Emerging Players tournament, 2011

[saneindian]

http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdetails.php?newsId=15329_1305946860 Cricket Australia today announced the playing schedule for the 2011 Emerging Players Tournament that will see a format change from the traditional competition structure, now heading into its seventh year. The 2011 event in August will move away from the shorter formats, with a round robin of three-day matches, including matches for the first time in Townsville. The format changes have the tick of approval from the competing nations with India, South Africa and New Zealand all back for another crack at the title. Also for the first time this year, matches will be played in Townsville with the redeveloped 'Endeavour Park' hosting rounds two and three of competition. Cricket Australia (CA) General Manager Cricket Michael Brown said the change would give the AIS Scholars a great opportunity to play longer form cricket against quality international opposition. "The Emerging Players Tournament continues to grow year on year since its inception in 2005 and we will again host three very strong development teams," Brown said. "The format change will give the AIS Scholars a good competitive taste of all formats with this longer series complimenting the Twenty20 tournament that will be hosted by the Malaysian Cricket Association just beforehand. "We are pleased to be able to also take this year's tournament to Townsville. We feel it's important to provide a variety of conditions for the development of the players and the new facilities at Endeavour Park with multiple grounds will provide teams with first-class services," he said. Squads and further details (including warm-up games) will be confirmed closer to the tournament. 2011 Emerging Players Tournament Round One: 1 – 3 August AIS v New Zealand at Allan Border Field (10am start) South Africa v India at Redlands Cricket Club (10am) Round Two: 6 – 8 August AIS v South Africa at Endeavour Park (10am) New Zealand v India at Endeavour Park (10am) Round Three: 11 – 13 August AIS v India at Endeavour Park (10am) New Zealand v South Africa at Endeavour Park (10am) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This will be a better format for the younger players now, more like the proper first class A tours. 3-day matches in Australia against quality opposition will show how prepared they are for the rigours of test cricket. Would have been better to have 4-day matches but even 3-day games would be better than the t20s and ODDs that used to be played earlier. With Indian team busy in England, this will be the perfect chance for the likes of Dhawan, Mukund, Rahane, Rohit, Raina, Rayudu, Tiwary, Saha, Abdullah, Varun Aaron, Wagh, Unadkat, Dhawal, Mithun etc to be named in the team going to Australia.

[IKnowU]

:aha: Hopefully decent players come this time Last time I only got decent player I got to see was Pujara and Dhawan

[saneindian]

:aha: Hopefully decent players come this time Last time I only got decent player I got to see was Pujara and Dhawan

Parthiv, Rahane, Mukund, Chawla, Ashwin, Umesh Yadav they were all there last time! Do you not consider them "decent"? :--D

[Chandan]

Parthiv' date=' Rahane, Mukund, Chawla, Ashwin, Umesh Yadav they were all there last time! Do you not consider them "decent"? :--D[/quote'] In 2010, India had a terrible performance in the EPT. Mukund was the highest scorer for India and overall he came 7th or 8th. Chawla was the highest wicket taker for India and wonder why he was sent as an emerging player. But anyway, we all know now how useless he is. Here is the page for EPT 2010: LINK

[saneindian]

In 2010, India had a terrible performance in the EPT. Mukund was the highest scorer for India and overall he came 7th or 8th. Chawla was the highest wicket taker for India and wonder why he was sent as an emerging player. But anyway, we all know now how useless he is. Here is the page for EPT 2010: LINK

As a team we did very well. Finished at the top of the table, the final of the one dayers was abandoned, in the t20 final we lost to the AIS team. As for the squad (or Chawla's selection), well for an India A tour (which is how the selectors consider the EPT as), Chawla definitely deserves a spot.

[rkt.india]

Dhawan, mukund rahane, m tiwary, yadav, unadkat/wagh, aaron, d kartik, m pandey, rohit, rahul, abdulla, tyagi, mithun, rayudu, uthappa. this should be the team for this year, imo, suggest more names for contenders

[rkt.india]

Evert country sends their A for the tournament. Who will be indias mrf bowlers for AIS would be interesting.

[Cricket Tragic]

Excellent!

[Karan114]

Good stuff. We desperately need the young players to be exposed to FC cricket in alien conditions and this will be a help.

[Cricket Tragic]

Young players today are pretty lucky in this regard. Before they make the India team, they've already played cricket in most of the countries.

[Sooda]

S Dhawan, A Rahane, R Sharma, A Rayudu, M Tiwary, Manish Pandey, Pinal Shah ©, B Bhatt, A Mithun , P Singh, J Unadkat. U Kaul, A Menaria, I Abdullah, V Aaron, S Tyagi, S Tiwary

[Cricket Tragic]

Bowling stocks don't look great.

[Sooda]

They dont youre right. Im not sure how well a 3 day match playing side will do...

[jairamesh]

was surprised to see South Africa's success in the emerging player's tournament. They have won three!. Must be some decent players coming up soon.

[ganeshran]

Are these matches televised?

[Sooda]

Or... A Rahane, M Singh, A Rayudu, M Pandey, P Shah (c/wk), A Menaria, S Narwal, I Abdullah, J Unadkat, P Singh, S Tyagi I Jaggi, T Srivastava, B Bhatt, V Aaron, U Kaul, A Mithun Ignoring the more 'emerged' players

[J P K]

Dhawan to lead team in Emerging Players tournament Left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan will lead a 15-member Indian squad at the Emerging Players cricket tournament, scheduled to be held in Australia from August 1-13. Top-order batsman Ajinkya Rahane has been named Dhawan's deputy for the 13-day tournament by the Krishnamachari Srikkanth-led BCCI's five-man selection committee on Saturday. Srikkanth Anirudh, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Tiwary, Manoj Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu will shoulder the bulk of responsibility in batting, besides all-rounder Ashok Menaria, while C Gautam has been selected as one of the wicketkeepers along with Rayudu. Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma will lead the spin attack along with slow left-armer Iqbal Abdulla, while Umesh Yadav, R Vinay Kumar, Varun Aaron and Sreenath Aravind will be the four seamers. India will kick off the campaign with a match against South Africa's Emerging Players team on the first day of the tournament, before meeting New Zealand (Aug 6-8) and Australian Institute of Sports (AIS) from 11-13. India had triumphed in 2009 after Virat Kohli led the team to a 17-run win over South Africa with a rollicking century, but lost to AIS in the deciding match of the last edition. Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain),Srikkanth Anirudh, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Tiwary, Manoj Tiwary, Ashok Maneria, C Gautam, Ambati Rayudu, Rahul Sharma, Iqbal Abdulla, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Sreenath Aravind, R Vinay Kumar. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Dhawan-to-lead-team-in-Emerging-Players-tournament/articleshow/9078596.cms

[cowboysfan]

Dhawan has no future at all,he is not going to "emerge" from his mediocrity.

[Cricketics]

Good to see Varun Aaron and Rahul Sharma. Both deserve to play these tournaments. Better bowlers in a domestic cricket than many.

[sarcastic]

No Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli!!!!! Would have liked to see them there to see how good they are among other contenders... Seriously, do we want to consider Dhawan an emerging one and a future one for team India after what transpired in the caribbean