Test Cricket — Season Six
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The Global Cricket Federation is pleased to confirm that the new Test season will soon be upon us, to be assisted technically by the Liventian Cricketing Board of Authority.
There will be 15 scorination blocks, as per last year. Dates are TO BE CONFIRMED (but please bear in mind, starting no earlier than the RL Cricket World Cup – teams that cease to exist before matches are scorinated will have their games removed) so please simply schedule using the matchweek number:
Matchweek 1
• Liventia in Gruenberg [1 of 3]
• Jeckland in Darmen [1 of 3]
• GOram in Apox [1 of 2]
• Wray in Chelta [1 of 4]
• The Babbage Islands in Estenia [1 of 2]
• Barunia in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [1 of 3]
Matchweek 2
• Liventia in Gruenberg [2 of 3]
• Jeckland in Darmen [2 of 3]
• GOram in Apox [1 of 2]
• Wray in Chelta [2 of 4]
• The Babbage Islands in Estenia [2 of 2]
• Barunia in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [2 of 3]
Matchweek 3
• Liventia in Gruenberg [3 of 3]
• Jeckland in Darmen [3 of 3]
• Wray in Chelta [3 of 4]
• Barunia in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [3 of 3]
Matchweek 4
• Gruenberg in Darmen [1 of 3]
• Liventia in The Babbage Islands [1 of 4]
• Barunia in Jeckland [1 of 3]
• Wray in Chelta [4 of 4]
• Affiliated South Califan Sprawls in GOram [1 of 2]
Matchweek 5
• Gruenberg in Darmen [2 of 3]
• Liventia in The Babbage Islands [2 of 4]
• Barunia in Jeckland [2 of 3]
• Patistan in Wray [1 of 2]
• Chelta in Gloriax [1 of 3]
• Affiliated South Califan Sprawls in GOram [2 of 2]
Matchweek 6
• Gruenberg in Darmen [3 of 3]
• Liventia in The Babbage Islands [3 of 4]
• Barunia in Jeckland [3 of 3]
• Patistan in Wray [2 of 2]
• Chelta in Gloriax [2 of 3]
Matchweek 7
• Liventia in The Babbage Islands [4 of 4]
• Gruenberg in Wray [1 of 3]
• Darmen in Patistan [1 of 2]
• Chelta in Gloriax [3 of 3]
Matchweek 8
• Gruenberg in Wray [2 of 3]
• Liventia in Jeckland [1 of 2]
• Darmen in Patistan [2 of 2]
Matchweek 9
• The Babbage Islands in Barunia [1 of 4]
• Gruenberg in Wray [3 of 3]
• Liventia in Jeckland [2 of 2]
• Gloriax in Darmen [1 of 3]
• Chelta in Patistan [1 of 2]
Matchweek 10
• The Babbage Islands in Barunia [2 of 4]
• Wray in Jeckland [1 of 3]
• Gloriax in Darmen [2 of 3]
• Chelta in Patistan [2 of 2]
• Gruenberg in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [1 of 3]
• Goram in Liventia [1 of 3]
Matchweek 11
• The Babbage Islands in Barunia [3 of 4]
• Wray in Jeckland [2 of 3]
• Gloriax in Darmen [3 of 3]
• Gruenberg in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [2 of 3]
• Goram in Liventia [2 of 3]
Matchweek 12
• The Babbage Islands in Barunia [4 of 4]
• Wray in Jeckland [3 of 3]
• Darmen in Chelta [1 of 4]
• Gruenberg in Affiliated South Califan Sprawls [3 of 3]
• Goram in Liventia [3 of 3]
Matchweek 13
• Jeckland in Gruenberg [1 of 3]
• Darmen in Chelta [2 of 4]
• Liventia in Barunia [1 of 3]
• Gloriax in Wray [1 of 3]
Matchweek 14
• Jeckland in Gruenberg [2 of 3]
• Darmen in Chelta [3 of 4]
• Liventia in Barunia [2 of 3]
• Gloriax in Wray [2 of 3]
Matchweek 15
• Jeckland in Gruenberg [3 of 3]
• Darmen in Chelta [4 of 4]
• Liventia in Barunia [3 of 3]
• Gloriax in Wray [3 of 3]
Matches must be scheduled according to the following conditions:
- Tests must be scheduled in series of two to five matches, against the same opponent, in the same home country.
- There is a maximum of TWO two-match Test series that can be scheduled per nation.
- Once two two-match series have been scheduled, the remaining series must be three or more matches.
- There will be no one-off Test matches scheduled this season.
- Nations can only schedule one series with any given opponent in this season. If you want to do home-and-away with a rival, let the other guy tour your nation next season.
- IMPORTANT FOR NEW NATIONS: New nations may schedule a MAXIMUM of TWO two-match Test series (total of FOUR matches). This limit will be lifted once the nation participates actively in RP.
- Nations that have attained the rank of Associate Member or higher in previous GCF seasons, but are no longer ranked, are NOT restricted by this rule.
To enter: Put your match invitations in this thread or do it by telegram. A series will be added to the schedule when both nations have confirmed same in this thread including dates to be played and host nation. An RP/results thread will be opened one week before first scorination.
Current GCF Rankings
Full Members
Gruenberg FM 122 (2202/18)
Liventia FM 118 (4512/38)
Chelta FM 117 (3997/34)
Wray FM 114 (3334/29)
Barunia FM 113 (1593/14)
Apox FM 106 (3196/30)
Darmen FM 102 (3987/39)
The Nihilistic view FM 96 (2396/25)
Cyborg Holland FM 95 (1523/16)
Ingla Terra FM 93 (2580/28)
Jeckland FM 92 (1098/12)
The Licentian Isles FM 91 (3972/44)
Associate Members
Drekkevaas AS 100 (300/3)
New North Aqmuland AS 100 (300/3)
Gloriax AS 83 (261/4)
Inactive members*/Ceased to exist
Welsh Cowboy CE 106 (1022/9)
The Kytler Peninsulae IN 105 (442/4)
Schiavonia CE 100 (791/8)
The Glorious Commune CE 99 (789/8)
Tasrailia CE 92 (664/8)
Macquarrie CE 83 (331/4)
Eura IN 82 (383/6)
Nexxus Drako CE 75 (196/4)
*Played in Season 4 but not Season 5
The GCF Season
1. Each GCF season runs for a period decided by the season host. The schedule must afford each nation the opportunity to schedule at least ten Test matches, one per scorination period. (There is no minimum number of Tests.)
2. Tests should not be scheduled for scorination on consecutive days, reflecting the measured pace of Test cricket.
3. Each nation may have at most one Test scheduled per scorination period. Determination of home ground is up to the nations who agree to play.
4. Nations are strongly encouraged to schedule series of two or more consecutive Tests with the same host nation instead of one-offs. Nations are strongly discouraged from playing home-and-away series or two or more one-offs in the same season with the same opponent.
The GCF Rankings
5. Definitions
- One-off Test: Any Test not part of a series. One-off results are added to ratings of Full Members and Associate Members immediately; for Candidates the results are held until qualification for Associate Member status and then added in.
- Series: Two, three or more consecutive Tests between the same parties and played in the same host nation. Results for both the series and all constituent Tests are added into ratings only after the series is complete.
- Match: All Tests and all series are considered matches. A one-off Test is one match. A two-Test series is three matches; a three-Test series, four matches.
- Full Member (FM): A nation calendared in the current Test season that has accumulated 10 or more matches, counting this season and the two most recent completed seasons.
- Associate Member (AS): A nation calendared in the current Test season that has completed at least one series but does not yet meet the standard for Full Member.
- Candidate (CA): A nation calendared in the current Test season that has yet to complete a series.
- Competitors in either or both of the two most recent complete seasons that have not calendared in the current Test season are coded IN for Inactive, or CE if their federation has Ceased to Exist. Records are maintained for a possible return to activity.
7. When rating one nation in a series, if their opponent is rated more than 40 points higher/lower at the start of the series then treat that rating as exactly 40 points higher/lower instead for purposes of this formula.
8. The rating points earned by one nation in a series (or a one-off) equal the opponent's adjusted rating times the number of matches, plus 50 times the number of matches won, minus 50 times the number of matches lost.
Example: Four-Test series, A (rated 125) in B (rated 75). A wins Tests 1 and 4, B wins Test 2, and Test 3 is drawn.
A treats B as if rated 85, and gets (85*5)+(50*3)-(50*1) = 425+150-50 = 525 rating points.
B treats A as if rated 115, and gets (115*5)+(50*1)-(50*3) = 575+50-150 = 475 rating points.
9. A four-step procedure is used to update ratings.
- a. Add the rating points for each nation to their previous total.
- b. Add the number of matches played to that previous total.
- c. Divide the new rating points total by the updated number of matches to get an updated rating.
- d. Drop fractions for nations ranked above 100; round up to the next integer for nations below 100.
