Cricket All-Stars (better known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition
Twenty20 cricket
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series took place in the
United States in 2015. 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
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.
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.
List of series
The inaugural series was held across three cities in the
United States. The 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.
Awards
2015 tournament
Squads
The two captains selected their respective squads by randomly drawing out the player names on 5 November 2015 at
Times Square.
Sachin's Blasters
Warne's Warriors
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. However, in October 2015, the former two venues were replaced by
New York Mets' home ballpark
Citi Field and
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...
' 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.
A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare
drop-in pitch
In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. It is long (1 chain) and wide. The surface is flat and is normally covered with extremely short grass, but can be completely dr ...
es in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.
Umpires
Marais Erasmus
Marais Erasmus (born 27 February 1964) is a South African former first-class cricketer who is currently serving as an international cricket umpire. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and stands in matches of all three formats of ...
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
2nd match
3rd match
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.
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Broadcasting
References
External links
Official website
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Defunct cricket competitions
Twenty20 cricket leagues