ASHES FANTASY TEAM – pick your team from the best players of England and Australia

Welcome to the biggest and best competition of 2009! please fill out and submit the form below! Firstly though please check the very important rules!

Rules

You must select a team of players consisting of 11 unique players from the squads provided.
You can choose any player in any position you want.
They will only gets points for the category you select them in.
You must choose your result for the Tie Breaker question
You must enter a valid E-mail address as this is how we will contact you if you win so we can organise your prize.
All entries will be checked manually so please try and adhere to the above rules! If you select a player more than once and you do not respond to contact from the competition admins then you will be left with a blank slot!
I have a squad list for Australia but England are yet to name theirs. I have added all the usual suspects so it is up to you to choose who will play. If there is any queries over who you have selected you will be contacted. If you select a player and he is injured before the competition starts you may contact me (Jonathan Edwards) to organise a swap.
Once the competition starts on 8th July 2009 all teams are fixed and no more entries or changes can be made.
Cricinfo will be used for all official stats used in the competition

Points

The 2006-7 example stats can be found HERE. NOTE the team below might not have won but is just given as an example.

Number	Description	Points	2006-7 Example
1	Batting average	Value of average	Mike Hussey (91.6)
2	Batting average	Value of average	Ricky Ponting (82.28)
3	Runs scored	1 point per run	Matthew Hayden (413)
4	Runs scored	1 point per run	Kevin Pietersen (490)
5	Individual innings score	1 point per run	Paul Collingwood (206)
6	Batting strike rate	Value of strike rate	Adam Gilchrist (101.77)
7	Catches taken	1 point per catch	Chris Read (11)
8	Wickets taken	1 point per wicket	Stuart Clark (26)
9	Number of maidens bowled	1 point per maiden	Glenn McGrath (65)
10	Expensive bowler	1 point per run conceeded	Shane Warne (698)
11	Overs bowled	1 point per over bowled	Brett Lee (196.5)

Entry Fee

Entry as previously will be £10 for adults or £5 if you pay a junior subscription. The prefered payment method is via Paypal (£10 only) where you can pay securely online with a credit/debit card. This is done at the next stage after you submit your team details. Alternatively you can pay by cheque or cash to Jonathan Edwards in person.

Prizes

1st prize as before will be 50% of the overall takings of the competition. The more people that enter the more you win so sign up all your friends and family!
2nd & 3rd prizes are currently being sourced and will be announced when available
Last Place will get a wooden spoon! (if you win it there is no claiming that is what you were aiming for the whole time!)

NOW ON WITH THE COMPETITION!

Please make your selections and click submit at the bottom of the form.