Cricket All-Stars

{{Infobox cricket series

| series = Cricket All-Stars

| image = 250px

| date = November 2015

| place = {{flag|United States}}

| result = Warriors won 3–0

| player of series = {{flagicon|SL}} Kumar Sangakkara

| team1 = Sachin's Blasters

| team2 = Warne's Warriors

}}

Cricket All-Stars (also known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket series took place in the United States in 2015.{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-icons-of-cricket-play-on-american-soil-for-first-time-300154976.html|title=The Icons of Cricket Play on American Soil for First Time}} 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.{{cite web|title=USA All-Stars tour gaining momentum|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-ricky-ponting-sachin-tendulkar-cricket-all-stars-usa-america/2015-10-23|publisher=cricket.com.au|accessdate=27 October 2015}}

Background

The inagural 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.{{cite news|title=Warne confirms all-star cast for 2017|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-cricket-superstars-us-clarke-symonds-hayden-mcgrath-gilchrist-tendulkar/2016-11-19|accessdate=27 November 2016|work=cricket.com.au}}{{cite news|title=Tendulkar-Warne's Cricket All Stars series confirmed|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sports/cricket/181116/sachin-tendulkar-shane-warnes-cricket-all-stars-series-confirmed.html|access-date=27 November 2016|work=Deccan Chronicle}}

Teams

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.{{Cite web |title=Cricket All-Stars Series Teams 2015 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/cricket-all-stars-series-2015-16-935697/teams |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}} The two captains selected their respective squads by randomly drawing out the player names on 5 November 2015 at Times Square.{{cite web|title=Tendulkar to play alongside Lara in Cricket All-Stars|date=5 November 2015 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-all-stars-series-2015-16/content/story/937499.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=6 November 2015}}

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Sachin's Blasters ! Warne's Warriors
valign=top \| {{flagicon\|IND}} Sachin Tendulkar (c) {{flagicon\|IND}} Virender Sehwag {{flagicon\|IND}} VVS Laxman {{flagicon\|WIN}} Brian Lara {{flagicon\|IND}} Sourav Ganguly {{flagicon\|SRI}} Mahela Jayawardene {{flagicon\|WIN}} Carl Hooper {{flagicon\|PAK}} Moin Khan (wk) {{flagicon\|SRI}} Muttiah Muralitharan {{flagicon\|ENG}} Graeme Swann {{flagicon\|WIN}} Curtly Ambrose {{flagicon\|RSA}} Shaun Pollock {{flagicon\|AUS}} Glenn McGrath {{flagicon\|RSA}} Lance Klusener {{flagicon\|PAK}} Shoaib Akhtar \| valign=top \| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Shane Warne (c) {{flagicon\|AUS}} Matthew Hayden {{flagicon\|ENG}} Michael Vaughan {{flagicon\|AUS}} Ricky Ponting {{flagicon\|RSA}} Jonty Rhodes {{flagicon\|RSA}} Jacques Kallis {{flagicon\|AUS}} Andrew Symonds {{flagicon\|SRI}} Kumar Sangakkara (wk) {{flagicon\|PAK}} Saqlain Mushtaq {{flagicon\|NZL}} Daniel Vettori {{flagicon\|WIN}} Courtney Walsh {{flagicon\|PAK}} Wasim Akram {{flagicon\|RSA}} Allan Donald {{flagicon\|IND}} Ajit Agarkar {{flagicon\|NZL}} Shane Bond

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Sachin's Blasters

! Warne's Warriors

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{{flagicon|IND}} Sachin Tendulkar (c)
{{flagicon|IND}} Virender Sehwag
{{flagicon|IND}} VVS Laxman
{{flagicon|WIN}} Brian Lara
{{flagicon|IND}} Sourav Ganguly
{{flagicon|SRI}} Mahela Jayawardene
{{flagicon|WIN}} Carl Hooper
{{flagicon|PAK}} Moin Khan (wk)
{{flagicon|SRI}} Muttiah Muralitharan
{{flagicon|ENG}} Graeme Swann
{{flagicon|WIN}} Curtly Ambrose
{{flagicon|RSA}} Shaun Pollock
{{flagicon|AUS}} Glenn McGrath
{{flagicon|RSA}} Lance Klusener
{{flagicon|PAK}} Shoaib Akhtar

| valign=top |

{{flagicon|AUS}} Shane Warne (c)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Hayden
{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Vaughan
{{flagicon|AUS}} Ricky Ponting
{{flagicon|RSA}} Jonty Rhodes
{{flagicon|RSA}} Jacques Kallis
{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Symonds
{{flagicon|SRI}} Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
{{flagicon|PAK}} Saqlain Mushtaq
{{flagicon|NZL}} Daniel Vettori
{{flagicon|WIN}} Courtney Walsh
{{flagicon|PAK}} Wasim Akram
{{flagicon|RSA}} Allan Donald
{{flagicon|IND}} Ajit Agarkar
{{flagicon|NZL}} Shane Bond

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.{{cite web|title=Warne confirms booking baseball venues for all-star T20s|date=22 June 2015 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/890195.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=27 October 2015}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Della Penna|first1=Peter|title=Tendulkar-Warne exhibition T20s in November|date=6 October 2015 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/story/926451.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=27 October 2015}}

A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare drop-in pitches in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.{{cite web|title=USA All-Stars tour gaining momentum|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/shane-warne-ricky-ponting-sachin-tendulkar-cricket-all-stars-usa-america/2015-10-23|publisher=cricket.com.au|accessdate=27 October 2015}}

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scope="col" style="width: 30%" \| New York City ! scope="col" style="width: 30%" \| Houston ! scope="col" style="width: 30%" \| Los Angeles
Citi Field \| Minute Maid Park \| Dodger Stadium
Coordinates: {{Coord\|40\|45\|25\|N\|73\|50\|45\|W\|display=inline}} \| Coordinates: {{coord\|29\|45\|25\|N\|95\|21\|20\|W\|display=inline}} \| Coordinates: {{Coord\|34\|4\|25\|N\|118\|14\|24\|W\|display=inline}}
Capacity: 41,922 \| Capacity: 41,574 \| Capacity: 56,000
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scope="col" style="width: 30%" | New York City

! scope="col" style="width: 30%" | Houston

! scope="col" style="width: 30%" | Los Angeles

Citi Field

| Minute Maid Park

| Dodger Stadium

Coordinates: {{Coord|40|45|25|N|73|50|45|W|display=inline}}

| Coordinates: {{coord|29|45|25|N|95|21|20|W|display=inline}}

| Coordinates: {{Coord|34|4|25|N|118|14|24|W|display=inline}}

Capacity: 41,922

| Capacity: 41,574

| Capacity: 56,000

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| 250px

Series history

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style="text-align:center; background:#1D4279; color:White"| Year

|style="text-align:center; background:#1D4279; color:White"| Host

|style="text-align:center; background:#1D4279; color:White"| Result

|style="text-align:center; background:#1D4279; color:White"| MVP

|style="text-align:center; background:#1D4279; color:White"| Attendance

style="text-align:center"| 2015

|style="text-align:center"| {{flagicon|USA}} United States

|style="text-align:center"|

|style="text-align:center"| Kumar Sangakkara

|style="text-align:center"| 86,351

Awards

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Year !Most valuable player !Most runs !Most wickets
style="text-align:center" \|2015 \|style="text-align:center" \|Kumar Sangakkara \|style="text-align:center" \|Kumar Sangakkara (153) \|style="text-align:center" \|Andrew Symonds (8)

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Year

!Most valuable player

!Most runs

!Most wickets

style="text-align:center" |2015

|style="text-align:center" |Kumar Sangakkara

|style="text-align:center" |Kumar Sangakkara (153)

|style="text-align:center" |Andrew Symonds (8)

=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.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

=Fixtures=

==1st match==

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 7 November 2015

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Sachin's Blasters

| team2 = Warne's Warriors

| score1 = 140/8 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Virender Sehwag 55 (22)

| wickets1 = Andrew Symonds 3/15 (2 overs)

| score2 = 141/4 (17.2 overs)

| runs2 = Ricky Ponting 48* (38)

| wickets2 = Shoaib Akhtar 2/26 (4 overs)

| result = Warne's Warriors won by 6 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/935699.html Scorecard]

| venue = Citi Field, New York

| umpires = Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Simon Taufel (Australia)

| motm = Shane Warne (Warne's Warriors)

| toss = Warne's Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Attendance 36,843

}}

==2nd match==

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 11 November 2015

| time =

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Warne's Warriors

| team2 = Sachin's Blasters

| score1 = 262/5 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Kumar Sangakkara 70 (30)

| wickets1 = Lance Klusener 2/45 (3 overs)

| score2 = 205/8 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Shaun Pollock 55 (22)

| wickets2 = Andrew Symonds 4/70 (4 overs)

| result = Warne's Warriors won by 57 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-all-stars-series-2015-16/engine/match/935701.html Scorecard]

| venue = Minute Maid Park, Houston

| umpires = Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Steve Davis (Australia)

| motm = Kumar Sangakkara (Warne's Warriors)

| toss = Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Attendance 27,655

}}

==3rd match==

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 14 November 2015

| time =

| daynight = yes

| team1 = Sachin's Blasters

| team2 = Warne's Warriors

| score1 = 219/5 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Sachin Tendulkar 56 (27)

| wickets1 = Daniel Vettori 3/33 (4 overs)

| score2 = 224/6 (19.5 overs)

| runs2 = Jacques Kallis 47 (23)

| wickets2 = Graeme Swann 2/21 (4 overs)

| result = Warne's Warriors won by 4 wickets

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-all-stars-series-2015-16/engine/match/935703.html Scorecard]

| venue = Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

| umpires = Simon Taufel (Australia) and Steve Davis (Australia)

| motm = Jacques Kallis (Warne's Warriors)

| toss = Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Attendance 21,853 {{cite web|title=Warne helps Warriors to All Stars Win|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/live-sachin-tendulkar-blasters-shane-warne-warriors-all-stars-cricket-la-match-report-highlights/2015-11-15|publisher=Cricket.com.au|accessdate=15 November 2015}}

}}

Trophy

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.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-all-stars-series-2015-16/content/story/937499.html Tendulkar to play alongside Lara in Cricket All-Stars - ESPN Cricinfo news]

Broadcasting

Country/Region	TV broadcaster(s)
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{{flag\|Australia}}	Nine Network
{{flag\|India}}	Star Sports 2
Middle East	OSN Sports Cricket HD
{{flag\|Pakistan}}	TEN Sports
{{flag\|South Africa}}	SuperSport 2
{{flag\|United Kingdom}}	Sky Sports 3
{{flag\|New Zealand}}	Sky Sports 4
{{flag\|United States}}	ESPN3

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20151009062119/http://www.cricketallstars2015.com/ Official website]

Category:Defunct cricket competitions

Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2015–16