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[Jim]

maybe camel and jim should reach div1 with a team of kiwis before they strut around giving each other high fives for write ups and minor wins in div 3

And what is your problem? What have you done for the NZ community? How about you do this?
It's obviously just abit of banter between us.

[DocVanNostrand]

Kamikaze Kangaroos
Key Players:
Barry Broomes: http://www.fromthepavilion.org/player.h ... rId=757110 Done the job all season so far, must do it yet again.

I can say with absolute certainty that if I lose this match, it won't be because of Barry Broomes.

[DocVanNostrand]

And why would it not be because of the Bermudan Baron (new nickname for him)

Because a little birdie told me he won't be in the lineup.

[DocVanNostrand]

arggh silly me tour week of course!!! ehh well that screws things up. Hmm may review the preview, but might not have time

Don't sweat it, just giving you a little jazz.

While there were some things I disagreed with, I did thoroughly enjoy reading your write up. And I do agree with your bottom line conclusion. I am quite rightly the underdog, but we'll give it a go and see how it turns out.

[DocVanNostrand]

1) My Rd 5 PC match should be a walkover. My opponent only has 12 players and they are heavily, heavily fatigued.
2) My home pitch is only on flat now, because I constantly move it around, partially because my advantage may lie in different places from week to week, but primarily for deception purposes. There are a few people who can attest to that.
3) I wouldn't say I have a shortage of spinners. I do have five of them (though one is only a 20yo, so maybe he shouldn't really be considered, since he's obviously not going to play), and four of them are rested.
4) Selar may or may not be in the lineup. That hasn't been decided yet. I wasn't happy with how he played two weeks ago.
5) I would normally say that my bowling is more of my strength than my batting, but that's really just my opinion, others may or may not agree with that. That being said, not having the reliable and steady (but not flashy) Morgan available weakens my bowling a bit.

[DocVanNostrand]

You're quite right, of course a number of those things you would have absolutely no way of knowing, particularly lineup decisions. Now that I go and look at my stats, I can quite clearly see what you're saying now. What you described really is the picture that the stats paint. Like you said, you kind of just have to take the stats at face value in a case like this and I do get that. Sorry if I came across as nitpicky. I didn't really mean to come off like that.

As I said before, I did enjoy reading it. It's not really often that someone can see a write-up about their team, so it is kind of neat to be able to read that. The effort you put into doing these whenever there is a challenge match is appreciated.