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Yet another XI thread. Northern vs Southern Hemispheres

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Forgive me if this has been done before :ph34r:


Just thinking today about a Northern vs Southern hemisphere series to be played all over the world. Who would you choose?

I thought about all time XI's & current XI's and who would make the cut and who wouldn't.

I'm interested in what you all think and all the different kinds of combinations that could be put together.

Perhaps to make things easier, it could be broken down into types of teams:

All time
Currently playing based on recent form (say the year of 2005)
Current players overall career records.

And for those of you bad with geography :p
North teams: England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh
South teams: Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Zimbabwe


There would be ODI's as well as tests, played at:

Sydney Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Newlands
New Wanderers
Basin Reserve

Lord's
Kensington Oval
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
Multan Cricket Stadium
Eden Gardens


So keep these in mind (pitch conditions) when picking teams...
 

irfan

State Captain
South team:
J Langer
G Smith
R Ponting *
J Kallis
S Fleming
D Martyn
A Gilchrist +
S Warne
S Pollock
M Ntini
G McGrath
12th man: H Streak
Rest of Squad: Vettori, Gibbs, Hayden
cud use Vettori if 2nd spinner is required esp at Sydney

North Team:
V Sehwag
M Vaughan
R Dravid *
S Tendulkar
B Lara
I Ul-Haq
K Sangakarra +
A Flintoff
S Akhtar
S Harmison/A Kumble
M Muralitharan
12th man: whoever misses out between Harmy and Kumble
Rest of Squad: Trescothick, Vaas, Ashraful (token Bangla)
 

adharcric

International Coach
well i'll start by naming my teams based on current players (taking into account recent form but more importantly overall talent/record).

Test Squads
Northern XI
1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Kumar Sangakarra (wk), 3 Rahul Dravid (vc), 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 Brian Lara, 6 Inzamam-ul-Haq (c), 7 Andrew Flintoff,
8 Irfan Pathan, 9 Shoaib Akhtar, 10 Anil Kumble, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan, 12th Man: Marcus Trescothick/Chaminda Vaas

Southern XI
1 Graeme Smith (vc), 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (c), 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Herschelle Gibbs, 6 Damien Martyn, 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk),
8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Shane Warne, 10 Glenn McGrath, 11 Makhaya Ntini, 12th Man: Daniel Vettori
 

LongHopCassidy

International Captain
Current Form XIs
Northern Hemisphere
1. V Sehwag
2. M Trescothick
3. M Vaughan*
4. S Tendulkar
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq
6. K Sangakkara+
7. A Flintoff
8. A Kumble
9. M Hoggard
10. Rana Naved-ul-hasan
11. Shoaib Akhtar

Southern Hemisphere
1. G Smith
2. M Hayden
3. J Kallis
4. R Ponting
5. D Martyn
6. A Gilchrist+
7. D Vettori
8. S Warne*
9. B Lee
10. G McGrath
11. M Ntini
 

LongHopCassidy

International Captain
All Time XIs
Northern Hemisphere
1. JB Hobbs
2. SM Gavaskar
3. IVA Richards
4. SR Tendulkar
5. GS Sobers
6. LEG Ames+
7. IT Botham
8. Imran Khan
9. M Marshall
10. BS Bedi*
11. M Muralitharan

Southern Hemisphere
1. GM Turner
2. BA Richards
3. DG Bradman
4. GS Chappell
5. RG Pollock
6. MD Crowe
7. AC Gilchrist+
8. RJ Hadlee
9. MJ Procter
10. SK Warne
11. DK Lillee
 
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Barney Rubble

International Coach
Northern XI
1. ME Trescothick
2. KC Sangakkara+
3. R Dravid
4. SR Tendulkar
5. BC Lara
6. Inzamam-ul-Haq*
7. A Flintoff
8. WPUJC Vaas
9. Shoaib Akhtar
10. SJ Harmison
11. M Muralitharan

Southern XI
1. ML Hayden
2. GC Smith*
3. JL Langer
4. RT Ponting
5. HH Gibbs
6. JH Kallis
7. AC Gilchrist+
8. DL Vettori
9. SM Pollock
10. SK Warne
11. GD McGrath
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Current Form XI's:

Test South:
1. G Smith (c)
2. M Hayden
3. J Langer
4. R Ponting (vc)
5. J Kallis
6. B McCullum (wk)
7. S Pollock
8. D Vettori
9. S Warne
10. B Lee
11. G McGrath

12th man: M Ntini

ODI South:
1. L Vincent
2. A Gilchrist (wk)
3. R Ponting (c)
4. J Kallis
5. A Symonds
6. M Hussey
7. S Pollock
8. D Vettori
9. B Lee
10. S Bond
11. G McGrath
Supersub: M Ntini


North Test:
1. M Trescothick
2. V Sehwag
3. R Dravid
4. B Lara
5. I Ul-Haq (c)
6. A Flintoff
7. K Sangakkara (wk)
8. I Pathan
9. S Akhtar
10. A Kumble
11. M Muralitharan

12th Man: S Jones

North ODI:
1. M Trescothick
2. C Gayle
3. M Yousuf
4. R Dravid
5. K Pietersen
6. K Sangakkara (wk)
7. A Flintoff
8. I Pathan
9. C Vaas
10. S Harmison
11. M Muralitharan
Supersub: S Malik
 

C_C

International Captain
Northern XI ( current):

Virender Sehwag
Marcus Trescothik
Rahul Dravid *
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Kumar Sangakkara+
Andrew Flintoff
Chaminda Vaas
Shoaib Akhtar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Anil Kumble

Southern XI ( current):

Graeme Smith
Matty Hayden
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting *
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gillchrist +
Shaun Pollock
Shane Warne
Jason Gillespie
Glenn McGrath
 

thierry henry

International Coach
tbh no New Zealanders deserve to make the test side. Vettori is a ridiculous token selection when you already have Warne.
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
thierry henry said:
tbh no New Zealanders deserve to make the test side. Vettori is a ridiculous token selection when you already have Warne.
He's there as a spinning all-rounder for turning pitches and his form next year. He doesn't make any of the other XI's (which I still haven't posted :ph34r: )
 
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thierry henry

International Coach
1. ML Hayden
2. GC Smith*
3. JL Langer
4. RT Ponting
5. HH Gibbs
6. JH Kallis
7. AC Gilchrist+

I find it hard to see why you would want to leave any of these 7 out when a potential 5th specialist bowling option would be decidedly mediocre (Lee or Vettori?). You'd have that 7 + McGrath, Pollock, Ntini, Warne for sure imo. Lee would be 12th man. Perhaps, perhaps, you'd drop Ntini for Vettori if it was a real turner.
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Out of that side the only ones missing are Gibbs and Gilchrist. No reason for leaving Gibbs out really but Gilchrist's form has been tailing off.

Lee is having a very good year now, and has real pace to bother the batsmen. With Kallis, you have 4 seam bowlers in that line up, the world record holder and Vettori is also having a very good year, much like Lee.
 

SirBloody Idiot

Cricketer Of The Year
NZTailender said:
Out of that side the only ones missing are Gibbs and Gilchrist. No reason for leaving Gibbs out really but Gilchrist's form has been tailing off.

Lee is having a very good year now, and has real pace to bother the batsmen. With Kallis, you have 4 seam bowlers in that line up, the world record holder and Vettori is also having a very good year, much like Lee.
So no keeper?
 

Buddhmaster

International Captain
North:
Sehwag
Trescothick
Yousaf
Inzy
Pieterson
Sangakarra
Flintoff
Pathan
Vaas
Murali
Akhtar

Southern:
Langer
Hayden
Ponting
Hodge
Hussey
Symonds/Herschelle
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
MacGill
McGrath
 

irfan

State Captain
NZTailender said:
He's there as a spinning all-rounder for turning pitches and his form next year. He doesn't make any of the other XI's (which I still haven't posted :ph34r: )
Wow we have a physcic (sp?) on our hands. Tell me who's goin to win the world cup :p
 

NZTailender

I can't believe I ate the whole thing
SirBloody Idiot said:
Over Gilchrist. McCullum is decent, but not in Gilchrist's league by any stretch.

He wouldn't have a clue against Warne either.

For starters, this is based on this years form. Which is what I meant to write, Irfan :D

Although you do bring up a good point, and I think now GIlchrist would be a better pick :wacko:
 

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