Tsunami Benefit - Asia v World XI at the MCG

[Michael the coolperson]

Should be an interesting game. There's a very strong Australian flavour in the World XI team, with Ponting as captain and Hayden, Gilchrist, Warne and McGrath included.
The England and South Africa players weren't available as they're playing in a Test match in South Africa at the time, but to have compiled such quality teams at such short notice is a great achievement. It should be a good game.
And for a very important cause. To have seen the news of the devastation caused by the tsunami, the efforts needed to rebuild those places is enormous - so anyone who can do anything to help it's an important cause.

[Michael the coolperson]

The full World XI squad is:
Ricky Ponting (Australia), Matthew Hayden (Australia), Adam Gilchrist (Australia), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Brian Lara (West Indies), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Chris Cairns (New Zealand), Shane Warne (Australia), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Darren Gough (England), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

The Asia XI squad is:
Sourav Ganguly (India, capt), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Virender Sehwag (India), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Rahul Dravid (India), Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan), Alok Kapali (Bangladesh), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wk), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan), Anil Kumble (India), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Zaheer Khan (India).

Should be an interesting game.

[Michael the coolperson]

An easy win to the World XI, and great to see $14m being raised for the tsunami relief. Well done to all involved.