Champions Trophy 2008

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England have named their 30 man squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy, including Victorian bowler Darren Pattinson.

Champions Trophy squad Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Michael Carberry, Paul Collingwood (capt), Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Simon Jones, Ed Joyce, Rob Key, Sajid Mahmood, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Phil Mustard, Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Samit Patel, Darren Pattinson, Kevin Pietersen, Liam Plunkett, Matt Prior, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Strauss, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright

[cyclops]

I have just seen the 30 man squad for champions trophy later in year,tell me how the hell Luke Pomersback can not be at least in this squad.He shouldve been bloody close to the 15 man squad.

[Rik E Boy]

Cos he's not from NSW. Get a clue. NEXT.

regards,

REB

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India have named their 30 man "probables" squad for the Champions Trophy

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Parthiv Patel (wk), Manpreet Gony, S Badrinath, Mohammad Kaif, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Piyush Chawla, Manoj Tiwary, Abhishek Nayar, Pankaj Singh, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Kartik.

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Australia could decide within a fortnight whether to pull out of September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan. The recent bombings in Karachi and Islamabad have cast a shadow over the event but Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive Paul Marsh said a decision will not be made before it get reports from its security experts and the Federation of International Cricket Associations.

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South Africa have stated they are ready to host the Champions Trophyif it is moved from Pakistan due to security reasons

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Sri Lanka have named their 30 man provisional squad for the tournament

Probables: Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Sanath Jayasuriya, Chamara Kapugedera, Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chaminda Vaas, Thilan Thushara, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekera, Ajantha Mendis, Jehan Mubarak, Mahela Udawatte, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Malinda Warnapura, Michael Vandort, Upul Tharanga, Thilina Kandamby, Thilan Samaraweera, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Farveez Maharoof, Malinga Bandara, Gayan Wijekoon, Dilruwan Perera, Lasith Malinga, Chanaka Welagedera, Ishara Amerasinghe, Sujeewa de Silva, Rangana Herath.

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Australia have named their 30 man preliminary squad that includes five newcomers, Xavier Doherty, RYAN HARRIS, Brett Geeves, George Bailey and Tim Paine. Ben Hilfenhaus was not considered as he is recovering from injury.

Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-captain), George Bailey, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Dan Cullen, Xavier Doherty, Brett Geeves, Ryan Harris, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, James Hopes, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Ashley Noffke, Tim Paine, Luke Ronchi, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White

[Media Park]

since he hasn't played for qld yet, can we say that is one player picked on performances for SA?!?!?!?!

[the joker]

Cos he's not from NSW. Get a clue. NEXT.

regards,

REB

actually he was not picked due to injury. he broke his collarbone surfing. but should be ready for the start of the shield season

[brod]

Cos he's not from NSW. Get a clue. NEXT.

regards,

REB

actually he was not picked due to injury. he broke his collarbone surfing. but should be ready for the start of the shield season

Think you find he got injured AFTER the squad was named

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Mohammed Yousef has ruled himself out of the Champions Trophy as it will be played during Ramadan

[the joker]

Cos he's not from NSW. Get a clue. NEXT.

regards,

REB

actually he was not picked due to injury. he broke his collarbone surfing. but should be ready for the start of the shield season

Think you find he got injured AFTER the squad was named

nah he was injured before the squad was picked but had surgery after it was picked

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The Pakistan preliminary squad has been named and includes Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Malik (capt), Misbah-ul Haq (vice-captain), Salman Butt, Nasir Jamshed, Khalid Latif, Ahmed Shehzad, Khurram Manzoor, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Bazid Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Arafat, Mansoor Amjad, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Ali, Iftikhar Anjum, Sohail Khan, Abdur Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Aamer, Kamran Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal

[scott]

I have just seen the 30 man squad for champions trophy later in year,tell me how the hell Luke Pomersback can not be at least in this squad.He shouldve been bloody close to the 15 man squad.

I'm a huge fan of Pomersbach but it's very simple - he hasn't done anything for Western Australia in domestic one-day games. Off the top of my head he's made just one half century (vs SA) with a poor average in the low 20s from 20-30 games. And has a shit strike rate which is odd. Conversely, he's a gun at the four day game because he's so attacking.

[brod]

Correct there Scott, his record for WA is quite poor

List A
24.54 Ave
1 fifty
67.50 s/rate

First Class
52.72 Ave
2 hundreds
7 fifties
73.22 s/rate

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The South Africans have named their 30 man probables squad

Yusuf Abdullah, Hashim Amla, Gulam Bodi, Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Johann Louw, Ethy Mbhalati, Neil McKenzie, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Robin Peterson, Alviro Petersen, Vernon Philander, Ashwell Prince, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Alfonso Thomas, Thandi Tshabalala, Morne van Wyk, Monde Zondeki

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Shoaib Akhtar has been left out of a eight-day training camp at the Army School of Physical Training in Kakul beginning on July 21 after the Pakistan Cricket Board expressed concern over his fitness.

"We feared he might break down as it will be a strenuous training camp," Shafqat Naghmi, the PCB's chief operating officer, told AP. "We will be much clearer on Shoaib's fitness when the trainers physically see him. After that we will see whether some sort of training program could be devised for him."

The official's comments are seemingly in contrast to a spate of reports suggesting that Shoaib had been left out because he hadn't paid a Rs 7 million fine to the board.

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Pakistan has been confirmed by the ICC as the hosts of the Champions Trophy. As a result of there are high chances that at least three nations (Australia, New Zealand and England, with South Africa a possibility) will field lesser quality sides if any at all.

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What a joke this is becoming with the non-Asian nations all having major issues with going. The ICC have also stated that there will not be penalties for player pullouts.

A couple of quotes

- The South African team are very disappointed with today's decision and remain extremely concerned about safety and security in Pakistan," Tony Irish, chief executive of the South African Cricketers' Association, told Reuters. "We hope Cricket South Africa (CSA) will sit down with us and talk to us about whether they are seriously considering sending a team to the Champions Trophy in Pakistan or not."

- Paul Marsh, the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) chief executive, was also disappointed with the decision. "We've gone through this with a fine-tooth comb and we don't think the risk to go to Pakistan is acceptable

- NZCPA executive manager Heath Mills had earlier slammed the proposal to go ahead with the tournament in Pakistan. "We believe this is a poor ICC decision ... we can't see how they have put player safety as their No. 1 priority and this is very disappointing," Mills told New Zealand-based Radio Sport. "Our recommendation to our players is not to travel to Pakistan at this point in time. There isn't one player I have spoken to who is comfortable about travelling to Pakistan at the moment."