smalishah84's favorite XI

[smalishah84]

He'd be great as an opener in an AT ODI Xi but tests? I dunno about that.... I know it's your "favourite" XI and not greatest, but he would be really out of place as an opener

I always thought that Mark Waugh should open in test matches as well, it was a pity that he rarely played in the top order but in my team he is coming out to open. This team will have style and substance and there is no one better than Waugh who fits the bill.

[smalishah84]

I can only assume Waugh was someone you desperately loved to see and so needed somewhere to put him. Cos opener in tests is odd, but your team your way.
He was as you said though, very stylish bat and good fielder. Well done.

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[smalishah84]

The team so far

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11. Michael Holding

[Hurricane]

Make him face the first ball IMHO.

[schearzie]

I always thought that Mark Waugh should open in test matches as well, it was a pity that he rarely played in the top order but in my team he is coming out to open. This team will have style and substance and there is no one better than Waugh who fits the bill.

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Thinking about it, I did used to like watching Waugh and Haydos walk out for the Aussies in the ODI's. Waugh was still stylish hitting huge sixes in some of those games

[OverratedSanity]

I always thought that Mark Waugh should open in test matches as well, it was a pity that he rarely played in the top order but in my team he is coming out to open. This team will have style and substance and there is no one better than Waugh who fits the bill.

You being a Pakistani I expected you to pick Saeed Anwar as an opener, just as graceful as Waugh and overall a better batsman, definitely a more proven opener. And seeing as your first two picks are two of the most elegant and graceful to ever play the game, it wouldn't surprise me if you picked Anwar next.

[bagapath]

I love Holding and Mark Waugh too. But since you are getting a middle order bat to open - exactly like Furball, I detest your team already.

[smalishah84]

The haters can GAGF

[schearzie]

I love Holding and Mark Waugh too. But since you are getting a middle order bat to open - exactly like Furball, I detest your team already.

Did nobody have a go at you for Lara at 5? despicable

[Monk]

Mark Edward Waugh is my favourite Cricket of all time so I think its a great selection - but Waugh has to bat in the middle order.

Mine too. Absolute favourite. At #4.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Spoiler Alert

Mark Edward Waugh is my favourite Cricket of all time so I think its a great selection - but Waugh has to bat in the middle order.

wtf. NUFAN and I seem to like the same players. ME Waugh would certainly be one of my favourite batsmen of all time.

[watson]

I'm with everyone else - ATG teams must have specialists for each role, and Waugh wasn't a specialist Test opener.

[uvelocity]

listen smali****, everyone loves mark waugh. languid strokemaker with all the time in the world. just one of those guys who has it all and everyone likes. would never make a test opener though, he loved to play at everything - which got him in trouble at times even at 4. Also had a problem with scoring big hundreds, which is what you love your openers to do, either as a partnership go big, or at least for one to bat a majority of the innings. i also highly doubt whether he would ever want to be a test opener. surely the kind of cool cat who wants to (and with his talent you let him) bat in the easier periods and cash in on the nuggets getting you off to a solid start.

dravid you can get away with as an opener, junior you cant.

[marc71178]

I'm with everyone else - ATG teams must have specialists for each role, and Waugh wasn't a specialist Test opener.

This isn't an ATG side though.

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I'm with everyone else - ATG teams must have specialists for each role, and Waugh wasn't a specialist Test opener.

Only it's not an ATG side, it's Smali's favourite XI. Jeez. Imagine the kittens you'll have with my line up when I open the batting with Iain O'Brien and his mighty defensive crotch to see the shine off the new ball.