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England v Sri Lanka Fantasy Cricket

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FINAL STANDINGS

The dramatic events at Colombo had a decisive effect on the series - and the points scored, especially for winning teams, had a major influence on the final standings in CricInfo's Fantasy competition. The 22 wickets to fall, especially those to Jayasuriya and Vass, meant the winning managers accumulated points at a rapid rate on what turned out to be the last day of this gripping series.

Where did your team finish? [Click here to find out]

The Gunn and Moore Bat Winners

NB: In the case of a tie, prize winning places are decided by virtue of time of entry of team

1st Supercats Pablo Mukherjee
2nd Ricky 11 Ricky Sadarangani
3rd Maz Supremos Peter Maslyn
4th CSI Cricketers Cute V. Boy
5th Lankasters Kenny T.

Supercats managed by Pablo Mukherjee finished top, his trump Jayasuriya contributing a massive 842 points to his total. Ricky Sadarangani and Peter Maslyn finish on the same number of points - but Pablo is the overall winner as he was first to enter his team. The Supercats win a Gunn and Moore kitbag, as well as a brand new bat. Congratulations to Pablo, and to Ricky and Peter, who each take away a spanking new Gunn and Moore bat of their choice.

The winning team:

Atherton 139
Jayawardene 292
Atapattu 219
Thorpe 214
Trescothick 258
Jayasuriya 842
Sangakkara 280
Muralitharan 298
Vass 391
Gough 304
Croft 267
Total 3,584

The other lucky winners of the Gunn and Moore bats were Cute Boy's CSI Cricketers, and Lankasters managed by Kenny T. The selection of Caddick rather than Croft was the main reason for their failure to finish at the top of the table.

NB: Each winner will be contacted shortly by CricInfo to confirm their eligibility and to check delivery details.

Sri Lanka v England - Key Men

The top XI most valuable players were:

Jayasuriya 421
Vass 391
Gough 304
Muralitharan 298
Thorpe 294
Jayawardene 292
Sangakkara 280
Croft 267
Trescothick 258
Atapattu 219
White 211

[Click here for the full player list]

The most successful teams all featured the best players in their categories. Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya was the best all-rounder - chosen by 5,440 managers - and the most valuable of all players, making him the top trump. Sri Lanka's appealer in chief, Sangakkara, was the essential choice as wicketkeeper, but was selected by only 936 managers.

Surprisingly, the pace of Man of the Series Darren Gough and Chaminda Vass was a more telling than the spin of Murali (the most chosen player as well as the most popular trump choice) and Croft - the surprise package who was selected by only 2,782 Fantasy managers.

Of the batsmen, England hero Graham Thorpe leads the table. Both Atherton and Stewart were more popular with Fantasy managers, but it was the Surrey left-hander who made the telling contribution. Jayawardene was the top Sri Lankan batsman, but again was a less popular selection than team-mate Marvan Atapattu.

More Fantasy games

We hope you have enjoyed playing Fantasy Cricket on CricInfo throughout this thrilling series. Keep an eye on CricInfo for new Fantasy games launching for the English season - including a very special Fantasy Ashes competition.

If you have any comments about this competition, please send an email to help@cricinfo.com.

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Compete amongst your workmates by creating your own league. Simply enter your own team as normal, and then click on "Join a group of friends". Select the same league name, and you will be able to check your standings against your friends throughout the series.

Scoring

You can pick six from one side, and five from the other.
Your players will receive:
  • 1 pt per run
  • 20 pts per wicket
  • 5 pts per catch/stumping

    Your team must consist of 5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, a wicket-keeper and an all-rounder.

    Trump Player

    Selecting your trump player is key to winning the CricInfo Fantasy game. Your trump
    will score double points throughout the series. So
    if you think Muralitharan will thrive on his home pitches,
    or Nasser Hussain will
    dominate the series with the bat, they are the players to back.