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VC the slogger

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This league is intended as a sequel to my PC Ashes 2013/14, which was perhaps my most active league thread till date, despite containing only 5 Tests and 5 ODIs. This time, I plan to do a PCFTP-eqsue lead-up of sorts for only England and Australia by making them play Test & ODI series in the real life FTP (and some of my invention) for the cricketing seasons of 2017 and 2017/18 until the real life Ashes series. I believe it should provide PC players signing up for both countries with enough matches under their belt to showcase their skills before the real deal begins in November 2017.

The 2017 season is mostly dominated by international fixtures involving the English team against Ireland, South Africa and the West Indies. Australia get to play only one series during this period - two ODIs in Scotland as a warm-up to their Champions Trophy campaign. However, the Australia A team is set to tour England for 3 unofficial Tests and an unofficial One-day Tri-Series involving the England Lions and Ireland, which should allow players on the fringes of national selection for both teams to make a case for themselves before the start of the 2017/18 season which will be crucial for both teams.

The start of the 2017/18 season is when the real action starts for both teams, with Australia hosting New Zealand, whom they will play later in a Trans-Tasman ODI Tri-Series involving England, for 2 Tests. This will be followed by three consecutive rounds of the Sheffield Shield, Australia's domestic first-class competition which should allow Test hopefuls enough practice before The Ashes series begins in late November.

England have been awarded a total of four tour matches - three prior to the Ashes series and one between the 2nd and 3rd Tests, ranging between 3 to 4 days, to acclimitise themselves with Australian conditions. The league will conclude with the Trans-Tasman ODI Tri-Series involving Australia, England and New Zealand set to be played in February 2018.​
 
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Fixtures & Results

2017 season

Ireland in England ODI series (2 ODIs)

1st ODI - :eng: England v :ire: Ireland at Bristol - England won by 132 runs
2nd ODI - :eng: England v :ire: Ireland at Lord's - England won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

England won the 2-match series 2-0

Australia in Scotland ODI series (2 ODIs)

1st ODI - :sco: Scotland v :aus: Australia at Edinburgh - Australia won by 67 runs
2nd ODI - :sco: Scotland v :aus: Australia at Edinburgh - Australia won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

Australia won the 2-match series 2-0

South Africa tour of England (3 ODIs, 4 Tests)

South Africa in England ODI series

1st ODI - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Headingley - South Africa won by 16 runs
2nd ODI - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Southampton - Match tied
3rd ODI - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Lord's - England won by 5 runs

England and South Africa drew the 3-match series 1-1

Tour match - :eng: England Lions v :saf: South Africans at Worcester - Match drawn

2017 Basil D'Oliveira Trophy

1st Test - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Lord's - England won by 118 runs
2nd Test - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Trent Bridge - South Africa won by 9 wickets
3rd Test - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at The Oval - England won by 103 runs
4th Test - :eng: England v :saf: South Africa at Old Trafford - England won by 82 runs

England won the 4-match series 3-1

Australia tour of Ireland (2 Tests)

Tour match - :ire: Ireland A v :aus: Australians at Malahide - Australians won by an innings and 213 runs

Australia in Ireland Test series

1st Test - :ire: Ireland v :aus: Australia at Malahide - Australia won by 9 wickets
2nd Test - :ire: Ireland v :aus: Australia at Belfast - Australia won by 63 runs

Australia won the 2-match series 2-0

West Indies tour of England (3 Tests, 5 ODIs)


Tour match - :eng: England Lions v :wi: West Indians at Chelmsford
Tour match - :eng: Kent v :wi: West Indians at Canterbury

2017 Wisden Trophy

1st Test - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Edgbaston
2nd Test - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Headingley
3rd Test - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Lord's

West Indies in England ODI series

1st ODI - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Old Trafford
2nd ODI - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Trent Bridge
3rd ODI - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Bristol
4th ODI - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at The Oval
5th ODI - :eng: England v :wi: West Indies at Southampton

Australia A tour of England (3 unofficial Tests, unofficial Tri-Series)

Tour match - :aus: Australia A v :eng: Essex at Chelmsford

Australia A in England unofficial Test series

1st unofficial Test - :eng: England Lions v :aus: Australia A at Edgbaston
2nd unofficial Test - :eng: England Lions v :aus: Australia A at Old Trafford
3rd unofficial Test - :eng: England Lions v :aus: Australia A at Chester-le-Street

England Lions Tri-Series (England Lions, Ireland & Australia A)

1st unofficial ODI - :ire: Ireland v :aus: Australia A at Trent Bridge
2nd unofficial ODI - :eng: England Lions v :aus: Australia A at Trent Bridge
3rd unofficial ODI - :eng: England Lions v :ire: Ireland at Trent Bridge

Final

TBA v TBA at Trent Bridge

Australia tour of India (5 ODIs, 1 Test)

Australia in India ODI series

1st ODI - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Chennai
2nd ODI - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Kolkata
3rd ODI - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Indore
4th ODI - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Bengaluru
5th ODI - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Nagpur

Australia in India one-off Test

Only Test - :ind: India v :aus: Australia at Mumbai


2017/18 season

New Zealand tour of Australia (2 Tests, Trans-Tasman ODI Tri-Series)

2017/18 Trans-Tasman Trophy

1st Test - :aus: Australia v :nzf: New Zealand at Brisbane
2nd Test - :aus: Australia v :nzf: New Zealand at Hobart

Sheffield Shield Round 1

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Victoria v
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Tasmania at The MCG
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South Australia v
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Queensland at Adelaide
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Western Australia v
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New South Wales at Perth

Sheffield Shield Round 2

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Tasmania v
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New South Wales at Hobart
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Queensland v
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Western Australia at Brisbane
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Victoria v
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South Australia at The MCG

Sheffield Shield Round 3

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South Australia v
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Tasmania at Adelaide
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Western Australia v
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Victoria at Perth
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New South Wales v
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Queensland at The SCG

England tour of Australia (5 Tests, ODI Tri-Series)

Tour match - :aus: Western Australia XI v :eng: England XI at Perth
Tour match - :aus: Cricket Australia XI v :eng: England XI at Adelaide
Tour match - :aus: Cricket Australia XI v :eng: England XI at Townsville

The Ashes - 2017/18

1st Test - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at Brisbane

Sheffield Shield Round 4

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Tasmania v
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Queensland at Hobart
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Victoria v
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New South Wales at Alice Springs
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South Australia v
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Western Australia at Adelaide

2nd Test - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at Adelaide

Sheffield Shield Round 5

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Western Australia v
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Tasmania at Perth
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New South Wales v
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South Australia at Wollongong
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Queensland v
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Victoria at Townsville

Tour match - :aus: Cricket Australia XI v :eng: England XI at Perth

3rd Test - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at Perth
4th Test - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at The MCG
5th Test - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at The SCG

50-over tour match

:aus: Prime Ministers XI v :eng: England XI at Canberra

2017–18 Trans-Tasman ODI Tri-Series

1st match - :aus: Australia v :nzf: New Zealand at Sydney
2nd match - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at Hobart
3rd match - :aus: Australia v :eng: England at Melbourne
4th match - :nzf: New Zealand v :eng: England at Wellington
5th match - :nzf: New Zealand v :aus: Australia at Auckland
6th match - :nzf: New Zealand v :eng: England at Hamilton

Final

TBA v TBA at Auckland

Sheffield Shield final

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:eng: England
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Captain: Kristian Lee
Coach: Trevor Bayliss



Current squad (Ireland in England ODI series)

:eng: :bat: Navin Gandhi (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @NaviN GandhI
:eng: :bat: Tom Riddle (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @Akshay.

:eng: :bat: Dave Clark (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @Sami Kumar
:eng: :bat: Talha Hayat (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @CerealKiller
:eng: :bat: Josh King (RHB ★★★★★/RM) @Aggz

:eng: :ar: Moeen Ali
:eng: :ar: Yash Hirani (RHB ★★/RM ★★★) @Yash.
:eng: :ar: Ben Storms (LHB ★★/RMF ★★) @Pinch hitter v:c:
:eng: :wk: Naman Thakur (RHB ★★★★/DNB/WK ★★) @Naman Thakur

:eng: :bwl: Stuart Broad
:eng: :bwl: Lance Hardwood (RHB/RF ★★★★) @Na Maloom Afraad
:eng: :bwl: Shravan Hotha (RHB/RMF ★★★★★) @swacker
:eng: :ar: Kristian Lee (RHB ★★/RMF ★★★★) @Aislabie :c:
:eng: :bwl: Abdul Rafay (RHB/RF ★★★★) @Perfect Square

:eng: :ar: Adil Rashid

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:aus: Australia
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Captain: Saroj Padhy
Coach: Darren Lehmann



Current squad (Australia in Scotland ODI series)

:aus: :bat: Sod Anderson (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @PresidentEvil
:aus: :bat: Saroj Padhy (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @Saroj padhy :c:

:aus: :bat: Umair Nazim (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @The Deadman v:c:
:aus: :bat: Varun Rustagi (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @Varun
:aus: :bat: Steven Smith
:aus: :wk: Severus Snape (LHB ★★★/DNB/WK ★★) @zwarrior

:aus: :ar: Bilal Ansari (RHB ★★★/RMF ★★) @Bilal.
:aus: :ar: Hilton Cartwright
:aus: :ar: Kaustubh Gupta (LHB ★★/SLC ★) @Nitrogen
:aus: :ar: Caitlyn Taylor-James (RHB ★/Legbreak ★★) @SweetCaroline

:aus: :ar: VC Andrews (RHB ★/RMF ★★★★) @VC the slogger
:aus: :bwl: Ali Bubere (LHB/LF ★★★★★) @AliB
:aus: :bwl: Josh Hazlewood
:aus: :ar: Rudolph Struwig (LHB ★/LMF ★★★★) @RUDOLPH

:aus: :bwl: Jack Ryder (RHB/Legbreak ★★★★) @Jack Ryder

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Other teams' squads​

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:saf: South Africa
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Captain: AB de Villiers
Coach: Russell Domingo



Current squad (South Africa in England Test series)

:saf: :ar: Dean Elgar :c: (to lead in du Plessis' stead in the 1st Test)
:saf: :bat: Heino Kuhn
:saf: :bat: Aiden Markram

:saf: :bat: Hashim Amla
:saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis :c:
:saf: :ar: JP Duminy

:saf: :bat: Temba Bavuma
:saf: :bat: Theunis de Bruyn

:saf: :wk: Quinton de Kock
:saf: :ar: Vernon Philander

:saf: :bwl: Morne Morkel
:saf: :ar: Chris Morris
:saf: :bwl: Duanne Olivier
:saf: :ar: Andile Phehlukwayo
:saf: :bwl: Kagiso Rabada

:saf: :ar: Keshav Maharaj

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Current squad (South Africa in England ODI series)

:saf: :bat: Hashim Amla
:saf: :wk: Quinton de Kock

:saf: :bat: Faf du Plessis
:saf: :bat: AB de Villiers :c:

:saf: :ar: JP Duminy
:saf: :bat: David Miller

:saf: :ar: Farhaan Behardien
:saf: :ar: Chris Morris
:saf: :ar: Dwaine Pretorius

:saf: :bwl: Morne Morkel
:saf: :ar: Wayne Parnell
:saf: :ar: Andile Phehlukwayo
:saf: :bwl: Kagiso Rabada

:saf: :bwl: Imran Tahir
:saf: :ar: Keshav Maharaj

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:ire: Ireland
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Captain: William Porterfield
Coach: John Bracewell



Current squad (Ireland in England ODI series)

:ire: :bat: Ed Joyce
:ire: :ar: Paul Stirling

:ire: :bat: Andy Balbirnie
:ire: :bat: William Porterfield :c:

:ire: :wk: Niall O'Brien
:ire: :wk: Gary Wilson

:ire: :ar: Kevin O'Brien
:ire: :ar: Simi Singh
:ire: :ar: Stuart Thompson

:ire: :bwl: Peter Chase
:ire: :bwl: Barry McCarthy
:ire: :bwl: Tim Murtagh
:ire: :bwl: Craig Young

:ire: :ar: George Dockrell
:ire: :bwl: Jacob Mulder

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:sco: Scotland
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Captain: Kyle Coetzer
Coach: Grant Bradburn



Current squad (Australia in Scotland ODI series)

:sco: :bat: Kyle Coetzer :c:
:sco: :wk: Matthew Cross
:sco: :bat: George Munsey

:sco: :ar: Richie Berrington
:sco: :ar: Calum MacLeod

:sco: :bat: Preston Mommsen
:sco: :wkb: Craig Wallace

:sco: :ar: Con de Lange
:sco: :ar: Michael Leask

:sco: :bwl: Alasdair Evans
:sco: :bwl: Gavin Main
:sco: :bwl: Chris Sole
:sco: :bwl: Brad Wheal
:sco: :bwl: Stuart Whittingham

:sco: :bwl: Mark Watt

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PC player pools​

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Australian players (13)

:aus: :bat: Sod Anderson (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @PresidentEvil
:aus: :bat: Saroj Padhy (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @Saroj padhy :c:

:aus: :bat: Amarendra Baahubali (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @Baahubali
:aus: :bat: Umair Nazim (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @The Deadman v:c:
:aus: :bat: Varun Rustagi (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @Varun
:aus: :wk: Severus Snape (LHB ★★★/DNB/WK ★★) @zwarrior

:aus: :ar: Bilal Ansari (RHB ★★★/RMF ★★) @Bilal.
:aus: :ar: Kaustubh Gupta (LHB ★★/SLC ★) @Nitrogen
:aus: :ar: Caitlyn Taylor-James (RHB ★/Legbreak ★★) @SweetCaroline

:aus: :ar: VC Andrews (RHB ★/RMF ★★★★) @VC the slogger
:aus: :bwl: Ali Bubere (LHB/LF ★★★★★) @AliB
:aus: :ar: Rudolph Struwig (LHB ★/LMF ★★★★) @RUDOLPH

:aus: :bwl: Jack Ryder (RHB/Legbreak ★★★★) @Jack Ryder

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English players (13)

:eng: :bat: Navin Gandhi (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @NaviN GandhI
:eng: :bat: Tom Riddle (LHB ★★★★/DNB) @Akshay.

:eng: :bat: Dave Clark (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @Sami Kumar
:eng: :bat: Stuart Clarke (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @SixerBoy11
:eng: :bat: Talha Hayat (RHB ★★★★/DNB) @CerealKiller
:eng: :bat: Josh King (RHB ★★★★★/RM) @Aggz

:eng: :ar: Yash Hirani (RHB ★★/RM ★★★) @Yash.
:eng: :ar: Ben Storms (LHB ★★/RMF ★★) @Pinch hitter v:c:
:eng: :wk: Naman Thakur (RHB ★★★★/DNB/WK ★★) @Naman Thakur

:eng: :bwl: Lance Hardwood (RHB/RF ★★★★) @Na Maloom Afraad
:eng: :bwl: Shravan Hotha (RHB/RMF ★★★★★) @swacker
:eng: :ar: Kristian Lee (RHB ★★/RMF ★★★★) @Aislabie :c:
:eng: :bwl: Abdul Rafay (RHB/RF ★★★★) @Perfect Square

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Okay, I think I've reserved enough posts for now. To sign-up as a player, please fill out these basic details using the form below:

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You may use no more than six attribute points while signing up as a player. Credits to @Aislabie for coming up with this simple but efficient system.

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Position:
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Additionally, a team captain is allowed to distribute a total of five points across his squad (no more than 2 points per player, and a maximum of 5 points allocated to a particular discipline) upon selection. The rest of the player ratings will depend on thread activity, post quality and form.


As an example of how to do it, here is my player's sign-up:

First name: VC
Last name: Andrews
National team: :aus: Australia
State team:
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NSW
Batting style: RHB
Bat position: Tail
Batting ability: ★ (1)
Bowling hand: Right handed
Bowling style: Medium-fast (1)
Bowling ability: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4)
Fielding position: Outfielder (0)
Interested in captaincy?: Not really
Player likeness: Peter Siddle
 
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First name: Shravan
Last name: Hotha
National team: England
Batting style: RHB
Bat position: Tail
Batting ability:
Bowling hand: Right handed
Bowling style: RMF (1)
Bowling ability: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5)
Fielding position: Cover
Interested in captaincy?: Nope
Player likeness: James Anderson
 
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First name: Sod
Middle name: William
Last name: Anderson
National team: :aus: Australia
State team: Victoria Bushrangers
Batting style: LHB
Bat position: Middle Order (3)
Batting ability: * * * *
Bowling style: Medium
Bowling ability: (0)
Fielding position: Outfielder
Interested in captaincy?: Yes
Player likeness: Usman Khawaja
 
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