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A three match T20 series headlined by Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar taking place in the US. The first game is being played at Citi Field in New York starting at 4am Sunday morning and is being shown by Channel 9 on Gem. The next two matches will be played in Houston & Los Angeles.

Warne’s Warriors: Shane Warne, Matthew Hayden, Michael Vaughan, Jonty Rhodes, Jacques Kallis, Andrew Symonds, Kumar Sangakara, Saqlain Mushtaq, Daniel Vettori, Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram, Allan Donald, Ajit Agarkar

Sachin’s Blasters: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Brian Lara; Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene, Carl Hooper, Moin Khan, Muttiah Murlitharan, Graeme Swann, Curtly Ambrose, Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Shoaib Akhtar, Glenn McGrath.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/cr ... 7600128034

Sachin's Blasters made 8/140 from 20 overs.

Sehwag 55
Symonds 3/15

Warne's Warriors chased it down in 17.2 overs making 4/141

Ponting 48 Not Out
Akhtar 2/26

I set the timer and watched a bit of it this morning more for seeing cricket being played at an American baseball field which was interesting and although a lot of the guys obviously aren't what they were I couldn't believe how quick Shoaib Akhtar still is. One short delivery to Kallis whizzed right past his nose and Kallis did well to get away from it.

For anyone interested Game 2 of this series from Houston will be on Gem from midday Thursday.

Murali was right at home at the Mets home ground, on the pitching mound......

am Bays wrote:Murali was right at home at the Mets home ground, on the pitching mound......

Ouch. Home run?

Game 3 from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles will be on Gem on Sunday night at 8pm

2nd Match

Warne's Warriors 5/262

Sangakkara 70 (30)
Kallis 45 (23)
Ponting 41 (16)

Klusener 2/45 (3)

Sachin's Blasters 8/205

Pollock 55 (22)
Tendulkar 33 (20)

Symonds 4/70 (4)

Warne's Warriors won by 57 runs and lead the series 2-0

MOTM: Kumar Sangakkara

Gozu wrote:Game 3 from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles will be on Gem on Sunday night at 8pm

2nd Match

Warne's Warriors 5/262

Sangakkara 70 (30)
Kallis 45 (23)
Ponting 41 (16)

Klusener 2/45 (3)

Sachin's Blasters 8/205

Pollock 55 (22)
Tendulkar 33 (20)

Symonds 4/70 (4)

Warne's Warriors won by 57 runs and lead the series 2-0

MOTM: Kumar Sangakkara

Tiny "oval" ??? Huge scores

daysofourlives wrote:

Gozu wrote:Game 3 from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles will be on Gem on Sunday night at 8pm

2nd Match

Warne's Warriors 5/262

Sangakkara 70 (30)
Kallis 45 (23)
Ponting 41 (16)

Klusener 2/45 (3)

Sachin's Blasters 8/205

Pollock 55 (22)
Tendulkar 33 (20)

Symonds 4/70 (4)

Warne's Warriors won by 57 runs and lead the series 2-0

MOTM: Kumar Sangakkara

Tiny "oval" ??? Huge scores

Playing on baseball diamonds, so some boundaries would be 30-45m at most. Plus you've got 45 year olds bowling at half rat power, batsmen like Ponting, Tendulkar, Lara etc who only finished in the last 3-4 years. Still have an eye.

Booney wrote:
Playing on baseball diamonds, so some boundaries would be 30-45m at most. Plus you've got 45 year olds bowling at half rat power, batsmen like Ponting, Tendulkar, Lara etc who only finished in the last 3-4 years. Still have an eye.

Having said that the commentary team were saying that Minute Maid Park was better suited to the game of cricket than Citi Field was. Basically it's just a social outing for retired players under the guise of promotion...

The only ICC standard ground the US have is in Florida but it's basically just the playing surface with next to nothing for spectators.