The Alphabet Game

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The Alphabet Game

Postby The Professor » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:16 pm

Ok so have been tossing this around in my head for a while.

When I used to work in the glamorous world of the Next stockroom I invented a game where every day we had to make the strongest football eleven we could using players whose surnames all began in the same letter.

I have been thinking about how we could translate that to here so it will go like this. Every Sunday will be a new letter. I will suggest two shoe-ins. Everyone else has the rest of the week to populate the rest of the team.

The rules are it must be a functioning team. This means there must be a Spinner and a wicketkeeper in each team and there should be a realistic balance between bat and ball.

This might die a death and it may be in the wrong section of the forum but here goes......A

1. Mike Atherton
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. James Anderson
10.
11.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:43 pm

A might be a tough one. B should be easier.

Are we talking world players in any format. And Asian players who are popularly known by their first name, like Aravinda de Silva or Aamer Sohail?

Anyway, I'll add Mohammad Amir, probably at nine, and move Anderson down one.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:44 pm

365notout wrote:
1. Mike Atherton
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Mohammad Amir
10. James Anderson
11. Mohammad Asif
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:46 pm

Might be Ashton Agar isn't good enough to get in, but keep him in mind.

And Keith Andrews as keeper.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby The Professor » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:53 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Might be Ashton Agar isn't good enough to get in, but keep him in mind.

And Keith Andrews as keeper.


Double A too
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby rich1uk » Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:54 pm

zaheer abbas as an opener ?
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:00 pm

Number three I think? But good enough.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby The Professor » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:21 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:
365notout wrote:
1. Mike Atherton
2.
3. Zaheer Abbas
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Mohammad Amir
10. James Anderson
11. Mohammad Asif
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby The Professor » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:24 pm

Saeed Ajmal for Spinner?
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby rich1uk » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:35 pm

jonathon agnew or paul allott

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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby rich1uk » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:35 pm

wasim akram has to be in as does curtly ambrose, not tim tho

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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby rich1uk » Sun Feb 19, 2017 1:38 pm

dennis amiss
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:48 pm

Yes, leave Amir and Anderson out, bring in Akram and Ambrose. Probably have Asif, Akram and Ambrose as the pace attack.

Ajmal? Hmm.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:49 pm

Amiss is a must. I can see Athers not being good enough for this team.

Alderman should be ahead of Anderson and Amir too, depends if you want four seamers.
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Re: The Alphabet Game

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:06 pm

West Indies middle order bat Keith Arthurton, one to bear in mind.
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