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Alphabet teams

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
R
1 Barry Richards
2 Ian Redpath
3 Viv Richards
4 Ricky Ponting
5 Ranji
6 Rohan Kanhai
7 Rod Marsh
8 Richard Hadlee
9 Richie Benaud
10 Ray Lindwall
11 Andy Roberts
 

Blakus

State Vice-Captain
The L team

Len Hutton
Bill Lawry
Justin Langer
V.V.S Laxman
Clive Lloyd
Les Ames
Ray Lindwall
Dennis Lillee
Harold Larwood
George Lohmann
Jim Laker

Batting is a bit short but that bowling attack is worth it
 

King Pietersen

International Captain
WG Grace
Sunil Gavaskar
George Headley
Greg Chappell
Graeme Pollock
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
George Lohmann
Lance Gibbs
Joel Garner
Glenn McGrath

12th man: Garth le Roux

I'd back that team against any of the rest.

We are also leaving out some pretty good opening batsmen: Gooch, Greenidge, Graeme Smith, Geoff Boycott
Subhash Gupte > Lance Gibbs?

M Team

Matthew Hayden
Mark Taylor
Martin Crowe
Mark Waugh
Mohammed Azharuddin
Keith Miller
Mark Boucher +
Michael Holding
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

Liking that team, incredible bowling attack.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
1 Ken Barrington
2 Gary Kirsten
3 Kumar Sangakarra
4 Jacques Kallis
5 Rohan Kanhai
6 Keith Miller
7 Imran Khan
8 Alan Knott
9 Kapil Dev
10 Anil Kumble
11 Ken Higgs

Okay, so Barrington is not usually an opener,but he did open a few times in Test Cricket. Am I overlooking someone instead of Higgs? I love how this team has 4 gun all rounders!
I forgot about :Kevin Pietersen, who's better KP or Kanhai? I think it's tough, but I naturally normally go for the cricketer who has finished his career.

Man Kapil Dev at 9 is just awesome. :)
 

stumpski

International Captain
N Power?


Neil Taylor
Nick Knight
Norm O'Neill
Neil Harvey
Marcus North
Jack Newman
Paul Nixon
Andre Nel
Neil Foster
Tony Nicholson
CS Nayudu

Hard to believe that Jack Newman never played Tests with a record like that. He's one who's been given extra runs and wickets by the ACS in recent years - 22 more wickets than shown in Wisden. Neil Taylor was a long-serving Kent batsman who again was probably unlucky not to play for England.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
N Power?


Neil Taylor
Nick Knight
Norm O'Neill
Neil Harvey
Marcus North
Jack Newman
Paul Nixon
Andre Nel
Neil Foster
Tony Nicholson
CS Nayudu

Hard to believe that Jack Newman never played Tests with a record like that. He's one who's been given extra runs and wickets by the ACS in recent years - 22 more wickets than shown in Wisden. Neil Taylor was a long-serving Kent batsman who again was probably unlucky not to play for England.
I would include Dudley Nourse, Navjot Sidhu, Monty Noble and Makhaya Ntini.
 

stumpski

International Captain
And kudos as always to CK Nayudu for playing a first-class match (against the MCC tourists of 1963-64, IIRC) at the age of 68.


Yeah, Nourse, Noble and Ntini certainly. Never really saw Sidhu at his best.
 
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Blakus

State Vice-Captain
T team

Glenn Turner
Mark Taylor
Sachin Tendulkar
Ernest Tyldesley
Victor Trumper
Herbie Taylor
Trevor Goddard
Don Tallon
Hugh Trumble
Frank Tyson
Fred Trueman
 

Pothas

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend

Pothas

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Love how most of 5 of W team comes to mind instantly, do not reallly like using keepers like Wallcott but the 3 W's is neccessary.

W.G Grace
Bill Woodfull
Wally Hammond
Everton Weekes
Frank Worrell
Steve Waugh
Clyde Walcott
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Courtney Walsh
 

Pothas

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Wait ... you're saying that Pietersen and Mascarenhas weren't born in Hampshire? :-O

Who knew?
I know you would never guess when you hear them talk would you? both have authentic Hampshire accents, Robin Smith as well of course.

Think Chris Tremlett is actually the only one.
 

stephen

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
'W' Team

William Lawry
Frank Worrell
Walter Hammond
Everton Weekes
Clyde Walcott
Steve Waugh
Wasim Bari
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Courtney Walsh
Love how most of 5 of W team comes to mind instantly, do not reallly like using keepers like Wallcott but the 3 W's is neccessary.

W.G Grace
Bill Woodfull
Wally Hammond
Everton Weekes
Frank Worrell
Steve Waugh
Clyde Walcott
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Courtney Walsh
Your team is possibly a little better balanced, but I like having a specialist keeper in there to keep to Warne, so Wasim Bari IMO gets the gig. Besides, Worrell played around 1/3 of his career as opener so he can open. I do like Grace opening though, so a compromise team basically has Worrell replace Woodfull and Bari in as keeper, with Walcott being promoted up the order.

WG Grace
Frank Worrell
Walter Hammond
Everton Weekes
Clyde Walcott
Steve Waugh
Wasim Bari
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Courtney Walsh
 

jeevan

International 12th Man
Anyone know a decent wicketkeeper called Mohammad?

Sadiq Mohammad
Hanif Mohammad
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Yousouf
Mohammad Kaif
Mushtaq Mohammad
Md Wicketkeeper ----> help! (probably someone from the Mohammad brothers clan?)
Mohammad Rafique
Mohammad Nissar
Mohammad Asif
Mohammad Aamer
 

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
L team

Bill Lawry
Len Hutton
VVS Laxman
Brian Lara
Clive Lloyd
Les Ames
Ray Lindwall
Harold Larwood
Dennis Lillee
George Lohmann
Jim Laker
 

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
The L team

Len Hutton
Bill Lawry
Justin Langer
V.V.S Laxman
Clive Lloyd
Les Ames
Ray Lindwall
Dennis Lillee
Harold Larwood
George Lohmann
Jim Laker

Batting is a bit short but that bowling attack is worth it
Oops, didn't see that you already made one. Only one change between this and my team I reckon.. Lara instead of Langer :laugh:
 

zaremba

Cricketer Of The Year
How about a team using every letter?
I can get the alphabet in 6 players. I reckon if you put the effort in (and perhaps stretched things) you could get it down to 4 or 5.


Martyn Moxon
Donald Bradman
Vijay Hazare
Graeme Pollock
Waqar Younis
Colin Croft
 

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Top effort, though I reckon starting with Xenophon Balaskas and working from there could be a winner.
 

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