FANTASY LEAGUE MANAGER ---------------------- FOR --- CRICKET STATISTICS FOR WINDOWS ------------------------------ You may find it a bit of fun, and a way of raising some money for your club, to run a fantasy cricket league competition similar to those in various UK national newspapers and cricket magazines. The rules and scoring systems of these competitions vary but, in general, entrants select teams of 11 (or more) players and the winner is the person whose team accumulates the most points for their batting, bowling and fielding performances throughout the season. Until now, running a fantasy cricket league involved a lot of work producing the entry forms, checking that the teams conformed to the rules of the competition, calculating the points for each team and producing a league table. The Fantasy League Manager, when used in conjunction with V3.00.14 (or later) of my Cricket Statistics for Windows cricket statistics program, will reduce the time taken to perform these tasks to just a few minutes each week. * Unlimited number of fantasy leagues * Maximum of 100 teams in each fantasy league (the evaluation edition is limited to 5 teams) * Teams must consist of 11 players but they can be substituted at any time (a maximum of 11 substitutes are allowed) providing there are no more than 11 'active' players at any time. * A maximum total fantasy value can be defined for teams to ensure that people don't just pick the 11 best players * The minimum and maximum numbers of batsmen, bowlers, wicket keepers and all rounders allowed in each team can be defined and, if you want to take things even further, you even define the minimum and maximum numbers of each type of batsmen (opener, middle order, tailender) and bowlers (seam, spin, fast, medium, finger spin, wrist spin etc.) * Different weightings (i.e. multiplication factors) can be defined for each match type (friendly, league etc.), team (1st XI, 2nd XI etc.) and membership type (full, junior etc.) * The fantasy points awarded for runs, wickets, 50s, 5-wkts etc. can be defined as in the main CSfW program * Teams until do not start scoring points until their entry fee has been paid * A penalty can be defined for late entry into the competition - teams can enter the competition after the official start date but will only be awarded a certain percentage of the points for any matches already played * The following reports can be printed/previewed/exported: League Table - showing team name, manager name, total points etc. Team Summary - showing the points scored by each player in a team Player Ratings - showing the points scored by each player * Entry forms can be printed/previewed/exported * A player list, showing their fantasy values, categories (batsmen, bowlers etc.) and types (opener, middle order, seam, spin etc.), to help entrants select their teams can be printed/previewed/exported Ordering Information -------------------- Cricket Statistics for Windows and the Fantasy League Manager can be obtained direct from the author: Grahame Giddings 76, Springwell Road Heston Middx TW5 9EJ ENGLAND Tel +44 (0)181 570 3439 Email ggiddings@cix.compulink.co.uk Cost of registration: Cricket Statistics for Windows 30.00 UK pounds Fantasy League Manager 10.00 UK pounds Please note: a) The above prices include U.K. post and packing - overseas customers please add 1.00 UK pound to help with the cost of airmail postage. b) Payment can be by cheque / postal order / international money order (in U.K. pounds drawn on a U.K. bank) payable to Grahame Giddings. In return for your registration fee, you will receive a copy of the program(s) on disk, will be entitled to unlimited free support and will be able to obtain future upgrades on disk for a nominal fee or download them for free! Evaluation Editions ------------------ Evaluation editions of Cricket Statistics for Windows and the Fantasy League Manager are available from the CricInfo web site: Cricket Statistics for Windows ------------------------------ CSW30141.EXE (1371 kb self-extracting archive) CSW30142.EXE (1387 kb self-extracting archive) CSW30143.EXE (1388 kb self-extracting archive) This is fully functional for 28 days after installation but, after that, it is limited to a single database (i.e. a single season) until registered. Fantasy League Manager ---------------------- FLM.10061.EXE (841 kb self-extracting archive) This is fully functional for 28 days after installation but, after that, it is limited to a maximum of 5 teams in a fantasy league until registered. Installation ------------ Cricket Statistics for Windows ------------------------------ Download the CSW30141.EXE, CSW30142.EXE and CSW30143.EXE self-extracting archives, copy them to a temporary directory and expand them by double clicking on them in the Windows Explorer (Windows 9x) or the Windows File Manager (Windows 3.x). Shut down all other applications (including the small menu programs supplied with Microsoft Office, Lotus Smartsuite etc.), then run the expanded SETUP.EXE program from the Run option in the Start menu (Windows 9x) or the Program Manager File menu (Windows 3.x) and follow the prompts. Once Cricket Statistics for Windows has been installed, you will see a new Cricket Statistics for Windows Start menu entry (Windows 9x) or Program Manager group (Windows 3.x) and you can start the program by double clicking on the Cricket Statistics icon. Fantasy League Manager ---------------------- Download the FLM.10061.EXE self-extracting archive, copy it to a temporary directory and expand it by double clicking on the file in the Windows File Manager (Windows 3.x) or the Windows Explorer (Windows 9x). Shut down all other applications (including the small menu programs supplied with Microsoft Office, Lotus Smartsuite etc.), then run the expanded SETUP.EXE program from the Run option in the Start menu (Windows 9x) or the Program Manager File menu (Windows 3.x) and follow the prompts. Once the Fantasy League Manager has been installed, you will see a new Fantasy League Manager Start menu entry (Windows 9x) or Program Manager group (Windows 3.x) and you can start the program by double clicking on the Fantasy League Manager icon.