Cricket All-Stars
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| Date | November 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Warriors won 3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |  Kumar Sangakkara | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket All-Stars (also known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket series took place in the United States in 2015.[1] The series features two lineups of renowned retired cricket players from around the world, led by cricket icons – Sachin Tendulkar of India and Shane Warne of Australia.[2]
Background
[edit | edit source]The inaugural series was held across three cities in the United States. A second series was announced to be held in September/October 2017 but later it got scrapped due to issues between Sachin Tendulkar & Shane Warne; it hasn't returned thereafter.[3][4]
Teams
[edit | edit source]The All-Stars Series was a set of games played between Sachin's Blasters led by Sachin Tendulkar and Warne's Warriors led by Shane Warne.[5] The two captains selected their respective squads by randomly drawing out the player names on 5 November 2015 at Times Square.[6]
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Venues
[edit | edit source]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.[7] 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.[8]
A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare drop-in pitches in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.[9]
| New York City | Houston | Los Angeles |
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| Citi Field | Minute Maid Park | Dodger Stadium |
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| Capacity: 41,922 | Capacity: 41,574 | Capacity: 56,000 |
| File:Citi Field Day.jpg | File:Minutemaidpark.jpg | File:Dodger Stadium field from upper deck 2015-10-04.jpg |
Series history
[edit | edit source]| Year | Host | Result | MVP | Attendance |
| 2015 | United States
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Kumar Sangakkara | 86,351 |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Year | Most valuable player | Most runs | Most wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kumar Sangakkara | Kumar Sangakkara (153) | Andrew Symonds (8) |
Umpires
[edit | edit source]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.[citation needed]
Fixtures
[edit | edit source]1st match
[edit | edit source] 7 November 2015
Scorecard |
Sachin's Blasters
140/8 (20 overs) |
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Warne's Warriors
141/4 (17.2 overs) |
- Warne's Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance 36,843
2nd match
[edit | edit source]Warne's Warriors
262/5 (20 overs) |
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Sachin's Blasters
205/8 (20 overs) |
- Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance 27,655
3rd match
[edit | edit source]Sachin's Blasters
219/5 (20 overs) |
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Warne's Warriors
224/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to bat.
- Attendance 21,853 [10]
Trophy
[edit | edit source]The All-Stars Trophy and team shirts were unveiled by Tendulkar and Warne along with their respective team's player rosters, on 5 November 2015 in Times Square, United States.[11]
Broadcasting
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- ^ Tendulkar to play alongside Lara in Cricket All-Stars - ESPN Cricinfo news