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#1153148 - Wed Dec 07 2016 10:12 PM World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
srini701 Offline
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Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, December 14

Australia vs Pakistan 1st Test @ Brisbane (From Thursday)
India vs England 4th Test @ Chennai (from Friday)


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:
Australia (Announced)
Batsmen: David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Wade (wk)
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.


Pakistan (Announced)
Batsmen: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Azhar Ali, 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), Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel (w/k), Manish Pandey.
Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur.


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


Deadline: Toss in Australia-Pakistan Test....that would be 13:00 am local time, 03:00 GMT and 9 pm FT time, Wednesday, December 14


Edited by srini701 (Wed Dec 07 2016 10:15 PM)
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#1153149 - Wed Dec 07 2016 10:19 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
Australia vs Pakistan

Usman Khawaja
Josh Hazlewood
Azhar Ali
Mohammad Amir
David Warner-Trump

Supersub: Yasir Shah


India vs England

Virat Kohli
Ravi Ashwin
Joe Root
Ben Stokes
Cheteshwar Pujara-Trump

Supersub: Adil Rashid


Edited by wwe84 (Mon Dec 12 2016 12:44 AM)

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#1153486 - Mon Dec 12 2016 04:01 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Loc: Crazy Canuck   

Australia (Announced
Batsmen: David Warner -- TRUMP, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Wade (wk)

Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.

Pakistan (Announced)
Batsmen: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Azhar Ali -- 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), Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel (w/k), Manish Pandey.

Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin -- TRUMP, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur.

England (Announced)...all-rounders have been shared between both sections
Batsmen: Alastair Cook (capt), Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali -- SUPER SUB, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Keaton Jennings

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

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#1153488 - Mon Dec 12 2016 04:12 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
Auz v Pak
Warner, D - TRUMP
Starc, M
Ali, Azhar
Shah, Y
Smith, Steven

Amir, M - SUB

Ind v Eng


Root, J
Kohli, V
Rashid, A
Ashwin, R - TRUMP
Jadeja, R

Ali, Moeen - SUB
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#1153541 - Tue Dec 13 2016 04:50 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
David Warner - TRUMP
Usman Khawaja
Josh Hazlewood
Azhar Ali
Yasir Shah

Supersub: Sohail Khan
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Ravindra Jadeja
Virat Kohli
Ravichandran Ashwin - TRUMP
Moeen Ali
Adil Rashid

Supersub: Joe Root

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#1153549 - Tue Dec 13 2016 10:22 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Usman Khawaja
Mitchell Starc - Trump
Josh Hazlewood
Wahab Riaz
Azhar Ali

supersub: Mohd. Amir

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Virat Kohli
K L Rahul
R Ashwin .. Trump
Moeen Ali
Adil Rashid

supersub: Joe Root
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#1153555 - Wed Dec 14 2016 12:15 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
AUS V PAK

David Warner - TRUMP
Steven Smith
Mitchell Starc
Parthiv Patel Sarfraz Ahmed
Mohammad Nawaz

Mohammad Amir - SUPERSUB


IND V ENG

Virat Kohli - TRUMP
Parthiv Patel
Ravichandran Ashwin
Joe Root
Ben Stokes

Chris Woakes - SUPERSUB




Edited by ozzz2002 (Wed Dec 14 2016 07:18 AM)
Edit Reason: Apparently one player cannot play for two countries at the same time. :)
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#1153558 - Wed Dec 14 2016 02:15 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Parthiv Patel in Pakistan team? really???
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#1153562 - Wed Dec 14 2016 07:19 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Loc: Sydney
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Originally Posted By: srini701
Parthiv Patel in Pakistan team? really???


A last-minute transfer? smile
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#1153564 - Wed Dec 14 2016 07:33 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
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Australia
    Batsmen: David Warner [T], Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Peter Handscomb, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Wade (wk)
    Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird, Chadd Sayers.
Pakistan
    Batsmen: Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Azhar Ali, Sami Aslam [ss]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
India
    Batsmen: Virat Kohli [T](captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Vijay, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Parthiv Patel (w/k), Manish Pandey.
    Bowlers: Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur.
England...all-rounders have been shared between both sections
    Batsmen: Alastair Cook [ss](capt), Jos Buttler, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Keaton Jennings
    Bowlers: Zafar Ansari, Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes, Jake Ball, Liam Dawson

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#1153617 - Wed Dec 14 2016 04:54 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Australia vs Pakistan

David Warner - Trump
Steven Smith
Josh Hazlewood
Misbah-ul-Haq
Mohammad Amir

Yasir Shah - Supersub


India vs England

Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ravichandran Ashwin - Trump
Joe Root
Ben Stokes

Moeen Ali - Supersub

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#1153636 - Wed Dec 14 2016 07:35 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Starc - TRUMP
Hazlewood
Smith
Amir
Khan

Sub - Ali

Ashwin - TRUMP
Jadeja
Stokes
Ali
Kohli

Sub - Root

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#1153666 - Thu Dec 15 2016 02:46 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 7 - Wednesday, Dec 14
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
First game has been going for a few hours.
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