Test Match Fantasy League: England v Pakistan, 2016.

[sussexpob]

I took Shah out at the last minute because I thought Pakistan would lose the series, and I had picked 4 Pakistanis.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Should have left out a different Pakistani.

[alfie]

Alfie one of a pair of entrants to benefit by Woakes qualifying as first reserve. Dan was the other. With Anderson coming back, they lose him for the next Test. No one had Yasir and Woakes.


Alfie...917
Arthur...897
Alviro...893
Ian...874
DD...847
Dan...791
BN...761
Hope...719
Aidan...618
Dilbert...590
Ginger...554
Sussex...539
GJ...529
CF90...483
Red...449
Bhaves...436

Like first day of the Open, the leaderboard includes rookies, longshots and amateurs, who will rapidly make way over the next few rounds. In this case, Arthur Crabtree. Only to be stuck in a bunker on the thirteenth when the old claret jug is presented.

A Cunning Plan on my part , AC

Expecting Jimmy to miss the first match and foreseeing Woakes as the most likely to take "his" wickets...

OK , actually a lucky guess.

Don't suppose many people will have Woakes in their five anyway ? Still might come in handy later if anyone gets injured...

[Aidan11]

Mid-table. Biding my time until I make the giant leap to the bottom.

[Red Devil]

got this one all wrong

[sussexpob]

Should have left out a different Pakistani.

I thought I did... I was celebrating all the points I had, then for some reason came to this thread to find out I took the wrong blasted player out.....

[ianp1970]

got this one all wrong

I have a sneaky feeling that you will overtake everyone else during the second half of the Oval test RD...

[Arthur Crabtree]

You gotta have Root. And Woakes. Everyone has Root, but only very knowledgable posters have Root and Woakes. And that's Al and DD.

Player scores for Old Trafford.


Root...467
Cook...251
Woakes...224
Wahab...120
Amir...114

Misbah...107
Moeen...104
Anderson...94
Bairstow...88
Stokes...76
Hafeez...70
Sarfraz...63
Broad...46
Ballance...43
Shafiq...43

Yasir...43
Rahar...40
Younis...29
Vince...18
Azhar...9

Yasir. One minute you're a hero, next you are a... well, you know.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Fantasy League update coming up straight after my coffee.

[Arthur Crabtree]

DNP... Finn, Imran.

[braveneutral]

The suspense is suspending me.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Just finished my coffee...

[Alviro Patterson]

Fantasy League update coming up straight after my coffee.

Best notification in the history of FL competitions

[Arthur Crabtree]

But for Alfie, no Woakes, no problem. Sustained by a realistic appraisal of what Alastair Cook brings to the points table.

Due to the downturn in the world economy and the collapse of global capitalism, I was unable to sell off sponsorship for this competition. So I'm giving off the space to charities and the public sector. Typically, it has taken them too long to get their act together, so there was nothing in place for the Lord's Test. Now we're up and running. Cash application to the usual office.

Fantasy League after the second Test, as sponsored by Aylesbury Council's War On Fly-Posting Campaign.

Alfie...1863
DD...1847
Al...1832
Ian...1642
Aidan...1584
Arthur...1584
Dan...1583
BN...1460
CF90...1421
Dilbert...1409
Ginger...1302
Sussex...1280
Red...1241
GJ...1166
Hope...909
Bhaves...717

[Arthur Crabtree]

Al, DD and Ian looking ominous in my opinion.

Hope and Bhaves locked in an eternal, plummeting embrace.