Shane Warne reveals how Sachin and he got the idea for Cricket All Stars
EVEN BEFORE THE start of the series, the legendary Cricket All Stars tournament has already created buzz in the United States. Co-promoters Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne hope this is just the beginning of a global journey.
Well-known cricketers from around the world have come together in this exciting T20 series that aims at promoting the game of cricket in a country like America. Warne thinks USA is the first stop for what will hopefully go on to become a worldwide phenomena.
In an interview with Cricket Australia, Warne reveals where the concept of All Stars was born.
"The Lord's game to celebrate the (Marylebone Cricket Club's) 200 years, they announced myself as the captain of the Rest of the World side and Sachin as the MCC captain, and they sold out 30,000 tickets in a hour."
"They got a wonderful array of players from all around the world and it was a huge success. Sachin and I both had the same idea after that game and we spoke to each other and said why don't we recreate that and take it around the world and let people see who haven’t had the chance to see their idols up close and personal and see them live."
And thus, the Cricket All Stars came into existence. Warne and Tendulkar's promotions and extensive marketing will ensure these three games across cities are a huge success among die-hard cricket fans in the country. But they don't intend to stop just here.
"We've signed 28 players for 156 games over three years," Warne said. "They'll be in America and somewhere else – we're still working out where that will be. We've had some offers from Canada, we've had some offers from Abu Dhabi from the tourism people wanting us to come.
"Hopefully one day we can come to Australia, go to England, India, all the cricket-playing nations."
"So we'll weigh all that up but at the moment it's all about the All-Stars in America, just get this done and weigh up the next step."
For now, America is all geared up to watch their cricketing heroes live in action!
