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PakPassion Cricket League is now back again with starting from the scratch and it's first season in a few weeks and we're looking to recruit some new players to play for one of the 6-8 existing teams. The previous five PPCL seasons and three PCL seasons were fantastic, and had some extremely fun, joyous, exciting, nail biting moments. The league is looking to expand, and with many exciting features, we want you to be part of the fun, so why should you miss out? Come and join in the fun here.
What is PakPassion Cricket League (PPCL)?
It's simple. It's just like real cricket, but it's online on this forum. You, the members of this forum, will be the players who play for teams. Once you've signed up (see below), you'll be drafted into a team by one of the teams captains and your details will be entered into a simulator (sim). You will be handed contracts by your captain. These contracts decide what average you will receive on the sim as well as what your salary will be (not real money, just virtual). The better the contract, the better the average and salary. Matches are then simulated on the sim, where you can follow how well you and your team are going, how many wickets you've taken or how many runs you've scored. The sim produces ball by ball commentary, just like you see on cricinfo, as well as scorecards. Your real life cricketing ability does not determine how good you are on the sim. Your batting abilities can be as good as Saeed Ajmal's in real life, but in PPCL, you could be as good as Sir Don Bradman!
What next?
Once the sign ups is over (see below), a draft will take place where captains take it in turns to pick players for their teams from the sign up list. Once teams have been picked, contracts will be handed out to the players by their captains (as explained above). From my experience, the most established or more authorative members of the forum receive the higher contracts.
Once this is complete, the season will begin. There will be a First Class (5-day), One Day and Twenty20 competition. Depending on the number of sign ups we receive, we might add more teams.
Tips
If you consider yourself to be a newer member of the forum in comparison to the other players, then I advise that you don't sign up as an All Rounder. Why? Chances are you will receive a low contract and all rounders with low contracts do not perform very well. Only all rounders with higher contracts tend to do well.
In the draft thread, please be enthusiastic but not annoying. By annoying I mean don't constantly say "I want to be picked" "Someone pick me" "I want to be in this team" "Can you pick me please?". It doesn't look good on yourself and the chances are you will be picked towards the end (or not picked at all). That might also be considered as spamming.
To make yourself stand out to being picked, improve your posting quality throughout the forum. Also remain active. If you sign up this competition and then become inactive or are less active, chances are that the captains will be reluctant to pick you.
Once the matches begin, support and cheer your team in the match threads. There will also be a team thread specific to your team to discuss your clubs performances, amongst other things. We also love friendly banter, so don't shy away from ribbing your opposition, but please keep it within limits and don't go overboard.
How do I sign up?
It's simple, just follow the template below:
Name: (Your username)
Player Type: Batsman/Bowler/Wicketkeeper
Bowling Style: Fast/Fast Medium/Medium/Off Spin/Leg Spin/Slow Left Arm (also include which hand you bowl with)
Batting Hand: Right Hand or Left Hand.
For example:
Name: Batman
Player Type: Bowler
Bowling Style: Right Arm Leg Spin
Batting Hand: Right Hand Bat
If you missed to sign up before the draft, you can still sign up, you will go into the draft or post-draft.
Those who already signed up in the previous PPCL Tournament are not required to sign up again.
Sign up and enjoy!
If you have any questions, please visit the forum in the 'The PPCL 2020 Forum' section below link:
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/forumdisplay.php?102-The-PPCL-2020-Forum
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His skills will do quite fine
