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#1159163 - Sun Feb 26 2017 10:32 PM World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednesday, March 15, 2017

*MASSIVE ROUND*

Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh 2nd Test
New Zealand Vs South Africa 1st Test @ Wellington (from March 16)
India Vs Australia 3rd Test @ Ranchi (from March 16)


1. Pick 15 players from the lists below (5 for each Test).
2. Pick maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 3 players from your teams whose score "doubles" (1 for each Test).
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, Neil Broom, 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


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India (Announced)
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhinav Mukund
Bowlers: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav


Australia (Announced)
Batsmen: Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wk)
Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Swepson, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon


Deadline: Toss in Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test....that would be 9:30 am local (04:00 GMT) on Wednesday, March 15, and 21.30 pm FT time, Tuesday, March 14


Edited by srini701 (Mon Mar 13 2017 02:02 AM)
Edit Reason: Changes to all squads
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#1159578 - Fri Mar 03 2017 08:07 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Niroshan Dickwella
Rangana Herath
Tamim Iqbal
Taskin Ahmed
Asela Gunaratne-Trump

Rubel Hossain-Supersub


New Zealand vs South Africa

Kane Williamson
Tim Southee
Faf du Plessis
Vernon Philander
Tom Latham-Trump

Chris Morris-Supersub


India vs Australia

KL Rahul
Ravi Ashwin
David Warner
Steve O'Keefe
Virat Kohli-Trump

Josh Hazlewood-Supersub

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#1160381 - Mon Mar 13 2017 03:21 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
SL v Ban
Iqbal, T
Chandimal, D
Hasan, Mehdi
Herath, R - TRUMP
Mendis, K
Al Hasan, S - SUB

NZ v SA
Williamson, K
Amla, H - TRUMP
Boult, T
Rabada, K
du Plessis, F
Southee, T - SUB

Ind v Aus
Kohli, V
Ashwin, R TRUMP
Jadeja, R
Smith, Steven
Lyon, N
Warner, D SUB
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#1160410 - Mon Mar 13 2017 09:48 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh
Rangana Herath ... Trump
Dilruwan Perera
Upul Tharanga
Mushfiqur Rahim
Shakib Al Hasan
SuperSub: Soumya Sarkar

New Zealand Vs South Africa
Kane Williamson ... Trump
Neil Wagner
Dean Elgar
Faf du Plessis
Vernon Philander
SS: T Southee

India Vs Australia
KL Rahul
Virat Kohli
R Ashwin ... Trump
Steven Smith
Josh Hazlewood
SS: Matt Renshaw
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#1160467 - Tue Mar 14 2017 04:37 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh

Dinesh Chandimal
Rangana Herath
Mushfiqur Rahim - Double
Shakib Al Hasan
Mehedi Hasan

Kusal Mendis - Supersub


New Zealand vs South Africa

Kane Williamson - Double
Neil Wagner
Faf du Plessis
Quinton de Kock
Vernon Philander

Jimmy Neesham - Supersub


India vs Australia

Virat Kohli
Ravi Ashwin - Double
Ravindra Jadeja
Steven Smith
Nathan Lyon

David Warner - Supersub

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#1160469 - Tue Mar 14 2017 05:11 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
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Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   

Sri Lanka (Announced):
Batsmen: Kusal Mendis
Bowlers : Rangana Herath (capt)
.............. Dilruwan Perera -- SUPERSUB

Bangladesh (Announced):
Batsmen: Tamim Iqbal
.............. Shakib Al Hasan -- TRUMP
Bowlers : Mehedi Hasan


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New Zealand (Announced):
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt)
Bowlers : Trent Boult
.............. Mitchell Santner -- SUPERSUB

South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt)
.............. Hashim Amla -- TRUMP
Bowlers : Kagiso Rabada


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India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (capt)
Bowlers : Ravichandran Ashwin -- TRUMP
.............. Ravindra Jadeja

Australia (Announced)
Batsmen: Steven Smith (capt) -- SUPERSUB
.............. David Warner
Bowlers : Nathan Lyon







Edited by ElfTwinkle (Tue Mar 14 2017 05:13 PM)
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#1160474 - Tue Mar 14 2017 07:31 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
illiniman14 Offline
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Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
Kusal Mendis
Rangana Herath - Double
Mushfiqur Rahim
Shakib Al Hasan
Mustafizur Rahman

Supersub: Nuwan Pradeep

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Kane Williamson - Double
Tim Southee
Neil Wagner
Dean Elgar
Vernon Philander

Supersub: Faf du Plessis

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KL Rahul
Ravindra Jadeja - double
R Ashwin
Steven Smith
Nathan Lyon

Supersub: Steve O'Keefe

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#1160487 - Tue Mar 14 2017 09:49 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Another 40 minutes for match to start in SL-Ban Test. After that I will take default teams from previous rounds for all who do not pick teams this round.
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#1160488 - Tue Mar 14 2017 10:07 PM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
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Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Williamson
Southee
Philander - DOUBLE
De Kock
Du Plessis

Supersub - Wagner

Kohli
Smith
Ashwin - DOUBLE
Jadeja
Lyon

Supersub - O'Keefe


Mendis
Shakib - DOUBLE
Herath
Perera
Mehedi

Supersub - Mushfiqur

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#1160503 - Wed Mar 15 2017 05:33 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
SL v Bang

Dinesh Chandimal
Niroshan Dickwella
Rangana Herath
Mushfiqur Rahim - TRUMP
Mehedi Hasan
Mosaddek Hossain- SUPERSUB


NZ v SA

Kane Williamson
Tim Southee - SUPERSUB
Colin de Grandhomme
Hashim Amla - TRUMP
JP Duminy
Vernon Philander

Ind v Aus (Looking forward to this one!)

Virat Kohli
R Ashwin
Ishant Sharma- SUPERSUB
David Warner- TRUMP
Steven Smith
Nathan Lyon
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#1160510 - Wed Mar 15 2017 07:28 AM Re: World Cricket 2016-17: Round 18 - Wednes, March 15
gtho4 Offline
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Registered: Sun Dec 26 1999
Posts: 54484
Loc: Sydney
oz downunder
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh 2nd Test   [ too late ]
    Sri Lanka
    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
    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.
New Zealand v South Africa 1st Test @ Wellington (from March 16)
    New Zealand
    Batsmen: Kane Williamson [T] (capt), Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, Neil Broom, BJ Watling (wk)
    Bowlers: Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeetan Patel, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner
    South Africa
    Batsmen: Faf du Plessis [ss] (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
India v Australia 3rd Test @ Ranchi (from March 16)
    India
    Batsmen: Virat Kohli (capt), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Karun Nair, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhinav Mukund
    Bowlers: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav
    Australia
    Batsmen: Steven Smith [ss] (capt), David Warner, Matt Renshaw, Usman Khawaja[T], Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade (wk)
    Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Steve O'Keefe, Mitchell Swepson, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon

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