What other teams would they make........

[Zinzan]

This may have been done before I'm not sure, but I thought it would be interesting to get people thoughts on how many and what other teams a player would make in both tests and ODI's. It would be good if we could have at least 5 opinions on one player before moving on to another.

Anyways, lets see how it goes.........

I'll start off with England's Ian Bell.

Tests:
IMO would make.....

Bangladesh, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, South Africa (over Amlia)

wouldn't make....
Australia, India

ODI's:
would make......
Bang, W.I's, Zim, Pakistan,

wouldn't make.....
Australia, NZ, SA, SL, India

You may want to ignore minnows Bang & Zim

 

[Craig]

Jeetan Patel.

 

[NZTailender]

Patel, test wise (assuming each team plays 1 spinner and not two):

Bangladesh, West Indies, Pakistan, England.

ODI wise, I think he's third best ODI spinner behind Murali and Vettori, now that Hogg has retired. And he can't even make the NZ side that often!

 

[chaminda_00]

Jehan Muburak

Bermuda

 

[NZTailender]

Thats an insult to Bermuda.

 

[chaminda_00]

Thats an insult to Bermuda.

Yeah I know they do have a couple decent U19 bats coming through. Maybe not even Bermuda anymore.

 

[Goughy]

Patel, test wise (assuming each team plays 1 spinner and not two):

Bangladesh, West Indies, Pakistan, England.

I dont think there is a remote chance he would be picked for England if available

 

[_Ed_]

Think Patel might have a better shot of being selected for Australia (assuming MacGill's not available) than for England.

 

[chaminda_00]

Think Patel might have a better shot of being selected for Australia (assuming MacGill's not available) than for England.

Nah McGain better

 

[Craig]

Nah McGain better

If he isn't selected for the West Indies tour we'll know who is responsible for the car bomb that goes outside Cricket Australia's Head Quarters then?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

AWTE.

Anyone like to try their hand at Michael Vaughan?

And I think Bell would make Sri Lanka ODI at this stage, now that Atapattu is out of the frame. Better than Kapugedera and Chamara Silva IMO.

 

[chaminda_00]

If he isn't selected for the West Indies tour we'll know who is responsible for the car bomb that goes outside Cricket Australia's Head Quarters then?

He wont get selected. Cullen will get selected after one good match in two seasons. Doesn't mean he isn't better then an average Kiwis tweaker,

 

[BoyBrumby]

Anyone like to try their hand at Michael Vaughan?

Would make:

Tests: Bangladesh, India (as opener), New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies & Zimbabwe.

ODIs: Bangladesh, West Indies (maybe...) & Zimbabwe.

 

[Craig]

Andrew Symonds - Test cricket only!

Not including Zimbabwe or Bangladesh which he would obviously walk in, I'll say the West Indies and maybe Pakistan or Sri Lanka (PEWS will lynch me). Not India or England (especially if the likes of KP finds his form again and if Andrew Flintoff comes back and if he does successfully) IMO and I'll say no on South Africa or New Zealand.

 

[chaminda_00]

He would make them all expect India, unless he wants to open the batting. England is 50/50. But I reckon he would have been given a chance in the before Collingwood If he went down the English route. England were every much interest in him as potential specialist batsmen before he made his Australian debut. New Zealand he would get in ahead of Taylor or Sinclair. South Africa he would slot in ahead of Amla, not at three, but 5 or 6

 

[BoyBrumby]

He would make them all expect India, unless he wants to open the batting. England is 50/50. But I reckon he would have been given a chance in the before Collingwood If he went down the English route. England were every much interest in him as potential specialist batsmen before he made his Australian debut. New Zealand he would get in ahead of Taylor or Sinclair. South Africa he would slot in ahead of Amla, not at three, but 5 or 6

Yeah, quite a long while before IMHO. I guess we'd have picked him in about 98 or 99 and he'd have been dropped about a dozen times by now.

 

[Craig]

I'm sure a lot of opposition bowlers eyes would light up if Symonds was to bat at 3. If he were to make the New Zealand Test team it would be in the place of Sinclair, and if Jesse Ryder hadn't been a piss-head then he would of got nod instead. Anyway Amla is a target player so I'll doubt he will be going out of the South African team anytime soon.

 

[Craig]

Yeah, quite a long while before IMHO. I guess we'd have picked him in about 98 or 99 and he'd have been dropped about a dozen times by now.

Thus would of been left with mediocre career figures.

 

[chaminda_00]

I'm sure a lot of opposition bowlers eyes would light up if Symonds was to bat at 3. If he were to make the New Zealand Test team it would be in the place of Sinclair, and if Jesse Ryder hadn't been a piss-head then he would of got nod instead. Anyway Amla is a target player so I'll doubt he will be going out of the South African team anytime soon.

Taylor can bat at 3 and Symonds at 5. Also there would a good chance Ryder would have opened ahead of Bell. Also Symonds would fall into the quota as non white player, if that is what your referring to.

 

[Flem274*]

TBH we must take into account the domestic conditions. For example, the early editions of Symonds would get owned outside of Australia if he took the same approach as he used to. WI and NZ may not have to most depth but I'd be very interested to see a 23 year old Symonds try to go over the top on a kiwi domestic minefield or a WI slow low pitch. Then of course there's countries like India and Sri Lanka and I severely doubt his approach would work there in domestic cricket. I'd say in many nations outside Aus he'd average less than 30 domestically and as a result wouldn't get looked at.

Bloody hard topic to judge really.