Story England's Journey to WorldCup-Ashes06-07 : 3rd Test (Perth)

[gamerkid22]

Squads​

England Squad

It seems that the selectors might have got it right this time as the team is well balanced with A.Flintoff back in the side and retaining the captancy . While R.Clarke was injured duting training as he twisted his right ankle and is ruled out of the tournament and his place is taken up by England's favourite spinner Monty Panesar. With 3 spinners on Indian soil Englands squad is really lloking a tough one.

1. A Flintoff (captain)
2. JM Anderson
3. IR Bell
4. Monty Panesar ( Replaces injured R.Clarke)
5. PD Collingwood
6. JWM Dalrymple
7. SJ Harmison
8. EC Joyce
9. J Lewis
10. SI Mahmood
11. KP Pietersen
12. CMW Read (wicketkeeper)
13. AJ Strauss
14. MH Yardy

Australia Squad

Australia are certaily the number 1 team of the world and are certainly unbeatable . After winning the DLF cup Australia players will be looking to win the CHampions Trophy as well but any thing is possible in knouckout games. Australians have an aggressive batting lineup and fast bowlers too which will blow the opposition away.

1. RT Ponting (captain)
2. NW Bracken
3. SR Clark
4. MJ Clarke
5. AC Gilchrist (wicketkeeper)
6. GB Hogg
7. MEK Hussey
8. MG Johnson
9. SM Katich
10. B Lee
11. GD McGrath
12. DR Martyn
13. A Symonds
14. SR Watson


India Squad

The hosts are the favourite to win the tournament as they have played some good cricket at home in past few months but their away performance is poor. The players performance overseas is poorer than they perform at home . AT home they are simple the best and they dont give the opponets any chance to win .

1. R Dravid (captain)
2. AB Agarkar
3. MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
4. Harbhajan Singh
5. M Kaif
6. D Mongia
7. MM Patel
8. IK Pathan
9. RR Powar
10. SK Raina
11. V Sehwag
12. RP Singh
13. SR Tendulkar
14. Yuvraj Singh

Pakistan Squad

Pakistan team will be captained by Younis Khan as Inzamam-ul-Haq faces a 4 match ban . Pakistan are a tough side and are in good form as well .Their batting lineup consists of some strong middle order batsmen and bowling line is lead by the fastes Shoaib Akthar. Also the contiditions are much favourable to them as they are the neighbouring country.

1. Younis Khan (captain)
2. Abdul Razzaq
3. Iftikhar Anjum
4. Imran Farhat
5. Salman Butt (replaces Inzamam-ul-Haq )
6. Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper)
7. Mohammad Asif
8. Mohammad Hafeez
9. Mohammad Yousuf
10. Naved-ul-Hasan
11. Shahid Afridi
12. Shoaib Akhtar
13. Shoaib Malik
14. Umar Gul

New Zealand Squad

Currently not having played cricket for few months NewZealanders might create a surpise in Champions Trophy as they have S.Bond who usuaaly performs the best against any team . Batting is good and experienced and also D.Vettori is expected to bowl well in Indian conditions.

1. SP Fleming (captain)
2. NJ Astle
3. SE Bond
4. JEC Franklin
5. PG Fulton
6. MR Gillespie
7. BB McCullum (wicketkeeper)
8. HJH Marshall
9. KD Mills
10. JDP Oram
11. JS Patel
12. SB Styris
13. DL Vettori
14. L Vincent

South Africa Squad

South Africans have performed well in India last time and this time they are in full strength leading by their captain G.Smith who is in tremendous form .S.Pollock the master of line and length will face the new ball with the dangerous M.Ntini and no new faces in the squad .
1. GC Smith (captain)
2. JH Kallis (vice-captain)
3. LL Bosman
4. MV Boucher (wicketkeeper)
5. AB de Villiers
6. HH Dippenaar
7. HH Gibbs
8. AJ Hall
9. JM Kemp
10. CK Langeveldt
11. A Nel
12. M Ntini
13. RJ Peterson
14. SM Pollock

Sri Lanka Squad

SriLanka have performed poorly when they were in India last time .They lost to India by a margin of 5-1 and showed some bad performance on the field as well . But now S.Jayasurya and M.Atapattu are back in the side and they will hope to perform well and clear the qualifying round and get in group stage.

1. M Jayawardene (captain)
2. M Atapattu
3. M Bandara
4. T Dilshan
5. D Fernando
6. S Jayasuriya
7. K Kapugedera
8. F Maharoof
9. L Malinga
10. M Muralitharan
11. R Perera
12. K Sangakkara (wicketkeeper)
13. U Tharanga
14. C Vaas

West Indies Squad

West Indies are playing some excellent cricket and are in good form as they beat India in the careebian and performed well in DLF Cup as well reaching the final . WestIndians are now sure that they can defend the Champions Trophy .

1. BC Lara (captain)
2. RR Sarwan (vice-captain)
3. CS Baugh (wicketkeeper)
4. IDR Bradshaw
5. DJ Bravo
6. S Chanderpaul
7. CD Collymore
8. FH Edwards
9. CH Gayle
10. WW Hinds
11. RS Morton
12. MN Samuels
13. DR Smith
14. JE Taylor

Bangladesh Squad

Bangladesh are certainly the minnows but they have beat Australia in England in the Natwest series last time and also they performed well in Zimbabwe .

1. Habibul Bashar (captain)
2. Shahriar Nafees (vice-captain)
3. Abdur Razzak
4. Aftab Ahmed
5. Farhad Reza
6. Khaled Mashud (wicketkeeper)
7. Mashrafe Mortaza
8. Mehrab Hossain jnr
9. Mohammad Ashraful
10. Mohammad Rafique
11. Rajin Saleh
12. Saqibul Hasan
13. Shahadat Hossain
14. Syed Rasel



Zimbabwe Squad

This is the least experienced squad in this tournament and also they have a new captain who straight away will do the captaincy in the big tournament . Hope they perform well .

1. P Utseya (captain)
2. CJ Chibhabha
3. E Chigumbura
4. T Duffin
5. AJ Ireland
6. T Kamungozi
7. H Masakadza
8. S Matsikenyeri
9. T Mupariwa
10. EC Rainsford
11. HP Rinke
12. V Sibanda
13. GM Strydom
14. BRM Taylor (wicketkeeper)

COMING UP ----- Key Players

 

[evertonfan]

Great work again Gamer; You obviously put a lot of effort into your latest update. Top stuff.

I'm very happy with that England squad and I think that we have a genuine chance of the trophy this time. However, I think that Australia, India and Pakistan have exceptional sides and they will be very hard to beat, wheras New Zealand and South Africa are also full of talent. The Windies are reigning Champions too so they will be eager to reclaim their crown, whilst you can never write off the underdogs, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[GrayNicolls]

Good stuff gamer. Looking forward to the champions trophy.

 

[afridi25]

Looking good gamer good to see u are back from gaming and i hope this story is a success.

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

Great stuff !!!!!!!!!! Reps for you !!!!!! :happy

 

[gamerkid22]

Thanks guys .

1 question to all cricket fans .... Do u agree by the board's decision of inclusion of Monty Panesar in Champions Trophy?

 

[evertonfan]

Well I definitley agree with his inclusion; He is the best spinner in England and i'm sure he'll do splendidly well in India.

 

[manee]

I agree with his inclusion as spinners are diffucult to play on bouncy, turning india tracks

 

[kookaburra69]

great update mate.nice to see monty included in the squad,England have a real chance now of wining this champions trophey

 

[RoboRocks]

great update mate.nice to see monty included in the squad,England have a real chance now of wining this champions trophey

One of the best left arm spinners in the world.
Of course he should play.

 

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[afridi25]

i can't wait for the updates.

Bannoffe pie for all

 

[The Blazer]

Loving the story, Gamer- Great build-up to the ICC Champions Trophy.

 

[gamerkid22]

KeY Players​

Lets take a look at some key players who are likely to perform well in Champions Trophy.

Batting Maestro's

1.Sachin Tendulkar

The Master Blaster is all set to roar in the Champions Trophy . Currently he is back from injury and now he is batting like a Champion and is in tremendous form . He wants to make a mark at the Champions Trophy and will surely go after the bowling . Bowlers Beware ..........Sachin Is Back !!!

2.Kevin Pietersen

The hero of Engand Team has the ability to do anything with the bat and score some quickfire runs or just get his team to good score depending on the situation. K.Pieterson has the ability to swing the match in England's favour at any stage of the match . He likes to play the spinners well and last time out in India he was unstoppable and was the only England batsman to score consistently in every match .

3. Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasurya is one of the most dangerous player in the world and is aggressive with the bat . He is back in Srilankan side and now even more dangerous and more aggressive . He is familiar with the Indian conditions and has quite a number of records on the Indian grounds. Anything pitched outside the line to him will surely go for a six .

4. Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara ...the name itself scare the bowlers . He is the most consistent and one of the top batsman in the world . His current form is tremendous and he has an aim in his mind while coming to Champions Trophy which is to Defend the Trophy .

Fast and Furious

1.Brett Lee

The fastest bolwler and the also consistent in line and length . He has the ability to uproot the batsmen stumps everytime when he has the ball in hand.
Currently the most fastest and inform bowler and has a great chance to continue his form in Champions Trophy


2.Shoaib Akthar

The most dangerous Pakistani Bowler who likes to bowl in the subcontinet . He never give the batsmen any chance to think . His just rips in the ball and the batsmen might stay wondering when the ball went past the bat . This fast bowler have never leart to lose under any condition ....always playing with a positive mind.

3. Shane Bond

The name is Bond ...Shane Bond ..... he is the most talented bowler and performs well in any tournament .He is always led down by injuries but when he playes in any form of the game he always gives 100% . Now he is back in New Zealand sideand will be hoping to win the tournament

Coming Up .... ICC Champions Trophy qualifying stage :happy :happy

 

[manee]

Nice, the pictures are nice and so is the font. And the actual words are written expertly.