Cricket All-Stars (also known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket 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.
Background 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.
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. 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 Sachin Tendulkar (c) Virender Sehwag VVS Laxman Brian Lara Sourav Ganguly Mahela Jayawardene Carl Hooper Moin Khan (wk) Muttiah Muralitharan Graeme Swann Curtly Ambrose Shaun Pollock Glenn McGrath Lance Klusener Shoaib Akhtar Shane Warne (c) Matthew Hayden Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Jonty Rhodes Jacques Kallis Andrew Symonds Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Saqlain Mushtaq Daniel Vettori Courtney Walsh Wasim Akram Allan Donald Ajit Agarkar 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. 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.
A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare drop-in pitches in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.
New York City Houston Los Angeles Citi Field Minute Maid Park Dodger Stadium Coordinates: Coordinates: Coordinates: Capacity: 41,922 Capacity: 41,574 Capacity: 56,000
Series history Year Host Result MVP Attendance 2015 United States Kumar Sangakkara 86,351
Awards YearMost valuable playerMost runsMost wickets2015Kumar SangakkaraKumar Sangakkara (153)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.
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.
Broadcasting Country/Region TV broadcaster(s) Nine Network Star Sports 2 Middle East OSN Sports Cricket HD TEN Sports SuperSport 2 Sky Sports 3 Sky Sports 4 ESPN3
References
External links Official website