Post Line-ups Elite League: Australia VIII | Final - The champions of Season VIII are...

[VC the slogger]

Ahmed Shehzad goes unpicked.

Ahmed who? Even the likes of Gayle, McCullum, Jayawardene, Broad, KP etc have gone unpicked so far.

 

[PCA]

We are done with our trading.

 

[VC the slogger]

Alright, I'll post the fixtures and other details in a bit. The trade window can remain open till the completion of the warm-ups.

 

[CremerCurrans]

Queensland Firebirds:

In:

Joel Paris, Sam Rainbird & Ryan McLaren

Out:

Ben Laughlin, Dirk Nannes & James Anderson

@Simon to confirm. I hope you agree that these are good trades. I feel that it would strengthen an already packed-with-stars side.

Just the one trade VC the slogger. We decided to keep Laughlin & Nannes for now.

In:

Ryan McLaren

Out:

James Anderson[DOUBLEPOST=1415614930][/DOUBLEPOST]I think that is the end of our trading.

 

[VC the slogger]

No | Team | Player In | Player out | Trade type | Status
1 | Hobart Tigers |

Michael Hogan |

Jason Behrendorff | FA Trade | Confirmed
2 | Melbourne Storm |

Peter Handscomb |

Simon Katich | Replacement | Confirmed
3 |Melbourne Storm |

Solomon Mire |

Murray Goodwin* | Replacement | Confirmed
4 | Melbourne Storm |

Jake Haberfield |

Travis Birt | FA Trade | Confirmed
5 | Melbourne Storm |

Azhar Ali |

Andrew Flintoff | FA Trade | Confirmed
6 | Melbourne Storm |

Kane Williamson |

Jacques Kallis | FA Trade | Confirmed
7 | Melbourne Storm |

Cameron Gannon |

Mark Cosgrove | FA Trade | Confirmed
8 | Melbourne Storm |

Imran Tahir |

Stuart Broad | FA Trade | Confirmed
9 | Adelaide Crows |

Udara Weerasinghe |

Ashton Agar | FA Trade | Confirmed
10 | Adelaide Crows |

Rangana Herath |

Saeed Ajmal | FA Trade | Confirmed
11 | Adelaide Crows |

Misbah-ul-Haq |

Kevin Pietersen | FA Trade | Confirmed
12 | Adelaide Crows |

Faf du Plessis |

Mahela Jayawardene | FA Trade | Confirmed
13 | Adelaide Crows |

Dean Brownlie* |

Tim Ludeman | FA Trade | Confirmed
14 | Queensland Firebirds |

Ryan McLaren |

James Anderson | FA Trade | Confirmed
15 | Adelaide Crows |

Jos Buttler |

Brendon McCullum | FA Trade | Confirmed
16 | Sydney Roosters |

Mohammad Hafeez |

Ravichandran Ashwin | FA Trade | Confirmed
17 | Sydney Roosters |

Evan Gulbis |

Timm van der Gugten | FA Trade | Confirmed
18 | Sydney Roosters |

Jim Allenby* |

Andrew McDonald | FA Trade | Confirmed

 

[VC the slogger]

New features for this season


Fitness & form points

A table similar to this shall be put up in due time where a player's availability, details, fitness and form points shall be noted. However, a player's batting and bowling skills shall remain hidden from view. The fitness points will obviously depend on a player's workload and luck. Some lose more points at a time, some lose fewer. Resting them at the right times will boost the fitness points back up and make them less likely to get injured out.

The fitness points are out of 100. Players with 50-100 are considered match fit. Those below 65 however risk lengthy injury breaks if they bowl, and those below 60 aren't allowed to do so at all.

Form points depend on a player's recentmost performances both in real life and in this tournament. A player's rating isn't entirely based on that, but the ones with a high number are more likely to maintain a level of consistency above the ones with a lower number.


Coinciding international matches and losing players to injury/national duty

Both local and overseas players will occasionally be called on to represent their country in international matches taking place at the same time as the tournament. They are also susceptible to injuries, either by too heavy a workload or sheer bad luck. In the case of a player being unavailable due to injury/national duty, teams will be allowed to call upon replacements in the form of unpicked players from the ELA player list. Once the original player returns from injury/national duty, the replacement must return to obscurity.


I hope I've made that bit clear. If you have any more questions regarding these, please do post them in the thread.​

 

[Sulaiman7]

Resting them at the right times will boost the fitness points back up and make them less likely to get injured out.

Will resting boost a player's performance as well?

 

[VC the slogger]

Will resting boost a player's performance as well?

It'll boost their fitness levels, thus making them more likely to up their performance. But, I can't say for sure whether that'll happen 9 times out of 10 or not.

 

[VC the slogger]

Season V fixtures

Warm-ups

Adelaide Crows 1st XI v Adelaide Crows 2nd XI at Manuka Oval
Hobart Tigers 1st XI v Hobart Tigers 2nd XI at Launceston
Melbourne Storm 1st XI v Melbourne Storm 2nd XI at Docklands
Queensland Firebirds 1st XI v Queensland Firebirds 2nd XI at Townsville
Sydney Roosters 1st XI v Sydney Roosters 2nd XI at Bankstown Oval
West Coast Fever 1st XI v West Coast Fever 2nd XI at Manuka Oval


Pre-season matches

Adelaide Crows v All Stars at Adelaide
Hobart Tigers v ELA Free Agents at Hobart
Melbourne Storm v ELA Free Agents at The MCG
Queensland Firebirds v Papua New Guinea at The Gabba
Sydney Roosters v NSW Select XI at The Olympic
West Coast Fever v All Stars at Perth


Round 1

Adelaide Crows v West Coast Fever at Adelaide
Hobart Tigers v Sydney Roosters at Hobart
Melbourne Storm v Queensland Firebirds at Docklands

Round 2

West Coast Fever v Queensland Firebirds at Perth
Sydney Roosters v Melbourne Storm at The Olympic
Adelaide Crows v Hobart Tigers at Adelaide

Round 3

Hobart Tigers v West Coast Fever at Hobart
Melbourne Storm v Adelaide Crows at Docklands
Queensland Firebirds v Sydney Roosters at The Gabba

Round 4

West Coast Fever v Sydney Roosters at Perth
Adelaide Crows v Queensland Firebirds at Adelaide
Hobart Tigers v Melbourne Storm at Hobart

Round 5

Melbourne Storm v West Coast Fever at Docklands
Queensland Firebirds v Hobart Tigers at Townsville
Sydney Roosters v Adelaide Crows at The Olympic


Round 6

West Coast Fever v Melbourne Storm at Perth
Hobart Tigers v Queensland Firebirds at Hobart
Adelaide Crows v Sydney Roosters at Adelaide

Round 7

Sydney Roosters v West Coast Fever at The SCG
Queensland Firebirds v Adelaide Crows at The Gabba
Melbourne Storm v Hobart Tigers at The MCG

Round 8

West Coast Fever v Hobart Tigers at Perth
Adelaide Crows v Melbourne Storm at Adelaide
Sydney Roosters v Queensland Firebirds at The SCG

Round 9

Queensland Firebirds v West Coast Fever at The Gabba
Melbourne Storm v Sydney Roosters at The MCG
Hobart Tigers v Adelaide Crows at Hobart

Round 10

West Coast Fever v Adelaide Crows at Perth
Sydney Roosters v Hobart Tigers at The SCG
Queensland Firebirds v Melbourne Storm at The Gabba


Qualifying Match

2nd place v 3rd place at The MCG


Final

1st place v Winner of Qualifying Match at The Gabba​

 

[VC the slogger]

Warm-ups

Adelaide Crows 1st XI v Adelaide Crows 2nd XI at Manuka Oval
Hobart Tigers 1st XI v Hobart Tigers 2nd XI at Launceston
Melbourne Storm 1st XI v Melbourne Storm 2nd XI at Docklands
Queensland Firebirds 1st XI v Queensland Firebirds 2nd XI at Townsville
Sydney Roosters 1st XI v Sydney Roosters 2nd XI at Bankstown Oval
West Coast Fever 1st XI v West Coast Fever 2nd XI at Manuka Oval

As for these, teams will be given extra players of my choice to help complete the XXII required for a cricket match. Just post the 7 players you want in your 2nd XI and I shall take care of the rest.

 

[Aravind.]

@VC the slogger give me a team if any body pulls out or remains inactive.

 

[VC the slogger]

Warm-ups

Adelaide Crows 1st XI v Adelaide Crows 2nd XI at Manuka Oval
Hobart Tigers 1st XI v Hobart Tigers 2nd XI at Launceston
Melbourne Storm 1st XI v Melbourne Storm 2nd XI at Docklands
Queensland Firebirds 1st XI v Queensland Firebirds 2nd XI at Townsville
Sydney Roosters 1st XI v Sydney Roosters 2nd XI at Bankstown Oval
West Coast Fever 1st XI v West Coast Fever 2nd XI at Manuka Oval


Feel free to post your lineups if you're ready. The trading window is still open till the completion of the pre-season games. And this takes care of the player shortage problem for the 2nd XIs :-

As for these, teams will be given extra players of my choice to help complete the XXII required for a cricket match. Just post the 7 players you want in your 2nd XI and I shall take care of the rest.

 

[Aislabie]

FIRST ELEVEN
David Warner
Aaron Finch
Faf du Plessis
Dean Brownlie
Misbah ul-Haq
Jos Buttler
Ben Cutting
Ryan Harris
Pat Cummins
Rangana Herath
Udara Weerasinghe

SECOND ELEVEN
Shikhar Dhawan
Ben Dunk
Usman Khawaja
George Bailey
Travis Head
Alex Gregory
Johan Botha
Joe Mennie
James Pattinson
Adam Zampa
Ben Hilfenhaus ​

 

[VC the slogger]

SECOND ELEVEN
Shikhar Dhawan
Ben Dunk
Usman Khawaja
George Bailey
Travis Head
Alex Gregory
Johan Botha
Joe Mennie
James Pattinson
Adam Zampa
Ben Hilfenhaus

You read my mind. I would have selected mostly state locals to fill the voids.

 

[CremerCurrans]

Queensland:

Tillakaratne Dilshan
Phillip Hughes
Michael Klinger
Ross Taylor
David Hussey
Brad Haddin
James Faulkner
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Dale Steyn
Xavier Doherty

2nd XI:

Adam Voges
Matthew Wade
Moises Henriques
Daniel Christian
Nathan Reardon
Jimmy Peirson
Jason Floros
James Bazley
Ryan McLaren
Ben Laughlin
Dirk Nannes

@Simon let me know if you want any changes.