Beach Cricket Championship - Post your 5 men squad.. Check post 31

[Rohit Doshi]

I think VC already did that:-

He owns Namibia too

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

He owns Namibia too

My bad.

 

[Rohit Doshi]

My bad.

not a problem

 

[VC the slogger]

I've not done Namibia yet. Will catch up on some sleep first.

 

[NaviN GandhI]

If its ok with you @Rohit Doshi .. I will manage both India and Kenya.

INDIA :

Virat Kohli
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Yuvraj Singh
Ravichandran Ashwin
Bhuvneshwar Kumar

KENYA :

Alex Obanda
Irfan Karim
Collins Obuya
Hiren Varaiya
Elijah Otieno

 

[Saroj padhy]

@Rohit Doshi make a change in my Zimbabwe squad
nivelle out utseya in

 

[Aislabie]

- Ireland:
Paul Stirling ( 2)
Kevin O'Brien ( 4)
Ed Joyce ()
Niall O'Brien ()
Tim Murtagh ( 4)

I'll also take any of these teams if it makes life easier:

- Kenya

Taken by Navin Gandhi.

- Scotland

- Scotland: Kyle Coetzer, Michael Leask ( 4), Preston Mommsen ( 2), Matt Cross (), Josh Davey ( 4)

- Nepal

- Nepal: Sharad Vesawkar, Paras Khadka( 4) Siddhant Lohani ( 2), Basant Regmi ( 4), Binod Bhandari ()

 

[Rohit Doshi]

All the two teams yours. We have all teams sold out except UAE

 

[TSPrathik]

All the two teams yours. We have all teams sold out except UAE

if you don't mind, can i have UAE too.

 

[Asham]

ENGLAND



Joe Root
Jos Buttler
Ben Stokes
Stuart Broad
James Anderson​

 

[Saroj padhy]

@Rohit Doshi make a change in my Zimbabwe squad
nivelle out prosper utseya in

@Rohit Doshi

 

[VC the slogger]

Craig Williams re-appointed as captain, Sarel Burger dropped​

Sarel Burger, Namibia's captain in first-class, List-A and T20 cricket, does not feature in their squad for the Beach Cricket Championship which was announced earlier today by Cricket Namibia. Craig Williams, who last captained the side in 2011 has been reinstated for the tournament, though Burger will continue to lead the side in all the other formats of the game.

Also returning to the side will be the big-hitting all-rounder Louis van der Westhuizen, who last played for Namibia in the 2013/14 World Cup Qualifiers and Namibian batting great Andries "Jan-Berrie" Burger - the best batsman to emerge from their only World Cup campaign till date in 2003 and their only ODI half-centurion.

Jan-Berrie Burger is set to play for Namibia for the first time since December 2013​

Despite concerns over his cricketing future after yet another disappointing exit by Namibia from a World T20 qualifier, veteran all-rounder Gerrie Snyman declared himself available for selection for the tournament and was duly selected in the 5-man squad. Raymond van Schoor, son of 2003 World Cup veteran Melt van Schoor will be the fifth member of the squad and keep wickets for Namibia. There wasn't any room left to include a specialist bowler, so Namibia will be relying on their all-round talent to get through the overs.

The re-appointed skipper Craig Williams was very upbeat about his teams chances "It is a great honor to be appointed skipper of the Namibian team once again. This is a great opportunity for some of our players to showcase their talent against some of the world's best teams. We Namibians like to hit the ball a long way and have at least three players in our squad who have hit more than 10 sixes in an innings previously (Snyman hit a record 17 during his career best 196 against UAE in 2007, Westhuizen hit 16 against a weakened Kenyan side in 2011 and Williams himself hit 14 in a World T20 Qualfier match against Scotland in 2012)."

"We have the potential to cause a few upsets and turn a few heads our way if we channel it right. The boys have been giving it their all in practice sessions and will be raring to go when we face Nepal."

Namibia squad: Craig Williams (capt), Jan-Berrie Burger, Gerrie Snyman, Louis van der Westhuizen, Ray van Schoor (wk).​

 

[Rohith.]

The earliest known reference to cricket in Canada is of matches played at Ile-Ste-Helene in the Province of Quebec in the year 1785 on the site where the Montreal Exposition buildings now stand. Historical records do not divulge when cricket was first played in Canada but it is generally assumed that the game was introduced into the country by British soldiers following the historic battle at the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, between the armies of General Wolfe and General Montcalm in 1759.

In the year 1844, Canada and the United States of America met in their first international at the St. George's Club in New York on the site where the New York University Medical Centre is now located. This was over thirty years before the famed England versus Australia series began and historians believe the contest is the oldest international sporting fixture in the world.

One interesting member of the Canadian side of 1936 was all-rounder Lloyd Percivil who was an expert on physical fitness. In later years, the U.S.S.R. was to adopt his training techniques for ice hockey players which enabled the Soviets to rise to world prominence. Also on the team was his brother Gordon who in 1931 had recorded a century in 42 minutes while playing for the Yorkshire Cricket Club against the Rosedale Cricket Club in Toronto. The first 50 runs came in 17 minutes and he was finally dismissed for 177 runs compiled in just 80 minutes. Some years later in 1954, a third brother Allan toured England with the Canadian national side.

2000 saw Canada host the first ICC Americas Championship, a tournament which they won. The following year they embarked on a tour to Sri Lanka, but the highlight of 2001 was their hosting of the ICC Trophy. They finished third in the tournament, which qualified them for the2003 World Cup. It was this ICC Trophy tournament that first saw the emergence ofJohn Davison, who was to become one of Canada's most successful players.

Their history continued with some poor performances in international level as new associates kept emerging.

In January 2014, Canada lost ODI & T20 status and with no prospect of big-stage international cricket to come until next qualifier, owing to a poor performance at the World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.

So they will be looking something positive in them in the upcoming Beach Cricket Championship.

Touring party

Ashish Bagai will be leading Canada in this tournament. The wicketkeeper was elected as captain as to bring some change with former captain Rizwan Cheema will be the vice captain.

R Gunasekera
A Bagai
Rizwan Cheema
AS Hansra
HS Baidwan

©Cricket Canada 2015

Report by ESPNcricinfo

 

[Aislabie]

Joyce leads star-studded Irish squad​

William Porterfield, long-standing captain of the Irish cricket team, has chosen not to participate in the Beach Cricket World Cup, with his place as captain being filled instead by Ed Joyce. The veteran batsman will add a touch of class to what many suspect could be a hit-and-giggle contest.

He will bat at number three, behind Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien, both of whom have big pedigree as Twenty20 opening batsmen. They will also both be able to bowl a good share of the overs, which is valuable in a format where there are only going to be three bowlers in the team.

Kevin O'Brien has a extensive Twenty20 resume.​

Kevin's brother Niall O'Brien will be found both behind the stumps and at number four in the batting order. A true fighter, he should be able to avert any batting collapses. His prowess standing up to the stumps against medium-pace will be vital in keeping the batsmen in the crease against Kevin and the final member of the bowling attack Tim Murtagh. "Dial-M", as he is called, will be looking to find the blockhole from the start with his trademark accuracy.

"This is our tournament to lose," Joyce bullishly told reporters when his team arrived for the tournament. "Well, not really, but it'll be great fun for Tim and myself to stretch our legs in the shorter formats again for Ireland. Of course Kevin is dangerous, but there's more to us than just one crop of ginger hair."

Ireland squad: Paul Stirling , Kevin O'Brien , Ed Joyce , Niall O'Brien , Tim Murtagh ​

 

[Aislabie]

Battered Nepal to spend week on the beach​

Paras Khadka, talismanic captain of the Nepalese cricket team, has announced that even if his team are knocked out of the Beach Cricket World Cup, they intend to spend as long as they possibly can relaxing on the beach.

Indeed, many of the squad have suffered badly in the recent World Twenty20 Qualifier and will need the time to recuperate. One who doesn't is young batting all-rounder Siddhant Lohani, who took the Qualifier by storm with his audacious scoops and helicopter shots against Jersey.

Textbook technique means nothing to Lohani.​

At the top of the order, one-time specialist finisher Sharad Vesawkar finds himself a new home. At his best, he is a clean hitter of a cricket ball, and his selection for this tournament can be seen as a real vote of confidence in the batsman. Khadka and Lohani then take numbers two and three, before Basant Regmi comes in at number four to offer a valuable dash of quality with the ball. Left-arm spin has never been a problem for Nepal, but wicket-keeping has. The chosen man for that role is Binod Bhandari, who has been backed to defy his iffy career record and to clout a couple of boundaries if he gets in.

Unfortunately, few observers expect Nepal to get past a Namibian side starring some of the finest all-rounders outside the Test world.

Nepal squad: Sharad Vesawkar, Paras Khadka , Siddhant Lohani , Basant Regmi , Binod Bhandari ​