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FTP Line By Line Commentary

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2026 9:04 am
by GA-PowerBug
FTP commentary lines are a cosmetic part of the game, however did you know you have the ability to add to the list?

Community -> Submit Commentary is where to go and you can get creative and put a line or two together. There is also a leaderboard which members can view the managers with the most submissions and approvals, here is how the top of that leaderboard looks right now
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What I wanted to show here as well is the back-end as this can help you get specific with what you suggest. If you have a line which only works in specific scenarios then we can filter it so it does only appear as such. E.g. the phrase "the bowler dives to his left but it passes him and goes to long off" only really makes sense when the batsman is a Right hander.

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Over the last few days I've cleared the backlog, and to be truthful there's many many lines out there when it comes to 4s, 6s, dots and bowled/caught behind wicket types. There's some outcome types which are quite rare indeed. So if you are of the creative sort and just want something to pass the time, feel free to put some commentary lines together, maybe you'll see them in game. Don't worry too much about getting the syntax 100% spot on, if we like the general vibe of the commentary line then it'll be approved, maybe with a slight tweak or two.

Re: FTP Line By Line Commentary

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2026 9:15 am
by GA-PowerBug
Some examples of rare combinations:

Edged wide of {wk}, who initially starts moving down leg and ends up missing the ball completely.
This is the only line where you have a WK drop catch where 4 runs are also scored. I would even say that 18 different WK drop catch lines is quite low

Similar but for Bowler drop catches, only 9 lines exist.

Bowling talents have a low number of lines, especially when the talent is unsuccessful.

Well, you don't see someone get out like that every day!
This is the only commentary line for hit the ball twice dismissal. Rare dismissal type as it is, but there's certainly some fun which can be had with this dismissal form. Whilst Handled Ball is technically obstructing the field now (since 2017) the game still has it as handled ball, only 5 lines exist should that dismissal type occur.

No Balls, there's not many lines when it comes to those, especially when runs are also scored off the bat