Dream Team

[Jars458]

Originally posted by DIPPER
Hey Jars why vic Marks???? Why Why Why? Hehe I can't work that one out for the life of me.

I lived in England until I was 15

For some of that time I lived in Bristol and started supporting somerset

Their players at the time included Ian Botham Joel Garner Viv Richards, Peter Roebuck and of course the great VIC MARKS

I couldn't pick Warne because he's a knob and there's nothing I like more than seeing Darren Lehmann smashing him around the park

I hated Embury and Edmonds and Tim May missed out because he had no personality

This left me wiht only Vic Marks to chose - a great great ordinary player.

 

[Briedis]

Originally posted by Booze Hound
On the Viv/McGrath bit. McGrath would put in some sledging. Viv wouldn't say a word. He'd just smash him round the ground.

If you read Viv's book you will realise how much sledging this man did. My favourite one was the time he was in slips and asked Craig McDermott if he had just **** his pants after Curtley has bowled him a furious bouncer.

 

[gPhonque]

Originally posted by Briedis


If you read Viv's book you will realise how much sledging this man did. My favourite one was the time he was in slips and asked Craig McDermott if he had just **** his pants after Curtley has bowled him a furious bouncer.

Ha!

I've got one somewhere in one of those little cricket books with lots of stories where Viv was playing a county match. Some young quick but unknown fast bowler came steaming in - Viv had a swing - missed. The fast bowler continued his run down the pitch right up to Richards face and said "I'll give you a hint - it's red."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - misses the outside edge. The bowler runs up to Richards again: "I'll give you another hint - it's round."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - big miss. Bowler runs up: "I'll tell you something else - it's red, it's round, and it's got white stitching through it."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - Richards smashes it completely out of the ground. Huge six.

Richards waltzes up to young fast bowler: "You know what it looks like - YOU GO GET IT."

 

[The Hitman]

This isn't the best team...it's a team of my favorite players, so don't wind me up abouthow bad they'd go!

Andy Flower
Mark Taylor
David Boon
Ricky Ponting
Steve Waugh
Gus Logie
Brendon Julian
Shane Warne
Damien Fleming
Alan Donald
Glenn McGrath

12th Man - Richie Richardson

The Hitman

 

[BMD]

This is a great thread. That West Indies side of the late 70s- 80s was just awesome. They would beat the Aussies of today, but the Aussies aren't as bad as some seem to be suggesting.

Anyway here goes:

Greenidge
Haynes
Tendulkar
Richards
S Waugh
Border
Dujon
Wasim Akram
Lillee
Holding
Warne

Honourable mentions go to:

Gilchrist
Thommo
Hadlee
Marshall
Garner
Ambrose
Qadir
Boon
Imran Khan
Saeed Anwar
Krish Srikkanth

and...

Arjuna Ranatunga

 

[Briedis]

Originally posted by gPhonque


Ha!

I've got one somewhere in one of those little cricket books with lots of stories where Viv was playing a county match. Some young quick but unknown fast bowler came steaming in - Viv had a swing - missed. The fast bowler continued his run down the pitch right up to Richards face and said "I'll give you a hint - it's red."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - misses the outside edge. The bowler runs up to Richards again: "I'll give you another hint - it's round."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - big miss. Bowler runs up: "I'll tell you something else - it's red, it's round, and it's got white stitching through it."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - Richards smashes it completely out of the ground. Huge six.

Richards waltzes up to young fast bowler: "You know what it looks like - YOU GO GET IT."

That's brilliant! This is why I reckon he would thrash McGrath at sledging, because he was a cool customer and would wait for the right time and strike hard. McGrath just has a foul mouth....

God he was a legend!

There are some really funny stories in his book. I didn't realise how close he and Ian Botham were. He talks of many parties when they were playing for Sommerset together and most of the time in the book says "The party was getting really out of hand....so I went home." Sure Viv....we believe you! NOT!

 

[Booze Hound]

Briedis. My point is Viv may have sledged....... but he wouldn't have needed to.

The 'go fetch it' story is a good one but told about many people.

I've always wondered about the team South Africa would have put out towards the end of the '70s if the situation had been different. Remember, at that time 'Rhodesia' played in the Currie Cup and its' players for SA.

A rough guide as to who they might have had.

Barry Richards
Keppler Wessels
Jimmy Cook (I think)
Eddie Barlow (late in his career but might still have played)
Graeme Pollock
Brian Davison
Henry Fotheringham
Mike Procter
Clive Rice
Vincent van der Bijl
Denys Hobson (good leggie)
John Traicos
Garth Le Roux

Add in a keeper and the likes of Duncan Fletcher, Stephen Jeffries and Kevin Curran coming through and you have a very strong outfit. Probably missed a few good names too.

 

[Dipper]

Originally posted by gPhonque


Ha!

I've got one somewhere in one of those little cricket books with lots of stories where Viv was playing a county match. Some young quick but unknown fast bowler came steaming in - Viv had a swing - missed. The fast bowler continued his run down the pitch right up to Richards face and said "I'll give you a hint - it's red."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - misses the outside edge. The bowler runs up to Richards again: "I'll give you another hint - it's round."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - same thing - big swing - big miss. Bowler runs up: "I'll tell you something else - it's red, it's round, and it's got white stitching through it."

Richards chews his gum.

Next ball - Richards smashes it completely out of the ground. Huge six.

Richards waltzes up to young fast bowler: "You know what it looks like - YOU GO GET IT."

gPhonque I think the bowler in question was the great white hope of English fast bowling in the mid 80's Greg Thomas.I'm not sure if this happened in the County Championship or in the 86 tour to the West Indies, but they picked him for this tour as our answer to their pace attack, now he was undoubtably quick but he really should have been sharing the nickname of a certain tennis player form Melbourne of Greek extraction, anyway in one of the Tests he opened the bowling to Greenidge & Haynes & after about 10 overs he had managed 0 for about 110.
So as you can see his over confidence in this exchange with Sir Vivy was more than a little misplaced.

Hey Booze Hound you've missed out the great Kenny McEwan from the SA side, he was an absolute legend at Essex.We see him down here as our best ever overseas player & when you consider we've had Allan Border, Mark Waugh ,Salim Malik & Stuart Law you can see what a compliment that is.

A lot of people reckon that Barry Richards was as good as his long lost brother Viv & that Pollock was even better.Didn't SA give Australia a good whipping in their last series before the ban?

 

[The Hippie]

Yeah, 5-blot. Thanks for bringing that up, Dipper, much appreciated, haven't you got work or something to go to?

 

[Booze Hound]

Dipper

Apparently McEwan was never rated that highly in SA. May have been a reverse Doug Walters, preferring a 'green seamer' to a hard bouncy one (no rude comments there please). Dougie hardly made a run in England.

Surely Essex's greatest overseas player was Norbert Phillip

 

[London Dave]

I liked Vivs book, although, like the great man himself, seemed to lose the plot a little as the end approached.

Only posting here regarding sledging.....heard that gPhonque story in many guises...me wonders if its apocryphal.

Best sledging ever, according to the book, was JR Thompson v G Boycott in a 'charity' match in Qld around 1976. The book is worth the price just for that story! Viv said it was also the quickest bowling he ever saw in a 'friendly' game!!!!

Pretty good book overall. Phil Tufnells bio is also OK,if you get the chance to read it, do.

 

[Pies rock]

My fave 12 during my lifetime:

Hayden
Taylor
Lara(prefer him at three)
Jones
S. Waugh
Symonds
Gilchrist
Warne
Gillespie
Ambrose
Mcgrath
McDermott (12th man)

Other faves include: M, Waugh, Harvey, Richards (although only saw him towards the end) and Matty Elliott.