European Test Cricket S01 : Champions Crowned!

[Earagav]

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Vodafone European Test Cricket is an international test league featuring of four teams, England, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland. It is a brief league with a total of 7 matches.
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-Standings-
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    Team       Played     Won   Lost   Drew   Points    NRR.

[Q] Ireland        03      02     00     01       05   +0.32
[Q] England        03      01     01     01       03   -1.37
    Scotland       02      01     02     00       02   -0.16
    Netherlands    02      00     01     02       02   -0.61

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-Fixtures-

ROUND 1
[Poor] England v Scotland @Lords - England won by 134 runs
[Excellent] Ireland v Netherlands @Malahide - Match drew

ROUND 2
[Excellent] Scotland v Netherlands @Grange - Scotland won by 5 wickets
[Poor] England v Ireland @Lords - Ireland won by 3 wickets

ROUND 3
[Excellent] Ireland v Scotland @Malahide - Ireland won by 10 wickets
[Excellent] Netherlands v England @The Hague - Match drew

FINAL
[Excellent] Ireland v England @Malahide - England won by 121 runs
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-Squads-

Spoiler: ENGLAND

Manager : @sathishsky

Alastair Cook
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen

Gary Ballance
Ian Bell
Joe Root - Right-arm offbreak

Moeen Ali - Right-arm offbreak
Jonny Bairstow
Jos Buttler

Stuart Broad
Liam Plunkett

James Anderson
Steven Finn

James Tredwell
Danny Briggs

Spoiler: IRELAND

Manager : @Na Maloom Afraad

William Porterfield
Paul Stirling - Right-arm offbreak
Ed Joyce

Niall O'Brien
Andrew Poynter
Hamish Marshall

Kevin O'Brien
Gary Wilson
Andrew White - Right-arm offbreak

Alex Cusack
John Mooney

Matt Dunn
Tom Curran
Boyd Rankin

George Dockrell

Spoiler: NETHERLANDS

Manager : @The Author

Tom Cooper
Andrew de Boorder
Alexei Kervezee

Colin Ackermann
Michael Swart
Ryan ten Doeschate
Graeme van Buuren

Wesley Barresi
Derek de Boorder

Peter Borren

Scott Kuggelijn
Pieter Seelaar

Timm van der Gugten
Ahsan Malik Jamil
Vivian Kingma

Spoiler: SCOTLAND

Manager : @Mr Nokkaya

Preston Mommsen
Kyle Coetzer
Richie Berrington
Hamish Gardiner
Quasin Sheikh

David Murphy
Matty Cross

Neil Carter
Majid Haq
Gordon Drummond

Gordon Goudie
Ian Wardlaw
Josh Davey
Rob Taylor
Moneeb Iqbal

Spoiler: SCOTLAND

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[sathishsky]

FOR ME ENGLAND

 

[Earagav]

[STATS]
Stats after round 2 are corrupt

[ENGLAND]

Played: 2       Won: 1       Tied: 0       Lost: 1      Drawn: 0     Win%:  50.0

Player     Mch  In  Runs  Avge S/R HS 50 100 Ovrs  Runs Wkt  Avge E/R Best 5w 10
A Cook       2   4   142  35.5  70  59  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
I Bell       2   4   132  33.0  69  47  0  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
Pietersen    2   4    98  24.5  44  63  1  0    5    10   0   -.- 2.0 -/-   0  0
J Root       2   4   257  64.3  57 119  2  1   52   109   3  36.3 2.1 1/30  0  0
J Trott      2   4   156  39.0  56  57  1  0   43   143   2  71.5 3.3 1/40  0  0
J Buttler    2   4   108  27.0  38  71  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
M Ali        2   4   101  25.3  48  40  0  0   57   151   4  37.8 2.7 3/51  0  0
S Broad      2   4   110  36.7  33  65  1  0   58   139   7  19.9 2.4 4/49  0  0
J Anderson   2   4    48  12.0  40  26  0  0   74   245   7  35.0 3.3 3/48  0  0
S Finn       2   4    18   6.0  47  12  0  0   44   117   3  39.0 2.7 1/15  0  0
J Tredwell   2   4    38  19.0  36  25  0  0   64   178  11  16.2 2.8 4/35  0  0
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[IRELAND]

Played: 2       Won: 1       Tied: 0       Lost: 0      Drawn: 1     Win%:  50.0

Player     Mch  In  Runs  Avge S/R HS 50 100 Ovrs  Runs Wkt  Avge E/R Best 5w 10
Porte'ield   2   4    94  23.5  69  54  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
P Stirling   2   4   194  48.5  76  64  1  0   33   131   2  65.5 4.0 1/47  0  0
E Joyce      2   4   226  56.5  64  92  3  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
H Marshall   2   4   132  33.0  36  62  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
N O'Brien    2   4   116  29.0  55  51  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
K O'Brien    2   4   210  52.5  63 107  1  1   52   186   5  37.2 3.6 2/35  0  0
A Cusack     2   4   151  75.5  40  74  1  0   63   166   5  33.2 2.6 2/52  0  0
J Mooney     2   4    95  31.7  43  64  1  0   77   216   8  27.0 2.8 4/18  0  0
T Curran     2   3    32  16.0  39  20  0  0   75   219   8  27.4 2.9 3/45  0  0
B Rankin     2   2    24  12.0  24  15  0  0   66   175   4  43.8 2.7 4/24  0  0
G Dockrell   2   2    23   -.-  88  23  0  0   78   249   7  35.6 3.2 2/42  0  0
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[NETHERLANDS]

Played: 2       Won: 0       Tied: 0       Lost: 1      Drawn: 1     Win%:   0.0

Player     Mch  In  Runs  Avge S/R HS 50 100 Ovrs  Runs Wkt  Avge E/R Best 5w 10
A Kervezee   2   4   174  43.5  47  75  2  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
Ackermann    2   4    82  20.5  39  46  0  0   42   137   3  45.7 3.3 2/37  0  0
T Cooper     2   4   139  34.8  65  83  2  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
Doeschate    2   4    37   9.3  59  20  0  0   47   185   1 185.0 3.9 1/62  0  0
G Burren     2   4   151  37.8  67  74  2  0   60   266   6  44.3 4.4 4/67  0  0
D Boorder    2   4   121  30.3  33  47  0  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
P Borren     2   4   193  48.3  44  94  1  0   20    44   0   -.- 2.2 -/-   0  0
M Swart      2   4   149  37.3  42  89  1  0   18    56   0   -.- 3.1 -/-   0  0
T Gunten     2   4    43  10.8  42  16  0  0   57   185   5  37.0 3.2 2/62  0  0
A Malik      2   4    62  62.0  46  30  0  0   51   158   5  31.6 3.1 4/59  0  0
V Kingma     2   4    12   4.0  50   8  0  0   48   125  11  11.4 2.6 4/18  0  0
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[SCOTLAND]

Played: 2       Won: 1       Tied: 0       Lost: 1      Drawn: 0     Win%:  50.0

Player     Mch  In  Runs  Avge S/R HS 50 100 Ovrs  Runs Wkt  Avge E/R Best 5w 10
P Mommsen    2   4   177  44.3  53  59  3  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
K Coetzer    2   4   138  34.5  68  92  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
Berrington   2   4   100  25.0  46  52  1  0   14    78   0   -.- 5.6 -/-   0  0
H Gardiner   2   4   118  29.5  38  51  1  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
D Murphy     2   4    87  21.8  44  42  0  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
M Cross      2   4    56  18.7  38  33  0  0    0     0   0   -.- -.- -/-   0  0
N Carter     2   4    68  22.7  43  32  0  0   71   187   4  46.8 2.6 3/46  0  0
M Haq        2   3    55  18.3  38  26  0  0   85   250  10  25.0 2.9 4/27  0  0
G Goudie     2   3    31  10.3  33  14  0  0   64   182   6  30.3 2.8 2/60  0  0
I Wardlaw    2   3    47  15.7  42  36  0  0   67   181   8  22.6 2.7 5/32  1  0
J Davey      2   3    27   -.-  36  13  0  0   78   205  12  17.1 2.6 3/25  0  0
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[Aislabie]

I usually take the Irish, but I'm quite tempted by the Netherlands.

Sathishsky - England
The Author - Netherlands

 

[TSPrathik]

any team except England

 

[Earagav]

@Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Sathishsky - England
The Author - Netherlands
Mr Nokkaya - Any
Shabby - Ireland

 

[Earagav]

Teams Allocated​

@sathishsky

@Na Maloom Afraad

@The Author

@Mr Nokkaya ​

Managers are requested to post their 15-men squad which contains at least 2 wicketkeepers.
Managers are requested to post their home ground and its pitch type. (any stadium in your country)

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Ireland

Homeground

The Village, Malahide
Pitch Type: Excellent

Squad

William Porterfield
Paul Stirling - Right-arm offbreak
Ed Joyce

Niall O'Brien
Andrew Poynter
Hamish Marshall

Kevin O'Brien
Gary Wilson
Andrew White - Right-arm offbreak

Alex Cusack
John Mooney

Matt Dunn
Tom Curran
Boyd Rankin

George Dockrell​

 

[sathishsky]

Squad

Alastair Cook
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen

Gary Ballance
Ian Bell
Joe Root - Right-arm offbreak

Moeen Ali - Right-arm offbreak
Jonny Bairstow
Jos Buttler

Stuart Broad
Liam Plunkett

James Anderson
Steven Finn

James Tredwell
Danny Briggs

 

[Earagav]

@Na Maloom Afraad : Pitch type?
@sathishsky : Stadium and pitch type?

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

@Na Maloom Afraad : Pitch type?
@sathishsky : Stadium and pitch type?

Edited.

 

[sathishsky]

Poor

 

[X Factor]

Hey, Anyone here needing co-manager? am up for it, little to sign up for this league.

 

[Aislabie]

I was tempted to go with an all Dutch-born XI, but in the end I decided otherwise.

Tom Cooper
Andrew de Boorder
Alexei Kervezee

Colin Ackermann
Michael Swart
Ryan ten Doeschate
Graeme van Buuren

Wesley Barresi
Derek de Boorder

Peter Borren

Scott Kuggelijn
Pieter Seelaar

Timm van der Gugten
Ahsan Malik Jamil
Vivian Kingma

Spoiler: The Dutch-born XI I came up with

Steven de Bruin
Tom Heggelman
Tom de Grooth
Daan van Bunge
Tim Gruijters
Wilfred Diepeveen
Sebastiaan Braat
Edgar Schiferli
Pieter Seelaar
Vivian Kingma
Ahsan Malik Jamil

Atse Buurman
James Gruijters
Quirijn Gunning
Paul van Meekeren

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague (Excellent pitch)