first 20 for international teams (tests)

[Pratters]

Whom would you select, the squad and the reserves for various teams?

I will start with India

Openers

Sehwag
Gambhir
Chopra ( Really want Jaffer but unlikely he will get a test again)

Middle order

Dravid
Tendulkar (on injured list for the moment)
Ganguly
Laxman
Yuvraj
Mongia
Kaif

Keepers

Dhoni
Karthik

Medium/fast bowlers

Pathan
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra (I really would like some one else though. Too inconsistent due to injuries)
Gagandeep Singh
S.S.Paul

Spinners

Kumble
Harbhajan
Karthik
(any other spinners in line?)

No Agarkar. I have had enough of him. He does the brilliant as he did in Adelaide but really too poor over all atleast for the longer version. Sorry AAAS guys.

 

[aussie]

I'll begin with England

Openers:

Trescothick
Strauss

Middle Order:

Vaughan
Bell
Butcher
Thorpe
Pietersen
Key
Joyce
Flintoff

Keepers:

Jones
Read

Spinners:

Giles
Batty (Keedy)
Swann

Fast Bowlers:

Harmison
Hoggard
Jones
Tremlett
Anderson
Lewis

Just made one addition to England which is icluding Key

 

[aussie]

The mighty aussies

Openers:

Langer
Hayden
Hussey
Jaques

Middle Order:

Ponting
Martyn
Katich
Hodge
Clarke
Hussey D

All-Rounder:

Watson

Keepers:

Gilchrist
Haddin

Spinners:

Warne
MacGill
Cullen or probably (White, Casson, Hauritz, Doherty) at this stage their is no clear cut 3rd spinner behind Warne & MacGill

Fast Bowlers:

McGrath
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
Lee
Tait
Lewis

I have gone over the limit by 1, i have 21 players for Australia

 

[chaminda_00]

Sri Lanka

Opener
S Jayasuriya
M Atapattu
S Kalvitigoda
I Daniel
M Vandort

Middle Order
M Jayawardene
T Samaraweera
T Dilshan
J Mubrak
R Arnold

Keepers
K Sangakkara
P Jayawardene

Fast Bowlers
C Vaas
L Malinga
D Fernando
N Zoysa
P Nissanka

Spinners
M Muralitharan
U Chandana
R Hearth

 

[chaminda_00]

Bangladesh

Openers
Javed Omar
Nafis Iqbal
Shahriar Nafees

Middle Order
Habibul Bashar
Mohammad Ashraful
Rajin Saleh
Aftab Ahmed
Tushar Imran
Alok Kapali

Keepers
Khaled Mashud
Mushfiqur Rahim

Spinners
Mohammad Rafique
Enamul Haque jnr
Abdur Razzak


Fast Bowlers
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Anwar Hossain Monir
Talha Jubair
Shahadat Hossain
Mushfiqur Rahman

 

[Chubb]

Zimbabwe
Openers
T. Gripper
B. Rogers
N. Ferreira

Middle Order
D. Ebrahim
S. Carlisle
H. Masakadza
C.Wishart
S. Matsikenyeri

Keepers
T. Taibu
C. Coventry

All Rounders
E. Chigumbura
H. Streak
A. Blignaut
D. Marillier or G. Ewing (Not sure if Doug wants to play internationals but he has played for Midlands this year)


Fast Bowlers
D. Hondo
C. Mpofu
T. Panyangara
E. Rainsford

Spinners
G. Cremer
P. Utseya


I would have put in Brendan Taylor but he's banned.

 

[luckyeddie]

Fast Bowlers:

McGrath
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
Lee
Tait
Lewis

I have gone over the limit by 1, i have 21 players for Australia

Correction - only 19.

Lee + Tait + Lewis = 1 half-decent bowler.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Middle Order:

Ponting
Martyn
Katich
Hodge
Clarke
Hussey D

Not for tests.

And to solve your problem on 21 players (besides luckyeddie's worthwhile suggestion) don't bother with that 3rd spinner. The fact that you couldn't make your own mind up says in itself that the position isn't worth including.

 

[superkingdave]

what would be interesting would be to exclude everyone over 30

 

[luckyeddie]

what would be interesting would be to exclude everyone over 30

Australia'd only have about 2 left

 

[vic_orthdox]

Australia'd only have about 2 left

The mighty aussies

Openers:

Jaques

Middle Order:

Clarke
Hussey D

All-Rounder:

Watson

Keepers:

Haddin

Spinners:

Cullen or probably White, Casson, Hauritz, Doherty

Fast Bowlers:

Lee
Tait

More than two

 

[superkingdave]

Katich is only 29 aswell but it is interesting

 

[superkingdave]

Openers:

Trescothick
Strauss

Middle Order:

Bell
Pietersen
Joyce
Flintoff

Keepers:

Jones
Read

Spinners:

Batty
Swann

Fast Bowlers:

Harmison
Hoggard
Jones
Tremlett
Anderson
Lewis

still missing a lot of Key players

 

[luckyeddie]

still missing a lot of Key players

Robert Key?

 

[aussie]

Correction - only 19.

Lee + Tait + Lewis = 1 half-decent bowler.

hahaha

 

[aussie]

Not for tests.

And to solve your problem on 21 players (besides luckyeddie's worthwhile suggestion) don't bother with that 3rd spinner. The fact that you couldn't make your own mind up says in itself that the position isn't worth including.

Whats do mean not for test , those blokes are surely the guys that would be considered for selection in the Australia middle order.

while i agree that the 3rd spinner option at this stage is not a position worth including

 

[aussie]

Robert Key?

Geeeeeeeeez how did i forget him

 

[vic_orthdox]

I put Dave Hussey in bold. Because he's not an option for Tests. He got dropped from Victoria's Pura Cup team this year and averaged 23 for the year. He's not in the running, and is still about 28-29 anyways - hardly a young'un.

 

[King_Ponting]

The mighty aussies

Openers:

Langer
Hayden
Hussey
Jaques

Middle Order:

Ponting
Martyn
Katich
Hodge
Clarke
Hussey D

All-Rounder:

Watson

Keepers:

Gilchrist
Haddin

Spinners:

Warne
MacGill
Cullen or probably (White, Casson, Hauritz, Doherty) at this stage their is no clear cut 3rd spinner behind Warne & MacGill

Fast Bowlers:

McGrath
Gillespie
Kasprowicz
Lee
Tait
Lewis

I have gone over the limit by 1, i have 21 players for Australia

Yeh no need for lewis in that line up. And i think that M Hussey is more of a chance than david hussey for tests

 

[aussie]

I put Dave Hussey in bold. Because he's not an option for Tests. He got dropped from Victoria's Pura Cup team this year and averaged 23 for the year. He's not in the running, and is still about 28-29 anyways - hardly a young'un.

well his poor season for victoria has put him out of the runnings for a test place, but before that when he was making runs he everyone was talking about him. He is a talented player so in the future i expect him to get a chance in the Aussie middle order one he gets back to form that brought his name into contention and no young batsmen doesn't leap-frog him