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I'll put this up tonight

starts 10th October

When there is no County Championship we should always be prepared to give some time to the second best first class comp

Not enough teams, of course, nor players, nor matches, but it's quaint in its own way

Rules

Pick 11 players, no substitutes are permitted, and there are no restrictions on who you can pick

Scoring

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 150 = +20 etc

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

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

Squads
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/NSW%20 ... olx6gVUoow
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/Queens ... 0eAWVR08IA
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/South% ... QVefSd4wqA
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/Tasman ... KBIJbCy40g
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/Victor ... pVNA0ui7VQ
https://www.cricket.com.au/teams/WA%20M ... 4HDOhk8jyw

first matches start 0100 BST on 10th October

teams to be in before the toss

squads can be found at the very bottom of those links

ignore those links

it looks like they are not worth the paper they are printed on

use this instead
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/state-c ... 2019-05-24

AJ Doolan (Tasmania)
DP Hughes (New South Wales)
KR Patterson (New South Wales)
NCR Larkin (new South wales)
JA Burns (Queensland)
MC Henriques (New South Wales)
TA Copeland (New South wales)
JM Bird ( Tasmania)
SM Boland (Victoria)
CP Tremain (Victoria)
MT Steketee (Queensland)

Copeland NSW
Abbott NSW
Neser Q
Steketee Q
Mennie SA
Winter SA
Bird T
Bell T
Tremain V
Boland V
Kelly WA

My XI:

Abbott NSW
Copeland NSW
Neser Q
Steketee Q
Mennie SA
Bird T
Boland V
Gotch V
Maddinson V
Pucovski V
Tremain V

that's a very Victoria heavy team, Ian. You must be confident they'll win the shield

whenever I've looked at the state sides over the last few years, the side that looks by far the weakest on paper and whose players I ignore usually goes on to win everything

Ferguson SA
Doolan T
Burns Q
Renshaw Q
Nevill NSW
Copeland Northants
Maddinson V
Siddle V
Tremain V
Agar WA
Turner WA

My side ...

Abbott (NSW)
Copeland (NSW)
Stekete (Q)
Neser (Q)
Bird (Tas)
Maxwell (Vic)
Tremain (Vic)
Boland (Vic)
Maddinson (Vic)
S Marsh (WA)
J Richardson (WA)

The kid says ...

Bird (Tas)
Copeland (NSW)
Abbott (NSW)
Neser (Q)
Stanlake (Q)
Tremain (Vic)
Boland (Vic)
Carey (SA)
Richardson (WA)
S Marsh (WA)
Stoinis (WA)

Durhamfootman wrote:that's a very Victoria heavy team, Ian. You must be confident they'll win the shield

Think they'll be firm favourites. 2 batsmen, 2 bowlers and a keeper - is it too much? Who knows...

6 teams in.... still time for more

Jake Lehmann (SA)
Peter Handscomb (Vic)
Peter Nevill (NSW)
Cameron Bancroft (WA)
Jake Wetherald (SA)
Chadd Sayers (SA)
Sean Abbott (NSW)
Mark Steketee (QLD)
Jackson Bird (Tas)
Hilton Cartwright (WA)
Chris Tremain (Vic)

Cheers Footman