Story England's International Season (Sep 2004 Onwards) [C2005]

[m_vaughan]

England announce Test Squad for South Africa Tour
After a 4-0 thrashing of Zimbabwe in the ODI Series, England travel south to take on Graeme's Smith men in a 5 test match series.

Test Squad:
Michael Vaughan, capt
James Anderson
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Stephen Harmison
Matthew Hoggard
Geraint Jones, wkt
Simon Jones
Robert Key
Andrew Strauss
Graham Thorpe
Marcus Trescothick
Paul Collingwood
Gareth Batty
Chris Read
Mark Butcher

Tour Schedule:
December 2004
11-13 v South Africa A, Potchefstroom

17-21 1st Test, Port Elizabeth
26-30 2nd Test, Durban

January 2005

2-6 3rd Test, Cape Town
13-17 4th Test, Johannesburg
21-25 5th Test, Centurion


27 v South Africa A, Kimberley
30 1st ODI, Johannesburg

February

2 2nd ODI, Bloemfontein D/N
4 3rd ODI, Port Elizabeth D/N
6 4th ODI, Cape Town
9 5th ODI, East London D/N
11 6th ODI, Durban D/N
13 7th ODI, Centurion


First up is the Warm up match against South Africa A.

 

[dobbo2k4]

Great story so far mate, keep it up

 

[icyman]

gr8 am looking forth now

 

[m_vaughan]

Update....South Africa A 82/5 in 31 Overs. (J Anderson 4/10)

 

[newbie22]

Great tour so far mate, can't wait for the first test - should be an even contest. :swords :boxing

 

[S_Harmison]

fantastic tour, just read all 6 pages, well done Vaughnie.

 

[m_vaughan]

Hey Gus, my first semester exams are over, which means I will be back posting my tour.

Apart from the current African series, I will also be playing a World XI vs Asia XI Tsunami Benefit match.

The match will be played at the MCG, and team lineups coming up.

 

[m_vaughan]

Tsunami Benefit Match announced
The International Cricket Council today announced that a Benefit match for the Tsunami victims of South Asia, will be played at the MCG, prior to the 1st test match between England and South Africa.

The World XI team will be captained by Ricky Ponting, as his team looks like this:

Ricky Ponting (Captain) (Australia)
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Brian Lara (West Indies)
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)
Andrew Flintoff (England)
Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)
Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
Shane Warne (Australia)
Steve Harmison (England)
Jason Gillespie (Australia)
Tatenda Taibu (Zimbabwe)

Saurav Ganguly will be captaining the Asian team, and his team is:

Saurav Ganguly (Captain) (India)
Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Rahul Dravid (India)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan)
Kumara Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan)
Anil Kumble (India)
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)
Alok Kapali (Bangladesh)



I will be posting the details of this match right after the game against South Africa A. Thanks and stay tuned.

 

[S_Harmison]

the thing i like best about this story is the realism and adding in of external evens, keep up the good work vaugnie.

 

[m_vaughan]

the thing i like best about this story is the realism and adding in of external evens, keep up the good work vaugnie.

Thanks Harmy for all your compliments. I must tell you that your threads are of top class, and I enjoy reading them.

Anyways I have finally updated the pics and stats from the warm up match against South Africa A.

The 3 day match ended in a draw, but the final day was really exciting, with some aggressive batting from England, as they tried to chase their target in just 90 minutes time.

South Africa A (1st Innings) 167 all out
A. Prince 45 J. Anderson 5-39
G. Dros 20

England (1st Innings) 307-9 decl.
A. Strauss 77 D. Pretorius 3-116
G. Jones 57*

South Africa A (2nd Innings) 332 all out
M. Van Jaarsveld 65 A. Giles 3-24
A. Amla 56 A. Flintoff 3-109

England A (2nd Innings) 137-2
M. Trescothick 72* C. Langeveldt 1-49
M. Vaughan 40*

Match Drawn
Man of the Match: James Anderson (Eng)


England will now play South Africa in the 1st of 5 Test Matches, at Durban. But before that we will have the Tsunami benefit match between ICC World XI and ACC Asia XI.

 

[dobbo2k4]

Keep it up, hope you keep up the winning pattern

 

[fardin]

wow great presentation mate.

 

[m_vaughan]

Thanks guys for the compliments.

Anyways now we move on to Lords for the Tsunami Relief Match, between the ICC World XI and the ACC Asia XI.

Its a bright and sunny day here in North London, as we prepare ourselves for the big match between the Asia XI and the World XI. This match has been given official status by the ICC, which makes it all the more important for both the players and viewers alike.

Lets us first have a look at the teams for todays match, starting with the ICC World XI.

ICC WORLD XI
Chris Gayle (Bat/Bowl)
Herschelle Gibbs (Bat)
Ricky Ponting (Capt.) (Bat)
Stephen Fleming (Bat)
Brian Lara (Bat)
Andrew Flintoff (Bat/Bowl)
Adam Gilchrist (Bat/WK)
Shaun Pollock (Bat/Bowl)
Brad Hogg (Bat/Bowl)
Steve Harmison (Bowl)
Jason Gillespie (Bowl)

12th Man: Tatenda Taibu (Bat/WK)


ACC Asia XI
Sachin Tendulkar (Bat/Bowl)
Sanath Jayasuriya (Bat/Bowl)
Saurav Ganguly (Capt.) (Bat/Bowl)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Bat)
Rahul Dravid (Bat)
Kumara Sangakkara (Bat/WK)
Shoaib Malik (Bat/Bowl)
Abdul Razzaq (Bat/Bowl)
Chaminda Vaas (Bowl)
Shoaib Akhtar (Bowl)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Bowl)

12th Man: Irfan Pathan (Bowl)



The Umpires
Field Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Aleem Dar (PAK)
3rd Umpire: Simon Taufel (AUS)
4th Umpire: Ranjan Madugalle (SRL)
Match Official: Clive Lyold (WI)


Now lets have a good lock at the pitch

 

[dobbo2k4]

Keep it up, really good presentation of scren shots and information!!

 

[nightprowler10]

Great presentation, no Yousuf Youhana?