ALL TIME XIs MEGA THREAD

[courtjester]

Want to post an all time XI? A World XI? A Victorian XI? A Geelong Grammar XI? Fat Pricks XI? Coolest guys XI?

Do it here!

I'll kick it off with my All Time Australian XI


1. Victor Trumper
2. Arthur Morris
3. Don Bradman
4. Greg Chappell
5. Ricky Ponting
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Keith Miller
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shane Warne
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Glenn McGrath

Squad:

Ray Lindwall
Bill O'Reilly
Allan Border
Jack Blackham
CTB Turner

 

[Kram]

International players that have displayed poor sportsmanship or just flat out cheated.

The Cheats XI
Sunil Gavaskar
Salman Butt
Greg Chappell (vc)
Mohammad Azharuddin
Saleem Malik
Ajuna Ranatunga (c)
Ian Healy (wk)
Harbajan Singh
Ishant Sharma
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammad Asif

12th Johan Botha

Team manager/coach - Hansie Cronje

 

[sherb]

The All-Time Australian "No Middle Name" XI:

Warren Bardsley
Archie Jackson
Clem Hill
Jack Ryder
Ross Edwards
Andrew Symonds
Don Tallon
Richie Benaud
George Giffen
Brett Lee
Ian Meckiff
12th man: Bruce Yardley

Honourable mentions: Hugh Trumble, Charles Kellaway, "Dainty" Ironmonger

 

[sherb]

The "Played Only One Test Despite Having Solid First-Class Careers" XI

Paul Hibbert
Ken Eastwood
Ken Meuleman
Stuart Law
Jeff Moss
Shaun Young
Hammy Love (wk)
Albert Hartkopf
Peter Allan
Des Hoare
Mick Malone
12th Man: Len Johnson
Honourable mentions: Colin Guest, Hans Ebeling, Graeme Manou, Wayne Phillips

(This excludes current players)

 

[DrummoSolo]

International players that have displayed poor sportsmanship or just flat out cheated.

The Cheats XI
Sunil Gavaskar
Salman Butt
Greg Chappell (vc)
Mohammad Azharuddin
Saleem Malik
Ajuna Ranatunga (c)
Ian Healy (wk)
Harbajan Singh
Ishant Sharma
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammad Asif

12th Johan Botha

Team manager/coach - Hansie Cronje

With "have" I assume meaning that becoming a cult favourite later is not relevant, surely there's a spot in there for Shahid Afridi and his leather-snacks.

 

[sherb]

The Played For More Than One State XI
Bob Simpson
Simon Katich
Don Bradman
Neil Harvey
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Ray Lindwall
Dennis Lillee
Clarrie Grimmett
12th Man: Jeff Thomson

Honourable Mentions: Rodney Hogg, Mitchell Johnson, Shane Watson

Pretty fair side that one.

 

[steviej]

The Played For More Than One State XI
Bob Simpson
Simon Katich
Don Bradman
Neil Harvey
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Ray Lindwall
Dennis Lillee
Clarrie Grimmett
12th Man: Jeff Thomson

Honourable Mentions: Rodney Hogg, Simon Katich, Mitchell Johnson, Shane Watson

Pretty fair side that one.

Katich gets an honorable mention and spot in the XI? Hard to fit him in the XI but Boof Lehmann would be another that springs to mind

 

[psychobrown]

The No-Quick-Singles-Keep-the-Buffet-Table-Loaded XI

Mark Taylor (c)
Graham Gooch
David Boon
Inzaman Ul-Huq
Arjuna Ranatunga
Ian Botham
Brian MacMillan
Ian Smith (wk)
Merv Hughes
Mushtaq Ahmed
Dwayne Leverock

 

[sherb]

Katich gets an honorable mention and spot in the XI? Hard to fit him in the XI but Boof Lehmann would be another that springs to mind

Whoops.

 

[Foreign Legion]

International players that have displayed poor sportsmanship or just flat out cheated.

The Cheats XI
Sunil Gavaskar
Salman Butt
Greg Chappell (vc)
Mohammad Azharuddin
Saleem Malik
Ajuna Ranatunga (c)
Ian Healy (wk)
Harbajan Singh
Ishant Sharma
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammad Asif

12th Johan Botha

Team manager/coach - Hansie Cronje

Nice touch with the Captain!

I was looking for Hansie and thought you'd missed him - coach LOL

 

[worbod]

Best XI of Englishmen who never played in a winning Ashes series


Alec Stewart
Ted Dexter
Robin Smith
Ken Barrington
Joe Hardstaff jr
Graham Thorpe
Jack Russell
Fred Titmus
Darren Gough
Cecil Parkin
Angus Fraser


No room for Geoff Arnold, Mike Atherton, Andy Caddick, Dominic Cork, Graeme Hick, Nasser Hussain, Devon Malcolm, Phil Tufnell or Doug Wright.

 

[worbod]

Chubby Cricketers XI


Colin Milburn
W. G. Grace
Colin Cowdrey
Greg Ritchie
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Warwick Armstrong
Arjuna Ranatunga
Eddie Barlow
Ian Botham
Lance Cairns
Merv Hughes

 

[Kram]

With "have" I assume meaning that becoming a cult favourite later is not relevant, surely there's a spot in there for Shahid Afridi and his leather-snacks.

Was certainly considered but we had to squeeze in at least a couple of blokes that weren't from the sub continent

 

[Wallaby]

Alliterative X1


William Woodfull
Steve Smith (1)
George Giffen
Brian Booth
Hunter Hendry
Richie Robinson
Gary Gilmour
Steve Smith (2)
Ben Barnett
Mick Malone
Herbert Horden

12th man: Peter Philpott (No, that doesn't work), Kerry O'Keefe or Norm O'Neill

 

[Wallaby]

Similar Theme

AA Mailey
BB Cooper
CC Mcdonald
DD Blackie
ee cummings
Fred Freer (well, you do better)
GG Hearne
HH Massie
I...I...I... can't think of one! Oh well
JJ Kelly
JJ Ferris
JJ Lyons

 

[The Passenger]

The Played For More Than One State XI

Katich gets an honorable mention and spot in the XI? Hard to fit him in the XI but Boof Lehmann would be another that springs to mind

Whoops.

what's the whoops?? i've missed it....

 

[stmookeyj]

3 OR MORE INITIAL XI

MTG Elliott
MEK Hussey
VVS Laxman
IVA Richards
FMM Worrell
SMH Kirmani
WPUJC Vaas
CEL Ambrose
RGD Willis
SCG MacGill
AME Roberts

12th: DPMD Jayawardene

SQUAD: AIC Dodemaide, RAL Massie, GRJ Matthews, PCR Tufnell, SCJ Broad, CWJ Athey, GAR Lock, IDS Smith, LRPL Taylor, PJL Dujon, PAJ De Freitas, BRM Taylor

 

[stmookeyj]

MATCHUP

WORLD CUP RUNS/WICKETS XI vs WORLD CUP STRIKE RATE/ECONOMY RATE XI

RUNS/WICKETS XI
Adam GILCHRIST (1085)
Sanath JAYASURIYA (1165/27)
Ricky PONTING (1743)
Sachin TENDULKAR (2278)
Brian LARA (1225)
Javed MIANDAD (1083)
Jacques KALLIS (1148/21)
Wasim AKRAM (426/55)
Chaminda VAAS (49)
Muttiah MURALITHARAN (68)
Glenn McGRATH (71)

STRIKING ECONOMY (MIN 100 runs/10 wickets in WC Matches)
Virender SEHWAG (106)
John DAVISON (110)
Mike VELETTA (112)
Shane WATSON (109)
Lance KLUSENER (122)
Ian SMITH (132)
Keiron POLLARD (138)
Gary GILMOUR (2.58)
Mike HENDRICK (2.66)
Bob WILLIS (2.66)
Chris OLD (2.68)

 

[Lemma]

what's the whoops?? i've missed it....

Katich is in the team and also an honorable mention

 

[Jesus Baulks]

The 'rippers of the most pungent smelling farts XI'

Arthur Blair-White
Horace Bates
Elias Henry Hendren
KKDDC Hemal
Pierre Albert Tullis (c)
Father Ignatius Rice
Clarence Parfitt
Ian Healy
James Anthony Ell
Agnes Elizabeth Ell
Norman Osborn Bennett


I umm'd and arr'd over a few, but in the end I'm happy with the 11 I settled on.

 

[sherb]

The "Tasmanian Connection" Test XI
Ed Cowan
Jack Badcock
David Boon
Ricky Ponting
Shaun Young
Roger Woolley
Laurie Nash
Max Walker
Colin Miller
Ted McDonald
Ben Hilfenhaus
12th Man: Tim Paine
Emergency: Charles Eady, Ken Burn, Greg Campbell, Jason Krezja

 

[sherb]

The "Tasmanian Connection" Limited Over XI
Shane Watson
Michael Di Venuto
David Boon
Ricky Ponting
George Bailey
Travis Birt
Tim Paine
Jason Krejza
Greg Campbell
Xavier Doherty
Ben Hilfenhaus
12th Man: Matthew Wade
Em: Roger Woolley

 

[Wallaby]

Named after an International Cricket Ground XI

Chris Galle stadium (SA)
Sheik Abu Naser Hussain (Ban)
Asif Iqbal Stadium (Pak)
Allan Bourda (WI)
Shaheed Chandu Afridi (Ban)
WG Grace Rd (Eng)
John McLean Park (NZ)
WACA Younis (Aus)
SCG McGill (Aus)
Trent Bridge Copeland (Eng)
Jaffery Sports Club Thomson (Kenya)

12th man :Sir Vivian Richards stadium (ok, cheating)
Team managers: Lord Hawke, Lord Harris

 

[SouthSwans]

Bargearse XI
1. Robert Key
2. Darren Lehmann
3. Mark Cosgrove
4. Jesse Ryder
5. Inzamam ul-Haq
6. Arjuna Ranatunga
7. Travis Birt+
8. Samit Patel
9. Ramesh Powar
10. Merv Hughes
11. Dwayne Leverock*

 

[worbod]

Eleven famous people who played first class cricket


Spencer Gore (English tennis player, first winner of Wimbledon in 1877) 5 matches, 75 runs at 9.37, one wicket
Samuel Beckett (Irish author, 1969 Nobel Prize) 2 matches, 35 runs at 8.75, 0 wickets
Sir Alec Douglas-Home (only British PM to play first class cricket) 10 matches, 147 runs at 16.33, 12 wickets at 30.25
Sir Francis Bell (only NZ PM to play first class cricket) 2 matches, 2 runs at 0.66
Sir Dallas Brooks (Governor of Victoria 1949-1963, after whom the Dallas Brooks Hall is named) 29 matches, 1070 runs at 20.57, 38 wickets at 28.73
Sir Geoff Hurst (English soccer player, hat trick in 1966 World Cup final) 1 match, scoring 0* and 0
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (English author, creator of Sherlock Holmes) 10 matches, 231 runs at 19.25, 1 wicket (that of WG Grace)
Earl of Sheffield (donator of the Sheffield Shield) 1 match, scored a pair
Sir Douglas Bader (English World War II fighter pilot) 1 match, scored 65 and 1
Alan McGilvray (Australian cricket commentator, covered 218 Tests) 20 matches, 684 runs at 24.42, 20 wickets at 56.75
John Cleese (okay, he didn't play first class cricket, but probably not many people realise his schoolboy exploits are covered in Wisden. For Clifton College in 1957 and 1958, he took 40 wickets at the handy average of 15.67 with a strike rate of 31.72.)