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Full Tsunami Match Line Ups

The teams for the MCC v International XI match on 14th June at Lord’s have been announced in aid of the tsunami appeal.

Of the 22 players scheduled to appear, twelve featured in the game played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the immediate aftermath of the massive disaster that occured on Boxing Day 2004.

The teams include three of the world’s current top five ranked bowlers, and six of the ten current top ranked batsmen.

Apart from Shane Warne no English or Australians will be taking part in the match due to Ashes commitments.

The teams, in full, are:

MCC
* S Tendulkar (India, captain)
* C Gayle (West Indies)
* S Fleming (New Zealand)
* R Sarwan (West Indies)
* J Kallis (South Africa)
* A Flower (Zimbabwe)
* K Sangakarra (wkt, Sri Lanka)
* S Pollock (South Africa)
* A Kumble (India)
* M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
* S Akhtar (Pakistan)

International XI
* B Lara (West Indies, captain)
* V Sehwag (India)
* S Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
* G Smith (South Africa)
* R Dravid (wkt, India)
* S Chanderpaul (West Indies)
* C Cairns (New Zealand)
* S Warne (Australia)
* C Vaas (Sri Lanka)
* M Sami (Pakistan)
* M Ntini (South Africa)

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