Post Line-ups The Continental | Round 1 | Para Bellum!

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Welcome to The Continental, where the pitch is sacred, the coins are gold, and debts are settled in blood. Here, retired mercenary stars are bound by contracts, not loyalty.
Manage your squad, negotiate with the High Table, and remember: Break the rules, and the High Table will break you!

50 Overs Format
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The High Table is the ultimate authority!​

 

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RULES OF ENGAGEMENT: THE CONTINENTAL CODE

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Order. Discipline. Consequence.​

Player Tiers:
Platinum (Tier 5) > Diamond (Tier 4) > Gold (Tier 3) > Silver (Tier 2) > Bronze (Tier 1)

Squad Rules:
15 to 18 player squad.
No more than 10 Diamond + Platinum players in a squad.
Ensure at least 15 contracted players before each game. Fall below? The Bowery King will send help.

Budget & Contracts:
Each Team starts with 450 Coins.
Player cost per game equals his Tier rating.
All Contracts are Prepaid and coins will not be refunded.
It doesn't matter if a players plays a game or not. Contract will still run.
Pay upfront for 1 - 5 games (e.g., Tier 5 player for 3 games = 15 coins).
Up-to 75 (including prize-money) remaining in budget can carryover to next season.

Termination:
Terminate a player's contract at any time by paying 1 .
Terminated player will drop off the squad and will go to Exile for 1 game before re-entering The Player Pool and later may appear in a team's Unique Pool.

Retention:
At contract’s end you may re-sign a player with a new contract + retention fee (equals Tier number).
Example: A 5-Tier player signed for 3 games initially costs 15 coins. To re-sign them for 2 more games. New cost = (5 × 2) + 5 (Retention Fee) = 15 coins
Not retaining? Player is Exiled for 1 game before re-entering the player pool.

Match Rewards & Penalties:
Win Reward: +3 per match. (Paid immediately after the win).
Semi Finalist Reward: +25 (4 Teams)
Runners-up Reward: +20
Champion's Reward: +25 + Champion's Marker (a one-time, consequence-free loan from The High Table).
Death Marker: Bottom 2 teams start next season with 5 fewer .

Exile:
A player who is frozen. Cannot play any games or sign a contract until he remains Exiled.
If he is in a contract, he will stay until the contract ends or he is Terminated.
If he is Exiled after the end of a contract he will not be available to sign a new contract until his Exile ends.​

 

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THE PLAYER POOL: MERCENARIES

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The Retired Do Not Rest. They Await Your Bid.​

Player's Pool:

Spoiler: PLATINUM - TIER 5

PLATINUM - TIER 5

Sachin Tendulkar Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Mahela Jayawardene Rahul Dravid Michael Bevan Aravinda de Silva Javed Miandad Saeed Anwar Clive Lloyd Brian Lara Hashim Amla Allan Border Kumar Sangakkara AB de Villiers Adam Gilchrist MS Dhoni John Wick Viv Richards Sourav Ganguly Sanath Jayasuriya Jacques Kallis Imran Khan Wasim Akram Daniel Vettori Richard Hadlee Lance Klusener Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath Waqar Younis Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Shaun Pollock Chaminda Vaas Brett Lee Allan Donald Joel Garner Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding Saqlain Mushtaq Shane Warne Lasith Malinga

Spoiler: DIAMOND - TIER 4

DIAMOND - TIER 4

Virender Sehwag VVS Laxman Steve Waugh David Boon Matthew Hayden Zaheer Abbas Mohammad Yousuf Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gordon Greenidge Martin Crowe Michael Vaughan Andrew Strauss Mohammad Azharuddin David Gower Glenn Turner Ross Taylor Faf du Plessis Graeme Smith Younis Khan Mark Waugh Stephen Fleming Arjuna Ranatunga Herschelle Gibbs Mike Hussey Shivnarine Chanderpaul Kevin Pietersen Mark Boucher Ian Healy Brendon McCullum Tillakaratne Dilshan Ryan ten Doeschate Kapil Dev Chris Gayle Paul Collingwood Andrew Symonds Andrew Flintoff Ian Botham Shane Watson Shahid Afridi Yuvraj Singh Zaheer Khan Heath Streak Dale Steyn Shoaib Akhtar Mitchell Johnson Craig McDermott Dennis Lillee Shane Bond

Spoiler: GOLD - TIER 3

GOLD - TIER 3

Ajay Jadeja Mohammad Kaif John Wright Nick Knight Simon Katich Kyle Coetzer Ed Joyce Ramnaresh Sarwan Damien Martyn Darren Lehmann Kepler Wessels Nasser Hussain Dilip Vengsarkar Gautam Gambhir Suresh Raina Misbah-ul-Haq Hansie Cronje Marvan Atapattu Upul Tharanga Craig McMillan Nathan Astle Hamish Marshall Marcus Trescothick Graham Gooch Neil Fairbrother Eoin Morgan Neil McKenzie Rameez Raja Ian Chappell Andy Flower Brendan Taylor Mohammad Hafeez Shoaib Malik Marlon Samuels JP Duminy Irfan Pathan Abdul Razzaq Thisara Perera Kieron Pollard Darren Sammy Dwayne Bravo Chris Cairns James Franklin Craig White Ravi Shastri Ajit Agarkar Venkatesh Prasad Ashish Nehra Anil Kumble Nuwan Kulasekara Sulieman Benn Makhaya Ntini Morne Morkel Imran Tahir Darren Gough Steven Harmison Saeed Ajmal Umar Gul Junaid Khan Dilhara Fernando

Spoiler: SILVER - TIER 2

SILVER - TIER 2

Navjot Singh Sidhu Sunil Gavaskar Krishnamachari Srikkanth Sandeep Patil Ajay Sharma Sanjay Manjrekar Vinod Kambli Mohinder Amarnath Pravin Amre Robin Uthappa Brad Hodge Cameron White Stuart Law Mark Taylor George Bailey Robin Smith Graeme Hick Derek Randall William Porterfield Alvin Kallicharran Gus Logie Saleem Elahi Imran Nazir Ijaz Ahmed Asif Mujtaba Chamara Silva Chandika Hathurusingha Guy Whittall Alistair Campbell Grant Flower Ashwell Prince Kiran More Syed Kirmani Jack Russell Paul Nixon Kamran Akmal Rashid Latif Moin Khan Romesh Kaluwitharana Manoj Prabhakar Robin Singh Roger Binny Roger Harper Dwayne Smith Yasir Arafat Azhar Mahmood Kumar Dharmasena Dilhara Lokuhettige Ruwan Kalpage Dougie Marillier Andy Blignaut Upul Chandana James Faulkner Kevin O'Brien Hamid Hassan Madan Lal Chetan Sharma Maninder Singh S. Venkataraghavan Dilip Doshi Venkatapathy Raju Paul Reiffel Damien Fleming Michael Kasprowicz Nathan Bracken Andy Bichel Merv Hughes Gladstone Small Phil DeFreitas Paul Jarvis Trent Johnston Winston Benjamin Pedro Collins Corey Collymore Mervyn Dillon Ottis Gibson Sarfraz Nawaz Mohammad Sami Mohammad Zahid Mohammad Irfan Dhammika Prasad Pramodya Wickramasinghe Graeme Labrooy Eddo Brandes Paul Adams Pat Symcox Charl Langeveldt Robin Peterson Tino Best Mashrafe Mortaza

Spoiler: BRONZE - TIER 1

BRONZE - TIER 1

Manoj Tiwary Dinesh Mongia Vijay Bharadwaj Hemang Badani Michael Slater Callum Ferguson Alastair Cook Jonathan Trott Owais Shah James Taylor Vikram Solanki Stephan Myburgh Asghar Afghan Devon Smith Wavell Hinds Daren Ganga Sylvester Joseph Lendl Simmons Roland Butcher Ricardo Powell Taufeeq Umar Shahzaib Hasan Salman Butt Khalid Latif Yasir Hameed Imran Farhat Chamara Kapugedera Avishka Gunawardene Thilan Samaraweera Russel Arnold Indika de Saram Jehan Mubarak Thilan Kandamby Loots Bosman Alviro Petersen Peter Fulton Mathew Sinclair Lou Vincent Rob Nicol Hamilton Masakadza Stuart Matsikenyeri Vusi Sibanda Charles Coventry Craig Wishart Habibul Bashar Rajin Saleh Javed Omar Aftab Ahmed Nafees Iqbal Parthiv Patel Naman Ojha Denesh Ramdin Courtney Browne Carlton Baugh Tatenda Taibu Khaled Mashud Niall O'Brien Laxmi Ratan Shukla Reetinder Singh Sodhi Stuart Binny Venugopal Rao Dan Christian Andrew McDonald Tim Bresnan Luke Wright Ravi Bopara Ronnie Irani Mark Ealham Darren Maddy Alex Cusack Scott Styris Jacob Oram Grant Elliott Prosper Utseya Sean Ervine Khaled Mahmud Farhaan Behardien Vinay Kumar Munaf Patel RP Singh Abey Kuruvilla Noel David Debashish Mohanty Sairaj Bahutule Brad Williams Shaun Tait Xavier Doherty John Hastings Clint McKay Dirk Nannes Stuart Clark Nathan Hauritz Jade Dernbach Andrew Caddick Chris Tremlett Neil McGarrell Raza Hasan Rahat Ali Sohail Khan Aizaz Cheema Suraj Randiv Farveez Maharoof Malinga Bandara Sajeewa de Silva Ishara Amerasinghe Ajantha Mendis Rangana Herath Rory Kleinveldt Henry Williams Mfuneko Ngam Roger Telemachus Monde Zondeki Tarun Nethula Michael Mason Ed Rainsford Tinashe Panyangara Mpumelelo Mbangwa Josh Davey Mohammad Rafique Shahadat Hossain

Unique Pool:
The High Table assigns each team a Unique Pool of players, exclusive to your squad.
You can only sign players from your Unique Pool.
Before the league begins, you’ll receive 30 players from the Players Pool in your Unique Pool.
After each game, your pool reshuffles to 9 or 10 players, randomly selected from available mercenaries.
Players not signed remain in the Players Pool and may appear in another team’s Unique Pool later.
Exile players will not appear in Unique Pools.
Once an Exile player is back in the Players Pool, they may appear in any team’s Unique Pool.​

 

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FIXTURES: THE HIGH TABLE'S DECREE

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The Table Commands. You Obey.​

Every team plays 9 matches in round-robin stage (4 Home, 4 Away and 1 Neutral Venue).
Top 4 teams qualify for Knockout Stage.

Round 01 (Neutral Venue)

NOT TAKEN ALREADY v MUMBAI INDIANS at Wall Street Court
POWER HITTERS v RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB at Wall Street Court
SHAHEENS v THE DARTH VADER'S at Wall Street Court
HOT-SHOTS XI v MADRAS SUPER KINGS at Wall Street Court
BROTHERS IN ARMS v TORONTO BANDITS at Wall Street Court

Round 02

MUMBAI INDIANS v POWER HITTERS at Wankhede Stadium
RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB v SHAHEENS at Punt Road
THE DARTH VADER'S v HOT-SHOTS XI at The Vader's Castle
MADRAS SUPER KINGS v BROTHERS IN ARMS at Madras Cricket Ground
TORONTO BANDITS v NOT TAKEN ALREADY at Toronto Skydome

Round 03

NOT TAKEN ALREADY v RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB at Everywhere
MUMBAI INDIANS v SHAHEENS at Wankhede Stadium
POWER HITTERS v THE DARTH VADER'S at Planet Cricket Club Ground
HOT-SHOTS XI v BROTHERS IN ARMS at Blazing Oval
MADRAS SUPER KINGS v TORONTO BANDITS at Madras Cricket Ground

Round 04

RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB v MUMBAI INDIANS at Punt Road
SHAHEENS v POWER HITTERS at National Stadium
THE DARTH VADER'S v MADRAS SUPER KINGS at The Vader's Castle
BROTHERS IN ARMS v NOT TAKEN ALREADY at Wadi Rum
TORONTO BANDITS v HOT-SHOTS XI at Toronto Skydome

Round 05

NOT TAKEN ALREADY v SHAHEENS at Everywhere
MUMBAI INDIANS v THE DARTH VADER'S at Wankhede Stadium
POWER HITTERS v BROTHERS IN ARMS at Planet Cricket Club Ground
RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB v TORONTO BANDITS at Punt Road
HOT-SHOTS XI v MADRAS SUPER KINGS at Blazing Oval

Round 06

SHAHEENS v MUMBAI INDIANS at National Stadium
THE DARTH VADER'S v RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB at The Vader's Castle
BROTHERS IN ARMS v POWER HITTERS at Wadi Rum
TORONTO BANDITS v NOT TAKEN ALREADY at Toronto Skydome
MADRAS SUPER KINGS v HOT-SHOTS XI at Madras Cricket Ground

Round 07

NOT TAKEN ALREADY v THE DARTH VADER'S at Everywhere
MUMBAI INDIANS v BROTHERS IN ARMS at Wankhede Stadium
POWER HITTERS v TORONTO BANDITS at Planet Cricket Club Ground
RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB v MADRAS SUPER KINGS at Punt Road
SHAHEENS v HOT-SHOTS XI at National Stadium

Round 08

THE DARTH VADER'S v MUMBAI INDIANS at The Vader's Castle
BROTHERS IN ARMS v RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB at Wadi Rum
TORONTO BANDITS v SHAHEENS at Toronto Skydome
HOT-SHOTS XI v NOT TAKEN ALREADY at Blazing Oval
MADRAS SUPER KINGS v POWER HITTERS at Madras Cricket Ground

Round 09

NOT TAKEN ALREADY v MADRAS SUPER KINGS at Everywhere
MUMBAI INDIANS v TORONTO BANDITS at Wankhede Stadium
POWER HITTERS v HOT-SHOTS XI at Planet Cricket Club Ground
RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB v THE DARTH VADER'S at Punt Road
SHAHEENS v BROTHERS IN ARMS at National Stadium

Round 10

MADRAS SUPER KINGS v MUMBAI INDIANS at Madras Cricket Ground
TORONTO BANDITS v THE DARTH VADER'S at Toronto Skydome
HOT-SHOTS XI v RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB at Blazing Oval
BROTHERS IN ARMS v NOT TAKEN ALREADY at Wadi Rum
SHAHEENS v POWER HITTERS at National Stadium


Knockout Stage

SEMI-FINAL 1: TEAM 1 v TEAM 4 at Wall Street Court
SEMI-FINAL 2: TEAM 2 v TEAM 3 at Wall Street Court

FINAL: SF1 WINNER v SF2 WINNER at Wall Street Court​

 

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VENUES: THE CONTINENTAL TURF

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No Private Business. Only Cricket.​

Pitch Types:

Spoiler: 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.
Even - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines of the game.
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, making it ideal for fast bowlers. 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 for very few runs.

Credits: @VC the slogger for pitch types.

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STANDINGS & STATISTICS: THE LEDGER OF BLOOD

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Numbers Do Not Lie. Liars Become Numbers.​

 

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THE HIGH TABLE: DEBT & DAMNATION

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I have served. I will be of service.​

High Table Loans:
5 : Repay in 5 games, or a random player is Cursed (-50% rating) for 1 game.
10 : Repay in 5 games, or a random player is Exiled for 1 game.
20 : Repay in 5 games, or a random player is Exiled for 2 games.

Terms:
Only 1 active loan per team.
Loans cannot be taken after the group stage.
All debts must be settled before playoffs. Defaulters face said consequences.

Note: Exiled player/s still count toward squad quota and still stay contracted.​

 

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ADDITIONAL THINGS: FLAVORS

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Dessert?​

The Adjudicator’s Edicts:
Double Coin Night: Wins reward +6 instead of 3.
Blood Oath Match: Losing teams forfeit 5 or Exile a player of their choice for 2 games.
Both edicts will trigger separately and randomly before a game. Teams are warned.

Hunt or Hurt:
Exile a player for 2 games.
50% chance: They return with coins equal to their tier (e.g., Silver = 2 coins).
50% chance: They return Cursed (-50% rating) for 1 game. They bring no coin.
A cursed player cannot be sent on a hunt again until healed.

Baba Yaga’s Reckoning:
A Bronze (Tier 1) player scoring a century or taking 5 wickets becomes a Tier 3 player permanently.
No extra cost for their current contract. Post-contract, they command Tier 3 wages.

Ruska Roma Ritual:
Sacrifice 2 players (with ≥3 games left on contracts) to Exile them for 3 games. They go back to Players Pool after their Exile ends.
Boost one target player’s rating by +50% for 1 game.

Excommunicado’s Return:
Sign John Wick ( Tier 5) for 1 game at 5 coins.
He can randomly appear in any team's Unique Pool.
He bats like the best batter and bowls like the best fast bowler in the league. Cannot keep the wickets.
After the match, he is Exiled for 1 game.​

 

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BOWERY KING'S NETWORK: A HELPING HAND

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When all else fails, we rise.​

Bowery King's Minions
If you run out of budget or have fewer than 15 contracted players (for whatever reason), the Bowery King will give a helping hand.
He sends Tier 0 Minions (slow all-rounders, they can keep also) to fill your squad (until minimum of 15 squad size is reached).
They cannot participate in any Additional Things (activities).
They cannot be Exiled by you. Only by The High Table.
They are contracted perpetually until the season ends.
A minion's contract can be terminated any time without paying any fee. ​

 

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NOT TAKEN ALREADY

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MANAGER/S: @Till Valhalla
HOME STADIUM: Everywhere

BUDGET LEFT: 450 C

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MUMBAI INDIANS

MANAGER/S: @Neo 7
HOME STADIUM: Wankhede Stadium

BUDGET LEFT: 450

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POWER HITTERS

MANAGER/S: @Pinch hitter
HOME STADIUM: Planet Cricket Club Ground

BUDGET LEFT: 450

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RICHMOND CRICKET CLUB

MANAGER/S: @DuneTiger
HOME STADIUM: Punt Road (Green)

BUDGET LEFT: 320

Richie Richardson (3) Damien Martyn (5) Cameron White (5) Mark Taylor (1) Lendl Simmons (1) . Brendon McCullum (5) . Jacques Kallis (5) Paul Collingwood (4) Shoaib Malik (4) Kumar Dharmasena (2) Stuart Binny (1) . Heath Streak (5) Pedro Collins (1) Mashrafe Mortaza (2) Damien Fleming (2) . Number = Remaining Contract Duration

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