How to play

Pick a team, set your captain, enter the contest

How fantasy cricket and fantasy football contests work on COMEsportsdaily - selecting a squad, picking your captain, and reading the rules before kick-off.

Three steps

How to play, in three steps

1

Pick a contest

Open the contests tab on the live board and pick from free contests, practice contests, paid head-to-heads, and large-field leagues.

Pick
2

Build your team

Stay inside the salary cap. Pick eleven (cricket), five (football) or whatever the contest format asks. Set your captain and vice-captain.

Build
3

Enter and watch

Submit the team before kick-off. The live board tracks your points in real time. Settled contests pay within 24 hours of the match closing.

Enter
Rules

The rules you should know first

Each contest format has its own ruleset. The general rules are below; each contest card has the specific ruleset.

Roster rules

Standard cricket contests ask for eleven players from a 22-player match list, with a salary cap. Standard football contests ask for five players from a 15-player list with a salary cap. Multi-entry contests allow multiple lineups in the same contest; single-entry contests allow only one.

Captain and vice-captain

The captain's points are doubled for the match. The vice-captain's points get a 1.5x treatment, used only if the captain is later ruled out of the contest.

Settlement

Contests settle within fifteen minutes of the official match closing. Prizes are paid as cash or site credit, depending on the platform's policy. Withdrawal requests are usually processed within twenty-four hours.

Quick answers

Reader questions, answered

18+, where local law permits. The desk does not knowingly publish fantasy content for users below 18.
Many contests are free. Paid contests have a clear entry fee displayed before submission.
No. Submissions are final once the contest closes for new entries.
Within 24 hours of contest settlement. Withdrawal requests usually clear within another 24 hours.
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