Story ICC Champions Trophy - England 2004

[m_vaughan]

West Indies name squad for ICC Champions Trophy

The West Indies Cricket board has announced their 14 man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England

Jermaine Lawson misses out due to injury

Darren Sammy has been called into the West Indies? squad for the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy after fast bowler Jermaine Lawson was forced to pull out with injury.
All-rounder Sammy has been selected because Lawson is likely to be ruled out for at least six weeks with a stress fracture of his lower back.

The Windies are drawn in Group B with South Africa and Bangladesh, and open their tournament against the Asian side on September 15.

Squad: Brian Lara (Capt), Ramnaresh Sarwan (Vice Capt), Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Courtney Browne(wkt), Shiv Chanderpaul, Corey Colleymore, Merv Dillon, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Sylvester Joseph, Darren Sammy, Ricardo Powell, Ryan Hinds.

 

[The Champ]

mate u rnt going to use C'paul as captain

 

[m_vaughan]

mate u rnt going to use C'paul as captain

No, cuz he wasnt the captain of WI during this tournament.

 

[The Champ]

ok fine yes u r correct he wasnt

 

[gold639]

Good to see you are trying to be as accurate as possible.

 

[m_vaughan]

Good to see you are trying to be as accurate as possible.

Cheers mate

 

[fardin]

Good to see you are trying to be as accurate as possible.

Probably too much accurate

 

[jazz]

ill be hoping this time around new zealand can cause a bit of a challegne to australia

still they look very weak in their pace attack as bond will have no part to play in this series

you said you will also be playin australia v new zealand, which country will you be??

 

[The Champ]

ya bond will be definitely missed

 

[m_vaughan]

you said you will also be playin australia v new zealand, which country will you be??

Thats a bit of a surprise. Will reveal once the time comes.

 

[m_vaughan]

Sri Lanka and South Africa name their ICC Champions Trophy squads

Muttiah Muralitharan has been named in the Sri Lankan team even though there are concerns about his fitness

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Defending champions Sri Lanka​

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Defending champions Sri Lanka have named their 14 man team for this year's ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England. Marvan Atapattu will captain the side that also includes Saman Jayantha and Dilhara Fernando who missed out the recent home series against South Africa

Sri Lanka Squad:
Marvan Atapattu (captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando, Saman Jayantha, Avishka Gunawardene, Upul Chandana.
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Lance Klusener and Jean Paul Duminy have been added to the South African ODI side for the ICC Champions Trophy

South Africa need to bounce back from their 5-0 defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka​

South Africa will be looking to do well in the tournament especially after being thrashed 5-0 by Sri Lanka in the Janashakti ODI Series. Graham Smith will lead a 14 man squad that consists of allrounders Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Andre Nel, Shaun Pollock as well as Jean Paul Duminy.

South Africa Squad:
Graeme Smith (captain), Mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Alan Dawson, Jean-Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Rudolph, Martin van Jaarsveld.

 

[faraz haider]

wow lance klusener in the team intresting to see how he bat in this competition.

 

[m_vaughan]

New Zealand name squad

Kiwis leave Franklin out of Champions Trophy squad

AUCKLAND: New Zealand chose seam bowler Kyle Mills ahead of James Franklin in their 14-man squad on Tuesday for the ICC Champions Trophy in England next month.

New Zealand recently won the Natwest Series in England​

Coach John Bracewell told reporters that Mills offered more flexibility than left-arm paceman Franklin, who did well after being called into the squad following a spate of injuries on New Zealand?s recent tour of England. Mills was one of the players hit by injury and did not feature in the triangular one-day series which also involved West Indies, a competition the Kiwis won to move up to second place behind Australia in the world rankings. Apart from Franklin, who was named on Tuesday in the New Zealand ?A? party to tour South Africa next month, the Champions Trophy squad contained no surprises. Bracewell said: ?These players have performed well during the past nine months. ?The nucleus of this squad plays well as a team and has the class required to continue winning at this level.? The Kiwis meet the United States (Sept. 10) and Australia (Sept. 16) in Pool A of the Champions Trophy.

Squad: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Ian Butler, Chris Cairns, Chris Harris, Hamish Marshall, Brendan McCullum, Craig McMillan, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Michael Papps, Scott Styris, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori.​

 

[jazz]

new zealand have a good strong squad but they are lacking fire power in bowling which will hurt them

 

[m_vaughan]

new zealand have a good strong squad but they are lacking fire power in bowling which will hurt them

Yes thats true. But New Zealand have been rated as 2nd favorates for the trophy after Australia and ahead of England by the bookies.

Betting Odds by Bet365.com
ICC Champions Trophy 2004

Australia - 3/2
New Zealand - 3/1
England - 9/2
Pakistan - 5/1
South Africa - 21/4
India - 11/2
Sri Lanka 13/2
West Indies 7/1
Zimbabwe 24/1
Bangladesh 26/1
Kenya 26/1
USA 50/1