NZ Cricket best XI's

[MN5]

@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:

Our XI best players probably make the test and ODI side if we are realistic. What would be a more entertaining side to pick would be the "cult hero" XI.

Dudes like Roger Twose.

Carl Bulfin and Heath Davis are a shoe in to open the bowling.

[canefan]

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:

Our XI best players probably make the test and ODI side if we are realistic. What would be a more entertaining side to pick would be the "cult hero" XI.

Dudes like Roger Twose.

Carl Bulfin and Heath Davis are a shoe in to open the bowling.

Jesse Ryder

[Virgil]

Cult XI

Greatbatch
Wright
Twose
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
Bond
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chats

needs work but think its a good start...

edit: no idea who would keep!

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Cult XI

Greatbatch
Wright Latham, R
Twose Blain
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
Bond Larsen
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chats

needs work but think its a good start...

You need a keeper, Tony Blain bleached his hair. He'll do.

Some fine and extremely worthy selections from the 92 era in there though.

Shane Bond was far too world class for a team like this, he's no chance.

[mariner4life]

John Wright is too well respected.

[Godder]

Greatbatch wasn't a bad keeper., just use him.

[Virgil]

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Cult XI

Greatbatch
Wright Latham, R
Twose Blain
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
Bond Larsen
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chats

needs work but think its a good start...

You need a keeper, Tony Blain bleached his hair. He'll do.

Some fine and extremely worthy selections from the 92 era in there though.

Shane Bond was far too world class for a team like this, he's no chance.

Rod for Wright is very good
Taking our Twose for Blain though?
I thought about it but couldnt bring myself to include him but in reality the most likely keeper we've had with his own following is the inventor of Bazball himself.

forgot about Larsen

Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Baz
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Larsen
McKechnie

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Cult XI

Greatbatch
Wright Latham, R
Twose Blain
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
Bond Larsen
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chats

needs work but think its a good start...

You need a keeper, Tony Blain bleached his hair. He'll do.

Some fine and extremely worthy selections from the 92 era in there though.

Shane Bond was far too world class for a team like this, he's no chance.

Rod for Wright is very good
Taking our Twose for Blain though?
I thought about it but couldnt bring myself to include him but in reality the most likely keeper we've had with his own following is the inventor of Bazball himself.

forgot about Larsen

Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Baz
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Larsen
McKechnie

Baz far too close to an automatic spot in the "good" team so I wouldn't pick him.

I'd go Bryan Young as a keeper/batsman ( before reinventing himself as a test opener ) I remember him and his mo and some gutsy lower order knocks.

What did Twose do to warrant a mention here ?

I remember thinking it was pretty quirky a pom played for the Black Caps ( or Young Guns as they were then ) but he wasn't that memorable was he ? ( genuine question, in terms of cult qualities ) he had a very good record too.

All the others you mention are extremely memorable.

Harris and Elliot are tailor made for teams like this.

[Virgil]

Swap out McCullum for Ian Smith?

Another option for the middle order could be Craig McMillian

[mariner4life]

Roger Twose? The guy who averaged 80 at the World Cup and was our best bat in the Champions Trophy in 200, the only time i ever saw NZ cricket actually win something until that Test Championship. That Roger Twose?

[mariner4life]

To add to cult status. Was fat, and a pom

[Virgil]

Left field option...

[mariner4life]

oooh gooood!

[bayimports]

@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:

To add to cult status. Was fat, and a pom

you forgot to add chose to add 77 as jersey number to make shoulders look bigger and gut thinner... respect

[mariner4life]

@bayimports said in Black Caps tour of India:

@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:

To add to cult status. Was fat, and a pom

you forgot to add chose to add 77 as jersey number to make shoulders look bigger and gut thinner... respect

the man is overqualified!

[MN5]

@mariner4life said in Black Caps tour of India:

To add to cult status. Was fat, and a pom

Jeepers, Beefy Botham, Gatting, Taylor, Big Merv and Boonie must be clinically obese then !

[Virgil]

Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Smithy
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Goldie
McKechnie

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Smithy
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Goldie
McKechnie

Trust an all time NZ CRICKET team to have two fucken All Blacks in there. We're a nation obsessed !

Good team though, definitely capable of sneaking a very odd win here and there.

[Virgil]

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Smithy
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Goldie
McKechnie

Trust an all time NZ CRICKET team to have two fucken All Blacks in there. We're a nation obsessed !

McKechnie earned cult status both for the ABs and NZ Cricket as well.

[Bovidae]

Shane Thomson. He could start his spell bowling fast medium and be used in the middle overs bowling off-breaks. A better ODI record with bat and ball than R Latham. And the headband.