ICC Champions Trophy 2013
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About a week away now, kicks off on the 6th of June, big match between India and South Africa. Can't wait! These are the squads for each team;
AUSTRALIA
George Bailey, Michael Clarke (capt), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson.
ENGLAND
James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wk), Alastair Cook (capt), Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes.
INDIA
Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav.
NEW ZEALAND
Doug Bracewell*, Ian Butler**, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson.
Abdur Rehman, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz.
SOUTH AFRICA
Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, AB de Villiers (capt & wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen*, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews (capt), Jeevan Mendis, Kushal Perera, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chanaka Welegedara.
WEST INDIES
Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo (capt), Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.
AUSTRALIA
George Bailey, Michael Clarke (capt), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson.
ENGLAND
James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler (wk), Alastair Cook (capt), Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Jonathan Trott, Chris Woakes.
INDIA
Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Mahendra Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Amit Mishra, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Murali Vijay, Umesh Yadav.
NEW ZEALAND
Doug Bracewell*, Ian Butler**, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan, Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Daniel Vettori, Kane Williamson.
- Replaced the injured Andrew Ellis on 13 May; **Replaced the injured Trent Boult on 31 May
Abdur Rehman, Asad Ali, Asad Shafiq, Ehsan Adil, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Wahab Riaz.
SOUTH AFRICA
Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, AB de Villiers (capt & wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Colin Ingram, Rory Kleinveldt, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen*, Robin Peterson, Aaron Phangiso, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
- Replaced the injured Graeme Smith on 14 May
Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews (capt), Jeevan Mendis, Kushal Perera, Thisara Perera, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sachithra Senanayake, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chanaka Welegedara.
WEST INDIES
Tino Best, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo (capt), Johnson Charles, Chris Gayle, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith.
Well it looks like Finn and Broad aren't fit for England, so that is probably us out of the running.
Personally I shall enjoy watching the West Indies Bat, and SA bowl.
Should be a great tournament, not least because it is basically the old world cup format, so all over in three weeks, even the winners would only play (I think five matches)
Personally I shall enjoy watching the West Indies Bat, and SA bowl.
Should be a great tournament, not least because it is basically the old world cup format, so all over in three weeks, even the winners would only play (I think five matches)
Gargamel said:
Well it looks like Finn and Broad aren't fit for England, so that is probably us out of the running.
Personally I shall enjoy watching the West Indies Bat, and SA bowl.
Should be a great tournament, not least because it is basically the old world cup format, so all over in three weeks, even the winners would only play (I think five matches)
It is also the 7th and final ICC champions trophy tournament, it is going to be replaced by the ICC world test championship in 2017.Personally I shall enjoy watching the West Indies Bat, and SA bowl.
Should be a great tournament, not least because it is basically the old world cup format, so all over in three weeks, even the winners would only play (I think five matches)
Dav_s said:
India warmed up in some style today - chased down Sri Lanka's 333 with an over to spare.
Looking forward to good tournament - my money is on India, with South Africa also in the running.
Was a pretty good run chase, India's main concern will be their bowling though.Looking forward to good tournament - my money is on India, with South Africa also in the running.
South Africa are a quality side, but IMO they're going to play the best cricket but when it matters they're going to choke. They always do.
Sri Lanka will be desperate to win this tournament, they have been finalists in the 2007 world cup, 2009 T20 world cup, 2011 world cup and 2012 T20 world cup.
So I wrote of Finn and Broad too soon, or was it Englands plan all along. Who really knows.
Our bowling yesterday was far far better, so at home, with a reasonable chance - I'd say we will make a decent go of this.
However, we don't look a solid and flexible as in recent past. A few too many collapses and a couple of panic stricken fielding (bowling) displays.
Wonder whether Cook has a plan B for a fast chase? We look like we are set up (batting wise) to make 230 - 260. Cook, Bell, Trott need to be aiming for 120-130 in the first 25. Not nurdling us to 80 and then get out the first time they play a risky shot.
120 in 25, Then at least you have a chance at a 260 - 300 score.
Our bowling yesterday was far far better, so at home, with a reasonable chance - I'd say we will make a decent go of this.
However, we don't look a solid and flexible as in recent past. A few too many collapses and a couple of panic stricken fielding (bowling) displays.
Wonder whether Cook has a plan B for a fast chase? We look like we are set up (batting wise) to make 230 - 260. Cook, Bell, Trott need to be aiming for 120-130 in the first 25. Not nurdling us to 80 and then get out the first time they play a risky shot.
120 in 25, Then at least you have a chance at a 260 - 300 score.
Leithen said:
India making a good start against the Saffers.
Indeed, a case study. 101 off 16 overs. None of this "laying a solid platfrom" which is code for nudge singles. These boys have played pretty risk free, normal but aggressive cricket. Bell (to me) still appears to have performance anxiety, hence he doesn't seem to be able to manage his risk shots properly.
Gargamel said:
Bell (to me) still appears to have performance anxiety, hence he doesn't seem to be able to manage his risk shots properly.
Trott the same. You can't all be hitters I know up the order but the sub continent teams just play with a freedom we haven't got ... brilliant to watch.Victor McDade said:
India set for a massive total here - the SA bowling attack without Steyn looks ordinary.
Certainly 300 looks nailed on, but I guess a couple of wickets falling in the chase can peg it back quite quickly. I am going to stick my neck out and say 342. Don't think SA can pull it back, too many wickets in hand
You're going to lose wickets as the overs decrease normally though ... and the run rate will suffer accordingly usually with new batsmen in etc. I thought they'd be on for 350 maybe if they'd lost three or four less wickets.
No Kallis of course - but on their day the Saffers can chase down big scores but Dhoni is a wily old skipper, changing the field and bowling constantly to keep the batsmen on their toes and I can't see him letting them close. He doesn't let the game *drift* ... always keeping his eye on what is happening 2/3 overs ahead or more as all the best skips do.
No Kallis of course - but on their day the Saffers can chase down big scores but Dhoni is a wily old skipper, changing the field and bowling constantly to keep the batsmen on their toes and I can't see him letting them close. He doesn't let the game *drift* ... always keeping his eye on what is happening 2/3 overs ahead or more as all the best skips do.
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