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#1187727 - Thu Jan 18 2018 02:55 AM World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
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World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Wednesday, January 24, 2018

South Africa vs India 3rd Test @ Johannesburg

1. Pick 5 players from the lists below.
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 1 trump player from your team whose score "doubles".
4. Pick 1 "supersubs" (6th player). This player ONLY scores if any of your original picks do not play the match (should be from the team of 2 players)
5. Your team of 5 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:
South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar
Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Duanne Olivier

India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli (c), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Parthiv Patel, Dinesh Karthik
Bowlers: R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah


Deadline: Toss on Wednesday, January 24. That would be 07.30 am GMT, 01.30 am Wednesday, January 24 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 (Mon Jan 22 2018 04:20 AM)
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#1187752 - Thu Jan 18 2018 09:12 AM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
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Loc: New South Wales, Australia
Aiden Markram
Morne Morkel
Virat Kohli
Mohammed Shami
Lungi Ngidi-Trump

Supersub: Cheteshwar Pujara

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#1188088 - Mon Jan 22 2018 03:47 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
paper_aero Offline
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Registered: Fri Jan 06 2006
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Loc: Crawley Sussex
England UK
AB de Villiers
Vernon Philander
Virat Kohli (c) - TRUMP
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Kagiso Rabada
Cheteshwar Pujara - Sub
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#1188108 - Mon Jan 22 2018 09:22 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
LeoDaVinci Offline
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Loc: Ontario Canada
South Africa:
Hashim Amla - TRUMP
Kagiso Rabada
SS - Vernon Philander

India:
Virat Kohli
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ravichandran Ashwin
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#1188109 - Mon Jan 22 2018 09:32 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
srini701 Offline
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Registered: Wed Jan 04 2006
Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
AB De Villiers... trump
Vernon Philander
Kagiso Rabada
Ajinkya Rahane
Bhuvaneswar Kumar
ss: Virat Kohli
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#1188116 - Tue Jan 23 2018 05:48 AM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
N-Bomb Offline
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Registered: Thu Sep 09 2010
Posts: 5019
Loc: New Zealand
De Villiers - DOUBLE
Kohli
Rabada
Philander
Ashwin

Supersub - Pandya

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#1188139 - Tue Jan 23 2018 12:02 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
illiniman14 Offline
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Registered: Fri Jul 10 2009
Posts: 4970
Loc: Illinois, USA
AB de Villiers
Faf du Plessis
Morne Morkel
Virat Kohli
R Ashwin - DOUBLE

Supersub: Mohammed Shami

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#1188145 - Tue Jan 23 2018 02:09 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
Howie72 Offline
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Registered: Thu Oct 27 2005
Posts: 10939
Loc: Timaru NZ
AB De Villiers - Double
Vernon Philander
Morne Morkel
Virat Kohli
Bhuvaneswar Kumar

Ishant Sharma - s/s

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#1188161 - Tue Jan 23 2018 06:34 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
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Registered: Wed Jul 10 2002
Posts: 14929
Loc: Crazy Canuck   

South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen : Hashim Amla
................ AB de Villiers == DOUBLE
Bowlers : Kagiso Rabada

India (Announced):
Batsmen: Virat Kohli
Bowlers: Ravichandran Ashwin
.............. Bhuvneshwar Kumar == SUPERSUB





Edited by ElfTwinkle (Tue Jan 23 2018 06:50 PM)

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#1188164 - Tue Jan 23 2018 07:58 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
ozzz2002 Offline
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Registered: Mon Dec 03 2001
Posts: 20907
Loc: Sydney
NSW Australia
Hashim Amla - DUBYA
AB de Villiers
Vernon Philander
Virat Kohli
Ishant Sharma

Ravindra Jadeja- SUB
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#1188167 - Tue Jan 23 2018 09:36 PM Re: World Cricket 2017-18: Round 9 - Tuesday, Jan 23
srini701 Offline
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Posts: 11527
Loc: Hyderabad, India
I thought "Dubya" was for the Junior Bush only smile
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