Baildon Cricket Club
Established in 1850

BCC Fantasy Cricket 2022

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Sat in the Angel earlier on this year, a group of mainly third team cricketers came up with a revolutionary, never been done before idea - let's run a fantasy cricket game based on Baildon CC players! After the next four hours were wasted talking about benchmarking performances; the fantasy committee, led by lead fantasist Simon Bullock came up with the following game...

Pick 11 players from 5 player pools, with no more than 3 from each pool, you must pick a designated wicket keeper (but you can only have one - so you can't have Adam Dean and Tom Pickles for example).  You have a maximum budget of £50m to pay for your squad. Player's values are based on a formula which was created using their 2021 performances. 

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Points are scored as follows; 1pt per run, 20 per wicket, 10 per catch or stumping. Only performances in senior league Saturday matches will count towards a player's score. (Friendly games, junior games, cup games, Sunday League games - do not count).

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It costs £5 to enter, a prize will be worked out based on the number of entrants. We will also give a bonus prize to the team with the best name (that is safe to be published on our social media channels!). To enter please pay £5 into the cricket club bank account (Sort Code 20 11 81 Account Number 40109576) with the payment reference of Fantasy XI and your surname and then e-mail your team to Simon Bullock: simon.bullock@gmail.com.

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The closing date for entries is Friday 22nd of April (so you can take a look at the opening performances in our Bradford league sides before picking your team if you want).  The player pools are as follows;

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