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I'm a bit out of practice and I'm just making this one up as I go along

Rules

Pick 11 players, no substitutes are permitted, and there are no restrictions on who you can pick
You can pick your players from all of the 18 teams, which might be quite difficult, so choose wisely

Scoring

Batting

1 point per run
+10 for a half century
+20 for a century (+10 for any additional half century)
If a batsman is not out after 50 = +10, after 100 = +15, after 150 = +20 etc

Bowling

20 points per wicket
2 points per maiden over
+10 for 5 wickets in the match
+20 for 5 wickets in an innings
+30 for 10 wickets in the match
+50 for 10 wickets in an innings
+30 for a hat trick

Fielding

10 points per catch or stumping
20 points per run out, or 10 points each if two players share the responsibility
10 bonus points for 3 contributions with catches, stumpings or run outs

Squads

The BBC continue to be the only one providing squads..... click on the county and then click on squad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/teams

watch out for the absent overseas players!

teams to be in before the toss on the 1st August. Good luck and may the best footman win

Thanks. Don't really know what the programme is, but I'll have a think.

1) Ravi Rampaul (Derby)
2) Hashim Amla (Surrey)
3) Jerome Taylor (Gloucs)
4) Fidel Edwards (Hants)
5) James Vince (Hants)
6) Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent)
7) Miguel Cummins (Msex)
8) Ravi Bopara (Ssex)
9) Chris Jordan (Ssex)
10) Tymal Mills (Ssex)
11) Samit Patel (Notts)

just a little reminder

not many days to go... and nobody wants to be the doofus who misses out on the chance to hold a title forever

If it's just me and Mike I might have a chance.

only if you put a team in, arthur

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K.Cadmore (Yorks)
Northeast (Hants)
Vince (Hants)
Ballance (Yorks)
Hildreth (Somers)
Livingstone (Lancs)
Vilas (Lancs)
Virdi (Surrey)
Porter (Essex)
R.Jones (Middx)
Coad (Yorks)

that looks like the winner, right there

Red hasn't posted yet.

First thoughts

Reece (Der)
Raine (Dur)
Rushworth (Dur)
Harmer (Ess)
Higgins (Glo)
Stevens (Ken)
Finn (Mid)
Sanderson (Nor)
Overton C (Som)
Clarke R (Sur)
Barnard (Wor)

between us, me, mike and Arthur have got all the medals sewn up

Still a couple of days.

If it stays like this, Arthur, we can give Mike the bronze and I'll fight you for the gold

Cook
Kohler-Cadmore
Hain
Northeast
Abell
Vilas
Higgins
Harmer
Coad
Porter
Jack Leach

Taking a big risk on Leach. Even missing just one match for international duty would be him out for 20% of the time. I might yet change that. Can't find any info on whether Jeetan is available.