ICC Champions Trophy 2009

[formula1man]

i think now Australia will claim this with ease

 

[SaiSrini]

Probables for India.

*Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Manpreet Gony, S Badrinath, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla, Manoj Tiwary, Abhishek Nayar, Pankaj Singh, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Kartik.

Kaif.

Other than that, I'm happy with a squad out of those guys. Oh, and Nayar please.

Its just the probables, buddy! Kaif is not that bad and occasionally does well in domestic cricket. I feel that he is not good enough anymore to come back to international cricket. He is a seasonal guy who does well when things go good for him.

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Final:

NZ vs India

That sounds better to me actually... Would be actually fun facing someone like New Zealand instead of teams like Sri Lanka or Australia.

 

[.Mob]

Play in RSA so India can win it.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/iccct2008/content/current/story/360431.html

:upray

 

[aussie1st]

Australia's 30 man squad has been named.

Australian squad (preliminary): Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Dan Cullen, Xavier Doherty, Brett Geeves, Ryan Harris, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Ashley Noffke, Tim Paine, Luke Ronchi, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White

Heres hoping they take one of those 2 spinners. Most likely Hauritz seeing as he has experience in the sub continent.

 

[TC Ink]

No Pomersbach... Thought he would have made it. Tim Paine, interesting inclusion.

Good to see Shaun Tait back in the mix.

 

[aussie1st]

Pomersbach like Casson needs to work on his form in the shorter form of the game.

Trying a 15 the selectors might go with
Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh/Luke Ronchi, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Shaun Tait/Nathan Hauritz

Going by that we could replace Hopes with Hauritz with Tait still in the side. Ronchi maybe over Marsh means we have a backup keeper and Ronchi can play as a specialist batter if needed.

 

[TC Ink]

"Hildicth added that Ben Hilfenhaus was not considered as he was recovering from an injury." :crying Does anybody know how Hilfy's going? Will he be ready for the start of the domestic season?

 

[usy]

Respect for the brave man, respect for the unknown Hauritz.

 

[nikhil_99]

Pakistan confident ahead of Champions Trophy meet

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is optimistic security measures provided for the Champions Trophy in September will be enough to convince other participating nations that the country is safe enough to host the tournament.

Representatives from all eight countries will attend an important briefing at the ICC headquarters in Dubai this Sunday where a final decision is expected on the hosting rights. Shafqat Naghmi, the PCB's chief operating officer, said there was no reason for the tournament to be shifted after the recent Asia Cup went off without any security glitches.

full article: http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/iccct2008/content/current/story/361482.html

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Pakistan probables

Shoaib Malik (capt), Misbah-ul Haq (vice-captain), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Bazid Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Arafat, Mansoor Amjad, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Ali, Iftikhar Anjum, Sohail Khan, Abdur Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Aamer, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal

 

[irottev]

DIdn't Pomersbach break his collarbone? I'd say that'd rule him out. When's the deadline for the probables? I hope this tournament gets moved to England.

 

[nikhil_99]

Champions Trophy hosts to be confirmed on Sunday


NEW DELHI: Pakistan face an agonising wait till Sunday to know if they will host the International Cricket Council's Champions Trophy in September amid security concerns in that country.

The ICC said representatives of all eight participating teams in the year's biggest One-day tournament will receive a security briefing at the governing body's headquarters in Dubai over the weekend.


full article : http://cricket.timesofindia.indiati...e_confirmed_on_Sunday/articleshow/3249428.cms

 

[icyman]

That sounds better to me actually... Would be actually fun facing someone like New Zealand instead of teams like Sri Lanka or Australia.

Yeah ,it would be,and we'll still manage to lose that

 

[usy]

Pakistan probables

Shoaib Malik (capt), Misbah-ul Haq (vice-captain), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Bazid Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Arafat, Mansoor Amjad, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Ali, Iftikhar Anjum, Sohail Khan, Abdur Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Aamer, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal

wow, thats alot of unknown names, alot of.

You guys have no idea how happy i am seeing Azhar Ali, Nasir Jamshed, Yasir Arafat, Shoaib Akhtar, Anwar Ali,

 

[SciD]

If you want to prevent Aussie win host the tournament in Pakistan.