An experiment (part 1)

[garage flower]

I'll stick to the side that was ridiculed on the other thread:

Smith (C)
Sehwag
Dravid
Lara
Kallis
Thorpe
Flintoff
Pollock
Taibu
Murali
Harmison

 

[age_master]

Smith
Gibbs
Lara (c)
Tendulkar
Dravid
Kallis
Boucher (wk)
Pollock
Kumble
Vaas
Muralitharan

 

[Simon]

my team
1 Graeme Smith
2 Herchelle Gibbs
3 Brian Lara
4 Sachin Tendulkar (c)
5 Rahul Dravid
6 Jaques Kallis
7 Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
8 Shaun Pollock
9 Shoaib Ahktar
10 Muttiah Muralitharan
11 Makhaya Ntini

 

[ReallyCrazy]

1. Michael Vaughan
2. Mark Richardson
3. Rahul Dravid (c)
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Kumara Sangakkara (wk)
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Shoaib Akhtar
10. Anil Kumble/Harmison (depends whether you want spin or pace)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[wpdavid]

Smith
Sehwag
Dravid
Lara
Laxman
Kallis
Boucher
Pollock
Harbajan
Harmison
Bond

 

[biased indian]

Vaughan
Gibbs
Dravid
Lara
Sachin
Kallis
Boucher
Harmison
Pollock
Murali
Akthar

 

[a massive zebra]

Hershelle Gibbs
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid (cpt)
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Mark Boucher (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Anil Kumble
Shoaib Akhtar
Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Langeveldt]

1. Graeme Smith
2. Herschelle Gibbs
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Brian Lara
5. Jacques Kallis
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Mark Boucher (wk)
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Anil Kumble
10. Shane Bond
11. Makhya Ntini

 

[arjwiz]

G Smith*
H Gibbs
R Dravid
S Tendulkar
B Lara
J Kallis
K Sangakkara+
S Pollock
M Ntini
A Kumble
M Muralitharan

 

[neilm]

erm..spot the errors...and that doesnt include Harmison batting below McGrath

what errors? who gives a crap if if no10 and 11 should swap places? jeeeez, some people

 

[marc71178]

It's supposed to be a RoW XI...

 

[Swervy]

what errors? who gives a crap if if no10 and 11 should swap places? jeeeez, some people

the point is that it is a Rest Of world team vs Australia...not including Australia....jeeeez, some people

 

[delkap]

My Test team (changed a bit from my original)

Vaughan (c)
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Lara
Laxman
Pollock
Boucher
Bond
Harmison
Muralitharan

12th Man: Kumble
13th Man: Kallis

After Sangakarra lost his wk position to Kalu in this test, I no longer think he deserves to be a wk for World XI, hence Boucher. Though I would love to hv Sangakarra if he can keep and bat well consistently.

I believe Bond to be the best non-Aussie fast bowler after Harmison maybe if he can come back to his prev form before injury. Hence he makes it over Akhtar.

Kumble and Kallis would be my reserves to swap any bowler or batsman who cant make it. Although Kallis is better than Laxman, I simply can't ignore Laxman's record against Australia.

 

[Loony BoB]

1. Graeme Smith
2. Mark Richardson
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Brian Lara
5. Rahul Dravid *
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Kumar Sangakkara +
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Steve Harmison
10. Shane Bond
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[PY]

1. Graeme Smith *
2. Michael Vaughan
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Brian Lara
5. Sachin Tendulkar
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Geraint Jones +
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Shoaib Akhtar
10. Steve Harmison
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Protea]

1. Smith*
2. Sehwag
3. Tendulkar
4. Lara
5. Kallis
6. Sangakarra/Boucher+
7. Flintoff
8. Pollock
9. Akhtar
10. Muralitharan
11. Harmison/Ntini

12th man: Between Harmison/Ntini (whichever doesn't play)

Extras: Gibbs, Dravid, Bond (if fit ), Kumble, Harbajan

 

[Tom Halsey]

I'd have Harmison over Ntini any day.

 

[Protea]

I'd have Harmison over Ntini any day.

Are you English? I might be a little biased since Ntini is one of my favourite players Harmison is good, though

 

[Tom Halsey]

Yeah, I'm English - but I don't think it's bias that I think he is the best seamer in the world right now.

 

[Protea]

I don't see Ntini or Pollock or Akhtar or Bond or any of those guys playing at the moment. Do you?