Cricket All-Stars 2015: Lineups, Live Stream, TV Info, Full Preview for Match 1

Cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne have been allocated their star-studded teams for the upcoming 2015 Cricket All-Stars series in the United States, which begins in New York on Saturday.

In a random draw in Times Square on Thursday, Indian batting legend Tendulkar was teamed up with former international team-mates VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag for the three-match Twenty20 series, as well as Brian Lara.

Warne ended up with a phenomenal fast-bowling trio of Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald and Wasim Akram for his Warriors, along with a number of his former Australian team-mates.

Here are the full squad lists ahead of Saturday's opening match at Citi Field, as well as broadcasting details for the clash and a preview.

Team	Lineup
Warne's Warriors	Shane Warne (c), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Vaughan, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Symonds, Jonty Rhodes, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, Daniel Vettori, Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald, Ajit Agarkar
Sachin's Blasters	Sachin Tendulkar (c), VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, Carl Hooper, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, Moin Khan, Graeme Swann, Glenn McGrath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shoaib Akhtar, Curtly Ambrose

TV Info: Live in the UK from 5:45 p.m. GMT on Sky Sports 3.

Live Stream: Sky Go (UK only)

Preview

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All-Stars cricket, the brainchild of Warne and Tendulkar, is aiming to introduce the game of cricket to America.

The talent on show is quite incredible and a high-quality and exciting match is in prospect at the home of the MLB's New York Mets.

The prospect of Lara and Tendulkar batting alongside each other is exciting given they are arguably the two greatest batsmen of their generation.

In Warne, Walsh, Donald and Akram, though, they could have their work cut out, as a more accomplished quartet of retired bowlers it would be difficult to find.

England are represented by Graeme Swann and Michael Vaughan, and they will be more than familiar with former Ashes rivals Warne, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds.

Recently retired Sri Lankan legends Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are also set to turn out against each other.

Sangakkara could be very influential given that he was playing top-level international cricket as recently as August before calling it a day.

The shorter-form T20 is designed for maximum entertainment, and the players will be hoping to catch the interest of an unfamiliar American audience:

Big hitting is all but guaranteed at Citi Field on Saturday and, given the experience on both sides, it should be a highly competitive contest. 

With two more matches coming up in Houston and Los Angeles, Saturday's clash will set the tone for what will be a thrilling introduction to cricket for many American fans.