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Test Best XI

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blackcat1395

blackcat1395

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anyone see that sketch with Nasser on cricket AM doing his best 11 in tests over the past 12 months? Decided to do my own-

1. Virender Sehwag - India
2. Graeme Smith - South Africa (c)
3. Jonathan Trott - England
4. Sachin Tendulkar - India
5. Mahela Jayewardene - Sri Lanka
6. Yuvraj Singh - India
7. Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka (wk)
8. Peter Siddle - Australia
9. Graeme Swann - England
10. James Anderson - England
11. Dale Steyn


What would everyone elses be?
 
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blackcat1395 said:
anyone see that sketch with Nasser on cricket AM doing his best 11 in tests over the past 12 months? Decided to do my own-

1. Virender Sehwag - India
2. Graeme Smith - South Africa (c)
3. Jonathan Trott - England
4. Sachin Tendulkar - India
5. Mahela Jayewardene - Sri Lanka
6. Yuvraj Singh - India
7. Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka (wk)
8. Peter Siddle - Australia
9. Graeme Swann - England
10. James Anderson - England
11. Dale Steyn

What would everyone elses be?
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Get rid of Siddle for Zaheer Khan
 
Sehwag
Cook
Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Prior
Johnson (tin hat on)
Swann
Morkel
Steyn
Anderson

Longish tail but top 6 should be enough to do the business. Mitchell Johnson included as the joker in the pack (can be devastating on his day) and Steyn and Morkel as they're the best bowling partnership in world cricket.
 
Cook
Smith (c) (or Sehwag. Dunno who's been in better form in the last year)
Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Bell
Sangakarra (k)
Swann
Kahn
Steyn
Anderson
 
blackcat1395 said:
anyone see that sketch with Nasser on cricket AM doing his best 11 in tests over the past 12 months? Decided to do my own-

1. Virender Sehwag - India
2. Graeme Smith - South Africa (c)
3. Jonathan Trott - England
4. Sachin Tendulkar - India
5. Mahela Jayewardene - Sri Lanka
6. Yuvraj Singh - India
7. Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka (wk)
8. Peter Siddle - Australia
9. Graeme Swann - England
10. James Anderson - England
11. Dale Steyn


What would everyone elses be?
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I guess that rules out Nasser's alter ego being Essex boy.
 
Sehwag
Cook
Trott
Tendulkar
Jayawardene
Bell
Prior
Swann
Khan
Steyn
Anderson.

Hard choice, plenty of excellent cricketers about.
 
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1. Sehwag - India
2. Smith - South Africa
3. Tendulkar - India
4. Kallis - South Africa
5. Jayewardene - Sri Lanka
6. Singh - India
7. Prior - England (wk)
8. Swann - England
9. Morkel - South Africa
10. Anderson - England
11. Steyn - South Africa
 
essex boy said:
Sehwag
Cook
Trott
Tendulkar
Kallis
Jaywardene
Dohni
Ajmal
Gul
Khan
Steyn
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Aye, Gul's bowled way better than Anderson recently ;)

If Trott and Cook are in how come the best English player since Botham doesn't get a look in?

Disagree with Ajmal (Swann been better) and would probably toss up between Dhoni and Sangakarra. Might even go a bit maverick and get AB De Villiers in there as keeper.
 
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mikemanc said:
Aye, Gul's bowled way better than Anderson recently ;)

If Trott and Cook are in how come the best English player since Botham doesn't get a look in?

Disagree with Ajmal (Swann been better) and would probably toss up between Dhoni and Sangakarra. Might even go a bit maverick and get AB De Villiers in there as keeper.
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Trott is a Saffer and Broad has missed the last 6 months and Cook is the 2nd best we have produced since Botham

Gul is a far better bowler than Anderson, the problem with Gul is he doesnt play home test matches and plays the vast majority of the rest of them on flat roads in sweltering heat
 
essex boy said:
Trott is a Saffer and Broad has missed the last 6 months and Cook is the 2nd best we have produced since Botham

Gul is a far better bowler than Anderson, the problem with Gul is he doesnt play home test matches and plays the vast majority of the rest of them on flat roads in sweltering heat
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ffs :lol::lol::lol::lol:
 
EB....

Jimmy Anderson has played 57 tests and taken 212 wickets @ 31.10 average (inc 10 x 5wkts & 1 x 10wkts; with a best haul of 7/43.

Umar Gul has played 32 tests and taken 112 wickets @ 35.54 average (inc 4 x 5wkts); with a best haul of 6/135.

No doubt you’ll pull out the conditions (when it suits you). Like when you said Anderson would struggle under clear Aussies skies, and then when he blasted through them you decided it was because the Aussie batsmen were abysmal.

Last time in England, where you’d expect such a good bowler as Gul to exploit what you called perfect bowling conditions: Gul took 4 wickets in the series. Anderson took 11 in one match, and 23 in the series.

Anderson is a good bowler and is better than Gul, which you already know. so stop making yourself look like a tatie just for the sake of it. (you fucked up on the Saffers/England bowling attack debate anarl and havent went back to it i see ;))
 
1 - Cook
2 - Tendulkar
3 - Trott
4 - Kallis
5 - Sangakarra
6 - Vettori
7 - Swann
8 - Singh
9 - Steyn
10 - Kahn
11 - Morkel
 
dangermows said:
EB....

Jimmy Anderson has played 57 tests and taken 212 wickets @ 31.10 average (inc 10 x 5wkts & 1 x 10wkts; with a best haul of 7/43.

Umar Gul has played 32 tests and taken 112 wickets @ 35.54 average (inc 4 x 5wkts); with a best haul of 6/135.

No doubt you’ll pull out the conditions (when it suits you). Like when you said Anderson would struggle under clear Aussies skies, and then when he blasted through them you decided it was because the Aussie batsmen were abysmal.

Last time in England, where you’d expect such a good bowler as Gul to exploit what you called perfect bowling conditions: Gul took 4 wickets in the series. Anderson took 11 in one match, and 23 in the series.

Anderson is a good bowler and is better than Gul, which you already know. so stop making yourself look like a tatie just for the sake of it. (you fucked up on the Saffers/England bowling attack debate anarl and havent went back to it i see ;))
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If Gul went head to head with Anderson on identical wickets he would win.

Bowling on the sub continent is the hardest place to bowl and you know that so stop making yourself look a tit
 
essex boy said:
If Gul went head to head with Anderson on identical wickets he would win.

Bowling on the sub continent is the hardest place to bowl and you know that so stop making yourself look a tit
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They did go head to head on identical wickets, (i presume they didnt change wickets when the teams changed over :lol:). its only one series but the three tests in england where Gul took 4 and Anderson took 23 :cool:

if Gul can only get 4 wickets in bowler friendly England then that says something.

its no shame to be a lesser bowler than the magician that is Anderson ya knar!
 
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dangermows said:
They did go head to head on identical wickets, (i presume they didnt change wickets when the teams changed over :lol:). its only one series but the three tests in england where Gul took 4 and Anderson took 23 :cool:

if Gul can only get 4 wickets in bowler friendly England then that says something.

its no shame to be a lesser bowler than the magician that is Anderson ya knar!
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hardly Gul fault that the Pakistani keeper is on the take and gets £10k for every dropped catch or something along those lines

Pakistan fielding wouldnt be tolerated at club first team level

They dont play on even playing fields as you know.

You also asked me for my test best XI, I gave you an answer
 
essex boy said:
hardly Gul fault that the Pakistani keeper is on the take and gets £10k for every dropped catch or something along those lines

Pakistan fielding wouldnt be tolerated at club first team level

They dont play on even playing fields as you know.

You also asked me for my test best XI, I gave you an answer
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yo are right, gul would be as good as anderson on any deck if it wasnt for match fixing wickie keepers. sorry, i see that now.

i said englands attack was as good as any about and you decided, in order to argue against that opinion, to name a bloke who doesnt even play test matches and said he had the weapons of shane warne. haway man :lol:
 
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