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Best XI from Cook's teammates
« on: September 04, 2018, 08:53:48 PM »
Evening all

Following on from this discussion with a teammate earlier today I'd be curious to see what others come up with.

If you could pick an England test side of players (in their prime) who have played in the same side as Alastair Cook who would you go for?

Mine would be:

Strauss*
Trescothick
Cook
Root
KP
Stokes
Prior+
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Anderson
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2018, 08:55:11 PM »
My teammates side was:

Trescothick
Cook
Vaughan*
Pietersen
Root
Prior+
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Harmison
Anderson
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2018, 09:04:09 PM »
Cook would have KP kicked out of the side so he can break all the records :D
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2018, 09:05:01 PM »
Trescothick
Cook
Vaughan
Root
Pieterson
Bell
Bairstow
Stokes
Flintoff
Swann
Anderson

If all had been fit and playing 3 seamers, Swann as specialist spinner with root, pieterson to fill in overs
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2018, 09:08:19 PM »
Controversial, but do I have to select Cook?

Trescothick
Vaughan*
Pietersen
Root
Collingwood
Bairstow+
Flintoff
Stokes
Swann
Sidebottom
Anderson

If we are talking about absolute peaks, Harmison for Stokes.
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2018, 09:14:42 PM »
Quote from: Manormanic on September 04, 2018, 09:08:19 PM
Controversial, but do I have to select Cook?

Trescothick
Vaughan*
Pietersen
Root
Collingwood
Bairstow+
Flintoff
Stokes
Swann
Sidebottom
Anderson

If we are talking about absolute peaks, Harmison for Stokes.

Blimey there's supporting your County and then there's just stuff no on else will fathom at all.
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2018, 09:26:16 PM »
Left arm a bit of variation and his record was decent
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2018, 09:27:01 PM »
Quote from: ppccopener on September 04, 2018, 09:14:42 PM
Blimey there's supporting your County and then there's just stuff no on else will fathom at all.

Really?

Vaughan is the best skipper England have had and at his peak was an incredible bat. Root averages 50 in tests and I cannot see a credible argument against YJB.

That leaves Sidebottom. So, my thinking was that I definitely wanted Anderson with the new ball and Freddie as my enforcer. Stokes was the reverse swinger, unless Harmy 2002 was available.

So, I needed someone to share the new cherry.  Left me three options - I discarded Broad because he is a streak bowler, and Hoggard because he was too similar to Jimmy. So, Ryan. Yes, he had a shortened international career, but it was incredible whilst it lasted, and he would be the perfect foil for a peak Anderson.

So, what's the counter argument?
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2018, 09:29:08 PM »
So you could have actually picked 5 yorkies #strongyorkshirestrongengland
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2018, 09:32:09 PM »
Cook
Strauss
Trott
KP
Root
Bell
Prior
Swann
Harmison
Broad
Anderson
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2018, 09:37:46 PM »
Strauss
Cook (or Trescothick if Cook is coach)
Trott
Pietersen
Bell
Stokes
Bairstow +
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Anderson

I don't think Root has reached a peak and his conversion rate ain't great. I cant see past 1-5 that helped give us the best England side for decades.

6-8 are three quality all rounders, Swann world class and Broad and Anderson have almoat 1000 test wickets.

I did love Sidebottom though...!
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2018, 09:15:35 AM »
Amusingly I am not sure I would Pick Cook in this team!
It really depends where the game was being played.
If it is in Asia he is the first pick. In England he doesn't make it.
In Aus he would just scrape in...!

Trescothick
Vaughan
Trott
Root
KP
Stokes
Buttler
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Anderson
« Last Edit: September 05, 2018, 09:17:13 AM by Buzz »
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2018, 09:41:13 AM »
Quote from: Buzz on September 05, 2018, 09:15:35 AM
Amusingly I am not sure I would Pick Cook in this team!
It really depends where the game was being played.
If it is in Asia he is the first pick. In England he doesn't make it.
In Aus he would just scrape in...!

Trescothick
Vaughan
Trott
Root
KP
Stokes
Buttler
Flintoff
Swann
Broad
Anderson

Wouldn't have Buttler anywhere near a team with a proper spinner in it. Prior is surely the logical choice as he could actually keep stood up to the wicket.
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2018, 10:00:37 AM »
You aren't wrong, but I don't like Prior...
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Re: Best XI from Cook's teammates
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2018, 10:26:52 AM »
Quote from: ppccopener on September 04, 2018, 09:14:42 PM
Blimey there's supporting your County and then there's just stuff no on else will fathom at all.

Challenge excepted

Lyth
Cook(because it’s his team)
Vaughan
Root
Bairstow
ballance
Bresnan
Rashid
Plunkett
Sidebottom
Hoggard


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