NZ Cricket best XI's

[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.

[mariner4life]

Shane Thompson was definitely one of the first names in my mind too.

[Virgil]

Test XI version

2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris Martin

Saw 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.

[mariner4life]

urgh the memory of Park Cricket Colin opening the bowling....

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Test XI version

2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris Martin

Saw 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 !!!!

[Virgil]

@MN5 said in Black Caps tour of India:

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Test XI version

2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris Martin

Saw 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 !!!!

No Richard, i mean you look back to the game in the 80's
Especially in OZ, Bay 13 at the MCG
Hadlee is a piston wristed gibbon etc

[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:

Test XI version

2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris Martin

Saw 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 !!!!

No Richard, i mean you look back to the game in the 80's
Especially in OZ, Bay 13 at the MCG
Hadlee is a piston wristed gibbon etc

Hadlee was our greatest player AND a character......but I struggle with him being in a "gutsy trier" type team.

Speaking of Oz I saw this recently, so, SO good.

[Virgil]

i thought it was Cult XI as in cult players...

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

i thought it was Cult XI as in cult players...

OK, I took it as a team for guys who were characters but maybe not really top class. Gutsy triers.....basically the whole 1992 WC squad excluding Crowe.

[MN5]

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

Test XI version

2m Peter
Richardson
Sinclair
Rutherford
Ryder
Grandhomme
Smith
Hadlee
Santner
Chats
Chris Martin

Saw 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.

Michael Rae deserves a mention for reviving the Chris Martin look and for the fact that you can pretty much guarantee he'll never play again despite going pretty well.

[Virgil]

@MN5 said in NZ Cricket best XI's:

@Virgil said in Black Caps tour of India:

i thought it was Cult XI as in cult players...

OK, I took it as a team for guys who were characters but maybe not really top class. Gutsy triers.....basically the whole 1992 WC squad excluding Crowe.

[Virgil]

oh and thanks @Duluth for splitting this.

it was @mariner4life. fault

[delicatessen]

@Virgil said in NZ Cricket best XI's:

Allot was very good, shame he only played 31 games
Stats are top notch, 52 wickets @ 23.21 and SR @ 29.38

interesting fun fact, only 2 Black Caps have a Strike Rate under 25 (at least 20 wickets)
One is currently in the side with 35 wickets

the other took 60 wickets

any guess who they are without cheating?
the 2nd one is a bit surprising, not a front line bowler.

Jamieson and de Grandhomme?

[Virgil]

@delicatessen said in NZ Cricket best XI's:

@Virgil said in NZ Cricket best XI's:

Allot was very good, shame he only played 31 games
Stats are top notch, 52 wickets @ 23.21 and SR @ 29.38

interesting fun fact, only 2 Black Caps have a Strike Rate under 25 (at least 20 wickets)
One is currently in the side with 35 wickets

the other took 60 wickets

any guess who they are without cheating?
the 2nd one is a bit surprising, not a front line bowler.

Jamieson and de Grandhomme?

No both wrong sorry…

[Cyclops]

Is this tests or ODIs? Duffy might be the 35 wickets.

60 wickets for someone who isn't a front line bowler is an interesting amount, especially since they came fast - about 250 overs.

Jesse Ryder and Corey Anderson spring to mind as guys who had a bit of a golden arm. I suspect Anderson took more wickets and Ryder much less.