Great news for HK Cricket Fans
Fast bowling great Chaminda Vaas and Twenty20 king Tyron Henderson will round out a talent-packed All-Stars team at next week's Hong Kong Cricket Sixes.
The duo are the final two additions to a line-up that already contains Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies), Justin Langer (Australia), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Matthew Hoggard (England) and Stephen Fleming (New Zealand).
The All-Stars will join six test-playing nations and hosts Hong Kong in the showpiece tournament at the Kowloon Cricket Club on 8-9 November.
Vaas, 34, ranks as Sri Lanka's best ever pace bowler with 348 wickets in 107 test appearances. In addition, the left-armer has taken 400 wickets in 322 one day internationals.
He is also a dangerous lower-order batsman with a test century and 13 fifties to his name.
'I'm delighted and honoured to be invited to play for the All-Stars this year,' said Vaas.
'Of course, I've played with Sanath many times before and we'll enjoy teaming up again, but the rest of the guys have been respected opponents for many years so it will be awesome to be in the same team as them for this tournament.
'We've got a very strong side, but we also know all the other teams will be trying extra hard to beat us.
'The Sixes has a great reputation for fun and entertainment and we'll be doing our best to give the fans at the Kowloon Cricket Club something to cheer.'
Edited By - Berty - 31 Oct 2008 04:45:48 GMT |