COLOMBO, Sept 14: New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming has signed up to lead the Rest of the World against The Brits in the two-match Power Cricket series at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium next month.

Skipper Fleming, 29, is currently with his team-mates waiting to take part in the Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.

Fleming, recently described by Aussie ace spinner Shane Warne as the `best international captain around’ faces England skipper Nasser Hussain, who leads The Brits, in the event which features more than 20 of cricket’s biggest names.

Each limited-overs match, to be played on Oct 4 and Oct 5, will be staged under floodlights on an artificial `magic carpet’ pitch. Sky Sports Television is broadcasting both games live.

Squads:

The Brits: Nasser Hussain, John Crawley, Matthew Maynard, Steve James, Robin Smith, Rob Key, Adam Hollioake, Matthew Fleming, Mark Ealham, Ronnie Irani, James Foster, Dominic Cork, Robert Croft, Simon Jones.

Rest of the World: Stephen Fleming, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shoaib Akhtar, Azhar Mahmood, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Javagal Srinath, Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, Aravinda de Silva, Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram, Shane Bond, Nathan Astle, Andy Flower.—PPI