Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:41 amGingerfinch wrote:rich1uk wrote:Gingerfinch wrote:Is that Eoin Morgan?
assuming he is shoehorning in someone from ireland as his 11th country
Gotcha? Thought he'd gone mad
gone ?
gone ?
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:41 amgone ?
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:45 amOnly ten Test countries.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:47 amSome will think me bereft of senses because I've included three spinners in Asia!
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:49 amCould have had Zaheer Khan as a bowler and kept Border as a bat. Can't think of many Indian LH bats. Gambhir. Yuvraj. Kambli, going back.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:22 pmthe best one is probably Ganguly.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:34 pmI had him in my all countries side, so I didn't mention him, but for a nation where batters are legends, surprisingly few great lefties.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:39 pmArthur Crabtree wrote:I had him in my all countries side, so I didn't mention him, but for a nation where batters are legends, surprisingly few great lefties.
probably because batting is so much harder being a left hander in the 2nd innings.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:06 pmCannot criticise your XI, if I'm being honest, Arthur. Could have had Anwar, but then no Akram. Gilchrist? But then no Flower.
My England XI (in Asia)
Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Gower
Thorpe
Russell
Giles
Edmonds
Sidebottom
Mullally
Tufnell
My England XI (in Asia)
Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Gower
Thorpe
Russell
Giles
Edmonds
Sidebottom
Mullally
Tufnell
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:12 pmJohn Lever before your time I suppose?
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:16 pmArthur Crabtree wrote:John Lever before your time I suppose?
Just about. He may have sneaked in, if I had seen him play
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:17 pmHe played for Essex for some time after England stopped picking him. Unfortunate to be up against the best England seam options until 2005.
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:41 pmDoes he bring his own vaseline or do you have to provide that for him?
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 2:55 pmMaking_Splinters wrote:Does he bring his own vaseline or do you have to provide that for him?
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:16 pmGingerfinch wrote:Cannot criticise your XI, if I'm being honest, Arthur. Could have had Anwar, but then no Akram. Gilchrist? But then no Flower.
My England XI (in Asia)
Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Gower
Thorpe
Russell
Giles
Edmonds
Sidebottom
Mullally
Tufnell
No Underwood???? Best English left armer of all time probably. He also got Gavaskar out 12 times.
John Edrich is certainly worth a look as opener.
Sorry it's my age...
Re: Left handed XI
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 7:19 pmKipperJohn wrote:Gingerfinch wrote:Cannot criticise your XI, if I'm being honest, Arthur. Could have had Anwar, but then no Akram. Gilchrist? But then no Flower.
My England XI (in Asia)
Trescothick
Strauss
Cook
Gower
Thorpe
Russell
Giles
Edmonds
Sidebottom
Mullally
Tufnell
No Underwood???? Best English left armer of all time probably. He also got Gavaskar out 12 times.
John Edrich is certainly worth a look as opener.
Sorry it's my age...
This XI is picked from what I've seen, kipper. Deadly Derek would have been in, if I was a tad older. Edrich may have struggled to get in my team.