2021-22 Ashes Tipping Competition

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The 2021-22 Ashes Tipping Competition Rules:

1.
Pick 2 (two) batsmen and 2 (two) bowlers from both England and Australia who you think will score the most runs and take the most wickets.
You get both batting and bowling points per innings so a bowler who scores runs has both batting and bowling scores added together.
e.g.
Warner, Labuschagne, Starc, Cummins
Malan, Root, Broad, Anderson

2.
Pick 1 (one) fielder from each team; excluding wicket keepers for most catches in the Series.
It can be a bowler (for c&b) if you want.
e.g.
Smith, Stokes

3.
Select which wicket keeper will take the greatest number of catches, stumpings and run outs combined for each Test.
If a wicket keeper is injured then the replacement keeper's figures shall be used.
e.g.
Australia (Carey) or England (Bairstow... or Buttler) or the same number of dismissals.

4.
Predict the Toss:
a) Who wins the toss?
e.g.
Australia

b) Winning captain's decision - bat or field?
e.g.
Bat

5.
a) Predict the 1st Ashes Test result.
e.g.
Australia or England or Draw

Selections must be posted a minimum one (1) hour before the commencement of each Test. No PM reminders shall be sent.


Scoring:

Note:
The figures in bold below represent changes to previous competition scoring values.
I have increased the bonus amounts - for batting and bowling bonuses, the toss and captain's decision and for correctly selecting the test match result - for added point-scoring value.

1.
1 point for every run scored by your nominated batsmen. Add together for each Test.
Bonus 25 points for 100 runs.
extra 30 points for 150 runs.
extra 45 points for 200 runs.
extra 60 points for 250 runs.
extra 125 bonus points for 300+ runs.

Note: the batting & bowling score bonuses accumulate so;

Batting: (per innings)
100 runs = 125 points. A player scores 137 runs + 25 = 162 points.
150 runs = 205 points. A player scores 177 runs + 25 + 30 = 232 points.
200 runs = 300 points. A player scores 243 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 = 343 points.
250 runs = 410 points. A player scores 282 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 + 60 = 442 points
300+ runs = 585 points. A player scores 321 runs + 25 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 125 = 606 points.

Bowling: (per innings)
25 points per wicket with a bonus 50 points for a 5-fer.
An extra 30 points for 6-fer, 45 for 7-fer, 60 for 8-fer, 75 for 9-fer.
An extra 100 bonus points for a 10-fer.

5 wickets = 125 points + 50 = 175 points
6 wickets = 150 points + 50 + 30 = 230 points.
7 wickets = 175 points + 50 + 30 + 45 = 300 points
8 wickets = 200 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 = 385 points
9 wickets = 225 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 75 = 485 points
10 wickets = 250 points + 50 + 30 + 45 + 60 + 75 + 100 = 610 points

Caught and bowled = 25 points for the wicket + 25 bonus points for the catch = 50 points.

2.
Fielder catches: Your nominated fieldsman earns you 25 points per catch and 25 points for a run out.

3.
Wicket keepers: 50 points for correct selection for most dismissals across both innings.
Or if you think the wicket keepers will take the same number of total dismissals per innings - then nominate "the same" = 50 points.
If they take the same number of catches and stumpings (combined) and you've picked either one of the keepers - then you earn 25 points only.

4.
a) Correctly predict who wins the toss = 25 points
b) Correctly predict what the winning Captain decides to do = 25 points - only for those with part a) above correct; no points if your a) was incorrect.

5.
a) Correctly predict the winning team for each Test match = 125 points.
b) If you guess all 5 Test match outcomes correctly then there is a further 125 point bonus = 625 + 125 = 750 points.
Note: Correctly predict a "Draw" = 125 points

If one (or more) of your selected players gets injured during a match or is dropped from the Test side after a match, then you’ll have the opportunity to select replacement players – either as it happens - for the injured player or before the next Test commences (for a player who gets dropped).
It doesn’t have to be the actual substitute player – it can be somebody else already in the team. However, you don’t receive any of their previous points up until the point of the replacement of the injured player from the field – you must start accumulating points from scratch with them.

*****

December 8-12, 2021: 1st Test at The 'Gabba, Brisbane. Australia won by 9 wickets (1-0)

December 16-20, 2021: 2nd Test (D/N) at Adelaide Oval. Australia won by 275 runs (2-0)

December 26-30, 2021: 3rd Test at MCG. Australia won by an innings and 14 runs (3-0)

January 5-9, 2022: 4th Test at SCG. Match drawn (3-0)

January 14-18, 2022: 5th Test (D/N) at Bellerive Oval, Hobart. Australia won by 146 runs (4-0)


*****

Good Luck!

Warner, Smith, Cummins, Starc
Root, Malan, Anderson, Wood

Warner, Root

Carey

Australia, bat
Australia win

Batsman - Smith and Marnus, Root and Malan

Bowlers - Cummins and Starc, Anderson and Wood

Fielders - Smith, Root

Keeper - Carey

Toss - Australia, bat

Result - Australia win

Batsman - Smith and Marnus, Root and Malan

Bowlers - Cummins and Starc, Anderson and Wood

Fielders - Warner, Root

Keeper - Carey

Toss - Australia, bat

Result - Australia win

Smith, Marnus + Root, Bairstow
Cummins, Starc + Stokes, Broad

Warner, Root

Carey

Australia, bowl

Draw


Cheers PJ!

Warner, Smith, Cummins and Starc
Root, Bairstow, Anderson and Wood

Warner, Stokes

Buttler

England bat

Australia

Thanks guys.

A little bit of rain around here this morning... will probably be a stop-start kind of day.

Batting - Marnus & Smith / Root & Bairstow - Look, I hate him in the test team more than anyone but he's bound to get a nice 35 at some point.

Bowling - Cummins and Hazy / Anderson and Broad.

Catchers - Warner & Root

Keeper - Carey

Australia win and bowl

Outcome - Australia - even with the bloody rain

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Warner Labuschagne Cummins Hazlewood
Pope Root Woakes Robinson

Smith
Root

Carey

Australia win toss and bat

Aussie win


Cheers as ever PJ - good luck to all!

Changing this up slightly for the 2nd test PJ (seeing as it starts at 4am, no chance I will be awake for the start!)

Green Labuschagne Cummins Lyon
Stokes Root Broad Anderson

Smith
Root

Carey

Australia win toss and bat

Aussie win

If either Broad or Anderson don't play, I will have Robinson please.

Going nicely so far, will go for the following in this one PJ

Green, Smith, Cummins, Lyon (if Cummins isn't fit, will take Starc please)
Stokes, Root, Wood, Broad (if Broad or Wood don't play, will take Anderson)

Warner, Root

Carey

England win toss and bat

Australia win

I will go with my same squad and toss/result again thanks PJ - happy new year!

Cheers Olly. Happy New Year to you too!

Thanks Dolphin.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:
Bowling - Cummins and Hazy

No Hazlewood... if I don't hear back I'll have you down for his replacement (Boland) otherwise let me know if you want Starc or someone else.



Still not a squeak from Goose. Last time we heard from him it was:

Labuschagne/Smith/Cummins/Starc, Root/Stokes/Wood/Anderson, Smith/Root, Carey, .... hope you're OK mate.

Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 1:

3365 Duty [60]
3303 JDizzle [109] *
3258 Guildfordbat [81] *
3204 Olly [81]
3189 King Carlos [159] *#
3168 James [134] *
3143 Superflyweight [161] *#
3064 Afro [109]
3042 Pal Joey [159] *#
3009 Dolphin [134] *
2949 Soul Requiem [86]
2895 Alfie [131] *#
2888 Compelling and Rich [159] *#
2866 Gooseberry [59]
2860 KP_Fan [29]
2741 Tino [111]
2741 Lowlandbrit [86]

* denotes correct pick Australia win toss
# denotes correct pick Australia elected to bat

Average score: 3040 [109]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Pal Joey wrote:
2741 Tino
2741 Lowlandbrit

How cute.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:
2741 Tino
2741 Lowlandbrit

How cute.

You caught up with Root's catch. Lowland has Hameed. You both have Warner, Smith, Broad and Anderson.

I clearly peaked in the first test!!

Good to see that I am the epitome of average now

Afro wrote:I clearly peaked in the first test!!

Good to see that I am the epitome of average now

Yes, that's truly a great feat. Bang on average today, Afro
.  
The real test will be at the end and see how close we can get to the accumulative average for all 5 tests.
I'm only 2 points above at the moment and you're 24 points above. It's close!

Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 2:

3783 Duty [418]
3597 JDizzle [294]
3485 Olly [281]
3407 Guildfordbat [149]
3387 Superflyweight [244]
3333 King Carlos [144]
3312 James [144]
3302 Pal Joey [260]
3269 Dolphin [260]
3208 Afro [144]
3194 Alfie [299]
3098 KP_Fan [238]
3093 Soul Requiem [144]
3035 Tino [294]
3032 Compelling and Rich [144]
3010 Gooseberry [144]
3001 Lowlandbrit [260]

Average score: 3267 [227]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Notes:
Duty has shot out to a 186-point lead thanks to Khawaja's magnificent 137 runs today. KP_fan also had Usman.
8 of us picked up 50 bonus points for Broad's 5-wicket haul.
At least we're all over the 3000-point mark now.

Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 3:

3974 Duty [191]
3866 JDizzle [269]
3690 Olly [205]
3601 Guildfordbat [194]
3517 James [205]
3497 Dolphin [228]
3475 King Carlos [142]
3465 Superflyweight [78]
3413 Afro [205]
3405 Pal Joey [103]
3385 Alfie [191]
3371 KP_Fan [273]
3335 Soul Requiem [242]
3190 Gooseberry [180]
3167 Lowlandbrit [166]
3149 Compelling and Rich [117]
3113 Tino [78]

Average score: 3448 [180]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Notes:
Dolphin, JDizzle, KP_fan and Soul Requiem have Jonny Bairstow and got the 25 point bonus for his hard fought century.

Pal Joey wrote:Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 3:

3974 Duty [191]
3866 JDizzle [269]
3690 Olly [205]
3601 Guildfordbat [194]
3517 James [205]
3497 Dolphin [228]
3475 King Carlos [142]
3465 Superflyweight [78]
3413 Afro [205]
3405 Pal Joey [103]
3385 Alfie [191]
3371 KP_Fan [273]
3335 Soul Requiem [242]
3190 Gooseberry [180]
3167 Lowlandbrit [166]
3149 Compelling and Rich [117]
3113 Tino [78]

Average score: 3448 [180]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Notes:
Dolphin, JDizzle, KP_fan and Soul Requiem have Jonny Bairstow and got the 25 point bonus for his hard fought century.

FFS.

l*l Tino.

Hopefully Broad and Anderson can put on a big stand after Bairstow eventually gets out and then rip through the Aussie top order... excluding Warner (in your best interests) of course.

As one of the very few Bairstow supporters on here I was toying with joining KP_fan and his acolytes and including him - but I was loath to jinx him

Stokes and Wood getting me points anyway so I stay clear of KP_fan .... Sneaking up on you too PJ

Pal Joey wrote:l*l Tino.

Hopefully Broad and Anderson can put on a big stand after Bairstow eventually gets out and then rip through the Aussie top order... excluding Warner (in your best interests) of course.

There should a one month ban on posting on the cricket board for the person that finishes last. I'd deserve it.

alfie wrote:As one of the very few Bairstow supporters on here I was toying with joining KP_fan and his acolytes and including him - but I was loath to jinx him

Stokes and Wood getting me points anyway so I stay clear of KP_fan ....  Sneaking up on you too PJ

I was also seriously thinking of picking him too... and Khawaja. That would have given me more of a buffer over you at this stage, alfie.

Instead, I can feel you nipping at my heels... almost spilling the ice cubes from your glass of scotch in the process.

Pal Joey wrote:

alfie wrote:As one of the very few Bairstow supporters on here I was toying with joining KP_fan and his acolytes and including him - but I was loath to jinx him

Stokes and Wood getting me points anyway so I stay clear of KP_fan ....  Sneaking up on you too PJ

I was also seriously thinking of picking him too... and Khawaja. That would have given me more of a buffer over you at this stage, alfie.

Instead, I can feel you nipping at my heels... almost spilling the ice cubes from your glass of scotch in the process.

Surely alfie drinks it straight?

Straight from the bottle judging by some of his posts.

I can confirm that I do , indeed , take my Water of Life straight.

But from a glass.

Unless I am driving of course...

alfie wrote:

Unless I am driving of course...

l*l.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

alfie wrote:

Unless I am driving of course...

l*l.

This test has been a f*cking disaster for me.

superflyweight wrote:This test has been a f*cking disaster for me.  

Cry me a river.

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Bairstow - Look, I hate him in the test team more than anyone but he's bound to get a nice 35 at some point.

Well, he did get a nice 35. Cant believe how angry I am over an England player getting 100.

Thanks for the Boland sub, PJ

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Bairstow - Look, I hate him in the test team more than anyone but he's bound to get a nice 35 at some point.

Well, he did get a nice 35. Cant believe how angry I am over an England player getting 100.

Thanks for the Boland sub, PJ

No probs Flipper. Let's hope he's fit enough to get another crack again tomorrow... or in about 7 hours or so.

Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 4:

4192 Duty [218]
3968 JDizzle [102]
3902 Olly [212]
3727 Guildfordbat [126]
3712 KP_Fan [341]
3653 Dolphin [156]
3648 James [131]
3606 King Carlos [131]
3551 Pal Joey [146]
3544 Afro [131]
3535 Superfly [70]
3526 Alfie [141]
3425 Soul Requiem [90]
3296 Gooseberry [106]
3280 Compelling and Rich [131]
3262 Lowlandbrit [95]
3183 Tino [70]

Average score: 3589 [141]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

Notes:
Duty has consolidated his lead at the top of the leader board and has also broken the 4000-point mark.
KP-fan has Khawaja too... as well as Cameron Green and Jack Leach... so has shot from 12th place to 5th.
With Olly Pope behind the stumps, I'm just going to carry his dismissals as though they were Buttler's for Part 3.
No one has either Buttler (except KP_Fan) or Pope, obviously, and no actual scoring points were accrued from them today anyway.
If Buttler bats tomorrow, KP-fan... you'll get his points. Problem is if he doesn't... do you want to swap for him for Pope or someone else?

Duty is getting away a bit at the top : bit of a worry !

KP_fan surging up the table - but I think we can be confident he ain't getting points for an England win

My sympathies to Tino - don't feel too bad , I'll probably been joining you in the basement by the time Hobart is done...

alfie wrote:

My sympathies to Tino  - don't feel too bad , I'll probably been joining you in the basement by the time Hobart is done...

I didn't pick Cummins in T1 which was a knuckleheaded thing to do. It's just gone from bad to worse since then!

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

alfie wrote:

My sympathies to Tino  - don't feel too bad , I'll probably been joining you in the basement by the time Hobart is done...

I didn't pick Cummins in T1 which was a knuckleheaded thing to do. It's just gone from bad to worse since then!

You think you've made poor choices ? I thought I would be contrarian and get away with a freak England win - and have kept doubling down (because why not , now ?) : if I'd just gone with the odds and picked Australia every time I'd be ....... well , at least ahead of KP_fan...

alfie wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

alfie wrote:

My sympathies to Tino  - don't feel too bad , I'll probably been joining you in the basement by the time Hobart is done...

I didn't pick Cummins in T1 which was a knuckleheaded thing to do. It's just gone from bad to worse since then!

You think you've made poor choices ? I thought I would be contrarian and get away with a freak England win - and have kept doubling down (because why not , now ?) : if I'd just gone with the odds and picked Australia every time I'd be ....... well ,  at least ahead of KP_fan...

Same here. Picked Australia to win 5-0 on the main thread but went with England to win T1 on here. Figure that one out.

I've doubled down ever since because, exactly like you, why the hell not!

I'm a classic heart over head English cricket fan. Years of the hope killing me slowly has caused this.

How do you think I feel? I almost want to run away rather than put your score up, Tino.

The worst thing is your run of double digit scores. I have to go back and check each time... and say to myself: "Did he really do that badly?"

Unfortunately, the answer has been "yes" on too many occasions.

Don't worry. It happens to the best of us. Duty was also a cellar dweller once upon a time.
And I'm still ashamed of picking against the favourites for the 1st Test and going for a meekly draw. I ought to deduct 100 points from myself!

Looks like a couple of players I've picked, Khawaja and Boland, have been blessed by stupendous returns.

But the lead I have will be down to not very much if it's a draw, I believe.

PJ wrote:KP-fan has Khawaja too... as well as Cameron Green and Jack Leach... so has shot from 12th place to 5th.

Yup I surpise myself by finding I have all the 3 centurions, and Green  and  Leach
Now only Butler needs to be fit enuf to bat and cracks a 70 ball 100 tomm to take Eng to a win
And that will surge me to the top

All.thru 4 tests I set a guideline for myself  to not pick Root, Smith, Labuschagne snd Warner and see where I finish.

I do hope Pope's catches would count as Butler's in the final assessment of WKs

Duty281 wrote:Looks like a couple of players I've picked, Khawaja and Boland, have been blessed by stupendous returns.

But the lead I have will be down to not very much if it's a draw, I believe.

Yeah, you've got a great 224-point buffer.

I wouldn't worry about the draw too much... you'd still lead by at least 99 points if that were to happen and it would then boil down to who out of Root/Stokes/Broad/Anderson (for you) and Root/Stokes/Bairstow/Broad (for JD) gets the most runs.

Pal Joey wrote:

Duty281 wrote:Looks like a couple of players I've picked, Khawaja and Boland, have been blessed by stupendous returns.

But the lead I have will be down to not very much if it's a draw, I believe.

Yeah, you've got a great 224-point buffer.

I wouldn't worry about the draw too much... you'd still lead by at least 99 points if that were to happen and it would then boil down to who out of Bairstow (for you) and Stokes (for JD) gets the most runs. You both have Broad but you've also got Anderson up your sleeve.

Do I not have Bairstow PJ?

JDizzle wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

Duty281 wrote:Looks like a couple of players I've picked, Khawaja and Boland, have been blessed by stupendous returns.

But the lead I have will be down to not very much if it's a draw, I believe.

Yeah, you've got a great 224-point buffer.

I wouldn't worry about the draw too much... you'd still lead by at least 99 points if that were to happen and it would then boil down to who out of Bairstow (for you) and Stokes (for JD) gets the most runs. You both have Broad but you've also got Anderson up your sleeve.

Do I not have Bairstow PJ?

Yeah, sorry JD. Of course you do. I've fixed it up above. It's been a long day... my eyes had trouble focusing on the spreadsheet rows.

Cheers PJ - doubting myself for a second. I suppose I will let you off this time!

JDizzle wrote:Cheers PJ - doubting myself for a second. I suppose I will let you off this time!

Pretty sure you'll forgive me if it's a draw with your mate YJB on 101*

alfie wrote:Root Stokes Anderson Broad
Smith Green Cummins Starc

Good Golly I'm Olly wrote:Green, Smith, Cummins, Lyon
Stokes, Root, Wood, Broad

guildfordbat wrote:Smith Green Cummins Starc
Malan Root Stokes Anderson

Just wanted to show my appreciation for these complete all-bowlers selections.

Points Table
4th Test, Sydney, Day 5:

4459 Duty [267]
4326 JDizzle [358] #
4169 Olly [267]
3975 KP_Fan [263] *
3957 James [309] #
3915 Guildfordbat [188]
3901 Dolphin [248]
3793 Alfie [267] *
3762 Pal Joey [211]
3734 King Carlos [128]
3728 Afro [184]
3671 Superflyweight [136]
3665 Soul Requiem [240] *
3504 Lowlandbrit [242]
3430 Gooseberry [134]
3408 Compelling and Rich [128]
3344 Tino [161]

Average score: 3808 [219]

First figure - accumulative score / accumulative average score
Second figure in [brackets] - daily score / daily average

# Draw = 125 points
* Buttler/Pope most dismissals = 50 points
(Buttler/Pope: 7 caught behinds; Carey: 4 caught behinds)


Special Team Scores for the Fourth Test at the SCG are as follows:

First figure: Accumulative Score
Figure in brackets: [4th Test Score]

Australia:
4887 [562] - average player score 444.27 [120.36]

England:
3537 [470] - average player score 321.55 [96.73]


Top 15 Individual Player Scores: (using the special formula for bonuses, catches, run outs, w/k dismissals)

First figure: Accumulative Score
Figure in brackets: [4th Test Score]

546 Starc [59]
502 Root [89]
481 Lyon [136]
462 Smith [155]
436 Green [129]
427 Cummins [144]
396 Boland [175]
386 Labuschagne [77]
373 Warner [53]
362 Stokes [126]
290 Carey [53]
288 Head [--]
283 Robinson [--]
279 Wood [114]
279 Malan [7]

Followed by: Khawaja 278 [278], Broad 256 [148], Buttler 237 [41], Bairstow 214 [174], Leach 201 [126]

Notes:
Congratulations to JDizzle and James; who correctly picked the draw and gained a well-deserved 125 points.  
Alfie, KP_fan and Soul Requiem picked Buttler/Pope and earned the 50-point bonus.  
Duty has a 133-point lead and still has a little breathing space at the top of the leader board.  
Thanks again everyone for your participation. Not much time to recover before the 5th and final one in Hobart.

Thanks PJ.

Duty has a nice cushion at the top : but Tino's mortgage on the wooden spoon has slipped a little

And I have somehow crept up 4 places ! Now if I can just manage an England win in Hobart...

Thanks alfie!

Just to let everyone know...

I discovered a small mistake in the spreadsheet. I accidentally gave Broad a wicket (and an extra 25 points) under his bowling points in addition to putting the 25-point bonus for his 5-wicket haul during Australia's 1st batting innings in the special points cells next to our bowling selections.

Alfie, Duty, Dolphin, JD, Olly, Lowland, myself and Tino all have Broad.

So don't be alarmed if you sit down later with pen and paper to add up your scores and think:
Hey! I'm 25 points short!! What the heck is going on?! (for those of us above)

I've now corrected it. Noticed something was astray when I saw Broady had 173 points and not the correct 148 points (125+15+8) in his individual score for this Test. I don't include the 25-point bonus for that individual score (that's just runs, wickets, catches, etc) but we all get the bonus points in our scores of course.

This little error also had a trickle down affect in the overall team scores, daily scores, daily averages, etc... but rest assured the problem has been fixed and everything has snapped back into place again.

Don't think I've won one of these before, but looks as though I'm a narrow favourite going into the last. JDizzle is eligible for the 125 point bonus, isn't he, if he picks the final test outcome correctly, so that could make all the difference in the end.

Good work as ever PJ - looks like I'm going to need to go a little bold in my selections for this final test to overhaul Duty!

Duty281 wrote:Don't think I've won one of these before, but looks as though I'm a narrow favourite going into the last. JDizzle is eligible for the 125 point bonus, isn't he, if he picks the final test outcome correctly, so that could make all the difference in the end.

Yes, that's correct. He's picked 4 out of 4 correct results thus far. So if he also correctly picks the 5th, then he gets the extra 125 point bonus.
He's the only one in that position too.