Logan Cup Points System

[maehara]

I know a few people were wondering, so...

Points will be allocated as detailed below:
1. Outright win: 10
2. Tie or draw on double innings: 6
3. First innings points will be awarded only for batting and bowling performances in the first 100 overs of each first innings regardless of the result of the match as follows:

i. Batting bonus points: 1 point will be awarded upon reaching 175 runs. 1 point will then be awarded thereafter for every 50 runs scored.

ii. Bowling bonus points: One point each to be awarded for the fall of the 3rd, 5th,7th and 9th wickets. Only a maximum of 4 points shall be awarded.

If play starts with less than 10 hours of playing time remaining, a one innings match will be played. No bonus points will be awarded and the winning team will be awarded 6 points.

[Train Driver]

Thanks for that maehara.

What a strange scoring system though, two sides could grind out a real bore draw and pick up 6 points each while another can put in a brilliant display of batting and bowling for a win and only collect an additional 4 points, scoring systems like this are often the guilty party to teams just playing out draws instead of making that extra effort for a result.

Whatever the rules are, and they are the same for each side, it will be down to our 5 captains and the coaches to make the games as positive as possible, these first two games have both been exciting results so the season has got off to a great start

[Train Driver]

Yes, i know, it's me back again

cricinfo, i thnk i'm right in saying, does make the odd error every now and again .......

According to their Logan Cup points table Rhinos are top, , with 14 points, HOW ?

Rhinos 1st innings was 319 off 108 overs, so surely that must have been 3 points, Tuskers all out in 77.2 overs must mean all 4 bowling points, plus the 10 points for a win equals 17 points.

Does this all mean that good old cric(dis)info is back at work or have ZC fined Rhinos 3 points for being too good ?

[maehara]

Well spotted. The official ZC log table has Rhinos on 17pts:
http://www.test.zimcricket.org/?inc=art_2-0&link=589

[Train Driver]

Thank heavens for that, i know Rhinos are good, but being deducted points each game for being TOO good .......

[maehara]

Thank heavens for that, i know Rhinos are good, but being deducted points each game for being TOO good .......

By the looks of it, the rest of us are going to need all the help we can get... !
::wonders how the Rhinos / Eagles match is going::

[maehara]

....aaaand it's been fixed.
http://www.cricinfo.com/zimdomestic-09/ ... 14291.html

[Train Driver]

You are a man with great influence maehara ........

[maehara]

You are a man with great influence maehara ........

...but lacking in maths skills, as I hadn't spotted that before you pointed it out. Fear the ZCN/ZCF readership, I say. Although using my zimcricketnews.com email address when making queries does seem to work a whole lot better than using my old gmail one...