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Just about time to squeeze in an extra fantasy league

Now this one starts Tuesday, so anyone wanting to enter will have to be quick

Rules

Pick 11 players, no substitutes are permitted, and there are no restrictions on who you can pick

Scoring

Batting

1pt for every run scored
Players scoring at least 25 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for every 25 runs scored
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 10pt bonus for a s/r 125-174
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 20pt bonus for a s/r 175-224
Players scoring at least 15 runs will receive a 30pt bonus for a s/r 225+

Bowling

25 pts per wicket plus
5 points bonus for maiden over
10 pt bonus for a 2fer
20 pt bonus for a 4fer
Bowler with an economy rate of <=4.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 50 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=5.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 40 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=6.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 30 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=7.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 20 point bonus
Bowler with an economy rate of <=8.0 (min 2 overs) will receive a 10 point bonus

Fielding

10 points for each catch taken and stumping.
20 points for sole run out (10 each if shared)
10 pt bonus for being involved in 3 catches / run-outs / stumpings

Squads

Jamaica Tallawahs
Andre Russell, Sandeep Lamichhane, Carlos Brathwaite, Rovman Powell, Glenn Phillips, Chadwick Walton, Oshane Thomas, Asif Ali, Fidel Edwards, Preston McSween, Jermaine Blackwood, Nicholas Kirton, Ramaal Lewis, Nkrumah Bonner, Veerasammy Permaul, Ryan Persaud

St Lucia Zouks
Roston Chase, Mohammad Nabi, Daren Sammy, Andre Fletcher, Najibullah Zadran, Kesrick Williams, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chemar Holder, Obed McCoy, Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Deyal, Zahir Khan, Kimani Melius, Leniko Boucher, Kavem Hodge, Javelle Glen, Saad Bin Zafar

Guyana Amazon Warriors
Imran Tahir, Nicholas Pooran, Brandon King, Ross Taylor, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Green, Kissoondath Magram, Keemo Paul, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Naveen Ul Haq, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Kevin Sinclair, Ashmeade Nedd, Odean Smith, Anthony Bramble, Jasdeep Singh

Barbados Tridents
Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Mitchell Santner, Johnson Charles, Shai Hope, Hayden Walsh Jr, Ashley Nurse, Jonathan Carter, Raymon Reifer, Kyle Mayers, Joshua Bishop, Nyeem Young, Justin Greaves, Keon Harding, Shayan Jahangir

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Chris Lynn, Ben Dunk, Evin Lewis, Nick Kelly, Sohail Tanvir, Ish Sodhi, Sheldon Cottrell, Denesh Ramdin, Rayad Emrit, Imran Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Joshua de Silva, Dominic Drakes, Colin Archibald, Jon Russ Jaggesar, Jahmar Hamilton

Trinbago Knight Riders
Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Colin Munro, Fawad Ahmed, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Khary Pierre, Tim Seifert, Sikandar Raza, Anderson Phillip, Pravin Tambe, Jayden Seales, Amir Jangoo, Tion Webster, Akeal Hosein, Muhammad Ali Khan

these appear to be the correct squads up to 7th August, but it's always worth checking for updates

teams to be in before the toss on the 18th August. Good luck and may the best footman win[/quote]

I'm straight in

Holder (Bar)
Rashid Khan (Bar)
Tahir (Guy)
Green (Guy)
Taylor (Guy)
Russell (Jam)
Brathwaite (Jam)
Phillips (Jam)
Bravo DJ (Tri)
Pollard (Tri)
Narine (Tri)

Trialling a new strategy for this one

King GAW
He ran GAW
Heytmer GAW
Taylor GAW
Rutherford GAW
Rashid Khan BT
Dwayne Bravo TKR
Green GAW
Reifer BT
This GAW

The Professor wrote:Trialling a new strategy for this one

King GAW
He ran GAW
Heytmer GAW
Taylor GAW
Rutherford GAW
Rashid Khan BT
Dwayne Bravo TKR
Green GAW
Reifer BT
This GAW

I'm guessing predictive text is kicking in

I'm also guessing Hemraj and Tahir

Durhamfootman wrote:

The Professor wrote:Trialling a new strategy for this one

King GAW
He ran GAW
Heytmer GAW
Taylor GAW
Rutherford GAW
Rashid Khan BT
Dwayne Bravo TKR
Green GAW
Reifer BT
This GAW

I'm guessing predictive text is kicking in

I'm also guessing Hemraj and Tahir

Apologies

Had a baby in one hand.....your guesses are correct!

please give said baby a pat on the head from me

I toyed with giving her a Red Jr style choice but I think 17 day year old baby the choice would be a bit premature.

first match kicks off at 3pm

This might be a no-goer unless interest suddenly picks up

Sunil Narine - TKR
Nicholas Pooran - GAW
Kieron Pollard - TKR
Carlos Brathwaite - JT
Chris Lynn - SKNP
Sheldon Cottrell - SKNP
Shai Hope - BT
Ashley Nurse - BT
Andre Russell - JT
Rashid Khan - JT
Dwayne Bravo - TKR

Tahir
Pooran
Hetmyr
(GAW)

Anderson
Khan
Holder
(BT)

Pollard
Narine
TKR

Cottrell
Lynn
(SKNP)

Nabi
(SLZ)

Adi is back in business

I wouldn't normally run an FL with only 4 entrants, but I need the practice, tbh, especially with the IPL just around the corner

The Professor wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:

The Professor wrote:Trialling a new strategy for this one

King GAW
He ran GAW
Heytmer GAW
Taylor GAW
Rutherford GAW
Rashid Khan BT
Dwayne Bravo TKR
Green GAW
Reifer BT
This GAW

I'm guessing predictive text is kicking in

I'm also guessing Hemraj and Tahir

Apologies

Had a baby in one hand.....your guesses are correct!

just noticed you have a 10 man team, Prof

feel free to pick another who hasn't played yet

Great start for Narine

do keep an eye on these scores, because I am definitely out of practice

Apologies

Please can I have Santner