Your Country's Alltime XI

[JBMAC]

No Glenn Turner!? Andrew Jones opening?

I get the impression from what I have read and seen Turner was not a Team man...was all for the individual..correct me if i am wrong

 

[Fiery]

I get the impression from what I have read and seen Turner was not a Team man...was all for the individual..correct me if i am wrong

Yeah he was a bit selfish at times but he pathed the way for other cricketers in NZ to go professional and performed very well when he did play. One of the most underated one day players of all time too

 

[JBMAC]

My Indian Side

Sunil Gavaskar
Vinoo Mankad
Rahul Dravid
Vijay Merchant
Sachin Tendulkar
Vijay Hazare
Kapil Dev
Syed Kirmani (wicketkeeper)
Javagal Srinath
Bishen Singh Bedi
B.S.Chandrashekar

Once again someone has to miss out...Nayadu,Nawab of Pautidi(jr) and maybe Engineer as keeper ahead of Kirmani

 

[iamdavid]

I find it interesting when picking these teams, people always seem to prefer players from bygone era's to the more recent ones, seemingley for the sake of it or to make the team look more balanced lol.

A couple of examples - Rohan Kanhai over Brian Lara (Kanhai was certainly well regarded and has an impressive test record but I cant comprehend him being a better player than Lara)

Mark Taylor over Matthew Hayden - (Seems to be lots of Hayden bashing on these forums lol, I know Taylor played majority of his carear against better attacks but he never dominated bowlers to the extent Hayden did or scored so prolifically for as long)

 

[oz_fan]

My Australian XI

1. Arthur Morris
2. Victor Trumper
3. Don Bradman
4. Greg Chappell
5. Steve Waugh
6. Keith Miller
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Shane Warne
9. Dennis Lillee
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath

2nd XI
1. Bill Ponsford
2. Matt Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Neil Harvey
5. Allan Border
6. Stan McCabe
7. Ian Healy
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Alan Davidson
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. Fred Spofforth

 

[JBMAC]

Rohan Kanhai was a "pretty" batsman..elegant strokemaker,moreso than Lara, and was not intimidated by any bowler where as Lara admittedly towards the end of his career became a "bunny" for some bowlers..eg McGrath. Khanhai in full flight was a joy to behold ( and I have seen both of them in full cry)

 

[JBMAC]

MY Pakistan side

Hanif Mohammad
Saeed Anwar
Javed Miandad
Zaheer Abbas
Inzamam
Imran (c)
Intikhab Alam
Wasim Bari (wkt)
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Fazal Mahmood

 

[Fiery]

Rohan Kanhai was a "pretty" batsman..elegant strokemaker,moreso than Lara, and was not intimidated by any bowler where as Lara admittedly towards the end of his career became a "bunny" for some bowlers..eg McGrath. Khanhai in full flight was a joy to behold ( and I have seen both of them in full cry)

Lara >> Kanhai imo

 

[NZTailender]

Fiery, get your teeth stuck into this one


John Wright
Andrew Jones
Stephen Fleming
Martin Crowe
Martin Donnelly
Bert Sutcliffe
Chris Cairns
Brendon McCullum
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond

Does the JB in your username stand for John Bracewell?

 

[JBMAC]

Does the JB in your username stand for John Bracewell?

No stu

 

[jot1]

All time SA XI

G.Kirsten
B.Richards
A.D.Nourse
G.Pollock
J.Kallis
G.A.Faulkner
M.Boucher +
S.Pollock
P.Pollock
H.J.Tayfield
A.A. Donald

this team is filled with greats and can give any all time XI a run for its money

I like this one and just for sheer guts and fitness, I'll have Ntini for 12th man.

 

[archie mac]

Quote:
Originally Posted by bagapath
All time SA XI

G.Kirsten
B.Richards
A.D.Nourse
G.Pollock
J.Kallis
G.A.Faulkner
M.Boucher +
S.Pollock
P.Pollock
H.J.Tayfield
A.A. Donald

this team is filled with greats and can give any all time XI a run for its money

Does anyone remember Taylor? I know SF Barnes rated him very highly

 

[BomasticBushkin]

Hey man, Kanhai owns Lara. Kanhai was a beautiful stroke maker. Sure, his high score was less than 300. Whatever, he has the ability to cut up any bowler!

I stand by my XI. I may have been a bit biased towards including Guyanese players (heh heh) but I still think it's a fine XI. i hope...

Alas! Since this is for a country XI, I guess I'll make a Guyana XI!

1. Clive Lloyd*
2. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
3. Carl Hooper
4. Rohan Kanhai
5. Ramnaresh Sarwan
6. Roger Harper
7. Ivor Mendonca (Wk)
8. Mahendra Nagamootoo
9. Esuan Crandon
10. Reon King
11. Lance Gibbs

Yep. Some notable names. Some not so notable names. My alltime Guyana XI

 

[Chubb]

Zimbabwe

Kevin Arnott
Grant Flower (pre-injuries)
Andy Flower +
Murray Goodwin
Dave Houghton
Guy Whittall
Duncan Fletcher *
Heath Streak
Paul Strang
Henry Olonga
Eddo Brandes

12th man; spare spinner to replace Olonga or Brandes on a dry pitch- Ray Price

They'd acquit themselves adequately in a super series.

 

[Beleg]

Hanif
Saeed
Inzamam
Miandad
Majid Khan
Imran Khan
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Shoaib Akhtar
Fazal Mahmood

or

Hanif
Saeed
Inzamam
Miandad
Shoaib Mohammad
Asif Iqbal
Imran Khan
Wasim Bari
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Fazal Mahmood

or

Hanif
Saeed
Zaheer
Inzamam
Miandad
Majid
Imran
Moin
Wasim
Waqar
Shoaib

2nd XI

Aamir Sohail
Mohsin Khan
Mohammad Yousuf
Ejaz Ahmed
Salim Malik
Intikhab Alam
Rashid Latif
Saqlain Mushtaq
Abdul Qadir
Khan Mohammad
Sarfraz Nawaz


Younis Khan
Mushtaq Ahmed
Iqbal Qasim

making up the 14


3rd XI

Mudassar Nazar
Rameez Raja
Saeed Ahmad
Qasim Umar
Sadiq Mohammad
Shoaib Malik
Mushtaq Mohammad
Saleem Altaf
Khan Mohammad
Tauseef Ahmad
Shabbir Ahmad

i can't think of a 4th Xi worth calling a 4th XI

I guess the only quality players left are Asif (questionable), Gul (questionable) and maybe people like danesh kaneria

in the 3rd Xi, the only quality players are Mushtaq, Khan and Saeed Ahmad with Tauseef Ahmad being pretty handy as well.

 

[silentstriker]

Thats a decent second XI. The Indian second XI would be dire unless we went in with four spinners.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Zimbabwe

Kevin Arnott
Grant Flower (pre-injuries)
Andy Flower +
Murray Goodwin
Dave Houghton
Guy Whittall
Duncan Fletcher *
Heath Streak
Paul Strang
Henry Olonga
Eddo Brandes

12th man; spare spinner to replace Olonga or Brandes on a dry pitch- Ray Price

They'd acquit themselves adequately in a super series.

No Neil Johnson? I always thought he was a much better player than the stats may suggest. Shame he retired so early. I thought he was a better player than Guy Whittall anyway. Alastair Campbell is the only other decent rival for the captaincy position. Not much to choose between him and Fletcher in my opinion.

Adam Huckle could come in for Brandes on a spinning wicket - depending on whether you'd care to have two leggies in the same side. In an ODI, there's no need for Ray Price to be twelfth man when you can call on Grant Flower's non-spinning spinners, so could be that your twelfth man should be the best fielder - possibly Sean Ervine? Also in ODIs, Arnott would be out of the question... I may even be so bold as to suggest Brendan Taylor in that format... Not the most technically adept, but certainly a good clean hitter of a ball.

 

[adharcric]

1st XI
Sunil Gavaskar
Vijay Merchant
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Vijay Hazare
Vinoo Mankad
Kapil Dev
Syed Kirmani
Anil Kumble
Erapalli Prasanna
Mohammad Nissar

2nd XI
Virender Sehwag
Ravi Shastri
VVS Laxman
Gundappa Viswanath
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohinder Amarnath
Farokh Engineer
Amar Singh
Javagal Srinath
Bishan Singh Bedi
Subhash Gupte

Hardly dire, Manan.

 

[silentstriker]

Azharuddin on foreign tracks? Ravi Shastri as an opener? Javagal Srinath? Remember, this would face the 2nd xi from other countries.

A second XI batting lineup for Australia might be: Hayden, Harvey, Ponting, Waugh, Border. Yea, Srinath is going to do real well...

And Azhar facing Spofforth, Davidson, Lindwall? Especially in Australia? Actually, that line up is probably inferior to the one we have now.


*SHUDDER*

 

[adharcric]

Azharuddin on foreign tracks?

Fair enough. One poor overseas batsman. Replace him with Vengsarkar if needed.

Ravi Shastri as an opener?

Shastri averaged 44 as an opener in 17 tests - he did well in Australia and England.

Javagal Srinath?

You called the Pakistan 2nd XI decent and this one dire. That's what I'm contesting. Don't bring the Aussies into it.