The rules

Your XI must contain exactly 11 players from the BHCC squad. Every rule below has to pass at submission and after every substitution.

Composition

• Adult men: maximum 6
• Youth boys (under 17): minimum 3
• Ladies (girls and women, any age): minimum 2
• Wicket-keepers: minimum 1
• Overseas players: maximum 1

Pot quotas

• Pot A: 0 to 3
• Pot B: 0 to 3
• Pot C: minimum 2
• Pot D: minimum 2
• Pot E: minimum 2

Pots, demographic and wicket-keeper status are set on each squad player and shown on the player picker. Inactive players (injured or absent) are still selectable but won't score if they don't play.

• 1 point per run scored
• 10-point bonus when a player reaches 50
• 25-point bonus when a player reaches 100 (replaces the 50 bonus, so a century is worth 35 in bonuses on top of 100 from runs)

• 10 points per wicket
• 2 points per maiden over
• 10-point bonus for taking 3 wickets in an innings
• 25-point bonus for taking 5 wickets in an innings (replaces the 3-fer bonus, so a five-for is worth 35 in bonuses on top of 50 from wickets)

• 5 points per catch
• 5 points per run-out (the BHCC fielder credited with the dismissal)
• 5 points per stumping

• Player of the Match: 10-point bonus
• Shared Player of the Match: 5 points each (when the captains can't split it)
• Spirit of Cricket: 10-point bonus, awarded in youth matches only

Every match has a multiplier that depends on who's playing in it and what level it is. The multiplier applies once per (player, match) pair and never stacks.

• 1.25× when a youth player (boy or girl) plays an adult match (men's or ladies'), or when a senior lady plays in a men's match. Rewards anyone playing up an age group or level.
• 0.5× on the per-event points (runs, wickets, maidens, fielding) in a youth match. Achievement bonuses (50, 100, 3-fer, 5-fer, Player of the Match, Spirit of Cricket) are credited at full value, not halved.
• 1.0× in every other case (adult men in men's matches, senior ladies in ladies' matches, etc.).

Worked example: a youth girl takes 4-for-12 with one maiden in an under-13 match. Per-event points = 0 + (4 × 10) + 2 = 42, halved to 21. Bonuses = 10 (3-fer). Final fantasy total = 31.

Hardball matches that BHCC players appear in count towards fantasy scoring. Non-eligible fixtures (Sunday socials, indoor cricket, inter-club friendlies and Slam) do not. The admin marks each match as eligible or ignored.

A match has to be marked as scored by the admin before its points appear on the leaderboard. Points are recomputed automatically when stats, awards, or substitutions change.

There are three substitution windows during the season, one at the end of each of May, June and July. You can swap up to three players out and three players in during each window. Composition rules must still pass after each individual swap, and substitutions take effect on the day the window closes.

The full self-serve transfers experience is coming soon. In the meantime the admin will process requests by hand.

Teams submitted before the grace period (end of May) score from the first eligible match of the season onwards. Teams submitted after the grace period only score from their submission date, so getting in early matters.