2023 Ashes Series Tipping Competition

The 2023 Ashes Tipping Competition

The 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.
Root, Bairstow, Robinson, Anderson
Labuschagne, Head, Cummins, Boland

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

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.
England (Bairstow) or Australia (Carey) or the same number of dismissals.

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

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

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

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


Scoring:

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 the correct selection for the 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.
c) 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.

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June 16 - 20, 2023: 1st Test at Edgbaston. Australia won by 2 wickets [0-1]

June 28 - July 2, 2023: 2nd Test at Lord's. Australia won by 43 runs [0-2]

July 6 - 10, 2023: 3rd Test at Headingley. England won by 3 wickets [1-2]

July 19 -23, 2023: 4th Test at Old Trafford. Match Drawn [1-2]

July 27 - 31, 2023: 5th Test at The Oval. England won by 49 runs [2-2]


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Good luck with your selections!

Cheers for running this again.

1) Australia: Smith, Head; Cummins, Boland
England: Root, Brook; Woakes, Robinson

2) Fielders: Green and Root

3) Carey

4) England to win the toss and bowl first

5) Australia to win the test

Thanks for doing this again PJ

1.
Smith, Labuschagne, Cummins, Hazelwood (Boland if Hazelwood isn't fit)
Pope, Root, Anderson Robinson (Broad if one of them misses out)

2.
Smith, Root

3.
Bairstow

4.
England, bowl

5.
Australia

Aus

Smith, Carrey
Cummins, Lyon

Eng
Root, Stokes
Moeen, Broad
( If no Broad then Wood and if neither then Woakes)

Catchers
Root
Smith

WK
Carrey

Toss
Eng win and bowl first

Result
Aus win

Nice one PJ

Australia: Smith, Labuschagne; Cummins, Starc
England: Root, Brook; Anderson, Robinson (Woakes if one of them misses out)

2) Smith and Root

3) Carey

4) England win toss and bat first

5) Australia

Good man yourself there PJ.

Australia - Warner and Labuschagne -- Boland and Lyons
England - Pope and Root -- Robinson and Broad

2) Green and Root

3) Carey

4) England win toss and bat first

5) England

Excellent work again, Joey. You know most of my guys already but to confirm -

1) Australia: Labuschange, Smith; Cummins, Starc
England: Root, Brook; Robinson, Broad

2) Fielders: Smith and Pope

3) Carey

4) Australia to win the toss and bat

5) Australia to win the Test.

PS I might still swap someone for Jamie Smith.

Thanks for putting this up again , PJ. I see most England fans are either not very confident or don't want to jinx them

Smith Labuschagne Lyon Boland (sub Cummins)
Root Stokes Anderson Robinson (sub Broad)

Green and Root

Bairstow

Aus win toss and bat

England win

Thanks everyone!

Root, Brook, Robinson, Anderson (Woakes)
Smith, Head, Lyon, Boland

Root, Smith

Carey

Australia win toss and bat

Australia

just come back on here purely for this joey so cheers for doing it, mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday so tried putting variations in where i thought it might be needed)

1) Australia: Smith, labuschange; Cummins, Boland (lyon if one isnt playing)
England: Root, Brook; broad, anderson (robinson if one isnt playing)

2) Fielders: Green and Root

3) Carey

4) Aus Win test and bat first

5) Australia to win the test

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

Duty281 wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

Congrats CnR! Just hope you have reason to call it Joe, Jimmy or Stuart rather than Steve or Marnus…

Duty281 wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

tell me about it! just hope phone signal is decent

compelling and rich wrote:

Duty281 wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

tell me about it! just hope phone signal is decent

Hope so. Then you'll be able to get a phone call outlining when it's arrived, the weight etc. while you're watching Zak Crawley make a double ton.

Thanks, Pee Jay.

1) Roooot & Bairstow. Anderson and Robinson.
Smith & Head. Cummins and Caveman Boland
(Hazlewood next)

2) Root & Smith

3) Carey

4) England win toss and bowl.

5) England win by 3 innings and 197 runs.

Duty281 wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

You say that but babies sleep sh*t loads in the first few weeks. Friday might be an issue but after that, CnR will have hours on the sofa with a sleeping kid in his arms watching the Ashes. T2 and T3 will be right in his sweet spot.

Thanks for this Joey, and congrats in advance to C&R - who hopefully gets wifi in the hospital

1) Australia: Smith, Head, Green, Lyon
England: Pope, Brook, Moeen, Robinson

2) Fielders: Warner and Root

3) Carey

4) Australia to win the toss and bat

5) Australia to win

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Duty281 wrote:

compelling and rich wrote:mrs going in hospital for second baby on friday

Congrats, but terrible timing!

You say that but babies sleep sh*t loads in the first few weeks. Friday might be an issue but after that, CnR will have hours on the sofa with a sleeping kid in his arms watching the Ashes. T2 and T3 will be right in his sweet spot.

i did say this is my 2nd child, the 2 year old will definitely not allow this

self employed aswell so no maternity leave for me, although it is running a pub so may have to open early for the tests to get a rest

Duty281 wrote:Cheers for running this again.

1) Australia: Smith, Head; Cummins, Boland
England: Root, Brook; Woakes, Robinson

2) Fielders: Green and Root

3) Carey

4) England to win the toss and bowl first

5) Australia to win the test

Will swap Woakes with Anderson, ta.

1. Smith, Green, Cummins, Boland (Lyon if Boland not selected)
Brook, Root, Anderson, Robinson

2. Smith, Crawley

3. Carey

4. Australia, bat

5. Australia

Cheers as ever PJ!

Great news for you and your Mrs, Compelling. Exciting times... and perfect timing!

Pope, Brook, Anderson, Robinson
Smith, Carey, Cummins, Boland

Crawley
Green

Bairstow

Eng
Field

Draw

For the eventual tie-breaker, I'll take compelling and rich to miss 26 wickets and the biggest 6 (but nothing else).

Compelling - when my cousin's first child was born, it was similar hot weather as now. As part of his advance preparations, he made some sandwiches for himself which he put in a plastic container and left in the freezer until the big day.

Come the day, he took his wife to the hospital along with the container. All went well and an hour or so after the birth, whilst sitting by his wife and new daughter, he felt peckish, opened the top of the container and reached inside for a sarnie. Unfortunately, he had taken the wrong container as he discovered when his hand emerged covered in melted raspberry ripple ice cream!

You'll probably be better off taking a bottle from your pub. Good luck to all!

1. Root & Brook, Anderson & Robinson
Smith & Marnus, Green & Cummins

2. Root and Green

3. Bairstow

4. Australia and bat

5. England to win (starting optimistic)

Thanks as always Peej!

Cheers everyone, just in the ward now and phone signal is strong

Got my pack lunch with me guildford, not checked for ice cream yet though

Morning folks.

Just got PJs PM, thanks for the invite.

Same format as previous comps?

Duckett & Brook, Broad & Robinson
Head & Smith, Cummins & Boland
Root & Green
Bairstow
Australia and bat
England win

Afro wrote:Morning folks.

Just got PJs PM, thanks for the invite.

Same format as previous comps?

Yes Afro, same format. Great to see you again!
Just copy and paste someone else's pick and then edit to your own selections.

Pick 2 batters + 2 bowlers from each side
1 player with most catches from each side
Most wicket keeper dismissals - Bairstow or Carey
Who wins the toss and what they decide to do
Winner of the match.. or a draw

As you just have done...

I've switched it up to Australia and bat first for the toss but kept the same otherwise.

1. Brook and Root, Broad and Anderson
Head and Labuschane, Lyon and Boland

2. Crawley and Green

3. Carey

4. England and bat

5. England win

Thanks Marky!

Joey - in case no Starc, Boland as a sub please.

OK, KC and Guildford. Change noted Aus/bat, KC... and Boland as your reserve if no Starc, Guildford.

Let me know if you want Hazlewood anyone...

Superfly - let me know your replacement for Starc.

Pope and Root, Robinson and Anderson
Head and Khawaja, Lyon and Cummins

2. Stokes and Warner

3. Carey

4.

5. England win

Cheers Soul

Root and Stokes, Anderson and Robinson
Smith and Khawaja, Cummins and Lyon
Carey
N/A
Australia win

Cheers for the invite, Joey. Sorry I'm a bit late getting back to you.

88Chris05 wrote:Root and Stokes, Anderson and Robinson
Smith and Khawaja, Cummins and Lyon
Carey
N/A
Australia win

Cheers for the invite, Joey. Sorry I'm a bit late getting back to you.

No worries, Chris. I'll get you on the scoresheet.

Just post up your 2 fielders for catches and run-outs.

Trust me to miss something. My bad, I'll go Stokes and Green. Cheers again.

88Chris05 wrote:Trust me to miss something. My bad, I'll go Stokes and Green. Cheers again.

Thanks mate. Ignore the PM I just sent you.

Points Table
1st Test, Edgbaston, Day 1:

390 Eirebilly [390} *#
366 Marky [366] *#
317 Pal Joey [317]
303 KP_Fan [303] *
295 Soul Requiem [295]
288 Tino [288] *
286 Alfie [286]
277 Compelling and Rich [277]
267 Superflyweight [267] *#
265 Chris [265]
242 Duty [242] *
242 JDizzle [242]
241 James [241] *
233 Guildfordbat [233]
223 Olly [223]
217 King Carlos [217]
130 Lowlandbrit [130] *
102 Afro [102]

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

Average score: 260 [260]

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

Notes:
A great start for Billy, Marky and Superfly who all correctly picked England winning the toss and electing to bat. 50 points each.
There were 25 bonus points on top of Root's marvellous 118* for many of us.
Lyon came in handy for many of us too with his 4 wickets earning 100 points.
Tino was surging up the ranks at one stage - he is the only one with Bairstow... and Root.
The table will no doubt move around quite a bit today - so for anyone who is at or near the bottom of the log - don't lose heart.  

I hope everything went well for Compelling and Rich and his Mrs yesterday and the new addition to the family is doing well too.

Amazing effort PJ : up all hours watching the action and still able to get all that done this (southern time zone) morning !

I feel appropriately humble having only just surfaced at noon...

Great Job PJ
For the sake of tipping competition I was wishing Eng had not declared and gone on for a bit more
In Root & Lyon we were collecting our bagful of points from both sides.....Lyon was on cusp of 5-fer (bonus)

Dry pitch , Old seamers.....today I hope will be the day of The Legendary Muhammad Ali's off spin

alfie wrote:Amazing effort PJ  : up all hours watching the action and still able to get all that done this (southern time zone) morning !  

I feel appropriately humble having only just surfaced at noon...

ha ha, yeah, thanks Alfie. I went to bed at 04:10... and woke up around 09:30. That's the latest I've got up in ages.
I knew the scores before I went to bed but I actually felt a bit drained after yesterday's play and I guess it all caught up with me.
Had to check the spreadsheet again in the morning just in case there were any mistakes... and to avoid any possible cross-examinations.  

KP_fan wrote:Great Job PJ
For the sake of tipping competition I was wishing Eng had not declared and gone on for a bit more
In Root & Lyon we were collecting our bagful of points from both sides.....Lyon was on cusp of 5-fer (bonus)

Dry pitch , Old seamers.....today I hope will be the day of The Legendary Muhammad Ali's off spin  

Thanks KP_fan. So was I. Odd thing to say I know... but it's sort of true for me too.
Yes, Lyon was close to a 5-fer... we can blame Stokes for depriving us of more points. He's one your picks I note.
Maybe Mo still has some punch left in him with the ball. I hope not! He sure was good value while he lasted with the bat.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to see how it all pans out later today.

Cheers pj, mum and baby home now all doing well

Running on adrenaline for a while which has gone now

I didn’t dream in a daze that stokes declared on day 1 on a flat pitch while our best batsman was 118 no did I?

Glad to hear all well , Compelling

Going to name the new arrival after any of the players in this match ?

alfie wrote:Glad to hear all well , Compelling

Going to name the new arrival after any of the players in this match ?

any jacks in this game? leech missed out on his claim

Many congratulations, Compelling! Great news - you must be almost as chuffed as Olly ('Seasons' thread refers).

Points Table
1st Test, Edgbaston, Day 2:

496 KP_Fan [193]
492 Soul Requiem [197]
491 Marky [125]
453 Chris [188]
441 Eirebilly [51]
393 Compelling and Rich [116]
383 Pal Joey [66]
377 Olly [154]
354 Tino [66]
327 Alfie [41]
324 Duty [82]
321 JDizzle [79]
299 Guildfordbat [66]
283 Superflyweight [16]
282 James [41]
271 King Carlos [54]
223 Lowlandbrit [93]
218 Afro [116]

Average score: 357 [97]

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

Notes:
KP_Fan with Broad, Ali, Stokes and Carey covered the most bases on Day 2 and now tops the table.
Chris and Soul both have Khawaja so earned 25 bonus points on top of his 126 runs scored.
Solid performances too from Marky and Olly with Afro also scoring well and closing the gap.
A Special Baby Bonus of 50 points for Compelling and Rich... we are all so thrilled at the happy news!

Points Table
1st Test, Edgbaston, Day 3:

696 Soul Requiem [204]
682 Chris [229]
599 KP_Fan [103]
592 Eirebilly [151]
592 Marky [101]
563 Compelling and Rich [170]
542 Tino [188]
537 Duty [213]
512 Guildfordbat [213]
509 JDizzle [188]
509 Pal Joey [126]
478 Alfie [151]
471 Superflyweight [188]
470 James [188]
459 King Carlos [188]
453 Olly [76]
450 Afro [232]
450 Lowlandbrit [227]

Average score: 531 [174]

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