1. At this stage, the Runako Morton Cup (pre-season comp) will likely commence on Saturday. I'll post a lineups thread soon. 2. Second XI cricket will be happening in the season proper. Each squad will be assigned 12 uncontracted players who will be available ONLY for Second XI games, along with any unselected players from the first team. Exceptions will only be granted if all wicket keeping options from a first XI squad are injured. At some point you may be able to promoted a limited numbers of players to your first team squad, although the exact details of this haven't been decided. 3. Injuries will occur in both first XI and second XI matches. For this reason, resting players will be permitted. However, announcement #4 is important to keep in mind when doing this. 4. If a player has not played during the previous round - whether due to injury, being rested or simply not being selected in any grade - he will be considered "underdone" and have his abilities nerfed. Rest players from games at your own risk. 5. The pre-season competition is considered to be one round. Any players who feature in zero trials will be considered underdone for Round 1 of the season proper. Players may be injured in these trials.
r-active get behind in. carn the beers have to decide on a name for the second xi, maybe the shandies
Yeah. Being underdone only lasts for one round. So if it's Round 7, anyone who didn't play Round 6 in either grade for whatever reason is underdone. It's that simple.
Yeah you can rest players if you like but I don't recommend it really as they'll lack match fitness when they're actually playing.