The obscure XI's you've always wanted to make but never found the appropriate place thread

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M Malice

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2000 runs, 2 centuries, 200 wickets 11-

Gary Sobers(8032 runs, 26 tons, 235 wickets)
Jacques Kallis(13289 runs, 45 tons, 292 wickets)
Kapil Dev(5248 runs, 8 tons, 434 wickets)
Ian Botham(5200 runs, 14 tons, 383 wickets)
Imran Khan(3807 runs, 6 tons, 362 wickets)
Andrew Flintoff(3845 runs, 5 tons, 226 wickets)
Daniel Vettori(4531 runs, 6 tons, 362 wickets)
Richard Hadlee(3124 runs, 2 tons, 431 wickets)
Wasim Akram(2898 runs, 3 tons, 414 wickets)
Shaun Pollock(3781 runs, 2 tons 421 wickets)
Ravi Ashwin(2361 runs, 4 tons, 342 wickets)
 

HolyRioli

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The First Names for Surnames XI

Alec Stewart (WK)
Mark Taylor
Neil Harvey
Ross Taylor
Clive Lloyd (C)
Herbie Taylor
Michael Bevan
Brett Lee
Allan Donald
Curtley Ambrose
Malcolm Marshall



Fair bowling unit ...


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Media team of Brendan Julian and David Lloyd
 
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The First Names for Surnames XI

Alec Stewart (WK)
Mark Taylor
Neil Harvey
Ross Taylor
Clive Lloyd (C)
Herbie Taylor
Michael Bevan
Brett Lee
Allan Donald
Curtley Ambrose
Malcolm Marshall



Fair bowling unit ...
I'd have Sarfraz Ahmed in at 7 and keeping ahead of Bevan, which isn't really a first name really either.
 

HolyRioli

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I'd have Sarfraz Ahmed in at 7 and keeping ahead of Bevan, which isn't really a first name really either.

Happy to turf Bevan, easily the weakest there (I do have a friend called Bevan, so counts in my book). He's more in there though as an all-rounder rather than keeper (have Stewart as the keeper) as none of the spinners were particularly inspiring (Darren Sammy, Paul Harris)
 
Happy to turf Bevan, easily the weakest there (I do have a friend called Bevan, so counts in my book). He's more in there though as an all-rounder rather than keeper (have Stewart as the keeper) as none of the spinners were particularly inspiring (Darren Sammy, Paul Harris)
I don't like keepers opening in tests haha. Also Darren Sammy bowled seamers.
 
Played Test cricket as teenagers-

Ravi Shastri(18)
Arjuna Ranatunga(18)
Sachin Tendulkar(16)
Hanif Mohammad(17)
Gary Sobers(17)
Imran Khan(18)
Wasim Akram(18)
Parthiv Patel(17)
Daniel Vettori(18)
Waqar Younis(17)
Harbajan Singh(17)

might need to check the birth certificates on a couple of them
 

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M Malice

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Bloody rain, I thought I'd fill in some time and be purely self indulgent. I've been watching Test cricket since the 1974-75 Lillee/Thommo ashes series. Here is a team since then, not necessarily the best player averages etc. just my favorites to watch.

Roy Fredericks
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Doug Walters
Ian Botham
Rod Marsh
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Jeff Thomson
 

corbies

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The First Names for Surnames XI

Alec Stewart (WK)
Mark Taylor
Neil Harvey
Ross Taylor
Clive Lloyd (C)
Herbie Taylor
Michael Bevan
Brett Lee
Allan Donald
Curtley Ambrose
Malcolm Marshall



Fair bowling unit ...


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Can't trust them.
 

M Malice

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The short name Australian 11-

David Boon
Graeme Wood
Stuart Law
Martin Love
Jeff Moss
Rob Kerr
Greg Dyer
Brett Lee
Nathan Lyon
Tim May
Shaun Tait
 
Graeme Wood
Geoff Boycott
Inzamam Ul Haq
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh


Can anyone guess the theme, and help me with 6-11?
Mark Waugh isn't even the top 20 for running out his partner in terms of totals or percentage wise in tests surprisingly enough. The XI for me would be:

Graeme Wood
Geoff Boycott
Inzimam-ul-Haq
Allan Border
Steve Waugh
Garry Sobers
Asif Iqbal
Ian Botham
Gerry Gomez
Ridley Jacobs (+)
Patrick Pollock

EDIT: Sobers obviously to bowl spin with Pollock, Botham, Gomez and Iqbal all bowling seamers not to mention Waugh sometimes as well
 
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Mark Waugh isn't even the top 20 for running out his partner in terms of totals or percentage wise in tests surprisingly enough. The XI for me would be:

Graeme Wood
Geoff Boycott
Inzimam-ul-Haq
Allan Border
Steve Waugh
Garry Sobers
Asif Iqbal
Ian Botham
Gerry Gomez
Ridley Jacobs (+)
Patrick Pollock
I just wanted him to bat with Steve. 11 percent of their partnerships end in run outs
 
The new Cricket Captain game finally has World XI teams when you go into the tournament section, so that gave me an idea about who could you put in an all time World XI vs Asia XI since it's a bit over 10 years since the Tsunami. For me:

World XI:

Jack Hobbs (c)
Herbert Sutcliffe
George Headley
Jacques Kallis
Greg Chappell
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Jim Laker/Glenn McGrath (depending on sub continental or elsewhere)

Asia XI:

Sunil Gavaskar (c)
Virendar Sehwag
Kumar Sangakkara
Sachin Tendulkar
Mohammed Yousuf
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (+)
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Anil Kumble
Muttiah Muralitharan
 

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