Emirates Cricket League - Season 3
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 7:11 pm
The Emirates Cricket League is back for season 3.
Ajman Heroes managed to win the season 2 final, taking revenge for their season 1 final against Abu Dhabi Warriors.
Similar to previous editions, this will be a franchise competition where franchises will play each other twice, home and away, in the group stage and the top 2 franchises will then contest the final.
Teams will be assigned an entire week to get their games done and each team captain or a designated representative has to post the links to fixtures in their respective forum threads.
Ex: Round 1 has to be played in FTP Week 4, Round 2 in FTP Week 6 and so on.
If teams have no free friendly slots then the match will be declared a draw.
Franchises have to play their matches by Sunday 23:59 FTP time, and games can be played any day of the week.
Ex: Round 1 is FTP Week 4, so all matches for this round have to be played by Sunday 23:59 FTP time.
Franchises are allowed to retain some or all of their teams from last season if they wish to do so.
A draft will be held for any remaining vacancies.
How the points system for franchises will work:
2 points will be awarded for a franchise win and 1 point for a franchise draw
For example, out of 5 matches between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, if Abu Dhabi win 3 and Dubai win 2, then the score will read as Abu Dhabi 3-2 Dubai.
Abu Dhabi gets 2 points in this case.
Individual wins and losses will also be recorded and used as a tie-breaker in case of a tie in the points table.
Competition format will be home-and-away (Each franchise plays the other, once at home and once away) with all 4 franchises playing each other once and the top 2 then contesting the final.
Winning franchise members will each be awarded either 1 month membership or 40 credits.
Rulings if teams cross the rating limits:
1: Team A vs Team B, If Team A wins but crosses the rating limit and Team B stays under the limit, then the result will be overturned and Team B will be declared the winner.
2: Team A vs Team B, If Team A wins and stays under the rating limit, and Team B goes over the rating limit and loses, then the result will stand.
3: If both teams cross the limit then the result will stand.
Home teams are responsible for sending the challenges to their opponents each week, and are HIGHLY recommended to do so in a timely manner each week.
If anyone exceeds their league match rating, then the result will be overturned regardless of the difference in match ratings between them and their opponent.
Example: Team A played Team B in the SOD 3 league. Team A won but they rated 206k while Team B rated 199k. Team B will get the win as Team A crossed the SOD 3 league limit of 200k.
Please sign-up using the following format:
Team Name
Manager Name
1st Preference for League
2nd Preference for League
Approximate SOD and YOD Match Rating
Captain Yes/No
Example:
Al Khobar Falcons
MOD-wmchamps
1st choice: Abu Taymulla
2nd choice: Rameez Shahzad
SOD 250k YOD 125k
No
If you have 2 teams (main and affiliate), you can enter them both, BUT you have to pick ONE of them as the reserve team, as we will be having one team per manager participate, so your other team can only be entered as a reserve team.
ECL Management Team
1: Analyst (Writes the post-match reviews for each round) TBD
2: Match Referee (Checks the match ratings of the teams in the five leagues to see if anyone went over the rating limits and updates me accordingly) TBD
3: ECL Administrator (Sends the fixture list to all captains at the beginning of each week, for example, they will mail all captains the list for Round 1 on the first day of the week, and posts the final result for each fixture of each round in this thread) TBD
The main responsibilities of a captain are that they will be making sure that all of their teams have arranged their matches in each round, they or a representative creates a thread here in the forums for their franchise, and that they or a representative posts in the respective thread at least once a week or so.
Rating categories for ECL 2
Abu Taymulla (SOD): 225-250k
Rayhan Ghayth (SOD): 200-225k
Rafiq Awad (SOD): 175-200k
Rameez Shahzad (YOD): 120-140k
Rahul Khalil (YOD): 100-120k
ECL 2 Schedule
Season 64 Week 1 (Sign-ups Open)
Season 64 Week 4 (Sign-ups Close/Draft/Fixtures Released)
Season 64 Week 5 (Round 1)
Season 64 Week 6 (Round 2)
Season 64 Week 7 (Round 3)
Season 64 Week 8 (Round 4)
Season 64 Week 9 (Round 5)
Season 64 Week 10 (Round 6)
Season 64 Week 11 (Final)
Ajman Heroes managed to win the season 2 final, taking revenge for their season 1 final against Abu Dhabi Warriors.
Similar to previous editions, this will be a franchise competition where franchises will play each other twice, home and away, in the group stage and the top 2 franchises will then contest the final.
Teams will be assigned an entire week to get their games done and each team captain or a designated representative has to post the links to fixtures in their respective forum threads.
Ex: Round 1 has to be played in FTP Week 4, Round 2 in FTP Week 6 and so on.
If teams have no free friendly slots then the match will be declared a draw.
Franchises have to play their matches by Sunday 23:59 FTP time, and games can be played any day of the week.
Ex: Round 1 is FTP Week 4, so all matches for this round have to be played by Sunday 23:59 FTP time.
Franchises are allowed to retain some or all of their teams from last season if they wish to do so.
A draft will be held for any remaining vacancies.
How the points system for franchises will work:
2 points will be awarded for a franchise win and 1 point for a franchise draw
For example, out of 5 matches between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, if Abu Dhabi win 3 and Dubai win 2, then the score will read as Abu Dhabi 3-2 Dubai.
Abu Dhabi gets 2 points in this case.
Individual wins and losses will also be recorded and used as a tie-breaker in case of a tie in the points table.
Competition format will be home-and-away (Each franchise plays the other, once at home and once away) with all 4 franchises playing each other once and the top 2 then contesting the final.
Winning franchise members will each be awarded either 1 month membership or 40 credits.
Rulings if teams cross the rating limits:
1: Team A vs Team B, If Team A wins but crosses the rating limit and Team B stays under the limit, then the result will be overturned and Team B will be declared the winner.
2: Team A vs Team B, If Team A wins and stays under the rating limit, and Team B goes over the rating limit and loses, then the result will stand.
3: If both teams cross the limit then the result will stand.
Home teams are responsible for sending the challenges to their opponents each week, and are HIGHLY recommended to do so in a timely manner each week.
If anyone exceeds their league match rating, then the result will be overturned regardless of the difference in match ratings between them and their opponent.
Example: Team A played Team B in the SOD 3 league. Team A won but they rated 206k while Team B rated 199k. Team B will get the win as Team A crossed the SOD 3 league limit of 200k.
Please sign-up using the following format:
Team Name
Manager Name
1st Preference for League
2nd Preference for League
Approximate SOD and YOD Match Rating
Captain Yes/No
Example:
Al Khobar Falcons
MOD-wmchamps
1st choice: Abu Taymulla
2nd choice: Rameez Shahzad
SOD 250k YOD 125k
No
If you have 2 teams (main and affiliate), you can enter them both, BUT you have to pick ONE of them as the reserve team, as we will be having one team per manager participate, so your other team can only be entered as a reserve team.
ECL Management Team
1: Analyst (Writes the post-match reviews for each round) TBD
2: Match Referee (Checks the match ratings of the teams in the five leagues to see if anyone went over the rating limits and updates me accordingly) TBD
3: ECL Administrator (Sends the fixture list to all captains at the beginning of each week, for example, they will mail all captains the list for Round 1 on the first day of the week, and posts the final result for each fixture of each round in this thread) TBD
The main responsibilities of a captain are that they will be making sure that all of their teams have arranged their matches in each round, they or a representative creates a thread here in the forums for their franchise, and that they or a representative posts in the respective thread at least once a week or so.
Rating categories for ECL 2
Abu Taymulla (SOD): 225-250k
Rayhan Ghayth (SOD): 200-225k
Rafiq Awad (SOD): 175-200k
Rameez Shahzad (YOD): 120-140k
Rahul Khalil (YOD): 100-120k
ECL 2 Schedule
Season 64 Week 1 (Sign-ups Open)
Season 64 Week 4 (Sign-ups Close/Draft/Fixtures Released)
Season 64 Week 5 (Round 1)
Season 64 Week 6 (Round 2)
Season 64 Week 7 (Round 3)
Season 64 Week 8 (Round 4)
Season 64 Week 9 (Round 5)
Season 64 Week 10 (Round 6)
Season 64 Week 11 (Final)
