What's New in V4?

What's New in Cricket Statz V4?

Cricket Statz Version 4 is an exciting major release from Red Axe. V4 offers many new features including more types of statistics reports, excellent management of historical player data, more features for associations and much more! See below for a full list of new features.

Important Notes:

a. Due to the addition of many new fields in the database, CSD files saved in this version are not backward compatible, ie. Cricket Statz V2 and V3 users will be unable to load CSD files saved by V4

b. A discounted upgrade fee applies to V3/V2 users.

New Features in V4.5 (11 August 2004)

Editing Historic Data - The historical data manager now allows you to edit historical data entries (CS Pro only).

Bug Fixes in V4.5

Error when generating match reports before saving matches - Fixed an error that would sometimes appear when running a match report before saving the database.

Bug Fixes in V4.3.8 (20 April 2004)

Error when generating individual reports - Fixed additional errors that were sometimes generated where a bowler had achieved 10 wickets in a match and where a -bye- had been entered for this bowler's team.

Bug Fixes in V4.3.6 (25 March 2004)

	Historical Data Manager (CS Pro only) - Fixed many errors where incorrect historical data was being included in reports. Also, an error would be generated when entering new information after deleting information in the historical data manager.
	Most 90's Report - Players were sometimes being included where they recorded a not out score. Fixed.

Bug Fixes in V4.3.2 (30 December 2003)

	Individual Points - Bonus individual points were not always being assigned where the player had exactly met the threshold. Fixed.
	Caught Behind - Bowlers could not be entered for the new how out of Caught Behind. Fixed.

New Features in V4.3.1 (18 December 2003)

	Multiple Keepers - A new how out type of "caught behind" has been added to allow for multiple keepers in a match. Selecting "Caught behind" or "Stumped" as a how out will automatically assign the fielder as a keeper.
	Individual Reports - Catches and Stumpings have been added to the individual report by grade/ground/team.

Bug Fixes in V4.3.1

	Competition Points - Teams were being awarded points incorrectly for an outright loss. Fixed.
	Error with Byes - Generating individual reports would sometimes produce an error when a match had been entered for a Bye. Fixed.

Bug Fixes in V4.2c (18 October 2003)

	10 Wicket Matches - The 10 Wicket Match total for individuals was not being displayed correctly on the individual statistics report. Fixed.
	Opposition Team - When a player's best batting performance was entered into the Historical Data Manager, the opposition team would be incorrectly shown on the individual statistics report. Fixed.
	Historical Batting & Bowling - When a player's historical season statistics were entered into the historical data manager for a particular grade, they would show in some reports for other grades. Additionally, the individual report would incorrectly show the most recently entered batting score as the high score. Fixed.

New Features in V4.2 (26 August 2003)

	Individual Reports - The individual report format has been condensed so that reports have a better chance to fit on to a single page. Batting and bowling highlights now show the opposition team rather than the opposition club.
	Individual by Ground/Grade/Opp/Batting Pos - These reports have been combined into a single report
	Competition Points Ladder - Teams that have not played a match are no longer shown
	New Statistics Filter - You can now filter statistic reports by "minimum matches played"

Bug Fixes in V4.2

Cannot re-open Cricket Statz after displaying Individual Report - Fixed a bug that would not allow you to re-open Cricket Statz after displaying an individual report in the browser Print & Preview function

New Features in V4.1 (28 March 2003)

	Competition points - Now cater for 1st Innings Points being awarded for a 1st innings win regardless of match result
	Competition points - Introduced new competition point type "First Innings Tie"
	Match Results - Added Team Wins due to Forfeit
	Match Scheduling - Introduced new opposition team type "-bye-"
	Match Form - Now shows competition points earned for each match

Bug Fixes in V4.1

Fixed Error#9 when running season bowling report

New Features in V4.0 (1 Feb 2003)

	NEW REPORTS! > Individual - Statistics by Ground - Added HS, 50s, 100s, BB, 5WI, 10WM > Individual - Statistics by Grade - Added HS, 50s, 100s, BB, 5WI, 10WM > Individual - Statistics by Opposition Team - Added HS, 50s, 100s, BB, 5WI, 10WM > Unusual Dismissals - New report! > Match Result - Now shows score summary > Individual Report - Added batting variation calculation as a measure of consistency. > Individual Report - Batting and Bowling charts are now shown when printing. > Individual Report - Hat Tricks have been added to the bowler highlights. > Top Partnerships - Can now be filtered by FOW > Competition Ladder - Bonus points are now shown > Most Expensive Bowling in an Innings - New report! > Most 90 Scores in Career - New report!
	Comments for Players - You can now add comments for players so that player details such as contact details or a brief bio can be captured.
	Historical Data Manager (CS Pro Only) - Major improvements to the historical data management. Historical data can now be entered for players on a season by season and grade by grade basis. The historical data manager now captures top scores, best bowling and top partnerships. Note that this function is only available in the professional edition. All V3 "Historical Data" fields in the player records will be converted to the new Historical Data Manager, except for Batting Top Score and Best Bowling (these must be updated manually), when a V2/V3 database is loaded by V4.
	More Space for Umpire's Name - Now 60 characters in length.
	More Space for Match Comments - Increased from 200 to 400 characters.
	Ground Name Restriction - The ground name has been restricted to 24 characters to fit on report pages.
	Individual Points - You can now assign different individual points for assisted and un-assisted wickets for bowlers.
	Player Report Names - Player report names no longer have to be unique within the database. They only need to be unique within a club.
	Default Player Report Names - The default format for the player report names can now be configured as either "A Citizen" or "Citizen,A".
	Batsmen Batting Twice - You can now allow Batsmen to bat twice in a single innings (for social games) but a warning will be generated.
	Newspaper Report - The match summary can now be copied to the clipboard with no formatting so that it can be better used for submission to a newspaper.
	Ease of Use - Many ease of use and cosmetic improvements have been made including the ability to save the database from the Match input screen, sorting on the match select screen by clicking on the column headings, etc.
	Match Summary - The match summary runs and wicket threshold for reporting can now be configured.

Screenshot 1: New-look report generator

Screenshot 2 : Historical Data Manager