Inter-Continental Challenge Cup | One-sided Grand Final concludes tournament

[Aislabie]

Teams | Matches | Standings | Locations

The all-new Challenge Cup might just be the event that revitalises the 50-over format. It presents a fantastic chance for the best players from over 25 countries to play in the best standard of cricket anywhere in the world, in a major TV-rights bonanza. Wait, did I say TV-rights bonanza? Oops!

So: six teams, six continents, one city and one winner. What could be more exciting than that?

TL;DR - I've decided to start a small league that can take my mind off things, but won't take up too much time.​

 

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Teams
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Africa
This team is likely to be predominantly South African, and for that reason they might just push for the win.

Managers: @Sarvesh. and @Yonga

Spoiler: Squad

Hashim Amla

Faf du Plessis

JP Duminy

Roger Mukasa

Gerrie Snyman

Quinton de Kock

AB de Villiers

Brendan Taylor

Craig Williams

Nehemiah Odhiambo

Vernon Philander

Tendai Chatara

Morne Morkel

Dale Steyn

Imran Tahir

Americas
Something of an outside chance for this competition, the Americas team still packs a punch.

Manager: @Umair2000

Spoiler: Squad

Darren Bravo

Chris Gayle

Kieron Pollard

Dwayne Smith

Raza ur-Rehman

Denesh Ramdin

Steven Taylor

Dwayne Bravo

Rizwan Cheema

Andre Russell

Darren Sammy

Jason Holder

Kemar Roach

Jerome Taylor

Sunil Narine

Asia
Able to call on Sri Lankans, as well as several strong Associates, count them out at your peril.

Manager: @Na Maloom Afraad

Spoiler: Squad

Usman Ghani

Mahela Jayawardene

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Angelo Mathews

Jamie Atkinson

Kusal Perera

Kumar Sangakkara

Khurram Khan

Mohammad Nabi

Thisara Perera

Nuwan Kulasekara

Hamid Hassan

Lasith Malinga

Dawlat Zadran

Rangana Herath

Europe
No-one knows how the Europeans will perform, and that's really part of the fun of following them.

Manager: @VC the slogger

Spoiler: Squad

Ian Bell

Eoin Morgan

Joe Root

Kevin O'Brien

Paul Stirling

Jos Buttler

Niall O'Brien

Moeen Ali

Michael Leask

Stuart Broad

Chris Woakes

James Anderson

Ahsan Malik Jamil

Timm van der Gugten

George Dockrell

Oceania
Featuring Aussies, Kiwis and "Barramundis", Oceania look like being one of the strongest teams here.

Manager: @Raghu

Spoiler: Squad

Aaron Finch

Brendon McCullum

David Warner

Glenn Maxwell

Steven Smith

Shane Watson

Kane Williamson

Corey Anderson

Geraint Jones

Ryan Harris

Mitchell Johnson

Tim Southee

Mitchell Starc

Daniel Vettori

Trent Boult

South Asia
Featuring all the best subcontinental players (apart from the Sri Lankans, for fairness' sake), this is a strong team.

Manager: @themusketeer

Spoiler: Squad

Shikhar Dhawan

Tamim Iqbal

Virat Kohli

Ajinkya Rahane

Misbah ul-Haq

Sarfraz Ahmed

MS Dhoni

Shahid Afridi

Shakib Al Hasan

Paras Khadka

Ravi Ashwin

Taskin Ahmed

Mohammad Irfan

Junaid Khan

Saeed Ajmal

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Fixtures
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Round One
Africa v Americas at North Sydney Oval - Africa won by 59 runs
Asia v Europe at ANZ Stadium - Europe won by 6 wickets
Oceania v South Asia at The SCG - South Asia won by 43 runs

Round Two
Asia v Africa at North Sydney Oval - Africa won by 31 runs
Americas v Oceania at ANZ Stadium - Americas won by 6 runs
South Asia v Europe at The SCG - Europe won by 12 runs

Round Three
Americas v Asia at North Sydney Oval - Asia won by 103 runs
Africa v South Asia at ANZ Stadium - South Asia won by 5 wickets
Oceania v Europe at The SCG - Oceania won by 134 runs

Round Four
Oceania v Asia at North Sydney Oval - Oceania won by 7 wickets
South Asia v Americas at ANZ Stadium - South Asia won by 6 wickets
Europe v Africa at The SCG - Africa won by 56 runs

Round Five
Europe v Americas at North Sydney Oval - Europe won by 5 wickets
Oceania v Africa at ANZ Stadium - Africa won by 39 runs
South Asia v Asia at The SCG - Asia won by 7 wickets

Grand Final
Africa v Europe at The SCG - Europe won by 112 runs​

 

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Standings
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|||Pld|Won|T/NR|Lost|Pts|H2H
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|Africa|5|4|0|1| 20
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Europe

|5|3|0|2| 15 |
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|South Asia|5|3|0|2| 15 |
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|Oceania|5|2|0|3| 10 |
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|Asia|5|2|0|3| 10 |
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|Americas|5|1|0|4| 5

Points:
Win - 5
Tie - 3
NR - 2
Loss - 0​

 

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Locations
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Sydney Cricket Ground

ANZ Stadium, Sydney

North Sydney Oval​

 

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Records
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Highest team total: 342, Asia
Lowest team total: 168, Europe
Highest run-chase: 321, South Asia

Biggest winning margin (runs): Oceania beat Europe by 134 runs
Smallest winning margin (runs): Americas beat Oceania by 6 runs
Biggest winning margin (wickets): Oceania beat Asia by 7 wickets
Smallest winning margin (wickets): South Asia beat Africa by 5 wickets


Highest individual innings: 131, Kumar Sangakkara
Most runs (competition): 343, AB de Villiers
Highest average (competition): 343.00, AB de Villiers
Fastest century: 87 balls, AB de Villiers


Best bowling figures: 4/33, Ahsan Malik Jamil
Most wickets (competition): 12, Jimmy Anderson
Best average (competition): 18.43, Ryan Harris
Best economy rate (competition): 4.33, Ahsan Malik Jamil


Most dismissals in an innings (keeper): 4, MS Dhoni, Geraint Jones
Most dismissals in an innings (fielder): 2, Various​

 

[Pinch hitter]

RedKing - Oceania or Europe[DOUBLEPOST=1423436251][/DOUBLEPOST]RedKing - Oceania or Europe

 

[VC the slogger]

VC the slogger - Europe, Americas, Asia

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[themusketeer]

South Asia , Africa please

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Shabby - Oceania, South Asia, Asia

 

[Greninja]

Star Player - South Asia, Oceania, Africa

 

[Asham]

Yonga- Oceania, Africa, South Asia

 

[Umair7]

Africa/Ocenia

 

[Aislabie]

I'm going to confirm the managers now:

Africa - If possible, I'd like @Star Player and @Yonga to co-manage this team
Americas - @Umair2000 - I know this wasn't one of your choices, hope it's okay.
Asia - @shoaibakhtar
Europe - @VC the slogger
Oceania - @RedKing
South Asia - @themusketeer

Hopefully everyone's happy with those teams.

If so, your first duty will be to axe five players each from your squads.​

 

[Greninja]

I'm going to confirm the managers now:

Africa - If possible, I'd like @Star Player and @Yonga to co-manage this team
Americas - @Umair2000 - I know this wasn't one of your choices, hope it's okay.
Asia - @shoaibakhtar
Europe - @VC the slogger
Oceania - @RedKing
South Asia - @themusketeer

Hopefully everyone's happy with those teams.

If so, your first duty will be to axe five players each from your squads.​

I am ok with this

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

When I award you a team, your first duty will be to trim your squad down to fifteen.

Most importantly, have fun.

Wait....

Your first duty will be to axe five players each from your squads.

Wait...

If I axe five players from Asia, then I'll have 14 remaining because they're are 19 players in my squad.