Best of All-time

[Jamee999]

In a mysterious time-warp 7 of the best players from the 8 best Test countries came back to their peak for the World Cup,the remaining current players were drafted to the other countries for their squad of 5.

Squads

Australia

DG Bradman
AC Gilchrist+
AR Border*
SR Waugh
SK Warne
DK Lillee
GD McGrath

England

GA Gooch
AJ Stewart+*
M Trescothick
A Flintoff
IT Botham
D Cork
D Gough

South Africa

GR Pollock
MV Boucher+
G Kirsten
JH Kallis
L Klusener
SM Pollock
AA Donald*

India

SM Gavaskar
SR Tendulkar
R Dravid+
V Sehwag
AB Agarkar
Kapil Dev*
A Kumble

Pakistan

Inzamam-ul-haq
Rashid Latif+
Javed Miandad
Wasim Akram
Abdul Razzaq
Imran Khan*
Waqar Younis

New Zealand

NJ Astle
AC Parore+
SP Fleming*
CL Cairns
CZ Harris
RJ Hadlee
SE Bond

West Indies

BC Lara
RD Jacobs+
IVA Richards
GS Sobers*
MD Marshall
CA Walsh
CEL Ambrose

Sri Lanka

PA de Silva
RS Kaluwitharana+
ST Jayasuria
RS Mahanama
WPUJC Vaas
KSC de Silva
M Muralitharan

Zimbabwe

M Azharuddin
BKV Prasad
IA Healy*+
C Pringle
KR Miller

Bangladesh

J Srinath
SC Ganguly*
RW Marsh+
Yuvraj Singh
RD King

Kenya

WJ Cronje*
HH Streak
DM Jones
RC Russell+
DW Fleming

Namibia

PJL Dujon+
Aqib Javed
DC Boon*
JN Gillespie
N Boje

UAE

DL Haynes*
Mushtaq Ahmed
Ramiz Raja
BP Patterson
JHB Waite+

Holland

B Lee
A Ranatunga*
Moin Khan+
A Symonds
S Lee

Scotland

Mudassar Nazar
Salim Malik
LS Pascoe*
APE Knott+
C White

USA

Saeed Anwar
M Prabhakar
NR Mongia+
Abdul Qadir
Zaheer Abbas*

Nepal

ME Waugh*
J Garner
DJ Richardson+
Harbhajan Singh
M Kaif

Canada

Saqlain Mushtaq
Ijaz Ahmed
Salim Yousuf+
R Benaud*
IR Bishop

Ireland

RJ Shastri
RB Richardson*
KSC de Silva
DL Murray+
DS Lehmann


Denmark

CJ McDermott
A Flower+
GW Flower
RR Lindwall
CH Lloyd*

Next up the warm-up matches.

P.S. Any mistakes mis-spellings or players in two teams can you please post them here.

 

[Neil Pickup]

It's AB Agarkar

 

[Jamee999]

Warm-up matches

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

The Cleethorpes pitch gave some great twists and turns to this match,Pakistan batted first and after Inzamam made 68 and Wasim 71 they slumped to 156 all out but that could still be a challenging target on this varying sand.

40's from de Silva,Kaluwitharana and Jayasuria left Vaas needing 22 runs off 24 balls and he got this with only 13 of them.

In summary
Pakistan 156
Sri Lanka 158/3
Sri Lanka win by 2 wickets
MOM:Jayasuria

West Indies vs Australia

A much anticipated match Australia batted first and after 121 from Bradman and a good rear-guard and in the end match saving effort from Shane Warne making 45 off 21.
Lara took guard for the Australian bowling and made a good 44 of just 15 balls,Jacobs made 59 off 24 but Richards fell making only 7 at a Strike Rate of 200,Ambrose made a resiliant 66 but fell 5 runs short when the 80th ball was bowled,in summary

Australia 187
West Indies 183/3
Australia win by 4 runs
MOMG Bradman

Kenya vs New Zealand

At Skegness the ball was not moving in the air or off the seam and it was a joy to bat on as Nathen Astle showed making 41 off 19 before being run out by Cronje,Parore made 14 but a great delivery from Streak got him,Cairns made 32 off just 14 but played a silly stroke and gave the ball straight back to Streak! At 87/3 New Zealand were in trouble but a inspiring 63 from Hadlee gave some hope to the Kiwis.

Chasing 151 D Jones came in and was stumped by Parore second ball for 1 leaving "Jack" Russell in at a important situation but he went for 19 to Hadlee but Cronje was a proven batsman but also made 19 leaving Kenya at 40/3.Heath Streak made a entertaining 39 to set Damien Fleming 72 off 30 balls he survived the whole innings but only made 37 and New Zealand won by 34 runs,in summary.

New Zealand 150/3
Kenya 116/3
New Zealand win by 34 runs
MOM:H Streak 39 & 2-54

Next: The World Cup Preview

 

[Jamee999]

It's AB Agarkar

Thanks Neil.

 

[Neil Pickup]

At Skegness the ball was not moving in the air or off the seam and it was a joy to bat on

Ever played on Skegness? Definitely not a joy to bat on!

 

[Jamee999]

World Cup Preview

Australia

Australia have a very strong batting line-up and with Steve Waugh not getting into the the first team
Staron Bradman
Tip:3rd

England

The English line-up is unusual with no real star
Star:Andrew Flintoff
Tip:Second Round

South Africa

A team with a good bowling attack and some good batsman on their day.
Star: Jacques Kallis
Tip:4th

India

A team who could do well just need Sachin to shine.
Star:Sachin Tendulkar
Tip:Quater-Finals

Pakistan

A team with a very good bowling attack but could struggle to make the runs.
Star:Waqar Younis
Tip:Runner-up

New Zealand

A very strong team who should threaten every team in this Cup
Star:Richard Hadlee
Tip:Winner

West Indies

A team that could be a dark horse.
Star:Vivian Richards
Tip:Quater-Finals

Sri Lanka

Lack strength in the batting
Star:Muttiah Muralitharan
Tip:Quater-Finals

Zimbabwe

A team that has drafted well and has some great players.
Star:Ian Healy
Tip:Quater Finals

Bangladesh

A team with some very good players
Star:Sourav Ganguly
Tip:Second Round

Kenya

A team with a good mix of reliable batsman coupled with explosive bowling
Tip;Second Round
Star:Heath Streak

Namibia

A team with one of the most reliable lineups but may be out-played.
Star:Jason Gillespie
Tip:Second Round

UAE

A bowling team who could pose some problems
Star:Mushtaq Ahmed
Tip:Second Round

Holland

A good team who could shock some teams
Star:Brett Lee
Tip:Second Round

Scotland

A team tipped for failure,very poor Scottish drafting
Star:Mudazar Nazar
Tip:First Round

USA

A team with a very good batting line-up but struggles with the bowlers
Star:Saeed Anwar
Tip:Second Round

Nepal

A team that looks promising in OD cricket but has been struggling on the beach.
Star:Mark Waugh
Tip:First Round

Canada

A very good team who could surprise some teams
Star:Saqlain Mushtaq
Tip:First Round

Ireland

A team that could play well
Star:Richie Richardson
Tip:First Round

Denmark

A team with some good players that could win a match
Star;Clive Lloyd
Tip:Second Round

Once again any errors,wrong names etc. not typos,Neil please tell me

 

[Tom Halsey]

Ever played on Skegness? Definitely not a joy to bat on!

For you, maybe not...

 

[Neil Pickup]

For you, maybe not...

Oi, I made 16*.

 

[Jamee999]

It's back!

Hello and Welcome to Blackpool for the first match of the Best of all-time World Cup. Scotland vs USA.

Welcome to the toss here and the announcement of the two teams.

Well here come the skippers. Pascoe and Abbas.

Well here's the Scottish team.
Malik, Knott(wk), Mudassar Nazar, White, Pascoe*

And now the strong Americans.

Anwar, Mongia(wk), Abbas*, Abdul Qadir, Prabhakar.

Abbas has won the toss and will bat first.

Anwar was in and out quickly for 6 off just 5 balls, Mongia mae 46 but at 52/2 off 27 balls an innings was needed from skipper Abbas, he played very well and with one ball left in the innigs the score was 151/2 with Abbas facing Nazar on 99... He stroked a single and ran through and raised his bat to all 77 American fans and the 900 Scots wondering where McDravid had "buggered off to".

Salim Malik walked out to bat with his team needing 153 to win but went trying to advance the game after a slow start. Knott fell next ball and with Nazar coming in with the score at 29/2 off 26 balls and with 2 and a quater runs needed a ball the Number 3 was needed again. Nazar went for just 14. 42/3 still another 111(ooer) needed and Craig White walks in needing nearlly 3 runs a ball. He goes for 3. Skipper Pascoe needs to score 108 runs in 36 or less balls, that's 3 a delivery. He goes for 17.

Now the scorecard.

USA

Saeed Anwar st Knott b Pascoe 6 5
NR Mongia b White 46 22
Zaheer Abbas not out 100 53
152/2
DNB: Abdul Qadir, M Prabhakar
Bowling: LS Pascoe 60-1, C White 57-1, Mudassar Nazar 35-0

Scotland

Salim Malik c.a.b. Qadir 29 25
APE Knott c Prabhakar b.Qadir 0 1
Mudassar Nazar b Prabhakar 13 14
C White b Qadir 3 4
LS Pascoe c Qadir b Abbas 17 17
62 all out
Bowling: M Prabhakar 33-1, Abdul Qadir 24-3, Zaheer Abbas 5-1

USA win by 90 runs

MOM: Abdul Qadir.
Leaders in the Neil Pickup Trophy for most runs : Zaheer Abbas: 100 runs, NR Mongia 46 runs.

Leaders in the Cleethorpes Trophy for most dismissals:Abdul Qadir 2 catches, APE Knott 1 stumping.

Leaders in the Ginger Gaming Works Trophy for most wickets: Abdul Qadir 3 wickets.

 

[Jamee999]

Here's a quick report on the other Qualifying Round Matches(Un officaly Sponsered by the Oceiana Cup ) Hello and welcome to the Slazenger Oceiana Cup Best of All-Time World Cup Prelimanary Qualifier!

The two teams are Nepal and Namibia.

Harbhajan hits big but loses

When Harbhajan Singh walked in for Nepal the score was 11/3 and headed for shame and a hugh thrashing. He walked in started hitting he was out, 59 balls later, run out, for 111, the team was on 122/4, Garner fell soon after, Namibia set 126. When Harbhajan took the 1st wicket at 66 the 471 strong crowd was ready for a big spell, Dujon fell to Garner for 13 but Boje hit a 43 to win the match with 20 balls left by 3 wickets.

Welcome to the PowerCo Tasman Trophy Best of All-Time World Cup Prelimanary Qualifier!

Lehman's epic score destroys Canada

When Darren Lehman walked out at Scarbourgh the score was 5/2 and a big score was needed, he was in the pavillion, 75 balls later having not been dissmissed and having moved to the top of The Neil Pickup Trophy with 178 runs. When Canada batted only Salim Yousef the kepper put up some resitance(88). Ireland win by 59 runs.

Welcome to the MyCC Best of All-Time World Cup Prelimanary Qualifier!

Flower twins 50's KO UAE

The Flower twins set Denmark up here with Grant and Andy hitting 60 and 54 respectively setting a target of 120 for the Emirates. Haynes fell early and the Waite and Raja both hit 40's but totaled 91/2 and lost by 28 runs.

The Leaders in the Neil Pickup Trophy: Darren Lehman 178 runs, Harbhajan Singh 111 runs, Zaheer Abbas 100 runs.

The two other trophys have been canceled.