In this game, player transfers during the series are not possible so the scoring applies to one team of 11 players. The question is which 11 players? The original 11 or an 11 which includes some reserves? Let's take a real example from the WI v SA ODI series which has 5 matches. This is Ernest's team:
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Main Players Player Name Score
Batsman 1 Daren Powell 0
Batsman 2 AB de Villiers 0
Batsman 3 Brian Lara 16
Batsman 4 Graeme Smith + 125
Batsman 5 Herschelle Gibbs 40
Wicket Keeper Courtney Browne 14
All-Rounder 1 Andrew Hall + 0
All-Rounder 2 Chris Gayle 20
Bowler 1 Andre Nel 42
Bowler 2 Dwight Washington + 0
Bowler 3 Fidel Edwards + 0
Reserves Player Name 257
Batsman 1 Jacques Rudolph
Batsman 2 Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Batsman 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan
Wicket Keeper 1 Mark Boucher
All-Rounder 1 Jacques Kallis
All-Rounder 2 Justin Kemp
Bowler 1 Nicky Boje
Bowler 2 Charl Langeveldt
Bowler 3 Reon King
South Africa squad: Graeme Smith (captain), Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince.
West Indies squad: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (capt), Chris Gayle, Xavier Marshall, Wavell Hinds, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara, Dwayne Smith, Dwayne Bravo, Courtney Browne, Corey Collymore, Daren Powell, Pedro Collins, Ian Bradshaw.
It's easy to see why Ernest is sitting at the bottom of the rankings after the first match. Five of his original choices didn't score points. Fidel Edwards and Dwight Washington will never score points because they aren't even in the squad. Ernest should have edited his team when the final squads were announced. Daren Powell, AB de Villiers, and Andrew Hall are in the squad but didn't play in the first match. If I were Richard I'd immediately use Ernest's bowling reserves to replace Fidel Edwards and Dwight Washington. Problem is two of the reserves: Nicky Boje and Reon King are also not in the squad. So only Charl Langeveldt can be used. As far as Daren Powell, AB de Villiers, and Andrew Hall are concerned, they may yet play so Richard needs to wait until the series is over. If any of them fail to play a game then Richard could edit Ernest's team to swap in a reserve like Shivnarine Chanderpaul.