ICC World Twenty20 2016

Hi all, welcome back! Please read this entire post as there has been a few changes and some weird things in this tournament. First, let me break down the format for this tournament. Remember, this is a Twenty20 tournament. So, they will be playing 20 overs a side. Its a short game. Players who excel in Twenty20 are not always the same as those that do better in the longer versions. The tournament has been broken into 2 different sections. There are the qualifying rounds, and then the main tournament.

Qualifying: Starts March 8th
Group A: Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands, Oman
Group B: Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Scotland, Zimbabwe

Main Tourney: Starts March 15th
Group 1: England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Group B winner
Group 2: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and Group A winner

So, you'll see that the main teams do not play in the initial rounds. Cricketweb has broken the fantasy game into 2 tournaments. So, I have created a separate User Competition for each. You will need to create 2 teams and join BOTH competitions. You can give your teams the same name and since the two parts of the tournament aren't concurrent you will only be managing one at a time. I am assuming that Anna will agree to help out with a worm, and maybe she can carry the qualifying worm over so that we can see how we all do with both parts combined.

Other changes: When you create your team you will notice that you only have 3 batsmen, 1 wicket keeper, and 3 bowlers. The last 4 slots are designated as "mixed". Once you fill your 7 required spots, the last 4 players can be from any of the player types. So you can add 4 extra batsmen if you think they will be racking up major runs. Or, if you like both wicket keepers, you won't have to choose. Use them both. I think it will make it a little more interesting and opens up way more team options in the later games when we all tend to have the same players.

So, go now to cricket web. Log on, and make 2 teams. Add one to the World Cup T20 2016 Qualifying and one to World Cup T20 2016. Cricket web will be emailing you an invite into our competition but you can also use the following keys: For Qualifying use 1456787952 and for the main tourney use 1456788101.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Katy