Test Cricket — Season Eight
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It's been a while since the previous Test Season, and after three season's scored/run by the Liventian Cricket Board of Authority, the Apoxian Cricket Club are proud to announce themselves as organisers and hosts for this season. I will nominally be scoring all games but cannot guarantee that I will be able to score all of the later games, so Liventia may step in if needed. There will be a slight difference from last season, in that the league table and end of season World Championship series will be scrapped and I will return to a series of "Matchdays" on which Tests can be scheduled. Below are the days on which matches can be scheduled for:
Proposed Schedule
MD1:
Liventia in Apox (Match 1 of 3)
Darmen in Eastfield Lodge (Match 1 of 4)
MD2:
Liventia in Apox (Match 2 of 3)
Darmen in Eastfield Lodge (Match 2 of 4)
MD3:
Liventia in Apox (Match 3 of 3)
Darmen in Eastfield Lodge (Match 3 of 4)
MD4:
Darmen in Eastfield Lodge (Match 4 of 4)
Apox in Barunia (Match 1 of 3)
MD5: Friday 4th August
Apox in Barunia (Match 2 of 3)
Sargossa in The Kiaser Colonies (Match 1 of 3)
Tobiasia in Eastfield Lodge (Match 1 of 2)
MD6: Monday 7th August
Apox in Barunia (Match 3 of 3)
Sargossa in The Kiaser Colonies (Match 2 of 3)
Tobiasia in Eastfield Lodge (Match 2 of 2)
Liventia in Eura (Match 1 of 3)
MD7: Wednesday 9th August
Elejamie in Lisander (Match 1 of 1)
Sargossa in The Kiaser Colonies (Match 3 of 3)
Liventia in Eura (Match 2 of 3)
Barunia in Tobiasia (Match 1 of 3)
MD8: Monday 14th August - To be scorinated by Liventia
Liventia in Eura (Match 3 of 3)
Barunia in Tobiasia (Match 2 of 3)
MD9: Thursday 17th August - To be scorinated by Liventia
The Kiaser Colonies in Liventia (Match 1 of 1)
Barunia in Tobiasia (Match 3 of 3)
MD10: Monday 21st August - To be scorinated by Liventia
Barunia in Sargossa (Match 1 of 2)
Apox in Eastfield Lodge (Match 1 of 1)
Qasden in Eura (Match 1 of 2)
The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander (Match 1 of 3)
MD11: Thursday 24th August - To be scorinated by Liventia
Barunia in Sargossa (Match 1 of 2)
Qasden in Eura (Match 2 of 2)
The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander (Match 2 of 3)
MD12: Monday 28th August
Eastfield Lodge in Liventia (Match 1 of 5)
The Kiaser Colonies in Lisander (Match 3 of 3)
MD13: Wednesday 30th August August
Lisander in Apox (Match 1 of 3)
Eastfield Lodge in Liventia (Match 2 of 5)
Eura in Barunia (Match 1 of 4)
MD14: Friday 1st September
Lisander in Apox (Match 2 of 3)
Eastfield Lodge in Liventia (Match 3 of 5)
Eura in Barunia (Match 2 of 4)
MD15: Monday 4th September
Lisander in Apox (Match 3 of 3)
Eastfield Lodge in Liventia (Match 4 of 5)
Eura in Barunia (Match 3 of 4)
MD16: Wednesday 6th September
Eastfield Lodge in Liventia (Match 5 of 5)
Eura in Barunia (Match 4 of 4)
This is not currently set in stone, some of the later matches may spread out a bit, but let's run with this as a template at the moment. Any changes to the schedule will be made as early as possible and advertised in this thread and in the cricket discussion thread.
Each fixture 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 will a maximum of one one-off Test match scheduled per nation per season.
- Nations can only schedule one series with any given opponent.
- IMPORTANT FOR NEW NATIONS: New nations may schedule a MAXIMUM of FIVE matches (whether as a single 5-test series, or series of 3 and 2). 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. Nations that have taken part in the GCF World Twenty20 but not a previous Test season have a looser restriction of SEVEN matches rather than five.
For example, New Nation A can host Nation B for a 3-game series on the 24th, 26th and 28th July and Nation C for a 2-match series on the 2nd and 4th August. If they RP during this period they will be allowed to schedule more fixtures.
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 later this week, once a list of scorinators is confirmed.
Current GCF Rankings
Full Members Score Pts/MP Adjusted
1 Liventia FM 141 (2413/17) 120.97
2 Ethane FM 129 (1809/14) 114.61
3 Eastfield Lodge FM 115 (1500/13) 107.69
4 Mattijana FM 106 (1387/13) 103.35
5 Barunia FM 95 (1140/12) 97.50
Associate Members
1 Lisander AS 140 (420/3) 115.00
2 Elejamie AS 89 (267/3) 99.50
3 Tobiasia AS 67 (466/7) 89.00
Inactive members/Ceased to exist
Gruenberg CE/FM 154 (2321/15) 127.37
The Licentian Isles CE/FM 123 (1360/11) 111.82
Wray CE/FM 97 (1070/11) 98.64
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. 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.
3. 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
4. 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 most recent completed season.
- 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 the most recent complete season 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.
6. All Full Members average their calculated rating with 100, for their adjusted rating.
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 calculated rating.
- d. Average the calculated rating with the required constant, producing an adjusted rating correct to two decimal places for Full Members and rounded towards 100 for Associate Members.
