Calling cricket fans..

I think the trick with the spinners is to wait as long as possible before hitting it...that way you tend to pull it very square, and luckily there are no fielders at square leg

109 not out for Vikram Solanki, no tournament wins yet though...damn Aussies!

Originally posted by kyngj
I think the trick with the spinners is to wait as long as possible before hitting it...that way you tend to pull it very square, and luckily there are no fielders at square leg


This game is crud.

Boring first 4-6 Overs, just hitting 6's and 4's then with the spinner you're lucky to hit a single 4. Tried hitting early, tried late. Wouldn't mind if it was purely a case of knowing how to play spin, but I've a suspicion the designer built it so you would lose towards the end..

Originally posted by pcaspian
Originally posted by kyngj
[b]I think the trick with the spinners is to wait as long as possible before hitting it...that way you tend to pull it very square, and luckily there are no fielders at square leg


This game is crud.

Boring first 4-6 Overs, just hitting 6's and 4's then with the spinner you're lucky to hit a single 4. Tried h ...[text shortened]... to play spin, but I've a suspicion the designer built it so you would lose towards the end..
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Originally posted by trekkie
Not sure that theory works since the highest score page has heaps of players scoring above 300 !!!!!

-trekkie

Possibly.. I like to think when you pay a subscription, they remove the spinners , I think thats gonna be my only excuse 😉

Finally beat the Aussies!

Got 102 with Smith, then went on to lose the next game against the West Indies ! Either way, yes, you have to wait quite a while before you hit the spinners.

Just got my best score 7/211

Hayden scored 110 (27)


that was fun 🙂

-trekkie

Originally posted by trekkie
Just got my best score 7/211

Hayden scored 110 (27)


that was fun 🙂

-trekkie

224 with SA.

I play this game too much I think.

Still trying to win a tournament,it is becoming an obsession. I am playing with Sri Lanka since i cant hit a thing bowled by Chandana.

Originally posted by Dr. Brain
Still trying to win a tournament,it is becoming an obsession. I am playing with Sri Lanka since i cant hit a thing bowled by Chandana.

Heh, I used to play this game a lot when the ICC Champions Trophy was on. The groups were laid out as per the ICCCT. Furthest I got was to the semi-finals - lost as England playing Aus (like THAT would happen...).
I had similar problems with spinners. My openers would regularly get 50+ off the fast bowlers, then I'd collapse against the spinners. I don't think I ever got a score above 20 with Flintoff because he always came into bat when the spinners were on.
Haven't played it in a while, may take another look.

I try to get in a game about once a day when I'm really bored.

Originally posted by Crowley
I try to get in a game about once a day when I'm really bored.

I like the way the teams and groups have been changed. Reached the final with Sri Lanka chasing a modest 202 set by Australia,then......power failure.

AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WON the tournament 😀 😀

Playing as Australia

Defeated England in the Semi, scoring 183

Defeated New Zealand in the Final, scoring 194 (on the last ball)


Both were modest totals.....With the current groupings most of the time I play Pakistan in the Semi. I am still yet to beat them, their leg spin bowler drives me nuts.

There seems to be a random function that determines who you play after the pool matches.

Originally posted by trekkie
I WON the tournament 😀 😀

There seems to be a random function that determines who you play after the pool matches.

Congrats! Yeah, took me ages too. I found the game actually slowed down and got jerky towards the end. Dunno if it was a memory leak, but very difficult to play.

Sri Lanka had some difficult to hit spinners though, but won with SA.