Sixes were the order of the day in the 2nd T20 of the Cricket All Stars at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, and the fans at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles will hope that trend continues when Sachin’s Blasters and Warne’s Warriors land for one final match of this exciting don’t-want-it-to-end tournament.
The first couple of matches provided plenty of entertainment, and the 3rd T20 in LA is also expected to do the same, with crowds coming in good numbers to support some of the greatest players to have ever played the sport of cricket.
With the series already gone to the Warne’s Warriors after Kumar Sangakkara’s heroics in the 2nd T20, this match will be about pure entertainment and getting in as many runs, wickets and catches as possible into one game.
Warne’s Warriors have so far been the better team by some distance, with the bowlers doing the trick in the first match by restricting Sachin’s Blasters to just 140, while the batsmen took over in the second game, scoring over 260 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar and his team put on a decent chase in that second T20 match in Houston, crossing 200 themselves, but that target of 262 proved to be well out of their reach.
One combination that the fans will want to see blossom in this 3rd T20 in LA will be the opening partnership of Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. The duo put on a decent alliance in the first match, while Sehwag got out early in the second.
With the pressure of the series win gone, this might just be the time for Sehwag and Tendulkar to roll back the years and send that white ball flying into the crowd time and again.
Sachin’s Blasters will want to finish this 2015 Cricket All Stars Series with at least one win under their belts, and, therefore expect some strong competition from them.
Warne’s Warriors will also be keen for a whitewash, and with the form that Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting are in, coupled with the bowling threats posed by Shane Warne, Daniel Vettori and Saqlain Mushtaq, they do look like a really formidable outfit at the moment.
However, as Sangakkara showed in the 2nd T20, all it takes is one special innings, and Sachin’s Blasters certainly have enough batsmen in their ranks to provide that and more.
Cricket All Stars 3rd T20 schedule: Warne’s Warriors vs Sachin’s Blasters.
Date: Saturday, 14 November.
Time: 6.30 pm local time (2.30 am GMT, 4.30 am SAST, 8 am IST, 1.30 pm AEDT). Note: All the timings in brackets are on Sunday, owing to the time difference.
Venue: Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
TV listings: India: Stars Sports 2, Star Sports HD2, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports HD3.USA: ESPN 3. Canada: TSN. Australia: Channel 9. New Zealand: Sky Sport. UK: Sky Sports 2. Rest of Europe: ESPN. South Africa and Sub Saharan Africa: SuperSport.Middle East and North Africa: OSN Cricket.
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