Time for some leather on willow

As spring finally arrives in the UK and the smell of freshly cut grass permeates it’s time to turn our attention to Fantasy Cricket!

For those of you not in the know Cricket is a statistically rich sport that lends itself very well to a fantasy game much like Baseball does.
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Beckham or De Rosario? Angel or Emilio?

Tomorrow sees the start of MLS 2008 and ESPNsoccernet have launched a new fantasy game that covers the regular season and the play-offs.

It’s a squad based game where you have to build a squad of 15 players (2 keepers, 5 defenders, 5 midfielders and 3 strikers) with a $100 million budget.
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Work hard. Play harder.

With all of these game reviews on the Dream League blog, it appears that all we do is look at a game and check what it is like to play them in the run up to the game.

Not so! We also take part in as many games as we possibly can - and on the odd occasion, we do quite well! We all have our specialties, and although I am falling far behind all the colleagues on the football front, the fantasy cricket game on found at cricinfo.com is another story! (click the image to enlarge)

Number 1!

This is the first time I have ever been on top of an overall leaderboard at any stage of any game, and it comes after the entire one day series, and the first test! To say I am quite proud of myself is an understatement, but now comes the extremely difficult task of keeping that number one spot!

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ITV Fantasy F1 Review

Game: ITV Fantasy F1

Website: http://f1fantasy.itv.com/

Sponsor: N/A

ITV Fantasy F1

In the words of Monty Python, “And now for something completely different…” ITV’s fantasy F1 game is very different from what traditional Fantasy F1 players will be used to. The selection process is different. The scoring is different. The prizes are different. Even the website is different - and it is all for the better…
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