not sure if this sort of thread has been done before, but thought it'd be a bit of fun
all you gotta do is make an 11 of a certain type
ie lefties, righties, captains, Countries
can be whatever you want. anything and everything
I'll start with a Lefties XI
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Alastair Cook
3) Brian Lara
4) Kumar Sangakkara
5) Shiv Chanderpaul
6) Gary Sobers
7) Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 ) Wasim Akram
9) Chaminda Vaas
10) Dan Vettori (c)
11) Alan Davidson
Stephen Fleming unlucky (prob woulda been captain too), and even though I don't like Cook, it's hard to ignore his record
so go nuts. it can be whatever XI you want
Aussie XI of players I've watched
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Justin Langer
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Michael Clarke
5) Steve Waugh (c)
6) Andrew Symonds
7) Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 ) Shane Warne
9) Brett Lee
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Glenn McGrath
maybe I could have Gillespie over Johnson but wanted a left armer in there
Hayden Langer Ponting pretty self explanatory. Clarkey cos he's my favourite player of all time. Steve Waugh as my captain and a rock at 5, Symonds at 6 as my all-rounder and one of the best fielders of all time, Gilly cos he's Gilly, same with Warne, Lee and Johnson putting fear in the batsmen, and McGrath pretty self explanatory
it's pretty much the old school team haha. for good reason though. Michael Hussey stiff to miss out on both teams but I have Symonds in the second team as my all-rounder, and there's no way Sobers doesn't make the first team for the same reason. I might be missing someone obvious but that'll do for now
Aussie XI of players I've watched
1. Ashton Agar
2. Shane Watson
3. Rob Quiney
4. Mark Cosgrove
5. Glenn Memeswell
6. Andrew McDonald
7. Luke Ronchi
8. James Hopes
9. Stuart Clark
10. Nathan Bracken
11. Nathan Hauritz
Quote from: Banned on November 25, 2016, 01:21:18 AM
Aussie XI of players I've watched
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Justin Langer
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Michael Clarke
5) Steve Waugh (c)
6) Andrew Symonds
7) Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 ) Shane Warne
9) Brett Lee
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Glenn McGrath
maybe I could have Gillespie over Johnson but wanted a left armer in there
Hayden Langer Ponting pretty self explanatory. Clarkey cos he's my favourite player of all time. Steve Waugh as my captain and a rock at 5, Symonds at 6 as my all-rounder and one of the best fielders of all time, Gilly cos he's Gilly, same with Warne, Lee and Johnson putting fear in the batsmen, and McGrath pretty self explanatory
it's pretty much the old school team haha. for good reason though. Michael Hussey stiff to miss out on both teams but I have Symonds in the second team as my all-rounder, and there's no way Sobers doesn't make the first team for the same reason. I might be missing someone obvious but that'll do for now
Surely with those 4 bowlers + Steve Waugh and Pup you dont need an AR
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on November 26, 2016, 02:47:56 PM
Quote from: Banned on November 25, 2016, 01:21:18 AM
Aussie XI of players I've watched
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Justin Langer
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Michael Clarke
5) Steve Waugh (c)
6) Andrew Symonds
7) Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 ) Shane Warne
9) Brett Lee
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Glenn McGrath
maybe I could have Gillespie over Johnson but wanted a left armer in there
Hayden Langer Ponting pretty self explanatory. Clarkey cos he's my favourite player of all time. Steve Waugh as my captain and a rock at 5, Symonds at 6 as my all-rounder and one of the best fielders of all time, Gilly cos he's Gilly, same with Warne, Lee and Johnson putting fear in the batsmen, and McGrath pretty self explanatory
it's pretty much the old school team haha. for good reason though. Michael Hussey stiff to miss out on both teams but I have Symonds in the second team as my all-rounder, and there's no way Sobers doesn't make the first team for the same reason. I might be missing someone obvious but that'll do for now
Surely with those 4 bowlers + Steve Waugh and Pup you dont need an AR
yeah that's a fair call. he's such a good fielder as well though. and he'd be good to have a few drinks with after a big win ;D
but Huss is no slouch in the field, and is a better bat... and can bowl a bit if needed... I might have to make the switch
Queensland All Time XI
1. Viv Richards
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Allan Border (c)
4. Bill Brown
5. Greg Chappell
6. Ian Botham
7. Ian Healy (wk)
8. Colin McCool
9. Jeff Thomson
10. Eddie Gilbert
11. Bert Ironmonger
Pretty damn good team really.
that's the spirit Richo!
Team of Australian spinners that have played since Shane Warne retired (Note: there's 14 of them in total, only counting those that have played as a spinner. So Maxwell, North don't count)
1. Cameron White
2. Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith
4. Ashton Agar
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Nathan Hauritz
7. Michael Beer
8. Brad Hogg
9. Xavier Doherty
10. Jason Krejza
11. Stuart MacGill
Now, without cheating and looking it up, who knows the other three?
Test only or do ODI's and T20I count?
If everything then Zampa
McGain/McGOAT, Holland, and somebody else
Jukes you might remember, who was that WA spinner who played mainly for NSW, I can't think of his name but I think he played a few Tests (I don't want to cheat :) )
Quote from: PowerBug on January 13, 2017, 11:38:14 PM
Team of Australian spinners that have played since Shane Warne retired (Note: there's 14 of them in total, only counting those that have played as a spinner. So Maxwell, North don't count)
1. Cameron White
2. Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith
4. Ashton Agar
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Nathan Hauritz
7. Michael Beer
8. Brad Hogg
9. Xavier Doherty
10. Jason Krejza
11. Stuart MacGill
Now, without cheating and looking it up, who knows the other three?
Beau casson :P and who jukes mentioned
Quote from: Hawka on January 14, 2017, 12:01:19 AM
Quote from: PowerBug on January 13, 2017, 11:38:14 PM
Team of Australian spinners that have played since Shane Warne retired (Note: there's 14 of them in total, only counting those that have played as a spinner. So Maxwell, North don't count)
1. Cameron White
2. Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith
4. Ashton Agar
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Nathan Hauritz
7. Michael Beer
8. Brad Hogg
9. Xavier Doherty
10. Jason Krejza
11. Stuart MacGill
Now, without cheating and looking it up, who knows the other three?
Beau casson :P and who jukes mentioned
Thats who I was thinking of haha, he had the unusual action :)
Yeah tests only. McGain, Casson Holland the three :)
Although might look into ODIs just to add some more players :P
A team compromised from the asian test playing nations, which happen to be my favorites
1. Sanath jayasuriya
2. Virender Shewag
3.Rahul Dravid (C)
4.VVS Laxman
5.Kumar Sangakarra (WK)
6. .Shakib Al Hasan
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Anil Kumble
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Chaminda Vass
11. Mashrafe Mortaza
Quote from: PowerBug on January 13, 2017, 11:38:14 PM
Team of Australian spinners that have played since Shane Warne retired (Note: there's 14 of them in total, only counting those that have played as a spinner. So Maxwell, North don't count)
1. Cameron White
2. Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith
4. Ashton Agar
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Nathan Hauritz
7. Michael Beer
8. Brad Hogg
9. Xavier Doherty
10. Jason Krejza
11. Stuart MacGill
Now, without cheating and looking it up, who knows the other three?
Apparently Smiddy was brought into the squad as a batsman who could bowl a bit of spin, and was basically competing with North. Was averaging like 50 or so in Sheffield Shield or something. Might have read up on it on Reddit, can't remember exactly.
Quote from: GoLions on January 14, 2017, 01:01:21 AM
Quote from: PowerBug on January 13, 2017, 11:38:14 PM
Team of Australian spinners that have played since Shane Warne retired (Note: there's 14 of them in total, only counting those that have played as a spinner. So Maxwell, North don't count)
1. Cameron White
2. Nathan Lyon
3. Steve Smith
4. Ashton Agar
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Nathan Hauritz
7. Michael Beer
8. Brad Hogg
9. Xavier Doherty
10. Jason Krejza
11. Stuart MacGill
Now, without cheating and looking it up, who knows the other three?
Apparently Smiddy was brought into the squad as a batsman who could bowl a bit of spin, and was basically competing with North. Was averaging like 50 or so in Sheffield Shield or something. Might have read up on it on Reddit, can't remember exactly.
Started his career at number 8 though and no other spinners in the bottom 4.
Smiddy was definitely brought in as a spinner who could bat
he was seen as the next Warney. even had a similar action
me and a mate called him Stick Revarne
cos he kinda looked like Nick Riewoldt, bowled leggies like Warne and name was Steve Smith
Brothers who have represented Australia in ODIs
S Marsh
M Waugh
I Chappell
G Chappell
D Hussey
S Waugh
M Hussey
M Marsh
S Lee
T Chappell
B Lee
The Australian Cricket Meme
1. David Warner
2. Joe Burns
3. Travis Head
4. Shane Watson
5. James Faulkner
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Gurinder Sandhu
9. Shaun Tait
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Xavier Doherty
Wade above Maxwell of course 8)
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 14, 2017, 12:08:21 PM
The Australian Cricket Meme
1. David Warner
2. Joe Burns
3. Travis Head
4. Shane Watson
5. James Faulkner
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Gurinder Sandhu
9. Shaun Tait
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Xavier Doherty
Wade above Maxwell of course 8)
You mean Memeswell?
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 14, 2017, 12:08:21 PM
The Australian Cricket Meme
1. David Warner
2. Joe Burns
3. Travis Head
4. Shane Watson
5. James Faulkner
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Gurinder Sandhu
9. Shaun Tait
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Xavier Doherty
Wade above Maxwell of course 8)
Satan just reserved a spot in hell for you.
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 14, 2017, 12:08:21 PM
The Australian Cricket Meme
1. David Warner
2. Joe Burns
3. Travis Head
4. Shane Watson
5. James Faulkner
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Gurinder Sandhu
9. Shaun Tait
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Xavier Doherty
Wade above Maxwell of course 8)
Pretty decent team - I was going to do something like this last night but cbf :P
My team would have been Warner, SMarsh, Head, Watto, MMarsh, Wade, Memeswell, Cummins, Pattinson, Tait, Lyon
Honorable mentions to (other than players you have) Lynn, Agar, Finch, Dunk, and Zampa
Quote from: nrich102 on November 26, 2016, 06:15:40 PM
Queensland All Time XI
1. Viv Richards
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Allan Border (c)
4. Bill Brown
5. Greg Chappell
6. Ian Botham
7. Ian Healy (wk)
8. Colin McCool
9. Jeff Thomson
10. Eddie Gilbert
11. Bert Ironmonger
Pretty damn good team really.
Not bad I would be replace Colin McCool with Tom Vievers and Bert Ironmonger with Wes Hall who played 2 seasons with Qld in the 60's.
Team of my favourite XI:
1. Chris Tavare
2. Alastair Cook
3. Gary Ballance
4. Adam Voges
5. Nathan Astle
6. Jacob Oram
7. I can't think of a keeper
8. Paul Collingwood
9. Roelof van de Merwe
10. James Anderson
11. Chadd Sayers
Quote from: Ringo on January 14, 2017, 05:23:50 PM
Quote from: nrich102 on November 26, 2016, 06:15:40 PM
Queensland All Time XI
1. Viv Richards
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Allan Border (c)
4. Bill Brown
5. Greg Chappell
6. Ian Botham
7. Ian Healy (wk)
8. Colin McCool
9. Jeff Thomson
10. Eddie Gilbert
11. Bert Ironmonger
Pretty damn good team really.
Not bad I would be replace Colin McCool with Tom Vievers and Bert Ironmonger with Wes Hall who played 2 seasons with Qld in the 60's.
Yeah you're probably right there.
Guys w/ Two First Names XI
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 15, 2017, 12:07:53 AM
Guys w/ Two First Names XI
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Mark Taylor
3. ???
4. Damien Martyn
5. Brendon Julian
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Brett Lee
9. Ben Laughlin
10. Shane Lee
11. ???
Quote from: Jay on January 15, 2017, 12:14:44 PM
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 15, 2017, 12:07:53 AM
Guys w/ Two First Names XI
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Mark Taylor
3. ???
4. Damien Martyn
5. Brendon Julian
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Brett Lee
9. Ben Laughlin
10. Shane Lee
11. ???
Michael Bevan
George Bailey another option
Quote from: Bill Manspeaker on November 26, 2016, 02:59:10 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on November 26, 2016, 02:47:56 PM
Quote from: Banned on November 25, 2016, 01:21:18 AM
Aussie XI of players I've watched
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Justin Langer
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Michael Clarke
5) Steve Waugh (c)
6) Andrew Symonds
7) Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 ) Shane Warne
9) Brett Lee
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Glenn McGrath
maybe I could have Gillespie over Johnson but wanted a left armer in there
Hayden Langer Ponting pretty self explanatory. Clarkey cos he's my favourite player of all time. Steve Waugh as my captain and a rock at 5, Symonds at 6 as my all-rounder and one of the best fielders of all time, Gilly cos he's Gilly, same with Warne, Lee and Johnson putting fear in the batsmen, and McGrath pretty self explanatory
it's pretty much the old school team haha. for good reason though. Michael Hussey stiff to miss out on both teams but I have Symonds in the second team as my all-rounder, and there's no way Sobers doesn't make the first team for the same reason. I might be missing someone obvious but that'll do for now
Surely with those 4 bowlers + Steve Waugh and Pup you dont need an AR
yeah that's a fair call. he's such a good fielder as well though. and he'd be good to have a few drinks with after a big win ;D
but Huss is no slouch in the field, and is a better bat... and can bowl a bit if needed... I might have to make the switch
thinking about this now and I'm pretty happy for Smith to take that spot now. bit of re-shuffling with the batting order
Quote from: plumdog millionaire on January 15, 2017, 12:21:01 PM
Quote from: Jay on January 15, 2017, 12:14:44 PM
Quote from: fanTCfool on January 15, 2017, 12:07:53 AM
Guys w/ Two First Names XI
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Mark Taylor
3. ???
4. Damien Martyn
5. Brendon Julian
6. Matthew Wade
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Brett Lee
9. Ben Laughlin
10. Shane Lee
11. ???
Michael Bevan
Could slot in a number of great men at 11, but Mick Lewis just over Mike Whitney for me!