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Ooh... another chance for England to rule the school and kick the other cricket playing bits of the Empire up the backside.... or not, as the case may be

Nobody wants to miss this one


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
https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments ... d-cup-2026

first match starts 7th February at 0530 GMT. Teams to be in before the first toss. Be there or be square

Thanks Durham!

Pakistan and W Indies squads yet to be confirmed

Boomarked

MY PROVISIONAL SIDE

1.Paul Stirling (Ireland)
2.Abhishek Sharma (India)
3.Mitch Marsh (OZ)
4.Harry Brook (ENG)
5.Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
6.Hardik Pandya (IND)
7.Jos Buttler (wk) (ENG)
8.Liam Dawson (ENG)
9.Sandeep Lamichanne (NEP)
10.Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM)
11.Jofra Archer (ENG)

I'm in too

Stoinis Aus
Connelly Aus
Head Aus
Curran Eng
Overton Eng
Salt Eng
Varun Ind
Abhishek Ind
Hardik Ind
Markram SA
QdK SA

S.Yadav (India)
G.Phillips (New Zealand)
H.Pandya (India)
B.Azam (Pakistan)
M.Rizwan (Pakistan)
M.Santner (New Zealand)
M.Bracewell (New Zealand)
A.Singh (India)
A.Patel (India)
I.Sodhi (New Zealand)
J.Bumrah (India)

Subject to squad changes. Thanks.

Tristan Stubbs and Ryan Rickelton are now in SA squad replacing injured ferrwria and de zorsi

andy wrote:MY PROVISIONAL SIDE

1.Paul Stirling (Ireland)
2.Abhishek Sharma (India)
3.Mitch Marsh (OZ)
4.Harry Brook (ENG)
5.Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
6.Hardik Pandya (IND)
7.Jos Buttler (wk) (ENG)
8.Liam Dawson (ENG)
9.Sandeep Lamichanne (NEP)
10.Blessing Muzarabani (ZIM)
11.Jofra Archer (ENG)

NEW SIDE

1.Abhishek Sharma (IND)
2.Phil Salt (ENG)
3.Jos Buttler (wk) (ENG)
4.Harry Brook (ENG)
5.Josh Inglis (OZ)
6.Sikandar Raza (ZIM)
7.Sam Curran (ENG)
8.Jamie Overton (ENG)
9.Liam Dawson (ENG)
10.Adil Rashid (ENG)
11.Matheesha Pathiraina (SL)

Pat Cummins is out of the tournament with his back problem

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2. Travis Head
3. Virat Kohli
4. Daryl Mitchell
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Corbin Bosch
7. Rashid Khan
8. Jasprit Bumrah
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Adam Zampa
11. Keshav Maharaj

starts Saturday

don't be the one who misses out

Arthur Crabtree wrote:S.Yadav (India)
G.Phillips (New Zealand)
H.Pandya (India)
M.Marsh (Australia)
G.Maxwell (Australia)
M.Santner (New Zealand)
Q.de Kock (South Africa)
A.Singh (India)
A.Patel (India)
K.Maharaj (South Africa)
J.Bumrah (India)

Revised due to tournament volatility.