who would you support...

[Shady Slim]

if ties to nationality weren't a thing?

ie theoretically if every team did not have a name or a brand and was just a conglomerate of guys playing cricket, who would you support?

 

[Pratters]

Probably England. I like how technically proficient their batsmen are. Playing swing in England, the players need to have their technique right. Obviously every condition requires different skill sets. However, there is some thing wonderful about watching the 'correct' English batsman. The wickets offer you support but you have to have craft to extract some thing out of it, whether you are a bowler or a batsman. I could also support India as watching spinners is also quite a big pleasure. However, the lack of fast bowlers is a turn off.

I really enjoy Ireland too. I would go for Ireland ahead of England actually. Following them during the 2011 World Cup was fun. Wish they got more support from the ICC.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If I wasn't allowed to follow Australia, probably India because they have Kohli and he's a 10/10 troll

or whoever Kevin Pietersen is playing for

Or maybe Pakistan because they are badass mothers who just don't give a ****

 

[Shady Slim]

tbf you're still allowed to follow australia if they are the team you'd actually support if they weren't "australia" per se

 

[mr_mister]

used to be Zim as a kid in the Flower/Streak days... but now they're boring and have no talent left. So Afghanistan!

 

[Jono]

South Africa fo sho.

Amla, AB, Steyn - yep.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I would (and do) support West Indies and Sri Lanka. The players always tend to have a smile no matter the situation. It's how I like cricket to be played. The Kiwis under McCullum were a bit this way too.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I was a tall fast bowler, so probably Aussie. I'd enjoy having players like McGrath, Johnson, Hazlewood, Starc, Hastings et al. on my team to support.

My favourite players tend to be from SA, so they would be high as well.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Namibia

But would change quite often. Would definitely have been Pakistan at prime-Waqar. West Indies when Marshall was at his pomp etc.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

South Africa. They have had great fast bowlers over the years.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

New Zealand as being an England supporter I have got used to not winning much over the years.

 

[YorksLanka]

New Zealand for me as I love the aggressive way they play their cricket...

 

[TheJediBrah]

I would (and do) support West Indies and Sri Lanka. The players always tend to have a smile no matter the situation. It's how I like cricket to be played. The Kiwis under McCullum were a bit this way too.

Sri Lanka are always nice guys. The vast majority of normal people from Sri Lanka I've met, as well as First-class cricketers from Sri Lanka I've played with or against over the years, have all been great, friendly, relatively unselfish blokes.

Can't say the same about most Indian players I've met. That's just my experience though.

The West Indians tend to be a bit different, always fun to be around and watch but also very self-absorbed.

Keep in mind these are generalisations, obviously.

 

[Gnske]

West Indies for the memes or SA for genuine like.

 

[Daemon]

Sri Lanka are always nice guys. The vast majority of normal people from Sri Lanka I've met, as well as First-class cricketers from Sri Lanka I've played with or against over the years, have all been great, friendly, relatively unselfish blokes.

Can't say the same about most Indian players I've met. That's just my experience though.

The West Indians tend to be a bit different, always fun to be around and watch but also very self-absorbed.

Keep in mind these are generalisations, obviously.

Jayasuriya's a massive wanker. Tharanga and Maharoof are really nice.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Probably SA, if it involved turning a blind eye to their constant whinging about pitches they can't handle.

 

[cnerd123]

Banglladeeesshhhhhh

 

[Black_Warrior]

While KP and Bell were still playing in the same team, I would have picked England without even a delay. England became very exciting for me since 05 when KP made his debut and when that team reached it's peak between 09-13, it would be my team by a distance.

Overall though, I'll have to go with South Africa. I started watching cricket in the 90s and they were such an exciting side - Donald, MacMillan, Klusener, De Villiers and then the emergence of Kallis, Boucher etc. Then SA went in to a sort of a decline after the Cronje affair under Pollock and Smith's first few years as captain weren't very impressive.
But now that I don't find England that exciting anymore as a side, I'll have to go back to South Africa.

 

[Howe_zat]

It's kind of a strange question. If nationality ties weren't a thing I would think about cricket very differently. I probably wouldn't support literally anyone against Australia, but as things stand, here we are. I feel like I can't be alone in thinking that it's the centre of getting into cricket in the first place. If I didn't have 'my team' I don't think I'd have a horse in the race at all.

It's nice to think I am a noble 'I want cricket to be the real winner' just because I occasionally put on a neutral series when there's nothing else I feel like watching, and it's particularly tempting to think I might be a superior type of fan to those weird youtube commentators who only watch and know anything about their own team. But I don't really believe any of us are actually that pompous.

 

[GIMH]

It's kind of a strange question. If nationality ties weren't a thing I would think about cricket very differently. I probably wouldn't support literally anyone against Australia, but as things stand, here we are. I feel like I can't be alone in thinking that it's the centre of getting into cricket in the first place. If I didn't have 'my team' I don't think I'd have a horse in the race at all.

It's nice to think I am a noble 'I want cricket to be the real winner' just because I occasionally put on a neutral series when there's nothing else I feel like watching, and it's particularly tempting to think I might be a superior type of fan to those weird youtube commentators who only watch and know anything about their own team. But I don't really believe any of us are actually that pompous.

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