World Cricket 2017-18: Round 5 - Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Australia Vs England 4th Test @ Melbourne
South Africa vs Zimbabwe ONLY Test @ Port Elizabeth

1. Pick 10 players from the lists below (5 from each Test).
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 2 trump players from your team whose score "doubles".
4. Pick 2 "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:
Australia (Announced):
Batsmen: Steven Smith (capt), David Warner (vice-capt), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk)
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Mitchell Marsh.

England (Announced):
Batsmen: Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Gary Ballance, Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Dawid Malan, Ben Foakes (wk)
Bowlers: Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Craig Overton, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, Mason Crane, George Garton

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South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar
Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn

Zimbabwe (Announced):
Batsmen: Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Regis Chakabva, Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl
Bowlers: Graeme Cremer (capt), Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chisoro, Peter Moor, Solomon Mire, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu

Deadline: Toss in Melbourne on Tuesday, December 26. That would be 10.00 am Melbourne time, and 23.00 pm GMT, 4 pm Monday, December 25 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).

Aus vs Eng:

Steve Smith
Josh Hazlewood
Dawid Malan
Chris Woakes
James Vince- Trump

Supersub: Nathan Lyon


South Africa vs Zim:

Faf du Plessis
Kagiso Rabada
Sikandar Raza
Graeme Cremer
Dean Elgar-Trump

Supersub: Solomon Mire

Aus v Eng
Steven Smith - TRUMP
Mitchell Starc
Joe Root
James Anderson
Pat Cummins
David Warner - Sub

SA v Zim
Faf du Plessis - TRUMP
Keshav Maharaj
Hamilton Masakadza
Tendai Chatara
Aiden Markram
Hashim Amla - Sub

South Africa:
Hashim Amla
Quinton de Kock
Vernon Philander - TRUMP

Zimbabwe:
Hamilton Masakadza
Graeme Cremer
Supersub - Peter Moor

Australia vs England
Steven Smith ... Trump
Nathan Lyon
Josh Hazlewood
Dawid Malan
James Anderson
SS: Joe Root

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South Africa Vs Zimbabwe
Hashim Amla
Dean Elgar ... Trump
Kagiso Rabada
Brendan Taylor
Kyle Jarvis
SS: Hamilton Masakadza

Australia:
Mitchell Starc
Steven Smith
David Warner

England:
Moeen Ali
Jonny Bairstow - Trump
Supersub - James Anderson

Australia-England
Jonny Bairstow
Chris Woakes
Steven Smith - DOUBLE
Mitchell Starc
Josh Hazlewood

Supersub: Joe Root

South Africa-Zimbabwe
Hashim Amla
Quinton de Kock
Kagiso Rabada - DOUBLE
Graeme Cremer
Hamilton Masakadza

Supersub: Tendai Chisoro

Craig Overton out of England team for Test

Mitchell Starc is out too....Jackson Bird is his replacement...if you have already picked Starc, you will only have your supersub scoring....if he's your trump player, I will let your supersub be the trump player. No direct replacement rule now. Those who have not yet picked teams, please do NOT pick Starc now

Hazlewood
Smith - DOUBLE
Cummins
Root
Woakes

Supersub: Anderson

Raza
Cremer
de Villiers - DOUBLE
Rabada
Elgar

Supersub: Jarvis

Australia (Announced) :
Batsmen : Steven Smith (capt) === DOUBLE, David Warner (vice-capt), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk)
Bowlers : Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Mitchell Marsh.

England (Announced) :
Batsmen : Joe Root === SUPERSUB, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Gary Ballance, Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Dawid Malan, Ben Foakes (wk)
Bowlers : Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Craig Overton, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, Mason Crane, George Garton


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South Africa (Announced) :
Batsmen : Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar
Bowlers : Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada === DOUBLE, Dale Steyn

Zimbabwe (Announced) :
Batsmen : Hamilton Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Regis Chakabva, Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl
Bowlers : Graeme Cremer (capt) === SUPERSUB, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani, Tendai Chisoro, Peter Moor, Solomon Mire, Kyle Jarvis, Chris Mpofu

Australia vs England

Steven Smith - Double
Mitchell Marsh
Josh Hazlewood
Dawid Malan
James Anderson

Joe Root - Supersub


South Africa vs Zimbabwe

Hashim Amla
Quinton de Kock - Double
Vernon Philander
Brendan Taylor
Graeme Cremer

Sikandar Raza - Supersub