BigBash fantasy comp.

Alright, it's super late notice, and only 3 days to go- But with the bigbash guys throwing money at the highest scoring league, I figure why not fill all mine up!

http://fantasy.bigbash.com.au/

So I've created a TooSerious league: 708389

If you've already got a squad and wanna jump in, get on it. (and hey, if you want to create a squad *then* jump on in, go for it as well! )

 

I'm in and the league is full

Here's another: The Boys Club (885872)

Obviously inspired by the fact that unless you are part of the Boys Club you can't get a game for Australia.

 

nice work lucas

brad hodge's hammy has my plans in disarray - i have brought in fatty cosgrove and now well under the cap and looking to upgrade a few of my novelty selections to A-graders

watch out for the razzlerdazzlerz!!

 

BBL squads

Brisbane Heat (The Gabba)
Ryan Broad, Nick Buchanan, Daniel Christian, Ben Cutting, Peter Forrest, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew, Hayden, James Hopes, Chris Lynn, Michael Neser, Chris Swan.
International Players: Brendon McCallum, Daniel Vettori.
Coach: Darren Lehmann.

Hobart Hurricanes (Bellerive Oval)
Travis Birt, Mark Cosgrove, Xavier Doherty, Luke Feldman, TOM TRIFFIT, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Hogan, Phil Jaques, Matt Johnson, Jason Krejza, Nick Kruger, Ben Laughlin, Rhett Lockyear, Tim Paine, Ricky Ponting.
International Players: RanaNavedul-Hasan, Owais Shah. Coach: Ali de Winter

Melbourne Renegades (Etihad Stadium)
Ryan Carters, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, Aaron Heal, Jayde Herrick, Michael Hill, Brad Hodge, Glenn Maxwell, Andrew McDonald, Brenton McDonald, Dirk Nannes, Nathan Reardon, Will Sheridan, Shaun Tait.
International Players: Abdul Razzaq, ShahidAfridi. Coach: Simon Helmot

Melbourne Stars (MCG)
George Bailey, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Jon Holland, David Hussey, Alex Keath, Clint McKay, James Pattinson, Rob Quiney, Peter Siddle, Chris Simpson, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade, Cameron White.
Overseas Player: Luke Wright.
Coach: Greg Shipperd

Perth Scorchers (WACA Ground)
Tom Beaton, Michael Beer, Mark Cameron, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Edmondson, Michael Hussey, Simon Katich, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Marcus North, Luke Pomersbach, Nathan Rimmington, Luke Ronchi.
International Players: Paul Collingwood, Herschelle Gibbs. Coach: Micky Arthur.

Sydney Sixers (SCG)
Ed Cowan, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, MoisesHenriques, Brett Lee, NicMaddinson, Ian Moran, Peter Nevill, Steve O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Dom Thornley, Shane Watson. International Player: Michael Lumb.
Coach: Trevor Bayliss.

Sydney Thunder (ANZ Stadium)
Sean Abbott, Tim Armstrong, Nic Bills, Doug Bollinger, Luke Butterworth, Scott Coyte, Tim Cruickshank, Matthew Day, Luke Doran, Ben Dunk, Jason Floros, Phil Hughes, UsmanKhawaja, Craig Phillipson, Daniel Smith, David Warner.
International Players: Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle.
Coach: Shane Duff.

 

i searched the web to find the following players are named in the India vs CA Chairman’s XI Squads

First match (2 dayer from December 15-16):
Ed Cowan (c), Joe Burns, Tom Cooper, Alex Doolan, Peter George, Jake Haberfield, Josh Lalor, Tim Ludeman, Glenn Maxwell, Joe Mennie, Wes Robinson, Dean Solway.

Second match (3 dayer from December 19-21):
David Warner (c), Doug Bollinger, Cameron Boyce, Tom Cooper, Trent Copeland, Alex Doolan, Peter George, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Josh Lalor, Tim Ludeman, Shaun Marsh.

 

Here are some of the players I have been looking at:-

GAYLE, Chris (SYDT) $113,100
RAZZAQ, Abdul (MELR) $106,100
HODGE, Brad (MELR) $101,700
BRAVO, Dwayne (SYD6) $96,500
NAVED, Rana (HOB) $95,600
HUSSEY, David (MELS) $94,600
HAYDEN, Matthew (BNE) $89,600
TAIT, Shaun (MELR) $89,600
HOPES, James (BNE) $88,800
CHRISTIAN, Dan (BNE) $84,000
WHITE, Cameron (MELS) $82,200
COLLINGWOOD, P (PER) $81,800
MCKAY, Clint (MELS) $80,400
VOGES, Adam (MELS) $80,400
KREJZA, Jason (HOB) $77,000
WADE, Matthew (MELS) $75,100
FERGUSON, C (ADL) $70,700
LEE, Brett (SYD6) $69,500
COSGROVE, Mark (HOB) $65,100
NORTH, Marcus (PER) $64,300
HILFENHAUS, Ben (HOB) $63,600
HOGG, Brad (PER) $60,100
DOHERTY, Xavier (HOB) $50,100

bench/rookies
MANOU, Graham (MELR) $45,700
LAUGHLIN, Ben (HOB) $44,500
FAULKNER, James (MELS) $43,700
BUTTERWORTH, L (SYDT) $36,000
HAZLEWOOD, Josh (SYD6) $34,000
KEATH, Alex (MELS) $32,000
DAY, Matthew (SYDT) $32,000

 

A good question is will current Test players, and players who are in Chairmans XI games be ineligible to play the first games in the Big Bash?

I think the team formation could be very much who is informed and who isn't. With limited benches there is no room for error.

My first cut team (without seeing those squads):

BAT: D Hussey, Quiney, Maxwell, Rohrer (Cooper)
A/R: Gayle, Botha (Edwards)
W/K: Wade (D Smith)
BOWL: Tait, Lee, Vettori, Doherty (Lyon)

Cooper obviously might get moved. Not sure on the availability of the internationals. Gayle, Derbach and Knight should be fine as should Vettori and McCullum, but not sure on Edwards and Botha.

 

set up a new TS league - but for those that are not sure if they can take it Too Seriously.

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Im in, and have set up an initial team

 

Good point on the injuries. Would love it if we had a listing like with AFL

Rohrer - side strain
Vettori - hamstring
Johnson - foot
Cummins - foot
Watson - back/hamstring
Hughes - heart muscle

In terms of international actions that could affect BigBash:

NZ players likely to be playing test cricket v Zim on the day of the semi/final.

Pak players could be gone to play Tests in UAE v Eng missing last two rounds but unlikely to affect Afridi/Razzaq.

India players are here for the Tests, none involved in the BigBash

Eng players appear retired/2020 specialists. No issue

WI players here for the whole series

Aust Test players largely ineligible for Rd 3-7, I would steer clear from them all

Botha could play until R5 but then likely needed for SAF v SL ODI series.

 

For some career t20 stats try

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/the-start-of-something-big/story-e6frfg8o-1226217731307

Should hopefully help me to work out which batsman to pick based on the likelihood of them bowling as well - ie bonus all rounders!

 

Small leagues aren't they.

Here's another:

TooBashful: 489453

As for what Lucas said, Cowan is available to play in the opening match after being shuffled to the 2nd Chairmans XI so you would assume anyone in the 2 day match can't play and then anyone in the 3 day match can't play the following round?

As for the game, few roughies in there, gone for a certain strategy, hope it pays off!

 

<blockquote>Quote from TheTassieHawk on December 13, 2011, 21:29
For some career t20 stats try

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/the-start-of-something-big/story-e6frfg8o-1226217731307

Should hopefully help me to work out which batsman to pick based on the likelihood of them bowling as well - ie bonus all rounders!


</blockquote>

bugg#r - looking a bit mor eclosely i see the stats are only listed for melbourne teams!

@lucas, liqquidsixx - per the above quiney has very poor stats so might be one to avoid unless he is your bench cover !

@lucas, kisskiss - maxwell is pretty much unproven as a T20 player - not sure if he will be worth &#36;75K?

 

Correct TassieHawk, the spreadsheet option is the only way to go, with Cricinfo as the source.

I'm getting a very strong one together and will be looking at the mythbusters for sure.

From analysis just of price and position per team, here's my thoughts.

Adelaide has the highest &#36; value and highest average. As expected as they have a mature group that has made the champs league last few years.

Makeup of team squads generally a 7-7-2-2 or something similar but the Sydney teams are going with more all rounders.

Keepers - most teams have only one, but Brisbane might use McCullum as a field and play their reserve (unlikely); and it's an interesting battle between Manou and Carters (Renegades) and Dunk and Smith (Thunder). Smith could play as a batsman, and with the Thunder to be without Warner for a large amount then I think that will happen and he could be a very handy player to pick.
Nevill will play majority of matches for the Sixers with Haddin out as well. You might be able to get away with a Smith/Nevill combination, but it would be risky.

Keepers will also get a few more runouts than most; something very important to consider when going cheap.

Batsmen who can bowl are key in this, because of the bonus points on offer. Not all have been put in as all-rounders, so analyse the slots that you can maximise both. This is where players like Maxwell come in - could get a quick 20, with the S/R bonus, then bowl enough to get wickets or economy rate bonus.

All-rounders I think you must go quality. You only have two slots and you need to have someone who will both bat and bowl early in the innings. Hobart has next to no all-rounders listed. This means that some batsmen will bowl, some bowlers will bat, or that they really rate Paine's batting (WK). Or that they are fine to play a game with 4 specialist bowlers. In my view that's disaster waiting to happen.

Bowlers - find those who can bat. Most bowlers will get a hit at some stage, and those who can strike the 20 with a strong strike rate will be very important. I see Brett Lee being of better value than Shaun Tait when this side of the equation (plus fielding) come into it. Work out if your bowlers are strike bowlers or restriction, because that makes a difference. I tend to think the scoring advantages strike bowlers. 2 wickets for lots is better than one wicket for 25 from 4.