The Night Watchman

Let’s skip the boring intro and get to some things, why do people join FTP?
Normally because they want a cricketing managing experience where they can put themselves in a real life situation and make themselves the most successful team in the game.
But now let’s put this to real life, how many people go down to [...]

Charles Sacristani is widely regarded as the best bowler in FTP. According to Lee’s ranking he was rated the no.1 prior to the World Cup (Guthrie ranked 2nd).
So lets just see why he is the regarded as the best bowler in the FTP. He isnt most skilled bowler, nor is he the bowler with killer [...]

Following on from my first article on the idea of first class cricket on FTP, I suddenly gained some sort of inspiration whilst writing my Child Poverty paper. Yes, I know I seem to come up with ideas whilst strangely doing something not remotely connected with FTP in any shape or form. However, I was [...]

Whilst frantically trying to find something to do on a Saturday night after a day of uni work, I found myself watching Match of the Day whilst reading the new features set to be released in the next game version. Then I find a thread bringing up the supposedly dreaded “boring” version of the game [...]

Harold Kutcher will sign off his international career against Scotland on Saturday. I met up with his club manager SamuelVimes, to ask him about the spinner.
1. Kutcher has been a member of the Zimbabwe squad since day one, and has provided some memorable performances. Which performance do you think has been his best?
Would have liked [...]

I walk down the path, through the pavilion and head towards the turf wicket nets. The U19 team is currently training and I stop by to have a chat with James123, Bangladesh’s U19 manager.
Can you tell the readers how much of an affect managing the Nat team has to your FTP playing? Most people would [...]

I travel all the way from the Netherlands across the globe to New Zealand and at the capital I meet the New Zealand U19 manager at the indoor training facility, due to the weather. We take a seat positioned in front of the nets and talk,

OK Kwicket, you really had a good election campaign and [...]

After a tiring trip all the way to the Netherlands, outside the capital, an unusual sight for Europe but familiar to me. Cricket is the game here and I have arranged to meet the Netherlands U19 Manager, Burgers, I walk down to the practice nets and we talk while watching the young guns show their [...]

I travelled all the way to Sri Lanka, a long drive from the airport and then outside the capital I met Bobisback at the U19 Training grounds. The sound of willow on leather was music for my ears. We sat down at the bar, overlooking the practice match and talked.
So Bobisback, the role of U19 [...]

I turn up to an aged, bar and clubrooms, in the middle of Bangladesh, the U16s are playing and I have joined the senior national manager Jamillar for an interview, who is scouting for talent. We sit down in some seats in the pavilion, a small crowd of parents and the boys, some with pads [...]