Life or Death: Mixed team to play Marauding Martians

hang on · 04-05-2011, 09:19 AM

Who would make your team to play a group of matches - 1 Test on any surface, 1 ODI, 1 20-20 - againt the Martians? Destruction of the Earth at stake if a loss in any of the formats were to occur.

It has to be the same XI for all the matches.

And leaving out Bradman or Sobers because they haven't played ODIs or 20-20 (Sobers played only one, I believe) would be suicide!

Good luck!

Howe_zat · 04-05-2011, 09:29 AM

S Ganguly
D Jardine
G Chappel
M Azharuddin
A Ranatunga
H Cronje
K Akmal
H Larwood
T Chappel
S Akhtar
M Asif

Umpire: Steve Bucknor

Coach: Ijaz Butt

Plan:

1) Put out XI that will inevitably cause some political dispute
2) Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure

vcs · 04-05-2011, 09:31 AM

Tendulkar
Greenidge
Hayden
Bradman
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist
Akram
Hadlee
McGrath
Murali

Picked Hayden because I need him to open in Tests alongside Greenidge, where Tendulkar doesn't open. Interesting exercise this.

hang on · 04-05-2011, 09:36 AM

thanks....sort of struck me when i was reading a comment on another forum about a person to bat for my life. thought i would come up with a team to play for one's life....in all formats!

GotSpin · 04-05-2011, 09:55 AM

One Test?

****ing BCCI

hang on · 04-05-2011, 09:58 AM

the MCB, actually. wanted all 20-20s initially.

GotSpin · 04-05-2011, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vcs

Tendulkar
Greenidge
Hayden
Bradman
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist
Akram
Hadlee
McGrath
Murali

Picked Hayden because I need him to open in Tests alongside Greenidge, where Tendulkar doesn't open. Interesting exercise this.

Why would you play any spinners? You'd think the Martian XI would be pretty good at playing on dusty surfaces.

I think our best chance is to produce a green wicket. Perhaps we should play in England where the constant piss poor weather would actually be good for once

GotSpin · 04-05-2011, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

S Ganguly
D Jardine
G Chappel
M Azharuddin
A Ranatunga
H Cronje
K Akmal
H Larwood
T Chappel
S Akhtar

Umpire: Steve Bucknor

Coach: Ijaz Butt

Plan:

1) Put out XI that will inevitably cause some political dispute
2) Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure

Fairly harsh on Asif. You'd think he'd done enough to earn selection for once.

Howe_zat · 04-05-2011, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got_Spin

Fairly harsh on Asif. You'd think he'd done enough to earn selection for once.

Haha, I actually included him but only put 10 players up, for some reason.

GotSpin · 04-05-2011, 10:22 AM

To show the Martians that they shouldn't have ****ed around with us I suggest we give Roy Gilchrist a gig.

Austerlitz · 04-05-2011, 12:28 PM

Problem is same team for 3 formats so allrounders can't be ignored.

Mixed XI

First lets isolate absolute musthaves

Bradman
Sobers
Richards
Tendulkar
Gilchrist

Warne
Akram
Mcgrath

Then marshall for me
Imran for balance and fifth strike bowler.

Tendulkar and gilchrist open in odis and t20.
Main problem is opener for tests i'll go hayden since he's relevant in all formats.

Hayden and gilchrist open in tests,bradman 3rd sachin 4rth,richards 5th,sobers 6,imran 7,marshall 8,wasim 9,warne 10.mcgrath 11.

So final XI

Batsmen -

Bradman
Tendulkar
Richards
Hayden

Allrounders -

Imran[c]
Gilchrist[wk]
Sobers

Bowlers-

Marshall
Wasim
Warne
Mcgrath

Ground - The WACA ,perth since bowling attack is pace based and all batsmen are excellent players of fast bowling except hayden[swing] maybe but thats less of a concern in odis and t20s,plus its his home country so waca.

Scenario 2 -

Ground - Firoz shah kotla dustbowl,or wankhede mumbai dustbowl or premedasa sticky minefield.

Team

Sehwag for hayden.[home conditions,no swing]
Kumble and murali in for marshall and mcgrath.
Wasim and imran stay because of ability to use reverse swing with old ball and familiarity with subcontinent conditions.

If seperate teams for formats

ODIS

Tendulkar
Gilchrist
Ponting
Lara
Richards
Bevan
Imran[c]
Garner
Akram
Warne
Mcgrath

Tests

Len hutton
Sunil gavaskar
Don Bradman[C]
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv richards
Sobers
Gilchrist.[wk]
Warne
Marshall
Ambrose
Akram

12th man-D.lillee

Akram over lillee due to deadlier old ball with reverse swing.
Ambrose and marshall walk into test sides imo.

No coach.Can't see anyone telling these guys what to do.

Howe_zat · 04-05-2011, 12:46 PM

If finding someone to open in both formats is an issue, how about Jayasuria? Plus he'd solve balance issues in ODIs.

Or, going a little out there, Barry Richards?

Borges · 04-05-2011, 12:58 PM

For games in Mars:

Gooch
Boone
Inzamam
Ranatunga
Milburn
Ian Smith
McMillan
Gough
Merv Hughes
Warne
Powar

Beat the living daylights out of the creechies.

zaremba · 04-05-2011, 05:47 PM

Avoiding those already picked:

Victor Trumper
Roy Fredericks
Mark Waugh
Graeme Pollock
Frank Woolley
Keith Miller
Ian Botham
Alan Knott
Shaun Pollock
Alan Davidson
Jim Laker

smalishah84 · 04-05-2011, 07:17 PM

Tendulkar
Hobbs/Gavaskar/Greenidge
Richards
Bradman
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran Khan (C)
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne/ Muralitharan
Malcolm Marshall

Beat this team Martians

04-05-2011, 09:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
hang on State Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: mediterranea Posts: 1,447	Life or Death: Mixed team to play Marauding Martians Who would make your team to play a group of matches - 1 Test on any surface, 1 ODI, 1 20-20 - againt the Martians? Destruction of the Earth at stake if a loss in any of the formats were to occur. It has to be the same XI for all the matches. And leaving out Bradman or Sobers because they haven't played ODIs or 20-20 (Sobers played only one, I believe) would be suicide! Good luck! __________________ i know i am god. since when i pray i find i am talking to myself. (massive apologies to barnes)

04-05-2011, 09:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,862	S Ganguly D Jardine G Chappel M Azharuddin A Ranatunga H Cronje K Akmal H Larwood T Chappel S Akhtar M Asif Umpire: Steve Bucknor Coach: Ijaz Butt Plan: 1) Put out XI that will inevitably cause some political dispute 2) Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure __________________ Maybe we wouldn't be so quick to fill buckets with filth if we knew they had a soul. Or maybe that's what they're into. Ain't no way to get inside a bucket's mind. Last edited by Howe_zat; 04-05-2011 at 10:16 AM.

04-05-2011, 12:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
Austerlitz U19 Debutant Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Empire of cricket Posts: 311	Problem is same team for 3 formats so allrounders can't be ignored. Mixed XI First lets isolate absolute musthaves Bradman Sobers Richards Tendulkar Gilchrist Warne Akram Mcgrath Then marshall for me Imran for balance and fifth strike bowler. Tendulkar and gilchrist open in odis and t20. Main problem is opener for tests i'll go hayden since he's relevant in all formats. Hayden and gilchrist open in tests,bradman 3rd sachin 4rth,richards 5th,sobers 6,imran 7,marshall 8,wasim 9,warne 10.mcgrath 11. So final XI Batsmen - Bradman Tendulkar Richards Hayden Allrounders - Imran[c] Gilchrist[wk] Sobers Bowlers- Marshall Wasim Warne Mcgrath Ground - The WACA ,perth since bowling attack is pace based and all batsmen are excellent players of fast bowling except hayden[swing] maybe but thats less of a concern in odis and t20s,plus its his home country so waca. Scenario 2 - Ground - Firoz shah kotla dustbowl,or wankhede mumbai dustbowl or premedasa sticky minefield. Team Sehwag for hayden.[home conditions,no swing] Kumble and murali in for marshall and mcgrath. Wasim and imran stay because of ability to use reverse swing with old ball and familiarity with subcontinent conditions. If seperate teams for formats ODIS Tendulkar Gilchrist Ponting Lara Richards Bevan Imran[c] Garner Akram Warne Mcgrath Tests Len hutton Sunil gavaskar Don Bradman[C] Sachin Tendulkar Viv richards Sobers Gilchrist.[wk] Warne Marshall Ambrose Akram 12th man-D.lillee Akram over lillee due to deadlier old ball with reverse swing. Ambrose and marshall walk into test sides imo. No coach.Can't see anyone telling these guys what to do. Last edited by Austerlitz; 04-05-2011 at 12:35 PM.

04-05-2011, 05:47 PM	#14 (permalink)
zaremba Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: chez les Ashes Posts: 8,730	Avoiding those already picked: Victor Trumper Roy Fredericks Mark Waugh Graeme Pollock Frank Woolley Keith Miller Ian Botham Alan Knott Shaun Pollock Alan Davidson Jim Laker Last edited by zaremba; 04-05-2011 at 05:54 PM.

04-05-2011, 07:17 PM	#15 (permalink)
smalishah84 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: dxb Posts: 18,862	Tendulkar Hobbs/Gavaskar/Greenidge Richards Bradman Lara Sobers Gilchrist Imran Khan (C) Richard Hadlee Shane Warne/ Muralitharan Malcolm Marshall Beat this team Martians __________________ And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta

04-05-2011, 09:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
vcs International Coach Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: India Posts: 10,305	Tendulkar Greenidge Hayden Bradman Richards Sobers Gilchrist Akram Hadlee McGrath Murali Picked Hayden because I need him to open in Tests alongside Greenidge, where Tendulkar doesn't open. Interesting exercise this.

04-05-2011, 09:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
hang on State Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: mediterranea Posts: 1,447	thanks....sort of struck me when i was reading a comment on another forum about a person to bat for my life. thought i would come up with a team to play for one's life....in all formats!

04-05-2011, 09:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
hang on State Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: mediterranea Posts: 1,447	the MCB, actually. wanted all 20-20s initially.

04-05-2011, 10:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
GotSpin International Coach Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Stranger leering through a pair of binoculars Posts: 12,437	To show the Martians that they shouldn't have ****ed around with us I suggest we give Roy Gilchrist a gig.

04-05-2011, 12:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,862	If finding someone to open in both formats is an issue, how about Jayasuria? Plus he'd solve balance issues in ODIs. Or, going a little out there, Barry Richards?

04-05-2011, 12:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
Borges U19 Vice-Captain Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: India Posts: 506	For games in Mars: Gooch Boone Inzamam Ranatunga Milburn Ian Smith McMillan Gough Merv Hughes Warne Powar Beat the living daylights out of the creechies.

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