Old Release Notes

0.7.0.2

• Slightly easier to score runs with a new ball.
• Slightly easier to score runs from fastest bowling.
• Fix league current matches for first innings scores.

0.7.0.1

• Fix ordering on mini squad on team selection page.
• Don't show exact run rate when it is over 36.
• Show notices at the top of tactics pages more clearly.
• Add option to find current matches.
• Add summary page for league's current matches.
• Add innings highlights commentary.

0.7

• Separate out bowling speed training from bowling training.
• Make it slightly harder to improve a skill when a player is already very good at it.
• Make it slightly easier to improve a skill when a player is not very good at it.
• Ensure nightwatchman comes in in the correct over.
• Add option to enforce the follow on to the basic tactics.
• Format message replies more neatly.
• Make it easier to bowl more accurately at slower speeds.
• Reduce reverse swing for slower seamers.
• Swap swing and reverse swing for slower seamers if reverse swing were higher.
• Ensure innings summary at the end of a session is correct when an innings finishes.
• Allow new ball to be delayed when just one bowler is bowling very well with the old ball.
• Slightly increase the effect of facets of batsman's skill when facing particular types of bowling.

0.6.4.9

• Ensure link to last unread post in a topic that has been read entirely goes to the last post of the last page.
• Ensure a team cannot enter two leagues.
• Add note about automatic processes running later during BST.
• Fix problem selecting team from two different tabs.
• Ensure team doesn't waste batting overs by declaring close to a session break.
• Only check the two current bowlers against the new ball bowlers before deciding whether to take it or not.
• Don't rest bowlers between spells for as long when the new ball is approaching.
• Show which post a post is in reply to in the forums.
• Add direct links for forums posts.
• Format post replies more neatly.

0.6.4.8

• Fix problem picking a team for your next match during your current match.
• Link to the last unread post in a topic from the topic icon.
• Don't allow bids of nothing on a player auction.

0.6.4.7

• Add section about challenges to the user guide.
• Don't automatically end part-time bowler spells after one over if they are bowling well.
• Ensure picking a player twice doesn't cause an application error.

0.6.4.6

• Fix league processing for next run of official leagues.
• Improve new ball bowler choice further.

0.6.4.5

• Show correct page for first session of innings commentary when a match has finished.
• Add a tactical option to not rest new ball bowlers when a certain number of wickets have already been taken in the innings.
• Improve new ball bowler choice.
• Page titles for training pages.
• Allow teams to challenge one another for friendlies.

0.6.4.4

• Add option to view all chances for an innings in commentary.
• Add global ranking to team page.
• Add show my team option to global rankings list.
• Don't add end of innings commentary for incomplete innings at the end of a match.
• Improve feedback messages when selecting, changing or replacing an XI for a match.
• Batsmen never protect others unless they have passed their own level of designated bat runs.
• Protected batsmen bat a little less effectively than they would normally do.
• Fix formatting on list of tokens for commentary submissions.
• Move tactical option to delay declarations so that batsmen can reach milestones to the declaration section of the tactics.
• Prevent screen from scrolling when opening and closing expandable sections of the page.
• Show full commentary for first session of innings or match when they are complete rather than a five over summary.
• Add tactical option for which ball of the over to keep or lose strike for.
• Allow designated batsmen to farm strike but never refuse a single when on offer, just by turning twos and threes into ones and twos.

0.6.4.3

• Fix problem accessing team selection and tactics for the first time when a match has just started.

0.6.4.2

• Reduce impact of player training on matches that start at midnight.
• Formatting on ground honours page.
• Page titles for league pages.
• Fix incorrect number of overs lost between innings at the end of a session.
• Slightly increase likelihood of scoring some runs even when batting defensively.
• Clear players training settings when they are transferred.
• Mini squad on team selection page only shows players picked for a match in progress.
• Show the official league that a feeder is league for on the league details page.
• Show feeder leagues for an official league.

0.6.4.1

• Fix problem with bidding for a player.

0.6.4

• Add feeder leagues for the official leagues.
• Add user guide page for official and feeder leagues.
• Make fewer wicket keepers available in the draft.
• Fix 'tactics selected' message remaining after picking default tactics.
• Prevent double submission of forms.

0.6.3.1

• Don't force people to log in again if they go to the www.cricket-championship.com/.
• Add list of tokens that you can use in commentary submissions.
• Fix updating commentary submissions.

0.6.3

• Add styling for notices at top of page.
• Allow bids for players to be made directly from the player's page.
• Don't send a nightwatchman in on the last day of a match.
• Show who edited a forum post and when.
• Colder conditions make it slightly harder to spin the ball.
• Don't show message to log in each time the home page is visited.
• Allow commentary to be added.

0.6.2

• Add morale to squad pages.
• Fix login input box sizes.
• Only show all competitions statistics for players when they have played in matches in more than one competition.

0.6.1.3

• Fix problem viewing teams at the start of a match.
• Fix problem viewing all innings commentary for an innings that was still in progress.

0.6.1.2

• Improve pagination for all commentary for innings and matches.
• Add note about drag and drop on pick XI pages.
• Format lists correctly in forum posts.
• Add players to transfer market from inactive teams.
• Show most recent team transfers first in list of transfers.
• First text field has focus initially on find pages.

0.6.1.1

• Fix problem with match bowling statistics for players.

0.6.1

• Better caching of team, league and ground records.
• Ensure friendly matches have less effect on team ratings.
• Fix problem sorting transfer market searches when only age has been searched for.
• After editing a forum post, display the post that has been edited.
• Randomise order of fixtures for leagues to try and avoid as many repeated home or away fixtures.
• Increase effect of wearing and cracked pitches particulary as they become considerable worn/cracked.

0.6.0.4

• Fix problem setting default team when a match is in progress.

0.6.0.3

• Fix session by session commentary for matches in progress.

0.6.0.2

• Fix first rating on first page of team ratings.
• Don't show league division in acceptance message when league only has one division.
• Indicate at top of page when batting and/or bowling tactic sets have been used.
• Only rest bowlers for the new ball when the new ball is going to be taken during the current session.
• Add link to latest fixtures on league page.
• When showing all commentary for a match or innings show it session by session.
• Don't show infinite RRR for last over of match.

0.6.0.1

• Fix rating history for teams that have kept same rating.

0.6

• New team rating system.
• Fix problem ordering transfer market by price.
• Add link to current round of matches on league fixtures page.
• Ensure that shot descriptions are specific to a type of bowling where appropriate.
• Add sweep and reverse sweep to shot types.

0.5.0.6

• Fix problem setting tactics for match when no options are specified to extend a bowler's spell.

0.5.0.5

• Fix season ratings for teams.
• Keep track of who has reported forum posts.
• Fix problem with partnerships on wickets-only commentary for an innings.
• Fix problem searching for spinners in the transfer market.
• Fix problem searching for players for some results.
• Add option for bowler to continue a spell when they have bowled a maiden.
• Scroll expanding sections of pages into view when they are expanded.

0.5.0.4

• Link to draft when indicating a draft pick on a players transfers page.
• Add age of the player when transferred to the information about a transfer.
• Don't hide player for sale information in the contract section of the players page.
• Don't show option to sell a player when they cannot be sold.
• Fix players batting/bowling style not being displayed as tooltips on player links.
• Fix field settings not showing from commentary.
• Add ordering options to list of players for sale in transfer market.
• Don't allow players who are playing a match when tranferred to be picked for a match for their new team until their current match finishes.
• Don't allow teams to join a league as a replacement for a team dropping ot unless they have played a few matches.

0.5.0.3

• Show player's names uniquely during a match where possible by adding initials for players with the same surname.
• Fix problem with tactics being duplicated for a match from the default team tactics set.

0.5.0.2

• Fix mini squad ordering for batting and bowling on team selection page.

0.5.0.1

• Show batting and bowling strengths on the squad page and the mini squad in team selection.
• Show squad tables with alternately coloured rows.
• Fix problem with batsman milestones not being recorded when no boundaries were scored.
• Ensure players lose fitness appropriately when bowling and batting.
• Increase effect of players lacking fitness when bowling.
• Slightly increase chance of catches going to gully off seamers.
• Fix problem replacing team with a previous eleven before the team had been picked once.

0.5

• Fix duration on notice saying how long a league will last when applying.
• Add icon to leagues on league applications page for teams.
• Fix caps on spinners bowling speed.
• Show bowlers in ability order when squad page is sorted by bowling type.
• Show batsmen in ability order when squad page is sorted by batting type.
• Fix rating history page for teams who have only played one match.
• Make less effective training due to low morale more random.
• Newly drafted players now train more efficiently.

0.4.1.9

• Award prize money at the end of leagues.

0.4.1.8

• Don't show empty contract box on other teams' players' pages.
• Add graph of team's rating history.
• Show † for wicket keeper rather than +.
• Clear out match commentary older than two seasons at the start of a new season.
• Improve reduction of chance of sixes when batsmen are playing defensively.
• Move older release notes to a separate page.
• Add icon for official leagues.
• Prompt for confirmation when replacing current selection with an eleven from a previous match on the team selection page.

0.4.1.7

• Slight loss of batting ability when batsman is trying to manipulate the strike.
• Slight benefit for spinnings balls spinning away from the batsman. E.g. right-handed off spinner to a left handed batsman.
• Boost players morale at the start of a new season.
• Show all of a players changes in the training report on one line.
• Add date picker to choose league dates when commissioning a league.
• Show more details of a batsman's innings on a separate page.
• Don't show required run rate when scores are level.
• Ensure teams that do not reapply for a league (or who are inactive) are replaced with a similarly ranked new applicant.
• Don't allow inactive teams to join leagues.
• Add sell player option on player page.
• Transfer market link now goes straight to search for player page.
• Ensure earliest setter of records is shown first.
• Ensure individual batting and bowling records are for players who were playing for the team at the time of the record being set.

0.4.1.6

• Tidy fixtures page when a team is playing a match.
• Link to team from training report page.
• Update wording on training report page.
• Add five runs as an option in 'runs before batsman' setting for players in team selection.
• Add send message option to user when displaying a message from the user.
• Less chance of sixes when batsmen are playing less aggressively.
• Ensure invalid login message doesn't carry over to the welcome page after a successful login.
• Fix formatting glitch on team records for competition page.
• Avoid truncated commentary lines.
• Add forum for current league to the main forums page.

0.4.1.5

• Ensure friendlies are set up with system teams correctly.

0.4.1.4

• Fix batsman scores for not out partnerships on innings partnerships page.
• Fix links in training reports, messages and forum posts.

0.4.1.3

• Ensure a bowler isn't kept out of the attack too long for conceding a lot of runs off just a few overs.
• Use least restrictive friendly start times in friendly broker when no times are specified.
• Show session times for completed matches.
• Display partnerships in an innings with contributions from each batsman.

0.4.1.2

• Only show teams on the list of rated teams when they have played 5 matches.
• Show team ratings as provisional when they have played less than 5 matches.
• Increase the effect that groundsmen have when preparing pitches.
• Remove warning that league applications cannot be withdrawn.
• Add application closing date to league applications page.
• Ensure draws are recognised when the team still batting is the third innings and is still behind.

0.4.1.1

• Boost players morale when they transferred.
• Take bowler's rhythm into account when changing bowler.
• Link to team page from team name in squad pages.
• Don't allow players to retire if the team would be left with too few players.
• Less chance of catches in the outfield particularly when teams are batting defensively.

0.4.1.0

• Add player morale.
• Show latest transfers first for players and teams.

0.4.0.4

• Show division for the league a team is playing in.
• Show division for the league on match pages and league pages.

0.4.0.3

• Ensure player fitness is shown correctly in the mini squad view when picking a team.

0.4.0.2

• Add division number to message for being accepted to a league.
• Don't show division number (as one) when a league is accepting applications.

0.4.0.1

• Fix numbering on league applications page.
• Order teams by ranking on league applications page for official leagues.
• Correct text on league applications page.
• Fix formatting error in training reports.
• Don't allow current match to be chosen to replace XI on team selection page.
• Fix problem displaying all competition statistics for players.

0.4

• Fix problem with truncation of commentary lines.
• Fix issue with not including last partnership in a drawn game in the records.
• Add tooltip to indicate why a player's fitness is not available when they are playing in a match.
• Add option to show all records for a team regardless of competition.
• Show aggregated statistics for all competitions on player pages.
• Link to user you are sending a message to.
• Link to player in training reports.
• Link to buying team in message for a player being sold.
• Add option to swap to team-mates from a player's page
• Allow teams to vote to close a league.
• Add team lists for matches.
• Add official Cricket Championship leagues.

0.3

• Allow leagues to be recommissioned with extra divisions.
• Show players' batting and bowling strengths to their manager on player pages.
• Allow elevens from past matches to be set for forthcoming matches.
• Set dates for league applications closing and first match in the future when recommissioning an old league.
• Players playing in matches improve their abilities, especially younger players.

0.2.0.23

• Allow several type of player to be chosen as options in the draft.
• Fix topic icons for locked or sticky topics.

0.2.0.22

• Display medal next to first three teams in league.
• Tidy end of innings commentary.
• Add tactical option to react to batsman's strike rate.
• Make chance of byes more dependent on the quality of the bowling.
• Allow league applications to be withdrawn.

0.2.0.21

• Fix missing partnership commentary and icons.
• Fix ordering problem with league statistics.
• Show score as part of the wickets commentary for an innings.
• Show correct score for commentary pages whilst an innings or match is in progress.

0.2.0.20

• Update amount of fitness lost and recovered for players during matches.
• Fix problem where two over innings break didn't happen when an innings ended in the first over of a session.
• Add links in system generated user messages.
• Show message to confirm pitch preparation has been saved.
• Batsmen become 'designated' when they have scored more runs than the difference between their and their batting partners 'designated bat runs' levels.
• Fix difference in times shown on tooltip for dates.
• Reduce effect of overcast conditions on amount of swing for bowlers.
• Fix problem saving picked XI as default.
• Fix problem showing some records/stats pages.

0.2.0.19

• Notify unsuccessful bidders when a player auction finishes.
• Fix commentary showing batsmen reaching a milestone from extras.
• Add option to show pending league applications for a team.
• Fix problem requesting bowlers in the draft.
• Don't run more runs than required to win a match.
• Fix problem showing league fixtures when matches start between 0:00 and 1:00.
• Tweaks to match engine to make aggressive batting more risky.
• Batsmen lose more 'inness' during session breaks and overnight especially.

0.2.0.18

• Don't award MVP points for a batsman scoring a percentage of a low total.
• Fix bug where friendly requests were being matched regardless of the requested minimum and maximum team ratings.
• Various match engine tweaks:
  • making batting a bit more defensive in general
  • increasing benefit to batsmen on batting wickets
  • making weather generally more sunny
  • decrease benefit of fitness for less able batsmen
  • increase effect of the weather and ball (both positively and negatively)
• Add tooltip text on match pages showing what kind of bowler/batsman the player is.
• Randomise league fixtures to try and avoid long runs of home or away matches.

0.2.0.17

• Fix page links on ground batting and bowling honours pages.
• Don't show times for matches played at grounds.
• Ensure milestone icons are shown and commented on when the milestone is reached from a dropped or missed catch.
• Update privacy statement to reflect Google Adsense cookie usage.

0.2.0.16

• Fix problem with updating tactics during a game when no tactics have been set.
• Fix paragraph spacing on front page news items.

0.2.0.15

• Show the league that a team is currently playing in on the team page.
• Show the position of the team in their league on the team page.
• Allow league statistics to be restricted to a specific team.
• Allow league statistics to be filtered to specific thresholds.
• Allow team statistics to be filtered to specific thresholds.
• Only show played matches for a ground.
• Fix problem with team rating dropping after a victory against a lower ranked team.

0.2.0.14

• Add link to discuss news items.
• Fix problem where teams would disappear from a completed league when they are accepted into a new league.

0.2.0.13

• Fix problem declaring second innings immediately when no options set.

0.2.0.12

• Tidy up find league options.
• Show minimum and maximum number of teams in league find results.
• Players regain a little fitness during break between innings.
• Go to last page of forum topic after posting.

0.2.0.11

• Fix link to last post in forums for topics with many pages.
• Fix a couple of commentary errors.

0.2.0.10

• Add matches list for grounds.
• Fix problem showing applicants for league with a fixed start time for matches.
• Fix problem applying to leagues with a fixed start time.

0.2.0.9

• Improve page titles for players and teams to make bookmarking easier.
• Add loss of ability for players at the end of a season.
• Added scorecard for entire match.
• Add caching of match pages.
• Add caching of user guide.
• Reduce the number of posts per page in the forums.
• Add link to last post from forum topics.

0.2.0.8

• Fix match fees when a player has an attribute on zero.
• Matches that have finished cannot prevent another match being arranged.
• Fix problem with some tactics not being applied correctly.

0.2.0.7

• Improve end of over in commentary so over summary appears immediately with last ball.
• Add chance icon for close LBW appeals.
• Ensure bowlers are taken off when they are very tired.
• Increase effect of lack of fitness slightly for bowlers and batsmen.
• Tidy sorting on statistics pages.
• Improve error messages on registration page.
• Align league fixtures pages better.
• Tweak short form of team names in title bar.
• Fix problem with bowler's speed causing match fee to be too high.
• Ensure league applications have valid start times.

0.2.0.6

• Show no ball prefix (nb) in commentary when a wicket would have been taken but for the no ball.
• Allow leagues to be recommissioned.
• Fix ordering options on user's commissioned leagues list.
• Fix display of maximum and minimum ratings on league page.
• Don't allow unfit players to train.

0.2.0.5

• Allow player transfers to be reversed (for when users have created multiple accounts).
• Show whether a user is online on the user page.
• Show whether a user is online in user messages from and to fields.
• Fix problem with overwriting default XI with system picked XI.

0.2.0.4

• Fix problem with matches running when a player in default XI has been transferred.
• Fix problem displaying league batting statistics.

0.2.0.3

• Allow draft leagues to be deleted.
• Display when a user has been banned.
• Clear leagues in preparation when their applications closing date is in the past.

0.2.0.2

• Reduce ability of newly drafted players.
• Fix problem with league results showing for incorrect leagues.
• Paginate player statistics lists for leagues and teams.
• Allow settings to be changed on commissioned leagues before they are finalised.

0.2.0.1

• Fix over enthusiastic caching of some team pages.

0.2.0.0

• Set nightwatchmen options correctly for match where no XI has been picked.
• Use single transfer market link in team menu.
• Ensure applications closing date is before first match date for leagues.

0.1.0.22

• Fix RRR in last innings in commentary and on match page.
• Fix double barrelled player surnames wrapping.
• Add date of latest news posts.
• Fix problems with players not being able to be sold when they been auctioned and no-one bid.
• Fix problem with team ratings not being updated when difference between ratings is large.

0.1.0.21

• Prevent teams being accepted to a league when they have a clashing friendly fixture.
• Load default XI for team at start of match if no XI is picked.
• Add more commentary for LBW appeals.

0.1.0.20

• Don't change bowlers too early in the innings after a session break.
• Adjust likelihood of dismissals being catches.
• Don't let winnings team's rating decrease after a match.
• Fix problem with uneditable match tactics.

0.1.0.19

• Feedback when team has been picked or tactics updated.
• Allow default match tactics to be edited.
• Add extra options for second innings declaration.

0.1.0.18

• Fix problem with duplicate tactics.
• Fix problem with innings over tactic not applying in first over of innings.

0.1.0.17

• Show correct left menu for default XI page.
• Fix problem generating training reports for some teams.

0.1.0.16

• Fix problem with default tactics not being applied.
• Fix problem in some browsers updating tactics.

0.1.0.15

• Show player's age and batting type in transfer market listings.
• Refresh commentary pages more often.
• Add new ground background for fielding position displays.
• Fix problem matching team ratings in friendly requests.
• Show in forthcoming matches where a team has been picked.
• Allow default XI for team to be edited.

0.1.0.14

• Fix problem showing all other teams matches as 'in progress'.
• Show commentary in progress ball by ball.
• Save sent messages from users.
• Add note to declaration tactics to indicate which is runs and which is RRR.
• Add searching in transfer market.

0.1.0.13

• Update match engine to reduce run rates.
• Fix problem where league match results were showing before the end of the match.
• Indicate fixtures that are in progress in other team's fixture lists.
• Improve formatting on league fixtures page.
• Improve formatting on team fixtures page.

0.1.0.12

• Add more options when commissioning a league.
• Add list of teams by rating.
• Add forums for leagues

0.1.0.11

• Show forum as read after posting in a topic.
• Fix formatting on ground honours pages.
• Move declaration options to basic interface.
• Allow league commissioner to reapply for their own league.
• Show innings as declared when it has been declared during a break in play.

0.1.0.10

• Fix match engine problem with no nightwatchman being specified.
• Show order of applicants to a league.
• Show commissioner's team in list of league applicants.
• Show when a user is on- or offline.
• Add option to show all online users.
• Reduce effect on MVP and man of the match of scoring percentage of team's total in an innings.
• Indicate on forums which forums and topics have been read or not.

0.1.0.9

• Display current bid for player for sale if the viewing user has made a bid on the player.
• Add list of current bids for your team.
• Add left menu for field settings pages during matches.
• Show home match start times for league applicants.
• Show fitness correctly for players playing in matches on player's page.
• Update forum and topic last posted times when a post has been updated.
• Don't allow earliest time to be after latest time for friendly request.

0.1.0.8

• Fix problem sending notifications at the end of player auctions to the wrong users.

0.1.0.7

• Show how long a league will run for above the apply to league option.
• Show team count correctly for leagues when not all places were filled.
• Remove league invitations when a league starts or is cancelled.
• Allow league invitations to be hidden.
• Improve message when training has not caused any noticeable improvements.
• Make commentary on subcomponents of bowling more likely.
• Use a default run rate for bowling spells when none has been specified.
• Use times specified in friendly broker to check for clashing fixtures rather than start of day.

0.1.0.6

• Allow forums to be locked (News forum specifically).
• Add last poster to list of forums.
• Add note on registration page that your choice of basic or advanced interface can be changed later.
• Fix problem with double registration possible to get twice as many players for your team.
• Describe variable pitch types better for grounds.
• Fix problem setting default pitch type to variable for your ground.

0.1.0.5

• Only show non-rejected applicants to leagues.
• Fix error preventing teams with invites being invited to other leagues.
• Fix error opening new window or tab with some links.
• Add warning note on league application submission about not being able to withdraw an application.

0.1.0.4

• Make user messaging input wider.
• Update some tactics labels and 'go to' widget labelling.
• Add flexible ordering to league finder.
• Fixed contact email address in footers.
• Add note about navigating to different pages when inviting teams to a league.
• Fix problem with not all teams appearing to be invited for a league.
• Fix problem showing player's last match as a match in the future.
• Add forums for promoting leagues and players for sale.
• Focus on text inputs when making forum posts.
• Don't enforce unique league names when the clashing name is for a cancelled league.
• Warn in the friendly broker when there are league applications that may clash with a friendly.

0.1.0.3

• Add some explanatory text on league commissioning page.
• Fix error when no teams are selected to invite to league.
• Add preview option on user messages.
• Fix error with match dates clashing two days after match finishes (should only need 1 rest day).

0.1.0.2

• Fix login boxes flowing over text in Internet Explorer.
• Left justify list of league applicants.
• Don't allow leagues to be commissioned with the first game starting today.
• Send a message to league commissioners when a league is cancelled.

0.1.0.1

• Teams or users that have not finished signing up are not included in search results
• Increase maximum size of user messages.
• Add note saying that user name is visible to all users.
• Don't show commission league link on other users' pages.

0.1.0.0

• Add man of the match to commentary.
• Allow forum posts to be replied to.
• Add home page for logged in user.
• Allow editing of forum posts.
• Ordering of squad by batting and bowling types.
• Add contact email address.
• Add previewing of forum posts.
• Allow invitations to be sent out for leagues.
• User interface type can be chosen during registration.

0.0.6.1

• Allow non-striker to be run out.
• Add link to team's home page to friendly broker and league finder when they have no matches arranged.
• Fewer MVP points are awarded for friendly matches.
• Add icon to send messages to users.
• Fix topic counts in forums.
• Add find user option.
• Add filtering of system or user sent messages in messages list.
• Don't send an application successful message to the commissioner of the league.
• Send a message to commissioners when their league fixtures are generated.
• Add an option on leagues to recommission automatically.
• Add mini squad viewer to pick XI page.

0.0.6

• Add system controlled teams.
• Allow system controlled teams to accept friendly requests.
• Add link to switch to/from basic interface on pick XI page.
• Allow switch to basic interface on tactics page.
• Simplify bowling selection with basic interface.
• Add icon for partnerships in commentary.
• Add tooltip showing time difference to date and time displays through the game.
• Choice of bowlers is affected by their economy rate compared to the bowling aggression.
• Update man of the match calculations.
• Add MVPs for leagues.

0.0.5.8

• Add career statistics for teams.

0.0.5.7

• Allow sorting of user messages.
• Allow user messages to be replied to.
• Bidirectional sorting of team and league statistics.
• Allow training settings to be specified for the whole team.
• Add dragging and dropping of players in selection screen.

0.0.5.6

• Add user to user messaging.
• Add tactical option for extending a bowler's spell after a chance or wicket.

0.0.5.5

• Players can now be moved down the order as well as up when modifying the batting order during a match.
• Add teams to find results for players.
• Bring field up to prevent a single when only one run is required to win.
• Commissioner's team gets priority when processing league applications.
• Allow competition type to be chosen for commissioned leagues.
• More detailed results when finding leagues.
• League commissioners can reject applications to their league.
• Reverse swing only happens as a ball ages rather than being possible with a relatively new ball.
• Added terms and conditions and privacy policy.
• Team ratings are affected less by results of friendly matches.
• Allow player training to be set from the player's page.
• Add icons for sticky and locked forum topics.
• Show sticky topics first in a forum.
• Home match time for a league defaults to 11:00.
• Time range for a friendly request defaults to 10:00 to 12:00.
• Show pick XI and tactics links on pitch and weather page when your team is playing.

0.0.5.4

• Show on the league page when you have applied for a league.
• Players retire when they are released from their contracts.
• Show the date that players retired.
• Add tactical option to prevent players from getting a single to keep or lose the strike.
• Add player search.

0.0.5.3

• Add icons to commentary for batsman milestones.
• Main logo now links to home page.
• No score summary on last over of an innings.
• Only show players in opposing team that are players when modifying tactics specifying opposition players.
• Squad table can now be sorted up or down for sortable attributes.
• Allow users to commission their own leagues.
• Show the fitness of players involved in a match when they are off the field.
• No balls are bowled less frequently by spinners and medium pace bowlers.
• Retired players are recorded as having played for their last team.
• Show other teams looking for friendlies even when you have made a request for a friendly.
• You can set the default type of pitch for your home ground.

0.0.5.2

• Tidy up styling on tactics pages.
• Show session correctly at start of sessions.
• Add tactical option for targetting batsmen by position in the batting order.

0.0.5.1

• Add league results for teams.
• Update user guide.

0.0.5

• Major restyling.
• Add descriptions of competions.
• Show required run rate as <1.00 when it drops below 1.
• Display no batting or bowling honours correctly on ground pages.
• Show users own players in list of players to buy.
• Send message to winning bidder and seller when a player auction finishes.

0.0.4.14

• Show potential friendly matches in friendly broker.
• Show abbreviated score in page title for commentary pages.
• Add non-striker to commentary.
• Pitches degrade more realistically.
• Show current session on weather forecasts.
• Show required run rate for fourth innings.
• Pitches wear more when faster bowlers are bowling.
• Players tire quicker in hot and humid conditions.
• Batsmen can cross when the batsman on strike is out caught.

0.0.4.13

• Fitness plays less of a part in bowling effectiveness except when player is very tired.

0.0.4.12

• Don't protect openers with a nightwatchman.
• Show abbreviated score in page title for match and innings pages.
• Bowlers are more likely to win a man of the match award than before.

0.0.4.11

• Add overs to fall of wickets in innings scorecard.

0.0.4.10

• Update commentary authoring guide.
• When picking team or tactics you can now go to the match as an option.
• You can see the weather and final pitch state for a completed match.
• Show start time for forthcoming matches.
• Show more information about runs scored in an over in commentary.

0.0.4.9

• Added adverts.
• Updated match engine.
• Describe aspects of a delivery more accurately (i.e. spin, swing, seam etc).
• Increase likelihood of byes.

0.0.4.8

• Fix problem with designated batsmen not keeping the strike when tactics say they should.

0.0.4.7

• Players do not lose skills when training.
• Ensure all players train correctly.
• Added economy rate and extras for bowlers on scorecard.
• Added strike rate for batsmen on scorecard.

0.0.4.6

• Bug fixes.
• Increase chances of fielders taking catches and making stumpings.
• Changes to match engine to ensure that more chances occur when teams are batting aggressively than when they are batting defensively.
• Increase chances of run outs.

0.0.4.5

• Show default tactic sets on team tactics page.
• Add graphical representations of field settings.

0.0.4.4

• Formatting on user guide and login pages.
• Fix draft display.
• Friendlies are created at the mid-point of the earliest and latest start times.
• You can save default tactical options for your team.
• Indicate that a player was a founding member of the team if they have not been transferred.

0.0.4.3

• Nightwatchmen are always designated batsmen.
• Nightwatchmen bat more defensively.
• Styling changes.

0.0.4.2

• Fix commentary for when a run is turned down to protect batsmen from the strike.
• Add weather for all sessions of the match with forecasts.
• Sort out summer time issues.

0.0.4.1

• Add timings of automated processes to user guide.
• Ensure GMT is used throughout application.

0.0.4

• Youth player draft added.
• Added forums.
• Teams whose users have not logged in for a while will not train.
• Add nightwatchman.
• Show when a player was drafted.
• Allow players to be released/fired from a team.
• Add minutes batted for batsmen.
• Don't show pitch and weather for a match more than two days in advance.
• Allow pitches to be prepared for home matches.

0.0.3.14

• You can change your batting order during a match.
• Partnership records are available for teams, grounds and leagues for future matches (doesn't include old matches).
• Add commentary options to show whether ball has seamed, swung, reverse swung, spun, been well flighted or been a googly/doosra.
• Add more commentary.

0.0.3.13

• Tidy some commentary.
• Fix problem whereby dot balls were always considered as being hit.
• Capitalise commentary correctly.

0.0.3.12

• Fix problem with player debuts and last matches showing incorrectly.
• Show no records properly in records pages.
• Add no balls to scorebook notation.
• Added more commentary

0.0.3.11

• Link to batsman and bowler in ball commentary.
• Improved records formatting.
• Added date for records.
• Add default tactics for all teams if no tactics are specified.
• Add more detailed team accounts.
• Don't allow a player to be retransferred until 50 days after last transfer.
• Add gate receipts and player match fees.
• Don't display updated team ratings until after the match.
• Make start date option clearer in friendly broker.

0.0.3.10

• Fix league bowling statistics ordering links.

0.0.3.9

• Fix problem paging batting and bowling honours boards.
• Honours boards show latest achievements first.
• More dropped catch commentary.
• Add scorebook notation for deliveries in commentary.

0.0.3.8

• Add link to change interface type from tactics page.
• Move dropped catch commentary.
• Fix team records.

0.0.3.7

• Add link to ground in menu.
• Add link to team records in menu.
• Fix problem showing records when matches were in progress.

0.0.3.6

• Fix match commentary (wasn't showing).

0.0.3.5

• Match and innings events are now called 'notes'.
• Increase width of match notes to reduce chance of batsmen names wrapping.
• Fix problem with aggression dropping to zero.
• Add more dropped catches commentary.

0.0.3.4

• Add statistics for leagues.
• Add records for leagues.
• No balls that would have been a wicket no longer appear in wickets-only commentary.
• Add tactical option for how far away the end of a session is.
• Add option in training to determine whether whole squad trains the day before a match.
• Tidy team names in league table.
• Tidy find leagues page.

0.0.3.3

• Only show messages link on team page for user's team.
• Add ground records.
• Add honours boards for grounds.
• Add team records.
• Display players' debuts and last matches for competitions.
• Link to the match in which a player got his highest score or best figures.
• Redirect to intended destination if a user is forced to login.
• Add simplified interface with less tactical options.
• Add header on all pages.
• Simplify commentary paging (now only has standard view and 'all' view).
• Add bowlers rhythm to match engine.
• Allow the taking of the new ball to be deferred.
• Fix typo in commentary for new ball being taken.
• Add tactics for designated and non-designated batsmen.
• Fixed bug causing pitches to crack too easily.
• Display weather and pitch conditions correctly rather than just for the end of the session.
• Add boundaries only view of commentary for innings.

0.0.3.2

• Fix error when declaring before a session starts.
• Make commentary more compact.
• Use only page numbers for commentary pages.
• Add batting and bowling points for first innings in league matches.
• Show results of completed matches on league fixtures page.
• Fix problem with drawn matches losing their result information.
• Don't show league link for teams that are not in a league.
• Add options to pick eleven and tactics pages to go to other pages.
• Add user messaging.
• Generate user messages when league applications are accepted or rejected.
• Add friendly broker to replace challenge proposals.

0.0.3.1

• Fix problem navigating to league for a team that are not entered in a league.

0.0.3

• Rewrite of commentary engine.
• Sort players by name in specific player tactic selectors.
• Slightly reduce effect of pace for seam bowlers.
• Add display of innings wickets to commentary options.
• Add field settings page.
• Players on the winnings team are more likely to be made man of the match.
• Add team ratings.
• Add leagues.
• Add first class competition.

0.0.2.10

• Reduce the brittleness of tail-enders' batting.
• Add tactics to target specific opposing players.

0.0.2.9

• Add more flexible description of catches in the commentary.
• Add commentary authoring guide.
• User menu option now links to the user's details.
• Show release notes with site menu.

0.0.2.8

• Fix teething problems with emailing.

0.0.2.7

• Use emailed confirmation code when registering a new user.
• Add forgotten email functionality.
• Validate format of email when registering a user.
• Allow training to be cancelled for players that are not fully fit.
• Add labels on pages of results.
• Refer to slip without number when there is only one.
• Add DTD for commentary content.

0.0.2.6

• Tidy display of team name in player view.
• Tidy display of player names in commentary.
• Tidy display of match conditions.
• Add tooltip help on match conditions page.
• Bowl selected bowlers in preference to non-selected even when the non-selected bowlers are better.
• Fix typo in commentary when a bowler has only bowled one over in a spell.
• Show proper error messages on pick XI page.

0.0.2.5

• Tidied player and squad pages.
• Tidied sell player page.
• Tidied match page.

0.0.2.4

• Add option to delay declaration if batsmen are nearing a milestone.
• Add more commentary for bowled and caught behind dismissals.
• Add more commentary for fours.

0.0.2.3

• Add run commentary after a dropped or missed slip catch.
• Fix link to team on transfer page when there are no transfers.
• Fix bug reducing effectiveness of seam bowling.
• Add more sophisticated commentary for fours.

0.0.2.2

• Don't commentate on a hurried run when the run was refused to protect the strike.
• More changes to the bowler choice logic to spread bowling load more.
• Don't show partnership and innings state summaries at the end of an over that is the last in the innings.
• Add show user page.
• Add player buying and selling.
• Add commentary option links to bottom of commentary page.
• Make weather conditions affect changes in the pitch.

0.0.2.1

• Allow more than one close catcher.
• Fit field description for spinners into icon tooltip.
• Fix problem with commentary jumping when first innings link is clicked.
• Add link to match from innings commentary page.

0.0.2

• Add improved icons for commentary.
• Add team tactics.
• Allow team tactics to be applied to match tactics.

0.0.1.9

• Share bowling load more between bowlers.
• Remove warning message from training and tactics pages when you navigate away from them.

0.0.1.8

• Add slight advantage for the home team.
• Add innings batting and bowling summaries on match page.
• Add icon for wicket chances in commentary.
• Add icons for boundaries in commentary.

0.0.1.7

• Fix pluralisation in score descriptions.
• Add descriptions of pitch and weather conditions.
• Only allow fixtures to be proposed up to a week in advance.
• Don't change bowlers after a new ball when the existing bowler is the second choice new-ball bowler.
• Team run rate tactics only take effect after 10 overs.
• Add links to bowlers and batsmen in commentary.
• Add links to innings in commentary.
• Add icon for wickets in commentary.

0.0.1.6

• Add description of fielding commentary (as tooltip of image).

0.0.1.5

• Don't train players that are selected to play in a match that starts within 12 hours.
• Add change password option.
• Add change email option.
• Restyle commentary.
• Remove commentary on the field and changes in the field.
• Pitch and weather conditions now use the same page.

0.0.1.4

• Add batsmen scores to end of over commentary.
• Show wicket maidens in commentary when more than one wicket is taken.
• Show byes and leg-byes as runs in a maiden in commentary.
• Players with no wickets now appear at bottom of bowling statistics when sorted by average or strike rate.
• Add partnership and scores state to end of over commentary.
• Add batsman's score to commentary for a dismissal.
• Increase size of pages for commentary.

0.0.1.3

• Link to man of match from match page.
• Add verbose descriptions of player batting and bowling on player page.
• Use smaller font on commentary pages.
• Add sorting on team statistics pages.
• Add a weekly training report.
• Commentate on the field and changes in the field.

0.0.1.2

• Increase fitness loss when training.
• Remove training link from non-managed team page.
• Players train at a different rate depending on their age.
• Older players lose abilities as they age.
• Don't show fall of wicket for an innings when no wickets have fallen.
• Show full players names in list of players yet to bat.
• Share bowling more - especially when a bowler hasn't bowled or has bowled well.

0.0.1

• Add screen for setting training options for players.
• Add training processing.

0.0.0.20

• Add link to match from Select XI and Tactics pages.
• Add statistics link to Squad menu.
• Fix problem with batsman being able to score 5 runs.
• Fix problem with innings title showing score 3 overs old.
• Only show bowlers in bowling statistics.

0.0.0.19

• Fix problem with fielders being in two positions at the same time.
• Fix problem with match not displaying result straight away at the end of the match.
• Fix problem with ten wicket matches for bowlers not being added to the stats.
• Commentate on when a team is asked to follow on.
• Enforcing the follow on is now an option in the tactics.
• Designated batsmen can opt to try and keep the strike when batting with non-designated batsmen.
• Additional tactics to decide when a batter becomes a batsman (i.e. no longer needs protecting from the strike).
• Add batsmen yet to (or who didn't) bat in an innings.
• Only show innings current partnership when the innings is still in progress.
• Add number of new fixture proposals to team page.
• Add team statistics pages.

0.0.0.18

• Add commentary for 'dismissals' on no balls.
• Add commentary for run outs.
• Fix back to front commentary problem.

0.0.0.17

• Add commentary for wicket keeper catches.
• Fix problem with match state showing incorrectly at the end of the day.
• Show commentary from the start of a completed match/innings.
• Show commentary as if in progress for a few minutes after match/innings ends.
• Show caught and bowled correctly in the commentary.
• Add commentary for run out opportunities.
• Add favicon.

0.0.0.16

• Add commentary for close catches.
• Add maximum of 4 close catchers for spinners.
• Ensure gully fielder doesn't also field in the outfield.
• Add results to played matches list.
• Tidy fixture lists.
• Ensure bowlers rest for a few overs after a spell.
• Fielders, captain and wicket keeper lose fitness when fielding.
• Bowlers get tired whilst bowling but recover a little when they are not bowling.

0.0.0.15

• Reduce chance of byes.
• More chance of slip catches going to 1st/2nd.
• Fix bug showing fitness between 1 and 1000.
• Fix bug with fielders in incorrect order (was placing worst catchers in slips).

0.0.0.14

• Add default team selection.
• Add more detailed page titles for innings in progress.
• Added man of the match awards.
• Best fielders now field in catching positions.

0.0.0.13

• Add end of over summary to commentary.

0.0.0.12

• Increase overs per session to 34.
• Commentate on batsmen passing innings milestones.
• Restrict start time of matches to 15 minute intervals.
• Identify spin bowlers as off spin or leg spin.
• Chances from spinners cannot go to 3rd or 4th slip or gully.
• Add stumping dismissal.
• Moved to fastcgi for deployment.
• Removed /rails prefix for URLs.