of the season.
Draw for the First Round is as follows:
West Indies v England
India v Sri Lanka
Australia v Zimbabwe
New Zealand v Pakistan
South Africa bye