Test Match Fantasy League: England v Pakistan, 2016.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Here's the small print.

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

Batting

1 point per run.
+10 for a score of 50.
+10 for every further increment of 50 scored.
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

[Arthur Crabtree]

And here are the dates of the games. Please post your selections by the toss of the first Test, scheduled to start on Thursday July 14 at 11am BST. That's half an hour before 20.00 in Sydney, and 03.30 in Mumbai.

Thu Jul 14 - Mon Jul 18 11:00 BST
1st Investec Test - Lord's

Fri Jul 22 - Tue Jul 26 11:00 BST
2nd Investec Test - Old Trafford

Wed Aug 3 - Sun Aug 7 11:00 BST
3rd Investec Test - Edgbaston

Thu Aug 11 - Mon Aug 15 11:00 BST
4th Investec Test - Kennington Oval

[Gingerfinch]

Root
Ballance
Bairstow
Ali
Broad

Cook
Finn

[Arthur Crabtree]

Here are the squads for the first Test, with stats since 1 Jan 2015.

Pakistan.

Younis Khan (8 Tests) 789 runs at 60.7/12 catches
Mohammad Hafeez (7) 710 at 59.2/ 9 wickets at 27.6
Asad Shafiq (8) 706 at 54.3
Misbah-ul-Haq (8) 616 at 47.4
Azhar Ali (6) 576 at 57.6/13 catches
Sarfraz Ahmed (8) 464 at 51.6/ 33 catches/stumpings
Shan Masood (3) 196 at 32.7
Sami Aslam (2) 47 at 15.7
Yasir Shah (7) 49 wickets at 23
Wahab Riaz ((7) 20 at 36.3
Zulfiqar Babar (6) 18 at 47.3
Imran Khan (4) 13 at 26.5
Rahat Ali (3) 9 at 34.8

Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan have yet to make Test debuts.
Mohammad Amir, Sohail Khan haven't played Tests in this period.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-p ... 23279.html

[Arthur Crabtree]

And the England squad for the first Test, with stats from 1 jan 2015.

Joe Root (20 Tests) 1761 runs at 55/32 caught
Alastair Cook (20) 1753 at 51.6
Jonathan Bairstow (13) 998 at 55.4/46 caught/stumped
Moeen Ali (19) 852 at 30.4/ 44 wickets at 47.9
Gary Ballance (7) 465 at 35.8
Alex Hales (7) 428 at 32.9
Chris Woakes (4) 159 at 26.5
James Vince (3) 54 at 13.5
Stuart Broad (20) 81 wickets at 24
Steve Finn (9) 30 at 25.1

Jake Ball and Toby R. Jones have yet to make Test debuts.



http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-p ... 32969.html


Others:
Ben Stokes (18) 1116 runs at 36/36 at 40.9
Adil Rashid (3) 103 at 20.6/8 at 69.5
Jos Buttler (12) 430 at 23.9/38 caught
James Anderson (17) 74 wickets at 21.2
Mark Wood (8) 25 at 34.4

Kevin Pietersen hasn't played Tests in this period.

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[GarlicJam]

Great service, Arthur.

Cook
Y Khan
M Amir
Root
Broad

Misbah
Moeen Ali.


Thanks for the suggestion of Pietersen, but I will pass on this one.

[braveneutral]

Had a good laugh at that. Thanks AC!

[dan08]

Amir
Younus
Anderson
Bairstow
Root

Woakes
Wahab

[Aidan11]

Cook
Broad
Bairstow
Root
M Amir

Stokes
Woakes

[hopeforthebest]

Azhar Ali
Younis Khan
Sarfraz Ahmed
Stuart Broad
Imran Khan

Jonny Bairstow
Wahab Riaz.

[andy]

Mohammed Hafeez
Younus Khan
Jonny Bairstow
Mohammed amir
Yasir Shah

Misbah Ul-Haq
Joe Root

[ianp1970]

My provisional V + II:

Root
Bairstow
Stokes
Anderson
Shah

Broad
Cook

[Arthur Crabtree]

Ian and Hope see the series going rather differently.

[hopeforthebest]

Ian and Hope see the series going rather differently.

I think Pakistan have experienced test batsmen to England's experimental line up. I also like the look of the Pakistan bowling options. I couldn't steel myself to pick the cheat Amir but he could do some damage if he's back to his best.