Story Cricksim: The Pepsi Cricket Championship: Auction To Take Place on Saturday April 25th

[harrisb]

the pepsi cricket championship​

January 2010, when Europe is a reckoning force in World Cricket

After much deliberation, the European Cricket Council, has decided to start its own season in collaboration with the ICC, 12 Teams from around the world are primed and ready to battle it out for the 5 Trophies up for grabs in the inaugural season of the Pepsi Cricket Championship.

It consists of the following:

A First Class Season, (2 divisions and A knockout)
A 25-Over Cup
A 50 Over Tournament
A 35 Over League

The Teams are as following:
London Kings
New York Towers
Paris 'Tashes
Rio Roarers
Canada Bouncers
Shanghai Springers
India Tigers
Barcalona Catalonians
Rome Sabres
Japan Cripplers
Berlin Stallions
Europe Eagles

Update 24th April:
Exclusive TV Rights have been brought at auction by Sky Sports for a record €129million after intense bidding between Sky and ITV.
Also, Australian Legend Steve Waugh has been named coach of the Paris 'Tashes, during a press conference, Waugh was quoted as saying 'I am looking forward to leading the Paris 'Tashes Team to many titles.'

Update 25th April:
More Coaches have been named;
Berlin Stallions: Brian Lara
Europe Eagles: Michael Atherton
London Kings: Geoffrey Boycott
Also, The teams will each play a friendly against another team to determine the divisions. The winner of each friendly is in Division 1 and the loser joins Division 2.

 

[Biggy]

Coke is better.

Good luck.

 

[Roofrom50]

Coke is better.

Good luck.

100% agree haha, good luck with this mate

 

[Jaztheman]

Decent start mate, would of been better with more background given to the reader.

Looking forward to this, however.

 

[harrisb]

i only got time to do a brief intro yesterday but i am about to add more

 

[harrisb]

The Auction Has been completed, squads will be announced along with team logos.

07harrisb added 30 Minutes and 18 Seconds later...

Exclusive Announcement

The London Kings team has been launched at Lords Cricket Ground,

Owner: HRH Prince Charles

Coach: Geoffrey Boycott

Provisional 20-Man Squad:
Shaun Marsh,
Luke Ronchi (WK),
Ben Hilfenhaus,
Adam Gilchrist (WK),
Dimitri Mascherenhas,
Darren Pattinson,
MS Dhoni (WK) (C),
Ravindra Jadeja,
Amit Mishra,
Graeme Smith,
Mark Boucher (WK),
Martin Guptill,
Neil Broom,
Aaron Redmond,
Mohammed Hafeez,
Sohail Khan,
Farveez Maharoof,
Chris Gayle,
Elton Chigumbura,
Dinesh Ramdin (WK),​

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07harrisb added 17 Minutes and 39 Seconds later...

Exclusive Announcement

The New York Towers Team launches at the Yankee Stadium,

Owner: President Obama

Coach: Stephen Fleming

Provisional 20-Man Squad:
David Warner,
James Hopes,
Dirk Nannes,
Shane Warne,
Graeme Swann,
Tim Ambrose (WK),
Sachin Tendulkar,
Laxmi Ratan Shukla,
Harbajan Singh,
Herschelle Gibbs,
Andre Nel,
Jesse Ryder,
James Franklin,
Salman Butt,
Shoaib Malik,
Umar Amin,
Thilan Thushara,
Ramnaresh Sarwan,
Darren Sammy,
Abdur Razzak,​

07harrisb added 11 Minutes and 55 Seconds later...

Exclusive Announcement

The Paris 'Tashes Team has been launched at the Arc De Triomphe Park,

Owners: Jean Alesi and Olivier Panis

Coach: Steve Waugh

Provisional 20-Man Squad:
Ricky Ponting,
Andrew McDonald,
Marcus North,
Justin Langer,
Stuart Broad,
Amjad Khan,
Rohit Sharma,
Zaheer Khan,
Piyush Chawla,
Jacques Kallis,
Charles Langedvelt,
Daniel Vettori,
Daniel Flynn,
Younis Khan,
Faisal Iqbal,
Wahab Riaz,
Lasith Malinga,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul,
Suleiman Benn,
Aftab Ahmed,​