Thursday, February 25, 2010

Cricketcetera Masters - Rules of the Game

© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)

Many thanks for the overwhelming response. As of now, we have the following nine confirmed participation for this amazing contest:

1. Varun Khanna
2. Shailesh Nigam
3. Lloyd Ireland
4. Kartikay Krishan
5. Ramnik Mehra
6. Mohit Pandey
7. Manjunath Vishwanath
8. Adrian Ross
9. Manish Gupta

There are some additional tweakings in the format - only to make it more interesting and lucrative. Given below this are the detailed rules and regulations for this tournament.

Please note the last date for sending your confirmation of participation is 28th Feb 2010. Any request received after this date will be subject to availability and with a registration fees of Rs 1000/- instead of Rs 500/-. Similarly if any of the nine people above (who have already confirmed participation) wants to withdraw, he needs to do that before 28th Feb. Any withdrawals after that date will still have to pay Rs 500/- as registration fees.

Cheers

Rules of the Cricketcetera Masters

1. Each Master will select one team of eleven players for each match from the list of players provided for this tournament. Each player will have specific value points which will remain static during the course of the tournament. (Additions, if any can be made if new players are added in any of the IPL teams during the course of the tournament).

2. The total value of the selected team should be more than 800 value points and less than or equal to 1000 value points (VPs).

3. Each team must have at least 4 Batters, 1 Wicketkeeper and 2 Bowlers.

4. You can also choose one player from your selected team as ‘my man of the match’. Half of the scoring points for this ‘MOM’ would be added to your scoring points.

5. The teams for the matches during the day should reach Varun Khanna on varunkhan@gmail.com, latest 2 hours before the start of first match of the day.

6. Each of your selected players will earn the Scoring Points for you basis what they perform on field during the particular match as per the following scoring rules:

Batting

Run scored: 1 Points

Runs bonus
25 -49 runs : 10 Points
50-74 runs : 20 Points
75 - 99 runs : 30 Points
On reaching 100 runs : 40 Points

Strike Rate bonus
100% - 125% 10% of runs scored
125% - 150% 20% of runs scored
150% - 175% 30% of runs scored
175% and above 40% of runs scored

Bowling

Wicket (dismissal of bowler): 25 Points

Maiden over: 30 Points

Economy rate bonus (for bowlers bowling 2 overs or more)
Between 00.00 and 02.99 runs per over: 40 Points
Between 03.00 and 03.99 runs per over: 30 Points
Between 04.00 and 04.99 runs per over: 20 Points
Between 05.00 and 05.99 runs per over: 10 Points

Wicket bonus
On taking 2 wickets : 10 Points
On taking 3 wickets : 20 Points
On taking 4 wickets : 30 Points
On taking 5 wickets : 40 Points

Fielding
Catch (Fielder): 15 Points
Catch (Wicketkeeper): 15 Points
Stumping(Wicketkeeper): 15 Points
Run out (for each player from fielding team involved in the run out) 15 Points

Masters' Bonus
50% of VPs less than 1000 would be added to the scoring points (SPs).

7. After the match(es), all player performances will be updated as per the scorecard available on www.cricinfo.com and the score card on this site will be considered official and final.

8. Post the updation and basis the total score for the team, the super selectors will be ranked ordered and they will earn match points basis their rank. This is explained in an example below:

Example:
• Suppose there are four players for this tournament namely P1, P2, P3 and P4.
• Based on their Scoring Points they would be ranked 1 to 4.
• Player ranked ‘One’ will get 4 Match Points (MPs), player ranked ‘Two’ will get 3 MPs, player ranked ‘Three’ will get 2 MPs and player ranked ‘Four’ will get 1 MP.
• However, the player who has not sent a team for the particular match (i.e. ‘zero’ SPs) will be ranked ‘zero’ and will earn ‘0’ Match Points.

9. At the end of the tournament the player with the maximum Match points will be the winner. In case of the Match Points being equal, the leader would be decided basis the Scoring Points.
10.In the event of match on field is officially called off/abandoned due to weather or any other reason, the points scored during the duration of the match will not be counted for any of the masters. The scoring sheet for such a game will reflect ‘0’ for all.
11. Fees: Each Super Selector player will be charged the following fees:
• Participation Fees: Rs 500/- per player for participation in the tournament for participation confirmations received till 28th February 2010. (Any addition/new participation after this would be subject to approval and attract participation fees of Rs 1000/-).
• Match Fees: Rs 100/- for each match played by the Cricketcetera Masters.

12. Winnings: The Masters can win the following in the tournament.
• Rank 1 for each match Rs 200/-. If there are multiple Rank 1s in a particular match (equals SPs), Rs 200/- will be distributed equally between each winner.
• Rank 2 for each match Rs 100/-. If there are multiple Rank 2s in a particular match (equals SPs), Rs 100/- will be distributed equally between each winner.
• Loyalty Bonus Rs 1000/- for every player playing 55 matches or more in the tournament.
• Jackpot Kitty: All the excess amount after the distribution of match winnings and loyalty bonus will accumulate into a Jackpot Kitty, which will be distributed to the overall winners as per the following:
i) 44% of the Jackpot Kitty for the overall winner of the tournament (as per point ‘8’ above)
ii) 33% of the Jackpot Kitty for the overall 1st runner up of the tournament (as per point ‘8’ above)
iii) 23% of the Jackpot Kitty for the overall 2nd runner up of the tournament (as per point ‘8’ above)

Note: No amount will be collected upfront or during the course of the tournament. However, the account of wins and losses will be shared along with the results of each match in the status file. A final settlement will be done at the end of the tournament. This is explained by way of a simulation in the Annexure attached below.

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