Subject: Battrick

Got a bye after TIEing all 3 opening games.

How many rounds are there ?

Don't know... think there are 12 or so knock-out rounds now tho...

same as Sublevel4, hope i can go a bit further.

Just one pop today:

Denis Walters - 20 yo, BT Rating=168,024
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A cautious player with competent leadership skills and feeble experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: wonderful
Batting: quality Concentration: miraculous
Bowling: abysmal Consistency: wonderful
Fielding: exceptional

Ok, so my trainees will be 20 soon and I'll need to buy some new ones. I have around £250k and am looking for 4 17yo trainees (1 bowler, 1 batter, 1 WK, and 1 all rounder). What kind of levels should I be looking to get?

Here's how my trainees turned out:

Richard Appleby - 19 yo, BT Rating=26,467
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with woeful leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: quality
Batting: proficient Concentration: proficient
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless

Dwight Winn - 19 yo, BT Rating=18,797
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, low
A destructive player with strong leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: feeble
Batting: proficient Concentration: mediocre
Bowling: proficient Consistency: respectable
Fielding: woeful

Alan Yate - 19 yo, BT Rating=15,817
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with strong leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: woeful Concentration: woeful
Bowling: proficient Consistency: strong
Fielding: feeble

Pete Cable - 19 yo, BT Rating=12,921
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, sublime
A steady player with superb leadership skills and woeful experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: mediocre
Batting: strong Concentration: feeble
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

I've gone for 2 trainies at a time, 1 is now 19 and the other 18, I will pull a bowler at the start of the season (when I know when that is), here's the 20 yr old

Barry Street (911626)
RH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fatigued
A defensive player with proficient leadership skills and woeful experience.

Plays For: Celtic Wanderers
Nationality: West Indies
Age: 19 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 32,084
Wages: £1,936 p/w

Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: strong
Batting: strong Concentration: quality
Bowling: worthless Consistency: feeble
Fielding: worthless
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Franny Tench - 18 yo, BT Rating=44,654
LH Batsman, LH Spin Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, low
An attacking player with proficient leadership skills and worthless experience.
Stamina: superb Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: proficient Concentration: respectable
Bowling: remarkable Consistency: proficient
Fielding: respectable

He's looking quite good now, just a little improvements in his fielding and conc, will help.

Only just really started training these two last few weeks. I used to train 4 or 5 players at a time, but now concentrating on these two until they are 21. They get 5 nets each.

5. Eric Henson (1063079) - Gets 3 x Batting & 2 WK (turning him into a batting wk)
RH Batsman, RM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, invigorated
A defensive player with respectable leadership skills and abysmal experience.

Plays For: Bramford Lane
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 14,774 (+732)
Wages: £814 p/w
Stamina: mediocre Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: strong Concentration: competent
Bowling: worthless Consistency: respectable
Fielding: worthless


7. Nicolas Gravey (1132898) - Gets 2 x Batting, 2 x Bowling & 1 Stamina
RH Batsman, RH Spin Bowler, respectable batting form, respectable bowling form, drained
A destructive player with worthless leadership skills and worthless experience.

Plays For: Bramford Lane
Nationality: England
Age: 17 Years Old
Battrick Rating: 9,170 (+484)
Wages: £709 p/w
Stamina: woeful Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: respectable Concentration: respectable
Bowling: respectable Consistency: mediocre
Fielding: worthless

Traing WK from woeful? That's a long, not profitable road.

Eric Henson (1063079)

If you are giving him five nets go:

1xStam, 2xBat, 1x WK, 1x Field.

I personally don't train players like you guys, I train long-term on single primary nets until about 22/23 years old!

I currently have 9 trainees, and its working very nicely for me.

I train until the end of their 20th year. My WK is about to stop getting trained. Which means I can train someone new.

Usually, they get a stamina, a primary (or two in the case of allrounders or WKs) and a fielding net. I always have three trainees.

Well, I am pretty rich, so I can afford to buy in trainees who already have most of the secondary training done all-ready.

Its then much more profitable to just train all their primary's up to around wonderful-sensational.

On a seperate note, is anyone still in the 20/20 competition...If not you are all obliged to support me in my quest for the title!

If I get another decent bowler from a youth pull I will train him with 2 nets and take the wk off Henson, but for now he will continue to get them.

Heres the guys im training :)

Jerome Chamberlain - 18 yo, BT Rating=16,351 2 batting nets
RH Batsman, RF Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, energetic
A steady player with abysmal leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: woeful
Batting: superb Concentration: respectable
Bowling: worthless Consistency: worthless
Fielding: abysmal

Sean Lakeman - 19 yo, BT Rating=24,803 2 bowling nets
LH Batsman, LFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, lively
A destructive player with woeful leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: competent Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: feeble Concentration: worthless
Bowling: quality Consistency: strong
Fielding: worthless

Rabiya Noorji - 17 yo, BT Rating=28,867 2 batting,3 bowling and 1 fielding nets
LH Batsman, RFM Bowler, superb batting form, superb bowling form, fair
A steady player with superb leadership skills and abysmal experience.
Stamina: respectable Wicket Keeping: worthless
Batting: strong Pop in 2 weeks Concentration: competent
Bowling: strong Consistency: strong
Fielding: feeble Pop in 2 weeks
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How tough to go through 2 seasons with only 2 losses, one of them being in the final.