1. Select 14 players from the actual squads in the series
2. A maximum of 8 players can be selected from the same country. This is the only restriction when selecting players
3. Players are available for selection from each innings in a test match.
   So you can select Sachin Tendulkar (I) ( only his performance in India's 1st Innings of the test match will count)
   or you can select Sachin Tendulkar (II) ( only his performance in India's 2nd Innings of the test match will count)
   or you can select both!!
4. Decide on the Bowling & Batting Orders of your playing 11
5. Assign 3 Substitutes ( to be used during or after the live match )
6. Use the Declaration Drop Down to set or change your Declaration score (select 0 if you DO NOT want to DECLARE your innings)

1. A cricket scorecard will be created for you for each Match in the series
2. Your players' scores and bowling figures from the LIVE matches are updated in REAL TIME into your scorecard.
3. Each scorecard will use the Batting & Bowling Orders YOU assigned. These decisions will determine whether you WIN, LOSE or DRAW your Fantasy Test Match™

1. A Win - your bowlers must take 10 wickets within the overs available for less runs than your batsmen have scored
2. A Loss - your bowlers give more runs than your batsmen have scored.
3. A Draw - your bowlers give less runs than your batsmen have scored but they dont take 10 wickets

ODI (50 Over Match) Example

Your batsmen score a total of 265 runs in 50 overs, if your bowlers take 10 wickets or bowl 50 overs and give less than 265 runs, you win your Fantasy Cricket Match^TM (Just Like a Real Cricket Match!)

1. The balls faced by your batsmen will be deducted from the total overs available
2. Your bowlers will only have the remaining overs to get the 10 wickets required to win your Fantasy test match.

Batting Order Rules & Strategy Example

In the example on the right, notice Afridi has scored 100 runs of 50 balls, but in the fantasy column only 20 runs are counted, this is because the batsmen above him in the assigned batting order have played 290 balls, leaving Afridi to face only 10 balls out of the available 300 balls in a 50 Over game!!
Using his strike rate in this innings we know he would score 20 runs in 10 balls.
So most of Afridi's great innings has gone to waste for this fantasy team, had he been assigned a higher batting order say in place of Angleo Matthews all his runs would have counted and the fantasy team would have scored much more than 240 in the 50 overs.
Also notice Sangakkara, Johnson and Murali's scores are being ignored this is because 50 overs have already been played by the batsmen above so there are no balls left in this fantasy match for these players to bat!!
So think before assigning your batting order!!

1. Your team will bat till the declaration score is reached unless they are dismissed for less
2. Once the declaration total is reached, runs scored and balls faced by remaining batsmen in your batting order will be IGNORED
What If a batsmen's innings from the live match,causes your team to cross the declaration score?
3. If a batsmen's innings causes your team to cross the Declaration score, the batsmen's strike rate will be used to determine his score for your fantasy test match(Shown in the fantasy column) and his runs scored and balls faced will be reduced to ensure your team does not cross the declaration score

Declaring and Batting Order Strategy Example

In this example on the right, notice Murali's live match figures are 8 overs for 30 runs taking 4 wickets, but his figures in the fantasy match are 4 overs for 15 runs with 2 wickets.This is becuase the players above him have taken 8 wickets so only 2 are needed from Murali to get the opposition All Out!!
Also notice Suresh Raina's expensive bowling figures are being ignored as 10 wickets have already been taken by the players above him so the 'opposition' score will not include the runs conceded by Raina as they are All Out!
This has resulted in a modest 190/10 in 40 overs for the 'fantasy' opposition.Had Raina been assigned a bowling order above Murali, his runs conceded would have been added to the fantasy opposition score.So think before assigning your bowling order!!

TIP: Remember you can get wickets through run outs too and keepers are the mostly likely players to remove the bails those of you with a keen eye may have noticed Sangakkara's figures on the right

1. Once10 wickets are taken , runs conceded by remaining bowlers in your bowling line up will be IGNORED!
2. Runouts also count as wickets. Only the player responsible for dislodging the bails will be credited with the run out. Runouts are added to the Wickets column of players in your bowling line up
What If a bowlers's live match figures,causes your team to take more than 10 wickets?
3. If a Bowler's Live Match figures, causes your team to take more than 10 wickets, then his average and economy rate in the Live Match will be used to determine his fantasy bowling figures (Shown in the fantasy column) and his overs bowled,runs conceded and wickets taken will be reduced to ensure your team does not take more than 10 wickets.

Bowling Order Rules & Strategy Example

In this example on the right, notice Murali's live match figures are 8 overs for 30 runs taking 4 wickets, but his figures in the fantasy match are 4 overs for 15 runs with 2 wickets.This is becuase the players above him have taken 8 wickets so only 2 are needed from Murali to get the opposition All Out!!
Also notice Suresh Raina's expensive bowling figures are being ignored as 10 wickets have already been taken by the players above him so the 'opposition' score will not include the runs conceded by Raina as they are All Out!
This has resulted in a modest 190/10 in 40 overs for the 'fantasy' opposition.Had Raina been assigned a bowling order above Murali, his runs conceded would have been added to the fantasy opposition score.So think before assigning your bowling order!!

TIP: Remember you can get wickets through run outs too and keepers are the mostly likely players to remove the bails those of you with a keen eye may have noticed Sangakkara's figures on the right

Substitutions During Live Matches

1. You can use your subs during the live cricket match to replace players in your starting 11 that have not yet batted or bowled or taken a run out in the live cricket match.
2. Your substitutes can be used even if  they have already batted or bowled.
3. Substitutes take on the bowling and batting order of the player they replace in your starting 11
   
4. Click on the orange substitution icon to select your substitute, you will then have the option to confirm or undo your sub.
   

Substitutions After the Live Match

1. You can use your substitutes to replace players in your starting 11 that did not get to play in the live match
2. Substitutions are allowed until Midnight GMT the day after the Live Match ends.
3. If all players in your starting 11 have batted or bowled or take a run out in the live match, then you will not be able to use any of your substitutes AFTER the live match is over

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