ASHES 2005 Fantasy League - Discussions and Suggestions

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bitter June 29, 2005, 4:51pm 1

Evenly matched teams - exciting builtup - bitter rivalry as legacy. What more can you ask for a series?
Any takers for Ashes fantasy league?

This time I propose the following changes -

As suggested by many - a run out will earn a fielder 5 points - (assists not counted )
I also propose to give 1 point bonus for every 25 runs milestone achieved by a batsman.
Bowler gets a bonus of 10 points if he gets > 5 wickets in a match.

Any more suggestions?

Captain1 June 29, 2005, 4:58pm 2

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Welcome back bitter, where u been !? I am up for the Ashes phantasy league.

bitter June 29, 2005, 5:01pm 3

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thanx for the welcome!! was quite tied up with work :(

smooth_guy June 29, 2005, 5:03pm 4

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A fielder must get 5 points for a catch or run out.
If a bowler bowled the batsman, he gets 15 points. LBW and catch out earn him 10 points. Similarly, a caught and bowled will give him 15 points (10 for wicket and 10 for catching).

umair_ahmed_1 June 29, 2005, 6:17pm 5

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What are the team formats

5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, 1 AR, 1 WK?

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Captain1 June 29, 2005, 7:29pm 6

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You mean 20 points.

Sohaib June 29, 2005, 7:41pm 7

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Welcome back bitter. Take your place here :D

1) In test matches, wickets are harder to come by and should fetch 30 points instead of 20.
2) I do not agree with 25 runs mile stone but I think that a century should get additional points. For example when a players gets a hundred, he gets 100 plus 10 points (for example) on reaching a milestone.
3) Man of the match should also be considered for further points.
4) I agree with bonus points for 5-wicket hauls.
5) I agree with caught-and-bowled thing but different points for different dismissals is kinda unfair. For example a batsmen can get bowled out on a wide delivery playing on and this will get lesser points than a perfect outswinger resulting in a caught behind the wicket.

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Captain1 June 29, 2005, 8:32pm 8

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In that case a batsman’s 5 points must be deducted

Faisal June 29, 2005, 9:00pm 9

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So, the aim of this thread is to find out new ways to torture bitter? :hehe vali smilie:

Good going guys. :k:

May I suggest, the captain who wins the toss be awarded 15 points, and the team that does not bowl its quota of overs for the day be deducted 100 points, spread over all the bowlers who bowled in that day, with the exception of the trump selected by a member, whose points for that day will be doubled and then 15 points taken away.

If I think of more ways to make it insanely complicated… oops, I mean, fun … I will be back. Till then, cheers!

Sohaib June 29, 2005, 9:24pm 10

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MoM points can be scrapped but all other suggestions I see as fair not-so-complicated. Besides apart from five-wicket hauls and century ones, all other suggestions have been used before. (run out points and 30 points a wicket in a test)

Even ICC is complicating the game to some extent, we should roll with tthe changes too :-p

Umer June 30, 2005, 11:56am 11

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Decide on the rules already. And then: I'm in!

Last person to answer this post wins!!!!

ehsan June 30, 2005, 12:29pm 12

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Keep the rules as simple as possible and ones which Bitter can feel comfortable with. :)

Peoples_Champ July 2, 2005, 4:31am 13

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I'm always game.. especially for an Ashes.

bitter July 2, 2005, 5:28am 14

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nice suggestions! good going...I would not mind adding complexities as long as 'EXCEL' can do it ;)

listing them down - let me first list the doable
1) Runout points for a fielder
2) Bonus points for bowler and batsmen for achieving milestones
3) A man of the match certainly should get 10 points

not do-able(although good suggestions)
1) Captain getting the points for winning the toss - that is not a achievement..he just got plain lucky
2) Docking points off the team for slow bowling - although a good suggestion but difficult to implement and also the team can make up on next day!

I plan to start accepting the teams from 5th to 18th July - 20th July is when the first test match starts....

FLOODROOOO

Faisal July 2, 2005, 6:06am 15

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I am heart-broken!

I was so about to win the fantasy league by betting on Ponting winning the toss.

Talha July 2, 2005, 3:58pm 16

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Count me in...

Chloe_Sullivan July 11, 2005, 4:24am 17

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I think I will be in this time and kick some major ass.

Nasir92 July 11, 2005, 9:22am 18

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Im in as well

ehsan July 11, 2005, 11:05am 19

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Bitter lets start the fantasy league.

bitter July 12, 2005, 9:43am 20

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Have started the thread for accepting the teams...please let me know your views about the bonus points....