The ATG World XI's game

[Jager]

Yeah it's been chaotic here with me too! New job, working 54 hours this week Better than bludging around all holidays though

1. Select two openers
2. Select three middle order batsmen
3. Select a wicketkeeper
4. Select a spinner
5. Select opening pace bowlers

OPENERS
Marvan Atapattu, Charles Bannerman, Herbie Collins, Jimmy Cook, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Tamim Iqbal, Colin McDonald, Alan Melville, Mudassar Nazar, Mark Richardson, Pankaj Roy, Navjot Sidhu, Keith Stackpole, Jeff Stollmeyer, Kepler Wessels, John Wright

MIDDLE ORDER
Ijaz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Greg Blewett, Mike Brearley, Herbie Collins, Hansie Cronje, Charlie Davis, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jack Fingleton, Larry Gomes, Gerry Gomez, Asanka Gurusinha, Joe Hardstaff, Carl Hooper, Nasser Hussain, David Houghton, Ken Mackay, Vijay Manjrekar, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Arthur Shrewsbury, Raman Subba-Row, Ross Taylor, Hashan Tillakaratne, Misbah Ul Haq

WICKETKEEPER
Jock Cameron, George Duckworth, Barry Jarman, Brad Haddin, Jackie Hendriks, David Houghton, Ridley Jacobs, Syed Kirmani, Gil Langley, Brendon McCullum, Kiran More, Deryck Murray, Jim Parks, Adam Parore, Ian Smith, Brian Taber, Tatenda Taibu, Bob Taylor, Hashan Tillekaratne, Dave Richardson

SPIN
Mushtaq Ahmed, Charlie Blythe, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Regana Herath, Bert Ironmonger, Jack Iverson, Ian Johnson, Lindsay Kline, Colin Miller, Bobby Peel, Iqbal Qasim, Pervez Sajjad, Reggie Schwarz, Harbajhan Singh, Alf Valentine, Daniel Vettori, Bert Vogler

PACE
Kenny Benjamin, Andy Caddick, Lance Cairns, Stuart Clark, Graham Dilley, Merv Dillon, Ken Farnes, JJ Ferris, Roy Gilchrist, Umar Gul, Neil Hawke, Ken Higgs, Rodney Hogg, Vanburn Holder, Mitchell Johnson, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga, Chris Martin, Manny Martindale, Bob Massie, Morne Morkel, Danny Morrison, Dick Motz, Laurie Nash, Sarfraz Nawaz, Chris Old, Vernon Philander, Paul Reiffel, Brett Schultz, Peter Siddle, Max Walker

 

[watson]

Colin McDonald
Jeff Stollmeyer
Ijaz Ahmed
Raman Subba-Row
Joe Hardstaff

George Giffen
Syed Kirmani
Sarfraz Nawaz
Ken Farnes

 

[NUFAN]

Cheers Jager - Yeah I'm doing about the same number of hours for now too - plus trying to study.

- Charles Bannerman and Navjot Sidhu
- Raman Subba Row, Charlie Davis and Jack Fingleton
- Ian Smith
- Bert Ironmonger
- Roy Gilchrist and Sarfraz Nawaz

 

[Michaelf7777777]

herbie collins, john wright

joe hardstaff, carl hooper, ross taylor

ian smith

daniel vettori

jj ferris, danny morrison

 

[Dan]

Colin McDonald
Herbie Collins

Joe Hardstaff Jr.
Hansie Cronje
Jack Fingleton

Jock Cameron

Bert Vogler (hasn't Giffen already been picked?)

JJ Ferris
Sarfraz Nawaz

 

[watson]

OK. Harbajhan Singh instead then.

 

[ankitj]

Stop it already. You call these teams ATG?

 

[watson]

The letter Z in 'Z Team' may be a give away.


Z Z Z Z Z Z

 

[fredfertang]

Bannerman and Cook

Davis, Sarwan and Shrewsbury

Hendriks

Blythe

Martindale and Massie

 

[Jacknife]

Gautam Gambhir, Herbie Collins

Hansie Cronje, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Larry Gomes

Hashan Tillekaratne

Mushtaq Ahmed

Graham Dilley, Zaheer Khan

 

[Jager]

Tough call against Vettori and Singh here. I had to pick the best spinner though. Hoping Vettori can bat at 8. Hoping Sarwan can slot in at 6 or something too, because that was a tough one.

McDonald- 2
Stollmeyer- 1
Bannerman- 2
Sidhu- 1
Collins- 3
Wright- 1
Cook- 1
Gambhir- 1

Ahmed- 1
Subba-Row- 2
Hardstaff- 3
Davis- 2
Fingleton- 2
Hooper- 1
Taylor- 1
Cronje- 2
Sarwan- 2
Shrewsbury- 1
Gomes- 1

Kirmani- 1
Smith- 2
Cameron- 1
Hendriks- 1
Tillakaratne- 1

Singh- 1
Ironmonger- 1
Vettori- 1
Vogler- 1
Blythe- 1
Ahmed- 1

Nawaz- 3
Farnes- 1
Gilchrist- 1
Ferris- 2
Morrison- 1
Martindale- 1
Massie- 1
Dilley- 1
Zaheer- 1

World Z XI
1. Herbie Collins
2. Colin McDonald
3. Joe Hardstaff
4. Raman Subba Row
5. Charlie Davis
6.
7.
8. Ian Smith
9. Safraz Nawaz
10. Mushtaq Ahmed
11. JJ Ferris

 

[Jager]

1. Select a final batsman/all rounder for number 6
2. Select a final bowler/player to fill the void at 8

6
Ijaz Ahmed, Azhar Ali, Greg Blewett, Mike Brearley, Hansie Cronje, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Jack Fingleton, Larry Gomes, Gerry Gomez, Asanka Gurusinha, Carl Hooper, Nasser Hussain, David Houghton, Ken Mackay, Vijay Manjrekar, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Arthur Shrewsbury, Ross Taylor, Hashan Tillakaratne, Misbah Ul Haq

7
Shahid Afridi, Charlie Blythe, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Regana Herath, Bert Ironmonger, Jack Iverson, Ian Johnson, Lindsay Kline, Colin Miller, Bobby Peel, Iqbal Qasim, Pervez Sajjad, Reggie Schwarz, Harbajhan Singh, Alf Valentine, Daniel Vettori, Bert Vogler

7
Kenny Benjamin, Andy Caddick, Lance Cairns, Stuart Clark, Graham Dilley, Merv Dillon, Ken Farnes, Roy Gilchrist, Umar Gul, Neil Hawke, Ken Higgs, Rodney Hogg, Vanburn Holder, Mitchell Johnson, Zaheer Khan, Lasith Malinga, Chris Martin, Manny Martindale, Bob Massie, Morne Morkel, Danny Morrison, Dick Motz, Laurie Nash, Chris Old, Vernon Philander, Paul Reiffel, Brett Schultz, Peter Siddle, Max Walker

 

[Howe_zat]

Woud rather have Smith at 8 and so will pick a couple of batting allrounders, one for a bit of first-change dobble and an extra spinner as 5th bowler

Hansie Cronje & Dan Vettori

 

[Jager]

Will change it, Smith's probably not good enough for 7.

 

[fredfertang]

Bert Vogler and Gerry Gomez - hadn't thought about Gomez till I checked out what he achieved in Australia in 1951/52 - 'tis pretty impressive anyway but in the context of how the tour went quite remarkable

 

[Jacknife]

Carl Hooper, Bert Vogler

 

[Dan]

woud rather have smith at 8 and so will pick a couple of batting allrounders, one for a bit of first-change dobble and an extra spinner as 5th bowler

hansie cronje & dan vettori

+1

 

[NUFAN]

Jack Fingleton and Harbajhan.

 

[Eds]

Hansie Cronje
Gerry Gomez

 

[Jager]

Cronje- 3
Vogler- 1
Hooper- 1
Fingleton- 1

Vettori- 2
Gomez- 2
Vogler- 1
Singh- 1

World Z XI
1. Herbie Collins
2. Colin McDonald
3. Joe Hardstaff
4. Raman Subba Row
5. Charlie Davis
6. Hansie Cronje
7. Daniel Vettori
8. Ian Smith+
9. Safraz Nawaz
10. Mushtaq Ahmed
11. JJ Ferris