All Time Australian XI game

[Teuton]

Syd Gregory
Michael Bevan
Ian Johnson

 

[morgieb]

Haha I think that there would be one person maximum picking some of the other countries XIs. Its been so good that we've had a good core of 5-6 who have voted on like 14 teams so far.

I think that England and maybe India could go deep, but otherwise...

 

[NUFAN]

I think that England and maybe India could go deep, but otherwise...

Yeah true. NZ might have a few people keen too. I think you'd be about to get to a NZ G XI (so 8th XI vs Aus 16th XI) reasonably well.

 

[srbhkshk]

I think that England and maybe India could go deep, but otherwise...

India would run out of pacers by the time the first team is done.

 

[Camo999]

Rackemann
R Gregory
S Gregory

 

[Flametree]

Chris Martin and Martin Guptill are LOL-ing at having Phil Hughes as opener by the way....



Throwing a couple of names into the hat that seem to be being ignored...

No. 8 - Fairfax

No 6 - Loxton

No. 5 - Taylor

 

[AndrewB]

I was wondering which actual Australia team would be the best, according to this thread. There's at least one XI - Langer-Hayden-Ponting-Waugh(S)-Waugh(M)-Martyn-Gilchrist-Warne-Lee-Gillespie-McGrath - in which all the players were picked in Team F or earlier.

 

[Red]

It'd be pretty easy to come up with a general consensus of the other nation's best XIs without doing the whole voting exercise.

 

[NUFAN]

I was wondering which actual Australia team would be the best, according to this thread. There's at least one XI - Langer-Hayden-Ponting-Waugh(S)-Waugh(M)-Martyn-Gilchrist-Warne-Lee-Gillespie-McGrath - in which all the players were picked in Team F or earlier.

Did MacGill ever play a Test with this combo instead of Lee？I am assuming you would assign say 16 points for Australia, 15 A all the way down to 1 point for aus 0.

 

[jimmy101]

IMO this thread has been an overwhelming success, extremely interesting, &, most of all, great fun. Thanks Nufers!

If we were to continue with the next nation, which team would you be tempted to do next?

 

[NUFAN]

Australia M XI
1 G Wood
2 P Hughes
3 P Sheahan
4 G Ritchie
5 S Gregory
6 M Bevan
7 T Paine
8 N Hawke
9 A Hurst
10 C Rackemann
11 J Iverson

Quite a long tail there.

 

[NUFAN]

Onto the second last team

- Name the Aus M captain
- If you were to participate in another countries equivalent, would you like to do England, India or New Zealand next.

- Name Australia N XIs two opening bowlers
- Name Aus Ns two opening batsman
- Name the teams keeper.

 

[NUFAN]

IMO this thread has been an overwhelming success, extremely interesting, &, most of all, great fun. Thanks Nufers!

If we were to continue with the next nation, which team would you be tempted to do next?

Cheers Jimmy. Ive enjoyed it too. It gives you an idea where everyone sits in the grand scheme of things. I definitely think it has been hard to rate say a 12 test guy from the 1950s vs a 25 test guy from the current era.

 

[jimmy101]

Gregory.
India would be fun.

Bichel & Hilfenhaus.
Alick Bannerman & Matthew Elliott.
Len Maddocks.

 

[Camo999]

Syd Gregory
?? England maybe
Laurie Nash
Tim Wall
Matthew Elliott
A Bannermann
Tim Zoehrer!!

 

[Teuton]

Rackemann

I would give any team a go. Would be best with 'local' contributors though.

Ben Hilfenhaus & Ernie Jones
Matthew Elliott & Bruce Laird
Brian Taber

 

[Starfighter]

Bevan
England

Kasprowicz and Dodemaide
Burke and Elliot
Nevill

 

[Starfighter]

We're still going to have some decent pace bowlers left at the end of this. I should go Jones, Meckiff and Wayne Clark for the final XI, three dodgy actions.

 

[morgieb]

Gregory
England

Ernie Jones & Ben Hilfenhaus
Matthew Elliott & Bruce Laird
Len Maddocks

 

[NUFAN]

Pat Cummins has played 10 Tests and done well too.