[BhoysFC1995]

with the biggest cricket tourny (besides the WC) only one week away, i thought i'd set up an AllOut!-BigCricket ICC Champions Trophy Cricket Challenge


Rules:
-Pick which team you think will win, get 3 points
-Pick the bonus questions, get 1 point for each correct one.
-After the first round, a certain amount of players will be eliminated based on the amount of people playing. It will be announced before the comp starts.
-make picks like so:
Screen name (website/board)
Pick
Bonus answer
-so an example for the first to games:

the schedule will be listed as-
sept 10
USA-NZ
bonus:
will usa get over 100 runs?
will a nz player get a century?

Eng-ZIM
will Zim get over 100 runs?
will a eng player get a century?

the picks are to be listed like so-
AllOut! (bigcricket)
USA
Yes
No
(skip a line)
ENG
Yes
Yes

Any questions, post here. The reason i put (website/board) is so everyone can see which site you frequent/board you post on, sort of like having your hometown posted. This contest has been posted on numerous boards so it’s a good way to keep track.. Also, we can see if a certain site has some people who have no idea how to pick winners!

That being said all are welcome. It doesn’t matter if you have been a long time cricket fan who is a self proclaimed expert (I know there’s a lot of you out there!), or a cricket newbie. The object is to bring cricket fans from different sites together and have fun.

I have a challenge currently going on for the AFL (aussie footy) and its going well. Its only been promoted on two sites and we have 29 people signed up, so for this I expect more, so keep in mind spots will be limited. Check out www.BigCricket.com and scroll to the bottom to see the set-up, and check out this link to see how the rules are-
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=129952

Schedule and bonus questions to come soon, so post here if you are interested, no picks yet until the full schedule and bonus questions are listed!

[BhoysFC1995]

ok, i know everyone was waiting for the schedule/bonus ?'s to be listed before they signed up, so here it is.

its simple, 3 pts per win, 1 pts per bonus. you don't need the win to get the bonus.
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schedule**
sept 10
USA-NZ
bonus:
will usa get over 100 runs?
will a nz player get a century?

**Eng-ZIM
will Zim get over 100 runs?
will a eng player get a century?

**sept 11
IND-Ken
will Ken get over 120 runs?
will a IND player get a century?

**sept 12
SA-BANG
will Bang get over 120 runs?
will a SA player get a century?

**sept 13
AUS-USA
will USA get over 100 runs?
will an aussie get a century?

**sept 14
PAK-KEN
will Ken get over 120 runs?
will a Pak player get a century?

**SRI-ZIM
will Zim get over 120 runs?
will a SRI player get a century?

**sept 15
WI-BANG
will bang get over 100 runs?
will Lara get over 70 runs?

**sept 16
AUS-NZ
will the winning team get over 230?
will either team have a player get over 90 runs?

**sept 17
SRI-ENG
will the winning team get over 220?

**sept 18
SA-WI

**sept 19
IND-PAK
will india have a player hit a century?
will Pakistan?

**END OF First Round
============================
the picks are to be listed like so-

AllOut! (bigcricket)
USA
Yes
No
(skip a line)
ENG
Yes
Yes

[OldFanatic]

Chandu (BigSoccer)
New Zealand
Yes
Yes

England
Yes
No

India
Yes
Yes

South Africa
No
No

Australia
No
No

Pakistan
Yes
No

Sri Lanka
Yes
Yes

West Indies
Yes
No

Australia
Yes
Yes

Sri Lanka
Yes

South Africa

India
Yes
No

[SportBoy333]

Why is the USA in this tournament. It seems all the big cricket countries are involved and then you have the USA. Seems kinda strange to me

[BhoysFC1995]

my picks-

AllOut! (bigcricket)
nz
no
no

eng
yes
yes

ind
yes
no

sa
no
no

aus
yes
no

pak
no
no

sri
no
no

wi
yes
yes

aus
yes
no

eng
yes

sa

pak
no
no

[BhoysFC1995]

update- so far we have 5 different boards represented......

[Crowdie]

Originally Posted by SportBoy333

Why is the USA in this tournament. It seems all the big cricket countries are involved and then you have the USA. Seems kinda strange to me

Unlike the football world the cricket world wants to give the smaller cricket nations some experience and this is a great way to do it.

[sinner78]

The USA team is full of immigrants from the indian sub-continent and from the caribbean .
I dont think there is a single USA born player in the team .
It is a similar story with the canadian team .

[Arsenal_fanUK]

pitty though again, americans dont tend to take up a european/world sport.

its obvious that baseball, was formed from cricket. just like rugby was copyed, put on a load of pretection and called it football, american football. why???

i was watching baseball the other night and i couldnt hack more than 10 mins of it, it is so boring. i must admit cricket isnt the best of sports, but its more entertaining i believe, and most of the world agrees. who plays baseball??? im not saying its crap, but i believe its a cheap twist of the game cricket.

one other thing, is there any US F.1 racing teams or drivers ect??? again if there isnt its yet more proof that they have to have the own, i think theres a cheap copy of F1 too in the states... is it called indy 500 or something???

unbelievable

[Crowdie]

Originally Posted by sinner_ronald_monk

The USA team is full of immigrants from the indian sub-continent and from the caribbean .
I dont think there is a single USA born player in the team .
It is a similar story with the canadian team .

According to the USA team sheet there are two US born players in their team.