World XI with a twist

[kp4captain]

You can only pick one player from each nationality
Heres my effort

Hayden - AUS
Iqbal - BAN
Kallis - SA
Tendulkar - IND
Chanderpaul - WI
Oram - NZ
Flintoff - ENG
N O'Brien - IRE
Asif - PAK
Murali - SL
Utseya - ZIM

 

[silentstriker]

Can't be a Test XI as there aren't 11 Test sides, so I assume this is for ODIs?

 

[kp4captain]

I went by ODIs but most of the players i picked are pretty good in tests as well, with the exception of Zimbabwe and Ireland

 

[andruid]

You can only pick one player from each nationality
Heres my effort

Hayden - AUS
Iqbal - BAN
Kallis - SA
Tendulkar - IND
Chanderpaul - WI
Oram - NZ
Flintoff - ENG
N O'Brien - IRE
Asif - PAK
Murali - SL
Utseya - ZIM

I would pick Kennedy Obuya over Niall O'Brien 6 out of seven days a week. And on the seventh day I still opt for Ashish Bagai from Canada

 

[Googenheim]

Weightage given to recent form..


Matthew Hayden (Aus)
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul (WI)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Niall O'Brien + (Ire)
Tawanda Mupariwa (Zim)
Dale Steyn (RSA)
Mohammad Asif (Pak)
Random Bangladeshi player

 

[Jamee999]

Tests

Cook - Eng
Tikolo - Ken
Ponting - Aus
Chanderpaul - WI
Mo Yousuf - Pak
Kallis - SA
Taibu - Zim
Oram - NZ
ten Doeschate - Hol
Sharma - Ind
Muralitharan - SL

ODIs

Davison - Can
Gayle - WI
Kallis - SA
Pietersen - Eng
Mo Yousuf - Pak
Dhoni - Ind
ten Doeschate - Hol
Vettori - NZ
Lee - Aus
Ireland - Zim
Muralitharan - SL

 

[GIMH]

I started a thread where you had to pick an XI with one per team a few years back, think there you were allowed to pick 2 from one team though. Seem to remember SS picking four Aussies because he refused to pick anyone from Bangladesh/Zimbabwe

Might have a go at this later

 

[ret]

these 'xyz 11' threads are like spammer's heaven .... below is mine

- Davidson [Canada]
- Tendulkar [Ind]
- Sarwan [WI]
- Pieterson [Eng]
- Kallis [RSA]
- Tikalo [Kenya]
- Taibu [Zim]
- Lee [Aus]
- Bond [NZ]
- Akthar [Pak]
- Murali [SL]

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

On form, ODI XI...

Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Shahriar Nafees (Ban)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)
Jacques Kallis (SA)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)
Tatenda Taibu (Zim)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Dave Langford-Smith (Ire)/Thomas Odoyo (Kenya)
Nathan Bracken (Aus)

Harsh on McCullum, but I had to fit a Taibu in, and Vettori had an excellent series against England.

 

[andruid]

My ODI XI

Brendom Mcullum(NZ)
Graeme Smith(SA)
Gautham Gambhir(Ind)
Kevin Pietersen(Eng)
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
Hamilton Masakadza(Zim)
Dwayne Bravo (WI)
Thomas Odoyo(Ken)
Brett Lee (Aus)
Mohammed Asif(PAK)
Mohhamed Rafique(Ban)

Test XI

Matthew Hayden(Aus)
Virender Sehwag(Ind)
Kumar Sanggakkara(SL)
Mohammed Yousouf(Pak)
Shiv Chanderpaul(WI)
Steve Tikolo(Ken)
Elton Chigumbura(Zim)
Daniel Vettori(NZ)
Arnie Sidebottom (Eng)
Dale Steyn (SA)
Syed Rasel(Ban)

 

[neville cardus]

You can only pick one player from each nationality

1. Grace (Eng)
2. Flower (Zim)
3. Bradman (Aus)
4. IVAR (WI)
5. Kallis (SA)
6. Bula (Fiji)
7. Imran (Pak)
8. Hadlee (NZ)
9. Kumble (Ind)
10. King (USA)
11. Murali (SL)

 

[Richard]

2. Flower (Zim)

Grant?

 

[Googenheim]

Grant?

Why the hell would he pick Grant Flower ahead of Andy the keeper?

 

[Jamee999]

All-time?

Sunil Gavaskar - India
Jack Hobbs - England
Don Bradman - Australia
Bert Sutcliffe - New Zealand
Garry Sobers - West Indies
Andy Flower - Zimbabwe
Ryan ten Doeschate - Holland
Imran Khan - Pakistan
Bart King - USA
Ole Mortensen - Denmark
Muttiah Muralitharan - Sri Lanka

 

[Richard]

Why the hell would he pick Grant Flower ahead of Andy the keeper?

Because Grant's an opener, Andy isn't, and Rodders picked Flower to open the batting.

And for all I know, "Bula" might be a wicketkeeper.

 

[Prince EWS]

Andy isn't

Played quite a bit of his youth and early domestic career as an opener, IIRC.

 

[Matteh]

Nick Knight - eng *
Kumar Sangakkara - sl +
Brian Lara - wi
Asif Din - uga
Dermot Reeve - hk
Tom Moody - aus
Daniel Vettori - nz
Dougie Brown - sco
Heath Streak - zim
Boyd Rankin - ire
Allan Donald - sa

 

[Richard]

Played quite a bit of his youth and early domestic career as an opener, IIRC.

Not surprising, so many did. Actually now you mention it I seem to remember hearing about the two once opening together in some game or other. Grant continued in the position for far longer than Andy tho.

 

[paddy11]

Hayden(AUS)
Gibbs(RSA)
Tendulkar(IND)
Yousuf(PAK)
Chanderpaul(WI)
McCullum(NZ)
Ten Doeschate(NED)
Broad(ENG)
Shahadat(BAN)
Leverock(BER)
Muralitharan(SL)

 

[neville cardus]

Grant?

Andy could do the business up front, too.