Cricket All Stars: Tendulkar and Warne bring T20 passion to USA

A three-match T20 exhibition tournament contested between two teams led by Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar will be played in the USA next month. New York, Houston and Los Angeles will host the matches and more than two dozen retired internationals from other Test nations will feature in the event titled "Cricket All-Stars Series 2015". The matches are scheduled on November 7, November 11 and November 14 at New York's Citi Field, Houston's Minute Maid Park and Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium.

 

The first two games will be played in the daytime while the third and final game is slated to be played in the lights. A total 26 other players are set to participate including Brian Lara and Wasim Akram besides the captains whose teams are named Sachin's Blasters" and "Warne's Warriors".

Three former Indian team-mates of Tendulkar: Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Ajit Agarkar also join him on the list. Four other Australians namely Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath and Brad Haddin have also joined Warne on the list. Nine other players including Anil Kumble, Andy Flower, Sanath Jayasuriya, Shahid Afridi, Waqar Younis, Andrew Flintoff, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee and Michael Hussey were also tentatively included in the list.