Best all time XI for each country

[Burgey]

Team of Marks:

Taylor (c)
Butcher
Lathwell
Ramprakash
Greatbatch
Burgess
Ealham
Boucher (WK)
Mbofana
Gillespie
Cameron

 

[Zinzan]

Team of Marks:

Taylor (c)
Butcher
Lathwell
Ramprakash
Greatbatch
Burgess
Ealham
Boucher (WK)
Mbofana
Gillespie
Cameron

Good effort, although both Mark Richardson & Mark Waugh would strengthen the side

 

[Blakus]

A team of Bills and Billies

1.Bill Lawry
2.Bill Woodfull*
3.Bill Brown
4.Bill Ponsford
5.Bill Edrich
6.Billy Murdoch+
7.Billy Bates
8.Billy Barnes
9.Bill Whiity
10.Bill Oreilly
11.Bill Johnston

 

[Howe_zat]

C-team.

Had to get Compton to open due to numbers of middle-order bats available over openers.

Ian Chappell
Denis Compton
Greg Chappell
Colin Cowdrey
Martin Crowe
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
Sammy Carter
Andy Caddick
Colin Croft
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Jack Cowie

D-team - a lot easier, all thanks to prefixes.

Stewie Dempster
Tillekaratne Dilshan
Rahul Dravid
Ted Dexter
Martin Donnelly
Jeffrey Dujon
Kapil Dev
Alan Davidson
Phillip DeFreitas
Somachandra DeSilva
Allan Donald

E-team

Bruce Edgar
John Edrich
Bill Edrich
Ross Edwards
Grant Elliot
Sean Ervine
Farokh Engineer
Mark Ealham
John Emburey
Phil Edmonds
Fidel Edwards

And I'll do this 'till I'm good and bored.

 

[Blakus]

C-team.

D-team - a lot easier, all thanks to prefixes.

Stewie Dempster
Tillekaratne Dilshan
Ted Dexter
Martin Donnelly
Basil D'Olivera
AB DeVilliers
Jeffrey Dujon
Alan Davidson
Phillip DeFreitas
Somachandra DeSilva
Allan Donald

Would Add Rahul Dravid and Kapil Dev somewhere to that team.

 

[Howe_zat]

Would Add Rahul Dravid and Kapil Dev somewhere to that team.

Yes, of course. Edited.

 

[Howe_zat]

Fs - ugh

Roy Fredericks
Stephen Fleming
CB Fry
Tip Foster
Aubrey Faulkner
Fawad Alam
Andy Flower
Andrew Flintoff
James Franklin
Fazal Mahmood
Angus Fraser

Gs - Tough category. Had to leave out Gooch, Giffen, Greig and Gough.

Sunil Gavaskar
Gordon Greenidge
WG Grace
David Gower
Sourav Ganguly
Adam Gilchrist
Jason Gillespie
Clarrie Grimmet
Joel Garner
Lance Gibbs

Hs - strongest so far. Mostly openers. Left out are Haynes, Hunte, Hanif Mohammed, Hayden...

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
George Headley
Wally Hammond
Neil Harvey
Vijay Hazare
Ian Healy
Richard Hadlee
Harbhajan Singh
Merv Hughes
Micheal Holding

 

[Spark]

An XI of Michaels:

Atherton
Slater
Clarke
Van Dort
Hussey
Bevan
Butera (WK)
Selvey
Kasprowicz
Holding
Beer

Coach: Mickey Arthur

 

[honestbharani]

what about a team of Brians?

 

[Zinzan]

Alas Smith and Jones Test XI

Graeme Smith * 7314 @ 50.44
Chris Smith 392 @ 30.15
Andrew Jones 2922 @ 44..27
Dean Jones 3631 @ 46.55
Robin Smith 4236 @ 43.67
Michael Smith 2272 @ 31.64
Collie Smith (OS)1331 @ 31.69, 48 wk @ 33.85
Ian Smith +1815 @ 25.56, 168 catches
Simon Jones (RF) 59 wk @ 28.23
Ernest Smith (RF) 64 wk @ 29.02
Prior Smith (RF) 25 wk @ 30.04

12th Man: Steven Smith
Reverse Keeper: Geraint Jones
Coach: Alan Jones
Commentators: Griff Rhys Jones & Mel Smith

 

[Howe_zat]

Alas Smith and Jones Test XI

Graeme Smith * 7314 @ 50.44
Chris Smith 392 @ 30.15
Andrew Jones 2922 @ 44..27
Dean Jones 3631 @ 46.55
Robin Smith 4236 @ 43.67
Michael Smith 2272 @ 31.64
Collie Smith (OS)1331 @ 31.69, 48 wk @ 33.85
Ian Smith +1815 @ 25.56, 168 catches
Simon Jones (RF) 59 wk @ 28.23
Ernest Smith (RF) 64 wk @ 29.02
Prior Smith (RF) 25 wk @ 30.04

12th Man: Steven Smith
Reverse Keeper: Geraint Jones
Coach: Alan Jones
Commentators: Griff Rhys Jones & Mel Smith

Glorious

 

[Howe_zat]

I-team. Laughing at Imran Khan opening the bowling with Mark Illot. Had to dive into county cricket here.

Imrul Kayes
Imran Farhat
Peter Ingram
Izamam Ul-Haq
Ronnie Irani
Imran Khan
Ray Illingworth
Doug Insole
Iqbal Qasim
Bert Ironmonger
Mark Illot

J - team - couldn't find a spinner.

Wasim Jaffer
Sanath Jayasuria
Stanley Jackson
Javed Miandad
Mahela Jayawardne
Douglas Jardine
Gilbert Jessop
Ridley Jacobs
Mitchell Johnson
Simon Jones
Prior Jones

Special K - team

Simon Katich
Rohan Kanhai
Gary Kirsten
Jacques Kallis
Alvin Kallicharan
Lance Klusner
Alan Knott
Nuwan Kulasekera
Anil Kumble
Michael Kasprowicz
Jason Krejza/Murali Karthik

L - team. Best bowling attack in the game so far.

Bill Lawry
VVS Laxman
Darren Lehmann
Clive Lloyd
Maurice Leyland
Allan Lamb
Dick Lilley
Harold Larwood
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Dennis Lillee

M - team. Yeah, this is the best so far. I even had to leave out Mohammed Sami.

Arthur Morris
Archie McLaren
Peter May
Stan McCabe
Mohammed Yousuf
Keith Miller
Vinoo Mankad
Rod Marsh
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[Prince EWS]

I-team. Laughing at Imran Khan opening the bowling with Mark Illot. Had to dive into county cricket here.

Imrul Kayes
Imran Farhat
Peter Ingram
Izamam Ul-Haq
Ronnie Irani
Imran Khan
Ray Illingworth
Doug Insole
Iqbal Qasim
Bert Ironmonger
Mark Illot

J - team - couldn't find a spinner.

Wasim Jaffer
Sanath Jayasuria
Stanley Jackson
Javed Miandad
Mahela Jayawardne
Douglas Jardine
Gilbert Jessop
Ridley Jacobs
Mitchell Johnson
Simon Jones
Prior Jones

Special K - team

Simon Katich
Rohan Kanhai
Gary Kirsten
Jacques Kallis
Alvin Kallicharan
Lance Klusner
Alan Knott
Nuwan Kulasekera
Anil Kumble
Michael Kasprowicz
Jason Krejza/Murali Karthik

L - team. Best bowling attack in the game so far.

Bill Lawry
VVS Laxman
Darren Lehmann
Clive Lloyd
Maurice Leyland
Allan Lamb
Dick Lilley
Harold Larwood
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Dennis Lillee

M - team. Yeah, this is the best so far. I even had to leave out Mohammed Sami.

Arthur Morris
Archie McLaren
Peter May
Stan McCabe
Mohammed Yousuf
Keith Miller
Vinoo Mankad
Rod Marsh
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

Pretty sure there's a thread for that already - "Alphabet teams" or something.

 

[Howe_zat]

Pretty sure there's a thread for that already - "Alphabet teams" or something.

Too bored to find it, not bored enough to stop doing it.

 

[MrIncredible]

I-team. Laughing at Imran Khan opening the bowling with Mark Illot. Had to dive into county cricket here.

Imrul Kayes
Imran Farhat
Peter Ingram
Izamam Ul-Haq
Ronnie Irani
Imran Khan
Ray Illingworth
Doug Insole
Iqbal Qasim
Bert Ironmonger
Mark Illot

J - team - couldn't find a spinner.

Wasim Jaffer
Sanath Jayasuria
Stanley Jackson
Javed Miandad
Mahela Jayawardne
Douglas Jardine
Gilbert Jessop
Ridley Jacobs
Mitchell Johnson
Simon Jones
Prior Jones

Special K - team

Simon Katich
Rohan Kanhai
Gary Kirsten
Jacques Kallis
Alvin Kallicharan
Lance Klusner
Alan Knott
Nuwan Kulasekera
Anil Kumble
Michael Kasprowicz
Jason Krejza/Murali Karthik

L - team. Best bowling attack in the game so far.

Bill Lawry
VVS Laxman
Darren Lehmann
Clive Lloyd
Maurice Leyland
Allan Lamb
Dick Lilley
Harold Larwood
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Dennis Lillee

M - team. Yeah, this is the best so far. I even had to leave out Mohammed Sami.

Arthur Morris
Archie McLaren
Peter May
Stan McCabe
Mohammed Yousuf
Keith Miller
Vinoo Mankad
Rod Marsh
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

Umm Brian Lara for the L team??

 

[Shri]

S team

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Garry Sobers
5. Bert Sutcliffe
6. Alec Stewart[Wk]
7. Andrew Symonds
8. Dale Steyn
9. Brett Schultz
10. Peter Siddle
11. Fred Spofforth

 

[Shri]

M team


1. Brendon McCullum
2. Vijay Merchant
3. Javed Miandad
4. Roshan Mahanama
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Keith Miller
7. Rodney Marsh[+]
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Muthiah Muralitharan
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Chris Martin

Meh, didn't think much about the side.

 

[Mike5181]

M team


1. Brendon McCullum
2. Vijay Merchant
3. Javed Miandad
4. Roshan Mahanama
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Keith Miller
7. Rodney Marsh[+]
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Muthiah Muralitharan
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Chris Martin

Meh, didn't think much about the side.

Damien Martyn!

 

[Flem274*]

Mahanama

do doo doo do

Central Districts All Time XI

Mark Greatbatch
Andrew Jones
Martin Crowe
Mathew Sinclair
Jesse Ryder
Jacob Oram
Ian Smith+
Harry Cave
Richard Collinge
Michael Mason

I tried to stick to CD homegrown players, but everyone knows Crowe, Jones, Collinge etc preffered CD the most of all the teams they played for.

 

[MW1304]

Soz i know its boring but just had to put my England ODI one in whilst thinking about it:

Knight
Trescothick
Pietersen
Lamb
Collingwood
Flintoff
Stewart (wk)
Botham
Emburey
Gough
Anderson

Didn't really want to pick a spinner but yerknow.