From The Pavilion

Wonderful bowling display (4/24) by Brennan helped to keep Saffers within a reasonable target. A few hiccups in chasing but eventually won by 4 wickets within 41.3 overs. Another NOD 50 from young De la Cruz II. He is having a wonderful time in Scotland. Bowers, Beasley and McClain made useful contributions as well. Great team effort!

De la Cruz II is a fine prospect. Hopefully the more games he plays, the less likely I'll need to ctrl&C his name

He has been in the squad for 1.5 season now was eagerly waiting for his debut! Puts the senior players in shame!

Tour Squad Announcement - Nat One Day Division 3

First I shall try to account for the two great mysteries of the christmas period and I think there can only be one explanation for both of them. It seems that instead of writing my christmas list and emailing it to Santa as usual, I instead emailed Santa the tour announcement. This would explain why I didn't get many presents (I have been good, honest) but also why the USA team managed to win the T20 league for the first time; Santa obviously interpreted the tour announcement as a wish to win the league and duly obliged by granting this christmas wish. Of course, winning the league could also be something to do with a collection of players being developed very well by their club managers and then the USA management team getting the required amount of luck to get them to the top of the league. Anyway, here is the squad eager to get us out of division 3 in the upcoming tour:

Batsmen
Eric Beasley (Allmänna Idrottsklubben)
Alfredo Brock (rogue mercenaries)
Everett Harrison (The Bengals)
Ulysses De La Cruz II (Snickets II CC)
Carlos Riley (Philly_Bluenose)
Francis Graves (rogue mercenaries)
Virgil Griffith (Barnsley St. Peter's)

Keepers
Alfredo Bowers (Ruff Royals)
Ronald Burton (Philly_Bluenose)

Bowlers
Brain Coleman (Groundboys)

Clinton Gallegos (Central Coast Wombats)
Alfredo Diaz (Ruff Royals)
Patrick Hilton (Nimeämätön XI)

Tony Pace (Caterham Crusaders)

Thomas Mosley (Philly_Bluenose)
Philip Rivera (Cupar Cardinals)

Adam Nixon (Relegation Reprobates)
Adam Glenn (Spooning Leads to Forking)


Pakistan are the hosts for this tour while the pitches have been chosen by Bermuda. Virgil Griffith has been pushing for a place in the team and he had to get picked to make his debut. Garcia is noticeably absent as his USA career looks to be at an end. Garcia is surely going to be remembered fondly by the fans particulary thanks to his 41 NOD wickets at an average of 14.85.

Pitches
Uneven v Netherlands
Uneven v South Africa
Sticky v Bermuda
Sticky v Ireland
Crumbling v Pakistan

Our matches start at 05:00 FTP time on 11th January 2021. Please support us by following and commenting on the USA matches. Waves of goodwill coming from our supporters can only help.

Perhaps you should have sent this announcement to the Tooth Fairy?

I was made to watch rise of the guardians this Christmas, I feel like the Easter Bunny would be a good ally for the cause

darkmatter wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:52 pm

I was made to watch rise of the guardians this Christmas, I feel like the Easter Bunny would be a good ally for the cause

Philly wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:56 pm

Perhaps you should have sent this announcement to the Tooth Fairy?

Saw both of these messages before the tour started and promptly forwarded my tour announcement to both of them just in case. I don't know whether they'll get round to reading them in time but it seems to have worked so far.

spark wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:10 pm

darkmatter wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:52 pm

I was made to watch rise of the guardians this Christmas, I feel like the Easter Bunny would be a good ally for the cause

Philly wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 10:56 pm

Perhaps you should have sent this announcement to the Tooth Fairy?

Saw both of these messages before the tour started and promptly forwarded my tour announcement to both of them just in case. I don't know whether they'll get round to reading them in time but it seems to have worked so far.

Well, in the absence of any challengers, and unless the I just screwed up voting for myself, I guess I'm IT.

Who is interested in an assistant NT manager position? Spark, I assume you'll continue?

Philly wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 25, 2021 2:02 pm

Well, in the absence of any challengers, and unless the I just screwed up voting for myself, I guess I'm IT.

Who is interested in an assistant NT manager position? Spark, I assume you'll continue?

I'm in, if that's okay and you haven't got tired of me?

And congratulations on the election victory.

spark wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 25, 2021 3:46 pm

I'm in, if that's okay and you haven't got tired of me?

I need you, to catch my stupidity, e.g., setting orders for the wrong match.

Officially congrats Philly! Go USA!

bura wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 28, 2021 1:07 am

Officially congrats Philly! Go USA!

Thanks for everyone's support.

With Spark and Soundscomplex confirmed as assistants, I think we've a great team to optimize our performances over the next 2 seasons.
There is still one assistant place open for grabs, so if anyone's interested in dipping their toe into the NT scene, send me an in game message.

It's not long until the first OD tour, so we'll be working on tweaking the squad, trying to unearth any hidden gems and enjoying a few friendlies to try a few things with orders.

Best of luck Philly