**Official** TEST XI ANNOUNCEMENTS

[Tom Halsey]

Very sorry for the late team, Liam. I forgot I would have to name it early, as I would be out. Team for 2nd Test:

H Sutcliffe(c)
E Paynter
KF Barrington
WR Hammond
L Hutton
JB Hobbs
AJ Stewart+
W Bates
GA Lohmann
SF Barnes
W Barnes

Feel its a sure fire win...

Lohmann and W Barnes for the new cherry, please.

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

Aus V WI 2nd Test XI

Apologies for missing out on the 1st test XI..I wont give reasons ..It's in the past.

Australia XI to Play West Indies at the SCG

1. W.H. Ponsford
2. M.L. Hayden
3. D.G. Bradman
4. R.T.Ponting'
5. S.R. Waugh*
6. A.K. Davidson~
7. A.C. Gilchrist+
8. D.S.Lehmann~
9. H.Irongmonger (SLA)~
10. F.R. Spofforth(2)~
11. G.D. McGrath(1)~

~ : People who should bowl if possible

 

[Jamee999]

Got to try some thing new

TADA

INDIAN XI

S.Tendulkar
R.Dravid+
K.Dev*
R.Shastri
P.Umrigar
A.Kumble
J.Srinath
S.Gupte
N.Hirwani
Harbhajan
B.Bedi

No change for the New Ball ;Dev,Srinath

Debuts under the new boss for: Shastri,Umrigar,Gupte and Hirwani

 

[Magrat Garlick]

SL XI for 2nd Test.

Again, sorry for the last debacle:

ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu
TT Samaraweera+
HP Tillekaratne
DPMdS Jayawardene
A Ranatunga
AP Gurusinha
RL Dias
KPJ Warnaweera
M Muralitharan
WPUJC Vaas

EDIT: New Ball: Vaas, Warnaweera

 

[Neil Pickup]

As no-one's notified me that there have been any replacement for the SA post:

*GC Smith
B Mitchell
RG Pollock
AD Nourse
KC Bland
JH Kalls
G Kirsten
BM McMillan
TL Goddard
SM Pollock
+MV Boucher

SM Pollock & TL Goddard take the new ball

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

As no-one's notified me that there have been any replacement for the SA post:

Have to confirm with Bugssy first and then I'll chat with you on MSN to let you know the situation.

 

[Mister Wright]

**New Zealand XI for 2nd test against England**

C. Dempster
J. Wright
J. F. Reid
N. Astle
M. Sinclair
A. Jones
A. Parore
D. Nash
R. Hadlee (c)
S. Bond
R. Collinge

New Ball: Hadlee & Bond

 

[Jamee999]

Ony 2 teams left ( Marc and Liam )

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

As I'm simming, I don't actually have to name mine here, but I've done so all the time and I will do so again...

CG Greenidge
IVA Richards
GA Headley
GStA Sobers
EdC Weekes
BC Lara
CL Walcott+
MD Marshall
CEL Ambrose
J Garner
CA Walsh

New Ball: MD Marshall and CEL Ambrose

 

[marc71178]

Saeed Anwar
Taufeeq Umar
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Yousuf Youhana
Mushtaq Mohammed
Imran Khan (c)
Imtiaz Ahmed (wk)
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Danish Kaneria

Imran and Waqar for the new ball please.

 

[Mister Wright]

**New Zealand XI for 3rd test**

C. Dempster
J. Wright
J.F. Reid
A. Jones
M. Crowe
N. Astle
A. Parore
R. Hadlee
D. Vetorri
D. Nash
S. Bond

Hadlee & Bond with the new ball.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

3rd Test - with the motto: Never Change A Winning Team:

ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu*
TT Samaraweera+
HP Tillekaratne
DPMdS Jayawardene
A Ranatunga
AP Gurusinha
RL Dias
KPJ Warnaweera
M Muralitharan
WPUJC Vaas

New ball: Vaas, Warnaweera

 

[Tom Halsey]

H Sutcliffe(c)
E Paynter
KF Barrington
WR Hammond
L Hutton
JB Hobbs
AJ Stewart+
W Bates
GA Lohmann
SF Barnes
W Barnes

Feel it's another sure fire innings win...

Lohmann and W Barnes for the new cherry, please.

 

[Neil Pickup]

We're having a good series..

*GC Smith
B Mitchell
RG Pollock
AD Nourse
KC Bland
JH Kalls
G Kirsten
BM McMillan
TL Goddard
SM Pollock
+MV Boucher

SM Pollock & TL Goddard take the new ball

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Windies 3rd Test XI

CG Greenidge
IVA Richards
GA Headley
GStA Sobers
EdC Weekes
BC Lara
CL Walcott+
MD Marshall
CEL Ambrose
J Garner
CA Walsh

New Ball: MD Marshall and CEL Ambrose

 

[marc71178]

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


The W's take the new ball

 

[Jamee999]

S Tendulkar
S Gavaskar
V Hazare
G Viswanath
R Dravid
S Ganguly
V Laxman
V Sehwag
M Azzhuradin
K Dev
J Srinath

Captain- K Dev
Keeper- R Dravid

K Dev and J Srinath with the new clowns nose

 

[Yousuf_Youhana]

3rd Test XI For Aus.

Need to level series!

Going for the Kill

1. W.H.Ponsford
2. M.L. Hayden
3. D.G.Bradman
4. R.T. Ponting(VC)
5. S.R. Waugh(C)
6. A.C.Gilchrist+
7. A.K. Davidson ~
8. H.Irongmonger (LMF) ~
9. C.V.Grimmett ~
10. F.R.Spofforth(1) ~
11. G.McGrath (2) ~

~ : Should Bowl if possible

 

[Jamee999]

The New Look India

S.Tendulkar*
S.Gavaskar
G.Viswanath
R.Dravid+
S.Ganguly
V.Laxman
K.Dev
A.Kumble
J.Srinath(vc)
H.Singh
B.Bedi

Z.Khan 12th man

 

[Magrat Garlick]

1st Test XI:

ST Jayasuriya
MS Atapattu*
TT Samaraweera
HP Tillekaratne+
DPMdS Jayawardene
A Ranatunga
RL Dias
AP Gurusinha
PA deSilva
LRD Mendis
M Muralitharan

New ball: Ranatunga, Gurusinha.