Version 0.0.01

My next decision was to look very professional by giving the Stats Program a version number :)

So here it is... the link to download "X-treme Stats" version 0.0.01

How to run it:

It's just a zip file with 2 files in it. Save it, extract it, and run the exe file (you have to extract it it or it won't work - you can't run it straight from inside the zip file.) Also, make sure the 'exe' file and the 'data' file are always in the same folder.. or else it won't work.

How to use it:

You don't need instructions... just play around with it... click some buttons and check out some stats. You'll find your way around pretty easy - especially given there's not a lot in there yet.

Basically, pick a category from the main window. On each window that comes up there'll be a green panel at the top where you choose your stats and options that you want to see. Click 'Show stats' or whatever the button is called, and they shall appear!

About the program:

This super-early version has just the major popular stats in it. But there will be a bit more added to it each week. I have grand visions of what this will be like once it's got everything in it that I want. Hence the grand name of the program!

But seriously.. the stats have all the match information stored BALL-BY-BALL... so pretty much any stats you could ever want will eventually be possible!

What it has so far:

• Main stats for each player
• A short list of popular records (eg. high scores, best bowling, best partnership scores...)
• MVP (and LVP) counts

What I plan to have coming next:

• Partnership career stats
• Team stats (wins/losses, runs scored, etc)
• More detailed player stats (including graphs)
• Ability to look at the full scorecard for every game

As a final note.. I hope it works. It runs perfectly on my home computer, and on my computer at work. I think any reasonably up-to-date Windows computer will be fine. Although I have had trouble with things like this looking bad (ie. becoming unreadable) when going between WinXP and later versions... my home computer has Vista and we have Windows 7 at work. So hopefully older windows will be fine, too.

Let me know if there's any problems.

Why is this here?

Dear Popped Collars,

The stats are here, chaps.

Although I initially thought it would be good to email them out, all my email accounts don't let me send 'exe' files. Even if they're in a zip file. Even if I rename them from 'exe' to something weird like 'xav' or something innocent sounding like 'doc'... the email knows!!!

So I put the file on the web.

I also could send you the link to the file to download. Problem with that is that most of the email addresses I have for you are work ones. So you might not be able to go get it anyway. Or not be able to run it if you do get it. Who knows what strange security things work-places like to implement.

Then I was going to make a web-site. But decided a blog was quicker and easier to make. So here it is... the Popped Collars Indoor Cricket Stats Blog.

Awesome!