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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

Batting

1 point for every run scored
A batsman scoring 50 will receive a 20pt bonus, with another 10pts for every further 50 runs scored
(ie. 50 = 20pts, 100 = 30pts, 150 = 40pts, 200+= 50pts)
A batsman scoring at least 20 runs, will receive.....
10 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 80-99
20 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 100-149
30 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 150-199
40 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 200+

Bowling
20pts per wicket
20 bonus pts for a 3fer
30 bonus pts for a 5fer
5 bonus pts per maiden over
A bowler who has bowled at least 3 overs will receive.....
10 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=6.0
20 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=5.0
30 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=4.0
(ie. an ER of 4.25 scores 20pts)

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.

Fixtures:

Wed, Feb 20

1st One-day International – Kensington Oval

Fri, Feb 22

2nd One-day International – Kensington Oval

Mon, Feb 25

3rd One-day International – National Cricket Stadium, Grenada

Wed, Feb 27

4th One-day International – National Cricket Stadium

Sat, Mar 2

5th One-day International – Daren Sammy Cricket Ground

England ODI squad: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... 60031.html

West Indies squad for first two ODIs: Jason Holder (capt), Fabian Allen, Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, John Campbell, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Ashley Nurse, Nicholas Pooran, Kemar Roach, Oshane Thomas

Do get your teams in before the first ball is bowled.

1) Jason Holder (WI)
2) Moeen Ali (Eng)
3) Sheldon Cottrell (WI)
4) Fabian Allen (WI)
5) Chris Gayle (WI)

Subs
John Campbell (WI)
Oshane Thomas (WI)

Roy
Stokes
Butler
Ali
Holder

Bairstow
Allen

Bairstow
Stokes
Moeen
Buttler
Holder

Hope
Woakes.

Cheers Mike.

andy wrote:MY SIDE

Ben Stokes
Jonny Bairstow
Evin Lewis
Jason Roy
Adil Rashid

Jos Buttler
Eoin Morgan

NEW SIDE

Eoin Morgan
Jonny Bairstow
Adil Rashid
Jos Buttler
Shai Hope

Jason Holder
Chris Woakes

My team

C Gayle
S Hetmyer
J Hope
M Ali
J Holder

Sub
K Roach
C Brathwaite

Roy
Root
S Hope
Hetmyer
Adil Rashid

Gayle/Buttler

Tom Curran
Root
Rashid
Roy
Buttler

Bairstow
Moeen

The Professor wrote:

The Professor wrote:Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Jos Buttler
Jonny Bairstow
Jason Holder

Kemar Roach
John Campbell

Please may i swap Hope for Campbell

Like this?

My V + II:

Root
Stokes
Moeen
Holder
Hope

Woakes
Rashid

I'm feeling bullish


Stokes
Root
Wood
Buttler
Roy

Moeen
Plunkett

hey..... England are going to win the world cup apparently, so they ought to beat everyone in ODI's, otherwise it will just be another load of old cobblers from the pundits and the journo's, and we all know they would never be guilty of that

I'm testing out the theory

(and expecting the spoon)

Roy
Bairstow
Rashid
Root
Woakes

Stokes
Moeen

The kid says ...

Root
Roy
Holder
Bairstow
Hetmyer

Rashid
Wood

My side is ...

Roy
Bairstow
Root
Holder
Stokes

Buttler
Moeen