A Wasteman Xi - Tribute to slippy

[trundler]

Chris Gayle - became a T20 mercenary at the expense of his test career
Reggie Duff - was one of the best Australian batsmen at the turn of the previous century. Great average for the era but sadly alcoholism ruined his career.
Mark Ramprakash - self explanatory
Jimmy Adams - had the rare gift of timing. A fluent strokemaker who could never make full use of his gifts.
Wasim Raja - see above.
Andrew Symonds - disciplinary issues came in the way. Could have been awesome in tests.
Darren Bravo - see Gayle
Jack Russell - criminally underused 'keeper
Muhamad Asif - could have been a Pakistani Pollock but he went to the dark side
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan - was picked at a young age. Very good initially. Had lots talent but was never that good again.
Bruce Reid - injuries

 

[cnerd123]

Can we have an XI of players Slippy has actually started threads on

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Needs more Shane Bond.

 

[trundler]

Needs more Shane Bond.

Bond and Garth Le Roux were two about whom I was unsure. They should be in if you think they fit the criteria.
Going through all 179 of slippy's started threads is a herculean task but I'm willing to undertake it.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Bond and Garth Le Roux were two about whom I was unsure. They should be in if you think they fit the criteria.
Going through all 179 of slippy's started threads is a herculean task but I'm willing to undertake it.

I get Garth Le Roux (and Rice more so!), but I miss Schultz more (prolly not more than Rice). Good luck with the 179 threads

 

[cnerd123]

Jfc he's made 179 threads?

Someone start a Slippy Draft ASAP

 

[trundler]

Ah yeah. Schultz! How could I forget him! I'd have him over both Bond and Reid. Damn was he good.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Jfc he's made 179 threads?

Someone start a Slippy Draft ASAP

Nufan's sheep slippy draft version 2.0

 

[garylyon]

Can we have an XI of players Slippy has actually started threads on

Slippy's wasteman ODI XI:

Aaron Finch*
Salman Butt
Darren Bravo
Callum Ferguson
Yuvraj Singh
Sabbir Rahman
Umar Akmal +
Irfan Pathan
David Willey
Danish Kaneria
Umesh Yadav

It is actually a quite decent XI tbh

 

[slippy888]

You guys forget David Miller he not even play a test match yet cause he never focused on the cricket more the party life for him came first.

 

[Howe_zat]

That is an XI that could win or lose an ODI by 300 runs

 

[trundler]

That is an XI that could win or lose an ODI by 300 runs

Wouldn't be wastemen otherwise

 

[garylyon]

You guys forget David Miller he not even play a test match yet cause he never focused on the cricket more the party life for him came first.

Right. Idk how I missed him. David Miller will definitely be better at 6 instead of Sabbir Rahman.

 

[trundler]

Slippy's wasteman ODI XI:

Aaron Finch*
Salman Butt
Darren Bravo
Callum Ferguson
Yuvraj Singh
Sabbir Rahman
Umar Akmal +
Irfan Pathan
David Willey
Danish Kaneria
Umesh Yadav

It is actually a quite decent XI tbh

Well that saves me some time lol. Kudos!

 

[trundler]

Honorable mentions to Barry Richards, Rice, Procter, Le Roux, Fanie DeVilliers, Graeme and Peter Pollock.

 

[trundler]

Jfc he's made 179 threads?

Someone start a Slippy Draft ASAP

Whilst going through them, I discovered some hidden gems. Ambrose vs Anderson for example.

 

[slippy888]

JP Duminy could have been one of the best left handed batsman of our generation if he put some heart and soul into his batting.

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/69308-jp-duminy.html

 

[trundler]

JP Duminy could have been one of the best left handed batsman of our generation if he put some heart and soul into his batting.

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/69308-jp-duminy.html

Would you say he was as good as Pant? You should make a Duminy vs Lara thread

 

[TheJediBrah]

Not sure how much Symonds was really held back by disciplinary issues. More so just couldn't get a spot in the strongest team in history.

Career probably ended a few years earlier than it needed to though, I'll give you that.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Not sure how much Symonds was really held back by disciplinary issues. More so just couldn't get a spot in the strongest team in history.

Career probably ended a few years earlier than it needed to though, I'll give you that.

Is this why he chose Aus over WI (or England? -surely you don't mean them but undefeated in Ashes since 2001 at home - so maybe)

Wasn't Symonds even dropped from Aus when SA beat them at home when Aus were already crap: Langer, Warne, Martyn, McGrath reitred, and Gilchrist old/exposed and retired; ditto Hayden?

There's inaccuracies, and then there's inaccuracies. Symonds test career is not as impressive as his ODI career. No matter how you try to sell it.