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Contents

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[A 1] Introduction
   [A 1.1] Requirements to Play
   [A 1.2] What is "Play by e-mail?"
   [A 1.3] What is "Cricket?"
      [A 1.3.1] What is the difference between a Test Match and a One Day International?
   [A 1.4] Who runs this game?

[A 2] So what do I do?
   [A 2.1] Introducing the Squad
   [A 2.2] Introducing the Players
      [A 2.2.1] The Name
         [A 2.2.1.1] Renaming Players
      [A 2.2.2] Batting Skill
      [A 2.2.3] Aggression
      [A 2.2.4] Batting Abilities
      [A 2.2.5] Bowling Skill
      [A 2.2.6] Economy
      [A 2.2.7] Fielding Skill
      [A 2.2.8] Bowling Abilities
         [A 2.2.8.1] Bowling Speed
         [A 2.2.8.2] Movement off the Seam
         [A 2.2.8.3] Movement in the Air-or Swing
      [A 2.2.9] Age
      [A 2.2.10] Health
      [A 2.2.11] Form
      [A 2.2.12] Special Characteristics
         [A 2.2.12.1] The Captain
         [A 2.2.12.2] The Wicket Keeper
         [A 2.2.12.3] A Night Watchman
         [A 2.2.12.4] Opening Bowlers
   [A 2.3] Introducing the Club
      [A 2.3.1] The Ground
         [A 2.3.1.1] The Weather
         [A 2.3.1.2] The Pitch
      [A 2.3.2] Training Points
      [A 2.3.3] Draft Points

[A 3] The Season
   [A 3.1] The Test Competition
   [A 3.2] The One Day International Competition
   [A 3.3] The Combined Ladder
      [A 3.3.1] Calculating the z-score
   [A 3.4] Division Structure (Combined Leagues)

[A 4] The ethos of Ultra Cricket
   [A 4.1] Timing of Orders
      [A 4.1.1] No Orders Received
      [A 4.1.2] Losing your team due to inactivity
      [A 4.1.3] Going on Vacation
   [A 4.2] Spirit of the Game
   [A 4.3] How to treat the Commissioner

[A 5] Training points and money
   [A 5.1] Crowds and Gate receipts
   [A 5.2] Void
   [A 5.3] Match awards
   [A 5.4] End of season awards

[A 6] Player Development and Ageing
   [A 6.1] Training
   [A 6.2] Clinics
   [A 6.3] Experience and Skill
      [A 6.3.1] Experience and Skill in ODIs
      [A 6.3.2] Experience and Skill in Tests
   [A 6.4] Ageing and the Experience Constant

[A 7] Skill adjustments: Form and Health
   [A 7.1] Form
      [A 7.1.1] How form gets calculated
         [A 7.1.1.1] Batting form
         [A 7.1.1.2] Bowling or Fielding form
         [A 7.1.1.3] Form in Club games
   [A 7.2] Health
      [A 7.2.1] Classes of Injury

[A 8] Ground conditions: the weather and the pitch
   [A 8.1] The Pitch
   [A 8.2] Weather
   [A 8.3] Summary of pitch and weather effects

[B 1] The Auto-Mail Handler
   [B 1.1] Submitting Orders
   [B 1.2] Submitting Draft instructions
   [B 1.3] Requesting Cheat sheets
   [B 1.4] Requesting Team Stats
   [B 1.5] Requesting Scorecards
   [B 1.6] Requesting Fixtures    [B 1.7] What if I don't get my results?

[B 2] What results do I get back?
   [B 2.1] Form Guide
      [B 2.1.1] Example Club Game Output
      [B 2.1.2] Example Training Output
      [B 2.1.3] Example Injury Report
      [B 2.1.4] Example Form Guide
   [B 2.2] Summary of Test Match example
   [B 2.3] Example ODI
   [B 2.4] Stats & Records
      [B 2.4.1] Individual Player Stats
      [B 2.4.2] Team Statistics
   [B 2.5] Ladders

[B 3] Uncompressing Ultra Cricket Results
   [B 3.1] A Description Of The File Formats
   [B 3.2] A Description Of The File Extraction Process
   [B 3.3] Uncompressing Files under Windows using WinZip
   [B 3.4] Uncompressing Files Under Unix
   [B 3.5] Uncompressing Files On A Mac
   [B 3.6] Uncompressing Files Under DOS

[B 4] Club Membership and the Mail Daemon

[C 1] Setting Up A New Team
   [C 1.1] Team Name
   [C 1.2] Ground Name
   [C 1.3] Draft your squad
   [C 1.4] Nominate your 2 captains
   [C 1.5] Send it in!
   [C 1.6] Advice and Help for New Managers

[C 2] Adopting An Existing Team

[D] Ultra Cricket Orders

[D 1] Basic test orders

[D 2] Extended test orders
   [D 2.1] Team Abbreviation
   [D 2.2] Batting Line-up
   [D 2.3] Alternative Batting Line-up
   [D 2.4] Toss Decision
   [D 2.4.1] Pitch Controls
   [D 2.5] Slogging controls
   [D 2.6] Declaration controls
   [D 2.7] Follow on Controls
   [D 2.8] Fielding Tactic Controls
   [D 2.9] Bowling Instructions
   [D 2.10] Bowling Instructions for other days
   [D 2.11] Tactical Bowling Instructions
   [D 2.12] Altering Captains
   [D 2.13] Resting Instructions

[D 3] Basic ODI orders

[D 4] Extended ODI orders
   [D 4.1] Team Abbreviation
   [D 4.2] Batting Line-up
   [D 4.3] Alternative Batting Line-up
   [D 4.4] Pinch Hitters
   [D 4.5] Toss Decision
   [D 4.6] First Innings Targets
   [D 4.7] Tactics for aggression
   [D 4.8] Slogging controls
   [D 4.9] Fielding Tactic Controls
   [D 4.10] Bowling Instructions
   [D 4.11] Alternative Bowling Instructions
   [D 4.12] Reserve Bowlers
   [D 4.13] Restructuring Bowling Orders
   [D 4.14] Altering Captains
   [D 4.15] Resting Instructions

[D 5] Training, Clinic and Other Orders
   [D 5.1] Training Orders
   [D 5.2] Clinics
      [D 5.2.1] Syntax for Clinic Orders
      [D 5.2.2] Syntax for Health Clinic Orders
   [D 5.3] Special orders
      [D 5.3.1] Instructions for Ground Staff
      [D 5.3.2] Changing your Captain
      [D 5.3.3] Removing Bowling Ability
      [D 5.3.4] Making a Keeper
      [D 5.3.5] Retiring a Player
   [D 5.4] Comments
   [D 5.5] Example of Orders

[D 6] What happens between seasons?
   [D 6.1] Draft points
   [D 6.2] The drafting process
      [D 6.2.1] Approved abbreviations for draft
   [D 6.3] Example draft
   [D 6.4] Draft and New Season orders
      [D 6.4.1] Example New Season orders

 

Overview
Contents
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D

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