Story England's Tour Of Zimbabwe

[m_vaughan]

Hey I will be touring Zimbabwe for 3 ODIs and 2 Test Matches shortly.

I will be playing in Hard Mode, using Radaga v4 for the test matches and Ravi's patch (not sure which version) for the ODIs. Sam's exe is also being used for all matches.

Englands squad (subject to change)

ODI Matches
M Vaughan (Capt)
J Anderson
I Bell
I Blackwell
R Clarke
P Collingwood
A Flintoff
A Giles
D Gough
S Harmison
M Hoggard
S Jones
G Jones
J Kirtley
C Read
A Strauss
M Trescothick

Test Matches
M Vaughan (Capt.)
J Anderson
G Batty
M Butcher
P Collingwood
A Flintoff
A Giles
S Harmison
M Hoggard
N Hussain
R Johnson
G Jones
S Jones
C Read
A Strauss
G Thorpe
M Trescothick

The Tour will begin soon, so please dont spam up this thread with too many "When is it gonna start" messages.

Cheers.
Siddharth

 

[barmyarmy]

Two questions:
Are any England players withdrawing for moral reasons and are you going to play against the current Zimbabwe test team? :P

 

[m_vaughan]

I dont think all these second string players are there in the roster.pak file, so maybe I will have to create them.

I think I rather play their first team.

These are the stumps (Orange coloured Nissan Stumps) that I will be using during the ODIs.
I think the test matches uses the white ones (will come to know during ZIM vs SL Test Matches), and if required I will make the white ones as well.

I have tried making pitch-ads, but I really do suck at it. I would like some1 to make a good Nissan pitch-ad for me to be used in this series.

Cheers.

 

[m_vaughan]

Latest News:

Four England players have pulled out of the Zimbabwe tour due to moral reasons. Former captain Nasser Hussain, Left Arm Spinner Ashley Giles, and the pace duo of Matthew Hoggard and Simon Jones will not be flying to the African nation, where England are due to play three One Day Internationals and two Test Matches.

The England and Wales Cricket Board website today confirmed that these four players have officially pulled out of the tour, but also confirmed that the tour will go ahead.

ECB Chairman of selectors David Graveney has also announced the replacements. (subject to change)

Ed Smith (for Nasser Hussain)
Ian Blackwell (for Ashley Giles in Test Matches)
Gareth Batty (for Ashley Giles in ODIs)
Richard Johnson (for Simon Jones in ODIs)
James Kirtley (for Simon Jones in Tests)
Chris Silverwood (for Matthew Hoggard in both Tests and ODIs)

 

[Jarryd]

Are you just trying to sound realistic when you say just for test or just for ODIs or is there some editor i don't know about

 

[m_vaughan]

Ill be playing around a bit with the lineup in the sav file.
Lets see how much I can change.

 

[jamesdriscoll]

Wonder if you could tell us the odds from the bookies for the series? :P

 

[m_vaughan]

Odds for the series (supplied by betforfree.com)

ODI Series

England win 3-0 : 7/2
England win 2-1 : 5/3
England win 2-0 : 5/3
England win 1-0 : 4/1
Series draw 1-1: 6/1
Zimbabwe win 1-0 : 6/1
Zimbabwe win 2-0: 12/1
Zimbabwe win 2-1: 6/1
Zimbabwe win 3-0: 500/1
Serues draw 0-0: 1000/1

Test Series
England win 2-0: 5/2
England win 1-0: 5/3
Series level 1-1: 3/1
Series level 0-0: 7/2
Zimbabwe win 1-0: 5/2
Zimbabwe win 2-0: 10/1

Special double pack
England win ODIs 3-0 and Tests 2-0 1000/1

 

[m_vaughan]

Zimbabwe have announced their squad for the 3 ODIs. The rebels have still not reached an agreement with the ZCU, but experts do expect things to be settled in time for the Test Matches.

Zimbabwe squad for the ODIs.
Tatenda Taibu (captain)
Dion Ebrahim
Vusi Sibanda
Elton Chigumbura,
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Alester Maregwede
Mluleki Nkala
Waddington Mwayenga
Brendon Taylor
Douglas Hondo
Prosper Utseya
Tawanda Mpariwa
Edward Rainsford
Henry Olonga
Tinashe Panyangara

 

[barmyarmy]

Henry Olonga's in the team? !!!

 

[m_vaughan]

am glad you noticed that m8!! :cool

aint that shocking news??? :cap:

 

[Rahul]

so u created those players yourself???

 

[m_vaughan]

Yup. I havent finished though.

 

[m_vaughan]

Tour Schedule

 

[the artist]

c'mon england! :up your england team is quite different from mine!