Even at a time when so
much flowed in IPL and National channels busy with match fixing report and the
temporary stepping aside of N. Srinivasan,
there is some excitement of Champions Trophy ~ the 8 Nation ODI tournament
set to begin in England on 6th June 2013. For more on Champions Trophy : Champions Trophy 2013
Before you read further
can you group : WE Midwinter, Nawab of
Pataudi Sr., Gul Mohammad, Amir elahi, John Traicos, Kepler Wessels, Ed Joyce,
Eoin Morgan, DP Nannes…………….
With many practice matches
between the touring sides going on in England as a prelude for preparation of
Champions trophy, England is playing touring Kiwis in an One day International
and is all set to lose….
New Zealand made 359/3
with Martin Guptin making 189 not out in 155 balls in ODI no. 3361. That is not
to be the highest in ODI… Virender Sehwag tops the list with 219; Sachin
Tendulkar is the only other double
centurion with exactly 200 N.O.; Coverntry of Zimbabwe made 194*; Saeed Anwar
made 194 at Chepauk ~ Vivian Richards made the same 189 at Manchester in 1984;
and Sanath Jayasuriya too made 189 at Sharjah……………
Guptill opened with Luke
Ronchi………… would sound strange for regular Cricket follower ~ I thought Ronchi
was an Aussie and played for Mumbai Indians earlier in IPL………..
Ronchi was actually born in
New Zealand but raised mostly in Australia. His first international incarnation came for
Australia in the West Indies in 2008 when he stood in for the injured Brad
Haddin in four ODIs and a Twenty20. later he was dropped and was overtaken by
Graham Manou, Tim Paine and Matthew Wade. At the end of 2011-12, he decided to
try his luck in his country of birth and secured a contract with Wellington.
His performances were strong enough to earn him a call-up to the New Zealand
ODI side once he had qualified in 2013 and against England in May he debuted,
becoming the first man since Kepler Wessels nearly 20 years earlier to represent
two full ICC member nations.
The list in 2nd
para is some of the players who have represented more than one country…
with regards – S.
Sampathkumar.
photo courtesy : cricinfo.com... infact 2 photos merged ..
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