[Cricket] World Test XI

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The Is

Lee Irvine
John Inverarity
Doug Insole
Jack Ikin
Inzaman-ul-Haq
Imran Khan
Imtiaz Ahmed (wk)
Ray Illingworth
Ronnie Irani
John Iverson
Mark Ilott

Probably the weakest team so far

 

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The Js

Douglas Jardine
Archie Jackson
Javed Miandad
Dean Jones
Stanley Jackson
Gilbert Jessop
Vallance Jupp
Geraint Jones (wk)
Mitchell Johnson
Bill Johnson
Simon Jones

(as in previous teams, Pakistan players tend to be known by first names)

 

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The Is

Lee Irvine
John Inverarity
Doug Insole
Jack Ikin
Inzaman-ul-Haq
Imran Khan
Imtiaz Ahmed (wk)
Ray Illingworth
Ronnie Irani
John Iverson
Mark Ilott

Probably the weakest team so far

Asif Iqbal of Kent and Pakistan worth consideration

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Very similar - although I included Tony Greig and Dizzy Gillespie where you had Grace and Grisham, and had Mike Gatting or Larry Gomes rather than Gayle. I had Johnny Gleeson as the spinner but had forgotten Lance Gibbs

God (another G) - how did I forget Tony Grieg!! A childhood hero of mine and hugely under-rated as an Test class all-rounder. I'm shamed.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

England H

Hobbs
Hutton
Holmes
Hammond
Hendren
Herne
Humpage
Hirst
Haigh
Hollies
Harmison

Could we find a place for Alex Hales, if only for his contribution to the after match p*ss up?

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Asif Iqbal of Kent and Pakistan worth consideration

Also Intikhab Alam? Good enough to play in the Rest of the World Squad in 1970. Ronnie Irani is a bit of a barrel scrape after his outings on TalkSport. But 'I' is a very tricky one and I confess I was going to combine them with my Js

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

The Js

Douglas Jardine
Archie Jackson
Javed Miandad
Dean Jones
Stanley Jackson
Gilbert Jessop
Vallance Jupp
Geraint Jones (wk)
Mitchell Johnson
Bill Johnson
Simon Jones

(as in previous teams, Pakistan players tend to be known by first names)

Nice. Shame there's no place for Sussex's Uday Joshi but he doesn't really merit one. Barry Jarman (Aussie keeper) might have pushed Geraint Jones. Presumably Jardine is skipper! Jayasuriya might have sneaked in as a rare Sri Lankan representative.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Ls

Labuschagne Marnus
Larkins Wayne
Law Stuart
Lamb Allan
Langridge John
Lenham Les (gets in on the basis that his brother was my brother's best mate)
Lindsay Dennis (WK)
Lee Brett
Lillee Dennis
Larwood Harold
Lawrence David

I wouldn't fancy batting against this pace attack. Needs a spinner.

 

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Nice. Shame there's no place for Sussex's Uday Joshi but he doesn't really merit one. Barry Jarman (Aussie keeper) might have pushed Geraint Jones. Presumably Jardine is skipper! Jayasuriya might have sneaked in as a rare Sri Lankan representative.

I did think of Jarman but Jones is a better bat. But Jayasuriya is a good call, he's in

Ls

Labuschagne Marnus
Larkins Wayne
Law Stuart
Lamb Allan
Langridge John
Lenham Les (gets in on the basis that his brother was my brother's best mate)
Lindsay Dennis (WK)
Lee Brett
Lillee Dennis
Larwood Harold
Lawrence David

I wouldn't fancy batting against this pace attack. Needs a spinner.

Jim Laker. There are lot of fast bowling Ls You could also have had LeRoux, Loader, Lockwood and Larter,


My L team

Brian Luckhurst
Bill Lawry
Alan Lamb
VV Laxman
Clive Lloyd
George Lohmann
Dick Lilley (wk)
Harold Larwood
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Jim Laker

 

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We missed out Ks

Gary Kirsten
Alan Kippax
Alvin Kallicharan
Rohan Kanhai
Peter Kirsten
Barry Knight
Alex Kennedy
Alan Knott
Anil Kumble
Mike Kasprowicz
James Kirtley

 

[jakarta]

I did think of Jarman but Jones is a better bat. But Jayasuriya is a good call, he's in



Jim Laker. There are lot of fast bowling Ls You could also have had LeRoux, Loader, Lockwood and Larter,


My L team

Brian Luckhurst
Bill Lawry
Alan Lamb
VV Laxman
Clive Lloyd
George Lohmann
Dick Lilley (wk)
Harold Larwood
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Jim Laker

THAT is a side!

Larwood and Lillee bowling from either end, you just wouldn't fancy it would you, especially knowing Brett Lee was next up!

 

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THAT is a side!

Larwood and Lillee bowling from either end, you just wouldn't fancy it would you, especially knowing Brett Lee was next up!

And Lohmann, the bowler with the best test average of all time
I think the L side could be the best yet - bit of a long tail though

 

[jakarta]

I think the L side could be the best yet - bit of a long tail though

Wouldn't be chasing big totals with that bowling attack would they!

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

I forgot the Ks!

I could only scrape this together by using some Khans. This was (for me) a hard one. I'm proud of Karl Krikken though and think he should count twice (KK).

Kirsten Gary
Knight Nick
Khan Majid
Kent Martin
Kirsten Peter
Khan Imran
Knight Roger
Krikken Karl
King Collis
Khan Rashid
King Lester

By luck, it's actually quite a balanced side,

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

I did think of Jarman but Jones is a better bat. But Jayasuriya is a good call, he's in



Jim Laker. There are lot of fast bowling Ls You could also have had LeRoux, Loader, Lockwood and Larter,


My L team

Brian Luckhurst
Bill Lawry
Alan Lamb
VV Laxman
Clive Lloyd
George Lohmann
Dick Lilley (wk)
Harold Larwood
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Jim Laker

Oh no - another Sussex miss by me - the great Garth! Funnily enough I was thinking of Larter, but selected David Lawrence instead. And as for missing Jim Laker...………...aahhh.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Ms


Marsh Shaun
Mendis Gehan
Mendis Roy
Marshall Roy
Moeen (conveniently forgetting he's an Ali. If not him then Greg Matthews)
Marsh Mitchell
Marks Vic
Marsh Rod (WK)
Marshall Malcolm
Malcolm Devon
Murali

A bit flimsy in the batting department, too many off-spinners but the opening bowlers might make one or two batsman hop around a bit and then just throw the ball to Murali (and yes I know, he'll throw it at the batsman)

 

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Ms


Marsh Shaun
Mendis Gehan
Mendis Roy
Marshall Roy
Moeen (conveniently forgetting he's an Ali. If not him then Greg Matthews)
Marsh Mitchell
Marks Vic
Marsh Rod (WK)
Marshall Malcolm
Malcolm Devon
Murali




A bit flimsy in the batting department, too many off-spinners but the opening bowlers might make one or two batsman hop around a bit and then just throw the ball to Murali (and yes I know, he'll throw it at the batsman)

My M team

Arthur Morris
Majid Khan
Mudassar Nazar
Vinoo Mankad
Archie McClaren
Damien Martyn
Brendon McCallum (wk)
Keith Miller
Malcolm Marshall
Craig McDermott
Muttiah Muralitharan

A decent team that - bats to number 9 - three quickies, an offie and slow left armer and several players who would their own countries' best of all time list

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

My M team

Arthur Morris
Majid Khan
Mudassar Nazar
Vinoo Mankad
Archie McClaren
Damien Martyn
Brendon McCallum (wk)
Keith Miller
Malcolm Marshall
Craig McDermott
Muttiah Muralitharan

A decent team that - bats to number 9 - three quickies, an offie and slow left armer and several players who would their own countries' best of all time list

Strong team. Who is the SLA?

 

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Now then my cricket-loving NSC friends - it just shows how easy it is to forget - surely Brian Lara has to be in the L team.

On the Ms I’m still unsure of our protocol regarding player names for Pakistan. Are either Javed Miandad or Mushtaq Ahmed up for consideration? I know Murali has to be there but Mushy as second spinner? I always found the Pakistan name thingconfusing from the time I saw Abdul Qadir as Abdul on some scorecards and Qadir on others. I was lucky enough to work in inner-city schools for my last 17 years as a HT and discovered both are acceptable. Therefore looking ahead someone like Waqar Younis could qualify for W and Y - a bit like Eoin Morgan representing Ireland and England maybe?

 

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Now then my cricket-loving NSC friends - it just shows how easy it is to forget - surely Brian Lara has to be in the L team.

On the Ms I’m still unsure of our protocol regarding player names for Pakistan. Are either Javed Miandad or Mushtaq Ahmed up for consideration? I know Murali has to be there but Mushy as second spinner? I always found the Pakistan name thingconfusing from the time I saw Abdul Qadir as Abdul on some scorecards and Qadir on others. I was lucky enough to work in inner-city schools for my last 17 years as a HT and discovered both are acceptable. Therefore looking ahead someone like Waqar Younis could qualify for W and Y - a bit like Eoin Morgan representing Ireland and England maybe?

Yep, Lara should be in ... and Justin Langer too. I forgot both of them

I've always considered the first name in the Pakistan team. It was always Imran, never Khan; the bowling attack was Waqar and Wasim not Younis and Ahmed. In his book on test cricketers, CMJ puts them in alphabetical order by first name and that's the best way, I think.

I have a second spinner in the Ms - Vinoo Mankad. If I were playing another, I'd have Stuart MacGill above Mushy.

Mushtaq Mohammed may be a better bet than Mudassar though - yet another spinner.