As of 10am today, the 2004 Fantasy Cricket competition has officially started. There are 7 county matches kicking off, and these matches will be the first to be considered for fantasy points.
If you haven't yet entered a team, then contact me with a proposed team, and I'll look at adding it (with or without a 'late entry' fine!).
Good luck to everyone for the season.
Now that the English cricket season is well underway, the yule.org Fantasy Cricket season is once again ready for your team selection.
As with every other summer since 1995, you can enter your own team of English-based players to make up your fantasy cricket team, and then follow their progress through the Summer. You also have the chance to compete with all the other people in the competition for that coveted title 'Fantasy Cricket Manager of the Year 2004'.
Go to the homepage to read the rules and enter your team. The rules are the same as last year, and so it should be quite familiar to you all.
Because I want to include the 1st Test Match in the competition, I'm aiming to start the competition on this Wednesday (19th May). THIS ONLY GIVES YOU 3 DAYS TO ENTER YOUR TEAM! I will probably allow late entries. If you have a good excuse - but I reserve the right to deduct a few points from any late entries which start with a suspiciously high score.
Update: The competition will start on Tuesday 25th May. This means the first test between England and New Zealand will not be included, but it will give a few more people time to enter their teams.
As with other (inferior) Fantasy competitions, teams are made up of current cricketers, and the performance of each fantasy team is based on the actual performance of the players. Features of this competition are: