© 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.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Great, Greater, Greatest...
© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar creates history by being the first human on mother earth, to ever score a double hundred in a One Day International Cricket match…
Is it the first time he has re-written history books? Did anyone have any doubt that he had the ability to do it? Will this record never be broken by anyone anytime in future? To me the answer to all these questions is a resounding ‘No’. I am reminded of few lines from my favourite poet, Sahir Ludhianvi who once said:
Kal Aur Aayenge, Sapno ki khilti kaliyan chunne waale,
Mujhse behtar kehne waale, Tumse behtar sunne waale…
And then there are those, who relentlessly try and instigate a debate. Sachin Vs Richards or Sachin Vs Bradman. Perhaps Sahir Saab wrote these lines for Sir Don Bradman and Sir Vivian Richards. I am just extending it for My Little Master.
In a country obsessed with worshiping the legends - often building temples for their idols, I stand as a typical metropolitan and educated individual, who believes it would be inappropriate for any human to ever be equated to perfection that God is believed to be. But then, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar comes the closest, almost worthy of the supreme association. So if he is God or closest to God, then He is there to be worshiped, only worshiped and nothing else. Nothing irritates me more than the debate between Great, Greater and Greatest. In our religious Hindu belief, where we have loved to worship multiple Gods, has there been any debate on which God is better than the other?
I'd rather just thank Mr Sachin Tendulkar for everything. Everything from scoring this double century, to saving that one run in the match at Jaipur which eventually became the difference between a win and a tie, for all the matches he has won single handedly, for making those 175 runs against Australia and almost winning that match for India, for winning the Commonwealth Series in Australia, Coca Cola cup in Sharjah... the list is endless. So Sachin, thank you for lifting the whole country and giving us an opportunity to be proud of you for the player you are and for the Indian you are!!!
There is only one mission left to be accomplished, only one Everest to be climbed and only one dream to be lived – Sachin lifts India to win the ODI World Cup 2011. I will drink to it tonight, will you?
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar creates history by being the first human on mother earth, to ever score a double hundred in a One Day International Cricket match…
Is it the first time he has re-written history books? Did anyone have any doubt that he had the ability to do it? Will this record never be broken by anyone anytime in future? To me the answer to all these questions is a resounding ‘No’. I am reminded of few lines from my favourite poet, Sahir Ludhianvi who once said:
Kal Aur Aayenge, Sapno ki khilti kaliyan chunne waale,
Mujhse behtar kehne waale, Tumse behtar sunne waale…
And then there are those, who relentlessly try and instigate a debate. Sachin Vs Richards or Sachin Vs Bradman. Perhaps Sahir Saab wrote these lines for Sir Don Bradman and Sir Vivian Richards. I am just extending it for My Little Master.
In a country obsessed with worshiping the legends - often building temples for their idols, I stand as a typical metropolitan and educated individual, who believes it would be inappropriate for any human to ever be equated to perfection that God is believed to be. But then, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar comes the closest, almost worthy of the supreme association. So if he is God or closest to God, then He is there to be worshiped, only worshiped and nothing else. Nothing irritates me more than the debate between Great, Greater and Greatest. In our religious Hindu belief, where we have loved to worship multiple Gods, has there been any debate on which God is better than the other?
I'd rather just thank Mr Sachin Tendulkar for everything. Everything from scoring this double century, to saving that one run in the match at Jaipur which eventually became the difference between a win and a tie, for all the matches he has won single handedly, for making those 175 runs against Australia and almost winning that match for India, for winning the Commonwealth Series in Australia, Coca Cola cup in Sharjah... the list is endless. So Sachin, thank you for lifting the whole country and giving us an opportunity to be proud of you for the player you are and for the Indian you are!!!
There is only one mission left to be accomplished, only one Everest to be climbed and only one dream to be lived – Sachin lifts India to win the ODI World Cup 2011. I will drink to it tonight, will you?
What a batsman, sirji!
200 runs in an ODI match - that's what teams used to score... and not just in a 50-over match, in the earlier avatar of the ODI, which was 60 overs long. And at times it was good enough to win the match. Why, India won the 1983 World Cup Final against West Indies scoring just 183, before being all out in 54.4 overs (of the allotted 60 overs), and just when everyone and their mother believed that the Windies were going to do a hattrick of world cup victories, bowled them out for 140 in 52 overs.
So, when a batsman scores 200* in a 50-overs a side match, it is a moment to stand up and applaud. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, and as only he could, becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a double hundred in an ODI match. This man has so many records to his name that he possibly also holds the record for holding maximum records, and he still has the hunger in him to keep going on and on and on. And when other around his age (and even much younger than him) are hanging their boots, this man keeps mellowing with every passing day. At almost 37 years, he has today achieved what 17 or 27 year olds have not been able to ever.
I am one big critic of the man, and was specially harsh towards him in the past couple of years, when I thought that his body was tiring and he was no more capable of leading India to victory. My criticism of Sachin became even more sharp after Sourav Ganguly (in my opinion the world's second best ODI player after Sachin) was forced to announce his retirement, despite being in a decent form (and not in any way worse than Sachin) at that juncture. I genuinely believed that having achieved so much, he should have gracefully made way for the others in the team (after all, who can dare tell Sachin to retire).
My friend and co-blogger, Varun, always felt that I was far too impatient with Sachin and a disbeliever (atheist would probably be his chosen word, for the God Sachin is), who did not understand the greatness of the man.
Today, I partly agree with Varun (I still believe that even Sourav should be playing for the team, which he does not), and humbly bow my head to Sachin.
© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)
So, when a batsman scores 200* in a 50-overs a side match, it is a moment to stand up and applaud. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, and as only he could, becomes the first man in the history of the game to score a double hundred in an ODI match. This man has so many records to his name that he possibly also holds the record for holding maximum records, and he still has the hunger in him to keep going on and on and on. And when other around his age (and even much younger than him) are hanging their boots, this man keeps mellowing with every passing day. At almost 37 years, he has today achieved what 17 or 27 year olds have not been able to ever.
I am one big critic of the man, and was specially harsh towards him in the past couple of years, when I thought that his body was tiring and he was no more capable of leading India to victory. My criticism of Sachin became even more sharp after Sourav Ganguly (in my opinion the world's second best ODI player after Sachin) was forced to announce his retirement, despite being in a decent form (and not in any way worse than Sachin) at that juncture. I genuinely believed that having achieved so much, he should have gracefully made way for the others in the team (after all, who can dare tell Sachin to retire).
My friend and co-blogger, Varun, always felt that I was far too impatient with Sachin and a disbeliever (atheist would probably be his chosen word, for the God Sachin is), who did not understand the greatness of the man.
Today, I partly agree with Varun (I still believe that even Sourav should be playing for the team, which he does not), and humbly bow my head to Sachin.
© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)
Afghanistan - the new cricketing force of Asia!
The highest 4th innings total by a team winning a test match is 418/7 by West Indies against Australia at Saint John’s in 2003. There are only 3 more instances of teams scoring 400 plus runs in the 4th innings to win the match. South Africa’s 414/4 against Australia at Perth in 2008, India’s 406/4 against West Indies at Port of Spain in 1976, and Australia’s 404/3 against England at Leeds in 1948.
I checked up the record books for all kinds of International matches, where 2 nations played in a two-innings-a-side game, and found not a single team raking up over 500 to win in the 4th innings. Afghanistan – yes, Afghanistan – did that yesterday, when they chased 494 against much more fancied (at least against them) Canada, to hit 494/4, after trailing by over 300 runs in the first innings, and after Canada declared their second innings at 191/4, setting Afghanistan an almost unachievable target of around 500 runs.
All I can say is that it is extremely heartening to notice such big scores being chased down. But I’d also like to add that probably Canada played it too safe by not enforcing a follow-on and resultantly lost the game that they should’ve won.
For Afghanistan, this is a day of reckoning where everyone stands up and applauds them for their heroics. For a country tormented by war and terrorists, this is a shining example of the glory the youth can achieve for their nation by treading the right path.
© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)
I checked up the record books for all kinds of International matches, where 2 nations played in a two-innings-a-side game, and found not a single team raking up over 500 to win in the 4th innings. Afghanistan – yes, Afghanistan – did that yesterday, when they chased 494 against much more fancied (at least against them) Canada, to hit 494/4, after trailing by over 300 runs in the first innings, and after Canada declared their second innings at 191/4, setting Afghanistan an almost unachievable target of around 500 runs.
All I can say is that it is extremely heartening to notice such big scores being chased down. But I’d also like to add that probably Canada played it too safe by not enforcing a follow-on and resultantly lost the game that they should’ve won.
For Afghanistan, this is a day of reckoning where everyone stands up and applauds them for their heroics. For a country tormented by war and terrorists, this is a shining example of the glory the youth can achieve for their nation by treading the right path.
© Shailesh Nigam, Varun Khanna (for respective articles)
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