Sign-ups PC Ashes 2017/18 - The Countdown Begins | 4th Test - Rather predictable..

[Perfect Square]

Josh King what a player. Terrific performance with the bat

 

[CerealKiller]

My lineup worked

 

[Pinch hitter]

It is sad to see Ben Storm not in the 4th test match... Team played really well and deserve the 3-1 victory in the test series...
I like to see my active in here affect my player form... I hope in next match Ben Storm will play a crucial role...

 

[SixerBoy11]

First name: Stuart
Middle name: -
Last name: Clarke
National team: England
State team: -
Batting style: RHB
Bat position: Middle order (2)
Batting ability: ★ ★ ★ ★ (4)
Bowling Hand: Right
Bowling style: Medium (0)
Bowling ability: (0)
Fielding position: Outfielder (0)
Interested in captaincy?: No
Player likeness: Ian Bell

 

[Aggz]

Amazing series win! Good to get a few runs under the belt as well.

 

[VC the slogger]

@Pinch hitter/@CerealKiller Your 15-strong squad and playing XI for the 1st Test please.

Note: I've changed the lineup posting time limit from 120 hours to 72 hours because of the need to get things moving a bit quicker over here. There have also been a couple of new additions to the PC player lists for England & Australia.

Spoiler: 2017 Wisden Trophy

2017 Wisden Trophy

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

Spoiler: West Indies Test squad

Kraigg Brathwaite
Kieran Powell

Shimron Hetmyer
Kyle Hope
Shai Hope

Jermaine Blackwood
Roston Chase

Shane Dowrich
Jason Holder
Raymon Reifer

Miguel Cummins
Shannon Gabriel
Alzarri Joseph
Kemar Roach

Devendra Bishoo

1) A minimum of 11 PC players are required in a squad.
2) No more than 4 real life players allowed in a squad.
3) Real life players that have been selected as PC player likenesses have been ruled out of this league. This effectively means the following players cannot be selected in this league: James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Jos Buttler, Alastair Cook, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Toby Roland-Jones, Joe Root Ben Stokes, Peter Trego, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood
6) If a captain finds himself indisposed and unable to post a lineup for his team, it is the vice captain's duty to step in and do so. The maximum time allotted for posting lineups is 72 hours or 3 days. I will go with a random lineup if neither captain nor vice captain posts a lineup within that period.
7) There are no lineup restrictions, apart from the compulsory selection of a wicket-keeper (//) in your lineup. It also helps to have a minimum of 6 bowling options marked for ODIs and 5 for Test matches.

2017 Wisden Trophy

1st Test - England v West Indies at Edgbaston

- Pitch: Evenly balanced
- Players injured/unavailable: None


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 5 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 72 hours. I will go with a random lineup if neither captain nor vice captain posts a lineup within that period.
5) Please also tag all PC members selected in your lineup post.


Statistics

Spoiler: England (Test overall)

ENGLAND (TEST OVERALL)

BATTING & FIELDING

Player           Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s 6s  0s  Ct  St
J King            4     8    0  476  126   59.50  868   54.84   1    3   6   0   3   -
T Riddle          4     8    0  392  182   49.00  712   55.06   1    1   1   0   2   -
T Hayat           4     8    0  369  119   46.13  636   58.02   1    2   3   0   3   -
NK Thakur         4     8    0  195   45   24.38  350   55.71   0    0   1   1   8   0
Y Hirani          3     6    1  119   48*  23.80  179   66.48   0    0   2   1   1   -
B Storms          3     6    1  117   71   23.40  240   48.75   0    1   1   2   2   -
D Clark           3     6    0  103   60   17.17  204   50.49   0    1   1   2   4   -
N Gandhi          3     6    0   95   43   15.83  170   55.88   0    0   3   2   3   -
K Lee             4     8    1   93   26*  13.29  210   44.29   0    0   2   1   4   -
MM Ali            2     4    0   89   47   22.25  179   49.72   0    0   1   0   3   -
L Hardwood        4     8    1   72   23   10.29  180   40.00   0    0   0   2   1   -
S Hotha           4     8    4   26    9    6.50   91   28.57   0    0   0   0   2   -
A Rafay           2     4    1   22   16    7.33   83   26.51   0    0   0   1   1   -

BOWLING

Player          Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts  BBI    Avg   Econ   S/R   4w  5w  10m
L Hardwood       4     8  124.5    31   405    22   6/33  18.41  3.24   34.1   2   1   0
S Hotha          4     8  129.5    24   449    16   3/33  28.06  3.46   48.7   0   0   0
K Lee            4     8  128.1    31   409    13   4/70  31.46  3.19   59.2   1   0   0
MM Ali           2     4   62.5    12   215    11   6/57  19.55  3.42   34.3   0   1   0
Y Hirani         3     5   59.0    13   190     6   3/85  31.67  3.22   59.0   0   0   0
A Rafay          2     4   39.0     9   132     1   1/50 132.00  3.38  234.0   0   0   0
B Storms         3     6   35.0     8   140     1   1/77 140.00  4.00  210.0   0   0   0

Spoiler: England (ODI overall)

ENGLAND (ODI OVERALL)

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
T Hayat            5     5    0  314  102   62.80  331   94.86    1   2   34   7   0   1   -
J King             5     5    0  292   93   58.40  351   83.19    0   2   27   6   0   2   -
MM Ali             4     4    0  162   90   40.50  131  123.67    0   2   21   6   1   4   -
N Gandhi           4     4    0  162   66   40.50  169   95.86    0   1   22   2   0   0   -
D Clark            5     5    0  152   47   30.40  158   96.20    0   0   13   4   0   0   -
NK Thakur          5     5    1  129   41*  32.25  116  111.21    0   0    8   7   0   7   1
Y Hirani           5     4    2   97   65*  48.50   75  129.33    0   1   10   4   0   1   -
B Storms           5     5    1   69   44   17.25   68  101.47    0   0    7   2   1   0   -
K Lee              5     4    1   59   33*  19.67   59  100.00    0   0    6   2   1   5   -
S Hotha            5     4    2   14    7    7.00   30   46.67    0   0    0   0   0   1   -
L Hardwood         3     2    1    6    4*   6.00    7   85.69    0   0    1   0   0   1   -
T Riddle           1     1    0    2    2    2.00    5   40.00    0   0    0   0   0   0   - 
A Rafay            3     1    0    0    0    0.00    1    0.00    0   0    0   0   1   1   -

BOWLING

Player            Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
S Hotha            5     5   49.0    1    260     9    4/56  28.89  5.31  32.7   1   0
A Rafay            3     3   30.0    0    175     6    3/56  29.17  5.83  30.0   0   0
K Lee              5     5   43.0    1    231     6    3/56  38.50  5.37  43.0   0   0
B Storms           5     5   25.3    0    158     5    2/31  31.60  6.20  30.6   0   0
Y Hirani           5     5   34.5    2    208     5    3/48  41.60  5.97  41.8   0   0
L Hardwood         3     3   26.0    0    156     3    2/59  52.00  6.00  52.0   0   0
MM Ali             4     4   33.0    0    198     3    1/41  66.00  6.00  66.0   0   0

Explanation on pitch types

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, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Quite regular to find in most European countries.
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.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Lance Hardwood: The leading wicket-taker for England in test matches for the 2017/18 season.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Lance Hardwood: The leading wicket-taker for England in test matches for the 2017/18 season.

Your economy s***@

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Your economy s***@

What? 6 an over?

 

[VC the slogger]

@Saroj padhy/@The Deadman I'll need your 15-strong squad for the 5-match ODI series to be played in India. I had to cut out the Lions matches from the itinerary and was also unable to include the Bangladesh tour because there's just not enough time left until the real life Ashes for me to sim those as well. Although, I've included a one-off Test against the Indians at the end of the ODI series which isn't part of the real life schedule to give you some extra Test practice against quality opposition before the 2017/18 season gets underway.

Note: I've changed the lineup posting time limit from 120 hours to 72 hours because of the need to get things moving a bit quicker over here. There have also been a couple of new additions to the PC player lists for England & Australia. One of them has taken up Steven Smith as his likeness, therefore making the player unavailable for selection from here on.

Spoiler: Tour fixtures

Australia tour of India (5 ODIs, 1 Test)

Australia in India ODI series

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

Australia in India one-off Test

Only Test - India v Australia at Mumbai​

Spoiler: India ODI squad

Shikhar Dhawan
Lokesh Rahul
Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli
Manish Pandey
Ajinkya Rahane

MS Dhoni
Kedar Jadhav

Ravindra Jadeja
Hardik Pandya

Jasprit Bumrah
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Mohammed Shami
Umesh Yadav

Yuzvendra Chahal
Kuldeep Yadav

1) 15 players per squad.
2) A minimum of 11 PC players are required in a squad.
3) No more than 4 real life players allowed in a squad.
4) Real life players that have been selected as PC player likenesses have been ruled out of this league. This effectively means the following players cannot be selected in this league: Cameron Boyce, Travis Head, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner
5) If a captain finds himself indisposed and unable to post a lineup for his team, it is the vice captain's duty to step in and do so. The maximum time allotted for posting lineups is 72 hours or 3 days. I will go with a random lineup if neither captain nor vice captain posts a lineup within that period.
6) There are no lineup restrictions, apart from the compulsory selection of a wicket-keeper (//) in your lineup. It also helps to have a minimum of 6 bowling options marked for ODIs and 5 for Test matches.


Upcoming fixture

1st ODI - India v Australia at Chennai

- Pitch: Evenly balanced
- Players injured/unavailable: Shikhar Dhawan (3 matches)


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 5 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 72 hours. I will go with a random lineup if neither captain nor vice captain posts a lineup within that period.
5) Please also tag all PC members selected in your lineup post.


Statistics

Spoiler: Australia (ODI overall)

AUSTRALIA (ODI OVERALL)

BATTING & FIELDING

Player            Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s  4s  6s  0s  Ct  St
S Padhy            2     2    0  138   91   69.00  134  102.99    0   1   18   2   0   2   -
SW Anderson        2     2    0  104   87   52.00  106   98.11    0   1    9   5   0   1   -
S Snape            2     2    1   87   46*  87.00   99   87.88    0   0    5   2   0   2   0
U Nazim            2     2    1   72   38   72.00   81   88.89    0   0    4   3   0   0   -
BG Ansari          2     2    0   62   62   31.00   77   80.52    0   1    4   1   1   4   -
VC Andrews         2     1    1   23   23*   N/A     8  287.57    0   0    2   2   0   2   -
SPD Smith          2     2    0   18   18    9.00   35   51.43    0   0    0   0   1   1   -
RTP Struwig        2     1    1    4    4*   N/A     4  100.00    0   0    1   0   0   1   -
A Bubere           2     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   1   -
JR Hazlewood       2     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   0   -
J Ryder            2     0    -    -    -     -      -     -      -   -    -   -   -   2   -

BOWLING

Player            Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts    BBI   Avg   Econ   S/R  4w  5w
RTP Struwig        2     2   14.0    0     78     5    3/39  15.60  5.57  16.8   0   0
VC Andrews         2     2   19.0    1     80     5    4/47  16.00  4.21  22.8   1   0
A Bubere           2     2   17.0    0    102     5    3/60  20.40  6.00  20.4   0   0
JR Hazlewood       2     2   15.4    0     94     3    2/62  31.33  6.00  31.3   0   0
J Ryder            2     2   17.0    0     79     1    1/51  79.00  4.65 102.0   0   0
BG Ansari          2     2    6.0    0     29     0    0/23   N/A   4.83    -    0   0

Spoiler: Australia (Test overall)

AUSTRALIA (TEST OVERALL)

BATTING & FIELDING

Player           Mat  Inns  NO  Runs  HS    Avg    BF    S/R   100s 50s 6s  0s  Ct  St
U Nazim           2     4    1  218  189   72.67  336   64.88   1    0   3   0   1   -
V Rustagi         2     3    0  172   67   57.33  250   68.80   0    2   3   0   1   -
S Padhy           2     4    1  157   78   52.33  293   53.58   0    2   2   1   3   -
SPD Smith         2     3    0  142   62   47.33  245   57.96   0    1   1   0   2   -
S Snape           2     3    1   90   86*  45.00  135   66.67   0    1   2   1   4   0
SW Anderson       2     4    0   62   42   15.50  159   38.99   0    0   0   0   2   -
RTP Struwig       2     3    0   48   19   16.00   75   64.00   0    0   2   0   1   -
VC Andrews        2     3    0   45   18   15.00  123   36.59   0    0   0   0   1   -
HWR Cartwright    1     2    0   44   43   22.00   86   51.16   0    0   0   0   1   -
JR Hazlewood      2     3    1   17   12    8.50   32   53.13   0    0   0   0   1   -
J Ryder           2     2    2    0    0*   N/A     4    0.00   0    0   0   0   2   -
A Bubere          1     1    0    0    0    0.00   10    0.00   0    0   0   1   0   -

BOWLING

Player          Mat  Inns  Overs  Mdns  Runs  Wkts  BBI    Avg   Econ   S/R   4w  5w  10m
RTP Struwig      2     4   76.3    23   171    11   7/42  15.55  2.24   41.7   0   1   0
JR Hazlewood     2     4   68.3    16   203    11   5/48  18.45  2.96   37.4   1   1   0
VC Andrews       2     4   69.0    18   225     9   3/75  25.00  3.26   46.0   0   0   0
J Ryder          2     4   61.0    12   184     5   3/65  36.80  3.02   73.2   0   0   0
A Bubere         1     2   40.0    10   119     3   2/70  39.67  2.98   80.0   0   0   0
HWR Cartwright   1     2    9.0     3    18     0   0/8    N/A   2.00     -    0   0   0
SPD Smith        2     1    1.0     0     8     0   0/8    N/A   8.00     -    0   0   0

Explanation on pitch types

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, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Quite regular to find in most European countries.
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.

 

[Till Valhalla]

What? 6 an over?

3.24, Get below 3 and then talk.[DOUBLEPOST=1506080742][/DOUBLEPOST]

3.24, Get below 3 and then talk.

Or at least match or come near my economy.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

3.24, Get below 3 and then talk.

 

[Pinch hitter]

England will go with same squad from previous series... We have every kind of player in that squad, no need any changes to that...

1st Test - England v West Indies at Edgbaston
Navin Gandhi (@NaviN GandhI)
Tom Riddle (@Akshay.)
Josh King (@Aggz)
Talha Hayat (@CerealKiller)
Moeen Ali
Naman Thakur (@Naman Thakur)
Ben Storms (@Pinch hitter)
Yash Hirani (@Yash.)
Kristian Lee (@Aislabie)
Lance Hardwood (@Na Maloom Afraad)
Shravan Hotha (@swacker)

 

[Saroj padhy]

Finch in for Smith.
Faulkner in for Cartwright.