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[Slowcoach]

South Africa Tour of Bangladesh - October 1998/9 - Tour Schedule

3 day match v Bangladesh A at Sylhet
1st Test v Bangladesh at Dhaka
2nd Test v Bangladesh at Chittagong
3rd Test v Bangladesh at Mirpur

 

[Slowcoach]

Bangladesh A Team for 3 day match v South Africans at Sylhet:

Shahriar Hossain, Mehrab Hossain, Al Sahariar, Akram Khan, Sanwar Hossain, Khaled Mahmud (c), Khaled Mashud (wk), Mushfiqur Rahman, Enamul Haque snr, Fahim Muntasir, Hasibul Hossain

 

[TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican]

What do I do next?

I am going to start a Test League featuring the 9 Test nations active in 1998/9 plus Bangladesh who I will give Test status to 2 years early.
The games will be simmed using Owzat Games International Cricket run on an Excel helper.
The game is very accurate and after a while Career Averages, Strike Rates and Economy Rates should be spot on.
You might find some players who failed at Test level but did better at ODI or First Class level have had their stats boosted to make them useful so it's worth trying out everyone in your squad to see what they can do.
I will roughly follow the real life Test schedule with some series extended and some series added to the schedule.
I will also add some A tours and tour matches v Board XI's so you can try out extra players.
You will be restricted to players who were active at Test level in 1998/9, or in Bangladesh's case, first class level in 1998/9.
The league will continue beyond 1998/9 if there is sufficient interest, even up to the present if we get that far, with more players becoming available as they made their real life debuts.
For now I want managers to sign up and state the team they would like to manage, I will post each teams available squad in following posts, more to follow...

Teams and their Managers:

Australia: ahmedleo414
Bangladesh: Slowcoach
Pakistan: Khan Sahab 54

 

[TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican]

South Africa Tour of Bangladesh - October 1998/9 - Tour Schedule

3 day match v Bangladesh A at Sylhet
1st Test v Bangladesh at Dhaka
2nd Test v Bangladesh at Chittagong
3rd Test v Bangladesh at Mirpur

Okay, here I am!

 

[TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican]

Sweet, I'm ready to tour!

 

[Slowcoach]

Sweet, I'm ready to tour!

@TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican

Hoi, will mark you down for South Africa, here is your available squad for the tour of Bangladesh, choose 17 from these to tour:

South Africa available Test Squad 1998/9:

G.Kirsten
H.H.Gibbs
A.M.Bacher

J.Kallis RFM
W.J.Cronje RM
D.J.Cullinan
J.N.Rhodes

B.M.McMillan RFM
L.Klusener RFM

M.V.Boucher (wk)

P.L.Symcox OB
P.R.Adams SLC
C.E.Eksteen SLA

S.M.Pollock RFM
A.A.Donald RF
S.J.Elworthy RFM
D.J.Terbrugge RFM
M.Ntini RF

 

[TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican]

Here's my 17.

G.Kirsten
H.H.Gibbs
A.M.Bacher

J.Kallis RFM

D.J.Cullinan
J.N.Rhodes

B.M.McMillan RFM
L.Klusener RFM

M.V.Boucher (wk)

P.L.Symcox OB
P.R.Adams SLC
C.E.Eksteen SLA

S.M.Pollock RFM
A.A.Donald RF
S.J.Elworthy RFM
D.J.Terbrugge RFM
M.Ntini RF

 

[Slowcoach]

Here's my 17.

G.Kirsten
H.H.Gibbs
A.M.Bacher

J.Kallis RFM

D.J.Cullinan
J.N.Rhodes

B.M.McMillan RFM
L.Klusener RFM

M.V.Boucher (wk)

P.L.Symcox OB
P.R.Adams SLC
C.E.Eksteen SLA

S.M.Pollock RFM
A.A.Donald RF
S.J.Elworthy RFM
D.J.Terbrugge RFM
M.Ntini RF

@TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican

Thanks. that's awesome, no Cronje! Lol.

Here is the details of your first match, post an XI and I will get it underway:

Bangladesh A v South Africans - 3 day match - at Sylhet - October 1998/9

Pitch: 67 - A damp wicket that is likely to cut up quickly and could offer the bowlers, especially the spinners, a lot of help late in the match. While the wicket stays sound it should play reasonably well, the batsmen are never likely to dominate for long and this could be a low scoring match.
Day 1 Starting Pitch: 5 - Normal Wicket
Day 1 Weather: 1 - Hot and Humid (aids Swing deliveries)

Injuries: None.

 

[TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican]

@TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican

Thanks. that's awesome, no Cronje! Lol.

Here is the details of your first match, post an XI and I will get it underway:

Bangladesh A v South Africans - 3 day match - at Sylhet - October 1998/9

Pitch: 67 - A damp wicket that is likely to cut up quickly and could offer the bowlers, especially the spinners, a lot of help late in the match. While the wicket stays sound it should play reasonably well, the batsmen are never likely to dominate for long and this could be a low scoring match.
Day 1 Starting Pitch: 5 - Normal Wicket
Day 1 Weather: 1 - Hot and Humid (aids Swing deliveries)

Injuries: None.

G.Kirsten
H.H.Gibbs

J.Kallis RFM

D.J.Cullinan

B.M.McMillan RFM
L.Klusener RFM

M.V.Boucher (wk)

P.L.Symcox OB

S.M.Pollock RFM
A.A.Donald RF
M.Ntini RF

 

[Slowcoach]

G.Kirsten
H.H.Gibbs

J.Kallis RFM

D.J.Cullinan

B.M.McMillan RFM
L.Klusener RFM

M.V.Boucher (wk)

P.L.Symcox OB

S.M.Pollock RFM
A.A.Donald RF
M.Ntini RF

@TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican
Thanks, the Bangladesh A team is already typed into my Excel helper with their ratings, will put your South African team in now then we can start on the match.
Will give updates for every hour of play here on Planet Cricket, an hour of play takes about 10 minutes real time so it will be quite regular.
I like your XI, strong in pace which might be handy in the Humid conditions.

 

[Slowcoach]

@TheAnnoyingSouthAfrican

Bangladesh A v South Africans - 3 day match - at Sylhet - October 1998/9

Pitch: Normal
Weather: Hot and Humid (aids Swing)

Bangladesh A:
Shahriar Hossain, Mehrab Hossain, Al Sahariar, Akram Khan, Sanwar Hossain OB, Khaled Mahmud RM(c), Khaled Mashud (wk), Mushfiqur Rahman RFM, Enamul Haque snr SLA, Fahim Muntasir OB, Hasibul Hossain RFM

South Africans:
G.Kirsten, H.H.Gibbs, J.H.Kallis RFM, D.J.Cullinan, B.M.McMillan RFM, L.Klusener RFM, M.V.Boucher (wk), P.L.Symcox OB, S.M.Pollock RFM, A.A.Donald RF, M.Ntini RF

Toss: South Africans, who elected to Bat first

Score updates to follow...

 

[Khan Sahab54]

Imran Farhat
Imran Nazir
Saleem Elahi
Wajahatullah Wasti
Hasan Raza
Mohammad Wasim
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Humayun Farhat
Arshad Khan
Mohammad Hussain
Shakeel Ahmed
Shahid Nazir
Aamer Nazir
Mohammad Akram

@Slowcoach

 

[Slowcoach]

Imran Farhat
Imran Nazir
Saleem Elahi
Wajahatullah Wasti
Hasan Raza
Mohammad Wasim
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Humayun Farhat
Arshad Khan
Mohammad Hussain
Shakeel Ahmed
Shahid Nazir
Aamer Nazir
Mohammad Akram

@Slowcoach

@Khan Sahab54

Please choose your XI for the following match bearing in mind the Pitch and Weather conditions and any Injuries you may have:

Pakistan A v Australian XI - 3 day match - at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore - October 1998/9

Pitch: 103 - This looks like a good batting wicket and the batsmen should prosper for at least the first three days. Thereafter the bowlers may begin to get some assistance, with the spinners expected to benefit most.
Day 1 Starting Pitch: 2 - Good Batting Wicket
Day 1 Weather: 2 - Hot and Sunny

Injuries: Imran Farhat - Back trouble, Arshad Khan - Back trouble, Shahid Nazir - Dislocated shoulder

 

[ahmedleo414]

Please choose a 15 man Australia A squad to tour India from the following list of players:

M.T.G.Elliott
G.S.Blewett RM
M.E.Hussey RM
D.R.Martyn RM
B.J.Hodge OB
A.J.Symonds OB
A.C.Gilchrist (wk)
P.E.Emery (wk)
A.J.Bichel RFM
B.D.Julien LFM
B.Lee RF
A.C.Dale RFM
S.G.Law RM
M.G.Bevan SLC
M.J.Nicholson RFM

 

[Khan Sahab54]

1. Imran Nazir
2. Shoaib Malik
3. Wajahatullah Wasti
4. Hasan Raza
5. Saleem Malik
6. Abdul Razzaq
7. Humayun Farhat
8. Mohammad Hussain
9. Shakeel Ahmed
10. Aamer Nazir
11. Mohammad Akram