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

[Docker82]

Mike Denness
Colin Cowdrey
Greame Hick
Kevin Pietersen
Eoin Morgan
Ben Stokes
Geraint Jones
Adam Hollioake
Jofra Archer
Chris Lewis
Devon Malcolm

 

[troybe]

Mike Denness
Colin Cowdrey
Greame Hick
Kevin Pietersen
Eoin Morgan
Ben Stokes
Geraint Jones
Adam Hollioake
Jofra Archer
Chris Lewis
Devon Malcolm

An England XI and not an Englishman among them. You’ve got a Scot, Indian, Zim, SAfr, Irish, NZer, PNGer, Aussie, Barbadian, Guyanan, Jamaica Man

 

[sabso]

An England XI and not an Englishman among them. You’ve got a Scot, Indian, Zim, SAfr, Irish, NZer, PNGer, Aussie, Barbadian, Guyanan, Jamaica Man

Tbf the England team encompassed both Scotland and Wales in Denness’s time. Now it includes wales but not Scotland

As a replacement may I offer the great Gavin Hamilton

 

[Docker82]

Tbf the England team encompassed both Scotland and Wales in Denness’s time. Now it includes wales but not Scotland

As a replacement may I offer the great Gavin Hamilton

Left out Wales on purpose for that very reason.

 

[troybe]

Left out Wales on purpose for that very reason.

Matthew Maynard dislikes this

 

[sherb]

Tbf the England team encompassed both Scotland and Wales in Denness’s time. Now it includes wales but not Scotland

As a replacement may I offer the great Gavin Hamilton

It even had a Welsh captain in that era

 

[sabso]

It even had a Welsh captain in that era

Fun fact: more England captains have been born in Trinidad than in New Zealand

 

[Zach Package]

 

[Rabish Binney]

I see Derek Pringle in that clip.

Reminds me of the 1989 Ashes tour where Pringle played and did absolutely nothing.

Some of the crowd started singing ' If Pringle plays for England so can I'

I believe the original of this ditty was about the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil.

 

[Zach Package]

I see Derek Pringle in that clip.

Reminds me of the 1989 Ashes tour where Pringle played and did absolutely nothing.

Some of the crowd started singing ' If Pringle plays for England so can I'

I believe the original of this ditty was about the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil.

This song taught me how to pronounce Pietermaritzburg

 

[dogs105]

Kepler Wessels
Matt Renshaw
Marnus Labuschagne
Josh Inglis (wk)
Usman Khawaja
Andrew Symonds
Hilton Cartwright
Moises Henriques
Michael Neser
Steve O'Keeffe
Clarrie Grimmett

 

[Gough]

This song taught me how to pronounce Pietermaritzburg

Gqeberha is the one causing grief these days, click consonants are a bit unfamiliar to Anglo tongues.

 

[eth-dog]

Kepler Wessels
Matt Renshaw
Marnus Labuschagne
Josh Inglis (wk)
Usman Khawaja
Andrew Symonds
Hilton Cartwright
Moises Henriques
Michael Neser
Steve O'Keeffe
Clarrie Grimmett

Aussies born overseas.

 

[PhatBoy]

I see Derek Pringle in that clip.

Reminds me of the 1989 Ashes tour where Pringle played and did absolutely nothing.

Some of the crowd started singing ' If Pringle plays for England so can I'

I believe the original of this ditty was about the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil.

Meyrick Pringle >>> Derek Pringle

 

[sabso]

Gqeberha is the one causing grief these days, click consonants are a bit unfamiliar to Anglo tongues.

The first ever test match in South Africa in 1889 was played in Gqeberha don’t you know.

 

[Groucho]

Kepler Wessels
Matt Renshaw
Marnus Labuschagne
Josh Inglis (wk)
Usman Khawaja
Andrew Symonds
Hilton Cartwright
Moises Henriques
Michael Neser
Steve O'Keeffe
Clarrie Grimmett

Pop gun pace attack. Lab would try and grab the new ball

 

[Bob Neil]

Coach: Neil Harvey

Selector: Alan Edwards

1. Chris Rogers
2. Will Pucovski
3. Justin Langer
4. Mike Veletta
5. Usman Khawaja
6. Graham Yallop
7. Simon O’Donnell
8. Tim Zoehrer
9. Ian Quick
10. Damien Fleming
11. Xavier Bartlett

 

[RedMamba]

RULES: Drafting an all time cricket XI with 2 teams.

SUMMARY: The draft order was set by a coin toss with Team B winning. They elected to pick 2nd so effectively Team A had picks 1 and 4 while Team B had picks 2 and 3 and so on.

RESULTS: A fun idea for you to try with another mate. We did this over a few beers with no looking up stats either so go easy on us.

• Which team wins and why?
• Who have we missed/drafted too early?

TEAM A

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Don Bradman
4. Steve Smith
5. Brian Lara
6. Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Dennis Lillee

TEAM B

1. Graeme Smith
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Imran Khan
8. Dale Steyn
9. Muttiah Muralitharan
10. James Anderson
11. Courtney Walsh

 

[eth-dog]

RULES: Drafting an all time cricket XI with 2 teams.

SUMMARY: The draft order was set by a coin toss with Team B winning. They elected to pick 2nd so effectively Team A had picks 1 and 4 while Team B had picks 2 and 3 and so on.

RESULTS: A fun idea for you to try with another mate. We did this over a few beers with no looking up stats either so go easy on us.

• Which team wins and why?
• Who have we missed/drafted too early?

TEAM A

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Don Bradman
4. Steve Smith
5. Brian Lara
6. Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Dennis Lillee

TEAM B

1. Graeme Smith
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Imran Khan
8. Dale Steyn
9. Muttiah Muralitharan
10. James Anderson
11. Courtney Walsh

Anderson, Walsh? Anderson I somewhat understand but Walsh ahead of Marshall, Garner, Holding? Also team B with Kallis and Imran could have easily picked a second spinner like Kumble

 

[RedMamba]

Anderson, Walsh? Anderson I somewhat understand but Walsh ahead of Marshall, Garner, Holding? Also team B with Kallis and Imran could have easily picked a second spinner like Kumble

I did question the Walsh pick at the time. I was Team A and had Lillee for my last pick and nearly went for Marshall but wasn’t quite sure. Upon looking at the stats afterwards I would have preferred taking him. He also had a nice batting average for a bowler.

Interesting point about the spinner, never crossed my mind for him to take another one. Murali was already picked near the end for him as he knew I wasn’t taking him as I already had Warne.

 

[Trojan90]

RULES: Drafting an all time cricket XI with 2 teams.

SUMMARY: The draft order was set by a coin toss with Team B winning. They elected to pick 2nd so effectively Team A had picks 1 and 4 while Team B had picks 2 and 3 and so on.

RESULTS: A fun idea for you to try with another mate. We did this over a few beers with no looking up stats either so go easy on us.

• Which team wins and why?
• Who have we missed/drafted too early?

TEAM A

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Don Bradman
4. Steve Smith
5. Brian Lara
6. Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Dennis Lillee

TEAM B

1. Graeme Smith
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Imran Khan
8. Dale Steyn
9. Muttiah Muralitharan
10. James Anderson
11. Courtney Walsh

Team A by a mile!