Hindley St. Peter's Cricket Club

Fantasy Cricket 2010

Rules

1.	The league will run from Saturday 8th May to Saturday 11th September 2010.
2.	All 1st, 2nd and 3rd XI matches during the above period will count. All matches are given equal weighting. Sunday XI matches will not count.
3.	The entry fee is £5.00 per team. You may enter as many teams as you wish.
4.	The opening date for entries is Tuesday 27th April. Entries will be accepted at any time until the end of May, but a team entered after the commencement of the Fantasy League will only start to earn points from the date it is entered.
5.	Each team must consist of 11 players, to be chosen from the player pool. The total value of all the players in a team must not exceed 800 points.
6.	Teams must be made up as follows :-

Batsman

Batsman or All Rounder or Bowler

Wicket Keeper

Bowler

7.	Transfers will be allowed from the start of the season until the transfer deadline, which will be Tuesday 24th August. A maximum of eight transfers may be made per team, provided that the total value of the team does not exceed 800 points at any time.
8.	Other players may be added to the pool during the season, and can then be added to your team using the transfer system described above.

Points System

Points will be awarded as detailed below. Players can score points in any category, regardless of how they are classified in the player pool. (For example, a player classed as a batsman will still score points for any wickets he takes if he bowls.)

Batting
Every run scored	1 point
Every boundary four scored	4 bonus points
Every boundary six scored	6 bonus points
Scoring a fifty	50 bonus points
Scoring a century	100 bonus points
Being not out	10 bonus points
Being out for a duck	minus 10 points

Bowling
Every wicket taken	20 points	(includes catches taken as wicket keeper)
Taking 5 wickets in an innings	50 bonus points

Fielding / Wicket Keeping
Every catch taken	20 points
Every stumping made	20 points

Prize Money

Prize money will be awarded at the end of the season as follows :-

1st place in the League	20% of entry fees collected
2nd	15%
3rd	10%
4th	5%

The prizes will be rounded up to the next pound. The amounts will be confirmed when all entries are in.

In addition, there will be a Manager of the Month prize of £5 awarded in May, June, July and August to the manager of the team which scored the most points in that month.

In the event of two teams in the top four being level on points at the end of the season, the prize money for the two places will be added together and divided equally between the two teams’ managers.

FANTASY CUP

Entry into the Fantasy Cup is optional, and is open to teams also entered for the Fantasy League. It is not possible to enter the Cup without entering the League.

The entry fee for the Fantasy Cup is £3.00 per team, payable at the same time as the League entry fee.

Prize Money

The winner of the Fantasy Cup will receive 30% of the Cup entry fees. The runner-up will receive 20% of the Cup entry fees. The prizes will be rounded up to the next pound.

How It Works

A certain number of Saturdays throughout the season will be designated “Fantasy Cup Days”. On these days, each team entered in the Cup will ‘play’ against another team. The points gained by those teams’ players on the day (usual Fantasy points scoring rules apply) will determine which team goes through to the next round. The draw for the first round (and a preliminary round if necessary) will be made when all the entries are in. Thereafter, the draw for each round will be made after the completion of the previous round.

If a Fantasy Cup match is ‘drawn’, i.e. if the two opposing teams score equal points on the day, the match will be replayed the following weekend.

The dates of the Fantasy Cup Days will be confirmed when all entries are in.

N.B. The Fantasy League will continue to operate as normal on Fantasy Cup Days. The Cup has no bearing on League points/standings.