Pick your XI

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

This is for a series of articles that I intend to do for Cricket Web. I'd like you guys to pick your International XI's according to the criteria given. I will use the results as a guide for my articles.

The first XI is......The "Oh no" XI
Pick eleven position players (2 openers, 4 3 batsmen, 1 allrounder, 1 wicketkeeper, 4 bowlers) who you think are the least deserving of a spot in their national teams. In other words, pick your World's Worst XI.

(Please don't respond with the Bangladeshi team.)

I await any response.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Eighteen months ago, I'd have put Michael Vaughan in this

Sticking to Test Nations and avoiding the stereotypes (i.e. Lee, Harmison, McGrath, Agarkar, deGroot...)

Openers
Vusimuzi Sibanda (is he a batsman?)
Imran Nazir

Middle Order
Tushar Imran
Ashwell Prince
Justin Ontong

All-Rounder
Sean Ervine

Wicket Keeper
Ajay Ratra

Bowlers
Charl Willoughby
Allan Dawson
Charl Langeveldt
Robin Peterson

Ooh, six South Africans, two Zimbabweans, a Pakistani, an Indian and a Bangladeshi. As I said, avoiding the obvious.

 

[R_Powell_fan]

1-Saleem Elahi
2-Mathew Bell

3-Aminul Islam
4-Russell Arnold
5-Shoaib Malik ( He isn't a great batsman and Saqlain Mushtaq is a better offspinner)

6-Andrew Hall

7-Chris Nevin

8-R.Croft( Back when he used to play for Eng )
9-Ajit Agarkar
10-M.Zondeki
11-M.Nkala

 

[Tim]

lol Matthew Bell..I totally agree with that one.

 

[Deja moo]

Neil Pickup:::Wicket Keeper...Ajay ratra

Ajay Ratra?!?!

James foster would be a more obvious choice....

 

[Mr. P]

all i can say is...shahid afridi.

 

[Neil Pickup]

3-Aminul Islam

Just what has this guy ever done wrong? He's been the bulwark of the Bangladeshi batting order for the best part of the last two decades :P

 

[Mr. P]

indeed, i would rather have sanwar hossain

 

[Andre]

Naveed Nawaz - SL
Matthew Horne (c) - NZ

Mathew Sinclair - NZ
Boeta Dippenaar - SA
Lou Vincent - NZ

Rikki Clarke - Eng

James Savin Foster - Eng

Charl Langeveldt - SA
Pulasti Gunaratne - SL
Ian Butler - NZ
Kashual Kockuarachichi - SL

 

[Mr. P]

I agree with that team, Andre, except I reckon I could think of a few South Africans worse then Boeta Dippenaar.

 

[chris.hinton]

Giles has got to be in there

 

[Neil Pickup]

Chris, when there's a better English spinner than Giles, I'll believe you.

It's spelt Kaushal Lokuarachchi, btw

 

[Tim]

Sinclair, Horne, Vincent I agree with...but Butler is still fairly new and he showed good improvement last year in the West Indies so he probably doesn't deserve the tag of being one of NZ's worst players.

 

[age_master]

1 D Ebrahim(opener)
2 M Bell (opener)


3 A Kapali(batsmen)
4 R Key (batsmen)
5 J Ontong (batsmen)

6 R Clarke (allrounder)

7 C Nevin (wicketkeeper)

8 P Gunaratne (bowler)
9 C White (bowler)
10 DPretorius (bowler)
11 S Harmison (bowler)

 

[marc71178]

Just what has this guy ever done wrong? He's been the bulwark of the Bangladeshi batting order for the best part of the last two decades :P

And your point is?

 

[marc71178]

Giles has got to be in there

Why exactly? His Test record is not too bad considering the role he has to play.

An economy rate of 2.51 is superb in the current climate.

Also, his bowling on an unfriendly pitch against Australia amidst the carnage in the one match he played over there was pretty good.

I propose Dawson.

 

[marc71178]

Why all the selection of Rikki Clarke?!

 

[chris.hinton]

Why exactly? His Test record is not too bad considering the role he has to play.

An economy rate of 2.51 is superb in the current climate.

Also, his bowling on an unfriendly pitch against Australia amidst the carnage in the one match he played over there was pretty good.

I propose Dawson.

LOL so what it not about economy rate for spinners its about WICKETS

 

[V Reddy]

1. Bell ( can't remember anyone so going with popular choice)
2. Nawaaz
3. J Ontong
4. R Key
5. Lou Vincent
6. Ricardo Powell
7. Ajay Ratra
8. Tinu Yohannan
9. Kyle Mills
10. Gunaratne
11. Willoughboy

 

[marc71178]

LOL so what it not about economy rate for spinners its about WICKETS

Don't start this again - you'll only be taken apart by the res of the forum.