Your favourite player from each team ?

[Blaze 18]

Here is my list of favourite players :

Australia : Ricky Ponting
Bangladesh : Shakib-Al-Hasan
England : Graeme Swann
India : Virender Sehwag
Pakistan : Shahid Afridi
New Zealand : Daniel Vettori
South Africa : Graeme Smith
Sri Lanka : Mahela Jayawardene
West Indies : Chris Gayle

 

[Prince EWS]

Australia - Watson
Bangladesh - Mahmudullah
England - Anderson
India - Sreesanth
Pakistan - Misbah
New Zealand - Franklin
South Africa - Kallis
Sri Lanka - Samaraweera
West Indies - Baugh
Zimbabwe - Rainsford
Ireland - Johnston

That's assuming we're only allowed to choose players who actually get picked. In many cases I'd have domestic players ahead.

 

[Howe_zat]

Personally?

South Africa: Dale Steyn
Pakistan: Younis Khan
India: Zaheer Khan

Others the same as Blaze.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Australia : Peter Siddle... Maybe Ryan Harris
Bangladesh : Shakib-Al-Hasan
England : Alastair Cook
India : Sreesanth
Pakistan : Well, it was Aamer
New Zealand : James Franklin
South Africa : Hmmm... It was Ntini or Gibbs, now they're gone... Steyn I guess
Sri Lanka : Lasith Malinga
West Indies : Brendan Nash
Zimbabwe: Chris Mpofu

 

[Uppercut]

Sticking to players that are in their country's test XI,

Australia : Shane Watson
Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal
England : Graeme Swann
India : Virender Sehwag
Pakistan : Younis Khan
New Zealand : Kane Williamson
South Africa : Dale Steyn
Sri Lanka : Tillakaratne Dilshan
West Indies : Kemar Roach

 

[vcs]

India - Sachin Tendulkar
Australia - Michael Clarke
South Africa - Tie between Amla and AB de Villiers
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
Pakistan - Younis Khan
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
West Indies - Darren Bravo
New Zealand - Kane Williamson
England - used to be Flintoff, now Swann
Zimbabwe - Taibu
Ireland - Eoin Morgan

 

[Prince EWS]

India - Sachin Tendulkar
Australia - Michael Clarke
South Africa - Tie between Amla and AB de Villiers
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
Pakistan - Younis Khan
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
West Indies - Darren Bravo
New Zealand - Kane Williamson
England - used to be Flintoff, now Swann
Zimbabwe - Taibu
Ireland - Eoin Morgan

Not big on bowlers are you?

 

[Blaze 18]

India - Sreesanth

India : Sreesanth

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

He's bloody entertaining & amusing.... Plus he's a bowler and not one of those overrated hacks (a.k.a. batsmen)

 

[Jarquis]

Australia - Marcus North
Bangladesh - Mahmudullah
England - Graeme Swann
India - Rahul Dravid
Pakistan - Amir
New Zealand - James Franklin
South Africa - Jacques Kallis
Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara
West Indies - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Zimbabwe - Graeme Cremer
Ireland - William Porterfield

In the case of the close ones I gave the not to the one I feel needs the loving most, for example Tamim ahead of Shakib and Mahmudullah, Dravid ahead of Sachin/Sehwag and Kallis ahead of ABDV/Steyn. Amla is high on the charts as well.

Edit : FU Uppercut for picking Tamim

 

[vcs]

Not big on bowlers are you?

Haha, you could call me somewhat of a batsman fanboy.

On reflection, I'd put Steyn up there for South Africa. Like Roach a lot also.

 

[Prince EWS]

Australia - Marcus North
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
England - Graeme Swann
India - Rahul Dravid
Pakistan - Amir
New Zealand - James Franklin
South Africa - Jacques Kallis
Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakarra
West Indies - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Zimbabwe - Graeme Cremer
Ireland - William Porterfield

In the case of the close ones I gave the not to the one I feel needs the loving most, for example Tamim ahead of Shakib and Mahmudullah, Dravid ahead of Sachin/Sehwag and Kallis ahead of ABDV/Steyn. Amla is high on the charts as well.

Edit : FU Uppercut for picking Tamim

Tamim's a lot more popular than Mahmudullah I'd say.

 

[Blaze 18]

He's bloody entertaining & amusing.... Plus he's a bowler and not one of those overrated hacks (a.k.a. batsmen)

Haha, fair enough.

 

[sledger]

Australia - Ian Harvey/Stuart MacGill
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
England - Freddie/KP
India - Sach/Laxman
Pakistan - Amir, Mo Yo, Saqlain Mushtaq
New Zealand - Stephen Fleming
South Africa - Graeme Smith
Sri Lanka - Sangakarra
Windies - Chanderpaul/Lara/Gayle/Tino Best
Zimbabwe - Tatenda Taibu


Granted not all of these are current players, but most of them have played for their national teams reasonably recently.

 

[NZTailender]

Australia : Simon Katich
Bangladesh : Mushfiqur Rahim
England : Paul Collingwood
India : Rahul Dravid
Pakistan : Misbah-ul-Haq
New Zealand : James Franklin
South Africa : Ashwell Prince
Sri Lanka : Kumar Sangakkara
West Indies : Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor

 

[Jarquis]

Tamim's a lot more popular than Mahmudullah I'd say.

Yeah, probably. Especially after his series in England. Will change.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

All time... (of players I've actually seen, that is)

Australia : Mark Waugh
Bangladesh : Shakib-Al-Hasan
England : Graham Gooch
India : That 'untouchable' leg-spinner from Lagaan - what a hero.
Pakistan : Waqar Younis
New Zealand : Dion Nash
South Africa : Fanie de Villiers/Jonty Rhodes
Sri Lanka : Aravinda de Silva
West Indies : Malcolm Marshall/Curtley Ambrose
Zimbabwe: Dave Houghton

 

[Blocky]

RSA: Dale Steyn
IND: Rahul Dravid
SRL: Sangakarra
ENG: Pietersen
AUS: Hussey
PAK: Mohammad Amir
WI: Kemar Roach
ZIM: Brendan Taylor
BAN: Shakib Al
NZ: Ryder

 

[Blocky]

All time... (of players I've actually seen, that is)

Australia : Mark Waugh
Bangladesh : Shakib-Al-Hasan
England : Graham Gooch
India : That 'untouchable' leg-spinner from Lagaan - what a hero.
Pakistan : Waqar Younis
New Zealand : Dion Nash
South Africa : Fanie de Villiers/Jonty Rhodes
Sri Lanka : Aravinda de Silva
West Indies : Malcolm Marshall/Curtley Ambrose
Zimbabwe: Dave Houghton

All time for me

Aussie: Steve Waugh or Warne
Bangladesh: Shakib
England: Darren Gough or Flintoff
India: Javagal Srinath
Pakistan: Imran, Waqar or Wasim
South Africa: Allan Donald or Dale Steyn
West Indies: Michael Holding or Curtley Ambrose
Zimbabwe: Heath Streak
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya
NZ: Bond or Hadlee

 

[Blaze 18]

My all-time list would be :

Australia : Adam Gilchrist
Bangladesh : Shakib-Al-Hasan
England : Andrew Flintoff
India : Virender Sehwag
New Zealand : Chris Cairns
Pakistan : Wasim Akram
South Africa : Shaun Pollock
Sri Lanka : Muttiah Muralitharan
West Indies : Brian Lara
Zimbabwe : Heath Streak