ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Guess I can insert Lara or Tayfield. Might go for former and call upon Sobers for spin bowling even though that will be no contest against Warne or Murali on other two teams.
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Best all time XI for each country
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Migara
International Coach
Samaraweera can bat better on seaming tracks than MJ, and he is as good player of spin as him. Little less belligerent than MJ though.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
It will contain players mainly from Ireland, Afghanistan and Netherlands.
smash84
The Tiger King
Ireland says hi
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Yes, I did put Ireland.
BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
This is based almost entirely on Intercontinental Cup stats/results so not perfect but it's a starting point I guess.
Arshad Ali (U.A.E)
Jeremy Bray (Ireland)
David Hemp (Bermuda)
Steve Tikolo (Kenya)
Ryan ten Doeschate (c) (Netherlands)
Niall O'Brien (Ireland)
Mohammad Shahzad (+) (Afghanistan)
Trent Johnston (Ireland)
Hiren Varaiya (Kenya)
Umar Bhatti (Canada)
Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan)
Hassan and Bhatti to open the bowling, Johnstone probably first change. Quality all-rounder in ten Doeschate. Varaiya is the main spin option, bowling left arm orthodox.
smash84
The Tiger King
Good job dude.....maybe they can also have the bangers and Zim pool to choose from?
Associates XI
George Dockrell (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Ashish Bagai (Canada) and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) round out the squad.
Second XI (Played for Test Nations, but also qualified as Associates)
1 Cooper, Scuderi and Murtagh all represented their Full-Member nation at U/19 level.
In the first XI, King and Mortensen to open the bowling. Hasan at first change with Lefebvre at second. Tikolo and Davison to share the spinners role, with ten Doeschate chipping in with overs.
Hamilton and Murtagh to open, Brown and Scuderi as change bowlers in the second XI. Tom Cooper as fifth bowler is a little weak, but I'm confident its the best XI I could come up with.
- Will Porterfield (Ireland)
- John Davison (Canada)
- Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)
- David Hemp (Bermuda)
- Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
- Niall O'Brien (Ireland) [+]
- Steve Tikolo (Kenya) [c]
- Bart King (USA)
- Roland Lefebvre (Netherlands)
- Hamid Hasan (Afghanistan)
- Ole Mortensen (Denmark)
George Dockrell (Ireland), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Ashish Bagai (Canada) and Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) round out the squad.
Second XI (Played for Test Nations, but also qualified as Associates)
- Ed Joyce (Ireland & England)
- Michael di Venuto (Italy & Australia)
- Hamish Marshall (Ireland & New Zealand)
- Tom Cooper (Netherlands & Australia)1
- Eoin Morgan (Ireland & England)
- Clayton Lambert (USA & West Indies)
- Geriant Jones (PNG & England) [+]
- Joe Scuderi (Italy & Australia)1
- Gavin Hamilton (Scotland & England) [c]
- Dougie Brown (Scotland & England)
- Tim Murtagh (Ireland & England)1
1 Cooper, Scuderi and Murtagh all represented their Full-Member nation at U/19 level.
In the first XI, King and Mortensen to open the bowling. Hasan at first change with Lefebvre at second. Tikolo and Davison to share the spinners role, with ten Doeschate chipping in with overs.
Hamilton and Murtagh to open, Brown and Scuderi as change bowlers in the second XI. Tom Cooper as fifth bowler is a little weak, but I'm confident its the best XI I could come up with.
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smash84
The Tiger King
they will probably have sharper and darker features than other european teams
Ha i love these rubbish threads
You can all have your players from pre 1970 as they were all rubbish compared to today
picking players of yesteryear is like saying
Fred Perry is better than Federer
Pele is better than Messi
Bobby Jones is better than Tiger
Meads is better than anyone today
Bradman is better than Ponting
Babe Ruth is better than Pujols
ridiculous amateur rubbish from yesteryear arent anywhere like the players of today in all sports....
there you go
You can all have your players from pre 1970 as they were all rubbish compared to today
picking players of yesteryear is like saying
Fred Perry is better than Federer
Pele is better than Messi
Bobby Jones is better than Tiger
Meads is better than anyone today
Bradman is better than Ponting
Babe Ruth is better than Pujols
ridiculous amateur rubbish from yesteryear arent anywhere like the players of today in all sports....
there you go
Migara
International Coach
OK, here we go. I have added players from past as well.
Paul Stirling (IRE)
William Porterfild (IRE)
Mahadevan Sathasivam (SL)
Steve Tikolo (KEN)
Ryan ten Doschate (NED)
Niall O'Brien+ (IRE)
Maurice Odumbe (KEN)
John Davidson (CAN)
Hamid Hasan (AFG)
Dayasena Sahabandu (SL)
Boyd Rankin (IRE)
Sathasivam and Sahabandu simply were test quality in their day, so included them. Atha-li-Khan was good as well, but cannot think where to have him.
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Tendulkar > Bradman?
Jager
International Debutant
Troll I am assuming. Obviously there is some debate here, but not much at all. Bradman was a freak of nature. The others are more up for debate, except for Pele and Messi. Pele was a magician.
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Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Jahangir Khan was also a freak, 555 consecutive wins in squash over a period of 5 years. That's the greatest winning streak in the history of sport.