League Table

Pos	Team	Manager	Total Pts	Change
1	James	Positive Mental Attitude	3551	=
2	Thorn	Thorn	2828	=
3	Dave	Coppicing	2805	=
4	Ian	Parkinson can't lace my boots	2785	=
5	Ant	So long suckers	2746	=
6	Nick	Cheeseboy Chargers	2717	=
7	Mike	On yer bike	2684	=
8	Ade	The Right Team	2604	=
9	Vicki	Pants on fire	2573	=
10	Steve	Stevenage Sorrows	2533	=
11	Martin	Skip's Selections	2505	=
12	Darley	Dingdong Del	2362	=
13	JP	The Chantoozies	2361	=
14	Jake	Last Chance Saloon	2332	=
15	Matt	We're bottom again	2139	=
16	Dave Emerson	Baron Ballsack CC	2083	=
17	Geoff	The Woodentops	2054	=
18	Ian Leggate	Gates of Hell	1958	=

Latest….

Stan’s latest comments….

Punters,

A treble update today and an important one too – ass previous Fantasy competitions have shown – it can all change on Tour, with multiple injuries on the board and three games in four days. It’s like the equivalent of the Premiership over the Christmas and New Year period!

1. St Clement’s Strollers Twenty/20

A return to the MAD for Lee Davie after so many years, but playing for the opposition, netted Emerson some points with a run out from near the boundary. Shorten nets a massive T/20 score.

David Shorten	51
Dan Edwards	34
James Hoskins	22
Martin Westmoreland	21
Ian Howarth	15
Ade Fisher	14
Dave Emerson	10
Thornton Smith	2
Mike Clarke	0
JP	-5
Mike Reeves	-10

Manager’s points then for those with Shorten and Edwards, but with five scoring players I am afraid to say that yet again, Stan paves the way in Fantasy Cricket:

James	Positive Mental Attitude	100
Thorn	Thorn	92
Dave	Coppicing	89
Mike	On yer bike	87
Darley	Dingdong Del	85
Nick	Cheeseboy Chargers	83
Martin	Skip's Selections	82
Ian	Parkinson can't lace my boots	71
JP	The Chantoozies	67
Dave Emerson	Baron Ballsack CC	58
Jake	Last Chance Saloon	56
Matt	We're bottom again	52
Steve	Stevenage Sorrows	44
Vicki	Pants on fire	38
Ant	So long suckers	28
Ian Leggate	The Gates of Hell CC	27
Ade	The Right Team	22
Geoff	The Woodentops	16

2. Fat Boys

Moving on to the Fat Boys encounter then, and what have we here? Howarth back in top form with the bat aswel as the ball nets yet another top score, with Shorten proving to be some value this season not far behind:

Ian Howarth	113
David Shorten	71
Andy Darley	20
Dan Edwards	16
Ade Fisher	14
Martin Westmoreland	13
Mike Reeves	12
Mike Clarke	4
Steve Dobner	1
Matt Bullock	0
Dave Emerson	-10

Quite low scores for managers then below, but with Mike and Dave both picking out the top two scorers and Westmoreland, they net top points.

What is happening at the Gates of Hell Cricket Club – it is a rare event indeed when a Managers Team actually nets negative points!

Mike	On yer bike	197
Dave	Coppicing	197
James	Positive Mental Attitude	174
Ian	Parkinson can't lace my boots	174
Ant	So long suckers	138
Thorn	Thorn	97
JP	The Chantoozies	85
Jake	Last Chance Saloon	82
Darley	Dingdong Del	81
Martin	Skip's Selections	75
Nick	Cheeseboy Chargers	62
Dave Emerson	Baron Ballsack CC	44
Ade	The Right Team	40
Matt	We're bottom again	27
Vicki	Pants on fire	18
Geoff	The Woodentops	15
Steve	Stevenage Sorrows	7
Ian Leggate	The Gates of Hell CC	-10

3. Blenheim

A catch and a bunch of runs and MOTM nets Dan a healthy bounty here, and we note the constant form of Adie who will be sadly missed on tour…

Dan Edwards	123
JP	54
Ian Leggate	46
Ade Fisher	40
James Hoskins	26
Martin Westmoreland	26
Gary Littlechild	23
Mike Clarke	20
Steve Dobner	19
Jake Hotson	1
Andrew Morley	-10

I do believe this is the first time Steve tops the Managers table – in fact a lot of change here in top scoring managers:

Steve	Stevenage Sorrows	189
Dave Emerson	Baron Ballsack CC	183
Thorn	Thorn	177
Vicki	Pants on fire	146
Matt	We're bottom again	146
Ade	The Right Team	139
Ian Leggate	Gates of Hell	126
JP	The Chantoozies	100
Nick	Cheeseboy Chargers	91
Martin	Skip's Selections	91
Geoff	The Woodentops	80
Jake	Last Chance Saloon	73
James	Positive Mental Attitude	72
Ian	Parkinson can't lace my boots	54
Dave	Coppicing	49
Mike	On yer bike	27
Ant	So long suckers	27
Darley	Dingdong Del	26

See below then for a Table update where the chasing pack continue to fight amongst themselves for second place, but second place alone. Could this Positive Mental Attitude Manager possibly be the best Fantasy Cricket Manager the MAD has ever seen? ;)

Next update after Tour….

Stan.

Rules

What Stan has decreed….

A complicated mathematical system of games played over the last five years and points scored over the seasons have constituted the costings for this season. Choose your team wisely - 100 points is the maximum spend. Remember, in this game the winner will be the manager who picks the most improving players over the 2009 Season.

The rules are the same as always - your team has to consist of SIX players, totalling no more than 100 points.

There is a slight amendment to the substitution rules (because it isn't complicated enough)

Standard entry fee is £5.00

Come on - pick a team and have a chance to take the spoils, and win a magnificent trophy!

....the more the merrier - invite friends and relatives ;)

We only had eleven entries last year - it would be much better with more :)

Cherry Ho,

Stan.

Player Costings

Players	Cost
Dan Edwards	30.6
Ian Howarth	29.8
James Hoskins	24.9
Martin Westmoreland	24.6
Steve Dobner	21.3
Nick Hebbes	20.1
Mike Reeves	17.7
James Taylor	16.2
Andrew Darley	16.2
Dave Emerson	15.1
JP Collins	14.2
Gary Littlechild	13.6
Thornton Smith	12.1
Jenner Collins	12.1
Dave Shorten	11.3
Steve Parkinson	10.4
Adie Fisher	9.1
Matt Bullock	8.9
Richard Hadfield	8.8
Mike Clarke	8.5
Geoff Carter	7.1
Andrew Morley	6.4
Ian Leggate	6.0
Jake Hotson	6.0

Scoring System

Player Action	Pts
Run	1
50	25
100	50
Duck	-10
Wicket	15
4-For	25
5-For	50
Hat-trick	50
Catch	10
Direct Run Out	10
Shared Run Out	5
Dropped Catch	-5
Man of the Match	10
Champagne Moment	10
Buffet	-5
> 25 Batting Average (End of Season)	50
< 15 Bowling Average (End of Season)	50

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Stan’s Mad Fantasy Cricket 2009