Twenty20 World Cup 2007 Group C

[ZexyZahid]

You can register here. Deadline is on 12 September 2007 on 08:00 GMT.

New Zealand Squad

Daniel Vettori (captain)
Shane Bond
Peter Fulton
Mark Gillespie
Gareth Hopkins
Chris Martin
Craig McMillan
Brendon McCullum
Nathan McCullum
Jacob Oram
Jeetan Patel
Bradley Scott
Scott Styris
Ross Taylor
Lou Vincent

Sri Lanka Squad

Mahela Jayawardena (captain)
Dilhara Fernando
Hasantha Fernando
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Sanath Jayasuriya
Farveez Maharoof
Lasith Malinga
Jehan Mubarak
Muttiah Muralitharan
Kumara Sangakkara
Chamara Silva
Upul Tharanga
Dilshan Tilakaratne
Chaminda Vaas
Gayan Wijekoon

Kenya Squad

Steve Tikolo (captain)
Rajesh Bhudiya
Jimmy Kamande
Tanmay Mishra
Lameck Ngoche
Nehemiah Ngoche
Alex ObandaC
ollins Obuya
David Obuya
Thomas Odoyo
Peter Ongondo
Elijah Otieno
Morris Ouma
Tony Suji
Hiren Varaiya

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/squad?object=286109

 

[ZexyZahid]

Muttiah Muralitharan has been replaced by Dilruwan Perera. Change your team if you have him.

Board confirms Murali is out of Twenty20s
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309156.html

 

[icyman]

Selecting teams for T20 is really tough.
It is so unpredictable !

 

[ZexyZahid]

Brendon McCullum will open the innings. So he's added as batsman.

McCullum to hand over the gloves
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/309870.html

 

[Abhas]

Here's my team...

Batsman 1 Brendon McCullum
Batsman 2 Peter Fulton
Batsman 3 Tillakaratne Dilshan
Batsman 4 Scott Styris +
Batsman 5 Steve Tikolo
Wicket Keeper Kumar Sangakkara +
All-Rounder 1 Jacob Oram
All-Rounder 2 Sanath Jayasuriya +
Bowler 1 Shane Bond
Bowler 2 Lasith Malinga +
Bowler 3 Mark Gillespie
Bowler 4 None Selected

 

[icyman]

Nice team there abhas,but i'm not sure whether a bowling captain in T20 would be useful.
If they are taken for runs,they will be really expensive

 

[Abhas]

hmm.. u may be right, but think of it this way : in 4 overs, even if he goes for say 40 runs, but manages 3 wickets, wont that be better.
coz i have a feeling, there wont be too many big individual scores, due to the format of the game, and people like bond, due to their pace can get a few wickets.
also, he can be a very big hitter if needed...

anyway, i dont have any expectations from this, or any of the group matches, they are so unpredictable..

 

[ZexyZahid]

I don't even know if Fulton is expected to play.

 

[Abhas]

i'll replace him with vincent if i get any news of him not playing.. thanks...

 

[icyman]

I've selected Ross Taylor in my side.
Expect him to go for the big shots.
McMillan is my captain.

 

[ZexyZahid]

McMillan bats down the order. I presume you think that New Zealand will have a collapse and McMillan will save them?

 

[Abhas]

replaced chris martin with gillespie...
and tikolo for ongondo

Great Start for me!!! Bond Gets ouma for a duck, that too Bowled!!! lovely

omg.. disaster for Kenya, and i'm smiling all the way!!!

2 wickets for Bond, 1 for gillespie, without conceding a run lol...
A bowling captain in T20 is really awesome

and another, unfortunately ist was tikolo i added him last minute, but fortunately it was gillespie, i added him last minute as well !!

Great bowling by Bond and Gillespie... 2 for bond, and 4 for MG...

 

[ZexyZahid]

Just before the deadline I replaced Styris for Vincent. Then I checked Vincent's recent form and replaced him with Tikolo. And guess what: Tikolo gets a duck.

And so much for New Zealand's promises: Oram didn't even bat as the expected position and McCullum kept wicket instead of being only a batsman.

 

[Abhas]

even i made some last minute changes, but somehow they worked for me
replaced chris martin with gillespie...
and tikolo for ongondo - could be compensated in the remaining matches!

not many have gillespie, so that will be an advantage...

 

[ZexyZahid]

I think you've already won the group, since not many will have Gillespie. You've got 119 points from him.