World Test Championship - We have our champions

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The very first World Test Championship is to be held in England. The hasily arranged tournament is to feature twelve teams, including the ten Full Member nations, Ireland, and the Netherlands, who have beaten Full Member teams most often in the shorter formats in recent years.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Playoffs (Lord's)

Semi-final One

England won by 215 runs

Semi-final Two

South Africa winning draw

Grand Final

South Africa won by 67 runs
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Points System (Group Stage only)

Result
Win Outright --- 15 points
Tie --- 8 points
Winning Draw --- 6 points (on first innings)
Losing Draw --- 4 points (on first innings)
Loss Outright --- 0 points

Bonus

| Batting | Bowling
1 pt | 200 | 2 wickets
2 pts | 250 | 4 wickets
3 pts | 300 | 6 wickets
4 pts | 350 | 8 wickets
5 pts | 400 | 10 wickets

First 120 overs
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Full credit to Zaxotes for the awesome team logos, and Cool Buddy who volunteered the banner.​

 

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Australia
Manager: Umair

Michael Clarke
Ed Cowan
Brad Haddin
Phillip Hughes
Michael Hussey
Marcus North
Matthew Wade
David Warner

Shane Watson

Pat Cummins
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Lyon
James Pattinson
Peter Siddle
Mitchell Starc

England
Manager: Anish

Jonny Bairstow
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Alastair Cook
Eoin Morgan
Kevin Pietersen
Matt Prior
Jonathan Trott

James Anderson
Tim Bresnan
Stuart Broad
Steven Finn
Graham Onions
Monty Panesar
Graeme Swann

Netherlands
Manager: BOT TEAM

Tom Cooper
Andrew de Boorder
Derek de Boorder
Alexei Kervezee
Nick Kruger
Michael Swart
Eric Szwarczynski

Peter Borren
Mudassar Bukhari
Ryan ten Doeschate
Logan van Beek
Daan van Bunge
Kirk Wernars

Ahsan Malik Jamil
Pieter Seelaar

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Fixtures
(at The Oval)
Australia v Netherlands - Australia winning draw
England v Netherlands - England won by 7 wickets
England v Australia - England won by 7 wickets

|Pld|WO|WD|Tie|LD|LO||Pts
England|2|2|0|0|0|0|15|45
Australia|2|0|1|0|0|1|15|21
Netherlands|2|0|0|0|1|1|10|14

 

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India
Manager: Farhan

Shikhar Dhawan
Gautam Gambhir
Dinesh Karthik
Cheteshwar Pujara
Akshath Reddy
Wriddhiman Saha
Yuvraj Singh
Sachin Tendulkar
Manoj Tiwary

Ravi Ashwin
Irfan Pathan

Ashok Dinda
Zaheer Khan
Pragyan Ojha
Umesh Yadav

Pakistan
Manager: Ahmad

Umar Akmal
Kamran Akmal
Azhar Ali
Nasir Jamshed
Younis Khan
Asad Shafiq
Misbah Ul Haq
Taufeeq Umar
Mohammed Yousuf

Mohammed Hafeez

Saeed Ajmal
Umar Gul
Aizaz Cheema
Abdur Rehman
Raza Hasan

Zimbabwe
Manager: El Loco

Regis Chakabva
Tino Mawoyo
Hamilton Masakadza
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Forster Mutizwa
Brendan Taylor
Malcolm Waller

Elton Chigumbra
Sean Williams

Graeme Cremer
Kyle Jarvis
Shingi Masakadza
Ray Price
Brian Vitori
Prosper Utseya

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Fixtures
(at Trent Bridge)
Pakistan v Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe winning draw
India v Pakistan - Pakistan winning draw
India v Zimbabwe - India winning draw

|Pld|WO|WD|Tie|LD|LO||Pts
India|2|0|1|0|1|0|12|22
Pakistan|2|0|1|0|1|0|11|21
Zimbabwe|2|0|1|0|1|0|11|21

 

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Bangladesh
Manager: Allwhites

Mohammad Ashraful
Tamim Iqbal
Imrul Kayes
Shahriar Nafees
Mohammad Nazimuddin
Mushfiqur Rahim

Shakib Al Hasan
Nasir Hossain
Mahmudullah Riyad

Sohag Gazi
Abul Hasan
Nazmul Hossain
Rubel Hossain
Suhrawadi Shuvo
Elias Sunny

New Zealand
Manager: Sami Kumar

Dean Brownlie
Martin Guptill
Brendon McCullum
Rob Nicol
Jesse Ryder
Ross Taylor
Kane Williamson

James Franklin
Nathan McCullum
Daniel Vettori

Trent Boult
Chris Martin
Kyle Mills
Jeetan Patel
Tim Southee

South Africa
Manager: Akul

Hashim Amla
AB de Villiers
JP Duminy
Faf du Plessis
Dean Elgar
Alviro Petersen
Jacques Rudolph
Graeme Smith
Thami Tsolekile

Jacques Kallis

Rory Kleinveldt
Morne Morkel
Robin Peterson
Vernon Philander
Dale Steyn

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Fixtures
(at Edgbaston)
New Zealand v South Africa - South Africa winning draw
Bangladesh v South Africa - South Africa won by 8 wickets
Bangladesh v New Zealand - New Zealand won by an innings and 43 runs

|Pld|WO|WD|Tie|LD|LO||Pts
South Africa|2|1|1|0|0|0|14|35
New Zealand|2|1|0|0|1|0|16|35
Bangladesh|2|0|0|0|0|2|7|7

 

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Ireland
Manager: VC

John Anderson
Ed Joyce
Niall O'Brien
William Porterfield
Paul Stirling
Andrew White
Gary Wilson

Alex Cusack
Kevin O'Brien

Peter Connell
George Dockrell
Trent Johnston
Tim Murtagh
Max Sorensen
Albert van der Merwe

Sri Lanka
Manager: Pallu


Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mahela Jayawardene
Tharanga Pranavitana
Thilan Samaraweera
Kumar Sangakkara
Upul Tharanga

Angelo Mathews
Thisara Perera

Shaminda Eranga
Rangana Herath
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga
Ajantha Mendis
Suraj Randiv
Chanaka Welegedara

West Indies
Manager: Cool Buddy

Adrian Barath
Carlton Baugh
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Chris Gayle
Marlon Samuels
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Dwayne Smith

Dwayne Bravo
Kieron Pollard
Andre Russell
Darren Sammy

Devendra Bishoo
Sunil Narine
Ravi Rampaul
Kemar Roach

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Fixtures
(at Headingley)
Ireland v Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka winning draw
Ireland v West Indies - West Indies won by 6 wickets
Sri Lanka v West Indies - West Indies winning draw

|Pld|WO|WD|Tie|LD|LO||Pts
West Indies|2|1|1|0|0|0|13|34
Sri Lanka|2|0|1|0|1|0|11|21
Ireland|2|0|0|0|1|1|14|18

 

[Aislabie]

I'm in for sure. South Africa, India, Australia, England in order of preference.

Thanks

Please pick a team and select a 15-man squad.

If you pick the Netherlands or Ireland, I will happily send you some help with players

 

[Akul]

I'll take South Africa then. Not interested in associate teams, though.

 

[Anish.]

England!

 

[Umair7]

Australia please

 

[Aislabie]

Great to have you, hope you're all fermenting your squads

 

[Ahmad94]

Wooh yes. Can I have Pakistan please. Thanks.

 

[Umair7]

Punter is allowed or not ??

 

[Vivek7]

West Indies!

 

[Ahmad94]

Punter is allowed or not ??

I should think not as he has retired.

 

[Anish.]

Punter is allowed or not ??

I guess yes because he has contested in 2012-2013 season