Fantasy Cricket Comes to The Wick

This year the Wick is running its own fantasy cricket tournament. All money raised goes straight to the club's funds for new nets.

All members who will play league cricket this year will be assigned a value.

Anyone who wants to enter (which should be all of you) then:

Picks 11 players. 4 batsman, 4 bowlers, 1 keeper, 2 all rounders

The value of the team must not exceed 60 points (TBC)

There won't be any transfers once the teams are entered (even if Mackie breaks something - it is a risk you take in picking him)

Points are awarded as follows:

runs: 1 run = 1 point
50 = bonus 25 points
100 = bonus 50 points
duck = -20 (-40 for golden)

Bowling: Wickets = 20 points
5 wicket haul = bonus 25 points
10 wicket haul = bonus 50 points

Fielding: Catches/run out = 20 points
Stumping = 20 points

Entry costs £10 a team. You can enter as many teams as you want. The prize for the winner will be £100 (or 20% of the money from entries - this is all for the club but bragging rights are worth a lot). Matches are all 3 league teams for the 2008 season. Final entry for teams will be 16th May 2008.

The player list will be sent out shortly along with an application form. If you are wishing to play, send the form back as an excel file saved under (your name)_wickfanasycricket. (ie mattdavies_wickfantasycricket.xls) Money will be collected at the club on match days/training or a cheque can be sent. Details will follow on application email.

Please forward this email onto anyone else who may be interested. Any further details can be found by emailing me back.

This is all for fun so any final decisions will be down to the organizing committee.

Please try to get application forms back as soon as they are sent out. Once the league is underway, the player points and fantasy table will be posted on the blog during the next week.

Thanks

Dominic
wickfantasycricket@hotmail.co.uk

p.s - Please don't hold any grudges based on the value you are given or your role. If you feel undervalued then be the bargain buy this season! Need to fill a certain amount of positions as well.