What is this competition?
It's a cricket tipping competition. For each match in the Champions
Trophy, the aim is to pick the winning team, and the winning margin. At
the end of the tournament, the person with the most correct tips and the
lowest sum of errors in picking the winning margin wins. This is a free
competition, just for fun, so there's no prize except getting your name on
this website.
But how do I choose a winning margin since you can win by either
runs or wickets?
Good question. You just choose a margin in terms of runs. If the team
batting first wins, then it's obvious what to do. But if the team batting
second wins. you know the Duckworth/Lewis method used for recalculating
targets in rain-affected matches? The same system is used here. If a team
wins by X wickets with so many overs to spare, then the winning team's
score is projected as if they had batted out the full 50 overs (or however
many overs they should have batted for if the game has been shortened).
Click here for more information on applying the
Duckworth/Lewis method to completed matches.
How do I tip? And how do I view the results?
You must tip through this website. You can only tip before the start of
each game as published on the website, late tips will not be accepted,
even if the start of the game is delayed due to rain, etc. You can tip as
many times as you like though only the most recent tip will be counted.
If you don't tip, you will not get any points. Note that when you tip it
will ask you for a margin in terms of points - here, points and runs are
the same thing. You will be able to view results on
this website within 24 hours of each match finishing. You can also see
other peoples' tips when the results are published.
Ok, cool, sign me up!
Sorry, registrations are now closed. Come back for the
next competition!
What time zone is used on this website?
Times listed on this website are Australian Western Standard Time
(UTC+0800).