h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

All those changes made, thanks

Graham Onions has signed for the Spent Kitfires, and Leicestershire's John Sadler has jumped at the chance of joining the Dodgy Wikkits.

In other news, an administrative error has resulted in the cancellation of one of Megachedda's bids. In light of these circumstances, the FCB will be allowing the Dodgy Wikkits to score points despite being a player down, on the understanding that another player is signed as soon as is practical.

This leaves Bubba as the only captain that has not yet finalised his team.


Egon, World Cup matches do count towards the ProPhortyPhifty league, as long as they start after the first ball of the County season is bowled. I've left Murali in your side

>an administrative error...< ? Another up by the Ump?

Glad to see Hoggard off the reserves bench, Jules

Ready for the off But first, I need a sleep to recover from the bidding, bedding, bodding and budding

Yes, you can't get the gnomes these days. They've all been fired. As have those responsible for hiring the gnomes that have just been fired...

I quite like the idea of a fallible Ump So much more fun

Now tell me, your Umpness ... at what point can I shuffle players off and onto the reserves list? And do I have to tell everybody, or just you?

All umps are fallible. It's just that the Laws say that even if they are wrong, they are right. 'If, in the umpire's opinion, ... the batsman is Out.' I love the Laws

You can shuffle your squad at any time, but a player that has been swapped must stay there for a calendar month. Players will also only be swapped when their Counties have completed an equal number of games - this means that if you wanted to swap Carberry in for Bopara, for example, the switch would only take effect when Hampshire and Essex had completed x games each. This will become clearer when/if it happens, and is to stop captains from gaining an unfair advantage by asking for swaps to get an extra game or two out of a player. You can do this by email, or onsite

>This will become clearer when/if it happens< Thank gawd for that

Just email me and say 'I want to swap x and x', and I'll let you know when it will happen. As long as you know you're stuck with the change for a month, which is the important thing

As Thomas New signs for Dedfordshire, the teams are complete

Oh... world cup matches count? Sorry, can I change my selection? I made it based upon thinking that they didn't... the ireland vs sri lanka match hasn't started yet, so can I play Rankin instead of Broad and Fleming instead of Spearman?

(Oh, and I just noticed that Mushtaq Ahmed is listed for Surrey, when he plays for Sussex )

Just to clarify:

'Points scored by players in the County Championship and Test matches will count towards the Krikkit Championship, and those scored in the Friends Provident Trophy, Pro40 and One Day Internationals will count towards the Phantasy ProPhortyPhifty league.'

I will change them for you, Andy, as none of your players' teams have been involved in a match. You'll have to keep Fleming and Rankin in your side for a month, though, as the season has officially begun.

Thanks very much Rich! Much appreciated. Sorry for getting confused about the rules.

So i need a reserve...?

Yes, I've emailed you about it - you need one more bowler

Bid in for Sangakkara - at last.

So does this mean I shouldn't have left Hodge on the bench while he's on holiday in the carribean?!

Hey, you're the captain - I thought you'd thought of that and had some masterplan going

Bids have been received for:

Iain Sutcliffe
David Nash
James Anyon

The players have asked for a few days to consider their offers.

Bid in for Steve Harmison.

League tables updated