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Feel free to pick 5 players from the two countries (a mix of the two, or 5 from one country - it's up to you), and two reserve players just incase one of the chosen 5 does not play. The first reserve player picked will come into contention first.

Scoring system

Batting

1 point per run
+10 for a half century
+20 for a century (+10 for any additional half century)
If a batsman is not out after 50 = +10, after 100 = +15, after 200 = +25 etc....

Fielding

10 points per catch or stumping
20 points per run out, or 10 points each, if two players share the responsibility
10 bonus points for 3 contributions with catches,stumpings or run outs

Bowling

20 points per wicket
2 points per maiden over
+10 for 5 wickets in the match
+20 for 5 wickets in an innings
+30 for 10 wickets in the match
+50 for 10 wickets in an innings
+30 for a hat trick,

1st Investec Test: England v India at Nottingham
Jul 9-13, 2014 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

2nd Investec Test: England v India at Lord's
Jul 17-21, 2014 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

3rd Investec Test: England v India at Southampton
Jul 27-31, 2014 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

4th Investec Test: England v India at Manchester
Aug 7-11, 2014 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

5th Investec Test: England v India at The Oval
Aug 15-19, 2014 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT)

Eng squad ... http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-i ... 57141.html

Ind squad ... http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-i ... 48351.html

Please submit your teams before the first ball is bowled in the first Test on July 9....

Cook
Root
Broad
Kohli
Pujara

Ali
Bell

Ballance
Pujara
B Kumar
M Ali
Jadeja

Kohli
Stokes

Thanks Shanks

Pujara
Kohli
Dhoni
Cook
Bell

Jadeja
Shami

Anderson
Broad
Plunkett
Jadeja
Shami

Ashwin
Stokes

Red, IIRC we had amended the rules so as to do away with the 10 points for 2 wickets in a row as its difficult to keep track of?
Please confirm this later.

Anyways, my team :

Cook
Bell
Anderson
Broad
Pujara

Prior
Robson

Robson
Ballance
Binny
Bell
Root

Ashwin
Cook

shankycricket wrote:Red, IIRC we had amended the rules so as to do away with the 10 points for 2 wickets in a row as its difficult to keep track of?
Please confirm this later.

Anyways, my team :

Cook
Bell
Anderson
Broad
Pujara Root

Prior
Robson

Made a slight amendment so that I can actively root for myself to get the Wooden Spoon in this league.

Ian's team that he posted in housekeeping

Stokes
Anderson
Pujara
Kohli
Jadeja

Ashwin
Ali

shankycricket wrote:Red, IIRC we had amended the rules so as to do away with the 10 points for 2 wickets in a row as its difficult to keep track of?
Please confirm this later.

Well spotted, I do believe that we did scrap that

I've amended the opening post

Teams in before the toss rather than the first ball...?

MY SIDE

Chetshwara Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ian Bell
Ben Stokes
James Anderson

Bhunveshar Kumar
Liam Plunkett

This is a toughie, but here goes;

Virat Kolhi
James Anderson
Moen Ali
Gary Ballance
The Tall English Medium Pace Bowler

Sam Robson
The Big Chill

1) James Anderson (Eng)
2) Chris Jordan (Eng)
3) Moeen Ali (Eng)
4) Michael Carberry (Eng)
5) R Ashwin (india)

Subs
Virat Kohli (India)
Murali Vijay (India)

Kohli
Jimmy
Bell
Pujara
Jadi Warrior

Ashwin
Broad

Bit of a mixed bag but oh well.