The Cricinfo website has just undergone an extensive process to pick their all-time World Eleven. This is the team they arrived at.
ESPNcricinfo All-Time World XI- these blokes can play a bit.
| 1st XI |
| Jack Hobbs |
| Len Hutton |
| Don Bradman |
| Sachin Tendulkar |
| Viv Richards |
| Garry Sobers |
| Adam Gilchrist |
| Malcolm Marshall |
| Shane Warne |
| Wasim Akram |
| Dennis Lillee |
The 2nd XI isn’t exactly shabby either.
| Sunil Gavaskar |
| Barry Richards |
| George Headley |
| Brian Lara |
| Wally Hammond |
| Imran Khan |
| Alan Knott |
| Bill O’Reilly |
| Fred Trueman |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
| SF Barnes |
As always with these exercises, debate will rage long and passionately. Cricinfo were concerned with the best. But we at the Almanac realise excellence isn’t compulsory, just a bonus. Sport isn’t always about the best, but may also be about the mediocre, or the hopeless.
We invite you to submit an XI of your choosing. They may be your best, they may just be your favourites. Perhaps they were the best Victorian country cricketers, or the best district cricketers to never represent the state. You might want to pick eleven whose names rhyme (Gigs, we’re thinking of you here). Or a side of the best lefties. A rock ‘n’ roll XI?
Anyway, you get the picture. Pick whatever side takes your fancy. No prizes are offered, just the admiration of your peers.
Let your imaginations run free folks.
You may also want to comment on Cricinfo’s efforts.
I was rather tickled by Peter Roebuck’s Stodgy XI:
Glenn Turner
Geoff Boycott
Herbert Sutcliffe
Bill Woodfull
Douglas Jardine
Ken Mackay
Jack Russell
Trevor Goddard
Bapu Nadkarni
Charlie “Terror” Turner
Glenn McGrath
Trevor Bailey (12th man)
Chris Tavare (coach)
Mike Brearley (manager)
The most famous stone-waller Alec Bannerman for Turner.
I love Roebuck’s team, but why even list below 3…on a flat track, they’d bat and that’s that!
Roebuck is being unkind to Sutcliffe who’d be my first pick to bat on a ‘sticky dog’.
How many times did Sutcliffe bat at three? I’ll say never.
He batted at six once in Adelaide. He opened the rest of the time.
PF, I agree re Bannerman.
Sutcliffe would qualify just on grounds of being a Yorkshireman.
1st XI
Clive Loyd
Len Hutton
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
Micheal Holding
Joel Garner
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee/Richard Hadlee
12 man Ray Bright as he made it an art form for Australia
B: Nick Maxwell, Nathan Brown, Alan Toovey
HB: Harry O’Brien, Ben Reid, Heath Shaw
C: Sharrod Wellingham, Dane Swan, Ben Johnson
HF: Alan Didak, Travis Cloke, Luke Ball
F: Dayne Beams, Chris Dawes, Steele Sidebottom
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Dale Thomas
I/C: Tyson Goldsack, Leigh Brown, Brent Macaffer, Jarryd Blair
Andrew,
Fitting given how much time they spend going to the boundary. Swan and Beams wouldnt be able to bowl as the batsmen would have grounds for appeal based on not being able to see the ball out the hand because the tats. Shaw and Maxwell to deep leg and 3rd man so they dont have to defend an opponent and can play unaccountable cricket.
AF
Hopefully your team doesn’t become as one-dimensional as some of the supporters.
Sooooo 2010 that team.
Mike Selvey named a team of lefties.
M.Hayden
J.Langer
G.Pollock
B.Lara
C.Lloyd (c)
G.Sobers
A.Gilchrist (wk)
W.Akram
A.Davidson
B.Bedi
J.Wardle
VFL players to have played test cricket:
Warwick Armstrong (c)
Keith Miller
Jack Worrall
Graeme Watson
Sam Loxton
Simon O’Donnell
Ted McDonald
Gil Langley (wk)
Laurie Nash
Max Walker
George Tribe
Roy Park (12th man)
The theme of my XI may become apparent reading down the batting order…
Trevor Barker
Danny Frawley
Nathan Burke
Darrel Baldock
Ian Stewart
David Grant
Lenny Hayes
Max Hudghton
Fraser Gehrig
Steven Baker
Leigh Montagna
Nick Riewoldt (12th man)
Dr Roy Park was leading goalkicker for University after the home-and-away rounds of 1913. Pretty fair effort.
He played one Test under The Big Ship’s captaincy in 1920/21 and made a golden duck in his only venture to the crease.
The story goes that he was being a doctor all night prior to his innings.
His wife missed his entire Test career as a batsman.
She dropped her knitting and as she was picking up her knitting, 1-116 became 2-116.
In similar vein, my team of “Suspect Draft choices” in correct batting/draft pick order.
1.Richard Lounder
2.Andrew Walker
3.Aaron Fiora
4.Richard Tambling
5.Brock McLean
6.Murray Vance
7.Danny Roach
8.Jarrod Oakley-Nicholls
9.Caydn Beetham
10.Chris Egan
11.Richard Cole
12th man – Paul Koulouriotis
#13. I always said you could miss out on a lot of important things in life by just doing the knitting.
WTF??
Wood
Turner
Darling
Hilditch
Cosier
Colley
Francis
Gannon
Mann
Callen
Malone
Have I got a keeper?
Dips
What about John Maclean or Tim Zoehrer?
You could pick a political XI.
The problem would be today’s lot would all be stodgy openers or military medium pacers.
#12 What? No room for Harvey?
Far be it for me to even moderately tread on Crio’s ground, but anyone see the theme for this XII?
Sam Trimble
Matty Hayden
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Ian Botham
Andrew Symonds
Ian Healy
Trevor Hohns
Jeff Thomson
Carl Rackemann
Geoff Dymock
12th man: Me!
All played for Queensland?
Dips,
Kevin Wright
Team name: Australia B
1. Charles Bannerman
2. Bill Brown
3. Don Bradman
4. David Boon
5. Allan Border (c)
6. Michael Bevan
7. Richie Benaud
8. Jack Blackham (wk)
9. Andy Bichel
10. Nathan Bracken
11. Doug Bollinger
Coach: John Buchanan
Correct JB. Excepting me. Did play in the Bali Geckos CC first ever Premiership tho. In one of the great debut performances of all time. Bowling figures: 0.1 overs, 0 runs, 1 wicket. Batting: 4 runs not out. Took the last wicket of their innings, was there with the Captain, who made it clear under no circumstances was I to score the winning runs…)
Also, on the tenuously connected line of cricket sledging.
I was fishing with my uncle and a couple of cousin one time in Northern NSW. One cousin said to Uncle:
“We should call you Andrew Symonds”.
“Why?”
“All you do is pass us the drinks, while we do all the work…”
Uncle wasn’t catching any fish, while we were and, at the time, Simmo was on a fair run of 12th mans in Test Matches, so it was perhaps funnier at the time…
As a traditionalist, it pains me to say it, but this team put Australian cricket back on the map. It was not long before the 89 Ashes; I will leave you to decipher the why/when/how:
Boon
Marsh
Jones
Border
Velleta
S Waugh
O’Donnell
Dyer
McDermott
May
Reid
Truly a win against all odds.
Here’s one to try and guess……
W.N.Phillips
C.Rogers
K.Eastwood
S.Law (C)
J.Moss
P.Emery (WK)
M.Malone
D.Cullen
M.Nicholson
P.Wilson
B.McGain
Superb #26 Stmookeyj
One test wonders.
Rock and Roll XI
Elvis Presley- the Memphis flash is used to being first out of the sheds. Not afraid of the spotlight.
Buddy Holly- another good ol’ country boy. Should have a good understanding with Elvis
James Brown- need versatility and the ability to carry the show? Look no further than Soul Brother Number 1
Mick Jagger- calculating, quick runner between wickets. Will always want to be captain.
Johnny Cash- a weighty middle order presence, needed to separate Jagger and Richards.
Keith Richards- swashbuckling batsman. Will argue frequently with Jagger about who’s captain
Keith Moon- will lay down a back beat no ball shall pass. Inclined to play up at after-match drinks.
Jerry Lee Lewis- tearaway quick. Bowls at furious pace. inclined to be erratic.
Chuck Berry- insistent, consistent fast medium. Knows all the tricks.
Little Richard- another tearaway. Occasional patches of divine inspiration.
Roy Orbison- the Big O flights his offies with loop and drama. Can’t bat.
Smokie88 #25
Isn’t that the team that won the World Cup in ’87?
#26
The second word gave it away.
We’d have to knock ’em over cheaply as there ain’t too much ability with the stick, but here goes
Eastwood
Joslin L
Dodemaide
Bright
Shepherd
Hastings
Tyson
Hughes
Miller
Gaunt
Hurst
MCR
#31…..
Great stuff, Mic.
And any game that team played would definitely be played at the Western Oval.
A good mate of mine played at Footscray for many years through the late 80’s and early 90’s.
I once asked him who were the best cricketers he had seen at that level. He named three:
Peter Young, an Essendon batsman who played some shield games; Simon Davis (who ended up
playing Test and one-day cricket for Australia: but towering above them all was A.I.C. Dodemaide. He reckoned “Dodders” was far and away Victoria’s best cricketer in that era.
#29…..
Correct again, JB.
That was back when one-day cricket had (a little more) meaning and interest.
Graeme WOOD
Bill WOODFULL
Frank WORRALL (c)
Mark WAUGH
Doug WALTERS
Steve WAUGH
Clyde WALCOTT (wk)
Shane WARNE
Max WALKER
Bob WILLIS
Courtney WALSH
12th man: Everton WEEKES
Ignore the first names and just read the side out loud as quickly as you can.
#32 – Smokie
Thanx
What’s was your mates name from the Dogs ?
Peter Young – Was he originaly from the Geelong area ? Very handy bat. Simon Davis & Andrew Scott formed a marvellous opening attack for Prahran in the early 80’s, at the same time we were able to call on the services of Dodemaide, Miller & Hughes. That attack would be quite a handful on the WO – New venue (Hughes Oval)is a bit more placid.
Have to keep it tight as I failed to nominate a keeper
MCR
Mic
as keeper, the one and only Rainer Reber would not be out of place in that line-up.
Mate’s name is Paul Burns, opened the batting for many years.
Gigs
Elmer Fudd would be in heaven.
F Martin
T Richardson
AE Hall
CV Grimmett
CS Marriott
K Farnes
AV Bedser
Mohammad Zahid
AL Valentine
JK Lever
ND Hirwani
4 or so others could have made this side. Who are they?
#35 – Smokie
Very handy bat Paul Burns. Would’ve opened the batting, at some stage, with Patrick Smith’s good mate Tony Paone.
Lindsay James ahead of RR for the gloveman position
MCR
Guess the theme here….
G.Gooch
M.Hayden
D.Bradman
R.Ponting (shhh, don’t tell anyone)
M.Crowe
N.Hussein
M.Greatbatch (wk – er, I think he kept once)
S.Warne
D.Lillee …eventually
C.Rackemann
D.Bollinger
M.Vaughan (12th)
Extended squad: Jayasuriya, Azharuddin, Sehwag
37. Flynn’s team: all took 10+ wickets in their first Test. (This side might require a bench of designated batsmen.)
39. Downer’s team: all were dropped at some time in their Test careers (mostly early) but came back. Dennis Amiss might also be worth considering… or is it something to do with hair replacement?
Cheers Tony,
Good get and appreciate the dearth in batting.
I deliberately omitted 2 Aussies.
PF
1. Mike Atherton
2. Justin Langer
3. Rod Marsh (wk)
4. Jimmy Adams
5. Mudassar Nazar
6. Mohammad Azharuddin
7. Chris Cairns
8. Anil Kumble
9. Fidel Edwards
10. Andy Roberts
11. Dale Steyn
Clue: Look at the surnames
40. Tony, nicely played – it was a “follicularly challenged” ensemble.
42. Tidy work Adam. A-L-M-A-N-A-C-K-E-R-S
Dips #16
May I respectfully nominate Roger Woolley ?
Actually, I can put Roger Wolley in hos own team
Roger Binny
Chris Rogers
Roger Harper
Roger Woolley (c)(wk)
Roger Federer
Roger Milla
Mat Rogers
Roger Merrett
Roger Dean
Roger Hayden
Roger Bannerman (to be used as a runner in the event of an earlier batsman being injured and requiring one)
12th man Roger Voudouris (OK he’s a muso, but I loved Get Used To It)
Coach/Trainer : Graeme Rogerson
Steve – It’s lucky they’re not a group of Air Force pilots otherwise communication would be very confusing!
#45 Whoops no.11 is Roger Bannister not Roger Bannerman (the early 60s rock star who liked a drop or two of acid)
I was hoping Roger Ramjet would get in as 12th man.
The Test debut of Cooper Connolly in the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, as well as the title of this article, got me thinking about Australian Test players who have a first name than can be a surname.
The criteria is that the first name and surname can only be used once.
Here is the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames:
Cameron Bancroft (wk)
Martin Kent
Graham Yallop
Dean Jones
Warwick Armstrong (c)
Hilton Cartwright
Cooper Connolly
Murray Bennett
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Starc
Scott Boland
12th man: Jackson Bird
This team will be a play an exhibition match against the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names:
Matthew Hayden
Mark Taylor (c)
Arthur Morris
Neil Harvey
Ian Craig
George Bailey
Matthew Wade (wi)
Jack Gregory
Brendon Julian
Greg Campbell
Adam Dale
12th man: John Dyson
The match will be played at a stadium with naming rights.
Entertainment will be provided by songs from Michael Jackson, George Michael, Elton John, Alice Cooper and Billy Joel.
Let’s hope for a good game of cricket, where every player will try to make a name for himself!
I forgot to mention Allan Border, who has now been included at number 6 for the Australian Test Team of First Names that can be Surnames.
I also forgot to mention Cameron Green, who has now been included at number 7 for the Australian Test of First Names that can be Surnames, and Hilton Cartwright has been demoted to 12th man for this team. He is a great fieldsman.
Cooper Connolly has been demoted to the Concussion sub for this team.
The venue for the match between the Australian Test Team of Players with First Names that can be Surnames and the Australian Test Team of Players that have Surnames that can be First Names will be Allan Border Field.
Following the excellent century by Alex Carey yesterday in the 1st innings of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, he has now been included at number 7 in the batting line up for the Test Team of Surnames that can be First Names.
Carey will also be the wicket keeper for this team. Matthew Wade, with 4 Test centuries, can remain as a batsman only and will bat at number 6.
Ian Craig, with at Test batting average of less than 20, has been omitted and George Bailey can move up to bat at number 5.
Ian Craig can now be the Concussion sub for this team.
In further developments, Mickey Arthur will be the coach of the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names.
Cameron White, together with Simon Katich have been appointed as coaches for the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames. Simon can also be a surname as in Paul Simon, from Simon & Garfunkel. Simon Katich can also help out with the television commentary, leaving the coaching duties to Cameron White.
The umpires for the match will be Paul Reiffel (Paul can also be a surname, as in Tommy Paul, the tennis player currently ranked number 9 in the world in singles) and Peter Willey.
The television commentators for the match will be Alison Mitchell and Frank Tyson.
Bruce McAvaney will host the television coverage (Bruce can also be a surname as in Josh Bruce, the former GWS, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs AFL footballer).
Kevin Dennis will sponsor the match.
Anon, where would Glenn Maxwell line up ?
Re first names that can be surnames would Ross Edward(s) or Max(well) Walker be options?
Glen!
Yes, Glen, good pick up re Glenn Maxwell. I had thought of him myself and was thinking the same thing.
After careful consideration, for team balance, I have omitted Arthur Morris, who is now the concussion sub and included Glenn Maxwell. Therefore, the amended Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names is now:
Matthew Hayden
Mark Taylor (c)
Neil Harvey
Glenn Maxwell
George Bailey
Matthew Wade
Alex Carey (wk)
Jack Gregory
Brendon Julian
Greg Campbell
Adam Dale
12th man: John Dyson
Concussion sub: Arthur Morris
I had considered both Max(well) Walker and Ross Edward(s) and after careful consideration, I have decided to include both them in the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames. Ross can be a surname as in the BBL Adelaide Strikers cricketer Alex Ross.
Martin Kent has been omitted, although he can open. Bancroft was preferred to him for his wicket keeping and Ross Edwards was also preferred to Kent as an opener because of Ross Edwards better Test average and Edwards could also adapt to opening.
Murray Bennett was omitted and Allan Border can be the spinner. Glenn Maxwell can also be the spinner for the opposition, who also have four pace bowlers in their team.
Jackson Bird was also omitted and he can return to BBL duties.
Here is the amended Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames:
Cameron Bancroft (wk)
Ross Edwards
Graham Yallop
Dean Jones
Warwick Armstrong
Allan Border (c)
Cameron Green
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Starc
Max(well) Walker
Scott Boland
12th man: Hilton Cartwright
Concussion sub: Cooper Connolly
It’s been brought to my attention that I’m only allowed one Cameron as a first name for the amended Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames.
Therefore, I have kept Cameron Bancroft as the Test opener and wicketkeeper and left Cameron Green out of this team.
Cameron White can remain as the coach of this team as he is not part of the actual playing team on the field.
For team balance, Martin Kent has been brought back into this team as the other Test opener.
Ross Edwards can take Cameron Green’s place at number 7. Edwards will play as a batsman only, although he is an occasional wicketkeeper. Allan Border can still be the all rounder for this team and Glenn Maxwell is the all rounder for the other team.
The selectors of the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames have now decided to drop Martin Kent again from this team and he has been replaced by David Boon as the Test opener. David can be a surname as in Tim David.
Hilton Cartwright and Cooper Connolly will remain as 12th man and Concussion sub respectively for this team.
The amended Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames is:
David Boon
Cameron Bancroft (wk)
Graham Yallop
Dean Jones
Warwick Armstrong
Allan Border (c)
Ross Edwards
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Starc
Max(well) Walker
Scott Boland
12th man: Hilton Cartwright
Concussion sub: Cooper Connolly
Overall, on paper, this team looks stronger than the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names but upsets can always happen.
Unfortunately for Australia, who can forget this time last year when the West Indies upset Australia in a Test match in Australia!
Of course, with this pretend exhibition match, at least one Australian team will win, unless of course it’s a draw or a tie!
There’s now sensational news for the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames.
The one and only Don(ald) Bradman has been added to the team and he will bat at number 3 and be the new captain of this team. Donald can be a surname as in Allan Donald.
After careful consideration, the selectors have decided to omit Ross Edwards from the team. Although Ross Edwards was a superb cover fielder and had a slighter better Test batting average than Warwick Armstrong, the fact that Warwick Armstrong was a good all rounder in batting and bowling, meant that he was kept in the team and Armstrong can now bat at number 7,
Ross Edwards can now be the 12th man, because of his fielding.
Hilton Cartwright has now been dropped completely for this team. Instead, Cooper Connolly will remain as the Concussion sub because he would be a bit more adaptable to bat anywhere in the Test batting line up than Hilton Cartwright.
This is the amended Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames:
David Boon
Cameron Bancroft (wk)
Donald Bradman (c)
Graham Yallop
Dean Jones
Allan Border
Warwick Armstrong
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Starc
Max(well) Walker
Scott Boland
12th man: Ross Edwards
Concussion sub: Cooper Connolly
The changes keep coming for the better for the Australian Test Team of First Names that can be Surnames.
David Boon has been omitted as the Test opener and will be replaced by David Warner.
Cameron Bancroft has been dropped as the other Test opener and will be replaced by Simon Katich, a former Australian Test Opener. As mentioned previously, Simon can be a surname as in Paul Simon, from Simon & Garfunkel.
Therefore, Katich will no longer coach this team and will also no longer be part of the television commentary for this match. Cameron White will remain as the sole coach for this team.
Michael Clarke has replaced Graham Yallop in the team, at number 4. Michael can be a surname as in George Michael.
For team balance, Warwick Armstrong has been omitted and has been replaced at number 7 by Ian Healy, who will be the wicketkeeper for this team.
Cameron Green has now replaced Ross Edwards as the 12th man.
Ross Edwards has replaced Cooper Connolly as the Concussion Sub, as Edwards is not only versatile where he can bat, but can also be the wicketkeeper, in the event that Ian Healy should suffer concussion as the wicketkeeper.
Border and Clarke can also be the spin options for this team.
Here is the stronger amended Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames:
David Warner
Simon Katich
Donald Bradman (c)
Michael Clarke
Dean Jones
Allan Border
Ian Healy (wk)
Ryan Harris
Mitchell Starc
Max(well) Walker
Scott Boland
12th man: Cameron Green
Concussion Sub: Ross Edwards
I forgot to mention that the the reason Ian Healy was also selected as the wicketkeeper for the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames is because Ian can be a surname as in the singer, Janis Ian.
Anon if you wanted an Australian side from the 60’s which had surnames that could be first names, and ditto, you’d need to consider John Martin the left arm spinner from NSW.
In his debut series, the classic 1960-61 series against the Windies he announced himself to the test arena with a 3 wickets in 4 balls spell. He really didn’t go to any great heights after that though was a good bowler for NSW as well as playing 8 tests.
Glen!
Thank you Glen. For team balance, I was desperate to get a specialist spinner into the Australian Test Team of Surnames that Can Be First Names, for team balance and to help Glenn Maxwell, who would otherwise have bowled many overs of spin to the strong opposition batting line up.
The selectors have also agreed with you and John Martin has now been added to this team. Adam Dale has been omitted. John Martin will bat at number 10 and Greg Campbell will bat at number 11.
To be honest, I don’t like the chances of the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names beating the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames, but stranger things have happened!
Um ehrlich zu sein, mag ich die Chancen, dass das australische Testteam fur Nachnamen, die Vornamen sein konnen, das australische Testteam fur Vornamen, die Nachnamen sein konnen, schlagen nicht, aber es sind seltsamere Dinge passiert!
It’s quite obvious to me that the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names needs more help to try to dismiss the very strong batting lineup of the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames.
Who better than Dennis Lillee? Although not originally published, the criteria states that the spelling of the name doesn’t need to be exact, as long as it sounds the same. It also doesn’t matter if the name in question is more for a female than a male. Therefore, the name Lillee can be Lily, for the purpose of this team.
The exceptions are that plurals of names are not allowed. For example, Ross Edward(s) was only eligible for the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames. He wasn’t eligible for the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names because Edwards is a plural of the name Edward.
I have also included into this team as bowlers Graham McKenzie (Mackenzie as a first name as in the Melbourne Renegades cricketer Mackenzie Harvey, Brett Lee (Lee as a first name as in American singer Lee Kernaghan), Tim May (May or Mae as a feminine first name as in Mae West). Mike Whitney (Whitney as a feminine first name as in Whitney Houston) misses out on selection, as the other fast bowlers selected have better Test records.
Matthew Hayden had to be omitted as the Test opener for this team as it’s been brought to my attention that there was another Matthew in Matthew Wade already in this team. As you can only have 1 Matthew in the team, Matthew Wade, for team balance, was needed to bat in the middle order.
Bill Lawry (Laurie as a first name as in Laurie Serafini) just edges Arthur Morris out to replace Hayden as the Test opener for this team. Bill Lawry will also be mic’d up to provide television commentary for this match.
Arthur Morris can therefore remain as the Concussion sub.
George Bailey, the current chairman of selectors for the Australian men’s Test cricket team, has also given his input into selecting this team!
This is the amended stronger team of the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names:
Bill Lawry (Laurie)
Mark Taylor (c)
Neil Harvey
Glenn Maxwell
George Bailey
Matthew Wade
Alex Carey (wk)
Brett Lee
Tim May
Dennis Lillee (Lily)
Graham McKenzie (Mackenzie)
12th Man: John Dyson
Concussion sub: Arthur Morris
This is certainly a much stronger team on paper. It lacks the middle order batting depth of the opposition but it now makes for a more competitive exhibition Test match between the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames and the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names.
Entertainment will also be provided by the song, C’Mon Aussie C’Mon!”
Fur Unterhaltsung sorgt auberdem der Song ‘C’Mon Aussie C’Mon!”
I forgot to mention that Taylor (Taylor can also be a surname) Swift will also be a part of either the pre match or halftime (lunchtime) entertainment!
Iche habe vergessen zu erwahnen, dass Taylor (Taylor kann auch ein Nachnamen sein) auch Teil der Virspiel-oder Halbzeitunterhaltung (Mittagsunterhaltung) sein weird!
Oh je, ein Fehler Anon.
You mention, (Lee, as a first name as in American singer Lee Kernaghan). My mother recalled Lee’s grandfather droving stock through the streets of Corowa. They were a family of drovers. Lee Kernaghan himself was born up on the Murray.
Glen!
Yes, Glen, my apologies. I should have known better that Lee Kernaghan is Australian, not American, especially with the four ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) Music Awards he has won. Unfortunately, country music is not my forte. You’re right, according to Wiki, Lee Kernaghan’s grandfather was a third generation drover of sheep and cattle.
From what I can gather, the only American connection that Lee Kernaghan has is in 1986, Kernaghan traveled to the United States to represent Australia at the Nashville ‘Fan Fair’ country music festival.
Soweit ich weiB, besteht die einzige American is he Verbindung, die Lee Kernaghan hat, Darin, dass Kernaghan 1996 in die Vereinigten Staaten registered, um Australian beim Country-Musikfestival “Fan Fair” in Nashville zu vertreten.
Getting back to one of the late inclusions in the Australian Test team of Surnames that can be Surnames, being Dennis Lillee, his surname of course is mentioned at the beginning of “C’Mon Aussie C’Mon”, as is Mr Walker.
There’s also “Lily (Lily is the first name used for Lillee for this team) of Leguna”, which of course is now used as the tune for the Carlton Football Club song.
I forgot to mention that Lee Kernaghan himself can also be part of the pre match entertainment for the pretend exhibition match at Allan Border Field between the Australian Test Team of First Names That Can Be Surnames and the Australian Test Team of Surnames That Can Be First Names.
His first name of Lee can be a surname, as in Brett Lee, the former Australian (I made sure I typed Australian, not American this time) Test cricketer, Brett Lee.