westindies2007
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Randy Red- 85% i need to perform better 
Story The Cricketer 2008: Series 1 (FINISHED)
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The Cricketer 2008
Episode 2
Welcome to part2 of The Cricketer 2008, the show where 12 contestants battle it out for a £100,000 cash prize and a contract with Hampshire A team. Before the break MacWorld set a challenge to the nine remaining candidates. Paul Nixon was the only one not to complete, He had a valid reason for this and will participate in the next challenge. Ayub Abdi and Amiya Shreyas were the two lowest scoring cricketers and were sent to the pavillion where the final verdict was being decided.
Andrew Caddick: Ayub did not seem interested in the task and even laughed at some of this. I am not sure if he is right for the show, i believe he does not deserve another chance and should be evicted straight away.
Amiya is better but has not done the task properly. He did not say what he would do to warm them up or show them how to actually play. He went on about Glamour and popularity, that is not cricket.
Mike Gatting: This is Ayubs second time in the pavillion. The second time he has rushed the task. There should be no more tmes. I say vote him off now. Howevver he did outline key points and may be a good coach in the future. He just needs to prepare and put more effort in
Amiya is good but needs to explain more. i believe he should be voted out this week because of his glamour and celebrity post. That will not interest the youngsters and is not a good way to get them into the game.
In the pavillion:
MacWorld: Ayub, this is your second time in the pavillion. That is not good enough, your essay was good but lacked effort. Amiya, your work was no better, If it was up to me both of you would be out today, however i can only choose one. Amiya all your stuff about Glamour and Celebs is not Cricket. You did not do the task properly but i like your teaching style. Ayub you were good but lacked effort. I liked your Q&A at the end. So i have to get rid of one of you, Ayub i like your style but you lack enthusiasm, Amiya you need to work harder and do not deserve to be on the show. You know whats coming...
YOUR OUT!
Amiya is the second person to be evicted.
Now only 8 contestants remain, who will be MacWorlds Cricketer 2008.
Next Week: Learn about pitches.
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Dr. Pepper
Chairman of Selectors
Wow. What a superb story. It is just class. So different to every other one, so original. MacWorld made the right decision in getting rid of Amiya. His essay focused on silly things that had nothing to do with cricket. Ayub can count himself very lucky and if he's brought into MacWorld's pavilion again, he'll probably be out. Great presentation aswell mate. Just work on your punctuation and grammar 
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westindies2007
Panel of Selectors
Do we have to start writing about it. Or you will tell us when.
Amiya
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Best of luck to rest of you guys.
The Cricketer 2008
Episode 3
RING RING: Good Morning, Macworld will meet you at Hampshire Cricket Ground for your next task. A Car will be waiting outside for you at 10AM, Make sure you are on time.
MacWorld: Welcome back to Hampshires Cricket Ground. This is the third time you have been here and one of you will be playing here regularly if you win. I told you last week to start revising about pitches. For this weeks task you are captaining a side and have won the toss, However you need to decide whether to bat or bowl. Here are the pitch conditions.
Pitch: Hard (Slightly green)
Weather: Light cloud cover, medium winds, Day match
Task:
Write at least 75 words explaining why you would bat/bowl. In this essay you must include info about the pitch conditions and how it can help you. This must be done by Friday.
Good Luck
As the pitch is hard it may crumble as the game goes on, which could be an advantage when batting first, especially if you have accurate spinners who could pitch the ball in the cracks regularly. This will make batting tough as you will not know how the ball will react from the cracks.
The cloud cover would be helpful when bowling first, especially in a OD match, as the most ordinary of medium pacers can become dangerous on a cloudy day. Also, in a OD match teams would have to take more risks in order to score quicker, giving us more chances. I don't think medium winds play much of a part in this, and if both sides are batting in the day it does not give either side an advantage.
Saying all of this though I prefer bowling first, as you know how aggresive to bat in order to get the win. So if I win the toss, I would BOWL first.
Adam Hornbuckle
The cloud cover would be helpful when bowling first, especially in a OD match, as the most ordinary of medium pacers can become dangerous on a cloudy day. Also, in a OD match teams would have to take more risks in order to score quicker, giving us more chances. I don't think medium winds play much of a part in this, and if both sides are batting in the day it does not give either side an advantage.
Saying all of this though I prefer bowling first, as you know how aggresive to bat in order to get the win. So if I win the toss, I would BOWL first.
Adam Hornbuckle
ajay.bhat
Club Cricketer
i would have a bat first on this wicket...if my openers can see of the new ball say for 10 to 15 overs ..i think after that we can score good...the pitch is gonna crumble and then the ball would not be coming on to the bat..and i think the ball will keep lower...if i can get runs on the board...and the rains do come on later..i think the batsmen mite have a prob to chase with the D/L method if it comes into play...!!!
in short ill play aggresively in the middle overs and then let the pitch and weather do the taking the second half of the match
in short ill play aggresively in the middle overs and then let the pitch and weather do the taking the second half of the match
westindies2007
Panel of Selectors
(nice presentation their MAc)
After having a close look at the pitch.
I personally to be honest i have no idea about pitch.
for for this pitch. it's kind of Hard and green, It may crack later on in the game.
With moderate breeze out and not much cloud, this could be a hot Mourning here.
I would choose to bat, My batsman can make a decent total and than My spinners could bowl well on this pitch, if it do crack up later on in the day, even if it don't show no crack later on in the day, the pitch would be still hard and my bowler can get good bounce. with out much breeze nor much cloud in the sky, it be a good idea to bat 1st.
and in the evening Session we could have a good breezy after noon, for my fielder and bowlers, having our Opponent in trouble. - Randy Red
I personally to be honest i have no idea about pitch.
for for this pitch. it's kind of Hard and green, It may crack later on in the game.
With moderate breeze out and not much cloud, this could be a hot Mourning here.
I would choose to bat, My batsman can make a decent total and than My spinners could bowl well on this pitch, if it do crack up later on in the day, even if it don't show no crack later on in the day, the pitch would be still hard and my bowler can get good bounce. with out much breeze nor much cloud in the sky, it be a good idea to bat 1st.
and in the evening Session we could have a good breezy after noon, for my fielder and bowlers, having our Opponent in trouble. - Randy Red
age of the fall
International Cricketer
After having a look at the conditions of the pitch, it seems like a good decision to Bowl first once the toss is won.
The fact the Pitch is hard and has green spots will provide help for the Bowlers as the ball is likely to have an awkward bounce off the green areas, and it should assist with Swing in the opening overs. The pitch is hard so it should develop cracks during the later overs. Providing erratic bounce and spin for pace and spin bowlers respectively.
The overhead conditions will help our pace bowlers get the swing that could lead to early breakthroughs. Clouds provide swinging help so Fast/Medium bowlers have a big advantage here. I don’t think the wind will do much although it can’t do any favors for the batsmen and might help swing.
Although I have to admit that analysing cricket pitches isn’t necessarily my Forté I still think the points made do point towards a good choice for bowling first and that the Batsmen will struggle under these conditions.
The fact the Pitch is hard and has green spots will provide help for the Bowlers as the ball is likely to have an awkward bounce off the green areas, and it should assist with Swing in the opening overs. The pitch is hard so it should develop cracks during the later overs. Providing erratic bounce and spin for pace and spin bowlers respectively.
The overhead conditions will help our pace bowlers get the swing that could lead to early breakthroughs. Clouds provide swinging help so Fast/Medium bowlers have a big advantage here. I don’t think the wind will do much although it can’t do any favors for the batsmen and might help swing.
Although I have to admit that analysing cricket pitches isn’t necessarily my Forté I still think the points made do point towards a good choice for bowling first and that the Batsmen will struggle under these conditions.
Ayub 95
Club Cricketer
After having a look at the conditions of the pitch, it seems like a good decision to Bowl first once the toss is won.
While looking at the pitch i saw some cracks which might help the batting side batting first and will help the spinners get some bounce and turn also might help the hit the deck bowlers get some bounce as well which will frustrate the batting team.
But i think the cloud cover will help our bowlers get some swing and bounce which will put us in a good position to get wickets and put the batting team in trouble. And later on it will help maybe part time medium pacers get some swing with the older ball which will struggle. But the pitch might help the batsmen because if they could survive the new ball the pitch might get flatter so this means the bowlers have to take their chances with the new ball.
Ayub
While looking at the pitch i saw some cracks which might help the batting side batting first and will help the spinners get some bounce and turn also might help the hit the deck bowlers get some bounce as well which will frustrate the batting team.
But i think the cloud cover will help our bowlers get some swing and bounce which will put us in a good position to get wickets and put the batting team in trouble. And later on it will help maybe part time medium pacers get some swing with the older ball which will struggle. But the pitch might help the batsmen because if they could survive the new ball the pitch might get flatter so this means the bowlers have to take their chances with the new ball.
Ayub
I have an anology - when in doubt, bowl first. Simply because if you can't figure out the pitch, chances are they can't either. And bowling first gives you the chance to take a good look at what the wicket is capable of, making the run-chase that much easier. It is also very likely that they will start off slow trying to assess the wicket, so if it is good for batting, we'll have the upper hand there.
Looking at this pitch, I'm going to follow that analogy. No visible cracks, not a lot of grass, looks dryish and doesn't seem to hold a lot of moisture. It is definately hard, cloud cover and grass around the square may aid swing. But is just a strip of shaved land really, not much in it for either side. The ball might not zip through a lot. I'd like to be a spinner on this, but at the same time looks simple to bash the ball around a bit too. So since I'm unsure, I'm going to do the sensible thing and let them bat first. Get the quicks to pitch it up initially, make them play and drive on an uncertain pitch, and see what we get. Should be a bit of swing, if we are lucky mabe some uneven bounce or maybe good lift, maybe some seam movement. See what we get for the first 5 overs or so, and change tactics from there. By the end we should have a nice understanding of the pitch, and considering we've done out homework on their bowlers, we should be able to chase quite well.
Looking at this pitch, I'm going to follow that analogy. No visible cracks, not a lot of grass, looks dryish and doesn't seem to hold a lot of moisture. It is definately hard, cloud cover and grass around the square may aid swing. But is just a strip of shaved land really, not much in it for either side. The ball might not zip through a lot. I'd like to be a spinner on this, but at the same time looks simple to bash the ball around a bit too. So since I'm unsure, I'm going to do the sensible thing and let them bat first. Get the quicks to pitch it up initially, make them play and drive on an uncertain pitch, and see what we get. Should be a bit of swing, if we are lucky mabe some uneven bounce or maybe good lift, maybe some seam movement. See what we get for the first 5 overs or so, and change tactics from there. By the end we should have a nice understanding of the pitch, and considering we've done out homework on their bowlers, we should be able to chase quite well.
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