Composite XI's and hypothetical match-ups ...

[susudear]

Ladykillers vs Latebloomers XI

Ladykillers XI

N Mckenzie
G Smith
R Dravid
V Richards
A B Devilliers
I Botham
I Khan (c)
K Miller
A Kumble
I Pathan
B Lee

Manager : Ricardo

Latebloomers XI

M Hayden
G Gooch
W Hammond
L Hutton
S Chanderpaul
S Barnes
A Flower (wk)
J Laker
B Ironmonger
A Fraser
C Walsh

Manager : D Steele

 

[Evermind]

Ladykillers XI

R Dravid
I Botham
A Kumble

Ewww?

 

[Jigga988]

Strauss
Cook
Flynn
Pietersen
Taylor
Oram
McCullum + (keeper who thinks hes captain)
Flintoff (vc)
Vettori (c)
Sidebottom
O'Brien

12th man
Ryder

vs.

Gayle (vc)
Warnapura
Sarwan
Sangakkara +
M Jayawardene (c)
Chanderpaul
Bravo
J Taylor
Edwards
Murali
Mendis

12th man
Sarwan

Made Sanga's keep due to the fact the batting is strong enough to have him keep and bat.

did no one notice how multi-talented Sarwan is he can be 12th man and play at the same time... amazing

 

[chicane]

did no one notice how multi-talented Sarwan is he can be 12th man and play at the same time... amazing

What's talent got to do with it?

 

[Zinzan]

Eng/NZ

Strauss
Cook
Bell/Flynn
Pietersen
Taylor
Oram
Flintoff
McCullum
Vettori
Sidebottom
Anderson/O'Brien



vs.

WI/SL

Gayle
Warnapura
Sangakkara
M Jayawardene
Sarwan
Chanderpaul
Bravo
Edwards/Vaas
Malinga
Murali
Mendis

Even contest for mine. Even though SL/WI have 3 top class batsmen in Sangakkara, Jayawardene & Chanderpaul, they don't bat as deep as the Eng/NZ team who have the luxury of Vettori coming in at 9.

In terms of Bowling, SL/WI have the 3 M's with Bravo & Edwards/Vaas, while Eng/NZ have Sidebottom, Flintoff, O'Brien/Anderson & Oram as the backup seamer. Vettori as the lone spinner.

The prospect of Vettori & Flintoff bowling in tandem is an exciting one IMO. Reckon they're be damn hard to get away if they were both on top of their game.

IMO Eng/NZ would just sneak the 3 match series - 2/1; winning the Perth & Adelaide matches only to lose to Murali & Mendis in Sydney.

 

[susudear]

Ewww?

You girl? Ewww then.

 

[Zinzan]

Next, a hypothetical 4-way test tournament where the composite teams are paired off accordingly to their ICC rankings;

As of 26 Dec 08 the top 8 test teams read;

1) Aust
2) India
3) SA
4) SL
5) Eng
6) Pak
7) WI
8) NZ

So if we paired the teams off 1-8, 2-7,3-6 etc we'd have;

Aust/NZ

India/WI

SA/Pak

Eng/SL

Name your composite lineups for the above teams & comment on which team you'd think would be have the strongest all-round test team

 

[Uppercut]

Australia-Vettori

Hayden
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Symonds
Haddin
Vettori
Johnson
Lee
Clark

India-Windies
Sehwag
Gambhir
Sarwan i guess. Dravid has been so poor for such a long time.
Tendulkar
Chanderpaul
Laxman
Dhoni
Sharma
Harbhajan
Mishra
Zaheer

SA-Pakistan
Smith
McKenzie
Khan
Kallis
De Villiers
Prince
Boucher
Steyn
Morkel
Akhtar
Kaneria

Gonna presume Akhtar can play but Asif and Moyo can't.

Eng-SL
Strauss
Warnapura in subcontinent, else Cook
Sangakarra
Pietersen
M Jayawardene
Collingwood
Flintoff
P Jayawardene
Sidebottom
Murali
Mendis

Eng-SL the pick for me, followed a fair bit behind by India-Windies.

 

[Zinzan]

Australia-Vettori


Eng-SL the pick for me, followed a fair bit behind by India-Windies.

Yeah Eng-SL do have a good balance with Murali & Mendis.

Personally I would have had Oram instead of Symonds & would still have McCullum over Haddin as I think he's a better keeper

 

[Athlai]

Yeah Eng-SL do have a good balance with Murali & Mendis.

Personally I would have had Oram instead of Symonds & would still have McCullum over Haddin as I think he's a better keeper

AWTA

 

[Zinzan]

SA-Pakistan
Smith
McKenzie
Khan
Kallis
De Villiers
Prince
Boucher
Steyn
Morkel
Akhtar
Kaneria



.

Umm, no Yousuf?

 

[Uppercut]

Yeah Eng-SL do have a good balance with Murali & Mendis.

Personally I would have had Oram instead of Symonds & would still have McCullum over Haddin as I think he's a better keeper

Prefer McCullum but i didn't think i could make a case for him with the way Haddin's playing atm. Oram's been injured for so long i can't remember whether he's any good or not.

 

[Uppercut]

Gonna presume Akhtar can play but Asif and Moyo can't.

Umm, no Yousuf?

He's ICLed. Don't think he'll ever play for them again. Otherwise he'd be in there for sure.

 

[Zinzan]

He's ICLed. Don't think he'll ever play for them again. Otherwise he'd be in there for sure.

Yeah, this is true. Same reason I didn't select Bond I suppose

 

[Matt79]

Next, a hypothetical 4-way test tournament where the composite teams are paired off accordingly to their ICC rankings;

So if we paired the teams off 1-8, 2-7,3-6 etc we'd have;

Aust/NZ

India/WI

SA/Pak

Eng/SL

Name your composite lineups for the above teams & comment on which team you'd think would be have the strongest all-round test team

Aus/NZ:
Jaques
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Symonds
Haddin+
Vettori*
Johnson
Lee
Clark

Ind/WI:
Sehwag
Gambhir
Sarwan
Tendulkar
Chanderpaul
Bravo
Dhoni+*
Harbhajan
Ishant
Taylor
Zaheer Khan

SA/Pak:
Smith
McKenzie
Amla
Kallis
De Villiers
Prince
Boucher
Morkel
Kaneria
Ntini
Steyn

England/SL:
Strauss
Cook
Sangakkara
Pietersen
Jayawardena
Collingwood
Flintoff
Prior+
Sidebottom
Murali
Mendis

Australia/NZ, with two in form openers, and a test spinner worthy of the name, are the team to beat IMO.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Composite lineups

Aus/ NZ
Katich
Hayden
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Oram
McCullum (+)
Vettori (*)
Lee
Southee
Clark

India/ West Indies

Sehwag
Gayle
Sarwan
Tendulkar
Chanderpaul
Laxman
Dhoni (*, +)
Harbajhan
Taylor
Khan
Sharma

South Africa/ Pakistan

Smith (*)
McKenzie
Amla
Yousef
Kallis
D'Villiers
Boucher (+)
Afridi
Morkel
Steyn
Akthar

England/ Sri Lanka

Strauss
Cook
Sangakarra
M. Jayawardena (*)
Pieterson
Collingwood
Flintoff
P. Jayawardena (+)
Sidebottom
Mendis
Murali

 

[G.I.Joe]

Not fair. India and SA getting the raw end of the deal here. India get stuck with a one man team, and SA get stuck with a non-Test playing nation

 

[Evermind]

Not fair. India and SA getting the raw end of the deal here. India get stuck with a one man team, and SA get stuck with a non-Test playing nation

NZ too...they're stuck with Australia.

That Eng/SL team looks the best.

 

[bryce]

Aust/NZ
1.Hayden
2.M.Hussey
3.Ponting(c)
4.Clarke
5.Symonds
6.Oram
7.McCullum(wk)
8.Vettori
9.Lee
10.Johnson
11.Clark

India/WI
1.Gambhir
2.Gayle
3.Dravid
4.Tendulkar
5.Chanderpaul
6.Dhoni(c)(wk)
7.Bravo
8.H.Singh
9.Z.Khan
10.Mishra
11.Sharma

SA/Pak
1.Smith(c)
2.McKenzie
3.Y.Khan
4.Kallis
5.Yousuf
6.De Villiers
7.Boucher(wk)
8.Akhtar
9.Steyn
10.Ntini
11.Kaneria

Eng/SL
1.Cook
2.Strauss
3.Sangakkara(wk)
4.Jayawardene(c)
5.Bell
6.Pietersen
7.Flintoff
8.Mendis
9.Sidebottom
10.Malinga
11.Muralitharan

I can't seperate any of those teams, ha

 

[Matt79]

Aust/NZ
1.Hayden
2.Katich
3.Ponting(c)
4.Clarke
5.Symonds
6.Oram
7.McCullum(wk)
8.Vettori
9.Lee
10.Johnson
11.Clark

India/WI
1.Gambhir
2.Gayle
3.Dravid
4.Tendulkar
5.Chanderpaul
6.Dhoni(c)(wk)
7.Bravo
8.H.Singh
9.Z.Khan
10.Mishra
11.Sharma

SA/Pak
1.Smith(c)
2.McKenzie
3.Y.Khan
4.Kallis
5.Yousuf
6.De Villiers
7.Boucher(wk)
8.Akhtar
9.Steyn
10.Ntini
11.Kaneria

Eng/SL
1.Cook
2.Strauss
3.Sangakkara(wk)
4.Jayawardene(c)
5.Bell
6.Pietersen
7.Flintoff
8.Mendis
9.Sidebottom
10.Malinga
11.Muralitharan

I can't seperate any of those teams, ha

No room for Mike Hussey in your Aust/NZ team?