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Welcome!
Welcome to CricketManager.net, the fantasy cricket competition! Have you ever thought you could do a better job than the selectors? Well here's your chance! CricketManager.net puts you in charge!
Playing is easy!
You select the players for your team for actual international matches. Then after each match the players you selected earn you points depending on how well they performed. Before each match starts you can transfer players in and out of your team at your will. You don't even have to select a proper team! Select a team full of bowlers if you want, the selections are in your hands!
Joining a series
Once you have created a membership and/or logged in, you will be taken to a page that lists all of the series that are available to play. Under each open series that you want to join, click on the link 'Add Team'. You then need to type in a name for your team. This name doesn't have to be unique to any other team name but it can be a bit confusing if more than one team has the same name. You can enter as many teams as you like into a particular series.
Selecting your team
Click on your team name link to go to your teams page. Here you will see your teams status, current players and statistics. Towards the top of the screen will be a message in red displaying the required number of players you need to make your team valid. To purchase a player click on the link 'Add Player' or 'Player List' in the left hand menu. Each player has a purchase price and your team has a limited bank balance so choose your players wisely! Player prices are updated daily after the first match is completed and can go up or down depending on ownership and points earned.
Transfering Players
You can sell a player you have bought by clicking on their name in your team or the player lists, then clicking the 'Sell Player' link. The current players price is then added to your bank balance. Before the series begins you have unlimited transfers, but once it has started you will have a set number of transfers. After each match your team will be awarded more transfers that are added on to the number that you already have. Once a match has commenced there will be no trading allowed for two hours. After that time, trading will re-open for the next match (or the next innings in a test match as the case may be).
Points
Points are awarded for every player in your team depending on how well they have performed in each match. The following table outlines the points structure:
Run Scored 1
Wicket Taken 20
Catch Held 5
Stumping Made 5
Run out effected 10
Maiden Bowled 5 (2 for tests)
Boundary 4 scored 1
Boundary 6 scored 2
No Ball bowled -1
Wide bowled -1
Bonus points are awarded for the following:
Batsman Not Out at the end of the Innings = 8 points
Batsmans Strike Rate over 100 = 1 point for every run scored that is over the number of balls faced
Bowlers Economy Rate under 4 = 1 point for every run below 4 times the overs bowled
For Test matches the points are calculated on an Economy Rate of 3
Conferences
Conferences contain groups of teams that compete against each other in a kind of mini competition. You can create your own conference and invite all your mates to join it to see just who amongst you really knows their cricket. When you are a member of a conference you are able to view each others team details, but obviously you can not make changes to their team. When you first add a team to a series your team is automatically included into the 'Public Conference'. You can add your team into another conference by clicking on the 'Change Conference' link on your team page. From here you can also create your own public or private conferences.
Conference Chat Rooms
On the conference page you will find a link to the chat room. Here you can write a message to all other members of the conference. Messages are limited to 1000 characters, but you can send as many as you like.