Story The PC Border-Gavaskar Trophy- [Updated- Second Test- Day 1 Morning Session]

[OffCutters]

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has arrived in the PlanetCricket forums. The 5 test-match and 5 ODI series, will finally settle the rivalry between the Aussies and the Indians. PlanetCricket users are to sign up as any player in either sides, and will play matches as them. Its simple, just inform me of your name, and the player you would like to represent out of the 18-man squads. The player who performs the best in the series will take home the Border-Gavaskar MVP award, along with 100,000 vCash. The Top 3 players of the match from both sides will receive points in this format- MOTM- 3 points, 2nd Best- 2 points, 3rd Best- 1 point, at the end of the series, the points will be tallied up and the winner will be announced, there will be one MVP comp for each series (Test + ODI) but in the ODI series the MVP will receive 25k vCash.This will be judged by me. So sign up now, and secure your favourite player! And as they say, may the best team win.

Playing Lists

Australia (Test)

Batsmen

Phillip Hughes- Gajan T
Simon Katich- skrillex_x
Ricky Ponting (C)- Madhur
Michael Clarke (VC)- mattfb
Michael Hussey- WORLD_CHAMPIONS
Marcus North- cricket22
Callum Ferguson- Hmarka
Brad Hodge- Gazza_11



Wicket-Keepers

Brad Haddin + - holdenator


All-Rounders

Shane Watson- nakul
Andrew Symonds- send2yaari
Andrew McDonald- Maddy



Bowlers

Mitchell Johnson- Biggy
Brett Lee- 20/20 PRO
Peter Siddle- BKB1991
Ben Hilfenhaus-ajdude
Nathan Hauritz- hedger_14
Doug Bollinger- OffCutters

India (Test)

Batsmen

Gautam Gambhir- MacLovin
Virender Sehwag- Gary123
Sachin Tendulkar (C)- CG123
Rahul Dravid- AshesXII
VVS Laxman- rahuldravidfan
Wasim Jaffer- Aouni
Manoj Tiwary- Gaurav
Subramaniam Badrinath- Yudi



Wicket-Keepers

M.S Dhoni + (VC) - Rahulkhush



All-Rounders

Yuvraj Singh- bcvstheworld



Bowlers


Irfan Pathan- Bilal
Anil Kumble - Mihir Doshi
Amit Mishra- Binnu
Harbhajan Singh- Callum Gray
Munaf Patel- RDF
Ishant Sharma- bladescape
Zaheer Khan- Mc#2
R.P Singh- Brendon Hedger

M.V.P Leaderboard


rahuldravidfan (IND)- 4
AshesXII (IND)- 2
Callum Gray (IND)- 2

Australia- Highest Wicket-taker


20/20 PRO 4 wickets @ 25.50
BKB1991 3 wickets at 32.67

India- Highest Wicket-taker


Binnu 5 wickets @ 14.60
Callum Gary 8 wickets @ 17.25
RDF 3 wickets @ 40.00
bladescape 4 wickets @ 38.00

India- Highest Run-Scorer

MacLovin 45 runs @ 45.00
Gary123 1 run @ 1.00
CG123 16 runs @ 16.00
AshesXII 107 runs @ 107.00
rahuldravidfan 265 runs @ 265.00
Aouni 11 runs @ 11.00
rahulkhush 55 runs @ 55.00
Binuu 59 runs @ 59.00
Callum Gray 0 runs @ 0.00
RDF 4 runs @ 4.00
bladescape 4 runs @ 4.00

Australia- Highest Run-Scorer

Gajan T 115 runs @ 57.50
skrillex_x 96 runs @ 48.00
Madhur 21 runs @ 10.50
mattfb 70 runs @ 35.00
WORLD_CHAMPIONS 72 runs @ 36.00
cricket22 65 @ 32.75
holdenator 19 runs @ 19.50
Biggy 1 run @ 0.50
20/20 PRO 15 runs @ 15.00
BKB1991 6 runs @ 6.00
hedger_14 13 runs @ 6.50

Fixtures

5-match Test Series

1st Test- Australia v India @ The Gabba- 1st November 2009

2nd Test- Australia v India @ Adelaide Oval- 15 November 2009

3rd Test- Australia v India @ W.A.C.A- 29 November 2009

4th Test- Australia v India @ MCG- 7 December 2009

5th Test- Australia v India @ SCG- 15 December 2009

5-match ODI series

Fixture to be confirmed.*

Awards + Prize Money


MOTD(Man Of the Day)- 0 vCash, 1 MVP point.
MOTM- 10,000 vCash- 3 MVP points.
MVP- 100,000 vCash
Highest Wicket-taker for Australia- 30,000 vCash (per series)
Highest Wicket-taker for India- 30,000 vCash (per series)
Highest Run-Scorer for India- 30,000 vCash (per series)
Highest Run-Scorer for Australia- 30,000 vCash (per series)

TOTAL PRIZE MONEY- 540,000 vCash

*Note- Due to different squads between the Test series and ODI series, members who are in both ODI and Test squads will keep their player, whereas players who were in the Test Squad but not in the ODI squad will be given first priority to choose another player.


Credits- Gazza_11 (Major Tosser really) for Sponsoring this little story in terms of prize money...(which he`ll probably win cuz he has Phillip Hughes..)

Pranav (The legendary GFX maker) for making the banner of this competition.

 

[Biggy]

I'll kick things off here and secure Mitchell Johnson.

Cheers.

 

[drainpipe32]

Phillip Hughes thanks mate.. Can't wait for this to start! Should be good!

Gazza_11 added 1 Minutes and 52 Seconds later...

Is this ICC?

 

[MaD]

I'll take Ponting thanks

 

[drainpipe32]

Sorry guys, I am god

You guys can have Sachin, my deputy god.

 

[CG123]

I'll take Sachin Tendulkar thanks.

 

[OffCutters]

Cheers for the sign-ups guys, keep em coming!

 

[Prithvi]

I'll be Kumble please
And I reckon its Kumble captain, not Dhoni.

 

[hedger_14]

Nathan Hauritz. What are you using for this.

 

[OffCutters]

ICC...read the thread title lol, thanks for signing up though.

 

[mattfb]

Michael Clarke thanks mate.

 

[Prithvi]

I don't understand why did you make Tendulkar Captain when he isn't interested in taking.
And, Kumble ?? He was the captain when India Travelled Australia last time right (For tests)

 

[OffCutters]

Since Kumble is pretty old, he is a chance of not making the side, because i cant control the Indian squad. Tendulkar is a certain of making the team which is why i made him captain. It doesnt really matter anyway.

Btw, Information about the latter ODI series is released in the bottom of the first post.

 

[Prithvi]

If thats the case, I'll continue as Commentator for ODI series

 

[OffCutters]

So pretty much if Kumble doesnt make the ODI squad, you`ll have first priority into choosing another player in the squad.