2025 All Year Fantasy - Declaration of Intent

[The Professor]

It's time for the 2025 Auction!

A quick reminder of the process:

Firstly we could do with some more players so even if you weren't part of it this year, chuck your hat in the ring

* Player Retention: As an existing player, you may retain one player from your 2024 team.
* Player Release: You can release all of your 2024 players.
* Player Draft: You'll need to draft two players for your 2025 team....but we may extend to three should there not be enough interest

Please let us know by 27th Dec if you:
* Plan to participate in the 2025 auction.
* Want to retain one of your 2024 players.

Drafting Your Team:
* Player Selection: Create a list of six players, ranked by preference. You may select any active cricketer, regardless of their league or format.
* Submission Deadline: Please send your list to me via private message by 27th Dec.

Team Selection:
* Random Selection: We'll randomly select participants from the interested pool to decide the order of selection
* Delegate Assignment: Based on your player lists, we'll assign your players accordingly in order of availability.

Scoring System:
* Global Cricket: Points will be awarded for performance in all cricket formats, worldwide.
Fair Play and Transparency.

POINTS

Independent Adjudication:
As in previous years, our esteemed Independent Adjudicator, DFM, will receive my list to ensure fairness and transparency.

We're excited to see your strategies and build competitive teams for the 2025 season! Let the auction begin!

[The Professor]

DFM has already contacted to release both Simon Harmer (!!!) and Marcus Labuschagne.

I am releasing both James Vince and Mitch Marsh.

My old man is retaining Athapaththu and releasing Khawaja

Available

Simon Harmer
Usman Khawaja
Marnus Labuschagne
Mitch Marsh
James Vince

Unavailable

Chamari Athapaththu

[andy]

I'm in if that's okay?

[The Professor]

Of course

[andy]

What do I need to do sorry

[meninblue]

Releasing Shubman Gill.

[The Professor]

What do I need to do sorry

Private message me the 6 players you would like to have on your long list.....we will pick 2 on 27th....hopefully your top choices unless they are taken already

[The Professor]

Apologies

Forgot to include the points

Points are unchanged:

Batting
1 point for every run scored
A batsman scoring 50 will receive a 20pt bonus, with another 10pts for every further 50 runs scored
(ie. 50 = 20pts, 100 = 30pts, 150 = 40pts, 200+= 50pts)
A batsman scoring at least 20 runs, will receive.....
10 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 80-99
20 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 100-149
30 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 150-199
40 bonus pts for scoring at a strike rate of 200+

Bowling
20pts per wicket
20 bonus pts for a 3fer
30 bonus pts for a 5fer
A bowler who has bowled at least 3 overs will receive.....
10 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=6.0
20 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=5.0
30 bonus pts for an economy rate of <=4.0
(ie. an ER of 4.25 scores 20pts)

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.

[The Professor]

Available

Shubman Gill
Simon Harmer
Usman Khawaja
Marnus Labuschagne
Mitch Marsh
James Vince

Unavailable

Chamari Athapaththu
Yashasvi Jaiswal

[gingerpele]

I’m in and without a shadow of a doubt I’ll be releasing my useless two.

Daryl Mitchell
Aaron Hardie

[Durhamfootman]

eek.... what have I done


ha!

[The Professor]

Available

Shubman Gill
Aaron Hardie
Simon Harmer
Usman Khawaja
Marnus Labuschagne
Mitch Marsh
Daryl Mitchell
James Vince


Unavailable

Chamari Athapaththu
Yashasvi Jaiswal

[andy]

Sent my names

[Arthur Crabtree]

Thanks Prof. Count me in, and you can have Steve Smith back...

I'll give Salt another chance.

[The Professor]

Available

Shubman Gill
Aaron Hardie
Simon Harmer
Usman Khawaja
Marnus Labuschagne
Mitch Marsh
Daryl Mitchell
Steve Smith
James Vince


Unavailable

Chamari Athapaththu
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Phil Salt