Oceania Premier League Season III | It's here!

[Dipak]

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Special thanks to KBC and for the logo and JC for allowing me to use it


Season Archives

Season I champions - Melbourne Racers (Manager: harrisb)​

Fixtures and Results

Warmup round 1

Wellington True Falcons v Hobart Heroes at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Wellington True Falcons won by 6 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
Melbourne Racers v Sydney Buccaneers at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Sydney Buccaneers won by 8 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
Adelaide Stars v Brisbane Brawlers at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Brisbane Brawlers won by 27 runs
Auckland Aces v Napier Heroes at Eden Park, Auckland - Napier Heroes won by 7 runs
Northern Districts Knights v Perth Panthers at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Northern Districts Knights won by 6 wickets (with 59 balls remaining)

Warmup round 2

Brisbane Brawlers v Wellington True Falcons at The Gabba, Brisbane - Wellington True Falcons won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Sydney Buccaneers v Napier Heroes at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Napier Heroes won by 39 runs
Hobart Heroes v Perth Panthers at Bellerive Oval, Hobart - Hobart Heroes won by 7 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
Melbourne Racers v Northern Districts Knights at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Northern Districts Knights won by 49 runs
Adelaide Stars v Auckland Aces at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Auckland Aces won by 6 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

Round 1 (Normal pitch)

Auckland Aces v Perth Panthers at Eden Park, Auckland - Auckland Aces won by 5 wickets (with 112 balls remaining)
Northern Districts Knights v Wellington True Falcons at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Wellington Falcons won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Sydney Buccaneers v Melbourne Racers at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Melbourne Racers won by 7 wickets (with 79 balls remaining)
Hobart Heroes v Napier Heroes at Bellerive Oval, Hobart - Hobart Heroes won by 7 wickets (with 65 balls remaining)
Brisbane Brawlers v Adelaide Stars at The Gabba, Brisbane - Adelaide Stars won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)

Round 2 (Poor pitch)

Perth Panthers v Hobart Heroes at WACA, Perth - Perth Panthers won by 4 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
Brisbane Brawlers v Sydney Buccaneers at The Gabba, Brisbane - Brisbane Brawlers won by 17 runs
Adelaide Stars v Northern Districts Knights at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Adelaide Stars won by 6 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
Napier Heroes v Auckland Aces at McLean Park, Napier - Napier Heroes won by 6 wickets (with 46 balls remaining)
Melbourne Racers v Wellington True Falcons at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Melbourne Racers won by 8 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)

Round 3 (Excellent pitch)

Wellington True Falcons v Perth Panthers at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Perth Panthers won by 5 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
Auckland Aces v Melbourne Racers at Eden Park, Auckland - Auckland Aces won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Northern Districts Knights v Napier Heroes at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Napier Heroes won by 4 runs
Sydney Buccaneers v Adelaide Stars at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Sydney Buccaneers won by 66 runs
Hobart Heroes v Brisbane Brawlers at Bellerive Oval, Hobart - Hobart Heroes won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

Round 4 (Poor pitch)

Perth Panthers v Brisbane Brawlers at WACA, Perth - Brisbane Brawlers won by 78 runs
Adelaide Stars v Hobart Heroes at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Adelaide Stars tie with Hobart Heroes
Napier Heroes v Sydney Buccaneers at McLean Park, Napier - Napier Heroes won by 4 wickets (with 32 balls remaining)
Melbourne Racers v Northern Districts Knights at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Northern Districts Knights won by 5 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
Wellington True Falcons v Auckland Aces at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Wellington True Falcons won by 5 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

Round 5 (Excellent pitch)

Melbourne Racers v Perth Panthers at Edgbaston, Birmingham - Melbourne Racers won by 4 wickets (with 29 balls remaining)
Wellington True Falcons v Napier Heroes at Lord's, London - Napier Heroes won by 5 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
Auckland Aces v Adelaide Stars at KIA Oval, London - Auckland Aces won by 100 runs
Northern Districts Knights v Brisbane Brawlers at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Brisbane Brawlers won by 20 runs
Sydney Buccaneers v Hobart Heroes at Old Trafford, Manchester - Sydney Buccaneers won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Round 6 (Normal pitch)

Perth Panthers v Adelaide Stars at WACA, Perth
Napier Heroes v Brisbane Brawlers at McLean Park, Napier - Brisbane Brawlers won by 6 runs
Melbourne Racers v Hobart Heroes at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Hobart Heroes won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)
Wellington True Falcons v Sydney Buccaneers at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Sydney Buccaneers won by 3 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
Auckland Aces v Northern Districts Knights at Eden Park, Auckland - Northern Districts Knights won by 13 runs

Round 7 (Excellent pitch)

Northern Districts Knights v Perth Panthers at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Northern Districts Knights won by 78 runs
Sydney Buccaneers v Auckland Aces at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Sydney Buccaneers won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
Hobart Heroes v Wellington True Falcons at Bellerive Oval, Hobart - Wellington True Falcons won by 8 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Brisbane Brawlers v Melbourne Racers at The Gabba, Brisbane - Melbourne Racers won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
Adelaide Stars v Napier Heroes at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Napier Heroes won by 32 runs

Round 8 (Poor pitch)

Perth Panthers v Napier Heroes at WACA, Perth - Perth Panthers won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
Melbourne Racers v Adelaide Stars at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne - Melbourne Racers won by 13 runs
Wellington True Falcons v Brisbane Brawlers at Basin Reserve, Wellington - Wellington True Falcons won by 7 runs
Auckland Aces v Hobart Heroes at Eden Park, Auckland - Auckland Aces won by 3 wickets (with 53 balls remaining)
Northern Districts Knights v Sydney Buccaneers at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Northern Districts Knights won by 6 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

Round 9 preview

Round 9 (Normal pitch)

Sydney Buccaneers v Perth Panthers at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney - Sydney Buccaneers won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
Hobart Heroes v Northern Districts Knights at Bellerive Oval, Hobart - Northern Districts Knights won by 5 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Brisbane Brawlers v Auckland Aces at The Gabba, Brisbane - Auckland Aces won by 21 runs
Adelaide Stars v Wellington True Falcons at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide - Adelaide Stars won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Napier Heroes v Melbourne Racers at McLean Park, Napier - Melbourne Racers won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

Playoffs

Major semi-final - TBA v TBA at TBA
Major semi-final - TBA v TBA at TBA
Major semi-final - TBA v TBA at TBA

Grand Finale Series

Match One - TBA v TBA at TBA
Match Two - TBA v TBA at TBA
Match Three - TBA v TBA at TBA (if required)

Managers and Teams

Adelaide Stars
Home Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Manager: Tarun Aggarwal (tarun87)
Coach: Gary Kirsten

Joe Burns

Peter Forrest

Virat Kohli

Shaun Marsh

Cameron White

MS Dhoni (c)

Luke Ronchi

Luke Butterworth

Dwayne Bravo

David Hussey

Yuvraj Singh

Saeed Ajmal

Doug Bollinger

Trent Boult

Ben Hilfenhaus

Mitchell Johnson

Steve Magoffin

Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Auckland Aces
Home Ground: Eden Park, Auckland
Manager: Callum Gray (CG123)
Coach: Sir Richard Hadlee
Season 1 team review

Ian Bell

Peter Fulton

Gautam Gambhir

Martin Guptill

Chris Rogers

Virender Sehwag

Lou Vincent

Kane Williamson (c)

Kumar Sangakkara

Shahid Afridi

Mitchell Marsh

Nathan McCullum

Andre Adams

Michael Bates

Stuart Clark

Nathan Hauritz

Kyle Mills

Dale Steyn

Brisbane Brawlers
Home Ground: The Gabba, Brisbane
Manager: Wayne Zanussi (The Author)
Coach: Nathan Bracken

Neil Broom

Alastair Cook

Liam Davis

AB de Villiers

Michael Hussey (c)

Chris Lynn

Suresh Raina

Brendon Diamenti

Kieron Pollard

Steven Smith

Hamish Bennett

Patrick Cummins

Steven Finn

Ben Laughlin

Ray Price

Nathan Rimmington

Shaun Tait

Neil Wagner

Hobart Heroes
Home Ground: Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Manager (Round 1-5): Benjamin Robertson (swirler)
Manager (Round 5 - ): Gaurav Aggarwal (User2010)
Coach: Dave Houghton

Ed Cowan

Mahela Jayawardene

Tom Latham

Ricky Ponting (c)

Jonathan Trott

BJ Watling

Peter Nevill

Brendan Taylor

Colin de Grandhomme

James Hopes

Andrew McDonald

Xavier Doherty

Ryan Harris

John Hastings

Nathan Lyon

Morne Morkel

Thisara Perera

Andre Russell

Melbourne Racers
Season I champions
Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Manager: Brook Harris (harrisb)
Manager (Round 1-4): Gaurav Aggarwal (User2010)
Coach: Mickey Arthur

Phillip Hughes

Usman Khawaja

Eoin Morgan

Sachin Tendulkar (c)

Marcus Trescothick

David Warner

Kruger van Wyk

Matthew Wade

Daniel Christian

Glenn Maxwell

Shane Watson

James Anderson

Tim Bresnan

Josh Hazlewood

Jason Krejza

Ajantha Mendis

Dirk Nannes

Peter Siddle

Napier Heroes
Home Ground: McLean Park, Napier
Manager: Ahmad Shah (Ahmad Shah)
Coach: Chris Cairns

Umar Akmal

Aaron Finch

Phil Jaques

Rob Quiney

Mathew Sinclair

Misbah-ul-Haq

Gareth Hopkins

Brendon McCullum

Jacques Kallis

Rob Nicol

Jacob Oram

Scott Styris

Daniel Vettori (c)

Umar Gul

Mashrafe Mortaza

Jimmy Neesham

Ravi Rampaul

Daryl Tuffey

Northern Districts Knights
Home Ground: Seddon Park, Hamilton
Manager: Truman Lee (Iridium)
Coach: Andy Flower
Season 1 team review

Hashim Amla

Dean Brownlie

Craig Cumming

Jean-Paul Duminy

Jamie How

Marcus North

Graeme Smith

Ross Taylor (c)

Tim Paine

Reece Young

Moises Henriques

Angelo Mathews

Doug Bracewell

Nuwan Kulasekara

Chris Martin

Alister McDermott

Tim Southee

Graeme Swann

Perth Panthers
Home Ground: WACA Ground, Perth
Manager: Varun (Varun978)
Coach: John Buchanan

George Bailey

Travis Birt

Tom Cooper*

Mark Cosgrove

Rahul Dravid

Chris Gayle

Brad Hodge

Hamish Marshall

Adam Gilchrist (c)

Andrew Ellis

Mohammad Hafeez

Mark Cleary

Brad Hogg

Brett Lee

Lasith Malinga

Muttiah Muralitharan

Kemar Roach

Mitchell Starc

Sydney Buccaneers
Home Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Manager: Prathamesh Dongre (Prats)
Coach: Justin Langer

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Michael Clarke (c)

Callum Ferguson

Matthew Hayden

Simon Katich

Michael Klinger

Kevin Pietersen

Adam Voges

Brad Haddin

Shakib al Hasan

James Faulkner

Ryan ten Doeschate

Steve O'Keefe

Ravichandran Ashwin

Zaheer Khan

James Pattinson

Callum Thorp

Shane Warne

Wellington True Falcons
Home Ground: Basin Reserve, Wellington
Manager: Sartaj Nawaz (Sartaj)
Coach: Stephen Fleming
Season 1 team review

Tillikaratne Dilshan

Francois du Plessis

Stephen Murdoch

Michael Papps

Stewart Rhodes

Jesse Ryder

Mohammad Yousuf

Harry Boam

Grant Elliott (c)

James Franklin

Samit Patel

Abdul Razzaq

Luke Woodcock

Stuart Broad

Mark Gillespie

Andy McKay

Clint McKay

Jeetan Patel

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[Gaurav_7]

NZ please. 3rd and final league as a manager.

 

[VC the slogger]

If my spot is confirm,I would want my team name to be Perth Panthers

 

[Umair7]

If I Am In Then Hobart Dolphins

 

[harrisb]

Lads, he hasn't said anything yet, so I wouldn't worry about names before he decides who gets a team.

 

[CremerCurrans]

I'm interested. I haven't taken part in a league of yours before.

 

[CG123]

I'll just post here for the sake of it, so yeah, read the VM I sent you.

This is pretty novel, but I'd scrap the "District" part in the Northern District Knights. They're normally just called the Northern Knights which sounds better.

 

[Iridium]

I'll just post here for the sake of it, so yeah, read the VM I sent you.

This is pretty novel, but I'd scrap the "District" part in the Northern District Knights. They're normally just called the Northern Knights which sounds better.

I thought about that but he's using the logo Pranav made me for the IETL and that says Northern Districts Knights

 

[Dipak]

Teams increased to ten given the fabulous response. Final list of managers shall arrive shortly.

 

[Dipak]

Australian

Tarun
Brook
Swirler
Prats
Author
Varun978

New Zealand

Truman
Sartaj
CG123
User_2010

Congrats to the managers. Sorry to those who have missed out. But don't worry you can always follow the league or become a co-manager/coach of the existing managers. Sorry once again. It was a tough decision. Special sorry to Umair who wanted GPL to run, I let him down twice.

 

[CG123]

The mighty Auckland Aces please, or would that be weird having the same team both here and in my NZPL? If you don't want me go with that I'll go with the Auckland Jafas.

I thought about that but he's using the logo Pranav made me for the IETL and that says Northern Districts Knights

Fair enough. Again I'm splitting hair's here, but "Districts" on the first post needs an "s" added to the end of it.

 

[Iridium]

Auckland logo is already made, also from my league

 

[Umair7]

Special sorry to Umair who wanted GPL to run, I let him down twice.

No Problem Buddy

 

[Gaurav_7]

Napier Heroes please.

 

[CG123]

No South Island teams.