Draft suggestion: Passengers XI

[AndrewB]

I'll take Howe's advice and pick Parthiv Patel.

 

[Howe_zat]

Zoehrer then.

 

[AndrewB]

Previous picks:
AndrewB: (+7) Lord Hawke, Bryce McGain, Keith Arthurton, Patterson Thompson, Geoff Cook, Tony Pigott, Adam Lyth, John Warr, Bill Playle
fredfertang: (+8) Chris Schofield, Gavin Hamilton, George Duckworth, Adam Hollioake, Uton Dowe, Alvin Greenidge, Geoff Greenidge, Brendon Julian, James Vince
Howe_zat: (+8) Ishant Sharma, Eldine Baptiste, Craig Cumming, Jehan Mubarak, Ashok Mankad, Trevor Chappell, Xavier Doherty, Stuart Matsikenyeri, David Capel
jimmy101: (+1) Scott Muller, Owais Shah, Matthew Wade, Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Harvinder Singh, Gavin Robertson, Terry Duffin, Ottis Gibson, Aftab Habib
kingkallis: (+12) Shane Watson, Greg Blewett, Kamran Akmal, Phil Simmons, Ian Salisbury, Mohammad Sami, JP Duminy, Rob Quiney, Chris Pringle
mr_mister: (+37) Gus Logie, Ashley Giles, Jonty Rhodes, Len Darling, Andy Whittall, Matthew Nicholson, Rameez Raja, Ben Hollioake, Ken Rutherford
The Battlers Prince: (+44) Boeta Dippenaar, Brett Lee, Joey Carew, Willie Rodriguez, Ray Bright, Adam Bacher, Graeme Hick, Robin Peterson, Ashish Nehra

Round 10:
jimmy101: Xavier Marshall (-2)
fredfertang: Paul Allott (0)
The Battlers Prince: Dinesh Karthik (+9)
AndrewB: Parthiv Patel (+2)
Howe_zat: Tim Zoehrer (-2)
mr_mister
kingkallis

I think Round 11 may as well be a free-for-all. Also I think mr_mister has timed out.

 

[kingkallis]

We have decided to shift Phil Simmons to No.6 and will open with extremely vulnerable Blair Hartland!!

 

[kingkallis]

The Real CricZo XI

1. Blair Hartland / <---- Move the ball a bit and its 0/1...
2. Rob Quiney / <---- Hey Blair, wait. Coming soon and then we shall have a cup of coffee and discuss your dismissal.
3. Shane Watson / o # <---- Indicates pads!! DRS Boy!
4. Greg Blewett / <---- Played really well at times but rest of the times he was a wasted talent.
5. JP Duminy / o <---- He must have done something 'great' to stay there in the highly talented team for that long.
6. Phil Simmons / o <---- Wish he used his brain more than the jaw!
7. Kamran Akmal / @ <---- Indicates glove with a hole
8.
9. Ian Salisbury o / <---- Why was he even chosen to represent England??!!
10. Mohammad Sami o <---- How?? How did he manage to stay well over 50 @ test level is a question which keeps visiting my mind.
11. Chris Pringle o <---- One test wonder! Did extremely well in Faisalabad test but then...

 

[jimmy101]

If it's a FFA for R11 then I'll finish my team off with Trevor Hohns.

Terry Duffin
Xavier Marshall
Aftab Habib
Owas Shah
Matthew Wade +
Maharajkumar of Vizianagram *
Trevor Hohns
Ottis Gibson
Scott Muller
Gavin Robertson
Harvinder Singh

Awful looking XI under the leadership of the worst international captain of all-time. Quite proud of that. Great draft Andrew, awesome concept. Looking forward to seeing everyone else's teams.

 

[Starfighter]

We have decided to shift Phil Simmons to No.6 and will open with extremely vulnerable Blair Hartland!!

Yesss! Always loved, in a slightly perverse way, the video of him playing Wasim Akram in 1993 and looking ridiculously out of his depth.

 

[Howe_zat]

Awful looking XI

Don't agree, Owais Shah could look like a wonderful bat. It was being effective that eluded him

 

[Howe_zat]

The startlingly inaccurate leggies of Ish Sodhi will be a great compliment to my spin attack, alongside the non-threatening left arm darts of Doherty and the floaty right-arm trash of Matsikenyeri.

 

[Howe_zat]

Final XI

1. Craig Cumming

11 tests | 441 runs at 25.4 | 0 centuries

the name... Craig Cumming don't exactly inspire confidence.

2. Stuart Matsikenyeri

8 tests | 351 runs at 23.4 | 0 centuries | 2 wickets at 172.5 | 0 five-fors

Stuart Matsikenyeri averages 7 with the bat in T20I cricket, while striking at less than a run a ball.

Stuart Matsikenyeri has bowled two complete overs in T20I cricket, each in a different match. Both overs went for 10 with no wicket.

Stuart Matsikenyeri's T20I career lasted for six years.

3. Trevor Chappell

3 tests | 79 runs at 15.8 | 0 centuries

I remember watching the underarm incident as a kid. Even at a pretty tender age, it was pretty obvious it was just a shocker by G Chappell.

Though in fairness it was probably the best ball Trevor ever bowled in international cricket.

4. Jehan Mubarak (c)

13 tests | 385 runs at 17.5 | 0 centuries

Mubarak only gets selected because he has a relative on the Sri Lankan Cricket Board (or something similar).

hoping Mubarak gets 2 ducks in the warmup game. Though even this hasn't stopped him from being selected before.

5. Ashok Mankad

22 tests | 991 runs at 25.41 | 0 centuries

Probably know more about Ashok than Vinoo Mankad myself TBH.

1) W V Raman
2) Madhav Mantri (*)
3) Vikram Rathour
4) Ashok Malhotra
5) Ashok Mankad
6) Syed Abid Ali
7) Sameer Dighe (+)
8) Aashish Kapoor
9) Rajesh Chauhan
10) Balwinder Sandhu
11) Debasis Mohanty

6. Tim Zoehrer +

10 tests | 246 runs at 20.50 | 0 centuries

Zoehrer was a complete embarrasment.

He was ****. You could hear the metallic clang every time the ball bounced out of his gloves.

7. Eldine Baptiste

10 tests | 233 runs at 23.3 | 0 centuries | 16 wickets at 35.18 | 0 five-fors

The West Indian bowler I've seen that thought was frequently very dubious was Eldine Baptiste.

8. David Capel

15 tests | 374 runs at 15.58 | 0 centuries | 21 wickets at 50.66 | 0 five-fors

David Capel takes the prize in my mind for least useful in either discipline, with 15 tests and nothing to show for it.

David Capel getting recalled for the tour of West Indies in 1990; again, wtf? Wasn't it pretty obvious by then (if it wasn't before he was even picked ITFP) that he was miles short of requirements.

9. Ish Sodhi

14 tests | 38 wickets at 46.68 | 0 five-fors

Who in the selection panel though Sodhi was up to scratch? It was so painfully obvious that he isn't ready or may not ever be ready for internationals. A poor first class record, a poor NZ A series, what more needed to be spelt out to the selector/s?

10. Ishant Sharma

77 tests | 218 wickets at 36.93 | 7 five-fors

Don't think my views on Ishant Sharma need repeating.

Truly a cancer on Indian bowling.

Show him the door and he'd still probably miss it.

11. Xavier Doherty

4 tests | 7 wickets at 78.28 | 0 five-fors

Question: "List 3 points by which your individual performance or that of the team could be improved following our defeats".
1. Team performance could be improved by not selecting Xavier Doherty.

its just a fact that he won't get anyone out

 

[kingkallis]

Neal Radford to join the team as the specialist bowler.

The Real CricZo XI

1. Blair Hartland / <---- Move the ball a bit and its 0/1...
2. Rob Quiney / <---- Hey Blair, wait. Coming soon and then we shall have a cup of coffee and discuss your dismissal.
3. Shane Watson / o # <---- Indicates pads!! DRS Boy!
4. Greg Blewett / <---- Played really well at times but rest of the times he was a wasted talent.
5. JP Duminy / o <---- He must have done something 'great' to stay there in the highly talented team for that long.
6. Phil Simmons / o <---- Wish he used his brain more than the jaw!
7. Kamran Akmal / @ <---- Indicates glove with a hole
8. Ian Salisbury o / <---- Why was he even chosen to represent England??!!
9. Mohammad Sami o <---- How?? How did he manage to stay well over 50 @ test level is a question which keeps visiting my mind.
10. Neal Radford o <---- Decent FC and List A record but dont really know what went wrong @ international level?
11. Chris Pringle o <---- One test wonder! Did extremely well in Faisalabad test but then...

Write up or pictorial coming soon!!

 

[AndrewB]

I haven't picked an all-rounder yet, so I'll finish with Ajit Agarkar.

 

[mr_mister]

Alex Tudor

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I couldn't see Mitch Marsh gone
Which gives me

The Talent Depleted

1. Joey Carew
2. Adam Bacher
3. Graeme Hick(c)
4. Boeta Dippenaar
5. Mitch Marsh
6. Dinesh Kaneria+
7. Willie Rodriguez
8. Robin Peterson
9. Ray Bright
10. Brett Lee
11. Ashish Nehra

 

[Howe_zat]

Kaneria keeping wicket

 

[fredfertang]

1.Geoff Greenidge - flattered to deceive
2. Alvin Greenidge - very ordinary
3. James Vince - on the verge of greatness but, for now, crap
4. Craig Serjeant admirably turned down Packer, but ultimately found wanting
5. Adam Hollioake - not good enough
6.Gavin Hamilton - not a lot to say really
7. Brendon Julian - anonymous
8. Chris Schofield - silly haircut and silly bowling action
9. Uton Dowe - Keith Stackpole rated him
10.George Duckworth - possibly a harsh choice, but definitely a passenger by modern standards
11. Paul Allott - honest toiler

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Kaneria keeping wicket

Forgot to pick one

 

[mr_mister]

Graham Manou

 

[Starfighter]

Forgot to pick one

Just choose the ugliest person to do it?

 

[fredfertang]

Forgot to pick one

No you didn't, you asked me to pick Karthik for you, which I did