The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[Victor Ian]

Are there any Right Handers who are actually Left Handers?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Are there any Right Handers who are actually Left Handers?

Michael Clarke is the one that springs to mind

edit: oh and Samit Patel

I can tell you plenty of left-arm bowlers that bat right-handed

 

[Tom Flint]

Lefty XI (from the top of my head so this can do with a huge amount of improvement)

Hayden
Warner
Lara
Border
Sobers
Hussey
Gilchrist+
Davidson
Johnson
Akram
Herath

Smith in for Warner, sangakara in at 3 for hussey then Lara border sobers to move down one

 

[harsh.ag]

Gotta have Graeme Pollock. Sanga to open with Hayden/Smith.

 

[Tom Flint]

Border gets in ahead of chanderpaul as he can captain

 

[stephen]

Border gets in ahead of chanderpaul as he can captain

He also inspired Hussey to bat left handed and probably Gilchrist too if we're being honest.

 

[stephen]

Smith in for Warner, sangakara in at 3 for hussey then Lara border sobers to move down one

That works.

 

[h_hurricane]

I think it might be a good idea to have ATG XIs by players born in a particular decade.

Several 1980s born players are still work in progress,hence we could wait another 2-3 years to have that one.

Players born in 1970s XI.

Hayden
Dravid
Ponting
Tendulkar
Sangakkara
Kallis
Gilchrist
Pollock
Waqar
Murali
Mcgrath

 

[h_hurricane]

Players born in 1960s XI

Boon
Taylor
Lara
Crowe
Flower
Waugh
Healy
Akram
Warne
Ambrose
Donald

 

[h_hurricane]

1950s born XI

Greenidge
Haynes
Richards
Miandad
Border
Botham
Imran
Dujon
Hadlee
Marshall
Garner

Unlucky to miss out : Kapil, Qadir.

A bit of a pace overkill with Botham as 5th bowler, but unable to leave out any of the ATGs. Richards and Border to share part time spin.

 

[bagapath]

Well, Sobers, Border, Akram and Davidson were all lefties. that provides a solid base to build a Southpaw XI.

 

[h_hurricane]

1940s born XI

Gavaskar
Boycott
Pollock
G Chappell
Walters
Greig
Knott
Procter
Lillee
Snow
Bedi

 

[trundler]

Gavaskar and Boycott opening together...

What would happen first? Annoyed spectators rioting, one of them running the other out or having a meltdown?

 

[h_hurricane]

Gavaskar and Boycott opening together...

What would happen first? Annoyed spectators rioting, one of them running the other out or having a meltdown?

All of them in that order.

 

[h_hurricane]

1930s born XI

Simpson
Lawry
Kanhai
Barrington
Dexter
Sobers
J Parks
Benaud
Trueman
Statham
Hall

 

[h_hurricane]

1920s born XI

Arthur Morris
Jeffrey Stollmeyer
Neil Harvey
Everton Weekes
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Keith Miller
Alan Davidson
Ray Lindwall
Hugh Tayfield
Jim Laker

 

[Lancashire Nick]

XI featuring players I've seen in the flesh (not just on tv)

Barry Richards
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Clive Lloyd (capt)
Alan Border
Steve Waugh
Alan Knott (wk)
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Colin Croft


*with apologies to many great players but especially : Derek Underwood, Glenn Turner, Mark Waugh, Alvin Kallicharran, Bob Taylor and Asif Iqbal.

 

[harsh.ag]

XI featuring players I've seen in the flesh (not just on tv)

Barry Richards
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Clive Lloyd (capt)
Alan Border
Steve Waugh
Alan Knott (wk)
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Colin Croft


*with apologies to many great players but especially : Derek Underwood, Glenn Turner, Mark Waugh, Alvin Kallicharran, Bob Taylor and Asif Iqbal.

Haven't been to a test since the early 90s, then?

 

[Lancashire Nick]

Haven't been to a test since the early 90s, then?

Sadly not ....... Work, marriage, kids, looking after elderly parents etc etc ....... Although planning to start going again next year

 

[bagapath]

XI featuring players I've seen in the flesh (not just on tv)

Barry Richards
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Clive Lloyd (capt)
Alan Border
Steve Waugh
Alan Knott (wk)
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Colin Croft


*with apologies to many great players but especially : Derek Underwood, Glenn Turner, Mark Waugh, Alvin Kallicharran, Bob Taylor and Asif Iqbal.

To play against those I've seen live

G Smith (C)
Sehwag
Kallis
Tendulkar
De Villiers
Flintoff
Gilchrist (wk)
Warne
Steyn
Anderson
McGrath

Squad: Swann, Dravid, Pietersen