i thought maybe we could have a discussion about the best composite teams ever in cricket or rugby...my thoughts so far:
XI -
J.Hobbs
L.Hutton
D.Bradman
G.Pollock
V.Richards
G.Sobers
A.Gichrist
S.Warne
M.Marshall
M.Muralitharan
D.Lillee

XV -
Os du rant
Sean Fitzpatrick
???
Colin Meads
John Eales
Zinzan Brooke
Abdel Benazzi
Michael Jones
???
Barry JOhn
Jonah Lomu
Tim Horan
Phillipe Sella
David Campese
Serge Blanco

Either of these are open for criticism...that's hwat this forums about isn;t it??? :wink:
Chuck

[ This Message was edited by: Chuck_3000 on 2004-07-31 22:09 ]

J.Hobbs
L.Hutton
D.Bradman
G.Pollock
V.Richards
G.Sobers
A.Gichrist
S.Warne
M.Marshall
M.Muralitharan
D.Lillee

I would leave Muralitharan out and put in a S.pollock of J.kallis just for the all round ability and there is no real need for a 2nd spinner. This is my opinion anyway :smile:.

I would leave Muralitharan out on principle.

Yeah, i thought of that, but i think it adds quite a bit of variety, and if you have sobers as 3rd change then it seems no problem to have 2 spinners...If i did replace murali, it would probably be HOLDING, SPOFFORTH or LOHMANN (lohmann is basically unheard of, but he took 100 wickets in not many matches, at an average of 10.75)
Chuck

I was only interested in cricket during the Lillee era.
Isn't Gilchrist a wicketkeeper?.And wouldn't Rodney Marsh be preferred?.Or should I stick to AFL?.

Moeee,marshy was a great keeper but was only a slugger as a batsman

Remember that time swampy broke his bat in a one day game.
What about j.laker as a bowler,took 19-90
in atest once ,still world record

HEY CHUCK,

From a Kiwi view point do ya think we could get Richard Hadlee in there, or Cris Cairns who now holds the world record for 6's in a match....as for Rugby the mind boggles, for a start unfortunately Eales ( into the reserves)must go and in MUST go Willie-John Mcbride, no doubt. Half back Danie Craven ( showing me age here ) and I've just been called for tea, so cheers but hey, there'll be plenty of posts to shut us both down.

Chuck, what a ************ good post.

thanx squirter
Chuck

Don't know Craven too well, but what i do know is that john eales was a star player. He just got rated "the best wallaby of all time" recently, and simply dominated the game at his peak...i still think he should be there
Chuck

p.s. who do you think should be the tight head?