MCC Vs ROW

Marylebone Cricket Club vs Rest of The World.
         The match between MCC and ROW, a much awaited match, is scheduled on July 5, 2014 at Lords Cricket Ground.
      The MCC is captained by "The God Of Cricket", Sachin Tendulkar while ROW is captained by a legendary Australian spinner, Shane Warne.
       The Teams:
MCC:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (C)
2. Shiv Chanderpaul
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Aaron Finch
5. Brian Lara
6. Brett Lee
7. Saeed Ajmal
8. Umar Gul
9. Shaun Tait
10. Daniel Vettori
11. CMW Read (WK)

  ROW:

1. Shane Warne(C)
2. Tino Best
3. Paul Collingwood
4. Adam Gilchrist(W)
   
5. M Muralidharan
6. Virender Sehwag
7. Kevin Pietersen
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Peter Siddle
10. Tamim Iqbal
11. Yuvraj Singh

Team Form:

MCC:

     With the presence of some extraordinary legendary players like, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, Shiv Chanderpaul along with some of the fastest bowlers of the world like Shaun Tait and Brett Lee and some classy spinners like Daniel Vettori and Saeed Ajmal, MCC is expected to show a good show at the Lords. The only two young players in MCC are Finch and Read.

     When it comes to experience and records, MCC is loaded with it. Experience will play a major role in the match.

     MCC will need its young gun, Finch to play a good knock. They also need Umar Gul to deliver well

     But, as half of the players of MCC have not played cricket for some years after retirement, it will be a challenge for them to come out of their comfort zone and practice hard for the match.

     MCC will be largely dependent on their star batsmen to fire. No player of the MCC is a star when it comes to fielding. Almost all players are either retired from cricket or going to retire except a few. 

      

ROW:

     With the spinning legend Shane warne to the classy boom boom Afridi. From the highest wicket taker of test cricket Muralidharan to the best opening batsman Sehwag, ROW looks a very balanced side. 

     Collingwood and Yuvraj with their excellent fielding capacity will play a key role. The above two with Afridi makes 3 allrounders in ROW, a plus point which they can take advantage of.

      With the blasting opening pair of Sehwag and Iqbal, ROW is ready for some cracking innings. 

      ROW has the best spinners of the world in its side. Well experienced and with a lot of wickets, they will play a key role in the match. They have also got the best keeper of the world in their side, Adam Gilchrist.

     Many of the players are still playing for their respective sides and which is a great thing for ROW. 

        But the team lacks experience. Only few players are well experienced in the game and as compared to MCC, which has loads of experience. 

       

 Overall, it will be a treat watching our Favorite players back in action again. It will be a great match with the better side winning. 

In my view, ROW is a better balanced side as compared to MCC.

What do you think? Which team is a better side? Which team is likely to win the match? Do vote.