Story The Southern Hemisphere Series

[jazz]

The Southern Hemisphere Series​

The Australian, South African and New Zealand Cricket boards have agreed to hold a Tri-series of One Day International Matches

Australia and New Zealand initially came up with the idea as both countries have a 5-7 month break after April and the South African Cricket board happily agreed participating making this a top three southern hemisphere clash

The last time these three teams met in a tri-series was back in the VB series in 2001 which South Africa won

 

[BigCrickNan]

Seems like a cool idea. I want South Africa to win for some reason.

 

[Wildwil]

Cool this is gonna be nice. Yeah thanks Drewska!

 

[gary0808]

Definetly gonna be a tough series for the KIWIS really looking forward to it

 

[jazz]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed South Africa to Host the Southern Hemisphere Series​

However some critics say the Series was set for South Africa anyway as the recent racist chants in Australia will have restrained the ICC from selecting them and very few crowds in New Zealand would not have made any income and profit to the ICC and the series Sponsors

The ICC assures everyone that South Africa was selected as the host because of it beautiful scenery and excellent facility stadiums not because of the factors in Australia and New Zealand

The South African Cricket Board has Selected Cape Town and Johannesburg to Host the Series

 

[BigCrickNan]

Will this be similar to the VB series, with teams playing each other 3 times then with 3 finals?

 

[jazz]

Will this be similar to the VB series, with teams playing each other 3 times then with 3 finals?

no it wont the schedule and point system will be released soon

 

[MWaugh]

good to see your back. interesting series. i would have used australia because you have more grounds to play with. we all remember the vb series in 2001 when they played us out of the final with a pathetic display in perth - forcing a points system change.

good luck mate and watch out for virus's

 

[James219]

Unlucky with your other thread, it was really class presentation. However this looks to be a new and interesting idea, starting well already. Good luck.

 

[jazz]

The ICC Strip South Africa from Being Hosts​

The ICC have Stripped South Africa from Being Hosts of the Southern Hemisphere Series as they now will be unveiling a new Series Schedule later on today

 

[Cricket_60]

Nice little twist in the story

Good luck Jazz

 

[Bala]

Good luck for the new story mate! And watch out for Viruses.

 

[jazz]

ICC Reveal Schedule​

The ICC have Revealed the schedule for Southern Hemisphere Series. The series schedule is same as the Rugby Tri-Nations held every year.

In Australia

Australia v South Africa at Brisbane
Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne

In South Africa

South Africa v New Zealand at Cape Town
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg

In New Zealand

New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington
New Zealand v Australia at Auckland

Final Best Out of 3

1st Final will be hosted by the opposition finishing 1st
2nd Final will be hosted by the opposition finishing 2nd
3rd Final will be hosted by the opposition who has finished last

Points System
Match Points

5 = Bonus Point Win
4 = Win
2 = No Result/Tie
0 = Loss

One bonus point will be awarded to teams that achieve a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition.

In the event of the teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final match (or series) will be determined as follows:

?the team with the most number of wins
?the team with the most number of wins over the other team(s).
?the team with the highest number of bonus points
?the team with the highest net run rate.

 

[James219]

Nice idea for the fixtures

 

[w3lshrugby]

great idea to use for the fixtures, all 3 countries hosting matches is good for the ICC.