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#1159162 - Sun Feb 26 2017 10:22 PM World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh 1st Test @ Galle
New Zealand Vs South Africa 1st Test @ Dunedin (from March 8)


1. Pick 10 players from the lists below (5 for each Test).
2. Pick maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 2 players from your teams whose score "doubles".
4. 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:
Sri Lanka (Announced):
Sri Lanka squad: Batsmen: Dinesh Chandimal Dimuth Karunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne.
Bowlers: Rangana Herath (capt), Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Vikum Sanjaya, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda Pushpakumara.


Bangladesh (Announced)
Batsmen: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman
Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mosaddek Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Subashis Roy, Rubel Hossain.


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New Zealand (Announced):
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling (wk)
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner


South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt), Stephen Cook, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, Heinrich Klaasen,
Bowlers: Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris


Deadline: Toss in Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test....that would be 9:30 am local (04:00 GMT) on Tuesday, March 7, and 21.30 pm FT time, Monday, March 6


Edited by srini701 (Thu Mar 02 2017 09:39 PM)
Edit Reason: All teams announced
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#1159164 - Sun Feb 26 2017 10:35 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Dimuth Karunaratne
Rangana Herath
Tamim Iqbal
Kamrul Islam Rabbi
Niroshan Dickwella-Trump

Taskin Ahmed-Supersub


New Zealand vs South Africa

Kane Williamson
Trent Boult
Faf du Plessis
Chris Morris
Tom Latham-Trump

Kagiso Rabada-Supersub


Edited by wwe84 (Wed Mar 01 2017 12:27 AM)

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#1159724 - Mon Mar 06 2017 02:19 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Kusal Mendis
Rangana Herath ... Trump
Dilruwan Perera
Tamim Iqbal
Shakib Al Hasan

SS: Mustafizur Rahman

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Kane Williamson
Trent Boult
Tim Southee ... Trump
Dean Elgar
Kagiso Rabada

SS: Faf du Plessis
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#1159731 - Mon Mar 06 2017 04:07 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
Dimuth Karunaratne
Dinesh Chandimal
Taskin Ahmed
Mushfiqur Rahim - TRUMP
Mustafizur Rahman
Mosaddek Hossain- SUPERSUB


Kane Williamson
Colin de Grandhomme
Tim Southee - SUPERSUB
Quinton de Kock
Hashim Amla - TRUMP
Morne Morkel
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#1159779 - Mon Mar 06 2017 02:04 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
gtho4 Offline
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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder

    Sri Lanka
    Batsmen: Dinesh Chandimal Dimuth Karunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis [ss], Asela Gunaratne.
    Bowlers: Rangana Herath (capt), Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Vikum Sanjaya, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda Pushpakumara.

    Bangladesh
    Batsmen: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah [T], Sabbir Rahman
    Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mosaddek Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Subashis Roy, Rubel Hossain.


New Zealand
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Latham [ss], Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling (wk)
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner

South Africa
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt), Stephen Cook, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla [T], JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, Heinrich Klaasen,
Bowlers: Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris

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#1159781 - Mon Mar 06 2017 03:29 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
paper_aero Offline
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
SL v Bg

Iqbal, T
Chandimal, D
Hasan, Mehdi
Herath, R - TRUMP
Mendis, K

Sub
Al Hasan, S


NZ v SA

Williamson, K
Amla, H - TRUMP
Boult, T
Rabada, K
du Plessis, F

Sub
Southee, T
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#1159807 - Mon Mar 06 2017 06:44 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Dinesh Chandimal
Dhananjaya de Silva
Rangana Herath
Shakib Al Hasan - Double
Mehedi Hasan

Mushfiqur Rahim - Supersub


New Zealand vs South Africa
Kane Williamson - Double
Trent Boult
Colin de Grandhomme
Faf du Plessis
Kagiso Rabada

Quinton de Kock - Supersub

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#1159821 - Mon Mar 06 2017 09:06 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
N-Bomb Offline
Forum Champion

Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Herath
Shakib - DOUBLE
Mehedi
Perera
Karunaratne

Supersub - Mushfiqur

Williamson
Amla
Boult
Philander
Rabada - DOUBLE

Supersub - Wagner

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#1159835 - Mon Mar 06 2017 11:08 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
Kusal Mendis
Suranga Lakmal
Shakib Al Hasan - Double
Mushfiqur Rahim
Kamrul Islam Rabbi

Supersub: Lahiru Kumara

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Tom Latham
Tim Southee
Hashim Amla
Kagiso Rabada - Double
Vernon Philander

Supersub: Trent Boult


Edited by illiniman14 (Mon Mar 06 2017 11:09 PM)

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#1159842 - Tue Mar 07 2017 12:33 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 17 - Tuesday, March 7
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Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002
Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   

Sri Lanka (Announced):
Sri Lanka squad: Batsmen: Dinesh Chandimal Dimuth Karunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Upul Tharanga, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis / SUPERSUB, Asela Gunaratne.
Bowlers: Rangana Herath (capt), Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Vikum Sanjaya, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Malinda Pushpakumara.

Bangladesh (Announced)
Batsmen: Mushfiqur Rahim (c), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan / TRUMP, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman
Bowlers: Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mosaddek Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Subashis Roy, Rubel Hossain.

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New Zealand (Announced):
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling (wk)
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme / SUPERSUB, Jeetan Patel, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner

South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt) / TRUMP, Stephen Cook, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, Heinrich Klaasen,
Bowlers: Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris

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