By English Cricket
January 9 2005

Gough is the only Englishman included in the Rest of the World side selected for the charity match against the Best of Asia. The match will act as a fundraiser for World Vision and the money will be used to aid victims from the Tsunami catastrophe in SE ASIA.

The match will be played in Melbourne at the MCG on January 10th. The following squads have been selected for the first of two matches, the second expected to be played in Asia sometime in March.  

International Cricket Council XI: Ricky Ponting (Aus), Matthew Hayden (Aus), Adam Gilchrist (Aus), Stephen Fleming (NZ), Brian Lara (WI), Chris Gayle (WI), Chris Cairns (NZ), Shane Warne (Aus), Glenn McGrath (Aus) Dwayne Bravo (WI), Darren Gough (Eng), Daniel Vettori (NZ). Coach: Steve Waugh.

ASIAN XI (From): Sourav Ganguly (India, capt), Sachin Tendulkar (India), Virender Sehwag (India), Rahul Dravid (India), Anil Kumble (India), Zaheer Khan (Paksitan), Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Kumar Sangakara (Sri Lanka), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan), Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan), Alok Kapali (Bangladesh). Coach: Bob Woolmer.