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Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:34 am

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Just for fun. The budget is a little low but you can still get a quality team.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:40 am

Wkt Keeper- Sangakkara 2
Bowler- Ambrose 3
Bowler- Boult 1
Bowler- Steyn 2
Spinner- Warne 3
All Rounder- Kallis 5
Bat- Viv Richards 2
Bat- Jaya 1
Bat- Tendulker 5
Bat- Strauss 2
Bat- Trescothic 2


Bang on 29 points.

Edited as at first I included wildcard in the 29 points making 12 players. Wildcard can take any players place.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by 1Simpleton » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:00 pm

Dhoni 3
Ambrose 3
Johnson 2
McGrath 3
Warne 3
Jayawardene 2
Kholi 4
Lara 4
Smith 3
De Villiers 1
Gayle 1
Unfortunately Jimmy is in the same category as McGrath who edge's it for me for shear accuracy

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Buxtonclaret » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:06 pm

Wkt Keeper Gilchrist
Bl. Ambrose
Bl. Akhatar
Bl Anderson
Sp. Warner
Bt. Kohli
Bt. Lara
Bt. Tendulka
Bt. Cook
Bt. Hayden


WC Botham

Not sure how much I've spent, but I'll use QPR's lawyers to fight any charges. :)
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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by MrMeeseeks » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:08 pm

WK - Sangakkara 2
Bowler - Ambrose 3
Bowler - Boult 1
Bowler - Steyn 2
Spinner - Warne 3
All rounder - Kallis 5
Bat - Kohli 5
Bat - Richards 2
Bat- Williamson 2
Bat- Smith 3
Bat - De Villiers 1

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by welsbyswife » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:09 pm

Was going to have a go but got disgruntled at the sheer injustice of Sir Viv only being £2 and Kapil Dev having a higher value than IT Botham.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by jrgbfc » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:12 pm

Cook 5
Dravid 3
Pietersen 3
Williamson 2
De Villiers 1
Kallis 5
Boucher 1
Harbajahn 2
Boult 1
Ambrose 3
McGrath 3

Have done it in batting order. Bit of a long tail but with that batting line up don't think it would matter!

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sat Jan 19, 2019 12:26 pm

welsbyswife wrote:Was going to have a go but got disgruntled at the sheer injustice of Sir Viv only being £2 and Kapil Dev having a higher value than IT Botham.
There's a few you think could be the wrong way round, maybe they have gone off averages etc.. which don't always add up to how you remember them.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by tiger76 » Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:16 pm

Strauss 2
Taylor 2
Bell 1
Smith 3
De Villiers 1
Flintoff 3
Gilchrist 5
Warne 3
Ambrose 3
Boult 1
Mcgrath 3

Solid top 4,some game changers in the middle order and plenty of wicket takers,if playing on a spinning track/sub continent i'd swap one of the quicks for Murali.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by timshorts » Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:03 pm

I'm happy with selecting the entire Glamorgan squad whoever they may be.

Not sure what I do with the spare 25 points.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by bfccrazy » Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:17 pm

Trescothick - 2
Richards - 2
Strauss - 2
Bell - 1
Jayasuriya - 1
Boucher- 1
Root - 1
Flintoff - 3
Younis - 5
Akhtar - 5
McGrath - 3
Warne - 3

With that bowling line up - I could have myself batting 1st for 4 pence and still fancy the win.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by claretabroad » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:21 pm

Depends on the format. Test, One Day or 20/20?

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Iloveyoubrady » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:39 pm

Can’t believe more people aren’t picking Anderson!!!

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by bobinho » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:48 pm

XI Jimmy Andersons

The best.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by bobinho » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:50 pm

SACHIN!!!!!!!

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by bobinho » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:50 pm

Great ball, warnie.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:53 pm

Iloveyoubrady wrote:Can’t believe more people aren’t picking Anderson!!!
Just the category he's in with two very good bowlers and he's the most expensie of the loy.

He would of been a shoe in if he had Brett Lee and Mitch Johnson up against him.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by RVclaret » Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:04 am

Sangakkara 2
Ntini 2
Boult 1
Anderson 5
Warne 3
Flintoff 3
Pietersen 3
Dravid 3
Ponting 3
Strauss 2
De villiers 1

TOTAL: 29

Batting order:

Strauss
Dravid
Ponting
Pietersen
De Villiers
Sangakarra
Flintoff
Warne
Boult
Ntini
Anderson

Gayle 1 Wildcard

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Dyched » Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:45 am

Gilchrist £5
Ambrose £3
Lee £3
McGrath £3
Warne £3
Flintoff £3
Bell £1
Lara £5
Ponting £3
Smith £3

We simply wouldn’t need a Wildcard

With Smith and Lara opening followed by Ponting, Bell, Gilchrist, Flintoff, Warne I’d expect 600+.

Lee, McGrath, Flintoff, Ambrose, Warne is one hell of an attack.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:48 am

Dyched wrote:Gilchrist £5
Ambrose £3
Lee £3
McGrath £3
Warne £3
Flintoff £3
Bell £1
Lara £5
Ponting £3
Smith £3

We simply wouldn’t need a Wildcard

With Smith and Lara opening followed by Ponting, Bell, Gilchrist, Flintoff, Warne I’d expect 600+.

Lee, McGrath, Flintoff, Ambrose, Warne is one hell of an attack.
You only have 10 mate that go over budget with 32.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Roosterbooster » Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:11 am

Iloveyoubrady wrote:Can’t believe more people aren’t picking Anderson!!!
But to have McGrath for a saving of £2 is quite enticing. Especially as you can match him up with warne for a total of £6
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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Roosterbooster » Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:26 am

Dravid 3
Strauss 2
Root 1
Ul-Haq 2
ABdV 1
Gayle 1
Gilchrist 5
Kallis 5
Warne 3
Ambrose 3
McGrath 3

But light on the bowling, but I figured you’d win every T20 and ODI, and never lose a test. Plus, McGrath, Warne, Ambrose, Kallis, and a bit of part time bowling elsewhere should see you take 20 wickets most matches

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by stansoffstump » Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:20 pm

Can't believe no ones voted for Brian Higgin as wicket keeper :)

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by dandeclaret » Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:09 pm

WK - Dhoni 3
Bowler Ambrose 3
Bowler Johnson 2
Bowler McGrath 3
Spinner Warne 3
All Rounder Flintoff 3
Bat 1 Pietersen 3
Bat 2 Lara 5
Bat 3 Root 1
Bat 4 Strauss 2
Bat 5 De Villiers 1

Total Spend - 29

Wild Card Richard 2 - would replace Flintoff and then I would potentially upgrade Strauss to Smith - possibly slightly better captain, and would provide great fun seeing how he and Pietersen would get on in the same XI.

As others have said, Jimmy Anderson being 60% more expensive than McGrath rules him out in that category.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Dazzler » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:31 pm

Would this 11 be for a test match,one day or 20/20?

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:44 pm

Dazzler wrote:Would this 11 be for a test match,one day or 20/20?
Most on there won't ever have played 20/20.

I think it's aimed at Test matches.

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Dazzler » Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:55 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Most on there won't ever have played 20/20.
Most of those could certainly swing a bat though.

I'll have a do..

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Dazzler » Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:51 pm

Wk - Boucher 1
Bowl - Younis 5
Bowl - Lee 3
Bowl - McGrath 3
Spin - Warne 3
AR - Kallis 5
Bat - Bell 1
Bat - Dravid 3
Bat - Root 1
Bat - Smith 3
Bat - De Villiers 1

A very Competetive line up me thinks.

A world beating 11 infact….On their day... :)

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Re: Your best cricket X1

Post by Dyched » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:33 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:You only have 10 mate that go over budget with 32.
:lol: Hahaha. Oh....

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