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[NaviN GandhI]

Can I have AC Milan

 

[VC the slogger]

Can I have AC Milan

Yeah.

|Team|Manager

| AC Milan | NaviN GandhI

| AFC Ajax | Sami Kumar

| Al-Ahli Dubai | Mr Nokkaya

| Al-Ahly Cairo | -

| Bayern München | X Factor

| Buenos Aires CRC | Aravind.

| Clontarf Firebirds | Umair2000

| Edinburgh Bulls | rohithriaz

| FC Copenhagen | The Author

| Manchester United | SamP

| Nairobi Nomads | The Author

| New York Yankees | -

| Paris St-Germain | Na Maloom Afraad

| Real Madrid | Na Maloom Afraad

| São Paulo FC | HawkAussie

| Toronto Raptors | Mr Nokkaya

​

 

[El Loco]

Would've snapped up Buenos Aires or Sao Paulo if I'd arrived earlier. I'll take up the vacancy at New York please.

 

[VC the slogger]

Would've snapped up Buenos Aires or Sao Paulo if I'd arrived earlier. I'll take up the vacancy at New York please.

Well, this is a pleasant surprise.

|Team|Manager

| AC Milan | NaviN GandhI

| AFC Ajax | Sami Kumar

| Al-Ahli Dubai | Mr Nokkaya

| Al-Ahly Cairo | -

| Bayern München | X Factor

| Buenos Aires CRC | Aravind.

| Clontarf Firebirds | Umair2000

| Edinburgh Bulls | rohithriaz

| FC Copenhagen | The Author

| Manchester United | SamP

| Nairobi Nomads | The Author

| New York Yankees | El Loco

| Paris St-Germain | Na Maloom Afraad

| Real Madrid | Na Maloom Afraad

| São Paulo FC | HawkAussie

| Toronto Raptors | Mr Nokkaya

​

 

[Aislabie]

If you want things underway, I could handle Cairo too

 

[VC the slogger]

If you want things underway, I could handle Cairo too

You'd probably know to handle 'em better than most, so I don't mind giving 'em to you.

I guess that's settled. I also reckon it'll be helpful to I add Iridium's Gold/Silver/Bronze/Onyx/Legend/etc logos to the squads since most people probably haven't heard of players like Abdou Hassanein, Guy Brumant and such.

 

[VC the slogger]

I have finished adding Iridium's rarity logos that denote the quality of players in a squad. What they are and what they mean have been explained in the table below.

||Rarity||What it means

| | Bronze | | Player with an average reputation and skill-set, but someone who can occasionally win you games with small understated contributions.

| | Onyx | | An unknown/untested quantity. Could either do well or fail miserably

| | Silver | | Consistent player with a high skill-set. Is likely to be the unsung hero of your team.

| | Gold | | One of the best around and a regular/semi-regular headline grabber.

| | Emerald | | One of a kind. Capable of putting in better performances than anyone else on their day.

| | Ruby | | Once in a generation talents, but whose chances have been limited due to things beyond their control.

| | Legend | | The ultimate superstar in a team. A class ahead of every other player in their discipline.

​

 

[Aislabie]

Working on the basis of a limit of three overseas players per XI, my first selections are as follows:

Cairo
Richard Parkhouse

Cyril Hamilton
Andy Flower
Rowland Mason
Maurice O'Brian
Richard More
Gilbert Jessop
William Evans
Sydney Barnes
John Traicos
Harold Hinde

Copenhagen
Keld Kristensen

Freddie Klokker
Clyde Walcott
Charles Buchwald

Henrik Sorensen
Adam Hollioake
Thomas Hansen
Joel Garner
Amjad Khan
Ole Mortensen
Bryce McGain

Nairobi
Eddie Barlow
Qasim Umar
Graeme Pollock
Steve Tikolo
Maurice Odumbe
Ravi Shah
Collins Obuya
Kenneth Kamyuka

Kennedy Otieno
Aasif Karim
Martin Suji

 

[VC the slogger]

Time to post your lineups for the Qualifying round​

Qualifying round fixtures

New York Yankees v Al-Ahli Dubai at Berlin
Paris Saint-Germain v København Boldklubben at San Siro
Manchester United v Clontarf Firebirds at New York City
Buenos Aires CRC v Al-Ahly Cairo at Copenhagen
Bayern München v Nairobi Nomads at Madrid
AC Milan v Toronto Raptors at Cairo Stadium
Real Madrid v Edinburgh Bulls at Amsterdam
AFC Ajax v São Paulo CFC at Old Trafford

Lineup rules

- The Author called it right. There will be a limit of three overseas players per XI.
- There's one catch - you have to play at least one Bronze (

)/Onyx (

) player in every match you play. To know what the rarities mean, look up this post.
- A wicket-keeper (/) will obviously be required. And please mark your captain () too.

Pitches

The nature of the pitches are set to be what they are these days - absolute roads, where teams score 300-350 (sometimes 400+) with ridiculous ease. The only bowler-friendly pitches are likely to found in Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

Outcome of this round

Eight teams will progress into the group stage, while the other eight will be knocked out. Simple.​

 

[VC the slogger]

Working on the basis of a limit of three overseas players per XI, my first selections are as follows:

Impressive telepathy, but I bet you didn't see this coming.

There's one catch - you have to play at least one Bronze (

)/Onyx (

) player in every match you play. To know what the rarities mean, look up this post.

 

[TSPrathik]

Chris Gayle
Sanath Jayasuriya
Arshad Ali
Khurram Khan
Shaiman Anwar
Swapnil Patel
Imran Khan
Johanne Samarasekara
Asim Saeed
Ahmed Raza
Sultan Zarawani

Adam Gilchrist
John Davison
Stephen Fleming
Russell Ogden
Ashish Bagai
Darrell Winterlik
Jack Laing
Basil Robinson
Krom Hendricks
Hal McGiverin
Kevin Sandher

hoping atleast a one team qualifies

 

[Aravind.]

Buenos Aires CRC

Cecil Ayling

Henry Marshal

Viv Richards

Harold Garnett

Chris Cairns

Matias Paterlini

Dennet Ayling

Guillermo Kirschbaum

Herbert Dorning

Clem Gibson

Glenn McGrath

 

[NaviN GandhI]

Michael Di Venuto
Kumar Sangakkara
Mark Pettini
Wayne Madsen
Ted Dexter
Carl Sandri
Brendon Diamanti
Daniel Vettori
Len Pascoe
Tony Palladino
Pepler Sandri

Let only the marked bowlers bowl...

 

[_Sam_]

Marcus Trescothick

Kevin Pietersen

Denis Compton

Brian Lara

Michael Bevan^

Jos Buttler

Andrew Flintoff^

Dominic Cork^

Johnny Briggs^

Simon Jones^

James Anderson^​

Worried I've gone a bowling option too many, but boy am I spoiled for choices having only 2 onyx players and no bronzes .​

 

[Umair7]

0 onyx players in my squad ? @VC the slogger