**Official** TEST XI ANNOUNCEMENTS

[marc71178]

I vote Neil should be chucked out for not taking this seriously

Says he who picks players who aren't even in the squad in WCC and pick 1 player twice!

 

[Mister Wright]

**New Zealand side for third test**

C. Dempster
G. Turner
J. F. Reid
S. Fleming
C. McMillan
J. R. Reid
R. Hadlee (c)
I. Smith
B. Taylor
S. Doull
S. Bond

Hadlee & Bond to open the bowling.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

WI 3rd Test XI

G Greenidge
S Nurse
G Headley
V Richards
E Weekes
G Sobers *
C Walcott +
M Marshall
C Ambrose (1)
J Garner (2)
E Martindale

 

[PY]

England Touring South Africa

England Team

J Hobbs
L Hutton *
H Sutcliffe
W Hammond
K Barrington
D Compton
I Botham
A Stewart +
G Lohmann
S Barnes
J Laker

Opening Bowlers
I Botham
S Barnes

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sri Lanka XI for 3rd (cheers, Neil) Test in Pakistan (see Australian Manager Announcements for why I'm making this squad):

ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu
DPMDS Jayawardene
TT Samaraweera
+K Sangakkara
HP Tillekaratne
PA de Silva*
AP Gurusinha
WPUJC Vaas
DNT Zoysa
M Muralitharan

Opening bowlers:

Vaas and Muralitharan.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Third Test

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Aus Vs India 3rd Test XI

third test XI sadly first test as manager didnt go as planned..

1. DG Bradman
2. S Waugh
3. R Ponting*
4. GS Chapell
5. KD Walters
6. AK Davidson
7. A Gilchrist+
8. H Trumble
9. CTB Turner
10. G McGrath
11. S Warne

Opening Bowlers: H Trumble + G McGrath

Use: Warne, McGrath, Turner, Davidson + Trumble please.

 

[marc71178]

Even though the new Norwegian Sri Lankan boss is all but copying his Ginger predecessor's team, the mighty Pakistanis are not worried.

We will be making just the one change:

Saeed Anwar
Taufeeq Umar
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Imran Khan (c)
Imtiaz Ahmed (wk)
Wasim Akram
Shoaib Akhtar
Pervez Sajjad
Waqar Younis

An extra bowler in the great Rawalpindi Express is the way to go!

 

[Jamee999]

A little tweak in the Indian team but happy after the draw

S.Gavaskar
G.Wiswanath
S.Tendulkar
D.Vengakarskar
M.Azharuddin
K.Dev
S.Kirmani
Harbhajan Singh
B.Bedi
J.Srinath
A.Kumble

Captainev

Opening bowlersev,Srinath

Vice Captain:Gavaskar

Keeper:Kirmani

Bowlers to use:Bedi,Harbhajan,Kumble,Tendulkar

Good luck to Kapil and the boys

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

WI 1st Test XI

G Greenidge
S Nurse
G Headley
E Weekes
G Sobers (SLA)
C Walcott +
V Richards
M Marshall
C Ambrose
L Gibbs
J Garner

New Ball: C Ambrose and J Garner

 

[Magrat Garlick]

SL XI for 1st Test at QPO.

ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu
TT Samaraweera
DPMdS Jayawardene
K Sangakkara+
HP Tillekaratne
PA deSilva (c)
RL Dias
M Muralitharan
WPUJC Vaas
KPJ Warnaweera (RM)

Opening bowlers: Warnaweera and Vaas.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Australian XI

Test XI facing England at the WACA in Perth

1. M Hayden
2. AC Gilchrist+
3. DG Bradman
4. R Ponting `
5. S Waugh*
6. AR Border
7. AK Davidson
8. FR Spofforth
9. H Ironmonger (SLA)
10. CTB Turner
11. G McGrath

Opening Pair: CTB Turner and FR Spofforth

Use: McGrath, Davidson, Ironmonger and Border please

Key: ` = V.C

 

[marc71178]

Re: Australian XI

Use: McGrath, Davidson, Ironmonger and Border please

Border is a "very occsional" bowler.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

So what's wrong? Only main bowlers allowed to bowl????

 

[Jamee999]

1st Test XI

S.Gavaskar(vc)
S.Tendulkar
D.Vengsarkar
G.Viswanath
M.Azharadin
R.Dravid
K.More+
K.Dev*
J.Srinath
B.Bedi
A.Kumble

Bowler 1ev
Bowler 2: Srinath

See ridiculous little orders in Diary

 

[Mister Wright]

**Preliminary New Zealand Squad**

C Dempster
B Sutcliffe
J F Reid
S Fleming
M Crowe
N Astle
R Hadlee
A Parore
D Vettori
S Doull
S Bond

Captain: R Hadlee
Keeper: A Parore
Opening Bowlers: R Hadlee & S Bond

New Zealand will notify of any changes if the South African team make a pitch announcement.

 

[Langeveldt]

SA XI for 1st Test against NZ


1.GC Smith
2.B Mitchell
3.HH Gibbs
4.JH Kallis
5.RG Pollock
6.AD Nourse
7.SM Pollock
8.MV Boucher
9.AAE Vogler (LS)
10.NAT Adcock
11.AA Donald

Captain - GC Smith
Keeper - MV Boucher

Opening Bowlers - AA Donald and NAT Adcock

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

WI 2nd Test XI

G Greenidge
S Nurse
G Headley
G Sobers (LM)
E Weekes
C Walcott +
V Richards
M Marshall (2)
C Ambrose (1)
M Holding
J Garner

 

[PY]

England Touring Australia

England Team

J Hobbs
L Hutton *
H Sutcliffe
W Hammond
K Barrington
I Botham
A Stewart +
G Lohmann
S Barnes
J Laker
G Lock

Opening Bowlers
I Botham
S Barnes

Apologies for missing deadline, I honestly thought I'd posted it. I always seem to forget for the first Test of the series. :!(

 

[Mister Wright]

**New Zealand XI for 2nd Test v South Africa**

C Dempster
B Sutcliffe
J F Reid
S Fleming
M Crowe
N Astle
R Hadlee (c)
A Parore (wk)
B Taylor
S Doull
S Bond

Opening bowlers Hadlee & bond