2015 Cricket All-Stars Series
| Cricket All-Stars Series 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Part of Cricket All-Stars | ||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | ||||||||||||||||
| Sachin's Blasters | Warne's Warriors | |||||||||||||||
| Captains | ||||||||||||||||
| Sachin Tendulkar | Shane Warne | |||||||||||||||
| Most runs | ||||||||||||||||
 Sachin Tendulkar(115) |
 Kumar Sangakkara(153) | |||||||||||||||
| Most wickets | ||||||||||||||||
 Graeme Swann(3) |
 Andrew Symonds(8) | |||||||||||||||
Cricket All-Stars Series 2015[1] was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket series in the USA. Many of the legendary cricketers, who are now retired from international cricket, took part in this series in order to promote and popularise the game of cricket in America. It was the inaugural series of the Cricket All-Stars.
Squads
The two captains selected their respective squads by randomly drawing out the player names on 5 November 2015 at the Times Square.[2]
Sachin's Blasters
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Warne's Warriors
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Venues
All three matches of the series played in baseball stadiums. Initially in June 2015, Wrigley Field in Chicago and Yankee Stadium in New York were booked as venues, along with Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.[5] However, in October 2015, the former two venues were replaced by New York Mets' home ballpark Citi Field and Houston Astros' home ballpark Minute Maid Park. The first match was a day game in New York, while the second and third played under lights in Houston and Los Angeles respectively.[1]
A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare drop-in pitches in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.[6]
| New York | Houston | Los Angeles |
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| Citi Field | Minute Maid Park | Dodger Stadium |
| Coordinates: 40°45′25″N 73°50′45″W / 40.75694°N 73.84583°W | Coordinates: 29°45′25″N 95°21′20″W / 29.75694°N 95.35556°W | Coordinates: 34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W / 34.07361°N 118.24000°W |
| Capacity: 41,922 | Capacity: 41,574 | Capacity: 56,000 |
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Umpires
Marais Erasmus from South Africa who is currently a member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel and Simon Taufel and Steve Davis from Australia who were former (now retired) members of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel are the three experienced umpires who were selected to perform the duties of the on-field umpires and the third umpire in all the three games on a rotation basis.
Fixtures
1st match
7 November 2015 Scorecard |
| Sachin's Blasters 140/8 (20 overs) |
v |
Warne's Warriors 141/4 (17.2 overs) |
- Warne's Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance 36,000
2nd match
| Warne's Warriors 262/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Sachin's Blasters 205/8 (20 overs) |
- Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance 27,000
3rd match
| Sachin's Blasters 219/5 (20 overs) |
v |
Warne's Warriors 224/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to bat.
- Attendance 21,000 [7]
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | S/R | HS | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Kumar Sangakkara |
Warne's Warriors | 3 | 3 | 153 | 51.00 | 191.25 | 70 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Ricky Ponting |
Warne's Warriors | 3 | 3 | 132 | 132.00 | 167.08 | 48* | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
Sachin's Blasters | 3 | 3 | 115 | 38.33 | 155.40 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
 Jacques Kallis |
Warne's Warriors | 3 | 3 | 105 | 35.00 | 181.03 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
| Virender Sehwag |
Sachin's Blasters | 3 | 3 | 98 | 32.66 | 217.77 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
- Last Update: 15 November 2015.
- Source: Cricinfo[8]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | S/R | 3WI | 4WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Symonds |
Warne's Warriors | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14.75 | 13.11 | 4/70 | 6.7 | 1 | 1 |
 Daniel Vettori |
Warne's Warriors | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11.50 | 5.75 | 3/33 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann |
Sachin's Blasters | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20.33 | 7.62 | 2/21 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Warne |
Warne's Warriors | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27.33 | 7.45 | 3/20 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 |
 Saqlain Mushtaq |
Warne's Warriors | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 2/12 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
- Last Update: 15 November 2015.
- Source: Cricinfo[9]
Broadcasters
References
- 1 2 Della Penna, Peter. "Tendulkar-Warne exhibition T20s in November". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Tendulkar to play alongside Lara in Cricket All-Stars". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Squad – ESPN Cricinfo
- ↑ Squad - ESPN Cricinfo
- ↑ "Warne confirms booking baseball venues for all-star T20s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "USA All-Stars tour gaining momentum". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Warne helps Warriors to All Stars Win". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ "Cricket All-Stars Series, 2015 / Records / Most runs". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ "Cricket All-Stars Series, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 12 November 2015.