02bburco wrote:Interesting, if you took the best XI based on points so far, with top scorer captained, you would be on 5633 without using any transfers or changes, leaders only on 6721, says a lot of people are guessing wrong capt wise.
I know it’s stating the obvious, but there’s a large amount of pure luck in the game. Every match has at least 2-3 equally valid captain choices - eg. just considering batsmen (and it’s certainly not only a batsmen’s game), Bairstow vs Roy vs Root? Warner vs Finch vs Smith? Sharma vs Dhawan vs Kohli? You roll the dice! Most games will have only one of the above scoring big...
Then you factor in double-duck points (eg. Bairstow yesterday, Gayle), injuries (eg. Roy a couple of games ago), games where the openers go crazy so #3 doesn’t even get a bat, etc. And I’m surprised the leaders are doing so well!!
Again probably stating the obvious, but the real skill comes in deciding when to hold back transfers and skip a game...weighing up whether transferring for a 3-for-1 is a better idea than keeping that transfer for a 1-game captain...reacting to the weather forecasts and ground conditions. Oh, and being available between 10 and 10.30 every bleedin’ day to change tactics based on the toss! (Hard work for those of us in full time employment!)
Enjoy!