Sports

T20 World Cup here we come

Collingwood – the only non conventional captain

Only England have opted to go with a separate skipper for the T20 World Cup tournament while the rest of the gang in the top circle have kept their faith in their conventional captain.

Collingwood leads England for the T20 World Cup

For this tournament England will be led allrounder Paul Collingwood while longer version captain Andrew Strauss has failed to secure a place.

Following are the T20 World squads that have been registered with the ICC.

England: Paul Collingwood (captain), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, James Foster, Rob Key, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Muttiah Muralitharan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayewardene, Chamara Silva, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekera, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Farveez Maharoof, Jehan Mubarak, Indika de Saram.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Johan Botha, Yusuf Abdulla, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Roelof van der Merwe.

India: Mahendra Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Mohammad Mithun.

Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Michael Clarke, Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, David Hussey, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, Andrew Symonds, David Warner, Shane Watson.

Holland:
Jeroen Smits (captain), Peter Borren, Mudassar Buhkari, Tom De Grooth, Maurits Jonkman, Alexei Kervezee, Dirk Nannes, Ruud Nijman, Darren Reekers, Edgar Schiferli, Pieter Seelaar, Eric Szwarczynski, Ryan ten Doeschate, Dan van Bunge, Bas Zuiderent.

Scotland: Gavin Hamilton (captain), Richie Berrington, John Blain, Kyle Coetzer, Gordon Drummond, Majid Haq, Neil McCallum, Navdeep Poonia, Dewald Nel, Glenn Rogers, Colin Smith, Jan Stander, Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson, Craig Wright.

Pakistan: Younis Khan (captain), Salman Butt, Ahmed Shahzad, Misbah Ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Saeed Ajmal, Shazaib Hassan.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor.

West Indies: Chris Gayle (captain), Denesh Ramdin, Andre Fletcher, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy, Fidel Edwards, Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, Jerome Taylor, Lendl Simmons, Xavier Marshall, Dave Bernard.

Ireland: William Porterfield (captain), Andre Botha, Peter Connell, Alex Cusack, Trent Johnston, John Mooney, Kyle McCallan, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien, Paul Stirling, Boyd Rankin, Regan West, Andrew White, Gary Wilson, Jeremy Bray.

 
Top to the page  |  E-mail  |  views[1]
 
  Other Sports Articles
- Making junior cricket more effective
- International Cricket at Pallekelle in one year
- Lankan chances … another view
- Tale of two cities
- Patana up and running
- Mahela guides Kings Xl to one ball win
- Tournament as scheduled sans three teams
- Leaders continue to stay ahead
- Press says England Test scheduling a mistake
- Shashikala docked by SLC
- Badrinath sees Chennai through
- Pakistan in legal challenge to ICC World Cup move
- T20 World Cup here we come
- Jockey at it again
- Ruhunu Development wins at athletics
- Airtel become first Indian sponsors of Man Utd
- Jeff elected SA Body Building chief

 

 
Reproduction of articles permitted when used without any alterations to contents and a link to the source page.
© Copyright 2008 | Wijeya Newspapers Ltd.Colombo. Sri Lanka. All Rights Reserved.| Site best viewed in IE ver 6.0 @ 1024 x 768 resolution