KFL4 Ashes 2015

Scoring Rules for KFL4 - Ashes'15

KCC Fantasy League -3

Scoring Rules for KFL3 Indian Premier League 8

1. One point for each run scored.
2. 25 Points for every wicket.
3. 25 points for every run out for players whose name appears in scorecard at EspnCricinfo. In case of two names appearing in Scorecard, points will be devided. Wicketkeepers will not get run out points even if their name appear in scorecard. 
4. Points earned by a player will be shared amongst KFL members. ( For example - If 5 members have player 'A' in thier team. If player 'A' gets 100 points, each member will get 100/5=20 Points. 
5. Wickets reward - For every wicket or run out after first wicket or run out, bonus 20 points shall be given. 
6. Economy Rate reward = (1.25 x Number of deliveries bowled)  - Total runs conceded.
7. Strike rate reward = Number of runs scored - Number of balls faced
8. Member can choose any cricketer as part of his team. Members can give list of maximum 11 players to begin with. During any point, scores of maximum 11 players will be counted. Maxium five foreign players are allowed per team.
9. At the start of tournament, value of each cricketer shall be set to zero. It will change as per his performance in series. It will be equal to his KFL points. KFL shall access performance of cricketrs in all matches based on above rules. Cricketrs shall earn a price tag equal to their KFL score. 
10. There shall be two slots for placing substitute request during group stages of IPL8. 
• April 22, 2015 - From 0000 Hrs to1600 Hrs. 
• May 05, 2015 -  From 0000 Hrs to2000 Hrs.
11. After last league match members can give substitute request at any time. Time of taking substitution request its effect will be from next match start (i.e. First ball being bowled). 
12. Upon substitute execution, member will retain points earned by outgoing player but points equal to KFL score of new player shall be deduced from his score.
13. No limit on number of substitute that a member can make.

KFL3 Predict and Score

 Predict and SCORE compition is part of KFL3 IPL8. Points earned through P&S shall be clubbed together to declare winners of KFL3 as a whole. 

2. Members have to predict top four teams, finalists and Champion. In all, seven predictions to be given.

3. One entry per member will be allowed and 'X' points will be added to spool per entry. (For example 10 entries, with say 50 points per entry, will create pool of 500 points)

4. Total points in spool will be devided in three parts. Top Four Pool - 25% of Total, Finalists Pool - 25% of Total, Champions Pool - 50% of total. (Example - From 500 points in pool, 125 Points each will be given to Top Four Pool and Finalist pool, 250 Points will be given to Champions pool)

5. Top Four pool will be further devided in four equal parts (S1, S2, S3,S4). Similarly, finalists pool will be devided into half for two finalists (F1 & F2). (Example - S1=S2=S3=S4= 125/4 = 31.25, F1=F2=125/2=62.5)

6. Only members who will predict correct answers for Top Four pool, finalists and championship will be awarded points. 

7. Point earned by member = S(respective pool number) or F( Respecticve pool number) or Points in Championship Pool devided by number of correct entries in corresponding  pool. (Example - Correct entries for Semifinalist no 2 = 4, Points earned by each entry = 31.25/4= 7.8125; Correct entries for Finalist no 1 = 3, Points earned by each entry = 62.5/3= 20.84 ; Correct entries for Championship = 5, Points earned by each entry = 250/5= 50 )

8. Entries to be given before before 05:00 pm on May 13, 2015, IST.

Forms for Predict and Score will be available shortly.

What next ?

KFL 2 : ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Story behind KFL 2

Rule Changes for KFL2 WC2015 Knockout Stage

WC 2015 League matches will be over on March 15 and KFL will enter business end of tournament. There will be changes in bonus scoring rules for knockout stage matches.

Wickets reward - For every extra wicket or runout, half bonus point will be given. 

Economy Rate Reward/Penalty- The difference of first innings run rate and bowler's economy rate shall be added to bowler's score if bowler has bowled more than 8% of innings overs. If bowler's economy rate is more than innings run rate, the difference will be deduced from bowler's score as a penalty.

Case 1 - Shami Eco Rate = 4.5, Innings RR = 6. Reward Point = 6-4.5 = +1.5

Case 2 - Shami Eco Rate = 7.5, Innings RR = 6. Penalty Point = 6-7.5 = -1.5

Strike rate Reward/Penalty - Applicable for batsman who has faced 13% of balls in innings or scored more than or equal to 10% of his team's total. Batsman strike rate shall be converted to runrate equivalent ( Runs x 6 / Balls faced). The difference of strike rate and innings runrate will be given as reward point. If batsman's strike rate is lower than innings run rate, difference will be deduced from batsman's score as penalty.

Case 1 - Dhoni 95R(45b), Innings RR = 6. Reward Point =(95x6/45)-6 = +6.66. 

Total Points = 3.8 (For 95 runs) + 6.66 = + 10.46

Case 2 - Dhoni 20R(45b), Innings RR = 6. Penalty Point = (20x6/45)-7= -2.66 

Total Points = 0.8 (For 20 runs) - 2.66 = - 1.87

Important - For Semifinals, rate of normal scoring, wickets, wickets bonus and rate of reward/penalty shall be double.

Case 1  - Dhoni 95R(45b), Innings RR = 6. Reward Point = 2 x [(95x6/45)-6] = +13.33. 

Total Points = 7.6 (For 95 runs) + 13.33 = + 20.93 

Case 2 - Shami - 10 Overs - 3 Wickets @ ER 4.2 Match RR = 6.0 

For 3 wickets, 8 Points + ER bonus 2 x (6.0-4.2) = +3.6. Total +11.6

Rest of rules will remain same. 

KFL2 WC2015 Predict and Score

KCC started Predict & Score compition almost a year back with Loksabha elections. On similar lines, KFL2 WC2015 will have predict and score compition. Members will have to predict four semifinalists, two finalists and a champion. Following are rules for Predict and Score part of KFL. 

1. Predict and SCORE compition is part of KFL2 WC2015. Points earned through P&S shall be clubbed together to declare winners of KFL2 as a whole. 

2. Members have to predict semifinalists, finalists and Champion. In all, seven predictions to be given.

3. One entry per member will be allowed and 'X' points will be added to spool per entry. (For example 10 entries, with say 50 points per entry, will create pool of 500 points)

4. Total points in spool will be devided in three parts. Semifinalist Pool - 25% of Total, Finalists Pool - 25% of Total, Champions Pool - 50% of total. (Example - From 500 points in pool, 125 Points each will be given to Semifinalists Pool and Finalist pool, 250 Points will be given to Champions pool)

5. Semifinalists pool will be further devided in four equal parts for each semifinalist (S1, S2, S3,S4). Similarly, finalists pool will be devided into half for two finalists (F1 & F2). (Example - S1=S2=S3=S4= 125/4 = 31.25, F1=F2=125/2=62.5)

6. Only members who will predict correct answers for semifinalists, finalists and championship will be awarded points. 

7. Point earned by member = S(respective pool number) or F( Respecticve pool number) or Points in Championship Pool devided by number of correct entries in corresponding  pool. (Example - Correct entries for Semifinalist no 2 = 4, Points earned by each entry = 31.25/4= 7.8125; Correct entries for Finalist no 1 = 3, Points earned by each entry = 62.5/3= 20.84 ; Correct entries for Championship = 5, Points earned by each entry = 250/5= 50 )

8. Entries to be given before Start of Quarter Final 1 i.e. Before 09:00 am on March 18, 2015, IST.

Forms for Predict and Score will be available at 18:00 on March 15, 2015.

KFL WC2015 : General Rules

1. One point each for 25 runs, a wicket and a run out. 
2. BONUS Points -
1. Wickets reward - Each extra wicket or a run out shall earn half bonus point. 
2. Economy Rate reward - Difference of first innings run rate and bowler's economy rate shall be added to bowler's score if bowler has bowled more than 8% of innings overs and match run rate is more than bowler's economy rate. 
3. Strike rate reward - Top three batsman scoring more than 50 runs with strike rate better than match run rate (Total Match runs /Total Match overs) shall be awarded a bonus point each.
3. Member can choose any cricketer as part of his team provided his scores are updated on official website of broadcaster. Members can give list of maximum 11 players to begin with. During any point, scores of maximum 11 players will be counted. 
4. Player value -
1. At the start of tournament, value of each cricketer shall be set to zero. It will change as per his performance in series. It will be equal to his KFL points.
2. KFL shall access performance of cricketers in all matches based on above rules. Cricketers shall earn a price tag equal to their KFL score. 
5. There shall be two slots for placing substitute request during group stages of WC2015. 
1. February 23, 2015 - From 0000 Hrs to 2359 Hrs.
2. March 05, 2015 -  From 0000 Hrs to 2359 Hrs.
6. After last league match members can give substitute request at any time. Time of taking substitution request its effect will be from next match start (i.e. First ball being bowled).
7. Upon substitute execution, member will retain points earned by outgoing player but points equal to KFL score of new player shall be deduced from his score.
8. No limit on number of substitute that a member can make.

Requesting all members to give team list via form available at - 

Form for team submission KFL2 WC2015

Legacy options of team submission are still open.

Click here to see submitted teams

Story behind KFL 2

I don't exactly recall who called whom but it was February 09, 2015 when first discussion for KFL WC 2015 took place between Samanasamitee members. 

I had planned for limited version of KFL for World Cup...... only for Knockout stages. During KFL Down Under, it was clear that biggest hurdle in managing KFL was substitute requests. Members showed inclination to changing players very frequently. Therefore, there was an idea of putting price on substitute. 

Shirya agreed to idea of putting KFL score as price for substitute request. First set of rules with reward point for bowlers were agreed upon. We decided to remove cap on number of substitute requests and let members decide upon it based on their budget. 

Shirya wanted this version of KFL to be bigger that KFL Down Under since it was once in a four year tournament. Paid substitute was likely to limit substitute requests. Still question remained.... How to manage flow of substitute requests? Then there came an idea about 'Substitute Window'. 

So it was 'Substitute window' which made job much more simpler for me. I had to manage substitute requests only for three days. And suddenly KFL WC 2015 became viable proposition for group matches. 

Excel sheets with primary rules were made ready during tri-series itself. Formulae were checked & verified. 

After first substitute window, it was realised that players are likely to become costly to purchase after group stages. There could have been tendancy to keep player list unchanged if there is no scope for recovery of purchase price in knockout stages. Also, bowlers were getting advantage over batsman. 

During one of the group chat Salya commented something about negative scoring. It was a thought to be a good idea, to introduce penalty for poor performing players.... This was anticipated to make toppers in KFL charts vulnerable to slow scoring and poor economy rate. In addition, to boost substitute requests, scoring rate was decided to be doubled for Semifinals. 

KCC initiated contests for group members from Loksabha elections. It was eventual to introduce same for WC2015. Shirya proposed it to be clubbed with KFL scoring. But it was agreed upon to move away from traditional fixed scoring structure for predict and score. Thus came pooling of points. 

I must accept, predict and Score was test for KFL WC2015 contest's interest. It was going to test how much we were able to keep interests of members alive after 42 matches. We were surprised to get 19 predictions out of 20 members who have participated in KFL. It was phenomenal. 

It became an additional responsibility to keep it interesting till end of finals. members had selected players from five to six teams while going into semifinals. There was a likelihood of members going into finals with only five to six players. Paid substitute was hurdle as there was no probability of return of purchase price. Double scoring rate was hardly going to help.

After India's semifinal loss, Shirya came up with idea of one free substitute. we ended up modifying scheme with buy one get one free. Scoring rate were quadrupled. 

This seems to have helped keeping interest in KFL alive even after WC is over. 

In the end, I will sum it up with a theory - 

It is practical to run on a turf....it gets difficult on sand and becomes impossible on water. It is feedback we get from surface that pushes us ahead. And it is poor in sand and non existent over water. 

So it is response from group members that has made this version of KFL a success. Had it been cold, I doubt if we could have made it beyond group stages.

Thank you all members for making this version a great success. This world cup will long be cherished. 

All the best,

Abhijit & Shrinivas

Coming soon ......