Story Englands ICC Champions Trophy and Winter Tests [BLIC]

[tjh1989]

I brought BLIC about 2 weeks ago for the ps2 since it wouldn't run and my pc and now i have decided to do a story. However because its on ps2 don't think there will be no screenshots has i will be doing my up most best to provide them using a digital camera.
I will be Playing as England starting of with a replay of ICC Champions Trohpy in England Followed by test matches in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Heres a basic overview.

ICC Champions Trophy - England
2 Group Matches, Top team out of 4 groups prgress into semi finals.
Englands host Bangladesh
1 Test
Englands Tour to Sri Lanka
4 Tests
5 ODI's
Englands Tour to Pakistan
3 Tests
5 ODI's

A more detail fixtures list coming soon along with further information.

 

[tjh1989]

Fixtures and Information:
ICC Champions Trophy England 2004
This year, the world's best teams will be joined by the emerging one-day cricket nations Kenya - the surprise team from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 - and the United States of America, which earned a place in the tournament after winning the ICC Six Nations Challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in March.
To be staged in England for the first time this September, the ICC Champions Trophy provides teams the opportunity to benchmark their progress against each other with a format that has no leeway for mistakes with 15 games in 16 days, one defeat is likely to prevent a team from progressing to the finals.

ICC Champions Trophy Venues
Name of stadium: The Brit Oval
Home team: Surrey County Cricket Club
Address: The Brit Oval, Kennington, London, SE11 5SS.
Telephone: 020 7582 6660
Fax: 020 7735 7769
Capacity: 20,000
Ground area: 4.3 acres
Head groundsman: Bill Gordon

Name of stadium: The Rose Bowl
Home team: Hampshire
Address: The Hampshire Rose Bowl, Botley Road, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3XH.
Telephone: 023 8047 2002
Fax: 0023 8047 2211
Capacity: 6,500
Head groundsman: Nigel Gray

Name of stadium: Edgbaston
Home team: Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Address: County Cricket Ground, Edgbaston Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 7QU.
Telephone: 0121 446 4422
Fax: 0121 440 5866
Capacity: 17,500
Head groundsman: Steve Rouse

ICC Champions Trophy History
Previous Tornaments:
ICC Knockout Trophy 1998/9
Final: South Africa v West Indies at Dhaka - November 1, 1998
South Africa won by 4 wickets.
ICC Knockout Trohpy 2000/1
Final: India v New Zealand at Nairobi - October 15, 2000
New Zealand won by 4 wickets.
ICC Champions Trohpy 2002
Final Replay: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo - September 30, 2002
No result.
ICC Champions Trohpy 2004 Fixtures:
England v Zimbabwe, Pool D
10-11 Sep 2004, Birmingham

New Zealand v United States of America, Pool A
10 Sep 2004, The Brit Oval

India v Kenya, Pool C
11 Sep 2004, Southampton

Bangladesh v South Africa, Pool B
12 Sep 2004, Birmingham

Australia v United States of America, Pool A
13 Sep 2004, Southampton

Kenya v Pakistan, Pool C
14 Sep 2004, Birmingham

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Pool D
14 Sep 2004, The Brit Oval

Bangladesh v West Indies, Pool B
15 Sep 2004, Southampton

Australia v New Zealand, Pool A
16 Sep 2004, The Brit Oval

England v Sri Lanka, Pool D
17 Sep 2004, Southampton

South Africa v West Indies, Pool B
18 Sep 2004, The Brit Oval

India v Pakistan, Pool C
19 Sep 2004, Birmingham

1st Semi Final 21 Sep 2004, Birmingham

2nd Semi Final 22 Sep 2004, Southampton

Final 25 Sep 2004, The Brit Oval

 

[tjh1989]

England Host Bangladesh
With the ICC Champions Trohpy in September and winter tours to Sri Lanka and Pakistan there is little time for rest in this busy series of matches. Therefore England will play 1 test match against Bangladesh after the conclusion of the ICC Champions Trohpy which should be towards the end of late Septmeber which is unusual since test matches in England are usually finished at the beginning of Septmeber. This therefore brings questions of weather interupting play during this solitary test.
England yet to annouce a squad are likey to put out a full strengh side for preperation for the long winter which gets underway during october over in Sri Lanka.
England v Bangladesh-Test Series Venue:
Name of Stadium:Lord's Cricket Ground

Established 1814
Named after Thomas Lord
Capacity 30000
Floodlights No
End names Pavilion End, Nursery End
Home team(s) Marylebone Cricket Club, Middlesex
Other sports Lacrosse, Hockey
Curator Mick Hunt
St John's Wood Road, London, England

England v Bangladesh Fixtures:
England v Bangladesh Test Match,
Lords 27th September - 1st Ocotober

 

[Pak_cricketer]

good luck!

 

[tjh1989]

Englands Tour of Sri Lanka
With the ICC Champions Trophy complete and englands 1 test match against Bangladesh over, England head to Sri Lanka for 4 test and 5 ODI's. M.Vaughans men will be looking to dominate from the start since this tactic has brought tremendous success over past 18 months.
Englands Tour of Sri Lanka - Venues:
Name of stadium:Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Also or formerly known as Maitland Crescent
End names Press Box End, Pavilion End
Home team(s) Colombo Cricket Club

Name of stadium:Galle International Stadium
Galle, Sri Lanka
Also or formerly known as The Esplanade
End names City End, Fort End
Home team(s) Galle Cricket Club

Name of stadium: Asgiriya Stadium
Kandy, Sri Lanka
End names Hunnasgiriya End, Hanthana End
Home team(s) Kandy Cricket Club

Name of stadium:Tyronne Fernando Stadium
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Also or formerly known as Moratuwa Stadium; De Zoysa Stadium
End names Press Box End, Katubadda End
Home team(s) Moratuwa Sports Club

Englands Tour of Sri Lanka - Fixtures:
England v Sri Lanka 1st Test,
Kandy 10th-14th October

England v Sri Lanka 2nd Test,
Colombo 16th-20th October

England v Sri Lanka 3rd Test,
Galle 22nd-24th October

England v Sri Lanka 4th Test,
Morathuwa 27th-31st October
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England v Sri Lanka 1st ODI,
Moratuwa 4th November

England v Sri Lanka 2nd ODI,
Kandy 5th November

England v Sri Lanka 3rd ODI,
Kandy 7th November

England v Sri Lanka 4th ODI,
Colombo 8th November

England v Sri Lanka 5th ODI,
Galle 10th November

 

[tjh1989]

England's Tour of Pakistan
After a busy Tour in Sri Lanka, England head the short distance to Pakistan for the 3 test and 5 ODI's. It will be interesting to see whether England's result in Sri Lanka will effect the results in Pakistan or if Pakistan prove to strong for England.
England's Tour of Pakistan - Venues:
Name of stadium:National Stadium
Karachi, Pakistan
Floodlights Yes
End names Pavilion End, University End
Home team(s) Pakistan, Karachi

Name of stadium:Gaddafi Stadium
Lahore, Pakistan
Also or formerly known as Lahore Stadium
Floodlights Yes
End names Pavilion End, College End
Home team(s) Lahore

Name of stadium:Iqbal Stadium
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Also or formerly known as Lyallpur Stadium; National Stadium; City Stadium
End names Pavilion End, Golf Course End
Home team(s) Faisalabad

Name of stadium:Arbab Niaz Stadium
Peshawar, Pakistan
Also or formerly known as Shahi Bagh Stadium
End names Pavilion End, College End
Home team(s) Peshawar Cricket Association

Name of stadium:Pindi Club Ground
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Also or formerly known as Army Sports Ground
Home team(s) Rawalpindi

Name of stadium:Niaz Stadium
Hyderabad, Sind
Home team(s) Hyderabad

England's Tour of Pakistan - Fixtures:
England v Pakistan 1st Test,
Karachi 20th-24th November

England v Pakistan 2nd test,
Lahore 26th-30th November

England v Pakistan 3rd Test,
Faisalabad 3rd-7th December
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England v Pakistan 1st ODI D/N,
Faisalabad 10th December

England v Pakistan 2nd ODI
Rawlpindi 11th December

England v Pakistan 3rd ODI D/N,
Lahore 13th December

England v Pakistan 4th ODI,
Peshwar 15th December

England v Pakistan 5th ODI D/N,
Hyderbad 16th December

 

[tjh1989]

ICC Champions Trophy - England 2004
With teams from all around the world arriving for the ICC Champions Trophy in England, squads have all been annouced along with the final group posistions.
ICC Champions Trohpy Tables...
Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Note: Top team from each group advances to the semi- finals.
ICC Champions Trohpy Squads...
Australia Squad
*Ricky Ponting
+Adam Gilchrist
Michael Clarke
Jason Gillespie
Ian Harvey
Matthew Hayden
Brad Hogg
Michael Kasprowicz
Brett Lee
Darren Lehmann
Damien Martyn
Glenn McGrath
Andrew Symonds
Shane Watson
Coach - John Buchanan
Manager - Stephen Bernard
Physiotherapist - Errol Alcott
Physical Performance Manager - Jock Campbell
Massage Therapist - Lucy Frostick
Assistant Coach - Tim Nielsen
Fielding/Throwing Coach - Michael Young
Media Manager - Jonathan Rose

Bangladesh Squad
*Rajin Saleh
Aftab Ahmed
Faisal Hossain
Javed Omar
Khaled Mahmud
+Khaled Mashud
Manjural Islam Rana
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Rafique
Mushfiqur Rahman
Nafis Iqbal
Nazmul Hossain
Tapash Baisya
Tareq Aziz
Habibul Bashar - withdrawn 24th August
Coach - Dav Whatmore
Physiotherapist - John Gloster
Fitness Advisor - Justin Cordy
Computer Analyst - Nasir Ahmed
Operations Manager - Mohammad Abdul Latif Khan

England Squad
*Michael Vaughan
James Anderson
Gareth Batty
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Darren Gough
Stephen Harmison
+Geraint Jones
Anthony McGrath
Vikram Solanki
Andrew Strauss
Marcus Trescothick
Alex Wharf - added 4/9/04
Coach - Duncan Fletcher
Assistant Coach - Troy Cooley
Assistant Coach - Tim Boon
Computer Analyst - Malcolm Ashton
Massage Therapist - Vickki Byrne
Physiotherapist - Dean Conway
Operations Manager - Phil Neale
Physiologist - Nigel Stockill
Media Manager - Andrew Walpole

India Squad
*Sourav Ganguly
Ajit Agarkar
Amit Bhandari - added 19th Sep
Rahul Dravid
Rohan Gavaskar
Harbhajan Singh
Mohammad Kaif
+Dinesh Karthik
Anil Kumble
VVS Laxman
Ashish Nehra
Irfan Pathan
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
Sachin Tendulkar
Coach - John Wright
Manager - Goutam Dasgupta
Physiotherapist - Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer - Gregory King
Video Analyst - B Ramakrishnan

Kenya Squad
*Steve Tikolo
Josephat Ababu
Ragheb Aga
Hitesh Modi
Thomas Odoyo
Peter Ongondo
Lameck Onyango
+Kennedy Otieno
Maurice Ouma
Brijal Patel
Malhar Patel
Ravindu Shah
Tony Suji
Martin Suji
Maurice Odumbe
Coach - Andrew Moles
Manager - Ramesh Bhalla
Trainer - Mark Lane
Physiotherapist - Bernard Choi
Official - Harilal Shah

New Zealand Squad
*Stephen Fleming
Nathan Astle
Ian Butler
Chris Cairns
Chris Harris
Hamish Marshall
+Brendon McCullum
Craig McMillan
Kyle Mills
Jacob Oram
Michael Papps
Scott Styris
Daryl Tuffey
Daniel Vettori
Coach - John Bracewell
Manager - Ross Dykes
Physiotherapist - Dayle Shackel
Video Analyst - Zach Hitchcock
Fitness Manager - Warren Frost

Pakistan Squad
*Inzamam-ul-Haq
Abdur Razzaq
Azhar Mahmood - added 4/9/04
Imran Farhat
Mohammad Sami
+Moin Khan
Naved-ul-Hasan
Salman Butt
Shahid Afridi
Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Malik
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Yousuf Youhana
Shabbir Ahmed
Coach - Bob Woolmer
Manager - Haroon Rashid
Assistant Manager - Asad Mustafa
Biokineticist - Murray Stevenson
Physiotherapist - Darryn Lifson
Analyst - Hendrikus Coertzen

South Africa Squad
*Graeme Smith
+Mark Boucher
Nicky Boje
Alan Dawson
Jean-Paul Duminy
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Lance Klusener
Charl Langeveldt - added 4/9/04
Makhaya Ntini
Robin Peterson
Shaun Pollock
Jacques Rudolph
Martin van Jaarsveld
Coach - Eric Simons
Assistant Coach - Vincent Barnes
Manager - Tim Southey
Fitness Trainer - Adrian Le Roux
Physiotherapist - Shane Jabaar
Computer Analyst - Gustav Obermeyer
Media Liason - Gerald de Kock

Sri Lanka Squad
*Marvan Atapattu
Upul Chandana
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Dilhara Fernando
Avishka Gunawardene
Saman Jayantha
Sanath Jayasuriya
Mahela Jayawardene
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Farveez Maharoof
Lasith Malinga
+Kumar Sangakkara
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Zoysa
Muttiah Muralitharan - withdrawn
Coach - John Dyson
Manager - Ajith Jayasekera
Physiotherapist - CJ Clark
Trainer - Shane Duff
Cadability - Sanath Jayasundara
Selector - Lalith Kaluperuma

U.S.A. Squad
*Richard Staple
Aijaz Ali
Rohan Alexander
Donavan Blake - added 8th Sep
Jignesh Desai - added 8th Sep
Howard Johnson
+Mark Johnson
Clayton Lambert
Steve Massiah
Naseer Islam
Nasir Javed
Rashid Zia
Charles Reid
Leon Romero
Coach - Sheik Faoud Bacchus
Manager - Hubert Miller
Physiotherapist - Akhtar Masood Syed
Technical Assistant - Kenny Benjamin
Media Manager - Bobby Refaie

West Indies Squad
*Brian Lara
Ian Bradshaw
Dwayne Bravo
+Courtney Browne
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Corey Collymore
Mervyn Dillon
Chris Gayle
Ryan Hinds - added 2nd September
Wavell Hinds
Sylvester Joseph
Ricardo Powell
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Darren Sammy - added 26th August
Coach - Gus Logie
Manager - Anthony Howard
Physiotherapist - Andrew Simpson
Trainer - Ronald Rogers
Analyst - Garfield Smith

Zimbabwe Squad
*+Tatenda Taibu
Elton Chigumbura
Dion Ebrahim
Douglas Hondo
+Alester Maregwede
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Tawanda Mupariwa
Mluleki Nkala
Tinashe Panyangara
Edward Rainsford
Vusi Sibanda
Brendan Taylor
Prosper Utseya
Mark Vermeulen
Coach - Phil Simmons
Manager - Babu Meman
Physiotherapist - Amato Machikicho
Analyst - Tinashe Ruswa
Selector - Macsood Ebrahim
Fitness Trainer - Dean Woodford

 

[ashu2411]

good luck mate. I will be looking forward to see some snaps

 

[fardin]

Good luck

 

[Somerset_Rule]

cant wait. Come on england :happy

 

[tjh1989]

ICC Champions Trophy - England 2004
ICC Champions Trophy, 2004, 1st Match
England v Zimbabwe, Pool D
Edgbaston, Birmingham
10th September 2004 (50-over match)

Toss: England (Bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and SJA Taufel (Aus)
TV Umpire: BF Bowden (NZ)
Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL)
Commentators: Bill Lawry and Jonathan Agnew (Sky Sports)

 

[Ramz]

Great detailed information man will defo keep my eye onto this series

 

[fardin]

I hope Zimbabwe wins.

 

[dannybecks]

sounds good mate, are you having you career player in there? for that added bit of fun?

 

[MWaugh]

good work mate. best of luck for the story. is this the first story for blic??? a great deal of depth in your intro which is nice. will be good to see some photos as well. best of luck and as always - go Australia