Your side in 2013?

[Langeveldt]

1. J Symes
2. G Smith
3. AB de Villiers
4. H Amla
5. J Smuts
6. D Elgar
7. D Vilas
8. H Kuhn
9. W Parnell
10. D Steyn
11. L Tsotsobe

 

[Shri]

Gautham Gambhir
Abhinav Mukund
Cheteshwar Pujara
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Ajinkhya Rahane
MS Dhoni
Amit Mishra
Ravichandra Ashwin
Ishant Sharma
Sudeep Tyagi

 

[Xuhaib]

Random Opener
Random Opener
Random middle order
Random middle order
Umer Akmal
Random all rounder
Random Keeper
Mohd Aamir
Random seamer
Random seamer
Random spinner.

 

[Flem274*]

Random Opener
Random Opener
Random middle order
Random middle order
Umer Akmal
Random all rounder
Random Keeper
Mohd Aamir
Random seamer
Random seamer
Random spinner.

Master of optimism you are. Provided they don't kill themselves or in one case hit the white powder, Gul and Asif will be around won't they?

 

[Xuhaib]

Master of optimism you are. Provided they don't kill themselves or in one case hit the white powder, Gul and Asif will be around won't they?

things change so rapidly in Pak lands you never know what eath shattering stuff happens the next day let anonr predict the side for 2013.

If I give it a try.

Ahmed Shezad
Nasir Jamshed
Younis Khan
Umer Akmal
Umer Amin
Fawad Alam
Kamran Akmal
Mohd Amir
Mohd Asif
Umer Gul
Danish Kaneria

 

[Matt79]

lol if we could survive December 21, 2012 lol

Came in to post exactly that

 

[Athlai]

My guess would be:

1. Martin Guptill
2. Josh Brodie
3. Jeet Raval
4. Ross Taylor
5. Jesse Ryder
6. Kane Williamson
7. Brendon McCullum
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Tim Southee
10. Neil Wagner
11. Trent Boult

Thats a guess.

1.Martin Guptill
2.Josh Brodie
3.Kane Williamson
4.Ross Taylor
5.Jesse Ryder
6.Corey Anderson
7.Brendon McCullum
8.Daniel Vettori
9.Tim Southee
10.Trent Boult
11.Mitchell McCleanghan

Probably to many left-armers though.

On further thought and realising Johan Myburgh exists I'll make a second guess:

Martin Guptill
Josh Brodie
Johan Myburgh
Ross Taylor
Jesse Ryder
Kane Williamson
Brendon McCullum
Daniel Vettori
Tim Southee
Daryl Tuffey
Trent Boult

Why 2013?

Tests:
CJ Merchant ()
MJ Guptill
JG Myburgh
LRPL Taylor
JD Ryder
NT Broom (no idea really)
+ BB McCullum
* DL Vettori
DR Tuffey
TG Southee
BJ Arnel
.

Alrighty I'm going to go

Guptill
Watling
Player X - Flynn, or any incumbent really. Could potentially be Ryder here too.
Taylor
Ryder (if he has been moved to 3 then this is possibly Broom or even Williamson)
Franklin/Vettori
McCullum
Franklin/Vettori
Southee
Tuffey
Dunno. O'Brien Martin and Bond will almost certainly be gone. I'm going to go with Boult.
Wagner and Arnel could be floating around the team too.

 

[Jarquis]

1. J Symes
2. G Smith
3. AB de Villiers
4. H Amla
5. J Smuts
6. D Elgar
7. D Vilas
8. H Kuhn
9. W Parnell
10. D Steyn
11. L Tsotsobe

Harsh on Duminy IMO

 

[aussie]

Scary thought thinking what England could look like then. LOL @ LT

I'll try a thing:

Cook
?
KP
Trott
Morgan
?
Prior/Davies/Kieswetter
Broad
Swann
?
Anderson

Not seeing any REAL talented young players ATM. Northeast & Hales probably the bet of them with the bat ATS. Lacking next generation fast bowling talent thats for sure.

 

[Jarquis]

Scary thought thinking what England could look like then. LOL @ LT

What do you reckon? I'm trying to make a side but struggling with who opens with Cook and the seam attack as it's hard to tell what Onions is going to be like in 3/4 years if you cosnider what he was 3/4 years ago.

 

[aussie]

What do you reckon? I'm trying to make a side but struggling with who opens with Cook and the seam attack as it's hard to tell what Onions is going to be like in 3/4 years if you cosnider what he was 3/4 years ago.

Onions at 31 will definately be around the squad in 2013, whether he will be consistent test quality by then is the problem.

I really worry about Cook also. His test match game isn't going to the next level. He probably will also be around then, but damn he needs to do something..

 

[Jarquis]

Onions at 31 will definately be around the squad in 2013, whether he will be consistent test quality by then is the problem.

I really worry about Cook also. His test match game isn't going to the next level. He probably will also be around then, but damn he needs to do something..

Cook's a lock in for me, it's who to partner him. Strauss will be 35 IIRC.

 

[Jarquis]

Cook
Assuming Strauss has retired... Key? Carberry? Denly?
Trott
Pietersen
Bell? Patel? Bopara? Morgan?
Prior
Broad
Swanny hopefully.
I.Dunno
Anderson
Onions

4th seamer, clueless. So many possibilities.

 

[aussie]

Morgan should be in test side by then for sure.

 

[Jarquis]

Morgan should be in test side by then for sure.

Make your own side He'll definitely be a contender.

 

[Langeveldt]

Harsh on Duminy IMO

he's injured in 2013

 

[Flem274*]

My guess would be:

1. Martin Guptill
2. Josh Brodie
3. Jeet Raval
4. Ross Taylor
5. Jesse Ryder
6. Kane Williamson
7. Brendon McCullum
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Tim Southee
10. Neil Wagner
11. Trent Boult

Thats a guess.

5 and a half - didn't predict Baz giving the gloves away

1.Martin Guptill
2.Josh Brodie
3.Kane Williamson
4.Ross Taylor
5.Jesse Ryder
6.Corey Anderson
7.Brendon McCullum
8.Daniel Vettori
9.Tim Southee
10.Trent Boult
11.Mitchell McCleanghan

Probably to many left-armers though.

another 5 and a half

Why 2013?

Tests:
CJ Merchant ()
MJ Guptill
JG Myburgh
LRPL Taylor
JD Ryder
NT Broom (no idea really)
+ BB McCullum
* DL Vettori
DR Tuffey
TG Southee
BJ Arnel

2 and a half

Alrighty I'm going to go

Guptill
Watling
Player X - Flynn, or any incumbent really. Could potentially be Ryder here too.
Taylor
Ryder (if he has been moved to 3 then this is possibly Broom or even Williamson)
Franklin/Vettori
McCullum
Franklin/Vettori
Southee
Tuffey
Dunno. O'Brien Martin and Bond will almost certainly be gone. I'm going to go with Boult.
Wagner and Arnel could be floating around the team too.

4, thanks to two half marks.

we weren't very good at this. i wonder how hard our predictions will fail for morgies 2018 thread. you would think we have it easier this time round since kane, ross, neesham, anderson, watling, southee, boult should all be still around then, but you know...

 

[Spark]

1 Phil Hughes
2 Ryan Broad
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Michael Clarke
5 George Bailey
6 Tim Paine+
7 Moises Henriques
8 Jason Krejza
9 Clint McKay
10 Peter Siddle
11 Peter George

12 Ben Cutting

Edit: Oops, I forgot Clint McKay.

this was an impressive effort

 

[morgieb]

IYO, what would your national side look like in 3 years time?

Australia, FTR...
1. Hughes
2. Watson (I'd go Jaques but I dunno where to put him)
3. Ponting
4. Katich
5. Clarke
6. Ferguson
7. Steve Smith/Hauritz (move down to 9 if Hauritz)
8. Haddin (or some other keeper)
9. Johnson
10. Siddle
11. Bollinger/Hilfenhaus/McKay/other seamer

Things can change though.

7/11 played at various times in 2013.....not terrible.

 

[morgieb]

Also why the **** is Phlegm bumping my threads?