The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[ataraxia]

Andrew Jones worth a shout for the 2nd XI? Was a good bat.

I loved the NZers when I was a kid in the 80s because I was obsessed with Footrot Flats comics and I'd made a connection between the two really strongly. Andrew Jones and Ken Rutherford struck me as guys who'd be in FF.

Jones could enter as a replacement for Latham, Fleming, Southee, or Motz but I think he doesn't get in. Very close though.

 

[ImpatientLime]

england/south Africa xi since SA readmission

smith
cook
alma
kallis
pietersen
de Villiers (w)
stokes
pollock
swann
steyn
donald

 

[stephen]

South Africans who have played for another country (fill in the blanks):

Wessels

Labuschagne
Pieterson
Grieg (c)

Wagner

 

[ataraxia]

South Africans who have played for another country (fill in the blanks):

Wessels

Labuschagne
Pieterson
Grieg (c)

Wagner

Watling
de Grandhomme

 

[harsh.ag]

South Africans who have played for another country (fill in the blanks):

Wessels

Labuschagne
Pieterson
Grieg (c)

Wagner

Watling
de Grandhomme

Basil D'Oliveira

 

[Red]

South Africans who have played for another country (fill in the blanks):

Wessels

Labuschagne
Pieterson
Grieg (c)

Wagner

Kepler Wessels
Andrew Strauss
Marnus Labuschagne
Allan Lamb
Andy Flower +
Kevin Pieterson
Robin Smith
Jonathon Trott
Tony Greig
Basil D'Oliveira
Neil Wagner

Short two decent bowlers (Wagner, D'Oliveira, Greig and Labschagne would have to do all the bowling with maybe KP chiming in), but you'd struggle to bowl them out twice in 5 days

 

[Red]

de Grandhomme

Zimbabwean

 

[jimmy101]

Ryan ten Doeschate might be a suitable candidate for a short spell here & there.

 

[ImpatientLime]

i'm not having andrew strauss as a south african.

moved to england when he was 6 and could not be a bigger tory if he tried. bloke bleeds thatcher.

 

[Flem274*]

watlings got a kiwi af accent. not sure when he moved. must have been young because teenagers tend to retain their saffer accent.

 

[stephen]

Didn't realise Flower was a South African.

 

[honestbharani]

Kepler Wessels
Andrew Strauss
Marnus Labuschagne
Allan Lamb
Andy Flower +
Kevin Pieterson
Robin Smith
Jonathon Trott
Tony Greig
Basil D'Oliveira
Neil Wagner

Short two decent bowlers (Wagner, D'Oliveira, Greig and Labschagne would have to do all the bowling with maybe KP chiming in), but you'd struggle to bowl them out twice in 5 days

Should be an interesting 5th wicket partnership then.. Wonder if they can be mic'd up for their mid pitch conferences.

 

[ankitj]

If South Africa had all their native born players and no selection restriction, they would have won the recent series against England. Fair to say?

 

[h_hurricane]

On the other hand, if England would have played only native born players, they would have lost ashes for sure and also likely not won the recent series.

 

[bagapath]

if india and pakistan and bangladesh hadnt split up theyd have probably put up the best xi of the last 40 years

sehwag
gavaskar
miandad
tendulkar
kohli
imran
shakib
dhoni + *
kapil
wasim
waqar

 

[Slifer]

if india and pakistan and bangladesh hadnt split up theyd have probably put up the best xi of the last 40 years

sehwag
gavaskar
miandad
tendulkar
kohli
imran
shakib
dhoni + *
kapil
wasim
waqar

Sehwag
Gavaskar
Dravid
Sachin
Kohli*
Miandad
Dhoni +
Imran
Ashwin
Akram
Wasim

 

[Red]

Ryan ten Doeschate might be a suitable candidate for a short spell here & there.

Good call, didn't realise he was born there, adds something with the ball at least.
Kepler Wessels
Andrew Strauss
Marnus Labuschagne
Allan Lamb
Andy Flower +
Kevin Pieterson
Robin Smith
Ryan ten Doeschate
Tony Greig
Basil D'Oliveira
Neil Wagner

 

[ataraxia]

Zimbabwean

Silly me.

 

[vcs]

Sehwag
Gavaskar
Dravid
Sachin
Kohli*
Miandad
Dhoni +
Imran
Ashwin
Akram
Wasim

Mohammad Wasim or Imad Wasim? I don't think either of them are that good.

 

[Slifer]

Meant Waqar at the end....lol???