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The obscure XI's you've always wanted to make but never found the appropriate place thread
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Pippen94
Cancelled
- Jun 12, 2019
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- 976
- AFL Club
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Can't remember him ever being dumped for form but yeah there has been other stuff
Pippen94
Cancelled
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2,670
- 976
- AFL Club
- Sydney
Played in previous player's last game?!
People did a lot of teams of which decade players debuted in, so I thought I’d do something different.
The team is kind of the opposite - players who played their last test in each decade.
Pippen94
Cancelled
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2,670
- 976
- AFL Club
- Sydney
Can't be right because lillee & McDermott didn't play test or state cricket together. Realized players were in chronological order but that's as close as I got
Jack Lyons
Shane Watson
Phil Hughes
Victor Richardson
Billy Bruce
Peter Forrest
Kevin Wright
Peter Taylor
Geoff Lawson
Greg Campbell
Bruce Reid
Shane Watson
Phil Hughes
Victor Richardson
Billy Bruce
Peter Forrest
Kevin Wright
Peter Taylor
Geoff Lawson
Greg Campbell
Bruce Reid
A team of mullets
Will Pucovski
David Boon
Dean Jones
Mark Waugh
Colin de Grandhomme
Ian Botham
Wayne Phillips (w/k)
Wasim Akram
Jason Gillespie
Shane Warne
Damien Fleming
Ishant Sharma
Will Pucovski
David Boon
Dean Jones
Mark Waugh
Colin de Grandhomme
Ian Botham
Wayne Phillips (w/k)
Wasim Akram
Jason Gillespie
Shane Warne
Damien Fleming
Ishant Sharma
sherb
Hall of Famer
Pippen94
Cancelled
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2,670
- 976
- AFL Club
- Sydney
Pm's
Close.
An entire team of Australian cricketers who share a name with suburbs of Canberra.
Pippen94
Cancelled
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2,670
- 976
- AFL Club
- Sydney
Damn, no albense should've been give away
A plant-based eleven.
(I cheated a bit on the last name)
Herb Sutcliffe
Jeff Moss
Joe Root
Basil D'Oliveira
Grant Flower
Andy Flower (w/k)
Heath Streak
Geoff "Dusty" Miller (his actual nickname)
Dennis Lillee (When he bats he will wear his Lillee pads)
Franklyn Rose
Curtly Ambrosia
(I cheated a bit on the last name)
Herb Sutcliffe
Jeff Moss
Joe Root
Basil D'Oliveira
Grant Flower
Andy Flower (w/k)
Heath Streak
Geoff "Dusty" Miller (his actual nickname)
Dennis Lillee (When he bats he will wear his Lillee pads)
Franklyn Rose
Curtly Ambrosia
A Commercial Cricketers XI
(How many of these ads are you familiar with?)
Mark Taylor: Fujitsu
Geoff Boycott: Shredded Wheat
Sachin Tendulkar: Pepsi
Greg Chappell: Johnson's baby powder
Tony Greig: Nutri-Grain
Ian Botham: Foster's Lager
Greg Matthews: Advanced Hair (yeah yeah!)
Rod Marsh: Vaseline petroleum jelly
Wasim Akram: Lays chips
Dennis Lillee: Carpet Call
Max Walker: Aerogard
(How many of these ads are you familiar with?)
Mark Taylor: Fujitsu
Geoff Boycott: Shredded Wheat
Sachin Tendulkar: Pepsi
Greg Chappell: Johnson's baby powder
Tony Greig: Nutri-Grain
Ian Botham: Foster's Lager
Greg Matthews: Advanced Hair (yeah yeah!)
Rod Marsh: Vaseline petroleum jelly
Wasim Akram: Lays chips
Dennis Lillee: Carpet Call
Max Walker: Aerogard
- Apr 19, 2008
- 18,898
- 29,774
- AFL Club
- Essendon
- Other Teams
- Stars, Mets, USC, Southport Sharks
You could do an XI just with Advanced Hair Warne, Vaughan, Strauss, Matthews just to start with
sherb
Hall of Famer
Brilliant.
Carbine Chaos
See My Chess
- Apr 1, 2009
- 65,378
- 99,309
- AFL Club
- West Coast
- Other Teams
- Perth FC, Everton, Delhi
Needed more Oled.
reggie
Norm Smith Medallist
- Sep 10, 2003
- 5,972
- 1,394
- AFL Club
- Collingwood
Tendai Mzungu
Brendan Krummel
Ken Judge
Karl Langdon
Todd Breman
Jarrad Schofield
Peter Sumich
Earl Spalding
Stuart Anderson
Warren Ralph
Michael Clark
Brendan Krummel
Ken Judge
Karl Langdon
Todd Breman
Jarrad Schofield
Peter Sumich
Earl Spalding
Stuart Anderson
Warren Ralph
Michael Clark
A Get Smart XI
Ted Dexter (Died aged 86. Once scored 99 in a Test)
Mohammad Azharuddin (Played 99 Tests)
Don Bradman (Averaged 99 in Test cricket. Missed averaging 100 by "that much".)
Richie Richardson (Played 86 Tests. Scored 99 twice in Tests and once in one-dayers)
Garfield Sobers (86 first class centuries. He can be captain,or should I say "chief")
Rohan Kanhai (86 first class centuries. Would you believe he was once run out for 99 in a Test just short of his 100th run)
Roshan Mahanama (Played his first ODI in '86 and his last in '99)
Richard Hadlee (Played 86 Tests. Once scored 99 in a Test)
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK: once scored 99 off 86 balls in an ODI in '99)
Shane Warne (Highest Test score of 99; scored 86 twice in Tests in '99)
Bill O'Reilly (Died aged 86)
Ted Dexter (Died aged 86. Once scored 99 in a Test)
Mohammad Azharuddin (Played 99 Tests)
Don Bradman (Averaged 99 in Test cricket. Missed averaging 100 by "that much".)
Richie Richardson (Played 86 Tests. Scored 99 twice in Tests and once in one-dayers)
Garfield Sobers (86 first class centuries. He can be captain,or should I say "chief")
Rohan Kanhai (86 first class centuries. Would you believe he was once run out for 99 in a Test just short of his 100th run)
Roshan Mahanama (Played his first ODI in '86 and his last in '99)
Richard Hadlee (Played 86 Tests. Once scored 99 in a Test)
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK: once scored 99 off 86 balls in an ODI in '99)
Shane Warne (Highest Test score of 99; scored 86 twice in Tests in '99)
Bill O'Reilly (Died aged 86)
sherb
Hall of Famer
Died too young XI.
Archie Jackson
Wilf Slack
Victor Trumper
Phil Hughes
Hansie Cronje
Frank Worrell (Cpt)
Ken Wadsworth (Wk)
Ben Hollioake
Malcolm Marshall
Hedley Verity
Ken Farnes
Archie Jackson
Wilf Slack
Victor Trumper
Phil Hughes
Hansie Cronje
Frank Worrell (Cpt)
Ken Wadsworth (Wk)
Ben Hollioake
Malcolm Marshall
Hedley Verity
Ken Farnes
- Mar 25, 2003
- 35,681
- 28,341
Although it may not be their final tally, they are both currently 86 years of age.
Taking a few liberties with Ponting as keeper, but something like:
Gooch
Strauss
Vaughan
Crowe
Ponting (wk)
Ganguly
Kallis
Matthews
Warne
Gough
Bollinger
Yeah Yeah
