JP's International Cricket Sim - Season 3...

Originally posted by Sledger Old Trafford on a lighteningly quick pitch please JP - same team that annihilated the Windies !!

ahhh, playing right into my hands, marvellous!

Gale
Key (newly called up to replace Trescothick)
Bopara
Hildreth
Taylor
McGrath
Davies
Bresnan
Shahzad
Hoggard
Jones

Retain the same team.

Originally posted by Clobber Originally posted by Sledger Blimey Clobs , Dad's Army is back !!     and your lads don't like it up'em cap'n!!

      We'll see soon enough - I fully expect my lads to have their feet up after the 3rd day !

Clobber, I thought you once said that the word "Key and England" shouldn't be used together?  You had a change of heart?

I'll announce my team but this can change once I recieve pitch and conditions from AUS. Kohli and Yuvi dropped after a long run of poor form, Jaffer and Kaif get another chance. Munaf and Ojha left out and Harbhajan and Khan come back.

West Indies produce a fine comeback, led first by Shane Shillingford, and then Ramnaresh Sarwan, to beat Pakistan by five wickets in a gripping match. Scorecard

India A make no mistakes, beating a battling Afghanistan by ten wickets. Scorecard

India are saved, first by a majestic century by MS Dhoni, and then by the rain as Australia have them nine down before the weather ends the match with 30 minutes to spare. The result means Australia lose their perfect record but they remain unbeaten. Scorecard

In another epic game that went down to the final minutes, England and England A cannot be separated. England dominated for most of the match before asking England A to bat for the final day to save the game - setting them a nominal target of 458. Wickets tumbled but in the end England A held on with nine wickets down to prevent England moving into second place outright in the table. Scorecard

TABLE: Australia 28, England, India 20, India A 19, Pakistan 15, England A 11, West Indies 10, Afghanistan 0

In Division 2, South Africa thrash Kenya by 380 runs, Zimbabwe stun Bangladesh to win by 196 runs and Ireland beat Scotland by an innings and 21 runs.

In the featured game, Jesse Ryder hit a big double-century before Sri Lanka's fightback left New Zealand chasing 111 to win in 30 overs. Brendon MccCullum played the lead role as the crept home. Scorecard

TABLE: South Africa 25, Sri Lanka 20, New Zealand 15, Zimbabwe 14, Ireland 13, Bangladesh 11, Kenya 3, Scotland 2

Next round of fixtures:

D1: England A v West Indies, India v England, India A v Australia, Pakistan v Afghanistan

D2: New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Kenya v Scotland, Bangladesh v Ireland, South Africa v Sri Lanka

Injuries: Wriddhaman Saha, Adil Rashid and James Taylor




Edited by -JP- - 13 February 2011 at 9:47pm

I retain the same team. National Stadium Karachi. Green top bouncy wicket. Win the toss, field.

Very Important game against ENG this, Thank God we got out of jail against AUS!

Pitch:

Dry pitch, low bounce and fast outfield for the mighty Aussies! Same XI!

exact same line up batsmans pitch JP

I was going to run these games last night before realising that bladey hadn't given a team. I'm away for the weekend so will be running them on Monday.

England A dismiss the West Indies for 62 to set up an eight-wicket victory with Simon Jones and James Hildreth proving to be their heroes. Scorecard

India win a thriller by one wicket to leave England disappointed. Virender Sehwag's brilliant century a seven-wicket haul from Zaheer Khan set things up for them. Scorecard

Pakistan complete an innings win over Afghanistan with a minimum of fuss. Scorecard

Australia keep on winning, despatching India A by six wickets with Phillip Hughes on top form. Scorecard

POINTS TABLE

Australia 33, India 25, England 21, Pakistan 20, India A 19, England A 16, West Indies 11, Afghanistan 0

In Division Two, the basement battle saw Kenya beat Scotland by 101 runs, Ireland beat Bangladesh by one wicket and South Africa made it six from six by beating Sri Lanka by 70 runs.

Centuries from Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor helped New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by 210 runs. Scorecard

POINTS TABLE: South Africa 30, Sri Lanka, New Zealand 20, Zimbabwe 14, Ireland 18, Bangladesh 11, Kenya 8, Scotland 3

Next matches (reverse of this week's):

D1: West Indies v England A, England v India, Australia v India A, Afghanistan v Pakistan

D2: Sri Lanka v Kenya, Ireland v New Zealand, Scotland v Bangladesh, Zimbabwe v Bangladesh

INJURIES:

AFG: Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi
AUS: Brad Haddin
IND A: Ajit Agarkar, Shreevats Goswami
PAK: Azhar Ali
WIN: Adrian Barath, Fidel Edwards


Edited by -JP- - 13 February 2011 at 9:45pm

Another nailbiter and yet again we're on the wrong end of it !  Amazing game , test cricket , excuse me whilst I go and be sick.....................

Misbah replaces Azhar

Now I celebrate!Then try to work out who to give keeping duties to.
If I remember correctly than M.Huss used to do part-time keeping....
Adelaide, Flattest track possible, batsman's paradise.
Aus XI:
1.Hughes
2.Watson(b)
3.Katich
4.Ponting(c)
5.M.Hussey(wk)
6.M.Clarke
7.McDonald(b)
8.Johnson(2)
9.P.Siddle(b)
10.Hilfenhaus(1)
11.Bollinger(b)

Thanks to the flat track I'm going to add another bowler, allowing more variation in my attack.
With Johnson, Siddle and McDonald, they should be able to keep the lower order together.
Although hopefully it won't come to that, with a strong top order like I have.