World Cricket 2017-18: *FINAL* Round 15 - Friday, March 30, 2018

New Zealand v England 2nd Test @ Christchurch
South Africa vs Australia 4th Test @ Johannesburg

1. Pick 10 players from the lists below.
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from one team.
3. Pick 2 "trump" players from your teams whose score "doubles" (1 from each Test)
4. Pick 2 "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 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: Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, BJ Watling
Bowlers: Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, Trent Boult

England (Announced):
Batsmen: Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Alastair Cook, Ben Foakes, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, James Vince
Bowlers: Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Mason Crane, Craig Overton, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

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South Africa (Announced):
Batsmen: Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock, Theunis de Bruyn, Aiden Markram, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen,
Bowlers: Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Wiaan Mulder, Lungisani Ngidi, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada (Suspended).

Australia (Announced):
Batsmen: Matt Renshaw, Glen Maxwell, Joe Burns, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (Capt & wk), Mitchell Marsh
Bowlers: Chadd Sayers, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland, Nathan Lyon, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc


Deadline: Toss in Christchurch on Friday, March 30. That would be 21.30 pm GMT, 04.30 pm Thursday, March 29 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).

New Zealand
Kane Williamson
Neil Wagner
Trent Boult - SS

England
Joe Root
Alastair Cook - TRUMP
Moeen Ali

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South Africa
AB de Villiers
Dean Elgar
Vernon Philander

Australia
Nathan Lyon - SS
David Warner - TRUMP
Mitchell Starc

Steve Smith suspended for last Test. Please DO not pick him or change him if you did.

Lot of Drama in the Australia camp following the ball tampering issues. Half the team may not even be selected.

Maybe it's best we drop the Australia-South Africa Test and go with only the New Zealand-England Test? Any suggestions please?

3 changes to Australian team. Test very much on, and so is our schedule ....please try and lodge teams before the Test in New Zealand starts :-)

NZ v Eng
Kane Williamson
Trent Boult
Joe Root - TRUMP
James Anderson
Ross Taylor
Stuart Broad - Sub

SA v Aus
Hashim Amla
Vernon Philander - TRUMP
Joe Burns
Chadd Sayers
Tim Paine
AB de Villiers - Sub

Kane Williamson - DOUBLE
Colin de Grandhomme
Tim Southee
Alastair Cook
James Anderson

Stuart Broad - SUPERSUB

AB de Villiers
Hashim Amla - DOUBLE
Vernon Philander
Usman Khawaja
Nathan Lyon

Mitchell Starc - SUPERSUB

New Zealand vs England
Ross Taylor
Trent Boult ... Double
Tim Southee
Joe Root
Stuart Broad
SS: Mark Stoneman

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South Africa vs England
AB De Villiers
Kagiso Rabada ... Double
Aiden Markram
Shaun Marsh
Nathan Lyon
SS: Josh Hazlewood

Williamson - DOUBLE
Boult
Root
Southee
Bairstow

Supersub - Anderson

De Villiers
Rabada - DOUBLE
Philander
Starc
Khawaja

Supersub - Hazlewood

New Zealand vs England
Kane Williamson
Ross Taylor - Double
Trent Boult
Joe Root
Mark Wood
Craig Overton - s/s


South Africa vs England
AB de Villiers - Double
Morne Morkel
Kagiso Rabada
Mitchell Marsh
Pat Cummins
Mitchell Starc - s/s