Story England's Journey to WorldCup-Ashes06-07 : 3rd Test (Perth)

[gamerkid22]

England's Journey to World Cup 2007

After being knocked out of the Group stages in previous World Cup, England are now looking forward to win the World Cup 2007 but this time the journey is even more difficult with couple of tough series ahead.

England had recent success in their previous series against India and full of confidence. Also their biggest achievement after losing the World Cup was winning the Ashes by Beating Australia comprehensively . But after the Ashes things have changed a lot for England as some of the key players are injured. As a result of this there has never been consistency in the performance of all the players .England have also selected some new players so that they could have a strong team for the World Cup .Still a long way to go for the World Cup and England have a tough schedule ahead with Pakistan ,ICC Champions Trophy and the Ashes in Australia.

The Journey
2006 May (HOME) : v SriLanka
2006 Jul-Sep (HOME) : v Pakistan (will be played after the CB series in Australia)
2006 Oct-Nov (AWAY): ICC Champions Trophy in India
2006/07 Dec-Jan (AWAY) : v Australia : The Ashes 2006-07 (IN PROGRESS)
2006/07 Jan-Feb (AWAY) : ODI series (Aus, Eng, New Zealand) in Australia
2007 Mar-Apr (AWAY) : World Cup in the Caribbean

The Ashes 2006-07 is in progress with Australia leading the series 1-0.

Telecasting Rights :

After a huge success in the past,SKY Sports once again got the telecasting rights for all the matches which England will play this season. SKY Sports were in the race along with Channel Nine, ESPN-STAR Sports for the television rights but SKY Sports won due to the introduction of many innovative technologies and including one of the best commentary team.
SKY Sports promises to bring more innovative technologies with all new style presentation and new commentary team. .

Technologies
Well as far the technologies are concerned the cricketing fans are going to enjoy it . The presentation will be completely new with couple of new technologies which no one has ever witnessed.
1. HAWKEYE

1. HOT SPOT

3. SNICKOMETER
4. DARTFISH
5. RED ZONE

Presentation

The presentation for the Ashes will be simply stunning . All new layouts for the scorecards, bowling cards, player stats, bowlers pitchmaps, partnership graphs and much more . Get ready to be bowled by the new presentation of SKY Sports

Third Man's Chat :Commentary Team

The SKY Sports new commentary team includes cricketing experts like David Gower, M.Nicholas, M.Holding, G.Boycott, I.Botham, Tony Greig, Ian Chappel,M.Atherton and N.Hussain. This commentary team will cover the match analysis along with the pitch report, weather report, toss and other few new concepts which includes the involvement of the cricketing fans.


Fantasy Games
The fans have an golden opportunity to earn lot of reputation points by entering in every fantasy games in this Ashes . The fantasy games are easy to play and easy to earn reps . The fantasy games which will be included for the Ashes are Predicta Contest,Trivia and many more.​

The Natwest Series
SriLankan's are very confident of winning the Natwest series because of their terrific win over England in the 3rd npower test match due to which the series was drawn 1-1. M.Muralitharan bowled brilliantly throughout the test series and got 8 wickets in the final innings.However England's K.Pietersen is in excellent form and will be hoping to continue with his form in the ODI's as well.

Natwest series Fixtures

Only Twenty20 International The Rose Bowl, Southampton
SriLanka won the toss and elected to field.
England won by 2 runs.MOTM - G.Chapple
England Innings SriLankan Innings
Video Of the 1st 20-20 match ( By Manee) - Click Here

1st ODI - Lord's, London
SriLanaka won the toss and elected to bat.
SriLankan Innings
Rest of the ODI series cancelled due to Tsunami in SriLanka : Read More

ICC Champions Trophy,India 2006

Fixtures
Qualifying round

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka ,Chandigarh - Click Here

West Indies v Zimbabwe ,Ahmedabad - Click Here

Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe ,Ahmedabad - Click Here

Bangladesh v West Indies ,Jaipur - Click Here

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe ,Jaipur - Click Here

Sri Lanka v West Indies ,Mumbai - Click Here

Group Stage

India v England ,Jaipur - Click Here

New Zealand v South Africa ,Mumbai - Click Here

Pakistan v SriLanka ,Jaipur - Click Here

Australia v West Indies ,Mumbai - Click Here

New Zealand v SriLanka ,Mumbai - Click Here

Australia v England ,Jaipur - Click Here

South Africa v SriLanka ,Ahmedabad - Click Here

New Zealand v Pakistan, Chandigarh - Click Here

India v West Indies ,Ahmedabad - Click Here

Pakistan v South Africa ,Chandigarh - Click Here

England v West Indies ,Ahmedabad - Click Here

India v Australia ,Chandigarh - Click Here

Semi-finals

India v Pakistan, Chandigarh - Click Here

SriLanka v Australia, Jaipur - Click Here

Final

India Australia, Mumbai - Click Here

India win the ICC Champions Trophy 2006

3 MOBILE ASHES SERIES 06-07

The Big Preivew

Squads

FIXTURES
1st Test : Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Result : Australia won by 247 runs and lead the series 1-0.

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Graphics and Video Section
*Video Of the 1st 20-20 match between England and SriLanka( By Manee) - Click Here

*Video of Innings of Sangakkara, Atapattu and Lara in Master Blasters (By Manee) - Click Here

*Animated Banner for India v England match (By Treva) - Click Here

*Animated Banner for New Zealand v South Africa match (By Shravi) - Click Here

*Animated Banner for SriLanka v West Indies match (By Simbazz) - Click Here

*Brian Lara artwork (By Simbazz) - Click Here

*Banner for Australia v West Indies match (By Hasi) - Click Here

*Banner for Australia v England : 2nd Ashes Test match (By Karachi Xpress) - Click Here


Credits
*Special credits to Tutsi, Boss, Cricket Doctor for their amazing and realistic AI patches which made the game realistic.
*Saurabh for his Unique Face patch and various other player faces made by Saurabh, Gaurav_indian and Sid_19840.
*4GB Batpack made by BF.
*Punk for his amazing kits and outfields.
*Farrukh for his Sky Sports TV overlay and kits.
*Colin for his Player Editor and Prakash for the mcheditor.
(Sorry if I forgot to mention any name)
*Special Thanks for all the members who are following the story and giving good support.

 

[F4rrukh]

WOW Gamer i just cant wait for this one so far the presentation is Perfect i love the font! keeping a close eye on your story :happy

 

[surendar]

Luks great mate!!! Gud Luck to England!!!!!

 

[ashu2411]

this should be a very interesting series. Good start so far.

 

[gamerkid22]

thanks guys ....teams will be announced after some time Stay Tuned

 

[Cricket_60]

Good luck with the series gamerkid

 

[gamerkid22]

Squads Announced

Engand and SriLanka have announced their squads for the Natwest series.

England have got in some surprise inclusions in the squad .Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of England's one-day squad after being advised to rest for four weeks while he recovers from an ankle injury. Andrew Strauss has been handed the captaincy .The new faces in the squads are Tim Bresnan, Jamie Dalrymple and Alex Loudon.Glen Chapple another all-rounder has been included in the squad.England will have to really perform well as they have new players in the squad and also A.Strauss has been handed the captaincy .

On the other hand SriLankan have strengthened their pace attack by calling up Dilhara Fernando and Ruchira Perera.Russel Arnold, now considered a one-day specialist, has also been drafted into the squad.Malinga Bandarais also included in the squad to strengthen the spin department.Nuwan Zoysa,Thilan Samaraweera, Jehan Mubarak ,Michael Vandort and Nuwan Kulasekera have been left out of the squad

England Squad
Andrew Strauss (capt)
Marcus Trescothick
Alastair Cook
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Ed Joyce
Paul Collingwood
Geraint Jones (wk)
Steve Harmison
Liam Plunkett
Sajid Mahmood
Glen Chapple
Alex Loudon
Jamie Dalrymple
Tim Bresnan

SriLankan Squad
Mahela Jayawardene (captain)
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Sanath Jayasuriya
Upul Tharanga
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Chamara Kapugedera
Russel Arnold
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Lasith Malinga
Dilhara Fernando
Ruchira Perera
Malinga Bandara



Coming up.......SuperSelector ...A Fantasy Cricket game...Stay Tunned

 

[duffarama]

Well, it seems that this story is better than the old cupcake that I had for breakfast. Anything better than that is good.

 

[surendar]

The team is experimenting one!!! Good Luck Strauss!!!!

This experimentingteam Vs Murali going to be a interesting one!!!

Gud Luck for England!!!

 

[Left_Hander]

Well, it seems that this story is better than the old cupcake that I had for breakfast. Anything better than that is good.

Good old Duffie with his good old humour.

 

[F4rrukh]

Gamer this will be a tough series beleive me looking at the squad i think main bowler will be Murali.. he will take most of the wickets.. : but also england have some good bowlers in there i.e Mahmood and others... Why didnt you add Shaun Udal in it then this thread would have been full of only Drew's posts anyway goodluck! :happy :onpc

 

[surendar]

but also england have some good bowlers in there i.e Kevin Pieterson.

Pieterson --- good bowler Farrukh what happened to u... he is a world class batsman!!! :

 

[F4rrukh]

Oh yeah sorry.. i was sleepy just woke up.. will edit now!

 

[gamerkid22]

Post your Fantasy Team for the whole series (last day to post the team is Thursday)

SuperSelector Fantasy Cricket game
Superselector is a fantasy cricket game which will be introduced before every series and all members will be allowed to participate.Top 3 members will be given reputation points after every match.

Rules
1. Post 5 Batsman 5 Bowlers and 1 Wicket Keeper from the squad announced
2. Assign a player as captain.

Points System
1 point per run scored
25 points per wicket taken
5 points per catch held by fielder other than Wicket Keeper
10 points per Wicket Keeper dismissal (Catch or stumping)
5 points per run-out(No wicket Keeper involved)
The points of the player who is choosen as captain will be doubled

NOTE:U cannot select the same player twice in your team.
Teams won't be allowed to be edited after the match starts
No Bonus players involved
Teams Edited after game starts will be disqualified

 

[F4rrukh]

Andrew Strauss(captain)
Kevin Pietersen
Marcus Trescothick
Sanath Jayasuriya
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara(WK)
Chapple
Liam Plunkett
Chaminda Vaas
Muttiah Muralitharan
Steve Harmison