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Competition/match types

The Cup

The Cup competition is a straight knockout tournament.
The number of teams in the competition depends on the number of levels in the country:

Divisions in country	Teams in country	Teams in Cup	Cup Rounds
2	40	32	5
3	168	128	7
4	680	512	9
5	2728	2048	11

Seeding is based upon the previous seasons league placing so the reigning league champions are top seed.
Once seeding reaches Div II all teams who finished in each position (i.e. all 1st place, all 2nd place,) in each division are compared in terms of points gained and Net RR if required.

So the highest Series II winners is seed 9, the lowest 12. The highest second place is seeded 13 and the lowest 16, while the highest III winner is ranked 41, and so on until we reach the last team to fill the quota.
The first round cup draw is done simply by putting the highest seed against the lowest, the second against the next lowest and so on.
If the highest seeded teams wins then they will play the lowest remaining seed in the next round. If however, they lose, then the lowest seed still is the lowest seed; the seeding is fixed for the whole competition and so it doesn't take the seeding of the league champion.
Therefore they will play the highest remaining seed in the next round.
However the tie will always be played at the lower seeds ground.

During the IRC Q&A on 3 Sep 2006, Allan stated:
"Can we have a random cup draw? Yes - not sure when though."

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League matches

You will play fourteen league games per season, split home and away with seven other teams.
Four premiership points are awarded for a win, two for a tie, and none for a loss.
As a separator, Net Run Rate (Net RR) is used.

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20/20 Cup (BT20) matches

The Twenty20 (also known as BT20) Cup competition is a global tournament that takes place at the end of each season. Every team that is managed by a real user, ie not bot controlled, at the end of the domestic league season is entered automatically into the cup.

The first round of the cup is a round robin where you play against 3 other teams from your own country with only the top team going through to the next stage, which is a global knockout. The group winner is determined by points then net run rate.

As there are likely to be a strange number of teams left in the competition, there will be some byes awarded in the next round, but after that, it's a straight knockout to find the world BT20 champion team.

There is NO seeding in this competition at all. Each round is drawn on a random basis.

The rest of the playing conditions are very similar to the 50 over version apart from there are only 6 overs of fielding restrictions at the start of the match, bowlers can only bowl 4 overs each and you will not be able to select a bowling strategy at this point. All teams will use the same strategy which is set out as below:

Over #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Bowler #	1	2	1	2	3	2	3	4	5	4	5	3	5	3	5	4	1	4	1	2

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Friendly matches

Once you are out of the Cup, you can challenge any team (including foreign sides) who are also no longer involved in their countries cup to a home or away friendly.
International friendlies can only be arranged from Tuesday through to Saturday, and all domestic challenges must be accepted before the matchday (Sunday). Any challenges accepted on the Sunday will be booked for the following week.

If you have played a friendly, then you cannot accept challenges, or challenge other sides until after the Monday update.
Obviously a friendly match doesn't attract such a large crowd as a competitive match, nor provide the same level of experience to players due to the lower stakes, but it will help keep them in good touch.

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First Class (3 day) matches

You will be able to change match orders at the end of each day's play.

Attendance/income levels should be pretty close to the FC subsidy received in the seasons before FC matches were introduced, though clubs with large numbers of fans may earn slightly more.

During the IRC Q&A on 17 Jul 2007, Allan stated:
"FC matches will be introduced next season (Sept 2007) unless there are extremely exceptional circumstances."

During the IRC Q&A on 17 Oct 2006, Allan stated
"Cant really say yet when FC games will come in, so cant really commit either way on this".
Also, in relation to the FC league series currently in existence: "I expect that they will stay the same".

During the IRC Q&A on 3 Sep 2006, Allan stated:
"FC league tables give the impression that the bottom four teams will be relegated without a playoff game. Is this correct? Yes, this will be the case."

During the IRC Q&A on 3 Sep 2006, Allan stated:
"Will we have 6th bowler option? Not for OD games, but yes for FC games."
"How many overs per day in FC matches? 110 overs each day, so a 330 over match."
"When will we be able to adjust FC orders during the game? At close of play only."
"Will we be able to set certain targets to declare at?" Yes."
"Will there be default FC orders or will a managerless team just keep on batting?" Yes there will be default orders."
"Re FC attendances - if a team is absoltuely dominant after the 2nd day, would there be any difference in the attendance on the 3rd day? No - I will not be penalising teams for dominating a match."

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