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July 9, 2008

Posted by Avinash Subramaniam at 4:53 AM in Eng v SA (2008)

Eng v South Africa - TLU

The Harry Potters
AJ Strauss
IR Bell
HM Amla
AB de Villiers
KP Pietersen (TP)
SCJ Broad
MV Boucher
M Ntini
MS Panesar
DW Steyn
M Morkel

This time, I decided not to go with the option of picking two fantasy teams. I realised the last few times I hedged my bets I ended up weakening both my teams. For this series, I'm putting all my eggs in one team. Keep an eye out for The Harry Potters Trumped by KP.

Shane Watson of the Eng v South Africa Series Award (SWESAW) of the series:
Hashim Amla - 85000_FMs

ACRONYM Helper (AH): The 'Shane Watson Followed By The Name Of The Series Award' (SWFBTNOTSAW) is a prestigious honour instituted in the name of the legendary IPL Star Shane Watson for profoundly impacting the Price/Rewards equation in the sphere of fantasy cricket; suggested reading for those who'd like to acquaint themselves with the Shane Watson Effect (SWE).

HAT-tip (HT): To the guys who've worked out the _FM cost for each of the players. Unlike in the case of the Asia Cup where it turned out to be too easy to put together a team of players with the allotted _FMs or in the Australia v West Indies series where it was too hard, the _FM player-value equation in this series has been just right. Or so it seems. (Maybe it also helped that I chose to assemble only one team.)

 
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Posted by: BJ at July 9, 2008 8:48 AM

Where are the prizes..My Venomspitters is eager to take on ur Harry Potters.Watch out for Venomspitters has always been in the top teams that have played fantasy

Posted by: CMIS at July 10, 2008 12:06 PM

Watch out for cmis 421. Don't think pietersen will do much this series

Posted by: jimmy singh at July 19, 2008 7:43 PM

i have come from 1500 to 188 watch out trump player styne WATCH OUT ((PG)) has arrived

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Avinash Subramaniam
Avinash Subramaniam always wanted to be a cricket writer and travel the world. After completing his MBA from Mumbai, he has been an advertising writer, fiction writer, poetry writer, freelance writer and serial wronger. He is currently Community Manager and a few other things at Cricinfo. Someday he hopes to be a cricket writer and travel the world.
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