Matches Posted Benson & Hedges World Championship 1984-85 | The Final

[Asham]

ABOUT​

The Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket was a One Day International tournament held from 17 February to 10 March 1985 in Australia and won by India.

The tournament was part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of European settlement in Victoria. All of the thenTest match playing teams participated with matches played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground. The tournament saw the first matches played under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

India were the reigning World Cup holders, having defeated the West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final, but the bookmakers installed West Indies as favourites.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
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Each team was required to name a 14-player squad for the tournament. Matches were played with coloured clothing, white balls, fielding restrictions and innings limited to 50 overs.The seven teams were split into two qualifying groups. Each played a round-robin with two points awarded for a win and one point for a draw or tie. Teams on equal points were separated by run rate.

Cross-over semi finals were then played with the winner from each group playing the runner-up from the other group. The losers played in the Plate Winners Final while the winners contested the Final.

TEAMS

India
Pakistan
Australia
England
New Zealand
West Indies

 

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SQUADS

AUSTRALIA

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @stinson99 Coach: TBD Captain: Allan Border SQUAD Kim Hughes Allan Border Kepler Wessels Graeme Wood Steve Smith Wayne B. Phillips Greg Ritchie Geoff Lawson Carl Rackemann John Maguire Rodney Hogg Tom Hogan Murray Bennett

ENGLAND

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @Rohit Tiwari Coach: TBD Captain: David Gower SQUAD G. fowler Martyn Moxon RT Robinson MW Gatting AJ lamb David Gower PR Downton VJ Marks RM Eilision PH Edmonds Niel Foster Norman Cowan Jonathan Agnew

INDIA

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @greymatter776 Coach: TBD Captain: Sunil Gavaskar SQUAD Sunil Gavaskar Krishnamachari Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammad Azharuddin Sadanand Viswanath Manoj Prabhakar Mohinder Amarnath Roger Binny Kapil Dev Madan Lal Ravi Shastri Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Chetan Sharma

NEW ZEALAND

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @Star Player Coach: TBD Captain: Jeff Crowe SQUAD Jeff Crowe Martin Crowe Andrew Jones Ken Rutherford John Wright Ian Smith John Bracewell Danny Morrison Dipak Patel Martin Snedden Stephen Boock Ewen Chatfield Willie Watson

PAKISTAN

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @SixerBoy11 Coach: TBD Captain: Imran Khan SQUAD Mohsin Khan Rameez Raja Qasim Umar Saleem Malik - Spin Zaheer Abbas Anil Dalpat Javed Miandad Mudassar Nazar Imran Khan Wasim Raja Wasim Akram Tahir Naqqash ak Azeem Hafeez

WEST INDIES

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managers: @Samuels Coach: TBD Captain: Clive Lloyd SQUAD Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Gordon Greenidge Larry Gomes Viv Richards Clive Lloyd Jeff Dujon Roger Harper Franklyn Stephenson Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding Joel Garner Sylvester Clarke

 

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FIXTURES

ROUND-ROBIN STAGE

1st ODI, Australia V England at Melbourne
2nd ODI, New Zealand V West Indies at Sydney
3rd ODI, India V Pakistan at Melbourne

4th ODI, England V India at Sydney
5th ODI, Australia V West Indies at Melbourne
6th ODI, New Zealand V Pakistan at Sydney

7th ODI, England V New Zealand at Melbourne
8th ODI, Australia V India at Sydney
9th ODI, West Indies V Pakistan at Melbourne



FINAL

The Grand Final, TBA V TBA at Melbourne
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[Asham]

AUSTRALIA


ENGLAND


INDIA



NEW ZEALAND



WEST INDIES

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[greymatter776]

India for me.

 

[SixerBoy11]

Pakistan plz

 

[VC the slogger]

West Indies, 'cause I don't think I've ever got the chance to manage that great side in all my time here. I'm usually on the other end in a league with them in it.

 

[Samuels]

West Indies, 'cause I don't think I've ever got the chance to manage that great side in all my time here. I'm usually on the other end in a league with them in it.

Good luck! I hope to see some Richie Richardson show.

 

[VC the slogger]

Good luck! I hope to see some Richie Richardson show.

Same here. I think this was around the same time he made such an impressive entry into international cricket.

I reckon the Windies should be alright, as long as they don't take Mudassar Nazar's military-mediums lightly like they did in the real thing.

 

[VC the slogger]

You'll need a squad I think..

West Indies ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager: VC the slogger Coach: Who indeed?

Squad Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Larry Gomes - Right-arm offbreak/medium Viv Richards - Right-arm offbreak Clive Lloyd Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Roger Harper Thelston Payne Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding Joel Garner Winston Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

[themusketeer]

Mighty Australia....

 

[greymatter776]

India Manager : Nandu Chelackal Coach : Ajit Wadekar​

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Sunil Gavaskar Krishnamachari Srikkanth Dilip Vengsarkar Mohammad Azharuddin Sadanand Viswanath Manoj Prabhakar Mohinder Amarnath Roger Binny Kapil Dev Madan Lal Ravi Shastri Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Chetan Sharma

 

[Samuels]

You'll need a squad I think.

This being a virtual league I reckon you can field a different squad from that in real life so how about getting the Gordon Greenidges, Sylvester Clarke (he played First Class cricket till 1990), Wayne Daniel (First-class span 1975-1988, List A span 1975-1987) and Franklyn Stephenson for Thelston Payne, Winston Davis and Gus Logie in your 14 men squad?

As far as coach is concerned you can put the name of the great Sir Garfield Sobers for the sake of it.

 

[VC the slogger]

This being a virtual league I reckon you can field a different squad from that in real life so how about getting the Gordon Greenidges, Sylvester Clarke (he played First Class cricket till 1990), Wayne Daniel (First-class span 1975-1988, List A span 1975-1987) and Franklyn Stephenson for Thelston Payne, Winston Davis and Gus Logie in your 14 men squad?

I assumed that wasn't @Yonga's plan seeing as he already entered the same as real life Aussie squad beforehand. But I'd certainly love to pick Greenidge, Clarke, Stephenson and co if given the green light.

 

[Asham]

Sorry for all of you We would only use Real squads[DOUBLEPOST=1419775114][/DOUBLEPOST]Hey! @Samuels It would be a pleasure if you want to manage a team here..