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Novelty XIs Compendium

honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
h_hurricane said:
Nobody has scored more runs than me at a better average or no one has taken more wickets than me at a better average XI

Don Bradman
Kumar Sangakkara
Steve Smith
Sachin Tendulkar
Jacques Kallis
Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Sydney Barnes
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn Mcgrath
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Would lose to the second XI.
 
Teja.

Teja.

Global Moderator
Worst Batting Average by Position XI for the 21st century.

I'm only considering players who have played 20+ tests in that specific position and only their batting average in the position).

Javed Omar (22 in 40 tests)
Devon Smith (23 in 39 tests)
Nasser Hussain (29 in 20 tests) (c)
Micheal Clarke (30 in 38 tests)
Mohammad Ashraful (24 in 32 tests)
JP Duminy (25 in 20 tests)
Khaled Mashud - (18 in 32 tests) (wk)
Peter Siddle (12 in 20 tests)
DBL Powell (6 in 21 tests)
Kemar Roach (6 in 23 tests)
Chris Martin (2 in 71 tests)

Clarke is actually the second worst after Ashraful but Ashraful wins No.5 as well so could squeeze him in at 4.

It's not a bad side tbh.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Teja. said:
Worst Batting Average by Position XI for the 21st century.

I'm only considering players who have played 20+ tests in that specific position and only their batting average in the position).

Javed Omar (22 in 40 tests)
Devon Smith (23 in 39 tests)
Nasser Hussain (29 in 20 tests) (c)
Micheal Clarke (30 in 38 tests)
Mohammad Ashraful (24 in 32 tests)
JP Duminy (25 in 20 tests)
Khaled Mashud - (18 in 32 tests) (wk)
Peter Siddle (12 in 20 tests)
DBL Powell (6 in 21 tests)
Kemar Roach (6 in 23 tests)
Chris Martin (2 in 71 tests)

Clarke is actually the second worst after Ashraful but Ashraful wins No.5 as well so could squeeze him in at 4.

It's not a bad side tbh.
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Well Clarke stands head and shoulders above the rest but honestly i'm surprised he played that much at 4
 
h_hurricane

h_hurricane

International Vice-Captain
Played as a grandpa XI (39+ for fast bowlers and 40+ for everyone else)

Jack Hobbs
Herbert Sutcliffe
Wally Hammond
Sachin Tendulkar
George Headley
Aubrey Faulkner
Alec Stewart
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Bill O'reilly
James Anderson
 
Starfighter

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Going off my not-very-successful guess the cricketer from the picture clues attempt, based mostly on nicknames:

Fighter Jets XI
1: WM Lawry (F-4 Phantom II)*
2: MJ Horne (F-18 Hornet)
3: A Turner (Su-17 Fitter)
4: BKG Mendis (F9F Cougar)
5: WB Phillips (Ye-152A Flipper)†
6: JC White (Mig-19 Farmer)
7: FH Tyson (Eurofighter Typhoon)
8: AA Donald (English Electric Lightning)
9: Bill O'Reilly (F11F Tiger)
10: Fred Spofforth (F3H Demon)
11: Doug Bollinger (F-15 Eagle)

Now that's the first 11 I thought of. Appropriately fast bowling heavy, but with a tail too long for the comfort of anyone except NSW. Since Wikipedia tells me that Chanderpaul was also nicknamed 'Tiger', and of course MAK Pataudi was. I'll take out O'Reilly, put one of them 5 and bump everyone else down one.
 
Bijed

Bijed

International Regular
Probably been done before but hey, it's Christmas!

Michael Sleigh-ter
Christingle Broad
Rob Tur-key
Ian Jingle Bell
Robin Redbreast Smith
Adam Gilchristmas
Monty Snowball
Mitchell Santa
Craig White Christmas
Jake Bauble
Eric Hollies Wreath

12th Man: Bruce Martinsel

Umpired by Aleem Advent Calen-dar
 
A

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Bijed said:
Probably been done before but hey, it's Christmas!

Michael Sleigh-ter
Christingle Broad
Rob Tur-key
Ian Jingle Bell
Robin Redbreast Smith
Adam Gilchristmas
Monty Snowball
Mitchell Santa
Craig White Christmas
Jake Bauble
Eric Hollies Wreath

12th Man: Bruce Martinsel

Umpired by Aleem Advent Calen-dar
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Also Betty Snowball and Jacques Rudolph.
 
Howe_zat

Howe_zat

Audio File
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
400s and all 10s

1) WG Grace* / o (he got all ten!)
2) Bill Ponsford /
3) Don Bradman /
4) Brian Lara /
5) Hanif Mohammad + /
6) Archie MacLaren /
7) Graeme Hick /
8) Trevor Bailey o /
9) Hedley Verity o /
10) Clarrie Grimmett o
11) Tom Richardson o

Laker, Kumble, Bart King, and Gubby Allen all qualify, among others. There've been a lot more 10-fers than quadruple centuries.
 
T

tony p

First Class Debutant
A means of Transportation Team,

A.C. MacLaren, (Eng)
K Wessels,( Aus/SA)
M Bentley (Derby)
W Roller (Surrey)
D.B.Carr, (Derby)
M Holden (Middx)
J Minney (Northants)
W Carkeek (Aust)(wk)
A Shipman (Leic)
M Falcon (Camb U)
M Walker (Aust)

12th Man P Walker (Glam), play on a turning pitch and will help the catching.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
doesn't quite fit the thread but

A team of crap players with crap team balance that would beat Australia in Australia:

Tom Blundell /
Zak Crawley /
Dawid Malan /
Joe Root /
Yasir Shah /
Rishabh Pant + /
Shardul Thakur o /
Washington Sundar o /
Jimmy Anderson o / (stock bowler)
Scott Borthwick o
Rubel Hossain* (moral support; helps psychology of the rest of team by assuring them they aren't the worst in the side)
 
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