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**Official** World XI v Asia XI
- Thread starter Mister Wright
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age_master
Hall of Fame Member
Murali run out from Vettori direct hit - all over, asian XI hammered very very badly
Over $10million raised, not counting the gate receipts ( ~$20*80,000 ) and proceeds from drinks sales at the ground, which would be significant.
Toyota ( who were giving the 50,000 per 6 ), have given the whole 500,000
The ebay side is getting big, and those numbers tend to jump sharply towards the end.
Looks like at least 14 mill, hopefully significantly more.
Toyota ( who were giving the 50,000 per 6 ), have given the whole 500,000
The ebay side is getting big, and those numbers tend to jump sharply towards the end.
Looks like at least 14 mill, hopefully significantly more.
age_master
Hall of Fame Member
14 mil pretty accurate 
Well Done Australia !!
Good cause and great outcome 14 million dollars.
Better Team with better players all around (and contributing) won on the day. At the end of the day the result was not important!!
Few pointers- World XI team was more balanced. Asia had one too many bowlers. Ganguly struggled to score and the 3rd wicket partnership pretty much killed the game by not making much progress and occupying the crease !!
Had Sangakkara come in at 3 Asia may have made a better go of the Chase even if they were to lose ! By the time he made it to the crease the asking rate was near 8 and Dravid had firmly been in a shell for sometime .
For the next game , Asia will be better off without Ganguly and getting Tendulkar back or Inzamam. Razzaq gave away too many runs and if Shoaib does not play, Pathan and not Razzaq should be his replacement.
Zaheer bowled well. Vaas came back by making scoring difficult at the death. Kumble bowled well but that one bad over pretty much destroyed all the good work he had done !
Great innings by Cairns 69 off 47 balls and Ponting 115. (pretty much took the game away fromthe Asians!!) Warne and Vettori bowled well. (but they were defending an extremely good score [second or third highest in ODIs ever] under lights )
Target for the Second game - Try and top the 14 million !! Better still try and double it !!
Good cause and great outcome 14 million dollars.
Better Team with better players all around (and contributing) won on the day. At the end of the day the result was not important!!
Few pointers- World XI team was more balanced. Asia had one too many bowlers. Ganguly struggled to score and the 3rd wicket partnership pretty much killed the game by not making much progress and occupying the crease !!
Had Sangakkara come in at 3 Asia may have made a better go of the Chase even if they were to lose ! By the time he made it to the crease the asking rate was near 8 and Dravid had firmly been in a shell for sometime .
For the next game , Asia will be better off without Ganguly and getting Tendulkar back or Inzamam. Razzaq gave away too many runs and if Shoaib does not play, Pathan and not Razzaq should be his replacement.
Zaheer bowled well. Vaas came back by making scoring difficult at the death. Kumble bowled well but that one bad over pretty much destroyed all the good work he had done !
Great innings by Cairns 69 off 47 balls and Ponting 115. (pretty much took the game away fromthe Asians!!) Warne and Vettori bowled well. (but they were defending an extremely good score [second or third highest in ODIs ever] under lights )
Target for the Second game - Try and top the 14 million !! Better still try and double it !!
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Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
After watching tonights game, I was extremely glad it was given ODI status. If it hadn't then we would have seen what we saw & I doubt the World XI would have put on over 300.Richard said:
Congratulations to the ICC for respecting everybody and given the match the recognition it deserved.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
One hundred and twenty-two?! That's basically everything outside Europe and South America...Adamc said:
Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
I assume that figure means that it was available to 122 countries through satellite TV etc., not that it was broadcast free-to-air as it is in Australia. As for the price on Warne's shirt, I am almost certain that it is not a genuine bid. I can only think of a few people in Australia who would have that much disposable income, and most of their names end in Packer.Samuel_Vimes said:
