The initial stage of the pre-season tournament will be split into eight groups. Each team will play the other teams in their group and then, if they are in a group of three rather than a group of four, an inter-group match. The winner of each group will qualify for the quarter finals, from which point the competition will become a knockout. The groups are as follows: Grace Group Heath Skippos Chewie Morgie Hobbs Group Eds Phlegm Jabba Nino Bradman Group Rusty Howe Baxter Sobers Group Farhat Hunter Mariner Hadlee Group Speirz Boobidy Athlai Imran Group Benny Captain Incey Marshall Group Goat Ritchie Vimes Barnes Group Julian Prez Downes The points system for the group ladders will work the same as the CricSim ladder. In the event of a drawn or tied match in a knockout game, the team which lead on first innings will proceed. In the event of a tied or drawn game with a tied first innings, there will be a re-match.
Wow, the Marshall Group looks soft and the Barnes Group tough. My group not too bad. Chewie's side is pretty meh, and Heef and Skippos aren't really the big guns.
Yeah Hobbs group looks h4x but because teams will be using this comp essentially as a set of trials, it'll come down a lot more to how teams' depth and fringe players go. Big guns unlikely to play much until we get to the quarters I reckon.
You might play Boobidy as well, his group is your inter-group match group. If that makes any sense at all.
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