11-08-2010, 08:58 PM
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Same Numbers of Letters In Surname Teams
Heard this game being played on the radio the other day in Rugby Union context and thought it might be a bit of fun on here with cricket players. They had to fill up a team entirely of players with a 4 letter last name. So the idea is to pick a number, and then find 11 players. I know this may get tricky with some subcontinent players - ie. is Imran Khan "Imran", or "Khan"?
I'll stick with 4 letters in the last name. Let's see... David Boon Hashim Amla Younis Khan Brian Lara JF Reid Imran Khan JR Reid Moin Khan Shane Bond Wes Hall Bishan Bedi Great bowling attack with Bond, Hall, Khan, and Bedi (plus JR Reid the all rounder). Struggled to find 2 openers - thought of using Cook but then realised Boon did open for Australia (36 of his 107 games - average as opener 45.06), and thought Amla was a better option to open than Cook. Also thought of picking Lawrence Rowe to open - then found out he had an allergy to grass?!?!? Last edited by Jezroy; 11-08-2010 at 09:03 PM. |
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12-08-2010, 12:42 AM
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I will do with 6 letters... [ Recent players only ]
Matthew Hayden Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Jacques Kallis Mohammad Yousuf Graham Thorpe Andrew Flower [ + ] Heath Streak Anil Kumble [ c ] Allan Donald Waqar Younis 12th man : Jonty Rhodes 13th man : Chris Cairns
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CricZo XI - Draft League Season 1 M Hayden, G Gooch, R Dravid, W Hammond, K Pietersen, G Sobers, R Marsh (wk), R Benaud (c), D Steyn, W Hall, N Adcock Season 2 J Hobbs, B Richards, D Boon, H Taylor, C Lloyd (c), A Stewart (wk), T Goddard, A Davidson, H Tayfield, C Ambrose, H Griffith Season 3 H Sutcliffe, M Hayden, I Chappell (c), G Pollock, A Faulkner, M Hussey, D Lindsay (wk), I Botham, A Kumble, M Marshall, D Lillee Last edited by kingkallis; 12-08-2010 at 01:34 AM. |
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12-08-2010, 12:56 AM
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Not sure Akram's allowed there!
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12-08-2010, 03:17 AM
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Barry Richards Sunil Gavaskar Viv Richards Greg Chappell A.B de Villiers Aubrey Faulkner Ray Lindwall Alan Davidson Jack Blackham+ Malcolm Marshall Clarrie Grimmett Could have had Amarnath and Engineer in there as well..
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12-08-2010, 03:24 AM
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I took Engineer ahead of Blackham and Oldfield as the keeper because of his superior battin g. He was a terrific keeper as well. Last edited by SJS; 12-08-2010 at 03:26 AM. |
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12-08-2010, 03:46 AM
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5 - got a bit desperate though.
Hobbs Anwar Hunte Grace Lloyd Waugh Imran Knott Wasim Warne Waqar
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12-08-2010, 04:15 AM
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Heh, I love quirky threads like these. They're what keeps CC interesting. Good job, Jezroy!
A 5-letter side Jack HOBBS Graeme SMITH W.G. GRACE Martin CROWE Clive LLOYD (captain) Steve WAUGH Alan KNOTT (wicket-keeper) Wasim AKRAM Shane WARNE Frank TYSON Dale STEYN |
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12-08-2010, 05:01 AM
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Here is one with SIX letters. The bowling would give sleepless nights to any batting side and they do bat deep
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12-08-2010, 05:04 AM
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The 7-letter Ashes
England Geoffrey BOYCOTT Andrew STRAUSS Walter HAMMOND Patsy HENDREN Denis COMPTON Maurice LEYLAND Alec STEWART (wicket-keeper) Harold LARWOOD Frederick TRUEMAN Brian STATHAM Alfred "Tich" FREEMAN Vs. Australia Ian REDPATH Victor TRUMPER Donald BRADMAN Doug WALTERS Archie JACKSON Lindsay HASSETT (captain) Jack GREGORY Hugh TRUMBLE Gil LANGLEY (wicket-keeper) BIll O'REILLY (I'm guessing he counts?) Glenn McGRATH Bloody hell, that was way harder than i thought it would be! |
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