Just a reminder that daylight saving in UK ends on Sunday and so it is time for us to turn the Battrick clocks back by one hour.
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r />At 02:00 on Sunday morning, the clocks will be turned back by one hour, as 02:00 becomes 01:00 again. This may mean that matches in progress at that time could experience the same hour of play twice, plus there could also be some issues with commentary, Live Scorecards, graphs and Multiview being out of sync temporarily.

Apologies in advance for any inconvenience that this may cause.

UPDATE: New franchises available and everyone should have their free membership boost. Membership page update coming soon.
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r />Battrick has turned 20 years old! Online games lasting 20 years is remarkable and deserve a remarkable recognition. And the presents are for you!

As of 9am BT time this Saturday, people will have the option to apply for a second franchise. This new franchise will still have to abide by all the franchise rules that currently exist with regard to what country they can be in, trading between teams and franchises and (now) franchises and franchises. Think you know better now about how to start a team and build them? Always wanted to put a team in a different country? Want to support a new National/U19 setup? This is your chance.

To be eligible for a second franchise, we are adding a new level of membership. This will be called Gold Membership. Current level of membership will be known as Silver Membership. The pricing for the Silver remains the same as currently. The pricing for the Gold is £9.50/3 month, £33/year

To enable everyone to get to enjoy this and see it for yourselves, we are granting a period of FREE membership. At 9am BT time Saturday 26 April managers with no membership will be granted Silver Membership for 2 weeks; managers who already have Silver membership at 9am BT time Saturday 26 April will be boosted to Gold Membership for 4 weeks. At the end of these time periods, if you do not gain membership for yourself, the franchises will be treated the same as currently; you will have 2 weeks to purchase the appropriate membership or they turn bot.

But wait, there's more...

Starting in Week 1 of next Season, a new feature is being added for everyone called the Free Agent list. Have you ever seen a team got bot and wish you could have bought one of their players? As of week 1, a list of 250 players that have been forcibly retired will be available for review and bidding. The next day, the list will regenerate and a new batch of players will be selected. These players will be from a wide range of skills, ages, experience and may even have some surprise traits and preferences. This list will work as following. A new link will be available under Global called Free Agent List. Once you click on the link, you will be presented with a list of 250 players, 25 per page. You can then choose to go through the list and if a particular player catches your eye, you can make an opening bid on the player by clicking on that button. Once you bid, the player is then moved to the Transfer Market where they are open to be bid on by others. Each manager will be limited to placing TWO opening bids per season.


We hope you all enjoy these presents and we look forward to celebrating many more milestones with you all in the future.

We are pleased to announce that the members of the International Teams Focus Group (ITFG) have been selected, they have accepted and we are now starting our focussing.
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r />The Focus Group is made up from a representative sample of Battrick players who discuss various issues relating to the international game on a regular basis. This feedback is then fed directly back to the development team.

The members of the group will be kept anonymous so they can go about their discussions without any outside distractions. As decisions are made and about to be implemented, we will be announcing the work they have done. Please join me in wishing them good luck in their deliberations.

On Friday, Papua New Guinea will face India in the S60 U19 World Cup Final.
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r />PNG came through Group A despite a final over defeat to New Zealand in their first match. They followed that with a final ball win over Kenya before a comfortable victory against Scotland saw them progress as group winners ahead of NZ.

India & Canada dominated Group B with comfortable victories in their first two matches against Australia & West Indies. India then edged out Canada by 1 run to win the group as both sides still went through.

In the semi finals, India scored 309/3 against New Zealand before the Kiwi top order batted like headless chickens to collapse to 90/4 in just 10 overs, a position they never recovered from as India claimed a 114 run win.

Papua New Guinea scored 268/9 in what turned out to be a thrilling semi final against Canada. Wickets fell regularly in the chase but Canada reached a position of 264/7 with three balls to go, but three singles meant they fell a run short.

So on Friday Jel’s Papua New Guinea face Ujjwal’s India, both managers are aiming for their first World Cup triumph, whilst it would be PNG’s first ever World Cup win.

At the same time Canada will try for just their second ever World Cup medal as they face New Zealand in the bronze medal match.

Friday at 09.30 BT the final of the WC will be played between South Africa and West Indies. In this preview, we will trace their road to the final.
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r />South Africa started series A in division II where, in the final match, they lost the direct promotion battle vs Australia. In series B they had some tough opposition, however, they were able to manage to claim the division II title and promote to division I, which automatically also gave them a ticket to the World Cup group stage. In Series C they finished with a 50% record, beating Scotland twice, lost to Pakistan twice and tied the other series. It gave them a position in Group B, avoiding division I winners Pakistan.

The West Indies started their campaign all the way down into division III after a double relegation in the previous WC cycle. They won their first 7 matches which ensured them promotion, however they lost the final 3, whereby they lost a big chunk out of their morale. In the final round of series B the Windies still could relegate, but as already relegated PNG defeated The Netherlands, the WIndies just could hang into division II. Series C was another close encounter between 3 teams fighting for the final WC spot. Zimbabwe with same massive wins had a very positive NRR, however this was all in vain once the Windies won by 70 runs to India.

In the group stage the Windies had a winners take all match against division I winners Pakistan, once again the Windies won an important match by 70 runs.
South Africa in their final group match had to beat India and then wait for Australia to beat Scotland, and with a negative NRR of 2.13 they reached the semi-finals.

Ad Philip scored an unbeaten & carried the bat through in innings 169 of 158 balls for South-Africa after winning the toss and electing to bat. His opening partner Upson scored 100 of 81 balls giving South Africa a healthy 358 for 2 score. In the chase New Zealand slipped under the worm from the 8th over and never recovered, despite a 135* from Rocastle, ending 29 runs short. The match ratings of New Zealand where very impressive but simply not enough in the end. The Windies saw Wells and Tench take 3 wickets each and Australia was bowled out for just 119 runs. The Windies needed only 32 overs to bypass this score, losing 4 wickets in the process.

So a final between two managers both with ties to South Africa!
Horatio started his franchise BT team in the USA in season 21 and moved to SA in season 33, his original team started in BT as early as season 5 in the West Indies. Bubblegoose started BT in SA in season 1, so BT manager from the early days! His current franchise team is located in Zimbabwe.

Join us Friday at 09.30 at Sportpark Thurlede in Schiedam, The Netherlands!

_{Thanks to MOD-Master-William for the preview.}