1st Test XIs

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Please name your teams for the following Tests:

Lords v Basin Reserve
Kandy v Dhaka
Toronto v Lahore
Kensington Oval v Eden Gardens
Sharjah v Harare
Cape Town v MCG

Teams must be named in batting order and with the wicketkeeper specified.

 

[DJellett]

Lahore Lions VS Toronto Tigers

1. S Gavaskar
2. G Boycott
3. D Compton
4. H Mohammed
5. J Coney
6. J Reid
7. A Parore (wk)
8. J Srinath
9. W Younis (1)
10. J Thompson (2)
11. H Ironmonger

12th Man: S Fleming

 

[Adamc]

For the uninitiated (i.e. me) do we get prior knowledge of ground conditions etc.?

Anyway, Harare Hammerheads:

1.CG Greenidge
2.GC Smith
3.Zaheer Abbas (c)
4.DPMD Jayawardene
5.VS Hazare
6.M Armanath
7.Imtiaz Ahmed (w/k)
8.MA Holding
9.GA Lock
10.SE Bond
11.GA Lohmann

A pretty terrible team I must say, but I didn't pick it. Relying on Lohmann's bowling average of 10.75 to allow us to scrape through.

 

[Mister Wright]

MCG Manta Rays

1. B. Lawry
2. A. Stewart+
3. W. Cronje
4. A. Border*
5. N. Astle
6. D. Martyn
7. J. R. Reid
8. W. Akram
9. C. Grimmet
10. A. Bedser
11. C. Ambrose

12. A. Qadir

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sharjah Sharks XI v Harare Hammerheads:

Pitch conditions: Sharjah Sharks (Samuel_Vimes) - Spin 6, Medium 4, Fast 5. http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=7325

1. HH Gibbs
*2. JB Hobbs
3. CS Dempster
4. DS Lehmann
+5.KC Sangakkara
6. CC Hunte
7. M Azharuddin
8. Pervez Sajjad
9. IR Bishop
10.CTB Turner
11.SF Barnes

12th Man: NS Sidhu (we all need a bit of fun)

 

[garage flower]

Toronto Tigers v Lahore Lions

1. D Nourse
2. G Chappell
3. G Pollock *
4. S McCabe
5. T Dexter
6. M Crowe
7. S Pollock
8. F Engineer +
9. A Davidson
10. J Garner
11. F Spofforth

12. T Goddard

 

[Tom Halsey]

Time to dig up exactly who is in my team...will post team later this evening.

 

[marc71178]

I think the general consensus was to wait till next weekend to start - the db still needs final tests and checks anyway!

 

[Tom Halsey]

So we aren't starting yet then?

 

[marc71178]

The almighty Leopards side:

GM Turner
AF Rae
RT Ponting
EdC Weekes
KD Walters
GStA Sobers (c)
APE Knott (wk)
RJ Hadlee
FS Trueman
HJ Tayfield
CEH Croft

 

[Andre]

Kandy Kangaroos

WH Ponsford
PR Umrigar
DG Bradman (c)
RN Harvey
IVA Richards
IT Botham
CL Cairns
PJL Dujon (wk)
H Trumble
DK Lillee
EA Martindale

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1st Test
MH Richardson (New Zealand)
H Sutcliffe (England)
J Ryder (Australia)
KC Bland (South Africa)
CL Walcott (West Indies)
RB Kanhai (West Indies)
KR Miller (Australia)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Fazal Mahmood (Pakistan)
NAT Adcock (South Africa)

 

[garage flower]

1st Test
MH Richardson (New Zealand)
H Sutcliffe (England)
J Ryder (Australia)
KC Bland (South Africa)
CL Walcott (West Indies)
RB Kanhai (West Indies)
KR Miller (Australia)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Fazal Mahmood (Pakistan)
NAT Adcock (South Africa)

Going in with just 10 players Mr M?! A bold move. I assume you're hoping to gain a psychological edge over your opponents.

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Eden Garden Eagles

1. ST Jayasuriya
2. VG Kambli
3. R Dravid
4. BC Lara*
5. SR Tendulkar
6. Yousef Youhana
7. SMH Kirmani+
8. D Gough
9. BS Bedi
10. CA Walsh
11. GD McGrath

Experiment side here.

BTW Liam i dont mind facing up to 10 of your players, feel free to leave it as is

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Going in with just 10 players Mr M?! A bold move. I assume you're hoping to gain a psychological edge over your opponents.

You dare question my superior tactics?

All I can say is 'oops'.

MH Richardson (New Zealand)
H Sutcliffe (England)
J Ryder (Australia)
KC Bland (South Africa)
CL Walcott (West Indies)
RB Kanhai (West Indies)
KR Miller (Australia)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Fazal Mahmood (Pakistan)
Khan Mohammed (Pakistan)
NAT Adcock (South Africa)

 

[marc71178]

In a caretaker capacity, Dhaka name the following side:

ML Hayden
RC Fredericks
KF Barrington
TT Samaraweera
SM Nurse
Majid Khan (c)
Kapil Dev
RC Russell (wk)
AAE Vogler
Shoaib Akhtar
M Muralitharan

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Also with some caretaker duties...

Basin Reserve Bears

L Hutton
VK Sehwag
JH Kallis
B Mitchell
SR Waugh
TW Graveney
AC Gilchrist +
RGD Willis
JC Laker
JB Statham
AA Donald

 

[Mister Wright]

Is there a line up for Capetown?

Or am I going blind or stupid (or both)?

 

[marc71178]

Well spotted - I'd missed that fact.

Am making subtle hints over MSN...

 

[Tom Halsey]

Sorry guys, didn't realize we needed a day to test it.

G Kirsten
DL Haynes
GA Headley
AW Greig
WR Hammond
FMM Worrell*
MC Cowdrey
MV Boucher+
MD Marshall
RR Lindwall
SK Warne