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#1150270 - Wed Nov 09 2016 10:49 PM World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
srini701 Offline
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Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, November 24

New Zealand vs Pakistan 2nd Test @ Hamilton (From Friday)
India vs England 3rd Test @ Mohali (from Saturday)


1. Pick a total of 10 players from the list of players given below.
2. You can pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 2 players from your teams as "trumps".
4. NEW RULE: Pick a "supersub" for each Test. This player ONLY scores if any of your original picks do not play the match (should be from team of 2 players)
5. Your team of 5 for each 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:
New Zealand (Announced)...All rounders have been shared between both sections
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling
Bowlers: Todd Astle, Trent Boult/Doug Bracewell, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner


Pakistan (Announced)
Batsmen: Azhar Ali (captain), Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Rizwan,
Bowlers: Yasir Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan


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India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel (w/k).
Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma.


England (Announced)...all-rounders have been shared between both sections
Batsmen: Alastair Cook (capt), Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Haseeb Hameed, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Ballance
Bowlers: Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes


Deadline: Toss in New Zealand-Pakistan Test....that would be 10:00 am local time, 21:00 GMT -1d and 3 pm FT time, Thursday November 24


Edited by srini701 (Wed Nov 23 2016 10:20 PM)
Edit Reason: Boult OUT of Test..
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#1151334 - Fri Nov 18 2016 09:29 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
New Zealand vs Pakistan

Colin de Grandhomme
Neil Wagner
Azhar Ali
Mohammad Amir
Kane Williamson-Trump

Supersub: Yasir Shah



India vs England

Virat Kohli
Ravi Ashwin
Haseeb Hameed
Beon Stokes
Cheteshwar Pujara-Trump

Supersub: Adil Rashid


Edited by wwe84 (Wed Nov 23 2016 10:07 PM)

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#1151602 - Mon Nov 21 2016 04:05 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
paper_aero Offline
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
NZ v PK
Williamson, K - TRUMP
Boult, T
Ali, Azhar
Amir Mohammad 
Latham, T

Sub
Younis Khan

Ind v Eng
Root, J
Kohli, V - Trump
Rashid, A
Ashwin, R
Jadeja, R

Sub
Ali, Moeen
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#1151631 - Mon Nov 21 2016 07:50 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
NZ v Pak

Kane Williamson - TRUMP
Colin de Grandhomme
Tim Southee
Sarfraz Ahmed
Mohammad Nawaz
Imran Khan - SUPERSUB


Ind v Eng

Wriddhiman Saha - Parthiv Patel (Thanks, Srini!)
Ishant Sharma - SUPERSUB
Ravichandran Ashwin
Gary Balance
Joe Root- TRUMP
Stuart Broad


Edited by ozzz2002 (Wed Nov 23 2016 11:09 PM)
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#1151821 - Wed Nov 23 2016 09:46 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
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Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002
Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   
New Zealand (Announced)...All rounders have been shared between both sections
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (captain) == TRUMP, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling

Bowlers: Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner


Pakistan (Announced)
Batsmen: Azhar Ali (captain) === SUPER SUB, Sami Aslam, Sharjeel Khan, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Rizwan

Bowlers: Yasir Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Imran Khan

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India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay == SUPER SUB, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel (w/k)

Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin == TRUMP, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma


England (Announced)...all-rounders have been shared between both sections
Batsmen: Alastair Cook (captain), Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Haseeb Hameed, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Balance

Bowlers: Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes



Edited by ElfTwinkle (Thu Nov 24 2016 03:12 AM)

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#1151932 - Wed Nov 23 2016 09:49 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Trent Boult ruled out of second Test...John Bracewell is his direct replacement...if Bracewell plays, all those who picked Boult will still score (unless they change their teams)
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#1151934 - Wed Nov 23 2016 09:52 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
John Bracewell?

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#1151943 - Wed Nov 23 2016 10:18 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
New Zealand Vs Pakistan
Kane Williamson
Tim Southee
Younis Khan ... Trump
Wahab Riaz
Sohail Khan
Supersub: De Grandhomme

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India Vs England
Virat Kohli
R Ashwin ... Trunp
Mohd Shami
Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Supersub: Haseeb Hameed
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#1151944 - Wed Nov 23 2016 10:19 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Originally Posted By: Howie72
John Bracewell?


sorry frown Doug Bracewell smile ...but he may not play and Matt henry is likely to start I read...
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#1151949 - Wed Nov 23 2016 10:34 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
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Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Williamson
Amir
Younis
Southee
Henry - TRUMP

Supersub - A.Ali

Kohli
Ashwin - TRUMP
Root
Rashid
Pujara

Supersub - M.Ali

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#1152033 - Thu Nov 24 2016 11:30 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
Kane Williamson - TRUMP
Tom Latham
Tim Southee
Azhar Ali
Yasir Shah

Supersub: Sami Aslam
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Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ravichandran Ashwin - TRUMP
Moeen Ali
Ben Stokes

Supersub: Joe Root


Edited by illiniman14 (Thu Nov 24 2016 11:34 AM)

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#1152059 - Thu Nov 24 2016 01:23 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 5 - Thursday, Nov 24
Howie72 Offline
Star Poster

Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
New Zealand vs Pakistan

Kane Williamson - Trump
Colin de Grandhomme
Tim Southee
Younis Khan
Wahab Riaz

Mohammad Amir - Supersub



India vs England

Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ravichandran Ashwin
Joe Root
Adil Rashid

Moeen Ali - Supersub

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