Best XIs

[Bill Manspeaker]

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

[Bill Manspeaker]

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

[Jukes]

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

[JBs-Hawks]

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

[Bill Manspeaker]

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

[nrich102]

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.

[Bill Manspeaker]

that's the spirit Richo!

[PowerBug]

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?

[Gigantor]

Test only or do ODI's and T20I count?

If everything then Zampa

[Jukes]

McGain/McGOAT, Holland, and somebody else

[Gigantor]

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 :) )

[Hawka]

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

[Gigantor]

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 :)

[PowerBug]

Yeah tests only. McGain, Casson Holland the three :)

Although might look into ODIs just to add some more players :P

[Hawka]

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