# World Cricket Classic

The World Cricket Classic was a Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in Bermuda during April 2006. The participating players were all ex-cricketers with the exception of Bermuda who fielded their current squad. Four centuries were made in the tournament, one from Australian Ryan Campbell and South African Steven Jack, while Jack's opening partner Gary Kirsten passed 100 twice.

## Squads

| Australia | Bermuda | England | India | New Zealand |
| Ian Healy (c) Greg Blewett Ray Bright Ryan Campbell Rick Darling Damien Fleming Shaun Graf Rodney Hogg Wayne Phillips | Clay Smith (c) Delyone Borden Lionel Cann Hasan Durham Kevin Hurdle Dwayne Leverock Dean Minors Daniel Morgan Saleem Mukuddem Oliver Pitcher Irving Romaine Ryan Steede Janeiro Tucker | Robin Smith (c) Bill Athey Ian Austin David Capel Phil Defreitas Paul Jarvis Chris Lewis Graham Lloyd Neal Radford David Smith Peter Such Alan Wells | Atul Bedade Venkatesh Prasad Salil Ankola Subroto Banerjee Rajesh Chauhan Narendra Hirwani Abey Kuruvilla Prashant Vaidya Atul Wassan Chandrakant Pandit | Geoff Allott Mark Bailey Tony Blain Grant Bradburn Mark Douglas Simon Doull Trevor Franklin Chris Harris Mark Haslam Phil Horne Gavin Larsen Danny Morrison Murphy Su'a |
| South Africa | Sri Lanka | West Indies |
| Derek Crookes Faiek Davids Fanie de Villiers Ismail Ebrahim Steven Jack Gary Kirsten Adrian Kuiper Hugh Page Meyrick Pringle Mark Rushmere Eric Simons Pieter Strydom | Aravinda de Silva (c) Saliya Ahangama Asanka Gurusinha Chandika Hathurusingha Rumesh Ratnayake Ruwan Kalpage Roshan Mahanama Champaka Ramanayake Keerthi Ranasinghe Arjuna Ranatunga Sanjeeva Ranatunga Saliya Ahangama Rumesh Ratnayake Athula Samarasekera Sidath Wettimuny | Joel Garner (c) Kenny Benjamin Carlisle Best Hendy Bryan Sherwin Campbell Colin Croft Roland Holder Robert Haynes Collis King Thelston Payne Nehemiah Perry Richie Richardson Phil Simmons Stuart Williams |

## Qualifying games

| Game | Date | Batting 1st | Batting 2nd | Result |
| 1 | 23 April | Bermuda 5/174 | West Indies 8/116 (20) | Bermuda by 58 runs |
| 2 | 23 April | India 6/112 | England 5/113 (19) | England by 5 wickets |
| 3 | 24 April | South Africa 5/220 | Australia 137 (19.4) | South Africa by 83 runs |
| 4 | 24 April | Sri Lanka 6/132 | New Zealand 6/133 (18) | New Zealand by 4 wickets |
| 5 | 26 April | Bermuda 5/143 | England 6/138 (20) | Bermuda by 5 runs |
| 6 | 26 April | India 9/135 | West Indies 3/136 (20) | West Indies by 7 wickets |
| 7 | 27 April | South Africa 3/249 | New Zealand 9/169 (20) | South Africa by 80 runs |
| 8 | 27 April | Australia 3/218 | Sri Lanka 6/217 (20) | Australia by 1 run |

## Plate Final

* April 29, 2006
| Australia 116 | v | West Indies 3/120 (12.5) |
| Ian Healy 33 Joel Garner 3/9 | | Stuart Williams 73 n.o Rodney Hogg 1/10 |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets National Sports Centre Umpires: G Francis and C Mitchley

## World Cricket Classic Final

* April 29, 2006
| South Africa 5/266 | v | Bermuda 169 |
| Steven Jack 109 Gary Kirsten 103 Saleem Mukuddem 2/39 | | Janeiro Tucker 63 Derek Crookes 3/29 |
* South Africa won by 97 runs National Sports Centre Umpires: R Julian and S Asani