ICC Sim League XI

[jimmy101]

Looks good to me.

 

[jimmy101]

Just another little note for everyone before we get underway. In the respective player pools from the OP there may be a few errors on my behalf. For example, I had initially forgotten Shane Warne, which Morgs picked up on. Also it's recently been brought to my attention that I included Abdul Qadir in the Pakistani pool, which is indeed another error as he had finished playing Tests in 1990.

If people wanna do one last re-think of their squad please feel free to make an edit & notify me. Or if anyone notices any other errors in the list, or players that are curiously missing & have some questions, please feel free to touch base with me.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Is Richard Snell eligible?

Him or Pringle is a coin toss type thing anyway, just curious

 

[jimmy101]

Sadly Snell last played a Test in 1994.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Sadly Snell last played a Test in 1994.

I think that is entirely unreasonable imo. Technically his last test was indeed 1994, but it was the first test of a series that stretched into January 1995, Snell was not in the starting XI but still fit and in the wider squad for that test.

I would strongly advocate for anybody in a series that crosses years to be eligible, even if they didn't play the part of the series in 1995 itself

 

[jimmy101]

I think that is entirely unreasonable imo. Technically his last test was indeed 1994, but it was the first test of a series that stretched into January 1995, Snell was not in the starting XI but still fit and in the wider squad for that test.

I would strongly advocate for anybody in a series that crosses years to be eligible, even if they didn't play the part of the series in 1995 itself

Yeah, that's fair enough. I'm okay with Snell being available in that case.

 

[jimmy101]

A few players to consider...

Martin McCague (played 1st Test of 1994/95 Ashesseries) @Line and Length
Richard Snell (played 1st Test of 1994/95 series vs NZ) @GoodAreasShane
Richard de Groen (played 1st Test of 1994/95 series vs RSA) @ataraxia

Let me know if you want to sub any of these players into your squad. No overlap between any 1995/96 as far as I can tell.

 

[jimmy101]

Revised 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
World XI vs New Zealand - Old Trafford, Manchester

Round 2

Australia vs West Indies - The WACA, Perth
England vs Sri Lanka - Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
India vs South Africa - Eden Gardens, Calcutta
New Zealand vs Pakistan - Lancaster Park, Christchurch
World XI vs Zimbabwe - County Ground, Taunton

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 vs World XI - The Gabba, Brisbane

Round 4

South Africa vs New Zealand - St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
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
World XI vs Pakistan - Nevil Road, Bristol

Round 5

India vs Australia - Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe - Eden Park, Auckland
Pakistan vs West Indies - Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
South Africa vs Sri Lanka - Kingsmead, Durban
England vs World XI - Trent Bridge, Nottingham

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 vs World XI - Centurion Park, Centurion

Round 7

New Zealand vs England - Seddon Park, Hamilton
Pakistan vs Australia - Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
South Africa vs Zimbabwe - Newlands, Cape Town
Sri Lanka vs West Indies - Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
India vs World XI - M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

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
World XI vs Sri Lanka - Grace Road - Liecester

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 vs World XI - Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's

 

[ataraxia]

Richard de Groen (played 1st Test of 1994/95 series vs RSA) @ataraxia

nah, I'm happy without him.

 

[jimmy101]

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


World XI vs New Zealand - Old Trafford, Manchester


Please post your starting XI for round 1 when ready & ensure you have nominated your team captain. Good luck!

 

[Line and Length]

England X1 Round 1

With Gooch and Gatting never having played in South Africa

M.Atherton
A.Stewart
N.Hussein *
R.Smith
G.Thorpe
G.Hick / o (p/t)
J.Russell +
J.Embury o
P.de Freitas o
A.Caddick o
D.Gough o

 

[Magrat Garlick]

both went on rebel tours didn't they?

Anyway Sri Lanka

MS Atapattu
ST Jayasuriya
AP Gurusinha
PA de Silva
*A Ranatunga
HP Tillakaratne
+RS Kaluwitharana
HDPK Dharmasena
WPUJC Vaas
KR Pushpakumara
M Muralitharan

 

[Teuton]

Saeed Anwar

Aamer Sohail

Shoaib Mohammad

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Salim Malik

Ijaz Ahmed

Moin Khan

Wasim Akram

Saqlain Mustaq

Mushtaq Ahmed

Waqar Younis

 

[jimmy101]

Saeed Anwar

Aamer Sohail

Shoaib Mohammad

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Salim Malik

Ijaz Ahmed

Moin Khan

Wasim Akram

Saqlain Mustaq

Mushtaq Ahmed

Waqar Younis

Who shall we be expecting at the toss?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

After all that I might as well include Snell in my team, sorry Meyrick. He won't start though.

South Africa first XI:

Kirsten
Hudson
Kallis
Cullinan
Cronje (c)
Rhodes
Richardson (wk)
Pollock
De Villiers
Schultz
Donald

Bit of a risk going in with no spinner, but it's plausible for the South African team of that era, especially at somewhere like Wanderers

 

[Teuton]

Who shall we be expecting at the toss?

I could say all of them

Wasim Akram will do

 

[jimmy101]

Round 1

South Africa vs England - The Wanderers, Johannesburg

South Africa won by 79 runs
Man of the match: Gary Kirsten
Points: RSA 19 ENG 6

 

[jimmy101]

The tournament is officially underway!

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Superb start for South Africa. Kirsten and Pollock especially good

 

[jimmy101]

Andy Caddick the real unsung hero there.