Post Line-ups Europa Cup V | Final - And the winner is (for real this time)...

[VC the slogger]

Double posting counts as one post.

All picks should become invalid I guess @VC the slogger

First batch of picks made are invalid by 1 minute.. The rest look ok to me

 

[NILAYSHAH60]

No more dirtier than people holding off on posting their pick for a particular round, so they have the last pick, and therefore a double-pick :shrug

Well that involves a risk of losing the player you had picked. What you did was meant to deceive others which is both dishonest and unfair! You've already set your bar higher than this mate. We expect better things from you.

 

[Aislabie]

Round 1 (3 Locals)

Hague Harriers - Logan van Beek, Colin Ackerman & Mark Steketee
Continental United - Marcus Stoinis, Tom Kohler-Cadmore & Moises Henriques

Round 2 (1 Englishman)

Clontarf Firebirds - Jonny Bairstow
Highland Barbarians - Ben Stokes
Edinburgh Bulls - Joe Root
Continental United - Jofra Archer

Round 3 (1 Local)

Clontarf Firebirds - Simi Singh

Round 4 (1 Local)

Clontarf Firebirds - Curtis Campher
Highland Barbarians - Safyaan Sharif
Edinburgh Bulls - Brad Wheal
Hague Harriers - Graeme van Buuren
Continental United - Benny Howell

Round 5 (2 Locals, 1 Englishman)

Stormont Shamrocks - Steven Mullaney, Peter Moor & Sam Hain
Clontarf Firebirds - Gareth Delany, Nick Larkin & Chris Jordan
Malahide Mavericks - William Porterfield, Liam Plunkett & Moeen Ali
Highland Barbarians - Michael Leask, Chris Greaves & Jos Buttler
Edinburgh Bulls - Hamza Tahir, Dylan Budge & Saqib Mahmood
Amsterdam Stallions - Brandon Glover, Tobias Visee & Dawid Malan
Hague Harriers - Wesley Barresi, Paul van Meekeren & James Vince
Continental United - Leus du Plooy, Will Pucovski & Adil Rashid

Round 6 (Any 1 player)

Stormont Shamrocks - Mohammad Rizwan
Clontarf Firebirds - Chris Gayle
Malahide Mavericks - Rashid Khan
Highland Barbarians - AB de Villiers
Edinburgh Bulls - Shakib Al Hasan
Amsterdam Stallions - Ross Taylor
Continental United - Wanindu Hasaranga

Round 7 (2 Locals, Any 2 players)

Stormont Shamrocks - Daniel Worrall, Jacob Mulder, Colin de Grandhomme & Shadab Khan
Clontarf Firebirds -
Malahide Mavericks - Craig Ervine, Josh Little, MS Dhoni & Hasan Ali
Highland Barbarians - Alasdair Evans, Craig Wallace, Shaheen Afridi & Sandeep Lamichhane
Edinburgh Bulls - George Scott, Chris Sole, Devon Conway & Lungi Ngidi
Amsterdam Stallions - Max O'Dowd, Fred Klaassen, Angelo Mathews & Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Hague Harriers - Tim van der Gugten, Stephan Myburgh, Brendan Taylor & Janneman Malan
Continental United - Wayne Madsen, Steve O'Keefe, Mayank Agarwal and Nicolas Pooran

Round 8 (2 Locals, Any 2 players)

Stormont Shamrocks -
Clontarf Firebirds -
Malahide Mavericks - Gary Wilson, Mark Adair, Glenn Maxwell & Andre Russell
Highland Barbarians - Michael Jones, Gavin Main, Rassie van der Dussen & Tabraiz Shamsi
Edinburgh Bulls - Tomas Mackintosh, Shai Hope & Mohammad Nabi
Amsterdam Stallions - Shane Snater, Scott Edwards, Mohammad Amir & Faf du Plessis,
Hague Harriers - Pieter Seelaar, Philippe Boissevain, Imran Tahir & Adam Zampa
Continental United - Joe Burns, Joshua da Silva, Kyle Abbott & Maheesh Theekshana

I kind of wanted to squeeze someone from an obscure nation into our team, but the thought of reuniting Chadaranga and THICCshana is too powerful

 

[CerealKiller]

Harry Tector, Murray Commins, David Miller, Sunil Narine

 

[Umair7]

No more dirtier than people holding off on posting their pick for a particular round, so they have the last pick, and therefore a double-pick :shrug

That's why many leagues have that one hour rule! Nobody here did that afaik!

 

[Umair7]

Scott Currie

 

[RUDI]

Malahide Mavericks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: @RUDI & @ABDULLAH Coach: Jacques Kallis

Squad - Alex Hales William Porterfield Paul Stirling - Andy Balbirnie Craig Ervine - Moeen Ali George Dockrell Glenn Maxwell Gary Wilson - Mark Adair MS Dhoni Andre Russell - Hasan Ali Josh Little Liam Plunkett Boyd Rankin Craig Young - Rashid Khan - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

@VC the slogger it's been a while - please be so kind to give a breakdown on your squad distribution (break in top-middle order etc.) and what it means. Also > ?

Do you penalize players batting out of their normal batting position or do you allow leeway if they on occasion bat in another position?

 

[VC the slogger]

@VC the slogger it's been a while - please be so kind to give a breakdown on your squad distribution (break in top-middle order etc.) and what it means. Also > ?

Hasn't it?! The players are sorted this way:

Openers (1-2)
Top-order (3-4/emergency openers)
Middle-order (4-6)
Lower-order (7-8)
Tailend pace (9-11)
Tailend spin (9-11)

means a better or slightly more regular gloveman, is either a part-time keeper or the second/third choice in a squad full of keepers, and is a bit of the latter who can also roll his arm over in the odd match.

Do you penalize players batting out of their normal batting position or do you allow leeway if they on occasion bat in another position?

Not exactly; it's more to do with their playing styles most of the time. Trouble only starts when you do something far more drastic like send a solid opener down at no 6/7 or such which is game isn't ideally suited to, so he's likely to not do too well there. Likewise for a specialist hitter at 7 or such who if sent up might club a six or two and get out, coz he doesn't really know how to play the waiting game.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Well that involves a risk of losing the player you had picked. What you did was meant to deceive others which is both dishonest and unfair! You've already set your bar higher than this mate. We expect better things from you.

That's why many leagues have that one hour rule! Nobody here did that afaik!

Yeah, I concede

 

[VC the slogger]

Round 1 (3 Locals)

Hague Harriers - Logan van Beek, Colin Ackerman & Mark Steketee
Continental United - Marcus Stoinis, Tom Kohler-Cadmore & Moises Henriques

Round 2 (1 Englishman)

Clontarf Firebirds - Jonny Bairstow
Highland Barbarians - Ben Stokes
Edinburgh Bulls - Joe Root
Continental United - Jofra Archer

Round 3 (1 Local)

Clontarf Firebirds - Simi Singh

Round 4 (1 Local)

Clontarf Firebirds - Curtis Campher
Highland Barbarians - Safyaan Sharif
Edinburgh Bulls - Brad Wheal
Hague Harriers - Graeme van Buuren
Continental United - Benny Howell

Round 5 (2 Locals, 1 Englishman)

Stormont Shamrocks - Steven Mullaney, Peter Moor & Sam Hain
Clontarf Firebirds - Gareth Delany, Nick Larkin & Chris Jordan
Malahide Mavericks - William Porterfield, Liam Plunkett & Moeen Ali
Highland Barbarians - Michael Leask, Chris Greaves & Jos Buttler
Edinburgh Bulls - Hamza Tahir, Dylan Budge & Saqib Mahmood
Amsterdam Stallions - Brandon Glover, Tobias Visee & Dawid Malan
Hague Harriers - Wesley Barresi, Paul van Meekeren & James Vince
Continental United - Leus du Plooy, Will Pucovski & Adil Rashid

Round 6 (Any 1 player)

Stormont Shamrocks - Mohammad Rizwan
Clontarf Firebirds - Chris Gayle
Malahide Mavericks - Rashid Khan
Highland Barbarians - AB de Villiers
Edinburgh Bulls - Shakib Al Hasan
Amsterdam Stallions - Ross Taylor
Continental United - Wanindu Hasaranga

Round 7 (2 Locals, Any 2 players)

Stormont Shamrocks - Daniel Worrall, Jacob Mulder, Colin de Grandhomme & Shadab Khan
Clontarf Firebirds -
Malahide Mavericks - Craig Ervine, Josh Little, MS Dhoni & Hasan Ali
Highland Barbarians - Alasdair Evans, Craig Wallace, Shaheen Afridi & Sandeep Lamichhane
Edinburgh Bulls - George Scott, Chris Sole, Devon Conway & Lungi Ngidi
Amsterdam Stallions - Max O'Dowd, Fred Klaassen, Angelo Mathews & Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Hague Harriers - Tim van der Gugten, Stephan Myburgh, Brendan Taylor & Janneman Malan
Continental United - Wayne Madsen, Steve O'Keefe, Mayank Agarwal and Nicolas Pooran

Round 8 (2 Locals, Any 2 players)

Stormont Shamrocks - Harry Tector, Murray Commins, David Miller, Sunil Narine
Clontarf Firebirds -
Malahide Mavericks - Gary Wilson, Mark Adair, Glenn Maxwell & Andre Russell
Highland Barbarians - Michael Jones, Gavin Main, Rassie van der Dussen & Tabraiz Shamsi
Edinburgh Bulls - Tomas Mackintosh, Shai Hope & Mohammad Nabi
Amsterdam Stallions - Shane Snater, Scott Edwards, Mohammad Amir & Faf du Plessis,
Hague Harriers - Pieter Seelaar, Philippe Boissevain, Imran Tahir & Adam Zampa
Continental United - Joe Burns, Joshua da Silva, Kyle Abbott & Maheesh Theekshana

Newly appointed @Parth D to finish the draft for Clontarf

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Ruhan Pretorius
Tyrone Kane
Graham Hume
Simon Kerrigan

Ruturaj Gaikwad
Jimmy Neesham
Morne Morkel
Kuldeep Yadav


All the best teams....

 

[VC the slogger]

Warm-up Round 1 fixtures

Stormont Shamrocks v Irish Invitational XI at Stormont

- Pitch: Green ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@CerealKiller

Clontarf Firebirds v Clontarf Firebirds Old Boys at Clontarf

- Pitch: Hard ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@Yash. @Parth D

Malahide Mavericks v All Stars XI at Malahide

- Pitch: Hard ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@ABDULLAH @RUDI

Highland Barbarians v Scottish Invitational XI at Inverness

- Pitch: Green ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@Na Maloom Afraad

Edinburgh Bulls v Free Agents XI at The Grange

- Pitch: Flat ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@Umair7 @Till Valhalla

Amsterdam Stallions v All Stars XI at Amstelveen

- Pitch: Dry/Slow ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@Mijurkat

Hague Harriers v Overseas Warriors at The Hague

- Pitch: Dry/Slow ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@TSPrathik @NILAYSHAH60

Continental United v European Continentals at La Manga

- Pitch: Dry/Slow ()
- Players injured/unavailable: None yet

@Aislabie


Lineup rules

1) A minimum of 6 locals/home-qualified players* (). The remainder of the lineup may consist of any players of a manager's own choosing, including English () and overseas players ().
2) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
3) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
4) Players ruled out due to injury or declared unavailable for whatever reason cannot be selected.
5) The time limit for posting lineups is 48 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
6) A minimum of 15 players of your squad of 18 must get a game over the course of the tournament.

Standings

Later.


Statistics

Later.


Explanation on pitch types

Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 3 an over.

 

[CerealKiller]

Stormont Shamrocks

Jason Roy
Mohammad Rizwan
Sam Hain
Eoin Morgan
Steven Mullaney
Colin de Grandhomme
Shadab Khan
Daniel Worrall
Tim Murtagh
Peter Chase
Barry McCarthy

 

[Mijurkat]

Tobias Visee

Dawid Malan

Faf du Plessis

Ross Taylor

Angelo Mathews

Tom Cooper

Roelof van der Merwe

Chris Woakes

Michael Rippon

Mohammad Amir

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

 

[ABDULLAH]

William Porterfield
Paul Stirling
Andy Balbirnie
Craig Ervine
Gary Wilson
George Dockrell
Mark Adair
Liam Plunkett
Boyd Rankin
Craig Young
Josh Little

@RUDI