Your Prime Ministers XI

[hourn]

If you were the Prime Minister of your country and you had to select your PM's XI, what would it be.

For me it would be:
1. Brendan Nash (Qld)
2. Jason Arnberger (Vic)
3. Michael Clarke (NSW)
4. Simon Katich - captain (NSW)
5. Michael Dighton (Tas)
6. Chris Rogers (WA)
7. Sean Clingeleffer (Tas)
8. Nathan Hauritz (Qld)
9. Matthew Inness (Vic)
10. Michael Clark (WA)
11. Paul Rofe (SA)

12. Ryan Harris (SA)


btw, how do they select this team. I just basically picked a combination between players i'd like to see get more recognition for what they do and the up and coming players. I also picked 2 from each state, although i dont think this is a rule as such, i just wanted to see it that way so there was a fair spread of players.

 

[chris.hinton]

If England had a Prime Mininster xi i will pick this:-

D.Fulton (Kent)
N.Knight( Warwicks)
V.Solanki (Worcs)
B.Smith (Worcs)
I.Bell (Warwicks)
C.Read(Notts)
K.Pietersen (Notts)
K.Hogg (Lancs)
J.Anderson(Lancs)
S.Kirby( Yorks)
A Leg spinner from jenner Acadamy

12th man
U.Afzaal (Notts)

 

[Rik]

Andy Strauss (Middlesex) (Capt)
Dave Fulton (Kent)
Owais Shah (Middlesex)
Chris Adams (Sussex) (or Ben Smith (Worcs))
Kevin Pieterson (Nottinghamshire)
Ian Bell or Jamie Troughton (Warwickshire)
David Nash (Middlesex) (Wk)
Graeme Swann (Northants)
Kabir Ali (Worcs) or Kyle Hogg (Lancs) if Kabir becomes a regular ODI player)
James Ormond (Surrey)
Simon Jones (Glamorgan)

12th man: Darren Maddy (Leicestershire)

 

[marc71178]

"President" Blair doesn't like Cricket, only football as it's a "vote winner"

Honest, he's been a Toon fan all his life...

 

[Simon]

Originally posted by hourn
If you were the Prime Minister of your country and you had to select your PM's XI, what would it be.

For me it would be:
1. Brendan Nash (Qld)
2. Jason Arnberger (Vic)
3. Michael Clarke (NSW)
4. Simon Katich - captain (NSW)
5. Michael Dighton (Tas)
6. Chris Rogers (WA)
7. Sean Clingeleffer (Tas)
8. Nathan Hauritz (Qld)
9. Matthew Inness (Vic)
10. Michael Clark (WA)
11. Paul Rofe (SA)

12. Ryan Harris (SA)


btw, how do they select this team. I just basically picked a combination between players i'd like to see get more recognition for what they do and the up and coming players. I also picked 2 from each state, although i dont think this is a rule as such, i just wanted to see it that way so there was a fair spread of players.

Around half those players have played in the Prime Ministers X1 before.
Also you have to have 2 ACT players in your side. This year David Dawson who is a wicketkepper batsman is playing, he score a solid 120 in an ACB cup game here last week. (ACB cup for those who dont know is the 2nd X1 competition in AUS). The onther canberran is Ben Dennett, he is 12th man though.

 

[Rik]

Originally posted by broncoman
Around half those players have played in the Prime Ministers X1 before.
Also you have to have 2 ACT players in your side. This year David Dawson who is a wicketkepper batsman is playing, he score a solid 120 in an ACB cup game here last week. (ACB cup for those who dont know is the 2nd X1 competition in AUS). The onther canberran is Ben Dennett, he is 12th man though.

Whats ACT for those who do not live in Australia?

 

[Tim]

NZ XI

Tim McIntosh
James Marshall
Michael Papps
Peter Fulton
Rob Nicol
Brendon McCullum +
Jacob Oram (captain)
Tama Canning
Paul Wiseman
Joseph Yovich
Brent Hefford

 

[Simon]

Originally posted by Rik

Originally posted by broncoman
Around half those players have played in the Prime Ministers X1 before.
Also you have to have 2 ACT players in your side. This year David Dawson who is a wicketkepper batsman is playing, he score a solid 120 in an ACB cup game here last week. (ACB cup for those who dont know is the 2nd X1 competition in AUS). The onther canberran is Ben Dennett, he is 12th man though.

Whats ACT for those who do not live in Australia?

Australian Capital Territory.
Our capital city which happens to be Canberra, is in the ACT.

 

[age_master]

my PM's 11


Gilly
M Waugh
Ponting
M Clarke
S Katich
Dighton
S Lee
B Lee
C White
N Bracken
A Noffke


what a side, great batting (to number 11)

great bowling (not piticularly experienced but there is plenty of firepower in there)

 

[Simon]

this is what i would have liked the side to look like this year

1 D Dawson (ACT)
2 M Waugh (NSW)
3 B Hodge (VIC)
4 M Love (QLD)
5 L Carseldine (QLD)
6 M Clarke (NSW)
7 R Campbell (WA)
8 N Hauritz (QLD)
9 D Fleming (SA)
10 D Wright (TAS)
11 B Williams (WA)


[Edited on 4/12/2002 by broncoman]

 

[marc71178]

Australian Capital Territory.
Our capital city which happens to be Canberra, is in the ACT.

Well, let's face it, it'd be a stupid name for a state if it didn't house the capital!

Who came up with such a goddamn awful name though?

 

[Simon]

whats the awful name, Canberra or Australian Capital Territory?

 

[marc71178]

ACT!

 

[Simon]

Its not that bad, the name really speaks for itself.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I think "Bath and North East Somerset" is worse.

 

[NZTailender]

i was actually at lasts yrs Pm's XI (vs NZ, where i got my photo taken with Lou Vincent! lol) and this was the side (i think)
NZ:
Fleming
Astle (hit the winning 6)
McMillan
O'Connor
Cairns
Richardson
Sulzberger
Vettori (was 12th man i think)
Bell
Martin
Bond (didnt bowl?)
Parore
Sinclair
Tuffey
Wiseman
Vincent
and Drum played too (bowled best)
this is what was in the back of the official book i got on the day.
Aus:
Lehman
S Clark
M CLark
Dann (expected much, not much happened?)
Dawson
Haddin
Love
Jack Smith
Watson
White
Wright
Young

obviousley there is more than 12 for nz teams but i cant remember exactly who played!

 

[Bazza]

Originally posted by Neil PickupI think "Bath and North East Somerset" is worse.

Why? !

 

[age_master]

it sounds awful

 

[Simon]

from what i remember from last years PM's X1, NZ didnt play Flemming, Bond, Parore and Cairns didnt bowl.
Also NZTaileneder Lehmann didnt play and Blewett replaced him as captain.

 

[Jakester1288]

Interesting reading back over this thread, lots of players selected who have now gone on to play for there countries.