Seen them in the flesh XI

[Lillian Thomson]

You have to actually have been present on a cricket ground and seen them play.

1. Barry Richards
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Viv Richards
4. Greg Chappell
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Ian Botham
8. Shane Warne
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Dennis Lillee

 

[Richard]

Gary Kirsten
Marvan Atapattu
Nasser Hussain (c)
Jacques Kallis
Michael Vaughan
Aravinda de Silva
Alec Stewart (w)
Andrew Flintoff
Dominic Cork
Muttiah Muralitharan
Angus Fraser
I presume this is a Test in question, if so I've been to the opening day of these two games, and the team ignores whether or not they took the field on the day in question. This is taking into account a career, not how the player in question was at the time of the game nor how they performed in said game.

 

[Flem274*]

Oh dear, I've only been to one game and it was a domestic one. So..

Jamie How
Geoff Barnett
Ross Taylor
Matthew Sinclair
Scott Styris
Jacob Oram
Bevan Griggs? (I have no idea who the keepers were)
Daniel Vettori
Daryl Tuffey
Michael Mason
Lance Hamilton

 

[skipper]

Gary Kirsten
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Rahul Dravid
Jacques Kallis
Sunil Joshi
Shaun Pollock
Nayan Mongia
Javagal Srinath
Alan Donald
Fanie Devilliers

 

[NUFAN]

1 Matthew Hayden
2 Gary Kirsten
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Rahul Dravid
5 Sachin Tendulkar
6 Jaques Kallis
7 Adam Gilchrist
8 Shane Warne
9 Shaun Pollock
10 Muttiah Muralitharan
11 Glenn McGrath

Interesting exercise.

The matches I've been to were GABBA Tests in 2001, 2002, 2003 against NZ, ENG and IND - I picked the South Africa guys from an ODI match I watched between SA and NZ and I watched Murali play for his County in a match at Lords.

Some players are debatable as I went for Kirsten over Langer..

Best innings I've seen live have been..

Chris Cairns 102* off 99 SA ODI
Matt Hayden 197 against ENG

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Justin Langer
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Brian Lara
5. Andy Flower
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Shane Warne
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Courtney Walsh
11. Glenn McGrath

Taking into consideration the player himself, not the performance in the given game.
If I considered the performance in the game, Mark Ramprakash would be there. He scored a ton in the only game I've seen him live.

 

[Julian87]

1 Matt Hayden
2 Justin Langer
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Mark Waugh
5 Steve Waugh
6 Adam Gilchrist
7 Chris Cairns
8 Daniel Vettori
9 Wasim Akram
10 Shane Warne
11 Glenn McGrath

 

[Dan]

1. Hayden
2. Langer
3. Ponting
4. Kallis
5. Prince
6. Martyn
7. Gilchrist
8. Warne
9. Botha
10. Lee
11. McGrath

This is taking into account performances in the match. I only saw 1 day of it (Sydney Test 04/05 i think)

 

[Days of Grace]

Oh dear, I've only been to one game and it was a domestic one. So..

Jamie How
Geoff Barnett
Ross Taylor
Matthew Sinclair
Scott Styris
Jacob Oram
Bevan Griggs? (I have no idea who the keepers were)
Daniel Vettori
Daryl Tuffey
Michael Mason
Lance Hamilton

You mean, after more than 1,500 posts on this forum, you have only been to ONE game

 

[andyc]

Does it count if I saw them play in something that wasn't a test?

Phil Jaques
Marcus Trescothick
Viv Richards
Doug Walters
Kevin Pietersen
Andrew Flintoff
Romesh Kaluwitharana+
Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Glenn McGrath
Stuart MacGill

Bit of a reach there, really only seen the NSW-England game last summer, while Viv, Doug and Kalu are from various Sixes tournaments.

 

[pskov]

Michael Vaughan*
Andy Flower
Mahela Jayawardene
Brian Lara
Kevin Pietersen
Kumar Sangakkara+
Andrew Flintoff
Daniel Vettori
Darren Gough
Matthew Hoggard
Muttiah Muralitharan

12th man: Graham Thorpe

Close calls: Chaminda Vaas, Marcus Trescothick, Stephen Fleming, Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Could feature in ths side one day? Dwayne Bravo, Nick Compton, James Anderson, Alistair Cook, Ravi Bopara

Odd that I've seen many excellent international class batsmen but few bowlers of the same quality. I suppose that is indicative of the current county cricket scene, and arguably game across the world too I guess.

FWIW, I included county cricket too, but most of the players I chose I saw in Tests or ODIs anyway.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Steve Waugh
Damien Martyn
Adam Gilchrist
Shaun Pollock
Shane Warne
Jason Gillespie
Glenn McGrath

Close: Vaughan (almost tempted to put him in there because of that series), Bichel, Ntini, MacGill, Stewart, Trescothick, Gibbs, Hussain, Yousuf

Only ever been to five tests (England '06, RSA '05, Pakistan '04, Zimbabwe '03, England '02). Undoubtedly Tendulkar will get a start after this summer.

 

[cameeel]

Sachin Tendulkar
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Kevin Pietersen
Adam Gilchrist
Shaun Pollock
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath
Makhaya Ntini

Players i've seen live, having only been to about 4 international matches before.

 

[Dasa]

Kirsten
Hayden
Ponting
Dravid
Tendulkar
Lara
Inzamam
Gilchrist
Flintoff
Warne
McGrath
Murali

Could change a few names easily though. Going to games like the Tsunami Appeal match and the Super Series has meant I've been able to see quite a few of the 'stars' in action.

 

[burr]

I can barely remember what matches I've been to, let alone the individual players I've seen over all the years. All I know is I saw Marto make a ton at the G in 2004 and that's all that matters really

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Oh dear, I've only been to one game and it was a domestic one. So..

Oh dear, Phlegm. No cricket up in the 'Naki then??

This is a tough one. So many games to choose from... I'd say:

Graham Gooch
Desmond Haynes
Mark Waugh
Aravinda de Silva
Martin Crowe
Richard Hadlee
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Curtley Ambrose
Waqar Younis

Current players who'd come close: Matthew Hayden, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting

 

[Perm]

You mean, after more than 1,500 posts on this forum, you have only been to ONE game

I've made 15,000 posts and have never been to a live cricket game of any note.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Team for Anna, this.

Jamie Cox
Mark Wagh
Ian Bell
Jonathan Trott
James Hildreth
Brad Hogg
*Dougie Brown
+Tony Frost
Neil Carter
Graham Wagg
Dewald Pretorius

 

[The Sean]

I've made 15,000 posts and have never been to a live cricket game of any note.

That's one of the more extraordinary posts I've ever seen on CW. Why not Perm?

 

[Athlai]

Been to a few when younger but none in years (Martin was still a legend), don't live anywhere close and my family doesn't like cricket. I'm screwed. Should be better when I live in da' city.