With under a week until the league season gets underway at Rawreth Lane, it’s Fantasy Cricket League time!
As in previous years, the cost of entry is £10 per team and is payable through the Fantasy Cricket League website. Price of players will update based on performance through the season and you will be able to make transfers during the weeks.
The full rules are explained below:
General Rules
There can only be one team entered per registered user account
Each team shall have a value of no more than £55m
Managers may enter a team at any point during the season, although in order to score points for the first game week, teams must be submitted before the Season Start date. Thereafter, entries will start scoring points from the game week after they were entered and points will not be backdated.
Game Weeks
The game week will advance every Saturday at 12:00; the same time as transfers and captain changes are processed.
For the purpose of viewing league standings by month, game weeks that span two months will count for the month that they started in.
Transfers & Captain Changes
Managers may alter their teams at any point during the Season. A total of 1 free transfer is available each week and additional transfers are permitted, but will incur a cost of -20 points per transfer. When a captain is transferred out of a team, the team will be without a captain and a new one should be selected.
Transfers and captain changes may be submitted at any time but will not take effect until 12:00 the following Saturday, so they are active for the upcoming game week.
Please note that transfers are free and unlimited up until 12:00 on the date of the first match.
Team managers will be able to play one transfer wildcard per season, which will allow them to make free, unlimited transfers for one week only.
Should a players value increase at any point during the season, then teams who have selected that player shall receive the difference as additional budget when making transfers. Players will be transferred out at the same value they were bought for, regardless of any price change.
Should a players value decrease, teams will lose that amount from their transfer budget (as long as the budget remains above the original limit).
Team Selection
The players included on the selection list and their values will be determined by the League Administrator.
Each team can select a captain who will earn double points each week. You may change your captain each week if you wish.
Team managers will be able to boost their captain to receive triple points for one week only at any point during the season.
Each team must contain 11 players and the make-up of each team is flexible in terms of how many players can be selected from each position. Other than a compulsory batter, team managers may select any number players up to a maximim of 5 batters, 5 bowlers, 3 all rounders, and 1 keeper. Teams must select at least one player in each position.
Points are allocated based on performance and allocated role (e.g. batter, bowler, all rounder, keeper). The full points breakdown, along with full rules, can be viewed here.
