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*Official* Champions Trophy Discussion
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India
Rahul Dravid will a 15-man Indian party in the Champions Trophy. The squad features a heavy seam bias, with only Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik in a specialist spinners. Former captain Sourav Ganguly has been earmarked as the allrounder of the future, and will expected perform the role of the 5th bowler.
R Dravid (C)
AB Agarkar (vc)
MS Dhoni
SR Tendulkar
G Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
M Kaif
V Sehwag
SC Ganguly
RP Singh
A Nehra
IK Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Z Khan
M Kartik
South Africa
A strong South African outfit heads to England, led by top batsman Graeme Smith. The squad of 14 features top South African players such as Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Herschelle Gibbs, but also contains youngsters such as Albie Morkel and AB de Villiers.
GC Smith (C)
SM Pollock (vc)
MV Boucher (wk)
JH Kallis
HH Gibbs
AB de Villiers
AG Prince
JM Kemp
AJ Hall
JA Morkel
M Ntini
A Nel
CK Langeveldt
N Boje
Sri Lanka
Marvan Atapattu leads Sri Lanka, as they prepare for post-Jayasuriya life. Chaminda Vaas will be heavily relied upon to lead an unpredictable attack, whilst Muttiah Muralitharan will hope to impose himself once more in English conditions.
MS Atapattu (C)
DPMD Jayawardene (vc)
KC Sangakkara (wk)
TM Dilshan
RP Arnold
WU Tharanga
DA Gunawardene
TT Samaraweera
UDU Chandana
WPUJC Vaas
DNT Zoysa
MF Maharoof
M Muralitharan
CRD Fernando
Pakistan
The always unpredictable Pakistan will feature a squad of 14 for the Champions Trophy. Inzamam-ul-Haq leads the team which, on paper, looks quite strong. The most interesting inclusion is that of Mushtaq Ahmed, who is there due to his experience of English conditions.
Inzamam-ul-Haq (C)
Mohammad Yousuf (vc)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Salman Butt
Shahid Afridi
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar
Umur Gul
Naved-ul-Hasan
Mushtaq Ahmed
New Zealand
Stephen Fleming will lead a typically strong New Zealand outfit in the Champions Trophy, as the former champions hope to strike their best form. Shane Bond will lead an attack that will be questioned strongly as pertaining to potency.
SP Fleming (C)
DL Vettori (vc)
BB McCullum (wk)
NJ Astle
L Vincent
SB Styris
CD McMillan
JAH Marshall
HJH Marshall
CL Cairns
JDP Oram
KD Mills
JEC Franklin
SE Bond
England
The hosts of the Champions Trophy have a long road ahead if they are to make a significant impact on the tournament. Michael Vaughan will remain under his personal cloud of questions pertaining to his ODI merit, whilst leading a 14-man squad of ODI underachievers. Usman Afzaal is the only uncapped member of a paper-strength squad.
MP Vaughan (C)
ME Trescothick (vc)
GO Jones (wk)
AJ Strauss
KP Pietersen
A Flintoff
PD Collingwood
U Afzaal
ID Blackwell
CT Tremlett
D Gough
SJ Harmison
JM Anderson
LE Plunkett
Rahul Dravid will a 15-man Indian party in the Champions Trophy. The squad features a heavy seam bias, with only Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik in a specialist spinners. Former captain Sourav Ganguly has been earmarked as the allrounder of the future, and will expected perform the role of the 5th bowler.
R Dravid (C)
AB Agarkar (vc)
MS Dhoni
SR Tendulkar
G Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
M Kaif
V Sehwag
SC Ganguly
RP Singh
A Nehra
IK Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Z Khan
M Kartik
South Africa
A strong South African outfit heads to England, led by top batsman Graeme Smith. The squad of 14 features top South African players such as Jacques Kallis, Shaun Pollock and Herschelle Gibbs, but also contains youngsters such as Albie Morkel and AB de Villiers.
GC Smith (C)
SM Pollock (vc)
MV Boucher (wk)
JH Kallis
HH Gibbs
AB de Villiers
AG Prince
JM Kemp
AJ Hall
JA Morkel
M Ntini
A Nel
CK Langeveldt
N Boje
Sri Lanka
Marvan Atapattu leads Sri Lanka, as they prepare for post-Jayasuriya life. Chaminda Vaas will be heavily relied upon to lead an unpredictable attack, whilst Muttiah Muralitharan will hope to impose himself once more in English conditions.
MS Atapattu (C)
DPMD Jayawardene (vc)
KC Sangakkara (wk)
TM Dilshan
RP Arnold
WU Tharanga
DA Gunawardene
TT Samaraweera
UDU Chandana
WPUJC Vaas
DNT Zoysa
MF Maharoof
M Muralitharan
CRD Fernando
Pakistan
The always unpredictable Pakistan will feature a squad of 14 for the Champions Trophy. Inzamam-ul-Haq leads the team which, on paper, looks quite strong. The most interesting inclusion is that of Mushtaq Ahmed, who is there due to his experience of English conditions.
Inzamam-ul-Haq (C)
Mohammad Yousuf (vc)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Salman Butt
Shahid Afridi
Yasir Hameed
Younis Khan
Shoaib Malik
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Sami
Shoaib Akhtar
Umur Gul
Naved-ul-Hasan
Mushtaq Ahmed
New Zealand
Stephen Fleming will lead a typically strong New Zealand outfit in the Champions Trophy, as the former champions hope to strike their best form. Shane Bond will lead an attack that will be questioned strongly as pertaining to potency.
SP Fleming (C)
DL Vettori (vc)
BB McCullum (wk)
NJ Astle
L Vincent
SB Styris
CD McMillan
JAH Marshall
HJH Marshall
CL Cairns
JDP Oram
KD Mills
JEC Franklin
SE Bond
England
The hosts of the Champions Trophy have a long road ahead if they are to make a significant impact on the tournament. Michael Vaughan will remain under his personal cloud of questions pertaining to his ODI merit, whilst leading a 14-man squad of ODI underachievers. Usman Afzaal is the only uncapped member of a paper-strength squad.
MP Vaughan (C)
ME Trescothick (vc)
GO Jones (wk)
AJ Strauss
KP Pietersen
A Flintoff
PD Collingwood
U Afzaal
ID Blackwell
CT Tremlett
D Gough
SJ Harmison
JM Anderson
LE Plunkett
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Afzaal? Idiot. Bell is next in the ODI line.
Mr Mxyzptlk
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Hey, that's no way to talk about Duncan Fletcher.Neil Pickup said:
Travis_Teh
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Why isn't hoggy in the australian outfit 
Don't pull the injury card, Samuel and Gayle shouldn't be playing for windies if so :P
Don't pull the injury card, Samuel and Gayle shouldn't be playing for windies if so :P
Magrat Garlick
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I certainly hope not :P CW XI till I die!Travis_Teh said:Why isn't hoggy in the australian outfit
Don't pull the injury card, Samuel and Gayle shouldn't be playing for windies if so :P
Travis_Teh
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MarlonSamuel_Vimes said:
Sorry for typo :P
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Minnows Arrive
Zimbabwe
Amidst heavy controversy, Zimbabwe poses a very inexperienced team, under the guidance of Hamilton Masakadza. In the same group as Australia and Sri Lanka, the future is not bright.
H Masakadza (C)
MA Vermeulen (vc)
CK Coventry (wk)
BRM Taylor
DD Ebrahim
V Sibanda
C de Grandhomme
SC Williams
AM Blignaut
E Chigumbura
GM Ewing
NB Mahwire
P Utseya
AJ Ireland
EC Rainsford
Kenya
Veteran Steve Tikolo leads a 14-man Kenyan squad into the Champions Trophy. Grouped with Pakistan and India, Kenya face a tough task, but given the predictability of both teams, would still back themselves to pull off an upset.
SO Tikolo (C)
RD Shah (vc)
KO Otieno (wk)
MA Ouma
HS Modi
RG Aga
TO Odoyo
CO Obuya
MA Suji
PJ Ongondo
LO Onyango
BJ Patel
M Sheikh
DO Obuya
Bangladesh
Habibul Bashar will captain the second-most recent of Test nations in the Champions Trophy. Bangladesh are grouped with World Cup runners up, the Cricket Web XI, as well as Champions Trophy runners up, England.
Habibul Bashar (C)
Khaled Mahud (wk)
Mohammad Ashraful
Javed Omar
Rajin Saleh
Nafees Iqbal
Aftab Ahmed
Shahriar Nafees
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Shahadat Hossain
Manjural Islam Rana
Nazmul Hossain
Zimbabwe
Amidst heavy controversy, Zimbabwe poses a very inexperienced team, under the guidance of Hamilton Masakadza. In the same group as Australia and Sri Lanka, the future is not bright.
H Masakadza (C)
MA Vermeulen (vc)
CK Coventry (wk)
BRM Taylor
DD Ebrahim
V Sibanda
C de Grandhomme
SC Williams
AM Blignaut
E Chigumbura
GM Ewing
NB Mahwire
P Utseya
AJ Ireland
EC Rainsford
Kenya
Veteran Steve Tikolo leads a 14-man Kenyan squad into the Champions Trophy. Grouped with Pakistan and India, Kenya face a tough task, but given the predictability of both teams, would still back themselves to pull off an upset.
SO Tikolo (C)
RD Shah (vc)
KO Otieno (wk)
MA Ouma
HS Modi
RG Aga
TO Odoyo
CO Obuya
MA Suji
PJ Ongondo
LO Onyango
BJ Patel
M Sheikh
DO Obuya
Bangladesh
Habibul Bashar will captain the second-most recent of Test nations in the Champions Trophy. Bangladesh are grouped with World Cup runners up, the Cricket Web XI, as well as Champions Trophy runners up, England.
Habibul Bashar (C)
Khaled Mahud (wk)
Mohammad Ashraful
Javed Omar
Rajin Saleh
Nafees Iqbal
Aftab Ahmed
Shahriar Nafees
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Shahadat Hossain
Manjural Islam Rana
Nazmul Hossain
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Collymore OUT of Champions Trophy
The hopes of reigning champions and World Cup winners, the West Indies, have been severely hit heading into their first round match against South Africa.
Seamer Corey Collymore has been ruled out of the tournament with strained ankle ligaments. The injury appears to have been sustained during the closing stages of the West Indies' first full training session since arriving in England.
Fellow Bajan, Fidel Edwards has been called up as his replacement.
Collymore declined to comment, but coach Bennett King addressed the media briefly, "It's unfortunate to lose a bowler of the quality of Corey, but we're confident in the ability of Fidel Edwards and it's a good opportunity for him to add a bit of extra aggression to our attack. It's a slight setback to preparations, but the confidence is still there."
The hopes of reigning champions and World Cup winners, the West Indies, have been severely hit heading into their first round match against South Africa.
Seamer Corey Collymore has been ruled out of the tournament with strained ankle ligaments. The injury appears to have been sustained during the closing stages of the West Indies' first full training session since arriving in England.
Fellow Bajan, Fidel Edwards has been called up as his replacement.
Collymore declined to comment, but coach Bennett King addressed the media briefly, "It's unfortunate to lose a bowler of the quality of Corey, but we're confident in the ability of Fidel Edwards and it's a good opportunity for him to add a bit of extra aggression to our attack. It's a slight setback to preparations, but the confidence is still there."
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Meh. Shows how much you guys were paying attention to this thread...
Travis_Teh
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I was, but you didn't comment on Hogg :PMr Mxyzptlk said:
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He and Ponting had a fall out.Travis_Teh said:
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Hogg and Ponting kiss and makeup
Brad Hogg has been added to Australia's Champions Trophy squad, after he and captain Ricky Ponting resolved their conflict. The nature of the rift is not yet known, but it initially saw Hogg left out of the squad in favour of Stuart Clark.
After Hogg delivered a letter of apology to Ponting, normal service resumed.
Brad Hogg has been added to Australia's Champions Trophy squad, after he and captain Ricky Ponting resolved their conflict. The nature of the rift is not yet known, but it initially saw Hogg left out of the squad in favour of Stuart Clark.
After Hogg delivered a letter of apology to Ponting, normal service resumed.
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Potential Opening Round Lineups
Probable South Africa XI
GC Smith (C)
AJ Hall
JH Kallis
HH Gibbs
AG Prince
JM Kemp
MV Boucher (wk)
SM Pollock
N Boje
A Nel
M Ntini
Probable West Indies XI
CH Gayle
WW Hinds
RR Sarwan
BC Lara
S Chanderpaul (C)
DJJ Bravo
DR Smith
D Ramdin (wk)
IDR Bradshaw
PT Collins
FH Edwards
Probable India XI
SC Ganguly
SR Tendulkar
R Dravid (C)
Yuvraj Singh
V Sehwag
M Kaif
MS Dhoni (wk)
AB Agarkar
IK Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
RP Singh
Probable Kenya XI
KO Otieno (wk)
RD Shah
SO Tikolo (C)
HS Modi
BJ Patel
TO Odoyo
CO Obuya
MA Suji
RG Aga
M Sheikh
PJ Ongondo
Probable South Africa XI
GC Smith (C)
AJ Hall
JH Kallis
HH Gibbs
AG Prince
JM Kemp
MV Boucher (wk)
SM Pollock
N Boje
A Nel
M Ntini
Probable West Indies XI
CH Gayle
WW Hinds
RR Sarwan
BC Lara
S Chanderpaul (C)
DJJ Bravo
DR Smith
D Ramdin (wk)
IDR Bradshaw
PT Collins
FH Edwards
Probable India XI
SC Ganguly
SR Tendulkar
R Dravid (C)
Yuvraj Singh
V Sehwag
M Kaif
MS Dhoni (wk)
AB Agarkar
IK Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
RP Singh
Probable Kenya XI
KO Otieno (wk)
RD Shah
SO Tikolo (C)
HS Modi
BJ Patel
TO Odoyo
CO Obuya
MA Suji
RG Aga
M Sheikh
PJ Ongondo
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