Who'd have thunk it?
IPL time again
Chris Gayle between the wickets might resemble a slow boat to China, but this tournament is faster than a speeding train.... a high octane, nuclear fuelled, exhaustively commercialised behemoth that will bat toss off in a little over 3 weeks time.
Okay, this is no T20 Blast.... what could be...... but you really don't want to miss the opportunity to participate in some small way in the greatest show on earth (I had to say that or I might have been found to be in breach of IPL compliance regulations)
Rules
11 players, no subs, the only restrictions are that no big ponce Maxwell or Vera Lynn selections will be accepted (or at least will only be accepted with bad grace.... rassin, frassin, grassin, d1ck dastardly)
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
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ ... ct=1165643first match starts 23rd March at 2.30 GMT
be there or be square