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#1183207 - Mon Dec 04 2017 04:06 AM World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3 - Saturday, December 9, 2017

New Zealand Vs West Indies 2nd Test @ Hamilton

1. Pick 5 players from the lists below (5 from each Test).
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 1 trump players from your team whose score "doubles".
4. Pick 1 "supersubs" (6th player). These players ONLY score if any of your original picks do not play the match (should be from the 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):
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Lockie Ferguson


West Indies (Announced):
Batsmen: Kraigg Brathwaite, Sunil Ambris, Jermaine Blackwood, , Shane Dowrich, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Kieran Powell, Raymon Reifer
Bowlers: Jason Holder (suspended), Devendra Bishoo, Roston Chase, Miguel Cummins, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach


Deadline: Toss in Hamilton Saturday December 9. That would be 10.30 am New Zealand time, and 21.30 pm GMT, 3.30 pm Friday, December 8 FT time. Please do not wait till last minute to lodge picks. If you miss deadline, there would be no Trump player score for you (the rest of the squad still scores).


Edited by srini701 (Tue Dec 05 2017 05:19 AM)
Edit Reason: West Indies captain won't play Test
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#1183223 - Mon Dec 04 2017 10:15 AM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
wwe84 Offline
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Registered: Sun Feb 13 2011
Posts: 30806
Loc: New South Wales, Australia
Ross Taylor
Neil Wagner
Kieran Powell
Kemar Roach
Trent Boult-TRUMP

Supersub: Shai Hope


Edited by wwe84 (Thu Dec 07 2017 03:05 AM)

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#1183550 - Tue Dec 05 2017 08:19 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
Colin de Grandhomme
Kane Williamson = TRUMP
Tim Southee
Kraigg Brathwaite
Roston Chase
Alzarri Joseph = SUPERSUB
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#1183685 - Wed Dec 06 2017 05:51 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
paper_aero Offline
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
Posts: 6393
Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
Kane Williamson
Trent Boult - TRUMP
Shai Hope
Kemar Roach
Tim Southee
Ross Taylor - Sub
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#1183690 - Wed Dec 06 2017 09:50 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
Ross Taylor
Trent Boult ... Double
Tim Southee
Shannon Gabriel
Kraigg Brathwaite
SS: Shai Hope
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#1183803 - Thu Dec 07 2017 05:40 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
Kraigg Brathwaite
Kemar Roach
Colin de Grandhomme - DOUBLE
Kane Williamson
Trent Boult

Supersub: Roston Chase

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#1183826 - Thu Dec 07 2017 10:58 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
LeoDaVinci Offline
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Registered: Fri Mar 23 2001
Posts: 12578
Loc: Ontario Canada
New Zealand
Kane Williamson
Ross Taylor - Trump
Neil Wagner

West Indies
Kraigg Brathwaite
Roston Chase
Supersub: Kemar Roach
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#1183845 - Fri Dec 08 2017 05:27 AM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
N-Bomb Offline
Forum Champion

Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
Williamson
Taylor
Hope
Boult - DOUBLE
Cummins

Supersub: Roach

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#1183857 - Fri Dec 08 2017 09:13 AM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
ElfTwinkle Offline
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Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002
Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   

New Zealand (Announced):
Batsmen : Kane Williamson (capt) == DOUBLE, Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, Tom Blundell
Bowlers : Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Lockie Ferguson

West Indies (Announced):
Batsmen : Kraigg Brathwaite, Sunil Ambris, Jermaine Blackwood, , Shane Dowrich, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Kieran Powell, Raymon Reifer
Bowlers : Jason Holder (suspended), Devendra Bishoo, Roston Chase Miguel Cummins == SUPERSUB, Shannon Gabriel, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach








Edited by ElfTwinkle (Fri Dec 08 2017 09:14 AM)
Edit Reason: fix bolding

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#1183885 - Fri Dec 08 2017 03:02 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Ross Taylor
Colin de Grandhomme - Double
Tim Southee
Shimron Hetmyer
Kemar Roach

Kraigg Brathwaite - SS

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#1183899 - Fri Dec 08 2017 04:02 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 3-Friday, December 8
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
Match is underway with the Windies winning the toss and asking New Zealand to bat first

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