Heaven v Earth

[Lillian Thomson]

With all the select XI's floating around it's getting harder to come up with something different, but here's an attempt.
The Heaven team must all be dead and the Earth team still alive.

Heaven
1. Hobbs
2. Headley
3. Bradman
4. Walcott
5. Grace
6. Hammond
7. Grout
8. Marshall
9. Larwood
10.Trueman
11.O'Reilly

Earth
1. Gavaskar
2. Richards(B)
3. Richards(V)
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Warne
9. Lillee
10.Hadlee
11.Murali

 

[silentstriker]

It would be Hell and Earth for some of those fellas.

Earth
1. Gavaskar
2. Barry Richards
3. Tendulkar
4. Lara
5. Sobers
6. Imran
7. Gilchrist
8. Warne
9. Wasim
10.Hadlee
11. McGrath

Put Wasim in there for some left arm variety, though Ambrose is unlucky.

Heaven/Hell

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Headley
Hammond
Keith Miller
Cameron
Trueman
Laker
Marshall
Barnes

 

[silentstriker]

Put Cameron in there just because I wanted to put a lesser known name in there somewhere. But by all accounts, he was an excellent keeper.

 

[BoyBrumby]

It would be Hell and Earth for some of those fellas.

Who?

Aside from Bradman, who's a given....

 

[silentstriker]

Who?

Aside from Bradman, who's a given....

All the fast bowlers. Punishment for not being born in India.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It would be Hell and Earth for some of those fellas.

Earth
1. Gavaskar
2. Barry Richards
3. Tendulkar
4. Lara
5. Sobers
6. Imran
7. Gilchrist
8. Warne
9. Wasim
10.Hadlee
11. McGrath

Put Wasim in there for some left arm variety, though Ambrose is unlucky.

Heaven/Hell

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Headley
Hammond
Keith Miller
Cameron
Trueman
Laker
Marshall
Ambrose

Who's the Ambrose in the Dead XI?

 

[silentstriker]

Who's the Ambrose in the Dead XI?

Whoops. Changed it.

 

[JBH001]

Heaven

1. W G Grace (capt)
2. J B Hobbs
3. D G Bradman
4. W Hammond
5. V Trumper
6. K Miller
7. G Evans (wk)
8. W Rhodes
9. F Trueman
10. M Marshall
11. S Barnes

Earth

1. S Gavaskar
2. G Boycott
3. V Richards (capt)
4. S Tendulkar
5. B Lara
6. I Botham
7. A Knott (wk)
8. R Hadlee
9. S Warne
10. D Lillee
11. M Murali

 

[Matt79]

All the fast bowlers. Punishment for not being born in India.

So McGrath belongs in Hell SS? Seems like you've created your own little theological conundrum there mate!

 

[silentstriker]

So McGrath belongs in Hell SS? Seems like you've created your own little theological conundrum there mate!

McGrath exists everywhere, heaven, hell, earth. For him, a specific place is just a transient thing. He is omnipresent, in hell, as well as in heaven.

 

[Matt79]

So he's watching you in the toilet is he? Off-putting to say the least. I s'pose at least he refrains from sledging you there.

 

[silentstriker]

So he's watching you in the toilet is he? Off-putting to say the least. I s'pose at least he refrains from sledging you there.

It is an honor to be sledged by Him, do not doubt it heathen.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Heaven

1. W G Grace (capt)
2. J B Hobbs
3. D G Bradman
4. W Hammond
5. V Trumper
6. K Miller
7. G Evans (wk)
8. W Rhodes
9. F Trueman
10. M Marshall
11. S Barnes

Earth

1. S Gavaskar
2. G Boycott
3. V Richards (capt)
4. S Tendulkar
5. B Lara
6. I Botham
7. A Knott (wk)
8. R Hadlee
9. S Warne
10. D Lillee
11. M Murali

I like you

 

[steds]

Who's the Ambrose in the Dead XI?

 

[PhoenixFire]

It could be Tarrant Ambrose.

 

[silentstriker]

I like you

But his cricket team would still get thrashed.

 

[bagapath]

Heaven

Hobbs
Trumper
Bradman *
Headley
Hammond
Miller
LEG Ames +
Rhodes
Marshall
Oreilly
Barnes

12th man: Hutton
Coach: WG grace

Earth

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Viv Richards
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist +
Imran
Botham
Hadlee
Warne
Murali

12th man: McGrath
Coach: Richie Benaud

 

[andyc]

Put Cameron in there just because I wanted to put a lesser known name in there somewhere. But by all accounts, he was an excellent keeper.