Cricket-Match-Special ... A forum for discussion

Welcome to the second thrilling instalment of the WPL. Alfie won it at a canter last year and will be looking to defend his title, I imagine

Note.... scoring is now on a par with the men, which is different to last year and an acknowledgement of the progression being made in the women's game

Rules

Pick 11 players. No substitutes are allowed. 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

(correct as of 27th Jan courtesy of the cricketer magazine)

Delhi Capitals
Alice Capsey, Arundhati Reddy, Jemimah Rodrigues, Jess Jonassen, Laura Harris, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Minnu Mani, Poonam Yadav, Radha Yadav, Shafali Verma, Shikha Pandey, Sneha Deepthi, Taniya Bhatia, Titas Sadhu, Annabel Sutherland*, Aparna Mondal, Ashwani Kumari

Gujarat Giants
Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harleen Deol, Laura Wolvaardt, Shabnam Shakil, Sneh Rana, Tanuja Kanwar, Phoebe Litchfield, Meghna Singh, Trisha Poojitha, Kashvee Gautam, Priya Mishra, Lauren Cheatle, Kathryn Bryce, Mannat Kashyap, Veda Krishnamurthy, Tarannum Pathan

Mumbai Indians
Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Harmanpreet Kaur, Hayley Matthews, Humaira Kazi, Issy Wong, Jintimani Kalita, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Pooja Vastrakar, Priyanka Bala, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, S Sajana, Amandeep Kaur, Fatima Jaffer, Keerthana Balakrishnan

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Asha Shobana, Disha Kasat, Ellyse Perry, Indrani Roy, Kanika Ahuja, Renuka Singh, Richa Ghosh, Shreyanka Patil, Smriti Mandhana, Sophie Devine, Georgia Wareham, Kate Cross, Ekta Bisht, Shubha Satheesh, S Meghana, Simran Bahadur, Sophie Molineux

UP Warriorz
Alyssa Healy, Anjali Sarvani, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Kiran Navgire, Chamari Athapaththu, Laxmi Yadav, Parshavi Chopra, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Soppadhandi Yashasri, Shweta Sehrawat, Sophie Ecclestone, Tahlia McGrath, Danni Wyatt, Vrinda Dinesh, Poonam Khemnar, Saima Thakor, Gouher Sultana

there have been recent withdrawals of England players as the final clashes with a NZ T20I series, so there may be further changes afoot

First match starts 23rd February 7.30pm, but whether that's GMT or local time, I don't know. Regardless, teams to be in before the toss

If you haven't got into women's cricket yet..... why not? Now is your big chance...........be there or be square

MY SIDE

1.Shafali Verma (DC)
2.Beth Mooney (GG)
3.Ellyse Perry (RCB)
4.Tahlia McGrath (UP)
5.Grace Harris (UP)
6.Jess Jonassen (DC)
7.Sneh Rana (GG)
8.Issy Wong (MI)
9.Kate Cross (RCB)
10.Rajeshwari Gaikwad (UP)
11. Titas Sadhu (DC)

keep an eye on your England picks, andy, because 2 have already pulled out and the rest might follow if they hope to be involved in the NZ series

just over a week to go

I'm in

Kapp DC
Gardner GG
Mooney GG
Kerr MI
Mathews MI
Sciver MI
Ishaque MI
Devine RCB
Ecclestone UPW
Deepti UPW
Athapaththu UPW

starts Friday

Donald Trump

very cryptic, Adi

Durhamfootman wrote:very cryptic, Adi

Just typed something to Bookmark the thread.

2 days to go

1. Amelia Kerr (Mumbai Indians)
2. Hayley Matthews (Mumbai Indians)
3. Nat Sciver-Brunt (Mumbai Indians)
4. Chamari Athapaththu (UP Warriorz)
5. Sophie Ecclestone (UP Warriorz)
6. Rajeshwari Gayakwad (UP Warriorz)
7. Ashleigh Gardner (Gujarat Giants)
8. Phoebe Litchfield (Gujarat Giants)
9. Richa Ghosh (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
10. Smriti Mandhana (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
11. Annabel Sutherland (Delhi Capitals)

Alyssa Healy
Deepti Sharma
Sophie Ecclestone UPW

Nat Sciver-Brunt
Harmanpreet Kaur
Amelia Kerr MI

Marizaane Kapp
Shafali Verma DC

Smriti Mandhana RCB

Ashleigh Gardner
Phoebe Litchfield GG

starts tomorrow

4 teams atm.... I'll win this easily

The twins say...

Jemimah rodrigues - DC
Kapp - DC
Verma - DC
Mooney - GG
Kerr - MI
Harmanpreet - MI
Hayley Matthews - MI
Mandhana - RCB
Ellyse Perry - RCB
Healy - UPW
Ecclestone - UPW