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This starts on the 17th of December so entries to be in for the toss on that date.

Usual terms and conditions apply.


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

Maybe a moderator could send a memo round.

Thanks for volunteering AC. Tentative team (pending squads/injuries etc.)

Kohli (for the 1st test only, apparently)
Smith
Labuschagne
Cummins
Bumrah

Pujara
Warner

Australiaest squad: Tim Paine (captain), David Warner, Will Pucovski, Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Michael Neser, Mitchell Swepson, Sean Abbott.

India Test squad: Virat Kohli (captain, returns home after first Test), Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj.

Smith
Labuschagne
Lyon
Bumrah
Ashwin

Jadeja
Cummins

1) Virat Kohli (India)
2) Jasprit Bumrah (India)
3) R Ashwin (India)
4) Mohammed Shami (India)
5) Steve Smith (Aus)

Subs
Marnus Labushagne (Aus)
Mitchell Starc (Aus)

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Smith
Labuschagne
Cummins
Bumrah
Rahul

Lyon
Ashwin

Wee Davie is out of the first Test.

Smith
Pujara
Cummins
Rahane
Lyon

Bumrah
Labuschagne

The kid says...

Kholi
Smith
Starc
Pujara
Bumrah

Agarwal
Shami

The twins say...

Hazlewood
Bumrah
Smith
Starc
Cummins

Shami
Paine

My side is ...

Cummins
Starc
Smith
Bumrah
Shami

Pujara
Labuschagne

bigfluffylemon wrote:Thanks for volunteering AC. Tentative team (pending squads/injuries etc.)

Kohli (for the 1st test only, apparently)
Smith
Labuschagne
Cummins
Bumrah

Pujara
Warner

New squad:

Pujara
Smith
Labuschagne
Cummins
Bumrah

Starc
Warne

Warne? He's back? Good news for people listening to tv commentary.

Step on up. This starts 4am as a daynighter middle of tomorrow night.