Australia India Tipping Competition

I know it's rather late but if you can get your picks in during the next few hours... early morning UK time... then it will be good to go.

A more watered down version; just 2 batsmen, 2 bowlers from each side and the match winner or select draw.
Won't do the wicket keeper catches this time but they can get points through c/b or stumpings on top of their runs scored. See below.

- score 1 point = 1 run. Bonus 25 points for 100 runs. 50 point bonus for a double. 100 extra points for 300 runs.
- score 25 points = 1 wicket. 5-for an extra 50 points on top of 125 points = 175. 10-for; an extra 100 = 350. 35 points for a caught & bowled.
- score 20 points for a catch (any of your 4 batsmen/bowlers) 35 points for a caught & bowled. 25 points for a run out (fielder). 30 for a direct hit.
- for above: except if you have chosen a w/k in your four; then 10 points for each caught behind, 20 points for a stumping.

Pick the correct result - win or draw each Test = 50 points

Here are the lineups:

Australia:
Harris, Khawaja, Labuschagne, S Marsh, Head, Handscomb,
Paine (capt & wk), Cummins, Starc, Lyon, Hazlewood

India:
Agarwal, Rahul, Pujara, Kohli (capt), Rahane, Vihari,
Pant (wk), Jadeja, Kuldeep, Shami, Bumrah

Khawaja, Marsh, Cummins, Lyon
Pujara, Kohli, Shami, Sharma

1st Test: Australia

Handscomb, Head, Cummins, Starc
Kohli, Pant, Bumrah, Shami

Draw

Khawaja and Paine - Lyon and Starc
Kohli and Pujara - Bumrah and Sharma

India

Hi Joey,

I've got a feeling I actually won this same sort of competition a few years back - if I'm right about that, shows it's all luck!

Anyway, I'll go:
Finchy (got to really - he's been top notch at Surrey and a deservedly popular real guy), Khawaja, Starc, Cummins
Pujara, Kohli, Ashwin, Sharma
1st Test: Australia.

Khawaja, Finch, Cummins, Lyon
Kohli, Vijay, Bumrah, Sharma

India

Finch and head - Hazlewood and Lyon

Kohli and Pant - Bumrah and Ashwin

Draw

Khawaja and Handscombe - Starc and Hazlewood
Pujara and Kohli - Ashwin and Bumrah

India

Cheers.

Starc and Cummins Khawaja and S Marsh

Kohli and Pant Bumrah and Shami

India to win Adelaide

Thanks guys...

Yes Guildford. You pipped Superfly on the post from memory.
I had a change of name from TLD.

Dolphin, Guildford and James - can you please confirm Rohit or Ishant Sharma? Assuming Ishant...

Standings after Day 1... subject to above post. (Ishant Sharma points used for Dolphin, Guildford & James... if you want Rohit let me know)

350 - Guildfordbat
336 - Duty
311 - Pal Joey
300 - KP_f
295 - Dolphin
204 - JD
184 - Alfie
179 - James
173 - Olly

Very early days... scores can fluctuate quite wildly.

Pujara (148 points... 123 runs + 25 bonus pts) and Cummins (80 points... 2 wickets 50 points + 30 bonus pts for direct hit run out) were the picks of the day naturally.

India : Pujara, Kohli, Ashwin, Ihant
Aus: Starc, Lyon, Marsh, Khawaja

Thanks KP fan... I'll plug you in. Who's your 1st Test Winner?

Anyone else?

sub.kumar 5, msp, goose, VTR, nathaniel,... I think Caledonian Craig is lurking on the Brexit thread - just post up your picks if you want.

Pretty laid back here. Serious but also fun.

Yep Ishant for me

James100 wrote:Yep Ishant for me

Thanks James

Pal Joey wrote:Thanks KP fan... I'll plug you in.  Who's your 1st Test Winner?

Anyone else?

sub.kumar 5, msp, goose, VTR, nathaniel,... I think Caledonian Craig is lurking on the Brexit thread - just post up your picks if you want.

Pretty laid back here. Serious but also fun.

INDIA the winner
Thanks for accepting the late entry

KP_fan wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:Thanks KP fan... I'll plug you in.  Who's your 1st Test Winner?

Anyone else?

sub.kumar 5, msp, goose, VTR, nathaniel,... I think Caledonian Craig is lurking on the Brexit thread - just post up your picks if you want.

Pretty laid back here. Serious but also fun.

INDIA the winner
Thanks for accepting the late entry

Thanks. No worries. You're coming 4th btw.... on 300 points.

Pal Joey wrote:Standings after Day 1... subject to above post. (Ishant Sharma points used for Dolphin, Guildford & James... if you want Rohit let me know)

350 - Guildfordbat
336 - Duty
311 - Pal Joey
300 - KP_f
295 - Dolphin
204 - JD
184 - Alfie
179 - James
173 - Olly

Very early days... scores can fluctuate quite wildly.

Pujara (148 points... 123 runs + 25 bonus pts) and Cummins (80 points... 2 wickets 50 points + 30 bonus pts for direct hit run out) were the picks of the day naturally.

Joey - yep, Ishant Sharma. Ain't going to change that scoreboard, am I?

guildfordbat wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:Standings after Day 1... subject to above post. (Ishant Sharma points used for Dolphin, Guildford & James... if you want Rohit let me know)

350 - Guildfordbat
336 - Duty
311 - Pal Joey
300 - KP_f
295 - Dolphin
204 - JD
184 - Alfie
179 - James
173 - Olly

Very early days... scores can fluctuate quite wildly.

Pujara (148 points... 123 runs + 25 bonus pts) and Cummins (80 points... 2 wickets 50 points + 30 bonus pts for direct hit run out) were the picks of the day naturally.

Joey - yep, Ishant Sharma. Ain't going to change that scoreboard, am I?

No way. He can keep those 37 runs... think Ish might bag some sticks too tomorrow. You are definitely on the right track as usual, Guildford.

If an analogy is rain falling outside the Bat Manor when the runs and points are ticking over; then it was raining all day for you. It seemed.

The good thing about this competition. As Australia go into bat at some stage tomorrow - new numbers will start to appear. Then we'll see even more movement on the Leader Board.

Sorry, missed this one and don't think it's fair that I would be in now knowing how the entire day panned out!

Fair enough VTR. I didn't expect you to wake up blindfolded wearing earplugs.
Maybe see you again in the next Ashes tipping comp?

The one who gets me the points

Pal Joey wrote:Thanks KP fan... I'll plug you in.  Who's your 1st Test Winner?

Anyone else?

sub.kumar 5, msp, goose, VTR, nathaniel,... I think Caledonian Craig is lurking on the Brexit thread - just post up your picks if you want.

Pretty laid back here. Serious but also fun.

Oops I am late here and one team has almost completed their innings. Please add mine score after the first day play.

Khwaja, Marsh, Lyon, Starc.

Kohli, Vijay, Bumrah, Shami

India will win.

Thanks SK, you're in.

Dolphin - Rohit is 33 points ahead of Ishant for now. So do you want "328" or "295" after day 1?
If so you would jump to 3rd place.

Leader Board 1st Test, Day 2:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 2 points

556 Duty [+148] 220
521 Guildfordbat [+113] 171
463 KP_Fan [+55] 163
446 Dolphin [+38] 151
414 Olly [+6] 241
401 Pal Joey [-7] 90
397 JD [-11] 193
317 James [-91] 138
312 Alfie [-96] 128
248 S Kumar [-160] 108

average score: 408

A new World Order of 10 with Duty rising to the fore and leading the way... onwards and upwards!
Significant gains for Olly and JD... charging up through the order most of the day.
The rest of us doing average, gaining some ground... or losing it. As is my case.

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 2:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 2 points

556 Duty [+148] 220
521 Guildfordbat [+113] 171
463 KP_Fan [+55] 163
446 Dolphin [+38] 151
414 Olly [+6] 241
401 Pal Joey [-7] 90
397 JD [-11] 193
317 James [-91] 138
312 Alfie [-96] 128
248 S Kumar [-160] 108

average score: 408

A new World Order of 10 with Duty rising to the fore and leading the way... onwards and upwards!
Significant gains for Olly and JD... charging up through the order most of the day.
The rest of us doing average, gaining some ground... or losing it. As is my case.

Well done Duty. I am a spirited player, Will bounce back.

Yes, SK... you can bounce back. Cameos from Starc and Lyon with Shami and Bumrah eventually mopping up. It could happen.

I had a complete shocker yesterday... barely a pulse... a scoring rate slower than Australia. I didn't even get 100 points. Miserable effort!

Can't blame Marsh though. Or should I? If I drop him after this test (the selectors won't) then no doubt he will find form in Perth.

Leader Board 1st Test, Day 3:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 3 points

732 Duty [+147] 176
647 Guildfordbat [+62] 126
636 Dolphin [+51] 190
618 KP_Fan [+33] 155
608 Olly [+23] 194
599 JD [+14] 202
574 Pal Joey [-11] 173
492 James [-93] 175
483 Alfie [-102] 171
456 S Kumar [-129] 208

average score: 585
Day 3 average: 177

Cheers PJ - Duty powering ahead!

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 3:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 3 points

732 Duty [+147] 176
647 Guildfordbat [+62] 126
636 Dolphin [+51] 190
618 KP_Fan [+33] 155
608 Olly [+23] 194
599 JD [+14] 202
574 Pal Joey [-11] 173
492 James [-93] 175
483 Alfie [-102] 171
456 S Kumar [-129] 208

average score: 585
Day 3 average: 177

Well I have to work bit harder. Though I topped the Day 3 score.

I can't believe I picked S Marsh

Leader Board 1st Test, Day 4:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 4 points

1008 KP_Fan [+138] 390
968 Olly [+98] 360
950 Duty [+80] 218
940 Dolphin [+70] 304
902 Guildfordbat [+32] 255
889 Pal Joey [+19] 315
812 JD [-58] 213
790 S Kumar [-80] 334
746 James [-124] 254
690 Alfie [-180] 207

average score: 870
Day 4 average: 285

Congratulations to KP_Fan for taking the lead and being the first person to break the 1000 point barrier.  
Olly and S Kumar also had big days bolting up the ranks.
Lots of movement on the ladder, however it can all change very quickly.

Still heading south...

Is S Marsh going to save me with a brilliant hundred ? Not holding my breath...

alfie wrote:Still heading south...

Is S Marsh going to save me with a brilliant hundred ?  Not holding my breath...

A bad day at the office for me too, Alfie.

I am caught in a dilemma of my winning pick S.Marsh to go on and get a big one on one hand......and wanting to see him get out early tomm and effectively make it game over on the other

KP_fan wrote:I am caught in a dilemma of my winning pick S.Marsh to go on and get a big one on one hand......and wanting to see him get out early tomm and effectively make it game over on the other

So you win either way.

My dilemma is worse.
If he scores runs then you also score runs, KP_f. So too Alfie, Kumar and myself. Olly and JD will benefit if Head can dig in and prolong the inevitable.
If Australia is bundled out quickly... I hope it's Shami & Ishant doing the damage... but I've got a feeling Ashwin (Duty, Guildford, Olly and you as well KPF) might pick up a big bag of wickets much like Lyon did yesterday.

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 4:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 4 points

1008 KP_Fan [+138] 390
968 Olly [+98] 360
950 Duty [+80] 218
940 Dolphin [+70] 304
902 Guildfordbat [+32] 255
889 Pal Joey [+19] 315
812 JD [-58] 213
790 S Kumar [-80] 334
746 James [-124] 254
690 Alfie [-180] 207

average score: 870
Day 4 average: 285

Congratulations to KP_Fan for taking the lead and being the first person to break the 1000 point barrier.  
Olly and S Kumar also had big days bolting up the ranks.
Lots of movement on the ladder, however it can all change very quickly.

Well, Well, Well I moved above James and Alfie. Day 5 my picks should take wickets.

Leader Board 1st Test, Day 5:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 5 points

1223 KP_Fan [+134] 215
1217 Dolphin [+128] 277
1172 Olly [+83] 204
1161 Duty [+72] 211
1055 S Kumar [-34] 265
1054 Pal Joey [-35] 165
1028 Guildfordbat [-61] 126
1021 JD [-68] 209
982 James [-107] 236
975 Alfie [-114] 285

average score: 1089
Day 5 average: 219

India win = 50 bonus points for Dolphin, James, Duty, Alfie, KPF and Kumar.

Congratulations, KPF and Kumar on this historic 1st Test win! Sets it up nicely for the rest of the series.

I'm thinking we could allow one batsman and one bowler change from each team (so a total of up to 4 players) for the 2nd Test in Perth.
Take your time... get any changes in before the next one commences ; plus your Winner tip too of course.

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 5:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 5 points

1223 KP_Fan [+134] 215
1217 Dolphin [+128] 277
1172 Olly [+83] 204
1161 Duty [+72] 211
1055 S Kumar [-34] 265
1054 Pal Joey [-35] 165
1028 Guildfordbat [-61] 126
1021 JD [-68] 209
982 James [-107] 236
975 Alfie [-114] 285

average score: 1089
Day 5 average: 219

India win = 50 bonus points for Dolphin, James, Duty, Alfie, KPF and Kumar.

Congratulations, KPF and Kumar on this historic 1st Test win! Sets it up nicely for the rest of the series.

I'm thinking we could allow one batsman and one bowler change from each team (so a total of up to 4 players) for the 2nd Test in Perth.
Take your time... get any changes in before the next one commences ; plus your Winner tip too of course.

Wow! Wow! Wow! I made it to the top 5 starting from the bottom. This one is very interesting Pal J.

It was a relief to get over the winning line.....and a fun to participate in this competition  

If replacement is allowed....I would like to replace Pujara with Pant
and Ishant with Shami

and Khawaja with Head
thx

So close between you and Dolphin... only 6 points in it.
Thanks for your changes. You know you have more replacements for Oz if you need.

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 5:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 5 points

1223 KP_Fan [+134] 215
1217 Dolphin [+128] 277
1172 Olly [+83] 204
1161 Duty [+72] 211
1055 S Kumar [-34] 265
1054 Pal Joey [-35] 165
1028 Guildfordbat [-61] 126
1021 JD [-68] 209
982 James [-107] 236
975 Alfie [-114] 285

average score: 1089
Day 5 average: 219

India win = 50 bonus points for Dolphin, James, Duty, Alfie, KPF and Kumar.

Congratulations, KPF and Kumar on this historic 1st Test win! Sets it up nicely for the rest of the series.

I'm thinking we could allow one batsman and one bowler change from each team (so a total of up to 4 players) for the 2nd Test in Perth.
Take your time... get any changes in before the next one commences ; plus your Winner tip too of course.

Stupid competition - I'm sure there was much more skill involved in the previous one!

Pal Joey wrote:So close between you and Dolphin... only 6 points in it.
Thanks for your changes. You know you have more replacements for Oz if you need.

thx .....I will retain the Aussie bowlers as is

guildfordbat wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:Leader Board 1st Test, Day 5:

[figure in brackets = points above or below the average score]
final figure = Day 5 points

1223 KP_Fan [+134] 215
1217 Dolphin [+128] 277
1172 Olly [+83] 204
1161 Duty [+72] 211
1055 S Kumar [-34] 265
1054 Pal Joey [-35] 165
1028 Guildfordbat [-61] 126
1021 JD [-68] 209
982 James [-107] 236
975 Alfie [-114] 285

average score: 1089
Day 5 average: 219

India win = 50 bonus points for Dolphin, James, Duty, Alfie, KPF and Kumar.

Congratulations, KPF and Kumar on this historic 1st Test win! Sets it up nicely for the rest of the series.

I'm thinking we could allow one batsman and one bowler change from each team (so a total of up to 4 players) for the 2nd Test in Perth.
Take your time... get any changes in before the next one commences ; plus your Winner tip too of course.

Stupid competition - I'm sure there was much more skill involved in the previous one!

I fear you're setting us up again, Guildford. Still 3 matches to go... no doubt you will come careering down the home straight again.

I can't get off the bottom of this thing even with my Indian bowlers doing well and Pant taking a bunch of catches ...going to have to consider Changes...

alfie wrote:I can't get off the bottom of this thing even with my Indian bowlers doing well and Pant taking a bunch of catches ...going to have to consider Changes...

Thing is Alfie, the table got compressed up from the bottom today... led by you. The horses are now more clustered together in a smaller space.

Even though 250 or whatever it is points seems a lot - you can easily get off to a flyer next test and suddenly do an Olly or a Kumar... rake up hundreds of points in the space of a day or two.

Pal Joey wrote:

alfie wrote:I can't get off the bottom of this thing even with my Indian bowlers doing well and Pant taking a bunch of catches ...going to have to consider Changes...

Thing is Alfie, the table got compressed up from the bottom today... led by you. The horses are now more clustered together in a smaller space.

Even though 250 or whatever it is points seems a lot - you can easily get off to a flyer next test and suddenly do an Olly or a Kumar... rake up hundreds of points in the space of a day or two.

Well I can dream anyway

Yeah it is pretty tight , and only first lap. All good clean fun...

Can I please swap Ishant, Vijay and Finch for Ashwin, Rahane and Head. Australia to win the second Test.

No changes, ta.

Australia to win the second test.