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

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PhatBoy said:
bad taste to suggest Ntini?
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Maybe a little? I dunno.

Glenn Maxwell has a bit of a reputation. He's opened the batting in test cricket before.
 

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Bird based XI

1. Aaron Finch
2. Robin Uthappa (+)
3. Stephen Fleming
4. Martin Crowe
5. Robin Smith
6. Jack Heron
7. Lord Hawke
8. Graeme Swann
9. Fred Titmus
10. Damien Fleming
11. Jackson Bird
 
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PhatBoy said:
Players who started as one thing and became another:
Need another middle order player - preferably a bowler who became a batsman

1. Tom Blundell (wk) - recency bias. Reserve keeper stuck behind a good one in BJ Watling. Stuck at the top of the order as there is literally no other option and makes a ton.
2. Ravi Shastri - Takes 125 wickets and averages 33 with the bat as a middle order all rounder. Basically Stops bowling for the last quarter of his career and averages 44 opening the

3. Steve Smith - leg spinner cum batsman
4. Thilan Samaraweera - nearly 400 first class wickets at 25, iirc was picked as a bowler to start. Averaged 48 with the bat and hardly bowled
5.
6. Andrew Symonds - picked as a bitser with bat and seam, turned his hand to offspin
7. Vettori - started as a good spinner batting at 11. Finished his career as a dependable batsman who’s spin was capable but inferior to what it had been
8. Roger Harper - picked as the token spinner for a West Indies side that probably didn’t need one, who could bat. In the end was ordinary at both but nearly worth his spot as the world’s only specialist fielder
9. Heath Streak - in his first 36 test matches passed 50 four times and averaged 17. In his next 29, hit a century and 7 50s And averaged 30 for the remainder of his career
10. Stuart Broad - came into the side as a reasonable enough bowler who could really bat. Now a strike bowler who wouldn’t look out of place in a Chris Martin XI
11. Colin Miller - seamer who got picked almost exclusively to bowl off spin
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What about the second rate South African off spinner who scored 8,000 test runs and captained England?
 
Steve B Smith
Steve Fleming
Steve PD Smith
Steve Waugh
Steve Tikolo
Steve Rhodes (play as batsman)
Steve Rixon (wk)
Steve O'Keefe
Steve Harmison
Steve Finn
Steve Boock

12th: Steve Davies/ Steve Magoffin
 

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Aussie Brothers XI:

Shaun Marsh
Mike Hussey
Ian Chappell
Greg Chappell
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Dave Hussey
Trevor Chappell
Mitch Marsh
Shane Lee
Brett Lee

Not a well balanced side but yeah. I'm giving the gloves to Ian Chappell as he has a stumping in first class cricket so must have kept as a back up at some point. If he needs to roll the arm over for a few leggies then mr. cricket gets the gloves.
 
eth-dog said:
So we have:

Chris Gayle
???
Wally Hammond
Garry Sobers
Steve Waugh
Keith Miller
???
Shane Warne
Joel Garner
Shoaib Akhtar
Mike Whitney

de Kock for the keeper just for his name?
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Steve Waugh as a ladies man comes as surprise - he was captain of nerds as we've heard a million times
 
Team that always seemed to beat up Australia;
Vaughn
Ijaz
Richie Richardson
Pujara
Laxman
Botham
Dujon
Hadlee
Ambrose
Herath
Rabada
 
cricketnut14 said:
Aussie Brothers XI:

Shaun Marsh
Mike Hussey
Ian Chappell
Greg Chappell
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Dave Hussey
Trevor Chappell
Mitch Marsh
Shane Lee
Brett Lee

Not a well balanced side but yeah. I'm giving the gloves to Ian Chappell as he has a stumping in first class cricket so must have kept as a back up at some point. If he needs to roll the arm over for a few leggies then mr. cricket gets the gloves.
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Might throw the Benauds in there (instead of the Marshes) - Richie gives you leg-spin, and John had a century at No 3, so he could open.
 
cricketnut14 said:
Aussie Brothers XI:

Shaun Marsh
Mike Hussey
Ian Chappell
Greg Chappell
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Dave Hussey
Trevor Chappell
Mitch Marsh
Shane Lee
Brett Lee

Not a well balanced side but yeah. I'm giving the gloves to Ian Chappell as he has a stumping in first class cricket so must have kept as a back up at some point. If he needs to roll the arm over for a few leggies then mr. cricket gets the gloves.
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James and Darren Pattinson?
 
PhatBoy said:
Unrelated brothers xi

Wayne phillips
Wayne phillips
Ray phillips
Ab de villiers
Fanie de Villiers
Joey benjamin
Winston benjamin
Kenny Benjamin
Vanburn holder
Jason holder
Roland holder
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Surely Peter and Graeme Pollock get in?
 
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