Your ATG XI's for these four minnows (Zim, Kenya, Bangas & Ireland)

[mr_mister]

Some might say they are the most successful of the current day minnows, 2 have test status(and one wasn't a minnow in '99) and 2 have done well in World Cups



We can only do ODI ones for Kenya and Ireland I suppose, but do Tests and ODIs for the other two



my Kenyan one based purely on what I saw in World Cups

Otieno
Shah
Odumbe
Tikolo
H Modi
C Obuya
Odoyo
Karim
Ongondo
A Suji
M Suji

12th man: Vadher

I'm pretty sure this actual team might have played together lol


I'll do more later

 

[mr_mister]

my Bangas test team:

Iqbal
Ashraful
Bashar
Haque
Al-Hasan
Rahim
Mahmudullah
T Islam
Rafique
Mortaza
S Hossain


12th man: Kayes

 

[kingkallis]

ZIMBS

Grant Flower
BRM Taylor
Andy Flower
Murray Goodwin
David Houghton
Tatenda Taibu +
Andy Blignaut
Heath Streak *
Paul Strang
Eddo Brandes
Kyle Jarvis

 

[mr_mister]

^solid top order

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

12th man: Kayes

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

bd test xi

1. Tamim
2. Imrul
3. Bashar
4. Ashraful
5. Aminul
6. Shakib
7. Mushfiq
8. Mahmudullah
9. Rafique
10. Mashrafe
11. Shahadat

 

[mr_mister]

ha we have the same top batsmen except you found room for kayes

 

[cnerd123]

Would drop Ash from that side. Mahmadullah at 4. Probably another spinner in Ash's place, like Enamul Haque.

Shahadat is iffy for me too.

 

[mr_mister]

aren't Ash and Bash so revered because they had to face way tougher bowlers than the guys nowadays? So many legends were still around in '01. I feel their average is a bad indication of their skill

 

[cnerd123]

Ash is a match-fixing waste of talent tho.

 

[mr_mister]

oh the match fixing stuff shouldnt matter in this discussion imo

 

[sunilreddy]

Grant Flower
BRM Taylor
Andy Flower
Murray Goodwin
David Houghton
Tatenda Taibu +
Neil Johnson
Heath Streak *
Paul Strang
Eddo Brandes
Kyle Jarvis

 

[harsh.ag]

Zimababwe's atg team is strongest when playing in the sub-continent

Also, will have Price ahead of Brandes in the subcontinent, and otherwise have both Johnson and Blignaut in the side with Streak and Jarvis.

 

[NZTailender]

Zim XI
1. B Taylor
2. G Flower
3. M Goodwin
4. D Houghton
5. A Flower+*
6. H Masakadza
7. P Strang
8. H Streak
9. A Blignaut
10. E Brandes
11. R Price

12. G Whittall
13. T Taibu
14. H Olonga
15. A Campbell

 

[Flametree]

bd test xi

1. Tamim
2. Imrul
3. Bashar
4. Ashraful
5. Aminul
6. Shakib
7. Mushfiq
8. Mahmudullah
9. Rafique
10. Mashrafe
11. Shahadat

You pick a Bangla top xi and omit a bloke who averages 55?

 

[mr_mister]

yeah i guess aminuls debut century stuck in his mind

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

You pick a Bangla top xi and omit a bloke who averages 55?

I'm still a bit skeptical about mominul because of his glaring weakness against pace. A fine player and he's working very hard in the nets. Destroyer of any spin bowling. Let's see what happens in the future. Him against SA pace battery will give a good indication how far he has come

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'm still a bit skeptical about mominul because of his glaring weakness against pace. A fine player and he's working very hard in the nets. Destroyer of any spin bowling. Let's see what happens in the future. Him against SA pace battery will give a good indication how far he has come

Right, because there have been so many good players of top class pace bowling in BD's history?

Come on. Mominul walks in.

 

[wpdavid]

I'm not sure the early 2000's Zim guys would thank you for the minnows tag. Pretty competitive team IIRC.

 

[NZTailender]

I'm not sure the early 2000's Zim guys would thank you for the minnows tag. Pretty competitive team IIRC.

It's a pity they didn't get more top class tours. IIRC Flower and co. played Australia literally once.