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#1148820 - Fri Oct 28 2016 12:55 AM World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, November 2

Australia vs South Africa 1st Test @ Perth

Please read all rules before picking your team

Rules
1. Pick 5 players from the list of players given below.
2. You can pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 1 player from your team as "trump".
4. NEW RULE: Pick a "supersub" (6th player). This player ONLY scores if any of your original picks do not play the match. He should be from the team where you picked only 2 players.
5. Your team of 5 Test MUST include at least 2 player from each sub-section (So you have either 2 batsmen and 3 bowlers, or vice-versa)

Scoring
1. Every run scored by the player you pick scores 1 point.
2. Every wicket taken by a bowler scores you 20 points.
3. Every catch/stumping by the player scores you 5 points.
4. NO points for run-outs please
5. The score of your trump player is doubled.

Teams:
South Africa (Announced)
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Stephen Cook, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, Rilee Rossouw, Dane Vilas
Bowlers: Kyle Abbott, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn.


Australia (Announced)
Batsmen: David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Peter Nevill (wk).
Bowlers: Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Joe Mennie, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.


Deadline: Toss....that would be 02.30 am GMT, 08:30 am IST, 10.30 am Australia on Thursday November 3 and 10 pm FT time, Wednesday November 2



Edited by srini701 (Fri Oct 28 2016 01:05 AM)
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#1148821 - Fri Oct 28 2016 01:41 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
1: Quinton De Kock
2: David Warner
3: Kagiso Rabada
4: Mitchell Starc
5: Nathan Lyon-Trump

Supersub: JP Duminy

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#1149119 - Sun Oct 30 2016 02:49 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
paper_aero Offline
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
Warner, D
Amla, H
Starc, M - TRUMP
Steyn, D
Smith, Steven

Super-sub
du Plessis, F


Edited by paper_aero (Tue Nov 01 2016 03:59 PM)
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#1149280 - Tue Nov 01 2016 02:17 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Quinton de Kock
Kagiso Rabada

David Warner
Steven Smith ... Trump
Mitchell Starc

supersub: Faf Du Plessis
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#1149295 - Tue Nov 01 2016 06:00 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
gtho4 Offline
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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder
    South Africa
    Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla [ss], Temba Bavuma, Stephen Cook, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy,
    Dean Elgar, Rilee Rossouw, Dane Vilas
    Bowlers: Kyle Abbott, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn

    Australia
    Batsmen: David Warner [T], Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Peter Nevill (wk)
    Bowlers: Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Joe Mennie, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

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#1149415 - Wed Nov 02 2016 12:16 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
ElfTwinkle Offline
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Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002
Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   

South Africa (Announced)
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla ... TRUMP, Temba Bavuma, Stephen Cook, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Dean Elgar ... SUPER SUB, Rilee Rossouw, Dane Vilas
Bowlers: Kyle Abbott, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn.

Australia (Announced)
Batsmen: David Warner, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Peter Nevill (wk).
Bowlers: Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle, Joe Mennie, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon.

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#1149419 - Wed Nov 02 2016 01:31 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
N-Bomb Offline
Forum Champion

Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Du Plessis
Steyn
Warner
Smith - TRUMP
Starc

Supersub: Amla

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#1149433 - Wed Nov 02 2016 06:20 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
Hashim Amla - TRUMP
Dale Steyn
Kyle Abbott - SUPERSUB

David Warner
Adam Voges
Nathan Lyon


Edited by ozzz2002 (Wed Nov 02 2016 06:21 AM)
Edit Reason: forgot my trump!
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#1149470 - Wed Nov 02 2016 01:53 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Faf du Plessis
Dale Steyn
David Warner - Trump
Adam Voges
Mitchell Starc

Hashim Amla - Supersub

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#1149477 - Wed Nov 02 2016 02:26 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
Warner - TRUMP
Hastings
du Plessis
Rossouw
Abbott

Supersub: Marsh

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#1149504 - Wed Nov 02 2016 08:18 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 1 - Wednesday, Nov 2
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
Almost ready to start...
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