The Southern Challenge

A month long tour of the southern area taking in Test series between.

Matches | Points Earned | Standings

Matches

Home Team	Away Team	Match Date & Time	Venue
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	28-02-2006 00:00:00GMT	Chittagong Stadium
South Africa	Australia	31-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Wanderers Stadium
New Zealand	West Indies	25-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	McLean Park
South Africa	Australia	24-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Kingsmead
India	England	18-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Wankhede Stadium
New Zealand	West Indies	17-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Basin Reserve
South Africa	Australia	16-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Newlands
India	England	09-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Vidarbha C.A. Ground
New Zealand	West Indies	09-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Eden Park
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	06-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	TBC
India	England	01-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	Sardar Patel Stadium
South Africa	Australia	31-03-2006 00:00:00GMT	The New Wanderers Stadium

Points Earned

Position	Player Name	Points
1.	Andrew Flintoff	137
2.	Stuart Clark	127
3.	Anil Kumble	127
4.	Makhaya Ntini	118
5.	Muttiah Muralitharan	114
6.	Brett Lee	110
7.	Shane Warne	103
8.	Ricky Ponting	101
9.	Rahul Dravid	99
10.	Upul Tharanga	96
11.	Jacques Kallis	92
12.	Chris Gayle	90
13.	Matthew Hoggard	79
14.	Paul Collingwood	78
15.	Michael Hussey	75
16.	Matthew Hayden	74
17.	Nicky Boje	72
18.	Damien Martyn	72
19.	Irfan Pathan	71
20.	James Franklin	71
21.	Andrew Strauss	70
22.	Mark Boucher	69
23.	MS Dhoni	67
24.	Wasim Jaffer	67
25.	Munaf Patel	64
26.	Nathan Astle	62
27.	Stephen Fleming	61
28.	Shane Bond	59
29.	Shahadat Hossain	59
30.	Harbhajan Singh	57
31.	Daniel Vettori	57
32.	Mohammad Ashraful	56
33.	Alastair Cook	56
34.	Kevin Pietersen	55
35.	Sreesanth	55
36.	Daren Ganga	53
37.	Scott Styris	52
38.	Mohammad Rafique	50
39.	Habibul Bashar	50
40.	Andre Nel	48
41.	AB de Villiers	47
42.	Fidel Edwards	47
43.	Runako Morton	46
44.	Michael Kasprowicz	45
45.	Malinga Bandara	44
46.	Lasith Malinga	43
47.	Brendon McCullum	43
48.	Ashwell Prince	42
49.	Justin Langer	42
50.	Herschelle Gibbs	41
51.	Dilhara Fernando	40
52.	Geraint Jones	39
53.	Andrew Symonds	39
54.	Ian Bell	38
55.	Ian Bradshaw	38
56.	James Anderson	37
57.	Shaun Pollock	37
58.	Kumar Sangakkara	36
59.	Peter Fulton	35
60.	Dwayne Bravo	35
61.	Owais Shah	34
62.	Enamul Haque	32
63.	Kyle Mills	32
64.	Monty Panesar	31
65.	Shaun Udal	30
66.	Farveez Maharoof	28
67.	Steven Harmison	26
68.	Jacques Rudolph	26
69.	Mahela Jayawardene	26
70.	Shahriar Nafees	25
71.	Adam Gilchrist	25
72.	Sachin Tendulkar	24
73.	Daren Powell	24
74.	Thilan Samaraweera	24
75.	Jamie How	23
76.	Mohammad Kaif	23
77.	Andrew Hall	22
78.	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	21
79.	Chris Martin	20
80.	Denesh Ramdin	20
81.	Michael Vandort	20
82.	Nafis Iqbal	19
83.	Javed Omar	19
84.	Dwayne Smith	18
85.	Ramnaresh Sarwan	17
86.	Khaled Mashud	16
87.	Virender Sehwag	15
88.	Yuvraj Singh	15
89.	Tillakaratne Dilshan	14
90.	Syed Rasel	14
91.	Brian Lara	13
92.	Hamish Marshall	12
93.	Rawl Lewis	12
94.	Jerome Taylor	10
95.	Boeta Dippenaar	10
96.	Alok Kapali	8
97.	Ian Blackwell	6
98.	Piyush Chawla	5
99.	Devon Smith	3
100.	Michael Clarke	3
101.	Liam Plunkett	0
102.	Sanath Jayasuriya	0
103.	Mushfiqur Rahim	-2
104.	Graeme Smith	-4
105.	VVS Laxman	-5

Standings - Top 25 Teams

Pos.	Team Name	Manager	Total Points
1.	cheekuXI	Srikanth Narayanan	943
2.	sindhi sher	dhiren bhatia	922
3.	sabeerXI	saabir khan	911
4.	Mix of Maestro's!	William Fussey	892
5.	GUNS OF NAVARONE	Akhtar Ali Shah	889
6.	Top Drawer	Vincent McBurney	879
7.	masters of the blasters	shivam daryanani	874
8.	smokingthebone	Nick Maybury	845
9.	Southern Shandy Drinkers	The Boy Brumby	837
10.	*/*/*/*//*/*/*/*/ Down South	Ahmed K	817
11.	Thisteamisshite	Andrew Nealon	810
12.	vinod	vinod sanil	802
13.	Dava's 1721	Dava Morris	799
14.	SINDBAD THE SAILOR	Akhtar Ali Shah	795
15.	Hunters XI	Ryan Hunter	793
16.	SOS11	Reuel David	791
17.	Taifa Stars	Mohamedhassan Lakha	788
18.	BD'S	dave hadley	783
19.	the hacker smashers	nick bast	782
20.	LORD OF THE RING	Hina Akhtar	775
21.	Monkfish	Martin Hibberd	771
22.	V8 XI	Lewis Mullens	768
23.	OC SOUTHERN	Sean O'Connor	761
23.	Sharpglue XI	Darren Dubb-Lynch	761
25.	Test Giants	Rhys Kibble	760