Pick One Player From Your Time Watching The Ashes Who You'd Select For This Series

[Burgey]

As the title suggests, pretty simple concept. Which one player would you include this series for your team and why?

You have one player from the country you support to be picked in that country's team, anywhere from one to eleven on the team sheet, with the rest of the (likely) side playing around them starting Thursday at the actual venues.

 

[Adders]

2002/03 version of michael vaughan

 

[morgieb]

Gilchrist. Wicket-keeper is clearly our biggest weakness, a top-class keeper and our side would be hard to stop.

 

[Cow]

Ronnie O'Sullivan

 

[Cabinet96]

Prime KP probably.

 

[Redbacks]

Steve Waugh. We need some resolve in our middle order and he was a tough nut.

 

[Second Spitter]

Horney '93.

 

[Julian87]

Gilchrist. Wicket-keeper is clearly our biggest weakness, a top-class keeper and our side would be hard to stop.

Agreed.

Not even worthy of a discussion given the XI that Australia will trot out tomorrow.

 

[Moonsorrow999]

Gilchrist for Aus and KP for England, no doubt about that at all.

 

[fredfertang]

Sir Beefy, circa '81, 'cos he was the best

 

[Redbacks]

We've got an ok tail, Hussey would probably be a huge asset now I think of it.

Could probably expect him to put on 1 match turning partnership with the lower order which could tilt the series in our favour.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I agree with fred's Botham 81. But if we're not allowed to choose someone else's choice I would go with John Snow 1970/71 series.

 

[sledger]

Would select Xavier Doherty for Aus.

 

[Gob]

Adam Gilchrist

 

[stephen]

JBMAC to arrive and trump us all by saying Sir Don Bradman.

 

[marc71178]

Cheating really as I only saw the end of his career but got to be Beefy.

 

[Gob]

JBMAC to arrive and trump us all by saying Sir Don Bradman.

Burgey to pick Clem Hill

 

[wpdavid]

Cheating really as I only saw the end of his career but got to be Beefy.

Hard to disagree, despite honourable mentions for Vaughan, Snow and Boycott.

 

[Daemon]

Stokes

 

[Tangles]

Gilly to keep and bat 6. Miles better than stoner Darsh. Temped to go AB or Waugh to bat 6 and replace Darsh while slapping some sense into the millennials though.