# Cricket All-Stars

Cricket All-Stars (also known as Cricket All-Stars Series) was an exhibition Twenty20 cricket series took place in the United States in 2015. The series features two lineups of renowned retired cricket players from around the world, led by cricket icons – Sachin Tendulkar of India and Shane Warne of Australia.

## Background

The inagural series was held across three cities in the United States. A second series was announced to be held in September/October 2017 but later it got scrapped due to issues between Sachin Tendulkar & Shane Warne; it hasn't returned thereafter.

## Teams

The All-Stars Series was a set of games played between Sachin's Blasters led by Sachin Tendulkar and Warne's Warriors led by Shane Warne. The two captains selected their respective squads by randomly drawing out the player names on 5 November 2015 at Times Square.
| Sachin's Blasters | Warne's Warriors |
| Sachin Tendulkar (c) Virender Sehwag VVS Laxman Brian Lara Sourav Ganguly Mahela Jayawardene Carl Hooper Moin Khan (wk) Muttiah Muralitharan Graeme Swann Curtly Ambrose Shaun Pollock Glenn McGrath Lance Klusener Shoaib Akhtar | Shane Warne (c) Matthew Hayden Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Jonty Rhodes Jacques Kallis Andrew Symonds Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Saqlain Mushtaq Daniel Vettori Courtney Walsh Wasim Akram Allan Donald Ajit Agarkar Shane Bond |

## Venues

All three matches of the series played in baseball stadiums. Initially in June 2015, Wrigley Field in Chicago and Yankee Stadium in New York were booked as venues, along with Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. However, in October 2015, the former two venues were replaced by New York Mets' home ballpark Citi Field and Houston Astros' home ballpark Minute Maid Park. The first match was a day game in New York, while the second and third played under lights in Houston and Los Angeles respectively.
A curator from New Zealand was hired to prepare drop-in pitches in Minneapolis to be delivered to the three stadiums.
| New York City | Houston | Los Angeles |
| Citi Field | Minute Maid Park | Dodger Stadium |
| Coordinates: 40°45′25″N 73°50′45″W﻿ / ﻿40.75694°N 73.84583°W﻿ / 40.75694; -73.84583 | Coordinates: 29°45′25″N 95°21′20″W﻿ / ﻿29.75694°N 95.35556°W﻿ / 29.75694; -95.35556 | Coordinates: 34°4′25″N 118°14′24″W﻿ / ﻿34.07361°N 118.24000°W﻿ / 34.07361; -118.24000 |
| Capacity: 41,922 | Capacity: 41,574 | Capacity: 56,000 |

## Series history

| Year | Host | Result | MVP | Attendance |
| 2015 | United States | | Kumar Sangakkara | 86,351 |

## Awards

| Year | Most valuable player | Most runs | Most wickets |
| 2015 | Kumar Sangakkara | Kumar Sangakkara (153) | Andrew Symonds (8) |

### Umpires

Marais Erasmus from South Africa who is currently a member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel and Simon Taufel and Steve Davis from Australia who were former (now retired) members of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel are the three experienced umpires who were selected to perform the duties of the on-field umpires and the third umpire in all the three games on a rotation basis.

### Fixtures
#### 1st match

* 7 November 2015 Scorecard
| Sachin's Blasters 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Warne's Warriors 141/4 (17.2 overs) |
| Virender Sehwag 55 (22) Andrew Symonds 3/15 (2 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 48* (38) Shoaib Akhtar 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Warne's Warriors won by 6 wickets Citi Field, New York Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Simon Taufel (Australia) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Warne's Warriors)
* Warne's Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
* Attendance 36,843

#### 2nd match

* 11 November 2015 (D/N) Scorecard
| Warne's Warriors 262/5 (20 overs) | v | Sachin's Blasters 205/8 (20 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 70 (30) Lance Klusener 2/45 (3 overs) | | Shaun Pollock 55 (22) Andrew Symonds 4/70 (4 overs) |
* Warne's Warriors won by 57 runs Minute Maid Park, Houston Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Steve Davis (Australia) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Warne's Warriors)
* Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to field.
* Attendance 27,655

#### 3rd match

* 14 November 2015 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sachin's Blasters 219/5 (20 overs) | v | Warne's Warriors 224/6 (19.5 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 56 (27) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (4 overs) | | Jacques Kallis 47 (23) Graeme Swann 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Warne's Warriors won by 4 wickets Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Umpires: Simon Taufel (Australia) and Steve Davis (Australia) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Warne's Warriors)
* Sachin's Blasters won the toss and elected to bat.
* Attendance 21,853

## Trophy

The All-Stars Trophy and team shirts were unveiled by Tendulkar and Warne along with their respective team's player rosters, on 5 November 2015 in Times Square, United States.

## Broadcasting

| Country/Region | TV broadcaster(s) |
| Australia | Nine Network |
| India | Star Sports 2 |
| Middle East | OSN Sports Cricket HD |
| Pakistan | TEN Sports |
| South Africa | SuperSport 2 |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports 3 |
| New Zealand | Sky Sports 4 |
| United States | ESPN3 |