Story VB Series (Skateboarder2 and Jamee999)

[Jamee999]

Melbourne Cricket Ground Press Centre

Hello Ladies and Gentleman and welcome to the VB Series!

This year we have 4 teams taking part.

The local Australians led by Ricky Ponting

The English captained by Michael Vaughan

The Sri Lankans skippered by Marvin Attapatu

The West Indians, Brian Lara, the captain

There will be 12 matches in the round robin stage, each side playing 6 matches, these matches will be played all across the country.

There will then be a 3 match finals series.

Only the captains have landed so far, so thus we don't have the touring squads but we do have the Australian Team.

R. Ponting
A. Gilchrist
M. Clarke
J. Gillespie
N. Hauritz
M. Hayden
B. Hogg
M. Kasprowicz
B. Lee
D. Lehmann
D. Martyn
G. McGrath
A. Symonds
S. Watson
J. Hopes
S. Katich
B. Haddin
B. Williams
S. MacGill
I. Harvey

We also have the fixtures:

Australia vs Sri Lanka at Brisbane
Australia vs West Indies at Sydney
Sri Lanka vs England at Melbourne
Australia vs England at Brisbane
Australia vs England at Melbourne
West Indies vs England at Sydney
West Indies vs England at Perth
West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Adelaide
Australia vs West Indies at Adelaide
Australia vs West Indies at Adelaide
West Indies vs Sri Lanka at Melbourne
Sri Lanka vs England at Hobart

Any questions for the orginisers or any of the captains?

John Kingley Melbourne Times What inspired you to make the move to 4 teams?

Good question, we felt that having 3 touring squads gave more for the locals to get excited about. and lots of different opposition.

Simon Dorsalawenski Cricinfo England Michael, what is your aim for England in this tournament?

MV: Hi Simon, well realisticly it would be a sucess to make the finals, winning the tournament would be a very nice bonus.

Nicola Speller World Cricket What are your hopes for the series?

High standard cricket and the best team to win.

That's all we have time for today.

 

[jazz]

should be an great series

 

[Skater]

This tournament is very different from other stories seen in the forum because it is a special online play series. I will be England, Jamee999 will be Sri Lanka and the CPU will be Australia and West Indies. Jamee999 will play his match and then hand the game over to me and so on. Should make a great series.

Here is JAMEE999's Patch List for the series:
VB Pitchad
Pepsi ODI Stumps
Cool GamePlay Patch 4
Channel 9 TV Graphics
2GB Bat Pack
Planet Cricket Adboard Pack
New Australia ODI kit
Kits Update

Here is MY Patch List for the series:
VB Pitchad
Pepsi ODI Stumps
Tutsi's AI Patch 5 BETA
Sky Sports TV Graphics V2
2GB Bat Pack
Planetcricket Adboard Pack
Kits Update

We now know that the West Indies have arrived in Oz for the series. Brian Lara announced his squad in Brisbane in an interview:

B. Lara
I. Bradshaw
D. Bravo
C. Browne
S. Chanderpaul
C. Collymore
M. Dillon
C. Gayle
R. Hinds
W. Hinds
S. Joseph
R. Powell
R. Sarwan
P. Collins
R. King
O. Banks
C. Baugh
J. Lawson
M. Samuels
F. Edwards

Next up: Sri Lanka's squad

 

[Jamee999]

The Sri Lankan squad arrived today in Australia:

Here it is:

R. Arnold
M. Atapattu
U. Chandana
T. Dilshan
C. Fernando
D. Fernando
D. Gamage
P. Gunaratne
S. Jayasuria
M. Jayawardene
F. Mahroof
R. Kaluwitharana
M. Muralitharan
L. Malinga
T. Samaraweera
K. Sangakkara
H. Tillikaratne
C. Vaas
M. Vandort
N. Zoyza

Attapatu looking relaxed at the announcing of the squad

 

[Skater]

England have arrived in Melbourne for their first World Series match against Sri Lanka and have announced their squad in a press conference.

England squad:
M. Trescothick
A Strauss
V. Solanki
M. Vaughan
G. Jones
A. Flintoff
K. Pietersen
A. Giles
M. Hoggard
D. Gough
M. Saggers
S. Harmison
R. Martin-Jenkins
P. Collingwood
I. Bell
J. Anderson
Kabir Ali
A. Wharf
A. Tudor
C. Read

Big Hitters Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen are both included and Alex Tudor gets his first call-up since suffering a head injury in the last Ashes series.


The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the above squad will play against Sri Lanka in the World Series.

 

[barmyarmy]

Looking forward to it. Why are you using different AI patches?

 

[Bala]

Should be an exciting series. Jamee, areyou done with 'the Lord's shield' story. I liked it very much and would love to read more of it.

 

[Jamee999]

Wollongabba, Brisbane

Hello and welcome to the 'Gabba at Brisbane for the opening VB Series clash! Australia vs Sri Lanka.

Before the toss and teams, let's have a look at the pitch.


It's a hard pitch with not much for the bowlers.

Here are the two lineups:


Australia play no frontline spinners, only Clarke, Lehmann and Symonds twirling.



Sri Lanka play 2 spinners and the part-time of Jayasuria and Samaraweera.

It will be an interesting battle between spin and pace.

Now we have the result of the toss! Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to field.

 

[Skater]

Looking forward to it. Why are you using different AI patches?

We figured that no team plays the same. Sri Lanka may find batting harder than England, so CGPP 4 seems like a good choice. Tutsi's AI Patch 5 BETA seems to suit the difficulty of England's play. I hope you understand.

 

[The Champ]

Thats a great pitch for the match looks with loads of runs, great presentation friends, loving it

 

[Skater]

A wicket for Sri Lanka and the Aussies are 61/1. Will find out more when I can contact Gray.

 

[The Champ]

ok good start by AUS there