Try and make a current XI with your favourite players.

[ret]

for now,

- Sehwag
- Gambhir
- Sangakara
- Tendulkar
- Pietersen
- Dhoni
- Flintoff
- Zaheer
- Ishant
- Mishra / Mendis
- Murali

 

[Nate]

People are way lame.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Klinger
Hussey
Ponting
Johnson
Sangers
Chanderpaul
RTD
Watson
Flintoff
Zaheer
Bollinger

 

[Richard]

Wonder when I last did this?

I might as well say something like: G Smith, Strauss, Shah, Pietersen, Duminy, Nash, +ABdeV, Flintoff, Vaas, Mendis, Muralitharan.

Sidebottom excluded given he's currently dropped. Will be back when he's back in the England Test team. Clark ditto as he's currently injured. Pakistani players not included as Pakistan don't play Test cricket. SA, WI and England the only teams included as they're pretty much the only teams I've watched recently. Except for the specialist bowlers as there's virtually no-one I much like from any of those teams currently, nor from India or New Zealand (Franklin is currently out too). That basically leaves me with Sri Lanka's attack.

Furthest from consideration: Daren Powell, Nathan Hauritz

 

[pasag]

Using him as a stock bowler, itbt.

 

[Richard]

As opposed to a Stanford-shock bowler.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Using him as a stock bowler, itbt.

Like playing with 10, I presume.

 

[bryce]

1.V.Sehwag
2.C.Gayle
3.J.Kallis
4.S.Watson
5.B.McCullum+
6.L.Vivian(uses 11lb bat!)
7.A.Flintoff
8.D.Vettori*
9.J.Taylor
10.A.Mendis
11.L.Malinga

 

[Johnners]

Whoa, times have changed (well, sort of)

1. Ghambir
2. Jaques
3. Ponting*
4. Clarke
5. De Villiers
6. Watson
7. Sangakarra+
8. Vettori
9. Johnson
10. Sharma
11. Steyn

12. Noffke

1.Phil Jaques
2.Phil Hughes
3.Ricky Ponting (c)
4.Shane Watson
5.Michael Clarke
6.Callum Ferguson
7.Chris Hartley+
8.Dan Vettori
9.Mitch Johnson
10.Brett Geeves
11.Cullen Bailey

12.Lee Carseldine/Ryan Broad

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

1. Iain O'Brien
2. Iain O'Brien
3. Iain O'Brien
4. Iain O'Brien
5. Iain O'Brien
6. Iain O'Brien (c/wk)
7. Iain O'Brien
8. Iain O'Brien
9. Iain O'Brien
10. Iain O'Brien
11. Iain O'Brien

12th Man: Jeets

Though maybe being captain and wicket keeper is too much to ask of Iain O'Brien.

 

[Athlai]

1. Iain O'Brien
2. Iain O'Brien
3. Iain O'Brien
4. Iain O'Brien
5. Iain O'Brien
6. Iain O'Brien (c/wk)
7. Iain O'Brien
8. Iain O'Brien
9. Iain O'Brien
10. Iain O'Brien
11. Iain O'Brien

12th Man: Jeets

Though maybe being captain and wicket keeper is too much to ask of Iain O'Brien.

This is a good team.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

This is a good team.

I'm a bit worried at the openers' susceptibility to the new ball. You can only defend with your nuts so many times before it starts to hurt even the steeliest Iain O'Brien.

 

[Athlai]

I'm a bit worried at the openers' susceptibility to the new ball. You can only defend with your nuts so many times before it starts to hurt even the steeliest Iain O'Brien.

Plenty more O'Briens were that came from.

It'd be tough to defend 50 every innings though. Yet the opposition could be demoralised by the sheer ballsiness of team O'Brien.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

50 is pushing it a bit imho.

 

[Athlai]

50 is pushing it a bit imho.

Pushed up by wides, no-balls and the last ball being hit for 6.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Pushed up by wides, no-balls and the last ball being hit for 6.

An oft neglected O'Brien skill.

 

[Athlai]

An oft neglected O'Brien skill.

O'Brien and Jeets both.

 

[Howsie]

1.V.Sehwag
2.G.Smith
3.K.Pieterson
4.R.Taylor
5.J.Ryder
6.J.Oram
7.B.McCullum
8.A.Flintoff
9.J.Taylor
10.D.Steyn
11.A.Mendis

 

[Athlai]

1.V.Sehwag
2.G.Smith
3.K.Pieterson
4.R.Taylor
5.J.Ryder
6.J.Oram
7.B.McCullum
8.A.Flintoff
9.J.Taylor
10.D.Steyn
11.A.Mendis

Hard to think of a harder hitting top 8.

 

[Matt79]

People are way lame.

For liking players who are good?