Legends match | Kapil Dev wins fiery sixes award

[Sir john]

Beyond Boundaries has announced the second edition of the World Cricket Legends (WCL) project to be held in KwaZulu Natal. Kapil Dev will lead a six-member Team India against Mike Procter-led Team South Africa for a game in the wild on November 15. In 2009, Kapil Dev's squad scored a last-ball win over Alvin Kallicharan's All-Star team at 11,333 ft in the Bermese Alps, Junfrau Joch, Switzerland. Dilip Vengsarkar and Aunshuman Gaekwad, two members of Team India, described their South African experiences from previous visits. Ŵouth Africa is a sporting nation in the true sense, similar to Australia in the sense that they enjoy taking part in numerous sports. Űff the field, I have found South Africans to be a warm people, said Vengsarkar, former India captain and ex-chairman of selectors. Gaekwad, former selector and national coach, during a visit to the country for cricket commentary, echoed Vengsarkar's views. Apart from these big names, Team India has Sandeep Patil, Roger Binny and Ajay Jadeja. The six-member South African squad led by Procter has Graeme Pollock, Lance Klusener, Andrew Hudson, Peter Kirsten and Paul Adams. Children from local communities will be played as fielders. The concept is to have these legendary cricketers playing in the wild to attract world attention on conservation, involving local communities, said Jaideep Sinh Parmar, MD, Beyond Boundaries. Ţfter organising the first-ever cricket match on snow, we take pride in being able to highlight the conservation efforts of the South African reserves through WCL, he said. The match will be preceded by an awards ceremony.

[Sir john]

Our team lose .

[Sir john]

South Africa wins battle of veterans

Creaking joints were pressed into service and old rivalries rekindled as Indian and South African veterans took on each other in a 12 overs-a side double-wicket match titled ‘World Cricket Legend in the Wild', on Tuesday. Upon a clearing in the heart of the Kwazulu Natal bush descended Kapil Dev and Mike Procter, leading men who had performed with distinction in the years past. An audience of excited South African children, bussed to the jungle not only to watch the masters at work but also to imbibe at an early age the necessity and logic of conservation, stood transfixed at the short boundaries. “It would be nice if some of the wild animals come to watch us play,” said the visiting skipper, after calling right and electing to bat. India floated three pairs into the mix — Dilip Vengsarkar and Sandeep Patil, Anshuman Gaekwad and Roger Binny, and Kapil Dev and Ajay Jadeja, ostensibly for the final push. “It's tough getting a read on him,” said Vengsarkar of Paul Adams, whose action rivalled the wildest things that resided in the depths of the Phinda Game Reserve. ‘The Colonel' still managed to clout a few sixes, most of them comfortably clearing the short boundary. The Indian party — docked 45 runs for losing three wickets — scrambled to 98 (thanks to a breezy 55 by the skip) in its allotted quota, but not before a Zulu native made several trips to the middle with a bicycle drinks trolley. South Africa chased down the target and the highlight of the innings — if one discounted the graceful ease with which Lance Klusener knocked off the biggies — was when Peter Kirsten ‘Mankaded' Kapil in a reversal of the infamous Port Elizabeth incident in 1992. “I have been looking out for a long time to do something like this,” Kirsten said later. The still-classy Graeme Pollock, worn by age yet not entirely wilted, ensured a win by playing out a watchful last-over maiden (bowled by Jadeja), and when it was all over children swarmed to the pitch to see in flesh and blood men of whose exploits their fathers must have bored them to death with. “Do you know who Kapil Dev is? No? Go google him on your phone,” said one exasperated parent. Bollywood actor Sharmila Tagore, who had earlier flipped the coin, applauded from one of the safari vehicles that formed the perimeter of the clearing. The concept of utilising sport as a means of raising conservation awareness — an idea close to the heart of the late M.A.K. Pataudi, and conceptualised successfully by the Beyond Boundaries group — came in for unanimous acclaim. “This enterprise has been well received beyond our expectations. The first edition on the peaks of the Jungfrau was a grand success, and this seems to have surpassed that. The next one will be something even more sensational,” said Jaideep Sinh Parmar of Beyond Boundaries, the event organisers. Former opener Andrew Hudson ratified the claim. “I have played all over the world but this has to be the best ground that I've played on,” he said. Jadeja, the youngest man on the pitch, possibly the snappiest off it, as always had the last word. “It was too ambitious of Kapil and Mike to expect lions and cheetahs in the audience. Maybe, next time.” Now who'd live to tell that tale?

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2630481.ece

[Viki_J]

Kapil Dev wins fiery sixes award in World Cricket Legends match

Kwazulu Natal: Nov 17, 2011 : Former India captain Kapil Dev, who lead India veterans against South African counterparts in the World Cricket Legends in the Wild, won the fiery sixes award after the match.Kapil won the award for hitting five sixes in the match, whereas his counterpart, Mike Procter picked up the award for being the winning team's captain. Procter was given a bat and memento by Sharmila Tagore, the wife of former India captain Masur Ali Khan Pataudi.

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[Sidhoni]

:nice: Nice idea