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If your first XI was unavaliable, what would your 2nd XI be?
- Thread starter morgieb
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Blocky
Banned
Cheating a wee bit, considering Ronchi, Anderson and Henry are all on tour at present :P
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
The thread is "If your first XI was unavailable" not "if your current test squad is unavailable" so I think it's allowed.
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
Henry's on the A tour isn't he? Anderson might be close to making the yes side but Ronch is definitely second choice and Henry is like 4th in line.
Actually ill put Dougeh in over Wheeler.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Anderson/Neesham shouldn't count because they're basically first XI. Chuck Franklin in there. You know it to be true.
Athlai
Not Terrible
On the no touring squad mentality.
Papps
Bracewell
Flynn
Ryder
Munro
Franklin
de Boorder (+)
NcCullum at home/Tastle away
Wheeler
Gillespie
Bennett
Wouldn't put Milne in till he actually plays at least half a first class season without breaking. Inb4 Bennett to play without breaking.
Papps
Bracewell
Flynn
Ryder
Munro
Franklin
de Boorder (+)
NcCullum at home/Tastle away
Wheeler
Gillespie
Bennett
Wouldn't put Milne in till he actually plays at least half a first class season without breaking. Inb4 Bennett to play without breaking.
Blocky
Banned
Put that star on Franklin.. you know you want it.
Apo's 1st XI:
Root's daddy
Buck
Dooleys/Hughesy/SMarsh
TPC
Pup
Twatto/MMarshy
Whiteman
Mustache Johnson
Rhino
Behrendoff(is there an easier nickname?)
Lyon
Apo's 2nd XI:
Root's daddy
Buck
Dooleys/Hughesy/SMarsh
TPC
Pup
Twatto
MMarshy
Whiteman
Mustache Johnson
Rhino
Lyon
Root's daddy
Buck
Dooleys/Hughesy/SMarsh
TPC
Pup
Twatto/MMarshy
Whiteman
Mustache Johnson
Rhino
Behrendoff(is there an easier nickname?)
Lyon
Apo's 2nd XI:
Root's daddy
Buck
Dooleys/Hughesy/SMarsh
TPC
Pup
Twatto
MMarshy
Whiteman
Mustache Johnson
Rhino
Lyon
Athlai
Not Terrible
Haha well it would have to be Franklin or Flynn right?
Howe_zat
Audio File
How do you fit both in the team?
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
1st XI in brackets followed by 2nd XI
(Dimuth) Warnapura
(Silva) Kusal
(Sanga) Mubarak
(Thirimanne) Chandimal
(Matthews) Vithanage
(Tharanga) Priyanjan
(Prasanna) Dickwella +
(Eranga) Kulesakara
(Prasad) Randiv
(Herath) Pradeep
(Lakmal) Welegedara
Probably one or two contentious picks in the 1st XI but the 2nd XI is pretty much the failed test players and upcoming prospects, Kulasekara leads a mediocre pace attack where Welegedara edges out Gamage, if the surface was turning I spose Seekkuge gets the nod over Tharindu Kaushal just, Randiv is our no 2 spinner atm IMO. I'm struggling for openers here so Warnapura moves up the order, Mubarak gets rewarded for a good domestic season and Chandiguns, Vithanage, Priyanjan and Dickwella are in and around the national side with a few retirements coming up
(Dimuth) Warnapura
(Silva) Kusal
(Sanga) Mubarak
(Thirimanne) Chandimal
(Matthews) Vithanage
(Tharanga) Priyanjan
(Prasanna) Dickwella +
(Eranga) Kulesakara
(Prasad) Randiv
(Herath) Pradeep
(Lakmal) Welegedara
Probably one or two contentious picks in the 1st XI but the 2nd XI is pretty much the failed test players and upcoming prospects, Kulasekara leads a mediocre pace attack where Welegedara edges out Gamage, if the surface was turning I spose Seekkuge gets the nod over Tharindu Kaushal just, Randiv is our no 2 spinner atm IMO. I'm struggling for openers here so Warnapura moves up the order, Mubarak gets rewarded for a good domestic season and Chandiguns, Vithanage, Priyanjan and Dickwella are in and around the national side with a few retirements coming up
morgieb
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(Warner) Hughes
(Rogers) Burns
(Watson) Doolan
(Clarke) Khawaja
(Smith) White
(Marsh) Maxwell
(Haddin) Nevill
(Johnson) O'Keefe
(Pattinson) Siddle
(Harris) Hazlewood
(Lyon) Bird
2nd XI is probably halfway between what I'd pick and what the selectors would pick. 1st XI is bwhat I suspect the selectors would pick for the First Test at the Gabba, with Patto coming in. Joe Burns is a risk as an opener, but I like his style and he's not a retread like most of our other 2nd XI bats; he still has a chance of forging a successful Test career. I'm not even sure if Starc would make my 3rd XI, TBH, but Siddle survives because the other options haven't proven themselves really.
(Rogers) Burns
(Watson) Doolan
(Clarke) Khawaja
(Smith) White
(Marsh) Maxwell
(Haddin) Nevill
(Johnson) O'Keefe
(Pattinson) Siddle
(Harris) Hazlewood
(Lyon) Bird
2nd XI is probably halfway between what I'd pick and what the selectors would pick. 1st XI is bwhat I suspect the selectors would pick for the First Test at the Gabba, with Patto coming in. Joe Burns is a risk as an opener, but I like his style and he's not a retread like most of our other 2nd XI bats; he still has a chance of forging a successful Test career. I'm not even sure if Starc would make my 3rd XI, TBH, but Siddle survives because the other options haven't proven themselves really.
morgieb
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Someone already made that joke m8
SeamUp
International Coach
Might as well do the whole ladder.
If the test XI is : Deano, Virus, Faf, Hash, AB, JP, QdK, Vern, Dale, Piedt/Tahir, Morras
2nd XI
1. R.Hendricks
2. White
3. van Zyl
4. Rossouw
5. Bavuma
6. Wiese
7. Mosehle (wk)
8. Parnell/McLaren
9. Harmer
10. Abbott
11. de Lange
Reserve 2nd XI batsmen: Puttick, Ontong, Ingram, Smuts, Chetty, Zondo, Miller, van Jaarsveld, Cook, Behardien
Reserve 2nd XI wk: Vilas, Second
Reserve 2nd XI spinners: Peterson, Leie, Phangiso, von Berg, Shamsi
Reserve 2nd XI seamers: Kleinveldt, B.Hendricks, Viljoen, Morris, Tsotsobe
Limited overs players at this stage : Levi, SA Engelbrecht, Delport, Vandiar, Abrahams, Pienaar, Symes, Pretorius, Frylinck, van der Merwe, Shezi
Youthful future XI from recent SA u19 sides. Some could even be SA 2nd XI already.
1. Markram
2. Cloete
3. de Bruyn
4. Price
5. Rosier
6. Fortuin (wk)
7. Savage
8. Subrayen
9. Rabada/ Dry
10. Dupavillon/ Williams
11. Kirsten/ Engelbrecht
Current Schoolboys (SA u19) :
Opening batsman: Rickelton, Breetzke
Middle-order batsman: Roelofsen, Hope
all-rounders: Phehlukwayo, Galiem
Seamer: Glover
If the test XI is : Deano, Virus, Faf, Hash, AB, JP, QdK, Vern, Dale, Piedt/Tahir, Morras
2nd XI
1. R.Hendricks
2. White
3. van Zyl
4. Rossouw
5. Bavuma
6. Wiese
7. Mosehle (wk)
8. Parnell/McLaren
9. Harmer
10. Abbott
11. de Lange
Reserve 2nd XI batsmen: Puttick, Ontong, Ingram, Smuts, Chetty, Zondo, Miller, van Jaarsveld, Cook, Behardien
Reserve 2nd XI wk: Vilas, Second
Reserve 2nd XI spinners: Peterson, Leie, Phangiso, von Berg, Shamsi
Reserve 2nd XI seamers: Kleinveldt, B.Hendricks, Viljoen, Morris, Tsotsobe
Limited overs players at this stage : Levi, SA Engelbrecht, Delport, Vandiar, Abrahams, Pienaar, Symes, Pretorius, Frylinck, van der Merwe, Shezi
Youthful future XI from recent SA u19 sides. Some could even be SA 2nd XI already.
1. Markram
2. Cloete
3. de Bruyn
4. Price
5. Rosier
6. Fortuin (wk)
7. Savage
8. Subrayen
9. Rabada/ Dry
10. Dupavillon/ Williams
11. Kirsten/ Engelbrecht
Current Schoolboys (SA u19) :
Opening batsman: Rickelton, Breetzke
Middle-order batsman: Roelofsen, Hope
all-rounders: Phehlukwayo, Galiem
Seamer: Glover
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Good teams.
Assuming your first XI is the best XI, I think the Aussie think-tank would come up with the following team:
1 Hughes
2 Khawaja
3 Doolan
4 Cooper
5 Maxwell
6 Wade
7 Henriques
8 Siddle
9 O'Keefe
10 Starc
11 Hilfenhaus
Athlai
Not Terrible
We have done it before tbf
Assuming a First XII of:
1. Warner, 2. Rogers, 3. Watson, 4. Clarke*, 5. Smith, 6. Marsh, 7. Haddin+, 8. Johnson, 9. Harris, 10. Siddle, 11. Lyon (12. Pattinson)
I'd be looking at:
1. Hughes, 2. Cowan*, 3. Cooper, 4. Burns, 5. Lynn, 6. Henriques, 7. Nevill+, 8. O'Keefe, 9. Coulter-Nile, 10. Sayers, 11. Hazlewood. (12. Bird)
1. Warner, 2. Rogers, 3. Watson, 4. Clarke*, 5. Smith, 6. Marsh, 7. Haddin+, 8. Johnson, 9. Harris, 10. Siddle, 11. Lyon (12. Pattinson)
I'd be looking at:
1. Hughes, 2. Cowan*, 3. Cooper, 4. Burns, 5. Lynn, 6. Henriques, 7. Nevill+, 8. O'Keefe, 9. Coulter-Nile, 10. Sayers, 11. Hazlewood. (12. Bird)