World Cricket 2018-19: Round 14 - Thursday, February 28, 2019
New Zealand vs Bangladesh 1st Test @ Hamilton
Rules:
1. Pick 5 players from the lists below.
2. Pick a maximum of 3 players from a team.
3. Pick at least 2 players from each section (3 batmen & 2 bowlers or vice-versa)
3. Pick 1 "Trump" player from your team whose scores "double".
4. Pick 1 "supersub" (6th player). This player ONLY scores if any of your original 5 picks do not play the match
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 (including all-rounders into both categories for balance)
New Zealand (announced):
Batsmen: Kane Williamson (capt), Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Jeet Raval, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling, Will Young
Bowlers: Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner
Bangladesh (announced)
Batsmen: Shakib Al Hasan (capt); Liton Das; Mahmudullah; Mohammad Mithun; Mominul Haque; Mushfiqur Rahim (wk); Shadman Islam; Tamim Iqbal
Bowlers: Abu Jayed; Ebadot Hossain; Mehidy Hasan; Mustafizur Rahman; Nayeem Hasan; Khaled Ahmed; Taijul Islam
Deadline: Toss in Hamilton on Thursday, February 28. That would be 2.30 pm FT time, Wednesday, February 27. Please do not wait till last minute to lodge picks. If you miss deadline, your trump player scores would not count.
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