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General Cricket => World Cricket => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on February 17, 2014, 10:30:01 PM
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Following a lovely gentlemans rant on anothe tread, would be interested to see what people think.
Based on current form, an not selectin any recently retired players, who would you have in a world test XI??
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Pujara
Amla
Sangakkara
Kohli
Clarke
Mccullum
Ab
Johnson
Harris
Broad
Steyn
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Graeme Smith
Cheteshwar Pujara
Hashim Amla
Kumar Sangakkara
Michael Clarke(c)
Ross Taylor
AB de Villiers(w/k)
Mitchell Johnson
Ryan Harris
Dale Steyn
Saeed Ajmal
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Took am a lot of thinking about but I'd go for
In a sort of batting order:
D. Warner
C. Gayle
Pujara
AB De Villiers (wk)
S. Smith
B. McCullum (c)
B. Stokes
M. Johnson
D. Steyn
R. Harris
S. Ajmal
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Pujara
Cook
Amla
de villiers
Clarke
sangakkara
Johnson
Ashwin
Broad
steyn
Siddle
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Warner
Pujara
Amla
Sangakarra
Kohli
ABDV (WK)
Taylor/McCullum
Johnson
Harris
Steyn
Ajmal
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Warner
Sangakarra
Williamson
Kohli
De villiers
Mcullum
Smith(steve)
Johnston
Harris
Broad
Steyn
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I'd take the top 4 ranked bowlers and the top 6 ranked batsmen.
Then add a keeper/all rounder/batsman in the last spot, depending on what's needed.
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Just noticed the edit to cams first post in here,
Why is it that Gerry seems to antagonise the entire forum, yet the mods are on his side, and editing any posts that suggest he's anything other than a nice bloke?
Your doing it the wrong way! Look after the members that just want a conversation, not the ones after an argument.
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Just noticed the edit to cams first post in here,
Why is it that Gerry seems to antagonise the entire forum, yet the mods are on his side, and editing any posts that suggest he's anything other than a nice bloke?
Your doing it the wrong way! Look after the members that just want a conversation, not the ones after an argument.
To be honest Smilley all I see is Gerry giving his opinion which others don't seem to agree with yet it is HIS opinion... What I don't see is Gerry name calling like others are doing.
I don't know Gerry and am not biased towards him one way or the other I am telling it as I see it.
Everyone is allowed their opinion and not everyone has to agree.
I think Mcullum is a good player. I don't agree with Gerry. I don't see him as antagonising people... I see him as disagreeing
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Pujara
Warner
Amla
Kohli
De Villiers
Mccullum
S Broad
M Johnson
R Harris
D Steyn
S Ajmal
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Warner
Smith
Sangakkara
Kohli
Clarke
Mccullum
Ab
Johnson
Harris
Broad
Steyn
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D. Warner
A. Cook
R. Taylor
AB De Villiers (wk)
M. Clarke (c)
B. McCullum
S. Watson
M. Johnson
D. Steyn
R. Harris
S. Ajmal
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warner, dhawan, sanga, kohli, clarke, stokes, McCullum, johnson, ashwin, harris, steyn,
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Warner
Rogers
Marsh
Doolan
Clarke
Haddin
Johnson
Smith
Lion
Siddle
Harris
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Warner
Rogers
Marsh
Doolan
Clarke
Haddin
Johnson
Smith
Lion
Siddle
Harris
ha ha... no Watto?
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ha ha... no Watto?
Smith batting below Johnson? Some clubbie offspinner called Lion replacing the "world class" Nathan Lyon?
;)
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Number4, next time you edit my post please spell it all correctly, don't want me to look more thick than I actually am now do we! ;)
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To be honest Smilley all I see is Gerry giving his opinion which others don't seem to agree with yet it is HIS opinion... What I don't see is Gerry name calling like others are doing.
I don't know Gerry and am not biased towards him one way or the other I am telling it as I see it.
Everyone is allowed their opinion and not everyone has to agree.
I think Mcullum is a good player. I don't agree with Gerry. I don't see him as antagonising people... I see him as disagreeing
He puts his "opinions" over as facts.
He is subtle in his antagonistic way, in my opinion.
He picks points that he knows will cause debate (or argument) and posts it knowing he will get a response (or a bite).
To be honest, this board would be very dull if he wasn't here.
People need to get a bit of perspective in all this.
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Right, stuck on a train back from London, here goes.
Smith
Warner
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers wk
McCullum
Stokes
Johnson
Harris
Steyn
Ajmal
12th men misbah, kohli
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Warner
pujara
sangakara
kohli
clarke
Mccullum
devilliers
johnson
harris
shami
lyon
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Cook
Warner
Sangakarra
Kohli
Clarke
Ab de villiers
Mccullum
Johnson
Harris
Broad
Steyn
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Smith batting below Johnson? Some clubbie offspinner called Lion replacing the "world class" Nathan Lyon?
;)
Apologies for my spelling or specific batting order, still pissed from celebrating our recent success here in Australia! :D :D
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Cook
Warner
Sangakarra
Kohli
Clarke
Ab de villiers
Mccullum
Johnson
Harris
Broad
Steyn
Cook on current form?
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Warner
pujara
sangakara
kohli
clarke
Mccullum
devilliers
johnson
harris
shami
lyon
Infront of Steyn/Phillander/Broad/Anderson/Southee/Boult/Wagner? Thats a big call!
Would probably even pick Mohammed Irfan infront of Shami, he can and has cuased problems against good batsman!
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Number4, next time you edit my post please spell it all correctly, don't want me to look more thick than I actually am now do we! ;)
I thought I was making you look smarter ;) :D
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I thought I was making you look smarter ;) :D
That's not too difficult! :D
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Amla
Watson
Sanga
Clarke
Misbah
Ab de Villiers
B.Mccullum
Haddin
Jhonson
Steyn
Ajmal
Irfan
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After three days of considering this, I am still struggling - its usually pretty easy to get nine names on the sheet and then allow personal preference to fill in the other couple, but this year I can only really think of De Villiers, Ajmal, Steyn and Johnson who are locked on certainties on recent form - even Amla, who is the nearest to a fifth, is not having a great time of it. That least vacancies for two openers, two in the middle order and a seamer, plus one either all rounder or second spinner...
Eek.
For what its worth, I would first went for:
Cook
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Philander
Johnson
Steyn
Herath
Ajmal
Before deciding that Cook barely deserved a place and that Herath was not much more of a threat than Lyon, which lead me to the more controversial:
Watson
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Du Plessis
Johnson
Philander
Steyn
Ajmal
Obviously Watto doesn't merit his spot per se but he has experience as an opener and I hate just playing four bowlers.
The two hardest done to guys here are Harris and Broad, who could both run Philander close.
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Some very strange decisions made here. Baring in mind the team is supposed to be made up from players in the best form lately/currently.
Amla and Smith aren't having the best of times, Watson as well just to name a few
I couldn't put 11 players in my own team as too many people to consider. I'd end up with 15 at least
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Some very strange decisions made here. Baring in mind the team is supposed to be made up from players in the best form lately/currently.
Amla and Smith aren't having the best of times, Watson as well just to name a few
I couldn't put 11 players in my own team as too many people to consider. I'd end up with 15 at least
Share your 15 man squad then??
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After three days of considering this, I am still struggling - its usually pretty easy to get nine names on the sheet and then allow personal preference to fill in the other couple, but this year I can only really think of De Villiers, Ajmal, Steyn and Johnson who are locked on certainties on recent form - even Amla, who is the nearest to a fifth, is not having a great time of it. That least vacancies for two openers, two in the middle order and a seamer, plus one either all rounder or second spinner...
Eek.
For what its worth, I would first went for:
Cook
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Philander
Johnson
Steyn
Herath
Ajmal
Before deciding that Cook barely deserved a place and that Herath was not much more of a threat than Lyon, which lead me to the more controversial:
Watson
Amla
Sangakkara
Clarke
De Villiers
McCullum
Du Plessis
Johnson
Philander
Steyn
Ajmal
Obviously Watto doesn't merit his spot per se but he has experience as an opener and I hate just playing four bowlers.
The two hardest done to guys here are Harris and Broad, who could both run Philander close.
There are a lot of keepers in that 11 (or former keepers anyway)! For the record who would be behind the stumps?
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There are a lot of keepers in that 11 (or former keepers anyway)! For the record who would be behind the stumps?
there are a few yes. I was envisaging De Villiers doing the job given that he is the only one who seems to embrace the idea!
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I think Herath is more of a threat than Lyon. Will be interesting to see how he goes outside the sub-continent.
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Herath has a decent record on the sub continent but not much outside, and it is noticeable that his SR is poor everywhere
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I think Herath is more of a threat than Lyon. Will be interesting to see how he goes outside the sub-continent.
He was cack when he was Hampshire's overseas!
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Cook
Warner
Amla
Clarke (C)
Pujara
De Viliers
Sanga (WK)
Ashwin
Broad
Johnson
Steyn
Something a bit different...
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When you ask a question, stats give the answer :o)
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Performances for 2 Years to 20/02/2014
Player Batting Bowling Dismissals
1 G C Smith (SAF) 1483 Runs @ 46.34
2 D A Warner (AUS) 1669 Runs @ 42.79 4 Wickets @ 51.25
3 K C Sangakkara (SRL) 1778 Runs @ 77.30
4 L R Taylor (NZL) 1607 Runs @ 57.39
5 S Chanderpaul (WIN) 1431 Runs @ 95.40
6 A D Mathews (SRL) 793 Runs @ 52.87 7 Wickets @ 70.29
7 A B de Villiers (SAF) 1843 Runs @ 63.55 68 Dismissals @ 4.00 per match
8 V D Philander (SAF) 485 Runs @ 26.94 78 Wickets @ 20.73
9 M G Johnson (AUS) 317 Runs @ 26.42 65 Wickets @ 17.06
10 R J Harris (AUS) 320 Runs @ 24.62 55 Wickets @ 22.33
11 H M R Herath (SRL) 107 Runs @ 6.29 97 Wickets @ 24.68
Selection Criteria (performances in the 2 years to 20/02/2014)
Batsmen
(a) Minimum 1 innings in the immediately preceding 12 months
(b) Mimimum 20 innings in the relevant batting position, unless no player qualifies under this criteria.
(c) Players performances are analysed for each position in the batting order, and the player having the highest average while batting in each position 1 to 6 is selected for that position.
(d) Performances by players batting 1 and 2 are combined to obtain an average for opening batsmen.
Wicket Keeper
(a) Minimum 1 match in the immediately preceding 12 months
(b) Minimum 40 dismissals unless no other player has so qualified.
(d) Player with the highest dismissal per match ratio (i.e. Dismissals / Matches) is selected.
Bowlers
(a) Minimum 1 match in the immediately preceding 12 months.
(b) Minimum 40 wickets.
(c) The spin bowler with the best bowling average, and the 3 pace bowlers with the best bowling averages are selected. Batting order is determined by batting average in the immediately preceding 2 years.
from ... http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/WorldXI.asp (http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/WorldXI.asp)