'A' Championship V | Grand Finale! Who won?

[Aussie Team]

Brad Haddin should be Dropped, while he didn't play cricket for 4 months or so.

 

[Biggy]

Brad Haddin should be Dropped, while he didn't play cricket for 4 months or so.

Just injured, don't think he should play for Aus A.

 

[Varun]

Even if he isn't injured, he cannot play. Because the limit is 5 months now.

varun_rustagi added 15 Minutes and 23 Seconds later...

time for the bannerrrr..

Credits to DR9.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Very nice banner that. LUTGW DR9 & Varun

rahulkhush added 0 Minutes and 49 Seconds later...

Also will you give us the available player list?

 

[Varun]

Official fixtures


'A' North-South War

Venue : South Africa and Zimbabwe

Warm up round 1 in the respective countries

TBD

Warm up round 2 in the respective countries

TBD

Warm up round 3 in South Africa/Zimbabwe

TBD

Round 1

North 1 vs South 1
North 2 vs South 2
North 3 vs South 3
North 4 vs South 4

Round 2

North 1 vs South 1
North 2 vs South 2
North 3 vs South 3
North 4 vs South 4

Round 3

North 1 vs South 1
North 2 vs South 2
North 3 vs South 3
North 4 vs South 4

*Incase of a draw after 3 rounds, there will be a sudden death round consisting of only one country.

Final showdown

Best team of North vs Best team of South

Bonus series

North XI vs South XI
North XI vs South XI
North XI vs South XI

South Africa A tour ofNew Zealand

1st OD at Wellington
2nd OD at Dunedin
3rd OD at Christchurch
4th OD at Auckland
5th OD at Napier

1st FC at Wellington
2nd FC at Auckland
3rd FC at Dunedin

1st T20 at Napier
2nd T20 at Christchurch
3rd T20 at Wellington

Pakistan A tour of West Indies

1st FC at Antigua
2nd FC at Barbados
3rd FC at St. Lucia

1st OD at Jamaica
2nd OD at St. Kitts
3rd OD at Guyana
4th OD at Barbados
5th OD at St. Lucia

1st T20 at Barbados
2nd T20 at Antigua
3rd T20 at Jamaica

Australia A tour of India

1st OD at Mumbai
2nd OD at Kolkata
3rd OD at Mohali
4th OD at Chennai
5th OD at Bangalore

1st FC at Mumbai
2nd FC at Hyderabad
3rd FC at Chennai

1st T20 at Bangalore
2nd T20 at Mohali
3rd T20 at Delhi

England Lions in Sri Lanka

1st T20 at Colombo
2nd T20 at Dambulla
3rd T20 at Galle

1st OD at Galle
2nd OD at Kandy
3rd OD at Colombo
4th OD at Dambulla
5th OD at Kandy

1st FC at Colombo
2nd FC at Dambulla
3rd FC at Galle

T20 Knockout challenge (Venue TBD)

New Zealand A vs Sri Lanka A
England Lions vs Australia A
South Africa A vs India A
West Indies A vs Pakistan A

1 vs 4
2 vs 3

SF1 vs SF2

More details on North South war will be given tomorrow.
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[Haarithan]

banner looks very impressive and so do the fixtures and north south war

 

[Varun]

I will give the details of North-south war in a little time. Is South Africa & Zimbabwe as a venue fine?

 

[deathrevenge9]

I will give the details of North-south war in a little time.

I will be waiting for the details before I make the banner.

 

[Varun]

(Not complusory to follow)

Credits to cricinfo and ecb.co.uk

England Lions eligible players'


Batsmen

Joe Denly
James Hildreth
Jimmy Adams
Ed Joyce
Michael Lumb
Eoin Morgan (FC)(T20)
Owais Shah (FC)
Andrew Strauss (T20)
Jamie Dalrymple
Jonathan Trott 
Ian Bell (T20)
Alastair Cook (OD)(T20)
Ravi Bopara (T20)(FC)
Michael Carberry
Vikram Solanki
Daryl Mitchell
Robert Key

All Rounders

Luke Wright (FC)(OD)
Rory Hamilton-Brown
Rikki Clarke
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Michael Yardy
Adil Rashid
Alex Gidman 
Samit Patel
Peter Trego

Keepers

Matt Prior (T20)
Steve Davies
James Foster
Craig Kieswetter
Tim Ambrose
Chris Read
Phil Mustard


Pacers

Matthew Hoggard (Dropped)
Amjad Khan
Steve Harmison (Dropped)
Darren Pattinson
Chris Tremlett
Ajmal Shahzad
Ryan Sidebottom (OD)(FC)
Tim Bresnan
Liam Plunkett
Steven Finn
Sajid Mahmood
Graham Onions
Jonathan Clare
Steve Kirby
Simon Jones
Jon Lewis


Spinners

Graeme Swann (OD)(FC)
James Tredwell
Gareth Batty
Danny Briggs
Monty Panesar (OD)(T20)

 

[Varun]

'A' North-South War details

What is it?

It is basically a team-based war between the two sides of the cricket world - North and South. This will be the decider of who rules cricket - the northern hemisphere countries - England, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka or the southern part countries - West Indies*, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The format is 50 overs.

Why 'A' teams? Why not the senior ones?

The senior teams, first of all are too busy for the preparation of the World Cup 2011 which is just about 5 months later. And of course, we are in search of new talents through the competition - not the already discovered ones. In short, it is a battle of the future stars of world at an early stage.

Are the fixtures different?

Since, in this tournament all the 'countries' will be playing as one "team", we have very special fixtures for the competition.
During each round (including the third warm-up round), one manager of North and South sends me the playing order of the 'countries'. (Here I am using the word 'countries' for the 'A' teams and 'teams' for North/South to avoid confusion)
Which country takes on which is decided by the playing order given to me.
For eg - the manager of Sri Lanka A, Biggy (representing North) sends me the playing order (by PM), it is :-

India A
Pakistan A
Sri Lanka A
England Lions

And manager of South Africa A, Riz (representing South) sends me the playing order which is :-

South Africa A
New Zealand A
West Indies A
Australia A

If after three rounds, it is draw between the two sides, then we'd have a sudden death where the top countries from each side face each other and then decide who's the best. It will be called the Final Showdown.

About the squads

15-man squad + 3 reserves (incase of injury)
The manager don't have to post them now but after 20th, I'll announce it.

If anyone has any queries, he can ask me.
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[deathrevenge9]

That sounds pretty interesting!

 

[riz7khan12]

okay so as the manager of a southern team, i should post a lineup for South Africa A to play a team from the North.

so what does this mean

Round 1

North 1 vs South 1
North 2 vs South 2
North 3 vs South 3
North 4 vs South 4

 

[AkshayS]

wooo, Australia touring us.

 

[Varun]

okay so as the manager of a southern team, i should post a lineup for South Africa A to play a team from the North.

so what does this mean

Managers have dual roles - first to post their respective lineup and to decide the playing order for North/South whichever they belong to.

 

[Varun]

About the warm ups

Each team will play three warm-ups. In Warm up round one, they can play against any of their domestic teams or against a team from a league on PC owned by the team manager (For eg. Sussex or Newcastle Nanobots)
In Round 2, the teams will play against the respective senior teams and finally in the third round, the format will be similar to the actual tournament so that the managers get to understand the working/structure of this competiton.