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The other day I went to the PBC world rankings and, assuming Australia are still #1 and #1 in both forms at the end of march, based on the current world rankings (the rankings at the end of march will decide the world teams) these are the teams that will take on Oz later in the year (the selectors obviously might have slightly different orders and things, but this gives some indication)

http://cricketratings.pwcglobal.com/cricket/cricket.htm

Test:

1. V. Sehwag
2. A. Strauss
3. S. Tendulkar
4. R. Dravid
5. B. Lara
6. J. Kallis
7. K. Sangakara (Wk)
8. S. Pollock
9. S. Akhtar
10. S. Harmison
11. M. Muralitharan

One-Day:

1. S. Tendulkar
2. M. Trescothick
3. K. Sangakkara (Wk)
4. S. Fleming
5. R. Sarwan
6. J. Kallis
7. A. Flintoff
8. J. Oram
9. S. Pollock
10. C. Vaas
11. M. Muralitharan

Pretty good teams..

thanks for reminding me to put a Hitchhiker's Guide quote into my sig :D

Ozzie here! :)

Good teams, but then all "world teams" are always controversial about who misses out.

We don't like cricket, oh no, we love it;)

Ozzie here! :)

Good teams, but then all "world teams" are always controversial about who misses out.

Yeah which is why they've decided to stick to doing it by the rankings, i think. If you add a twelth man and other players to make up a squad the team starts changing again.

I don't think Akhtar should be there. He certainly has talent, but not the application to put it to full use. The current tour in Aus has shown that, he bowls well on the first day of the first innings & falls away quickly from there.

I don't think Akhtar should be there. He certainly has talent, but not the application to put it to full use. The current tour in Aus has shown that, he bowls well on the first day of the first innings & falls away quickly from there.

Well he's ranked as the 4th best bowler in the world, so unless he falls down a few places by the end of march, he'll be in the team.

MP check out Adelaide :(

Bah, You Cannot Defeat Us!!! We Are Invincible!!! ;)

Come on Aussie, come on, come on

MP check out Adelaide :(
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :(

Disposed of Pakistan pretty easily in Tassie today & it wasn't even our full strength team.

MP check out Adelaide :(

:confused:

MP check out Adelaide :(

What the hell?

What the hell?
Back to adelaide resort mate :(

Well he's ranked as the 4th best bowler in the world, so unless he falls down a few places by the end of march, he'll be in the team.

I spose so, going on the rankings. I reckon Chris Cairns should be in the world team.

What the hell?
we are doomed, :(
why you get deated BS?

we are doomed, :(
why you get deated BS?
I got forumbanned for one of the all time best spam fests ever in december- then cog spotted that i was deat yesterday and , well, deated me.

I spose so, going on the rankings. I reckon Chris Cairns should be in the world team.
he would probably be in my ODI world team

he would probably be in my ODI world team

Yeah, he was pretty impressive at the Tsunami match. A pity he's retired from the test team.

Yeah, he was pretty impressive at the Tsunami match. A pity he's retired from the test team.

Chris Cairns played 62 test matches, joined the exclusive 3000-run/200 wicket club, and hit more test 6's than anybody ever. He also missed another 60 tests to injury. Eventually he made the decision to prolong his one day career rather than risk an injury that would put him out for good. Its amazing to think what he might have achieved if he had been fitter over the past decade.

Yeah, he's a class player. Probably lucky for us the injuries held him back.

New Zealand has some good talent around, but injuries have often hurt them.

We Aussies need SOMEONE to give us a proper challenge in the 5 day game, along with the 20 over game. I was there for Australia A against Pakistan in Adelaide.

New Zealand has some good talent around, but injuries have often hurt them.

We Aussies need SOMEONE to give us a proper challenge in the 5 day game, along with the 20 over game. I was there for Australia A against Pakistan in Adelaide.


Cairnsy should be there for the nz-oz twenty20 game...

Cairnsy should be there for the nz-oz twenty20 game...
Cairns could almost single handedly win a twenty20 match

Cairns versus Symonds when both are in top form. That would be fun to watch, if you like bowlers being slugged everywhere. However, it raises the question of who's at the other end? Have Gilchrist with Symonds, and there'll be plenty of runs to be made; but who to put with Cairns?

We Aussies need SOMEONE to give us a proper challenge in the 5 day game, along with the 20 over game. I was there for Australia A against Pakistan in Adelaide.

I'd be more worried about the 50 over game right now. Maybe this World XI are the ones to give us a fight?

here is hoping, should be good to see

If the Aussies lose in their NZ tour does that make NZ no.1?

I heard this bandied about before the Tsunami shortened Sri Lankan visit. Which NZ won kind of by default, but cannot work out if it still applies.

Cairns versus Symonds when both are in top form. That would be fun to watch, if you like bowlers being slugged everywhere. However, it raises the question of who's at the other end? Have Gilchrist with Symonds, and there'll be plenty of runs to be made; but who to put with Cairns?
Sure it was a test, but:

200s where recorded the fastest Test Centuries in Balls received are:
153 balls NJ Astle New Zealand v England at Christchurch
211 balls HH Gibbs South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town
212 balls AC Gilchrist Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg
220 balls IT Botham England v India at The Oval
222 balls V Sehwag India v Pakistan at Multan

Astle can wave a bat...

Mmm, cricket, the best excuse for mass lethargy there ever will be! :D
Unfortunately this summer is looking like Australia will walk all over everybody, as usual. I mean, I don't have anything against them, I just want to see a good match!

Mmm, cricket, the best excuse for mass lethargy there ever will be! :D
Unfortunately this summer is looking like Australia will walk all over everybody, as usual. I mean, I don't have anything against them, I just want to see a good match!

As usual like in the champions trophey?

Well I think the only team who will give the Aussies a game are us.

We have a good team and lady luck is looking favourably on us....

Ashes back to Lords? Unlikely but I don't think we will be as badly beaten as we have been....

Yes, you poms can probably give us Aussies a good game. Your team is in form, and have had a good run with injuries. We shall see what happens, though. Good to see Hoggard is helping Harmison out. One good bowler by himself doesn't cut it. We showed that to Pakistan with Shoaib Akhtar.

Cairns and vettori should be there. And NZ should give aussie a good game in the ODIs

Cairns and vettori should be there. And NZ should give aussie a good game in the ODIs

Vettori wont beat murili for the spinners spot even though he flights it better than anyone.

Vettori wont beat murili for the spinners spot even though he flights it better than anyone.
Vettori is extremely under rated, probably my favorite spinner

Holy shit, we just utterly crushed the FICA world XI..


New Zealand innings (target: 159 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*SP Fleming c Spearman b Warne 106 65 57 10 9
NJ Astle not out 36 69 38 4 0
CL Cairns not out 8 3 2 2 0
Extras (lb 3, w 7) 10
Total (1 wicket, 16.1 overs) 160

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 5 0 31 0 (2w)
Streak 3 0 20 0 (1w)
Harvey 2 0 23 0 (2w)
Muralitharan 3.1 0 57 0 (1w)
Warne 3 0 26 1 (1w)