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Poster scores for the second test:

durhamfootman 847
meninblue 826
alfie 808
Dr Cricket 744
Red Junior 738
Red Devil 738
ianp1970 720
mikesiva 639
from the stands 620
Arthur Crabtree 598
GG Amir Sohail 532
Alviro Patterson 446
andy 422

Leaderboard after the second test

durhamfootman 1638

meninblue 1604

alfie 1594

Red Junior 1439
Red Devil 1439

ianp1970 1287
Arthur Crabtree 1235
Dr Cricket 1206

from the stands 1193
Alviro Patterson 1133

GG Amir Sohail 1096
mikesiva 1073

andy 960

DFM maintains a slender lead at the top, but it's still very little between the top 3.

Otherwise, not too many changes to the leaderboard. A big leap up the rankings for Doctor Cricket on the back of a big wicket haul for Shami, and some improvement for mike on the same basis. Otherwise the players who performed in the last game by and large performed in this game. Kohli was the big exception, but as mentioned before, he hardly counts as everyone picked him, except for AP who drifts down.

All to play for in the series, but the three posters who selected Lyon are going to be tough to catch in the fantasy game.

See you on Boxing Day.

that is close. are our teams similar?

thanks fluffy

Cheers bfl.

Transcontinental look to the top three.

having 4 players didn't help me and one of those was Shaun Marsh

I'm not last!

I will have to enjoy being top for one more day, because if any of the 4 behind have Pat Cummins, then I'm out

and they all look as thought they do. they all seem to have my saving grace Jasprit too, so he won't save me after all

bye, bye top spot

hello 4th or 5th

you never know... Cummins might be too shagged out to play at Sydney

I can hope

Player scores for the third test

Australia

Cummins 326

DAYLIGHT

Paine 98
Khawaja 94
Hazlewood 86
Starc 81
Shaun Marsh 73
Head 54
Lyon 43
Finch 31
Mitch Marsh 27

India

Bumrah 224
Pujara 136
Kohli 112
Pant 112
Rohit Sharma 88
Ishant Sharma 76
Shami 68
Rahane 45
Vijay dnp
Ashwin dnp
B Kumar dnp
Shaw dnp
Kuldeep Yadav dnp

A generally low scoring test, with two standout individual exceptions in Bumrah and Cummins. Cummins' effort compared to the rest of the Australian team is extraordinary. For the third match in a row, and Australian bowler leads the rankings, but Australia find themselves 2-1 down. It just goes to show the old adage that cricket is a team game made up of individual performances.

Poster scores for the third test

Red Junior 855
Red Devil 855
alfie 817
from the stands 787
meninblue 786
GG Amir Sohail 754
ianp1970 597
mikesiva 579
durhamfootman 546
Arthur Crabtree 509
Dr Cricket 443
andy 429
Alviro Patterson 407

A rather stark contrast here between those that picked Cummins (most of whom also had Bumrah), and those who didn't...

Leaderboard after the third test

alfie 2411

meninblue 2390

Red Junior 2294
Red Devil 2294

durhamfootman 2184

from the stands 1980

ianp1970 1884
GG Amir Sohail 1850

Arthur Crabtree 1744

mikesiva 1652
Dr Cricket 1649

Alviro Patterson 1540

andy 1389

DFM's combo of Lyon, Starc and Hazlewood finally lets him down, and he surrenders the lead. It's still very tight at the top, as alfie and meninblue duke it out. The final winner is likely to be decided by which of the Australian bowlers performs best in Sydney, although alfie has Pant as a possible trump card.

Meanwhile, andy is restored back to five players, but one of them is unfortunately Mitch Marsh, so doesn't help him much, and he stays on the bottom of the table. Can the Marsh brothers turn it around in Sydney and lift andy off the bottom? Will Kohli finally fail allowing AP to profit at everyone else's expense? We'll find out in around a week.

Difference of 21 points. Rishabh versus Starc.

Starc has performed way below expectations. Unless he gets a 5 wicket haul in one of the innings, it's very tough for him to get ahead of Rishabh. The only positive is he is due. The negative is he is out of form.

Could be a close finish ! Looks like you or me , Adi ? Think the Reds are too far back ?

Of course , someone could get injured...