ICC Sim League XI

[jimmy101]

Wow. Great stuff. Just letting you know that Houghton & Campbell are also 'keepers in game.

 

[jimmy101]

Tournament Fixture

Round 1

Pakistan vs India - National Stadium, Karachi
South Africa vs England - The Wanderers, Johannesburg
Sri Lanka vs Australia - Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
West Indies vs Zimbabwe - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
New Zealand: Bye

Round 2

Australia vs West Indies - The WACA, Perth
England vs Sri Lanka - Old Trafford, Manchester
India vs South Africa - Eden Gardens, Calcutta
New Zealand vs Pakistan - Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Zimbabwe: Bye

Round 3

England vs Zimbabwe - Headingley, Leeds
India vs West Indies - M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - Basin Reserve, Wellington
Pakistan vs South Africa - Lahore Stadium, Lahore
Australia: Bye

Round 4

South Africa vs New Zealand - Newlands, Cape Town
Sri Lanka vs India - Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
West Indies vs England - Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
Zimbabwe vs Australia - Harare Sports Club, Harare
Pakistan: Bye

Round 5

India vs Australia - Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe - Eden Park, Auckland
Pakistan vs West Indies - Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
South Africa vs Sri Lanka - Kingsmead, Durban
England: Bye

Round 6

Sri Lanka vs Pakistan - Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
West Indies vs New Zealand - Bourda, Georgetown
Zimbabwe vs India - Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Australia vs England - Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
South Africa: Bye

Round 7

New Zealand vs England - Seddon Park, Hamilton
Pakistan vs Australia - Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
South Africa vs Zimbabwe - St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Sri Lanka vs West Indies - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India: Bye

Round 8

West Indies vs South Africa - Sabina Park, Kingston
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan - Harare Sports Club, Harare
Australia vs New Zealand - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
England vs India - Lord's, London
Sri Lanka: Bye

Round 9

Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka - Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Australia vs South Africa - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
England vs Pakistan - The Oval, London
India vs New Zealand - Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
West Indies: Bye

 

[honestbharani]

Yes.. Pak in Karachi.. Bring it on!!!!!!

 

[jimmy101]

Pitch & playing conditions for Round 1 matches will be posted once all squads have been finalised.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Press Release from WICB:

There’s been a delay in naming the final squad of 15. This is due to COVID restrictions and some players under quarantine. There’s been an outbreak of the South African strain in Berbice, Guyana. Clayton Lambert’s availability is hampered due to this.

We will update on this developing situation soon.

Chairman of Selectors,
WICB

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

West Indies Squad Announcement

The selectors come together and after hours of deliberation, they have selected a 15-man squad which they feel is capable of winning the ICC Sim League XI.
They will be led by Richie Richardson; Courtney Walsh will be his deputy.
After a COVID scare, opening batsman Clayton Lambert finds himself in the squad, he is expected to be the backup opener to Sherwin Campbell and Stuart Williams. Phil Simmons is the other opener selected, he adds variety in the team with his seam-ups, if needed in the attack.
World record holder, Brian Lara is part of a formidable batting which boast the likes of Richardson, Carl Hooper, Jimmy Adams, and youngster Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
Vice captain Walsh is expected to lead an impressive bowling attack filled with speedsters Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop, and Benjamin duo of Winston and Kenny. Hooper, Chanderpaul, and Adams being the spin options.
The choice for wicketkeeper was a simple one, Junior Murray gets the nod over David Williams and Courtney Browne.

The players will participate in a mini-camp prior to the start of the championship. This will be in Antigua and practice matches will take place at the Antigua Recreation Ground.

Squad:

1.Richie Richardson (captain) 2.Courtney Walsh (vice captain) 3. Sherwin Campbell 4. Stuart Williams 5. Clayton Lambert 6. Brian Lara 7. Shivnarine Chanderpaul 8. Jimmy Adams 9. Carl Hooper 10. Junior Murray (wk) 11. Ian Bishop 12. Winston Benjamin 13. Kenny Benjamin 14. Curtly Ambrose 15. Phil Simmons

Manager,
West Indies Cricket Team

 

[AndrewB]

@jimmy101 - if you'd like to avoid having a bye in each round, I'm happy to run a "best of the rest" squad from the unpicked players.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

@jimmy101 - if you'd like to avoid having a bye in each round, I'm happy to run a "best of the rest" squad from the unpicked players.

I like this

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Dibs on being the caretaker manager of SL if no one chooses them

 

[jimmy101]

Press Release from WICB:

There’s been a delay in naming the final squad of 15. This is due to COVID restrictions and some players under quarantine. There’s been an outbreak of the South African strain in Berbice, Guyana. Clayton Lambert’s availability is hampered due to this.

We will update on this developing situation soon.

Chairman of Selectors,
WICB

COVID in 1995? Ouch.

 

[jimmy101]

@jimmy101 - if you'd like to avoid having a bye in each round, I'm happy to run a "best of the rest" squad from the unpicked players.

WTC set to expand to 10 teams​

In something of a surprise move the ICC has accepted a last minute bid to join the World Test Championship from a composite "World XI" team comprised of previously unselected players. The World XI team is expected to be based in England. A full list of players eligible for the World XI is set to be revealed following the announcement of the South African squad by head selector @GoodAreasShane. The ICC also stated that a revised tournament schedule will be released shortly.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

COVID in 1995? Ouch.

Yeah, it was just a ‘scare’ as stated by WICB.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

South Africa squad

G Kirsten
AC Hudson
DJ Cullinan
WJ Cronje
JN Rhodes
BM McMillan
JH Kallis
DJ Richardson
SM Pollock
AA Donald
PS de Villiers
CD Matthews
BN Schultz
PR Adams
MW Pringle

 

[jimmy101]

*Not sure if Lance is available? Made his international dayboo early 96, but was already playing and going well in domestix in 95

Nah, unfortunately Lance isn't eligible for this comp.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nah, unfortunately Lance isn't eligible for this comp.

Bugger. Meyrick Pringle then

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Dibs on being the caretaker manager of SL if no one chooses them

I posted this because I was looking at the first post of this thread and saw that SL were not designated a Manager. I was just scrolling through the thread and saw that Magrat snatched up the Lankans.

@jimmy101 please update Opening post as needed.
Thanks

 

[jimmy101]

Yeah I tried to do that, but too much time had passed & couldn't edit the OP any more. Allow me to update here.

Competing teams/managers

Australia: morgieb
England: Line and Length
India: honestbharani
New Zealand: ataraxia
Pakistan: Teuton
South Africa: GoodAreasShane
Sri Lanka: Magrat Garlick
West Indies: SillyCowCorner1
Zimbabwe: cnerd123
World XI: AndrewB

 

[ataraxia]

So do we just need @AndrewB to post a World XI team and then we're good to go?

 

[jimmy101]

So do we just need @AndrewB to post a World XI team and then we're good to go?

Yes, once I have everyone's squads I can post the playing conditions for R1.

I will be posting the player pool for the World XI later today.

 

[AndrewB]

RoW Squad (a lot of England players as they had the most to choose from, but every country is represented):

Matthew Hayden
Nick Knight
Keith Arthurton
Damien Martyn
Sanjeeva Ranatunga
Craig Spearman
Steve Rhodes+
Dominic Cork
Aamer Nazir
Steven Jack
Venkapathy Raji

Reserves: John Crawley, Craig White, Eddo Brandes, Phil Tufnell

Let me know ASAP if I've picked anyone ineligible.