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If your first XI was unavaliable, what would your 2nd XI be?

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
For NZ, assuming a first XII of:
1. Latham, 2. Rutherford, 3. Williamson, 4. Taylor, 5. McCullum*, 6. Anderson, 7. Watling+, 8. Craig, 9. Southee, 10. Wagner, 11. Boult (12. Neesham)

I'd go:
1. Raval, 2. Astle, 3. Brownlie, 4. M Bracewell, 5. Ryder, 6. Mitchell, 7. Ronchi +, 8. Wells, 9. Henry, 10. D Bracewell, 11. Gillespie (12. Milne)

NFI who captains that, tbh. Wells to be switched with whoever can average ~30 with the bat and bowl 10 overs of mediums per day. Kuggs? CdG?
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
what did shark eyes do to get dropped?

love your wells pick. not so much the gillespie pick. wheeeeleerrrrr
I figured that if the entire First XI rolled over dead you'd probably want a couple of experienced players in there still. Almost went Papps before falling to the Tastle temptation re opening the batting.

I suspect Wheeler's a better bowler, but reckon Gillespie's experience would be vital in that scenario (especially since only two others would have any real Test experience, and one of them is Jesse Ryder)
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Wells over Franklin is ridiculous. Offers less with both bat and ball.

Ellis is probably the bloke you're asking for though.
 

Justo

U19 Debutant
(Warner) Hughes
(Rogers) Cowan
(Watson) Doolan
(Clarke) Voges *
(Smith) Burns
(Marsh) Cooper
(Haddin) Hartley +
(Johnson) O'Keefe
(Pattinson) Bird
(Harris) Hazlewood
(Lyon) Sayers

Could swap any one of the pacers for Behrendorff to give a bit of extra variety to the attack. Voges is in the side to provide a bit of experience as well as his part time bowling. Not a big fan of Doolan at 3 but I'm even less a fan of most of the other number 3's around the country so he gets the gig. Harley gets the gloves due to strong recent form but to me most of the domestic keepers are evenly matched and you wouldn't lose much by going with Nev, Paine etc.

The 1st team is what I believe the Australian selectors would pick for the next test if everyone is fit and available.
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
I can't take Franklin seriously after reading fan fic about him. And it wasn't exactly easy to take him seriously in the first place.
 

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
I can't take Franklin seriously after reading fan fic about him. And it wasn't exactly easy to take him seriously in the first place.
Links? Unless it's ****** fan fiction, in which case no thanks. That Mashall brothers twincest fic I found a few years back was more than enough, and still don't think I'm fully recovered from the Trane "10 Guitars" ficlet.
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
I can't seem to find it any more. It was an angry conversation between James Franklin and his wife, only his wife had actually swapped places with KW's girlfriend to see if Franklin would notice. IIRC it involved Jimmy's cooking killing the neighbours and the ending line "**** off James you smell like pickles", or something similar.
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
I'll have to see if I can dig it out for you.

EDIT:

Courtesy of the authors:
Wife: “Err, why don’t we just go out to a restaurant tonight, dear?”
James: “But I was going to make something special!”
Wife: “Our neighbours are still recovering from the lasagne you made last Saturday!”
James: “What do you mean recovering!?”
Wife: “Neil only just got out of hospital on Thursday!”
James: “Yeah, but Neil is just a wimp!!”
Wife: “He had to have six hours of surgery!”
James: “Yeah, on his brain.”
Wife: “And their dog died after eating the leftovers!”
James: “They don’t even own a dog!”
Wife: “If he didn’t die first!”
James: “Good thing they don’t have any kids…wait. Did they have a kid? OH MY GOD DID I KILL - “
Wife: “No, James.”
James: “Should have gone to Spec Savers! I thought the rat poison was olive oil. Oops!”
Wife: “Daniel did offer you a free eye examination at Spec Savers, you didn’t have to act so offended!”
James: “Glasses aren’t my style! I wouldn’t be fashion forward with them!”
Wife: “HEY! What are you saying about my reading glasses?!”
James: “That they’re as fashionable as Peter Siddle’s Dingo fur vest!”
Wife: “I’ve seen you in your water polo gear - you are in no position to be talking fashion!”
James: “That’s water polo fashion, it’s fine! At least I don’t have a blouse like yours!”
Wife: “You bought this for me for Christmas - I was just wearing it to keep you happy!”
James: “I bought it because it’s the kind of unfashionable thing you like!”
Wife: “Yeah?? Well your new haircut is stupid! Nobody can take you seriously, purely because of your hair!”
James: “Oh really? Your face is stupid!!”
Wife: “WELL WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO MARRY THIS FACE THEN?!”
James: “Otherwise I was going to die alone! I was desperate!”
Wife: “James, you’re an international cricketer; who wouldn’t marry you?”
James: “Not Scarlett Johannsen”
Wife: “Not if you use the scary eyes on her - that’s how you get yourself a restraining order, as you now know.”
James: “I should get a restraining order on Neil. He stares at me while he’s cutting the lawn!”
Wife: “That’s because he was wondering why the freak circus was in town at this time of year.”
James: “What’s that supposed to mean!?”
Wife: “Nothing, Bearded Lady.”
James: “You’re the lady, and I don’t even have a beard!!”
Wife: “So now you’re saying that I have a beard?!”
James: “It’s more of a moustache…”
Wife: “James! That’s no way to speak to Neil’s wife, it’s been a very traumatic week for their family!”
James: “I was talking about you!”
Wife: “Well Patricia thought you were talking about her, ISN’T THAT RIGHT, PATRICIA?”
James: “I just told you that you had a moustache and you are more worried about that silly bimbo Patricia and her bad wallpaper?”
Wife: “I’M AN INTERIOR DESIGNER; I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WALLPAPER.”
James: “I thought you were an accountant!”
Wife: “You’re never here, you don’t even know that I made a serious career change six months ago!”
James: “Being an interior designer is stupid! Get a real job home dog”
Wife: “Alright, PROFESSIONAL WATER POLO PLAYER. I’m sure THAT job will last you another forty years.”
James: “Oh yeah? I’m making all the money! You didn’t even congratulate me when I got a contract!”
Wife: “YOU’RE NOT EVEN SERBIAN.”
James: “Shut up, you’re not even a women!!”
Wife: That’s a bit hypocritical, er, Jamie. And I do mean that in the female version of the name.”
James: “Am so a man!”
Wife: “I think you’re pregnant, James.”
James: “You always look pregnant”
Wife: “Well according to SOMEONE, I’m a man. So how could I possibly be pregnant?”
James: “I’m calling you fat”
Wife: “WELL I AM PREGNANT, SO UNLESS YOU WANT OUR UNBORN CHILD’S NAME TO BE ‘FAT’, I’D SHUT UP.”
James: “Well it’s not my child”
Wife: “WELL, IT’S NOT NEIL’S, IS IT?”
James: “I HAVEN’T BEEN HERE! It’s not mine!!”
Wife: “I visited you in England two months ago, or do you not recall this?!”
James: “You didn’t even show up!!”
Wife: “How could you say that?? I was there for three weeks!”
James: “You must have been at someone else’s house because you weren’t at mine!”
Wife: “I got food poisoning from your steak and chips, where else could I have been?”
James: “Burger King? You definitely weren’t at mine!”
Wife: “Burger King? What are you on about?! I’ve dyed my hair since then, don’t you remember a blonde woman at your house?”
James: “Kane came to visit, he’s blonde but a man…”
Wife: “Yeah, I was with him! I was visiting my cousin in Bristol so I caught the bus with him.”
James: “You were never there and Kane never said he saw you!”
Wife: “Oh, Kane would say that. Because it’s his child.”
James: “WHAT!? YOU CHEATED ON ME?”
Wife: “No, I’m Kane’s girlfriend, you dick. Your wife made us switch places for a week, just to see if you’d notice.”
James: “Kane’s girlfriend isn’t blonde and isn’t fat…”
Wife: “I told you I dyed my hair, and weight is subjective!”
James: “Stupid WAG get out of my house!”
Wife: “Whatever, bitch. And by the way, you forgot your wife’s birthday.”
James: “**** off you smell like pickles!”


The End.
 
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Athlai

Not Terrible
A hint of swing, slow paced and ultimately innocuous.

A fairly decent ode to his current bowling I guess.
 

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