Enter The Bolton News' great new Bolton League Fantasy Cricket Competition

The paper has teamed up with the Bolton Cricket League to create a fantastic fun game.

And, thanks to sponsor Anthony Axford timber merchants of Farnworth, there is a £400 prize on offer to the winner.

A limit of 150 entrants has been set who will each pick a team of 11 players from the 20 teams who will line up in the Bolton League's two divisions this season.

Points will be awarded to the players depending on how well they perform in the 18 league games, and the winning entrant will be the one who amasses the most points throughout the season.

The competition is based on the MVP (Most Valuable Player) statistics from the electronic scoring system CricHQ.

Entrants can select five players from the Premier Division and five players from the Association Division plus one professional from either division.

Each week an updated table will appear on The Bolton News website and in the paper so entrants can keep up with how they stand.

A bowler's unassisted wicket will be worth 2.5 points. A wicket taken with the assistance of a fielder or wicketkeeper will be worth 1.25 points for the bowler and 1.25 points for the fielder or wicketkeeper.

A bowler will be awarded a 10 per cent bonus for each subsequent wicket, and will be rewarded if their economy rate is lower than the team's average and penalised if it is higher.

A fielder will earn 2.5 points for each run out, and a 10 per cent bonus for each subsequent catch or run out.

A batsman will earn 2.5 points for every 25 runs scored, and will be rewarded if their strike rate is higher than the team's average and penalised if it is lower.

Batsmen lower down the order can earn bonuses not available to the batsmen higher in the order.

Only the main Bolton League competition will count towards the points, and players need to be participating to add to their points.

The prize money will be shared if there is more than one winner.

Entry instructions

Select five players from Premier Division clubs and five players from Association Division clubs. One of your players selected must be a wicketkeeper, but only one keeper can be selected.

Select a professional from any division.

Send your list of players along with their unique codes to the email address: raysue11@aol.com along with your name, address and contact details as requested on the form. Alternatively you can post your entry to BCL Fantasy Cricket, 12 Sedgley Drive, Westhoughton, Bolton. BL5 2LT.

If you enter a team by email, you will receive a confirmation of your entry by either text or email.

Rules

Only one entry allowed per person or per club. Maximum number of entries will be 150 teams.

Individual's team names will be the entrant's name. Cricket clubs will use their club name.

There will be one prize of £400 awarded to either a winning club or individual. The award will take place after the end of the 2017 season. Entry is free to any person or any cricket club.

All team entries must be either filled in on the official form or emailed to: raysue11@aol.com

Closing date for all team entries is 12 noon on Friday, May 12 2017.

Teams must consist of the following: five Premier Division players, five Association Division players, one professional or overseas amateur. No more than one player is to be chosen from any club. Entries must include one wicketkeeper in their team selection. Players must be selected from the list of players printed in The Bolton News. Incorrectly selected teams or players will be rejected by the competition organisers.

The Bolton News and competition sponsors Anthony Axford do not have any involvement in the administration of this competition.

The competition will run on Saturdays from May 20 to September 16, 2017 and MVP points can only be scored from Bolton League matches and not T20 or cup matches.

Any player not involved in a first-team league match on a Saturday (either playing second team or not playing at all) will score no MVP points for that week.

List of players to select from:

CODE Player Name Club Type Div

1133 Tom Liversedge Bradshaw NON 1

1134 Stuart Hornby Bradshaw NON 1

1135 Phil Dickinson Bradshaw NON 1

1136 Scott Howarth Bradshaw NON 1

1031 Sachithra Serasinghe Bradshaw PRO 1

1132 Chris Evans Bradshaw WKT 1

1098 Asif Bhojani Eagley NON 1

1099 Jo Baldwin Eagley NON 1

1100 Zaid Patel Eagley NON 1

1101 Will Shuttleworth Eagley NON 1

1013 Agha Salman Eagley PRO 1

1097 Jack Wainman Eagley WKT 1

1114 Nakash Qamar Farnworth NON 1

1115 Imran Mirza Farnworth NON 1

1116 Ross Sutton Farnworth NON 1

1117 Danny Higham Farnworth NON 1

1018 Kamran Younas Farnworth PRO 1

1113 Simon Booth Farnworth WKT 1

1127 David Tonge Farnworth SC NON 1

1128 Chris Barrow Farnworth SC NON 1

1129 Ryan Ayres Farnworth SC NON 1

1130 Richard Dempster Farnworth SC NON 1

1026 Jake Scicluna Farnworth SC PRO 1

1125 Jake O'Byrne Farnworth SC WKT 1

1179 Matt Fray Heaton NON 1

1180 Oliver Sutcliffe Heaton NON 1

1181 Joe Ducker Heaton NON 1

1182 Adam Halton Heaton NON 1

1084 Raheel Majeed Heaton PRO 1

1183 Joe Gatenby Brown Heaton WKT 1

1118 Liam Bones Horwich NON 1

1119 Tom Billington Horwich NON 1

1120 Dean Morris Horwich NON 1

1122 Phil Ingram Horwich NON 1

1015 Brett Pelser Horwich PRO 1

1121 Adam Coates Horwich WKT 1

1107 Grant Cordin Kearsley NON 1

1108 David Mather Kearsley NON 1

1109 Cameron Murray Kearsley NON 1

1110 Rick Hamblett Kearsley NON 1

1012 Devendra Bundela Kearsley PRO 1

1111 Mark Burns Kearsley WKT 1

1161 Dave Flanagan Lostock NON 1

1163 Rob Holgate Lostock NON 1

1164 Nick Jeffs Lostock NON 1

1165 Tom Sheen Lostock NON 1

1162 Steve Hood Lostock WKT 1

1102 Jonathan Fowler Walkden NON 1

1103 Taylor Heyes Walkden NON 1

1104 Tahir Maqsood Walkden NON 1

1105 Syed Shah Walkden NON 1

1014 Luke Schlemmer Walkden PRO 1

1106 Toby Morgan Walkden WKT 1

1185 Rob Houghton Westhoughton NON 1

1186 Danny Naylor Westhoughton NON 1

1187 Kieran Edwards Westhoughton NON 1

1188 Oliver Newby Westhoughton NON 1

1090 Qaiser Abbas Westhoughton PRO 1

1189 Kieran Paisley Westhoughton WKT 1

1291 Simon Trim Adlington NON 2

1292 Jack Shovelton Adlington NON 2

1293 Ben King Adlington NON 2

1294 Iain Critchley Adlington NON 2

1095 Majid Majeed Adlington PRO 2

1296 AJ Van Rensburg Adlington WKT 2

1257 David Cryer Astley Bridge NON 2

1258 Irfan Puda Astley Bridge NON 2

1259 Yasir Rashid Astley Bridge NON 2

1260 Rakeb Mahmood Astley Bridge NON 2

1055 Syd De Silva Astley Bridge PRO 2

1256 Matthew Hargraves Astley Bridge WKT 2

1274 Matt Gallagher Atherton NON 2

1275 Scott Ryan Atherton NON 2

1276 Josh Gilluley Atherton NON 2

1277 Paul Walsh Atherton NON 2

1078 Adeel Baig Atherton PRO 2

1273 Calum Barlow Atherton WKT 2

1268 Graeme Walsh Blackrod NON 2

1270 Mark Glover Blackrod NON 2

1271 Joey Pryle Blackrod NON 2

1272 Joseph Speak Blackrod NON 2

1067 Tushendra De Zoyza Blackrod PRO 2

1269 Zac Burton Blackrod WKT 2

1221 Sam Pendlebury Daisy Hill NON 2

1222 Stephen Hodgkinson Daisy Hill NON 2

1223 Michael Chilton Daisy Hill NON 2

1224 Sean Dunning Daisy Hill NON 2

1020 Adnan Raees Daisy Hill PRO 2

1219 Mark Wood Daisy Hill WKT 2

1207 Scott Burns Darcy Lever NON 2

1208 Chris Fenn Darcy Lever NON 2

1209 Jake Cooper Darcy Lever NON 2

1210 Dominic Gavin Darcy Lever NON 2

1011 Tendai Nyamayaro Darcy Lever PRO 2

1212 Nick Fawcett Darcy Lever WKT 2

1237 Jake Waterworth Golborne NON 2

1238 Lewis Clarke Golborne NON 2

1239 Shahid Mahboob Golborne NON 2

1242 Jack Kidman Golborne NON 2

1040 Faraz Akram Golborne PRO 2

1241 Ciaran Vesey Golborne WKT 2

1251 Suleman Muhammad Little Hulton NON 2

1252 Waqar Khan Little Hulton NON 2

1253 Sajawal Khan Little Hulton NON 2

1254 Billy Schofield Little Hulton NON 2

1049 Fida Hussein Little Hulton PRO 2

1250 Ellis Pearson Little Hulton WKT 2

1243 Josh Gent Little Lever NON 2

1244 Curtis Anderton Little Lever NON 2

1246 Ayaz Hanif Little Lever NON 2

1247 Josh Hill Little Lever NON 2

1048 Adil Nisar Little Lever PRO 2

1245 Adam Carter Little Lever WKT 2

1202 Connor Lord Tonge NON 2

1203 Alex Radzoch Tonge NON 2

1204 Craig Naylor Tonge NON 2

1205 Iqbal Gulzar Tonge NON 2

1006 Tilaksha Malshan Tonge PRO 2

1201 George Leather Tonge WKT 2