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HOW TO PLAY FIFA FANTASY FOOTBALL

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Here are the basics of playing Fantasy Soccer online. Although there are many sites online that offer opportunities to  play fantasy soccer   or as many ca lls i t, fantasy football, they each have their own subtle changes in the rules of the game. Nevertheless, the basics of game like how to participate and form a league team remains universally same. For those who are not familiar with what is a fantasy sport- It is basically an online game where a gamer would build his own team using real players and points would be given as pe r  the  r eal- life  performance of the player.     A user can easily participate in the  fantasy football   league in just three simple steps     - Find a good site online that will let you  play fantasy football . 11wickets.com is one such site that   will let you play fantasy sports and win real cash.    - Register and Login   - Create your Team by choosing the players to play   Easy  Peasy !   However, certain things shoul

Why the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) is failing in case of T20 Cricket

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  Let’s be honest, cricket rules are not as simple as football; much of the time the ranks and ratings of teams are the results of the prolonged mathematical calculations and statistics. Duckworth-Lewis Method or at present Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method is one such method that involves intricate mathematical calculations that is often despised by viewers and sometimes by the players themselves simply because they don’t understand exactly how it works.  So before proceeding on to why this method is failing especially in the modern T20 format, let’s look back as to what is this Duckworth-Lewis method and how it came into being.    What is Duckworth-Lewis  method ?   To put it simply, this is a mathematical formulation that is used to calculate which team should win in limited over match, if the match is interrupted by rain or other hazards in weather.  It is calculated based on how much assets are left to both the teams where ‘assets’ are usually considered in terms