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Your favourite XI vs Hated XI

DocHead

School Boy/Girl Captain
What would your favourite team be, most people have their outright favourites, but they don't usually add up to a balanced team. I've only followed Cricket since 1989, so I don't really know much about guys like Botham, etc., so most of them will be relatively recent players.

Assume the match takes place on your favourite ground, mine's is on a fast Green Kingsmead track in the early '90s.

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Gary Kirsten
3. Steve Waugh (c)
4. Jaques Kallis
5. Jonty Rhodes
6. Lance Kluesener
7. Adam Parore (wk)
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Brett Lee
10. Fanie de Villiers
11. Courtney Walsh

12th. Dale Benkenstein
vs.

1. Aamir Sohail
2. Matt Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Greame Hick
5. Neil Johnson (I used to like him lots, then he went and played for WP)
6. Brian Lara (Simply 'cos of his annoying habit of knocking SA out of tourneys)
7. Andy Flintoff
8. Jack Russel
9. Shane Warne
10. Andy Caddick
11. Glen McGrath

12th. Justin Langer
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
Cracking thread..

LOVED XI
1. MP Vaughan
2. D Ganga
3. DJ Cullinan
4. R Dravid
5. M Van Jaarsveld
6. NC Johnson
7. MV Boucher
8. SK Warne
9. CK Langeveldt
10. AA Donald
11. C Ambrose

Hated XI
1. MA Hayden
2. V Sehwag
3. PA De Silva
4. A Ranatunga
5. R Key
6. K Pietersen
7. JS Foster
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. RJ Peterson
10. A Nehra
11. M Muralitharan
 
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steds

Hall of Fame Member
Favourite XI

Mike Atherton*
SS Das
Michael Vaughan
Brian Lara
Stuart Law
Andrew Flintoff
Jack Russell+
Chris Schofield
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Dave Mohammed

only 5 Lancashire players. Nowhere near enough for bias to be called into question...3 wrist spinners, too :happy:

Least favourite XI(I don't 'hate' anybody)

Arjuna Ranatunga
Matthew Hayden
Darren Lehmann (played for Yorkshire *hiss*)
Brian Lara (again. He's just TOO good)
Saurav Ganguly
John Crawley (messed Lancashire around)
Richard Blakey+ (DIE, YORKSHIRE SCUM!!!!!)
Andrew Hall (just don't like the look of him)
Shaun Pollock (ginger. end of story)
Brett Lee
Waqar Younis
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hated XI

Atherton
(Graeme) Smith
Ganguly
Lara
Crawley
Ranatunga
Healy
Graveney
Turbanator
Warne
McGrath
 

Crazy Sam

International 12th Man
Hayden
Maher
Ponting
Symonds
Clarke
Watson
Gilchrist
Warne
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
McGrath

vs.

Sehwag
Vaughan
Tendulkar
Kallis
Ganguly
Youhana
Sangakkara
Singh
Ahktar
Sami
Muralitharan

game played at the Gabba.
 

Crazy Sam

International 12th Man
of course. I can't think of any non-australians i'd want. If I were to be biased I would've put more than 5 queenslanders in it, although our four bowlers at the moment are the best combination we've had in years.
 

DocHead

School Boy/Girl Captain
Daimn!! I can't believe I forgot the incredible Allan Antony Donald! He's like one of my favouritest players eva! Drop Walshie from my team, Allan has to be in it.
 

DocHead

School Boy/Girl Captain
Just some homebrew analysis for fun....

My FXI bats down to Polly, who's a recognised allrounder, Lee & Fanie can certainly hold their own when batting, so there's batting to a degree right to #10. Donald or Walsh are both bunnies of the highest order. They also have Waugh & Kirsten, both of the crusty never-give up type batsmen. The HXI bats down to Shane Warne, who while not an allrounder, can hold his end up. I remember Caddick doing a more than decent job, but he and McGrath (despite his 50, geez louise! The world must be ending) are rabbits as well. They have more flair batsmen, but look more likely to crumble like a giant flan than the other team.

Wicketkeeping balances each other out, Russel is a better keeper, Parore is a better bat. Parore also won't have spin to worry about, except for some overs from Sachin, and he's perfectly adequate for my battery of pacers.

My FXI can throw up to 8 bowlers at the HXI, with only Waugh & Sachin being considered part-time. And they're pretty decent part timers at that. They've definately got the edge over the 5 man HXI attack with no real part timers to call apon. Sohail and Hick can throw a few down, but they could go for plenty. The HXI however does have a genuine spinner, though I don't think a Kingsmean wicket with a bit of a green tinge is ever going to help the spinners much.

So I think my faves XI has slightly more firepower in both departments, but it could be an awesome match if both sides fired on all cylinders.
 

superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
1. Gooch
2. Slater
3. Lara
4. Andy Flower (Wkt)
5. Hooper
6. Bevan
7. Flintoff
8. Chapple
9. Curtly
10. Murali
11. Devon Malcolm

vs


1. Langer
2. Butcher
3. Ramprakash
4. Laxman
5. Hussain
6. Irani
7. Ealham
8. Boucher
9. Pathan
10. Croft
11. Fraser

at OT of course
 
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bryce

International Regular
Favourite XI(minus New Zealanders of course).

1.V.Sehwag
2.C.Gayle
3.J.Kallis
4.B.Lara
5.R.Sarwan
6.T.Samawareewa
7.S.Watson
8.T.Taibu
9.S.Akhtar
10.M.Muraliduran
11.J.Anderson

Hated XI

1.M.Vaughan
2.S.Ganguly
3.R.Ponting
4.N.Hussain
5.A.Flintoff
6.A.Symonds
7.J.Ontong
8.G.Hogg
9.R.Hart
10.A.Caddick
11.B.Williams
 

Simon

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fav XI

Hayden
Trescothick
Ponting
Kallis
Clarke
Dawson+
Higgs
Watson
Lee
Warne
McGrath

hated XI
G Smith
Taufeeq Umar
Dravid
Laxman
Imzamam
Ganguly
Sangakarra+
Harbhajan Singh
Harmison
Muralitharan
Vettori

sorry had to put 3 spinners in my hated team, but those guys really give me the *****...
 

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Fave XI

M Slater
R Kaluwitharana +
D Boon*
R Richardson
G Blewett
J Davison
H Streak
D Marillier
WJCVDSERTLC Vaas (slight exaggeration on the initials)
C McDermott
M Nagamootoo

Honourable mentions: M Richardson, D Gough, C Black (WI), L Vincent and A Parore (the only keeper cool enough to get away with wearing short sleeves...and the sweatbands were mad! :D )

Least Liked XI...nah, just Hated XI

M Bell
G Smith
PA de Silva
M Azhurradin*
M Bevan
S Malik
W Hegg+
B Lee
N McLean
P Adams
D Morrison

Honourable mentions: A Gilchrist, A Caddick, A Stewart, A Ranatunga, S Law and Nantie Hayward
 

Mr Casson

Cricketer Of The Year
Loved XI:
1. Andrew Strauss
2. Marcus North
3. Shane Watson
4. Damien Martyn
5. Michael Clarke (C)
6. Andrew Flintoff
7. Adam Gilchrist (W/K)
8. Beau Casson
9. Irfan Pathan
10. Brett Lee
11. James Anderson
12th man: VVS Laxman

Hated XI
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Graeme Smith
3. Rahul Dravid (C)
4. Greg Blewett
5. Jacques Kallis
6. Mark Butcher
7. Wade Seccombe (W/K)
8. Pat Symcox
9. Matthew Nicholson
10. Muttiah Muralidaran
11. James Kirtley
12th man: Can't be bothered

Played at the WACA

For the record, I breezed through my favourite players, but the hated XI took ages to come up with.
 

KennyD

International Vice-Captain
oh man whats the deal with so many Matt Haydens in hated XI? Whats wrong with that big christian boy....?
 

Scallywag

Banned
Favorite XI

Langer
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ponting
Viv
Border
Rod Marsh
Botham
Warne
Hadlee
Lillee
McGrath

12th Imran



Worst XI

Ranatunga
There are no other players I dislike.
 

masterblaster

International Captain
Favourite XI (Tests)

Michael Slater
Herschelle Gibbs
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Brian Lara
Adam Gilchrist (w/k)
Wasim Akram (Captain)
Shane Warne
Shoaib Akhtar
Glen McGrath

Disliked XI (Hated is too strong a word)

Justin Langer
Aamir Sohail
Aravinda De Silva
Arjuna Ranatunga
Darren Lehmann
Salim Malik
Parthiv Patel (w/k)
Brad Williams
Mohammad Sami
Waqar Younis
Muttiah Muralitharan
 

bryce

International Regular
broncoman said:
hated XI
G Smith
Taufeeq Umar
Dravid
Laxman
Imzamam
Ganguly
Sangakarra+
Harbhajan Singh
Harmison
Muralitharan
Vettori

sorry had to put 3 spinners in my hated team, but those guys really give me the *****...
don't worry, ganguly is an opening bowler anyway :)
 

Slats4ever

International Vice-Captain
Favourit Eleven

Michael Slater
Matthew Hayden
Sanath Jayasuriya
Jimmy Adams
David Boon
VVS Laxman
A Gilchrist
S Bond
B Lee
J Gillespie
M Muralitharan

Hated XI

V Shewag
A Sohail
S Tendulkar
C McMillan
A Ranatunga
P DeSilva
P Pathel
H Singh
D Gough
I Bishop
G McGrath (captain)
 

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