NSSports Cricket Discussion Thread (OOC)

[Wray]

Is anyone interested in a small bilateral series over the Christmas period? I realize we don't normally schedule such things but I will be busy in the New Year and would like to do a little cricket RP while I have the chance. I can scorinate, and we can negotiate how exactly to organize it by TG, but it'll probably be a 5-ODI, 3-T20 tour of Gruenberg, depending on details and availability.

I'd be interested - I'm not exactly busy over the Christmas/New Year period, and it's a place Wray have never toured before (other than a Test series).

[Damukuni]

A few of us in my region put together a regional club T20 league similar to the IPL... mainly filled with Damukunian teams due to the apparent lack of participation. But when that's all said and done, I'd like to put together a small club league with a round-robin similar to the Champions League Twenty20 tournament where participating countries send their top 1 or 2 teams. I probably wouldn't require a tournament to be played and publicly posted via a newswire as we get things rolling, but eventually I would like to make that a requirement. The Board of Control of Cricket in Damukuni would be willing to play host to the tournament. I'll have an official sign-up thread when that happens.

P.S. Almost forgot: You can check out the progress of the Yerfilag Premier League on the DamuSport newswire here.

[Barunia]

A few of us in my region put together a regional club T20 league similar to the IPL... mainly filled with Damukunian teams due to the apparent lack of participation. But when that's all said and done, I'd like to put together a small club league with a round-robin similar to the Champions League Twenty20 tournament where participating countries send their top 1 or 2 teams. I probably wouldn't require a tournament to be played and publicly posted via a newswire as we get things rolling, but eventually I would like to make that a requirement. The Board of Control of Cricket in Damukuni would be willing to play host to the tournament. I'll have an official sign-up thread when that happens.

P.S. Almost forgot: You can check out the progress of the Yerfilag Premier League on the DamuSport newswire here.

I'd be very interested in this.

[Liventia]

We did run a CLT20 (didn't get very far, just one completed season) in the Domestic Cricket Thread, for what it's worth. Not enough people bother with domestic leagues, or putting the effort in (compared to football).

[Apox]

We did run a CLT20 (didn't get very far, just one completed season) in the Domestic Cricket Thread, for what it's worth. Not enough people bother with domestic leagues, or putting the effort in (compared to football).

I'd be up for a revival of that myself - any reason to revive my cricket league.

[Jeckland]

We did run a CLT20 (didn't get very far, just one completed season) in the Domestic Cricket Thread, for what it's worth. Not enough people bother with domestic leagues, or putting the effort in (compared to football).

I'd be up for a revival of that myself - any reason to revive my cricket league.

Same here.

[Patistan]

I'd be up for a revival of that myself - any reason to revive my cricket league.

Same here.

I actually do have a planned cricket league (T20 format). It would be great if we do get some domestic new's wires

[Farlandria]

I'd be up for a domestic cricket scene, could try and chip in.

[Damukuni]

We did run a CLT20 (didn't get very far, just one completed season) in the Domestic Cricket Thread, for what it's worth. Not enough people bother with domestic leagues, or putting the effort in (compared to football).

Fear not! We can start small, get ourselves out there. If a small number of nations participate, so be it! One viable option is to make like the IRL Champions League T20 and have everyone send multiple teams. (That being said, this is not IPL Extended Version, so one cricket board isn't going to get away with sending 4 teams while the others only send 1 or 2, so we make sure that the playing field is level for everyone.) And, of course, should the multiple-team team scenario happen (which I would expect it to, at least starting up), I would set them up into "groups" anyway. (That's just some logic, but...)

[Liventia]

I'm not going to stand in your way if you want to pick up where I left off. What really annoyed me was that people just posted tables and that was that, compared to football where you get full season reviews.

Anyway, with the (RL) World Cup beginning on 14 February, I'd like to time the next GCF Test season to coincide with the warm-up games.

To that end I'll be opening scheduling from 14 January. There were a few slightly unpopular rules introduced last time to ensure RPing levels were adhered to. I'm not keen to remove them entirely but I'll relax them somewhat. More details to be finalised as soon as I get a chance to settle down into my new place (on the 11th).

[The Babbage Islands]

I'm game for participation in the CL, either with my main nation or with Dot Ball. Both are already scorinating domestic T20 leagues, and DB has an embryonic story that might weave its way in.

The community football world championship will be done by the time Liventia opens Test scheduling for the new season, so I'm willing to take part in that as well.

It's good to be back.

[Jeckland]

Thre definately seems to be interest in a T20 CL. I'd be up for running it - if that's okay with Liventia/the general community

[Liventia]

Thre definately seems to be interest in a T20 CL. I'd be up for running it - if that's okay with Liventia/the general community

I think it's a bit rich of you to be rushing in when Damukuni was the one who brought the idea back up saying they wanted to put it together.

[Jeckland]

Thre definately seems to be interest in a T20 CL. I'd be up for running it - if that's okay with Liventia/the general community

I think it's a bit rich of you to be rushing in when Damukuni was the one who brought the idea back up saying they wanted to put it together.

Oh, right. That's just me not reading other people's posts properly.

*slinks into shadows*

[Damukuni]

Since I only do one or two matches a day for my regional league, I'm not particularly sure when I'm going to start with the Champions League signup thread. But I promise it will be before March. I will also call for host/title sponsor bids at that time as well.

[Liventia]

Since I only do one or two matches a day for my regional league, I'm not particularly sure when I'm going to start with the Champions League signup thread. But I promise it will be before March. I will also call for host/title sponsor bids at that time as well.

Host bids? I was under the assumption that you'd wanted to run it, i.e. host it. If you're thinking of just being the overall organiser I don't see why the GCF can't do that.

[Damukuni]

Host bids? I was under the assumption that you'd wanted to run it, i.e. host it. If you're thinking of just being the overall organiser I don't see why the GCF can't do that.

I can host it, sure; I just don't have the experience, is all.

[Liventia]

Host bids? I was under the assumption that you'd wanted to run it, i.e. host it. If you're thinking of just being the overall organiser I don't see why the GCF can't do that.

I can host it, sure; I just don't have the experience, is all.

To be fair – surely if you're going to oversee everything even if not actually host it, you then ought to have at least a similar amount of experience?

There were a few slightly unpopular rules introduced last time to ensure RPing levels were adhered to. I'm not keen to remove them entirely but I'll relax them somewhat. More details to be finalised as soon as I get a chance to settle down into my new place (on the 11th).

Right, here were the rules from last season:

Tests must be scheduled in series of two to five matches, against the same opponent, in the same home country.
There is a maximum of ONE one-off Test and ONE two-match Test series that can be scheduled per nation.
Nations can only schedule one series (or one-off Test) with any given opponent in this season. If you want to do home-and-away with a rival, let the other guy tour your nation next season.
IMPORTANT FOR NEW NATIONS: New nations may schedule a MAXIMUM of one one-off and one two-match Test series (total of three matches). This limit may be lifted on a nation-by-nation basis, once the nation participates actively in RP.
Nations that have attained the rank of Full Member in previous GCF seasons, but are no longer ranked, are NOT restricted by this rule.
Once a nation has calendared a one-off Test match and a two-match Test series, they may only calendar series of three or more matches.

Here's what I intend to change for this season (changes in bold red):

Tests must be scheduled in series of two to five matches, against the same opponent, in the same home country.
There is a maximum of TWO two-match Test series that can be scheduled per nation – once two two-match series have been scheduled, the remaining series must be three or more matches.
There will be no one-off Test matches scheduled this season.
Nations can only schedule one series with any given opponent in this season. If you want to do home-and-away with a rival, let the other guy tour your nation next season.
IMPORTANT FOR NEW NATIONS: New nations may schedule a MAXIMUM of TWO two-match Test series (total of FOUR matches). This limit will be lifted once the nation participates actively in RP.
Nations that have attained the rank of Associate Member or higher in previous GCF seasons, but are no longer ranked, are NOT restricted by this rule.

Discussion welcome before I finalise the scheduling rules on Jan 14.

[Gruenberg]

Approve of the no one-offs rule. No real opinion on the other stuff as it doesn't affect me and where possible I'll avoid 2 Test series.

Edit: but it doesn't seem unreasonable.

[Jeckland]

Seems good to me.

[Chelta]

I agree with these changes.

[Damukuni]

To be fair – surely if you're going to oversee everything even if not actually host it, you then ought to have at least a similar amount of experience?

Maybe so. But the fact is, we're just squabbling at this point over trifles, and nothing's getting done. So unless anyone with more hosting experience wishes to step forward, feel free to do so. Otherwise, I will take it upon myself. I hate to act like the BCCI, but it's probably worth diving into. It is a "league" of domestic tournament champions, so it doesn't hold as much bearing as international tournaments, but what the heck.

[Barunia]

To be fair – surely if you're going to oversee everything even if not actually host it, you then ought to have at least a similar amount of experience?

Maybe so. But the fact is, we're just squabbling at this point over trifles, and nothing's getting done. So unless anyone with more hosting experience wishes to step forward, feel free to do so. Otherwise, I will take it upon myself. I hate to act like the BCCI, but it's probably worth diving into. It is a "league" of domestic tournament champions, so it doesn't hold as much bearing as international tournaments, but what the heck.

If you're thinking of just being the overall organiser I don't see why the GCF can't do that.

As Liventia has said, if you want just to organise it, then the GCF (NS's equivalent of the ICC) could run it. A suitable host could be found, if you don't mind outsourcing the concept for someone else to run.

[Damukuni]

Oh right. For a second I forgot GCF would run it. I wouldn't mind being the event organizer at all.

Also, I should join the GCF itself anyway, as cricket is Damukuni's main sport and such... (starting at wherever new members start, is that "Affiliate"?)

Outsource the concept? No big deal. I would want to participate in at least one event before I would even want to think about hosting...

[Wray]

Here's what I intend to change for this season (changes in bold red):

Tests must be scheduled in series of two to five matches, against the same opponent, in the same home country.
There is a maximum of TWO two-match Test series that can be scheduled per nation – once two two-match series have been scheduled, the remaining series must be three or more matches.
There will be no one-off Test matches scheduled this season.
Nations can only schedule one series with any given opponent in this season. If you want to do home-and-away with a rival, let the other guy tour your nation next season.
IMPORTANT FOR NEW NATIONS: New nations may schedule a MAXIMUM of TWO two-match Test series (total of FOUR matches). This limit will be lifted once the nation participates actively in RP.
Nations that have attained the rank of Associate Member or higher in previous GCF seasons, but are no longer ranked, are NOT restricted by this rule.

Discussion welcome before I finalise the scheduling rules on Jan 14.

Sounds good.

Oh right. For a second I forgot GCF would run it. I wouldn't mind being the event organizer at all.

Also, I should join the GCF itself anyway, as cricket is Damukuni's main sport and such... (starting at wherever new members start, is that "Affiliate"?)

Outsource the concept? No big deal. I would want to participate in at least one event before I would even want to think about hosting...

Just chiming in: no cricket competition on NS wouldn't be complete with Wray, so I'm registering my interest.