Try and make a current XI with your favourite players.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Mine is unchanged, FTR.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Rather diverse, just fave's not a great playing XI.

That's the whole point of the thread.

 

[aussie]

It says "CURRENT" for a reason.

Ha, i see have created an issue here..

 

[Athlai]

That's the whole point of the thread.

Peoples XI's seem suspiciously good.

 

[Matt79]

Based on recent form (last twelve months) and who I like

Hayden
Hussey
Ponting
Lara
Dravid
Flintoff
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Nel
S Jones

Current hey...
Hayden
Sehwag
Ponting
Pietersen
Clarke
Watson
Sangakkara
Flintoff
Lee
Clark
Paneser

I've seen a lot less cricket not involving Australia in recent months, since I've given FoxSports the flick, so I'm probably missing some others I'd otherwise include. Looking forward to seeing the new look SA tour down here in a of months time...

 

[Johnners]

Favourite Test XI:

1.Andrew Strauss
2.Phil Jaques
3.Ricky Ponting*
4.Mahela Jayawardene
5.Michael Clarke
6.VVS Laxman
7.Adam Gilchrist+
8.Brett Lee
9.Daniel Vettori
10.Mitchell Johnson (despite the fact that he's never played test cricket )
11.Simon Jones

12. Glen McGrath

Whoa, times have changed (well, sort of)

1. Ghambir
2. Jaques
3. Ponting*
4. Clarke
5. De Villiers
6. Watson
7. Sangakarra+
8. Vettori
9. Johnson
10. Sharma
11. Steyn

12. Noffke

 

[Simon]

Mine would be

1 Matthew Hayden
2 Chris Gayle
3 Mike Hussey
4 Michael Clarke*
5 Shane Watson
6 Brad Haddin+
7 Shahid Afridi
8 Ashley Noffke
9 Brett Lee
10 Xavier Doherty
11 Dale Steyn

Found it hard not to have just 11 Australian's, but thought I'd throw in a few of my favourite non aussies

 

[Precambrian]

Based on a brain that's gone sleepless for 24 hours,

G Gambhir
V Sehwag
K Sangakkara
S Tendulkar
K Peitersen
A Flintoff
M Dhoni (capt) (wk)
H Singh/B Lee (based on nature of pitch)
D Steyn
I Sharma
A Mendis

 

[duffer]

If it was based on players I like the most then I'd have a ridiculously Indian side. So having to base this on players I like but also trying to make it a somehwta cosmopolitan team:

Sehwag
Smith
Sangakkara
Pietersen
Hussey
Chanderpaul
Dhoni (wk)
Lee
Zaheer
Sharma
Mendis

Steyn unlucky to miss out.

 

[Nate]

Peoples XI's seem suspiciously good.

Haha, I agree, one of my pet hates.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Hate this thread.

"hurr durr let's pick a world xi"

 

[duffer]

Peoples XI's seem suspiciously good.

An XI will 11 left arm swing bowlers from Maharashtra wouldn't be much fun would it?

 

[Nate]

Tbf, that's how the world views who we like - who is successful becomes who is popular (the vast majority of the time).

 

[Johnners]

Found it hard not to have just 11 Australian's, but thought I'd throw in a few of my favourite non aussies

AWTA (even though I only have 5 Australians, it could quite easily be otherwise)

 

[NZTailender]

Bit of an update.

1. How
2. Katich
3. Sangakkara
4. Hussey
5. Chanderpaul
6. Collingwood
7. Watson
8. Dhoni+
9. Vettori
10. Mills
11. Mortaza

Thought I'd go on record and name...

The NZTailender Signature XI
1. Aaron Redmond
2. Uttam Sarkar
3. Simon Katich*
4. Peter Fulton
5. Ross Taylor
6. Neil Broom
7. Lou Vincent+
8. Chamara Kapugedera
9. Paul Collingwood
10. Tim Southee
11. Jack McNamara

12th: Greg Hay

Need to start supporting a few more bowlers, tbh.

 

[Prince EWS]

2. Uttam Sarkar

ITSTL. I know the name but I know virtually nothing about him other than the fact that he's from Bangladesh. Any particular reason for your support?

 

[NUFAN]

I've got to change my team slightly after more thought, cause honestly Pomersbach and Cook don't get as much NUFAN love as Ponting and Broad do. Same applies with Vettori, who I respect, but I dunno if he deserves a place in my favourite team.

This is a true reflection of the players I support

1 Matt Hayden
2 Ryan Broad
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Kumar Sangakarra [wk]
5 AB De Villiers
6 George Bailey
7 Elton Chigumbura
8 Jerome Taylor.
9 Ben Hilfenhaus
10 Dirk Nannes
11 Syed Rasel

Thomas Odoyo, Steve Magoffin, Daniel Vettori, Alastair Cook, Luke Pomersbach all very close to my side.

 

[Mister Wright]

Going to do mine with international players:

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Alastair Cook
3. Ross Taylor
4. Kumar Sangakkara
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Andrew Symonds
7. M.S. Dhoni
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Harbajhan Singh
10. Steve Harmisson
11. Ishant Sharma

 

[NZTailender]

ITSTL. I know the name but I know virtually nothing about him other than the fact that he's from Bangladesh. Any particular reason for your support?

Bandwagon really. Haha, well bandwagon is kind of true. Roberts and (IIRC) Bennett talked him up for a while in Bangladesh related threads. Checked the stats and some scorecards, seems a decent talent. Haven't actually *seen* him bat yet, though.

 

[Furball]

1. Chris Gayle
2. Ashwell Prince
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Michael Clarke
6. VVS Laxman
7. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
8. Brett Lee
9. James Anderson
10. Ishant Sharma
11. Ajantha Mendis

Honourable mentions: Jacob Awesome, Dwayne Bravo, Fidel Edwards, AB de Villiers