NZ Cricket best XI's
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John Wright is too well respected.
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@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:
@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:
Cult XI
Greatbatch
WrightLatham, R
TwoseBlain
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
BondLarsen
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chatsneeds 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 -
@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
WrightLatham, R
TwoseBlain
Ryder
Grant Elliot
Harris
Lance Cairns
BondLarsen
Dipak Patel
Brian McKechnie
Chatsneeds 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
McKechnieBaz 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.
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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?
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To add to cult status. Was fat, and a pom
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oooh gooood!
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@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
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@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!
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@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 !
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@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:
Greatbatch
Latham Snr
Ryder
Twose
Elliott
Smithy
Harris
Lance Cairns
Patel
Goldie
McKechnieTrust 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.
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@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
McKechnieTrust 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.
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Shane Thompson was definitely one of the first names in my mind too.
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Test XI version
2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris MartinSaw the comments re Thomson while typing this out
id be more interested in fitting him into the above test XI than ODI
he did steer us to a famous test win while chasing a large 4th innings target. -
urgh the memory of Park Cricket Colin opening the bowling....
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@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:
Test XI version
2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris MartinSaw the comments re Thomson while typing this out
id be more interested in fitting him into the above test XI than ODI
he did steer us to a famous test win while chasing a large 4th innings target.I can only assume you mean Dayle, Sir RJ is the first name down in the other team, he can't be in both !!!!
