World XI Lefties

[cricket100%]

Who is your guys' current world XI of Left Handed Cricketers?

My Test would be as follows team would be as follows

1.Graeme Smith
2.Gautam Gambhir
3.Kumar Sangakkara
4.Shivnarine Chanderpaul
5.Michael Hussey
6.Ashwell Prince
7.Daniel Vettori
8.Mitchell Johnson
9.Doug Bollinger
10.Sulieman Benn
11.Zaheer Khan

My ODI Team Would be

1.Chris Gayle
2.Andrew Strauss
3.Kumar Sangakkara
4.Michael Hussey
5.Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6.Yuvraj Singh
7.Daniel Vettori
8.Mitchell Johnson
9.Sulieman Benn
10.Doug Bollinger
11.Wayne Parnell

What would your guys' teams be?

No Graeme Smith in ODI's?
I would rather put Strauss in place of Gambhir in the Tests and then put Smith in both teams. I don't think Strauss belongs in the ODI's. I would rather replace Benn in the Tests with Paul Harris and in the ODI's with Roelof van der Merwe.

 

[Zinzan]

No Graeme Smith in ODI's?

Agree, Smith >>>> Strauss in ODI's

 

[srkven]

Who is your guys' current world XI of Left Handed Cricketers?

My Test would be as follows team would be as follows

1.Graeme Smith
2.Gautam Gambhir
3.Kumar Sangakkara
4.Shivnarine Chanderpaul
5.Michael Hussey
6.Ashwell Prince
7.Daniel Vettori
8.Mitchell Johnson
9.Doug Bollinger
10.Sulieman Benn
11.Zaheer Khan

I don't think Suliemann Benn -should be there. Inconsistent and not good enough. Plenty of good left-handed batsman too.

 

[NUFAN]

My ODI team
1 G Gambhir
2 C Gayle
3 K Sangakarra
4 Y Singh
5 E Morgan
6 M Hussey
7 JP Duminy
8 D Vettori
9 Z Khan
10 L Tsotsobe
11 D Bollinger

****ed off Johnson tbh.

 

[Prince EWS]

My ODI team
1 G Gambhir
2 C Gayle
3 K Sangakarra
4 Y Singh
5 E Morgan
6 M Hussey
7 JP Duminy
8 D Vettori
9 Z Khan
10 L Tsotsobe
11 D Bollinger

****ed off Johnson tbh.

Yuvraj bowling 10 overs every game would be problematic. Reckon you need Shakib in at 7.

 

[NUFAN]

Yuvraj bowling 10 overs every game would be problematic. Reckon you need Shakib in at 7.

I didn't think it would be problem using Gayle and Duminy RH spin as batting is their strongest discipline. You are right though, Shakib in for Duminy for a completely left handEd XI

 

[Prince EWS]

I didn't think it would be problem using Gayle and Duminy RH spin as batting is their strongest discipline. You are right though, Shakib in for Duminy for a completely left handEd XI

Yeah, bowling right arm bowlers is cheating IMO.

 

[Shri]

Tests:

Andrew Strauss
Graeme Smith
Kumar Sangakkara
Jesse Ryder
Mike Hussey
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Murali Kartik
Doug Bollinger


ODI:

Gautham Gambhir
Graeme Smith
Kumar Sangakkara(Wk)
Yuvraj Singh
Mike Hussey
Eoin Morgan
Shakib Al Hasan
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Doug Bollinger

Long tail ftw!

T20:

Graeme Smith
Chris Gayle
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Kumar Sangakkara(Wk)
Mike Hussey
Shakib Al Hasan
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Doug Bollinger

 

[M0rphin3]

Tests:

Andrew Strauss
Graeme Smith
Kumar Sangakkara
Jesse Ryder
Mike Hussey
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shakib Al Hasan
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
S Benn
Doug Bollinger


ODI:

Gautham Gambhir
Graeme Smith
Kumar Sangakkara(Wk)
Yuvraj Singh
Mike Hussey
Eoin Morgan
Shakib Al Hasan
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Doug Bollinger

Long tail ftw!

T20:

Graeme Smith
Chris Gayle
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
Kumar Sangakkara(Wk)
Mike Hussey
Shakib Al Hasan
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Doug Bollinger

Would rather pick Vettori above Benn in tests, and Raina for Yuvraj in ODIs tbh. Otherwise pretty gun.

 

[Shri]

I thought Benn would have better stats compared to Vettori as he looks better whenever I have seen him play. Would still opt for Murali Kartik over Vettori in tests.

 

[Athlai]

I thought Benn would have better stats compared to Vettori as he looks better whenever I have seen him play. Would still opt for Murali Kartik over Vettori in tests.

Benn is so average.

 

[Shri]

Benn is so average.

Maybe. But not visually. He looks like he could make something happen at times but Vettori doesn't look dangerous to me. The lack of spin could be the reason.

 

[Athlai]

Vettori bats so has an exucse at being average with the ball. Shakib is the 4th bowler, not either of them.

 

[Prince EWS]

Maybe. But not visually. He looks like he could make something happen at times but Vettori doesn't look dangerous to me. The lack of spin could be the reason.

Benn looks even worse than he actually is, IMO.

 

[Shri]

Fixed my test side.

 

[Howe_zat]

Chris Gayle
Graeme Smith
Andrew Strauss
Kumar Sangakkara
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Simon Katich
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Wahab Riaz
Doug Bollinger

(Mohammed Amir... )

ODI/T20:

Chris Gayle
Graeme Smith
Gautam Gambhir (Suresh Raina in T20)
Kumar Sangakkara(Wk)
Mike Hussey
Eoin Morgan
Shakib Al Hasan
Daniel Vettori
Wayne Parnell
Zaheer Khan
Doug Bollinger

 

[vcs]

Agree that Benn really looks terrible. There's something about off-spinners, some of them just look so innocuous...

 

[M0rphin3]

Chris Gayle
Graeme Smith
Andrew Strauss
Kumar Sangakkara
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Simon Katich
Daniel Vettori
Mitchell Johnson
Zaheer Khan
Wahab Riaz
Doug Bollinger

Wahab Riaz? Aamer would've been an instant choice fo all, but WAC

Would replace Riaz with Shakib in that lineup.

 

[Blaze 18]

Test side

1) Andrew Strauss
2) Graeme Smith
3) Kumar Sangakkara
4) Shivnarine Chanderpaul
5) Chris Gayle
6) Simon Katich
7) Shakib Al Hasan
8) Daniel Vettori
9) Mitchell Johnson
10)Zaheer Khan
11)Doug Bollinger

ODI side

1) Chris Gayle
2) Graeme Smith
3) Kumar Sangakkara
4) Michael Hussey
5) Shakib Al Hasan
6) Eoin Morgan
7) Suresh Raina
8) Daniel Vettori
9)Mitchell Johnson
10)Zaheer Khan
11)Doug Bollinger

 

[GIMH]

Lack of Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in the thread so far is a disgrace