Themed Cricket XI's

[The_Reaper]

Alliteration XI

Gordon Greenidge (WI)
Graeme Gooch (ENG)
Ramiz Raja (PAK)
Richie Richardson (WI)
Colin Cowdrey (ENG)
Steve Smith (AUS)
Tatenda Taibu (ZIM)
Peter Pollock (RSA)
Chris Carins (NZ)
Bishin Bedi (IND)
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

12th man : Rumesh Ratnayeke (SL)

A couple of those aren't their actual first names, but are the names they were mostly known by.

Malcolm Marshall?

 

[Bingle_21]

Alphabetical Order XI

Atherton, Mike
Boon, David
Crowe, Martin
Dujon, Jeffrey
Elliot, Matthew
Flintoff, Andrew
Gilchrist, Adam +
Hadlee, Richard
Inverarity, John
Johnson, Mitchell
Kasprowicz, Michael

 

[The_Reaper]

Australian Test Cricketers with the first name John

1. John Dyson
2. Jack Fingleton
3. Jack Ryder*
4. Johnny Taylor
5. Jack Moroney
6. John Benaud
7. Jack Gregory
8. Jack Blackham+
9. JJ Ferris
10. Jack Saunders
11. Jack Iverson

 

[PaddyO]

Alphabetical Order XI

Atherton, Mike
Boon, David
Crowe, Martin
Dujon, Jeffrey
Elliot, Matthew
Flintoff, Andrew
Gilchrist, Adam +
Hadlee, Richard
Inverarity, John
Johnson, Mitchell
Kasprowicz, Michael

Len Hutton
Michael Slater
Neil Harvey
Owais Shah
Peter May
Quinton DeKock +
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Terry Alderman
Umar Gul
Victor Trumper

Sorry to Trumper who has to bat way out of position. The rest of the order works though.

 

[eth-dog]

Wonder who the W, X, Y and Z are.

 

[The_Reaper]

Len Hutton
Michael Slater
Neil Harvey
Owais Shah
Peter May
Quinton DeKock +
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Terry Alderman
Umar Gul
Victor Trumper

Sorry to Trumper who has to bat way out of position. The rest of the order works though.

Isn't Neil Harvey's first name actually Robert?

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Malcolm Marshall?

D'oh! I knew there would be a few obvious ones I missed.

 

[happy_eagle]

Wonder who the W, X, Y and Z are.

Shane Warne, Xavier Doherty, Younis Khan, Zaheer Khan ?

 

[Maddo11]

Great thread.

I'm not clever enough to work one out, but how about a team of the international commentators?

 

[happy_eagle]

Great thread.

I'm not clever enough to work one out, but how about a team of the international commentators?

Commentry XII

1. Sunil Gavaskar (Star Sports)
2. Geoff Boycott (BBC)
3. Ricky Ponting (Ch10)
4. Rahul Dravid (Star Sports)
5. Bill Lawry (Ch9)
6. Ian Botham (Sky)
7. Adam Gilchrist (Ch10)
8. Shaun Pollock (SuperSport)
9. Wasim Akram (Star Sports)
10. Shane Warne (Sky/Ch9)
11. Michael Holding (Sky)

 

[The_Reaper]

Shane Warne, Xavier Doherty, Younis Khan, Zaheer Khan ?

Warne seems a bit out of place?

Maybe Bill Lawry?

Or if you want the W surname - Wally Grout?

 

[Bingle_21]

Len Hutton
Len Hutton
Michael Slater
Neil Harvey
Owais Shah
Peter May
Quinton DeKock +
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Terry Alderman
Umar Gul
Victor Trumper

Sorry to Trumper who has to bat way out of position. The rest of the order works though.

Good work. Mine was using surnames so I will have a crack with the same letters for surnames.

Langer, Justin
Marsh, Geoff
North, Marcus
O'Neill, Norman
Ponting, Ricky
Quaife, Willie (Just beating out Bob Quiney after a google search)
Russell, Jack +
Spofforth, Fred
Thomson, Jeff
Underwood, Derek
Vettori, Daniel

 

[Bingle_21]

Aussie Nickname (non shortened surname) XI

Tubby
Bucky
Punter
Junior
Pup
Tugga
Churchy +
Pistol
Tangles (Walker)
Funky
Pidge

 

[TassieEagle]

Good work. Mine was using surnames so I will have a crack with the same letters for surnames.

Langer, Justin
Marsh, Geoff
North, Marcus
O'Neill, Norman
Ponting, Ricky
Quaife, Willie (Just beating out Bob Quiney after a google search)
Russell, Jack +
Spofforth, Fred
Thomson, Jeff
Underwood, Derek
Vettori, Daniel

Waugh, Steve
X - Retired, not present
Yallop, Graham
Zoyser, Nuwan

They could round out the touring squad.

 

[bomber2013]

A XL
A.Cook (vc)
A.Hudson
A.Ali
A.Voges
A.Symonds
A.Flintoff
A.Gilchrist (c)
A.Mallet
A.Bichael
A.Javed
A.Donald

 

[Carbine Chaos]

A XL
A.Cook (vc)
A.Hudson
A.Ali
A.Voges
A.Symonds
A.Flintoff
A.Gilchrist (c)
A.Mallet
A.Bichael
A.Javed
A.Donald

Archie Jackson would look good in that XI. I'm sure there are more too, like Aravinda De Silva.

 

[The_Reaper]

Archie Jackson would look good in that XI. I'm sure there are more too, like Aravinda De Silva.

Andy Roberts might get a gig ahead of Andy Bichel

 

[happy_eagle]

The Imported XI

1. Andrew Strauss (RSA)
2. Kepler Wessells (RSA
3. Kevin Pietersen (RSA)
4. Andy Flower (RSA)
5. Andrew Symonds (UK)
6. Eoin Morgan (IRE)
7. Tony Greig (RSA)
8. Gubby Allen (AUS)
9. Derek Pringle (KEN)
10. Brendan Julian (NZ)
11. Gladstone Small (WI)

 

[The_Reaper]

The Imported XI

1. Andrew Strauss (RSA)
2. Kepler Wessells (RSA
3. Kevin Pietersen (RSA)
4. Andy Flower (RSA)
5. Andrew Symonds (UK)
6. Eoin Morgan (IRE)
7. Tony Greig (RSA)
8. Gubby Allen (AUS)
9. Derek Pringle (KEN)
10. Brendan Julian (NZ)
11. Gladstone Small (WI)

Harsh on Flower, Symonds, Strauss and Julian

And by your rules, Julian, Pringle and Small ahead of Andy Caddick?

 

[happy_eagle]

Harsh on Flower, Symonds, Strauss and Julian

And by your rules, Julian, Pringle and Small ahead of Andy Caddick?

Just going by where they were born.
And yeh forgot about Caddick, so he could replace Small

 

[happy_eagle]

Could almost do an exclusive English born overseas lineup

1. Andrew Strauss
2. Jonothan Trott
3. Nasser Hussain
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. Greame Hick
6. Tony Greig
7. Matt Prior
8. Ben Stokes
9. Gubby Allen
10. Derek Pringle
11. Andy Caddick

 

[The_Reaper]

Animal XI

1. Aaron Finch
2. Graeme Pollock
3. Martin Crowe*
4. Allan Lamb
5. Jack Russell+
6. Jeff Crowe
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Peter Pollock
9. Graeme Swann
10.Neil Hawke
11.Nathan Lyon

12.Brad Hogg
13.Arthur Dolphin
14.Jackson Bird
15.Greg Lamb

 

[krisholio14]

BEST XI OF WEST INDIANS WHO NEVER HAD AN AFRO

1. Ramnaresh Sarwan
2. Joe Solomon
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Alvin Kallicharran
5. Shiv Chanderpaul
6. Larry Gomes
7. Deryck Murray
8. Rangy Nanan
9. Ezra Moseley
10. Inshan Ali
11. Sonny Ramadhin

(bowling attack not quite first rate)

Looks like a Larry Gomes fro to me

The Alliteration XI

Graham Gooch
Colin Cowdrey
Richie Richardson
Steve Smith
Chris Cairns
Mitchell Marsh
Tatenda Taibu (+)
Ashton Agar
Morne Morkel
Bishan Bedi
Muttiah Muralitharan

Better produce a spinning deck!

Alliteration XI

Gordon Greenidge (WI)
Graeme Gooch (ENG)
Ramiz Raja (PAK)
Richie Richardson (WI)
Colin Cowdrey (ENG)
Steve Smith (AUS)
Tatenda Taibu (ZIM)
Peter Pollock (RSA)
Chris Carins (NZ)
Bishin Bedi (IND)
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

12th man : Rumesh Ratnayeke (SL)

A couple of those aren't their actual first names, but are the names they were mostly known by.

Second one better, but still no Malcolm Marshall?

Shane Warne, Xavier Doherty, Younis Khan, Zaheer Khan ?

W - Wally Hammond
Z - Zaheer Abbas

 

[krisholio14]

Animal XI

1. Aaron Finch
2. Graeme Pollock
3. Martin Crowe*
4. Allan Lamb
5. Jack Russell+
6. Jeff Crowe
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Peter Pollock
9. Graeme Swann
10.Neil Hawke
11.Nathan Lyon

12.Brad Hogg
13.Arthur Dolphin
14.Jackson Bird
15.Greg Lamb

Fred Titmus?

 

[The_Reaper]

Fred Titmus?

Not close enough to Tittmouse.

It was pretty hard to find batsman I have to say.