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[Na Maloom Afraad]

Ouch. I know that beating 'that' Sri Lankan side would've still been a dream, but including all the valuable players that I stupidly missed on could've at least reduced the margin of defeat and humiliation. :/

 

[VC the slogger]

Ouch. I know that beating 'that' Sri Lankan side would've still been a dream, but including all the valuable players that I stupidly missed on could've at least reduced the margin of defeat and humiliation. :/

Asif Karim too. He is simply too good to be left out of an all-time Kenyan XI.

 

[El Loco]

Still need to work out what our best attack is. England's bowling with the white ball has always been a weakness.

 

[Dipak]

That was too close for comfort! Great bowling, we need to do better up the order though, we got away this time! Great innings by our skipper Lloyd to see us through!

 

[VC the slogger]

Round 3 fixtures

Bangladesh v New Zealand at Sydney

- Pitch: Evenly balanced
- Players injured/unavailable: Shane Bond (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Abdur Razzak ( Bangladesh); Adam Parore ( New Zealand)

@stinson99 @NaviN GandhI

Australia v India at Adelaide

- Pitch: Evenly balanced
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Matthew Hayden, Greg Chappell, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee & Mitchell Johnson ( Australia); Mohammad Azharuddin, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Javagal Srinath & Harbhajan Singh ( India)

@The Deadman/@CerealKiller @Saroj padhy

Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Brisbane

- Pitch: Hard
- Players injured/unavailable: Shoaib Akhtar (1 match)
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Shahid Afridi & Saeed Ajmal ( Pakistan)

@Jack Ryder @Fenil

England v Kenya at Hobart

- Pitch: Hard
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Joe Root ( England); Hitesh Modi, Rajab Ali & Aasif Karim ( Kenya)

@El Loco @Na Maloom Afraad

South Africa v Ireland at Perth

- Pitch: Hard
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, Mark Boucher, Clive Rice & Nicky Boje ( South Africa); Jeremy Bray, Dave Langford-Smith & Andrew White ( Ireland)

@Akshay./@PresidentEvil @Naman Thakur

Sri Lanka v West Indies at Melbourne

- Pitch: Evenly balanced
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): Upul Tharanga, Aravinda de Silva, Thisara Perera & Nuwan Kulasekara ( Sri Lanka); Carl Hooper & Lance Gibbs ( West Indies)

@SixerBoy11/@Pinch hitter @Samuels/@Dipak


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 96 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
5) A minimum of 13 players in your squad must be capped in the main tournament starting from Round 1 to Round 5. If your team makes it to the Super Sixes stage, the requirement is 15 players.

Standings

Group A

||||Team||Pld||Won||Lost||NR/T||NRR||Pts
| | | | Pakistan | | 2 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 | | +0.880 | | 4
| | | | Australia | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | +1.490 | | 2
| | | | Zimbabwe | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | +0.159 | | 2
| | | | New Zealand | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | +0.051 | | 2
| | | | India | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | -0.090 | | 2
| | | | Bangladesh | | 2 | | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | | -2.470 | | 0

​

Group B

||||Team||Pld||Won||Lost||NR/T||NRR||Pts
| | | | West Indies | | 2 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 | | +1.137 | | 4
| | | | Sri Lanka | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | +1.214 | | 2
| | | | Ireland | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | +0.245 | | 2
| | | | South Africa | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | -0.133 | | 2
| | | | England | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | -0.905 | | 2
| | | | Kenya | | 2 | | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | | -1.685 | | 0

​

Statistics

To be updated after Round 3.

Explanation on pitch types

Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Quite regular to find in most European countries.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way.
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.​

 

[NaviN GandhI]

Brendon McCullum
Martin Guptill
Stephen Fleming
Kane Williamson
Ross Taylor
Martin Crowe
Daniel Vettori
Richard Hadlee
Jacob Oram
Ewen Chatfield
Trent Boult

 

[El Loco]

1. Graham Gooch
2. Alec Stewart+
3. David Gower*
4. Joe Root
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. Andrew Flintoff^
7. Ian Botham^
8. Graeme Swann^
9. Darren Gough^
10. James Anderson^
11. Bob Willis^

 

[Saroj padhy]

Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Mohammad Azharuddin
Rahul Dravid
Sourav Ganguly
Yuvraj Singh
MS Dhoni
Kapil Dev
Ajit Agarkar
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan

 

[CerealKiller]

Lee in for Lillee.
@The Deadman

 

[Akshay.]

Batting could have been bit better

 

[Targaryen]

@Akshay. to post the lineup.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

KENYA
Alex Obanda
Kennedy Otieno†
Ravindu Shah
Maurice Odumbe^
Steve Tikolo^*
Tanmay Mishra
Collins Obuya^
Nehemiah Odhiambo^
Peter Ongondo^
Martin Suji^
Asif Karim^​

 

[SixerBoy11]

Upul Tharanga
Sanath Jayasuriya
Marvan Atapattu
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Angelo Mathews
Arjuna Ranatunga
Chaminda Vaas
Farveez Maharoof
Muttiah Muralitharan

@Pinch hitter

 

[Akshay.]

Herschelle Gibbs
Gary Kirsten
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
Lance Klusener
Clive Rice
Shaun Pollock
Allan Donald
Dale Steyn
Makhaya Ntini

@PresidentEvil

 

[Till Valhalla]

Alistair Campbell - Right-arm offbreak
Brendan Taylor
Andy Flower
Murray Goodwin
Sikandar Raza
Sean Ervine
Elton Chigumbura
Heath Streak
Eddo Brandes
Henry Olonga
Ray Price