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Title: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Calzehbhoy on September 15, 2016, 05:10:40 PM
So I saw the post of each countries world XI and somebody's post mentioned a lot of of players with the Surname that began with W. Which then got me thinking, which letter of the alphabet for the Surname only has the best ever XI and who would be in that side?
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 15, 2016, 05:20:02 PM
Bradman Botham Bevan Border Broad Benaud Boult is a pretty good 7

Bravo Buttler Ballance Bedi are the only others i can think of

Edit, Bell, Bairstow!

More edits, Boon, Boycott, Brearley, Bond, Boucher, Bishop

This is fun
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Calzehbhoy on September 15, 2016, 05:27:58 PM
The B's have a pretty decent side!!
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 15, 2016, 05:44:32 PM
Chanderpaul, Croft, Cronje, Cairns, Crowe, Close, Cook, Caddick, Cowdrey, Chappel, Chappel, Clarke

C's have some good names too.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Manormanic on September 15, 2016, 05:46:16 PM
I saw the title and thought of w immediately

Walcott
Worrall
Weekes
M Waugh
S Waugh
Warne
Williamson
Willis
White
Wardle
Waqar (cheeky, but that was the name on his shirt)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: GoodLeave on September 15, 2016, 05:46:50 PM
Looking forward to the world XI Q's!

 :D
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: GoodLeave on September 15, 2016, 05:48:06 PM
Cronje

C's have some good names too.

Errm...
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 15, 2016, 05:54:55 PM
Errm...

Being disgraced doesn't mean he wasn't a great player and captain ;)

Under him as skipper SA won series against every nation bar Aus, 99 wins from 138 ODI's is also very good.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Calzehbhoy on September 15, 2016, 06:20:08 PM
Stuart, Sangakkara, Smith X however many you need, Shastri, Steyn, Silva, Sobers, Sehwag, Southee,
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: jamielsn15 on September 15, 2016, 07:21:03 PM
Hobbs
Hayden
Haynes
Hammond
Hutton
Hussey
Healy wk
Herath
Holding
Hadlee
Harmison

Close the thread, there's your team  :D
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: mdg20 on September 15, 2016, 11:09:45 PM
Gooch, Gower, Gavaskar, Gilchrist, Gillespie, Gough, WG Grace, Gatting, Greig, Gayle, Ganguly, Gibbs, Garner, Greenidge, Giddins

Gs arent too bad.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: joeyfivebags on September 16, 2016, 07:37:38 AM
Gooch, Gower, Gavaskar, Gilchrist, Gillespie, Gough, WG Grace, Gatting, Greig, Gayle, Ganguly, Gibbs, Garner, Greenidge, Giddins

Gs arent too bad.

Yep i'd take that G XV versus any other alphabetical XI  ;)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: felix on September 16, 2016, 08:54:26 AM
Gooch, Gower, Gavaskar, Gilchrist, Gillespie, Gough, WG Grace, Gatting, Greig, Gayle, Ganguly, Gibbs, Garner, Greenidge, Giddins

Gs arent too bad.

Ed Giddins seems to be in remarkably illustrious company... batting down to 11 here (even without Graveney) though a bit thin in the spin department to say the least.  I give you.. Ashley "Wheelie Bin" Giles  :)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 16, 2016, 02:47:58 PM
Ed Giddins seems to be in remarkably illustrious company... batting down to 11 here (even without Graveney) though a bit thin in the spin department to say the least.  I give you.. Ashley "Wheelie Bin" Giles  :)

Giddins must know where the bodies are buried.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: jamielsn15 on September 16, 2016, 02:54:49 PM
If we're  allowed 15 players for the 'G' team,and giddins  is getting the nod, I'm adding another four to my 'H'team...

Hoggard
Wes hall
Carl Hooper
Nasser Hussain

I win  :D :D
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 16, 2016, 03:12:59 PM
Viv Richards, Barry Richards, Ramprakash, Jack Russel, Root, Rutherford, Ryder, Roberts, Ranatunga, Richardson, Rhodes, Raja

Surprised no-one has done the A's, pretty strong just with the first four names, a fearsome pace quartet!

Anderson, Ahktar, Ambrose, Akram, Amla, Ajmal, Atherton, Ashwin, Astle, Afridi, Asif, Amir, Abbas

@jamielsn15  i've reeled off more than eleven in all my teams i think. None of them are balanced, just squads, i'll leave someone else to pick the bones out lol
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 16, 2016, 03:32:19 PM
Stuart, Sangakkara, Smith X however many you need, Shastri, Steyn, Silva, Sobers, Sehwag, Southee,

Steyn, G Smith, S Smith, R Smith, Slater, Symonds, Siddle, Stewart, Stokes, Strauss, Swann, Sehwag, Shastri, Southee, Styris, Sangakkara, Sobers, Streak.

That squad is doing a bit!
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: smilley792 on September 16, 2016, 03:53:43 PM
Tried to do the D's(love some D's)


De villiers
Dhawan
Dravid
Denness
Duminy
De cock
Dhoni
Donald
Defrietas
Doherty

Started of strong, but lack both bowling and an 11th man
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 16, 2016, 03:57:54 PM
I'm on a roll now

Murali, McGrath, Martyn, G Marsh, R Marsh, C Martin, Miandad, Malik, Malinga, Matthews, Morkel, Marshall.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Vitas Cricket on September 16, 2016, 04:02:07 PM
Tried to do the D's(love some D's)


De villiers
Dhawan
Dravid
Denness
Duminy
De cock
Dhoni
Donald
Defrietas
Doherty

Started of strong, but lack both bowling and an 11th man

Du Plessis could be your 11th, following the similar Afrikaner names you've already squeezed in ;)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Buzz on September 16, 2016, 04:04:12 PM
What about some l's
Lara, Laxman,langer , lamb, Larwood, laver, lock, Lyon  ;)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Number4 on September 16, 2016, 10:30:07 PM
Q's

Quaife
Qadeer
Qadir
Qasim
Quinn
Quaraishy
Quiney
Qureshi
Quintaz
Qwabe
Queshile

Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: smilley792 on September 16, 2016, 10:35:45 PM
Du Plessis could be your 11th, following the similar Afrikaner names you've already squeezed in ;)

Can he turn his arm over? Haha
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 16, 2016, 10:41:38 PM
What about some l's
Lara, Laxman,langer , lamb, Larwood, laver, lock, Lyon  ;)

Leverock!
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Cow_corner on September 17, 2016, 01:22:07 AM
Warner
Willey D
Willey P
Walters
Waugh M
Waugh S
Woakes
Walcott
Weekes
Worrell
Willis


Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Tailendfielder on September 17, 2016, 06:36:34 AM
I'm on a roll now

Murali, McGrath, Martyn, G Marsh, R Marsh, C Martin, Miandad, Malik, Malinga, Matthews, Morkel, Marshall.

Surely devon malcolm gets in there?
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: felix on September 17, 2016, 06:57:10 AM
Had to try F. Was a bit of a challenge and fear they won't be much of a match, still...

R Fredericks
G Fowler
A Flower
Stephen Fleming
Keith Fletcher
RE "Tip" Foster
A Flintoff
A Fraser
Fazal mahmood
S Finn
"Chuck" Fleetwood-smith

With Nicholas Felix as 12th man of course  :)
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: felix on September 17, 2016, 07:30:42 AM
I'm on a roll now

Murali, McGrath, Martyn, G Marsh, R Marsh, C Martin, Miandad, Malik, Malinga, Matthews, Morkel, Marshall.

Think there are a few household names from earlier generations who would feel disappointed at missing out... Peter May, keith Miller, Stan McCabe, Arthur Morris. And someone's going to have to bat out of position to open with marsh. Not the phantom, think he's got 11 to himself.
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Cow_corner on September 17, 2016, 08:59:32 AM
Felix you missed the other Flintoff twin Freddie   :D
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: felix on September 17, 2016, 09:02:00 AM
Tried to do the D's(love some D's)


De villiers
Dhawan
Dravid
Denness
Duminy
De cock
Dhoni
Donald
Defrietas
Doherty

Started of strong, but lack both bowling and an 11th man

Think you can strengthen the bowling with any of De Bijl, Daniel, Alan Davidson, Dilley, Doshi... And dujon for de Kock perhaps?
Title: Re: Which letter has the best XI
Post by: Manormanic on September 17, 2016, 10:19:47 AM
Du Plessis could be your 11th, following the similar Afrikaner names you've already squeezed in ;)

To strengthen the bowling, Fanie De Villers perhaps?