Story 3 Lions At The Top? England's Tour Of The World|Preliminary Squad Announced|India Arrive

[harrisb]

England's Tour Of The World

English Cricket has been down in the dumps for far too long, and in a desperate attempt to get back to the top, they have announced a rigorous schedule of constant cricket for the forseeable future. With top players like Strauss, Pietersen, Anderson and Collingwood, and emerging superstars like Broad and Morgan, the next few tours will test these players to the maximum.
Touring the likes of Australia, India and South Africa in succession will be hard, and with World Cups being added here and there, the ECB's latest plan for global cricketing domination is turning into a mouthwatering prospect.

First Off, they will welcome India who are touring ahead of the Pro40 World Cup


So, the ECB have announced their plan for Global Domination, can they do it, and how will the newbie teams perform on the true global platform.​

 

[Sartaj]

Will Andrew Flintoff play for England?

 

[harrisb]

it depends how the selectors view his fitness, he has retired from test's, but in the One-Dayers we will have to wait and see

 

[Sartaj]

Oh,fingers crossed then.

 

[MaD]

Netherlands to definitely win, hopefully you stick to the story

 

[harrisb]

Summer Schedule Announced

Today, the England Cricket Team's Summer Schedule was confirmed, India will only have 3 warm up matches before a 4-Test series against England

All that as well as the inaugural Pro40 World Cup, which will be held in England.
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Anyhow, here are the schedules.

India in England:

4-Day Warm-up: Somerset vs. India (Taunton)
1-Day Warm-up: Hampshire vs. India (The Rose Bowl)
4-Day Warm-up: England Lions vs. India (Hove)

1st Test: England vs. India (Lord's)
2nd Test: England vs. India (Edgbaston)
3rd Test: England vs. India (Old Trafford)
4th Test: England vs. India (The Oval)

Only T20: England vs. India (Headingley)

1st ODI: England vs. India (The Rose Bowl)
2nd ODI: England vs. India (Lord's)
3rd ODI: England vs. India (The Oval)


World Cup fixtures to come soon....

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Nice start... KUTGW and what about your league?

 

[harrisb]

that's continuing as well

 

[JD10]

Scotland to the end:banana2 good start pal. Stay with it

 

[CG123]

Good start, looking forward to seeing NZ doing some owning.

 

[harrisb]

England Announce Preliminary Test Squad

England have announced a preliminary squad for the upcoming Test Series against India.

Andrew Strauss has been named as Captain, and Paul Collingwood has been trusted with the role of Vice-Captain.

The usuals from the squad are in there, Anderson, Pietersen, Prior, Swann, Broad and Cook remain in the squad.

Ashes hero Jonathan Trott is also kept in the squad, but will face competition from a couple of new additions to the squad for his batting spot.

Surprise comebacks for Geraint Jones and Rob Key, who have both played outstandingly in the County Championship for the last few years, and no one will say that they don't deserve a comeback.

New inclusions in the Test squad for Samit Patel, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan and Luke Wright. All 4 of those have had superb performances for the One-Day side, and will have to work hard to step up to the intense quality of the longer version of the game.

Shaun Udal, Graham Onions and Amjad Khan are also in the squad.

Here is the Preliminary Test Squad for the upcoming series against India, who land at Heathrow later today.

Andrew Strauss (C)
Alaister Cook
Ian Bell
Paul Collingwood (VC)
Kevin Pietersen
Shaun Udal
Samit Patel
Graham Onions
Amjad Khan
Chris Tremlett
Joe Denly
Robert Key
Matt Prior
Jonathan Trott
Luke Wright
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
Geraint Jones
Eoin Morgan

We'll hope you'll join us when we announce the Indian squad.
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[cricket22]

looks good what are you using for this?

 

[harrisb]

i will be using C07 for the England matches, plus India's tour matches.

for the other series, i will be using Criksim, and Kishitiz's T20 Sim.

 

[JD10]

Morgan = Key to the future

 

[harrisb]

India Arrive In England​

Around half an hour ago, the Indian cricket team landed at Heathrow airport, with their squad for the upcoming series against England.

First off the plane was the little master himself, Sachin Tendulkar, who was closely followed by a few more stars, Sehwag, Dhoni and Yuvraj.

A few more players emerged, before the members of the press were moved on and we weren't able to see who else was on the plane until we were handed a sheet by a representative.

The India squad to tour England is as follows:

Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Ravindra Jadeja
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
M.S Dhoni
Irfan Pathan
R.P Singh
Harbajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Yusuf Pathan
Rohit Sharma
Ishant Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Rahul Dravid
Amit Mishra
Subramaniam Badrinath
VVS Laxman

The Indian team will be in action on tuesday against Somerset in a warm-up match.​