Oldies but Goldies

[Deja moo]

If you had to choose a team for each country comprised purely of retired ( from both forms of the international game ) players ( in their present physical condition) to play the Oldies WC tomorrow, whom would you choose ?

India :

Robin Singh
Nayan Mongia +
Javagal Srinath
Venkatesh Prasad

Pakistan :

Saeed Anwar
Aamir Sohail
Ijaz Ahmed
Moin Khan/ Rashid Latif +
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis

Australia :

Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy
Damien Fleming

 

[Deja moo]

Sri lanka :

Gurusinghe
Aravinda DeSilva
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
Roshan Mahanama
Romesh Kaluwitharana +

 

[Deja moo]

South Africa :

Andrew Hudson
Gary Kirsten
Kepler Wessels (cpt) ......( Cronje, Azza, saleem Malik etc not considered )
Dave Richardson +
Pat Symcox
Fanie DeVilliers
Allan Donald

 

[Deja moo]

England :

Michael Atherton
Nick Knight
Graeme Hick
Neil Fairbrother
Mark Ealham (retired?)
Andy Caddick ( retired?)

 

[BoyBrumby]

South Africa :

( Cronje, Azza, saleem Malik etc not considered )

I can think of one pretty good reason why not for Hansie.....

Just to clarify, do you mean players who could still turn out in their current physical state as of 16/4/05?

 

[Deja moo]

I can think of one pretty good reason why not for Hansie.....

Just to clarify, do you mean players who could still turn out in their current physical state as of 16/4/05?

My bad. RIP.

And yeah, players who are definitely retired but can still play current physical condition permitting. Thats one way of ensuring the New Zealanders dont go for Hadlee instaed of Dion Nash .

 

[age_master]

id still pick bradman, i reakon he would still averageat least 70 in his current condition


M Slater
M Waugh
D Jones
D Boon
S Waugh
A Border
M Taylor
D Berry (Healy is fat these days )
P Rieffel
D Fleming
Merv

Waughs would have to bowl because i couldn't think of anyone else

 

[age_master]

Sri lanka :
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)

the best thing would be that his physical condition is as good as ever

 

[Deja moo]

id still pick bradman, i reakon he would still averageat least 70 in his current condition


M Slater
M Waugh
D Jones
D Boon
S Waugh
A Border
M Taylor
D Berry (Healy is fat these days )
P Rieffel
D Fleming
Merv

Waughs would have to bowl because i couldn't think of anyone else

I can picture the pitch crumbling rapidly under his weight

 

[luckyeddie]

I can think of one pretty good reason why not for Hansie.....

Just to clarify, do you mean players who could still turn out in their current physical state as of 16/4/05?

<quack> Hansie could - if the bowlers' footmarks were slippery and they'd run out of sawdust.

DD, that's possibly the worst thing you've ever said on CW....

<quack> I really, really apologise

... and just possibly the funniest

 

[Swervy]

<quack> Hansie could - if the bowlers' footmarks were slippery and they'd run out of sawdust.

DD, that's possibly the worst thing you've ever said on CW....

<quack> I really, really apologise

... and just possibly the funniest

oooh LE, Richard will come down on you like a ton of bricks for that

 

[steds]

<quack> Hansie could - if the bowlers' footmarks were slippery and they'd run out of sawdust.

DD, that's possibly the worst thing you've ever said on CW....

<quack> I really, really apologise

... and just possibly the funniest

I rate that as one of the poorest


...it's still funny, but not the comic genius we all know and love

 

[luckyeddie]

I rate that as one of the poorest


...it's still funny, but not the comic genius we all know and love

Ah well. He always was a gritty character.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ah well. He always was a gritty character.

Richard's gonna have a stroke!

 

[steds]

Ah well. He always was a gritty character.

 

[luckyeddie]

Richard's gonna have a stroke!

Why is that? Does he row?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Why is that? Does he row?

Frequently; with C_C, TEC, Swervy....

(Sorry, I know, I know....)

 

[SJS]

Saeed Anwar
Mark Waugh
Graeme Hick
Aravinda DeSilva
Steve Waugh
Ijaz Ahmed
Gurusinghe
Nick Knight
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Andy Caddick
Javagal Srinath


These are twelve. Take your pick for twelfth man.

I would have put Symcox for variety but then I thought would I pick him in his heydays ? and I got my answer

 

[BoyBrumby]

Trying to do an “England” XI. I haven’t included Hick, Caddy, Ealham, Mullally, White or De Freitas ‘cos I don’t think any of them has ever actually withdrawn their international services. They just stopped getting picked!

Seamers are hard, ‘cos they often go on until their bodies give up on them. Peter Martin & Dean Headley are ruled out on this basis & Gus Fraser’s current waistline counted against him! Anyway:

Atherton
James (Steve, ex-Glamorgan)
Knight
*Hussain
Stewart
Hollioake
+Russell
Lewis
Croft
Smith (Mike, ex-Gloucestershire)
Giddins

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

West Indies

CB Lambert
RG Samuels
IVA Richards - he's still in pretty good shape.
JC Adams
CL Hooper
RIC Holder
RD Jacobs +
CM Tuckett
CEL Ambrose
D Ramnarine
CA Walsh