Your Ashes XI

Based on players in your cricket watching experience. Here goes mine ('68 onwards)

Gooch
Boycott
Gower
Thorpe
D'Oliveira
Botham
Knott
Snow
Gough
Underwood
Willis

First ashes series I can remember watching live was the 94-95 series.

I'd go with-

Vaughan (c)
Strauss
Hussain
Pietersen
Thorpe
Stewart +
Flintoff
Swann
Gough
Headley
S.Jones

Basil wrote:Based on players in your cricket watching experience. Here goes mine ('68 onwards)

Gooch
Boycott
Gower
Thorpe
D'Oliveira
Botham
Knott
Snow
Gough
Underwood
Willis

who the hell is that?

Henry wrote:First ashes series I can remember watching live was the 94-95 series.

I'd go with-

Vaughan (c)
Strauss
Hussain
Pietersen
Thorpe
Stewart +
Flintoff
Swann
Gough
Headley
S.Jones

thats just awful

Six current or ex captains in that team of mine, by the way. Could be interesting.....

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Henry wrote:First ashes series I can remember watching live was the 94-95 series.

I'd go with-

Vaughan (c)
Strauss
Hussain
Pietersen
Thorpe
Stewart +
Flintoff
Swann
Gough
Headley
S.Jones

thats just awful

Not when you see his record against Aus compared to his career record. And that 207 he made at Edgbaston in 1997 was one of the best ashes innings for England i've seen. Probably only behind KP's 158 at the Oval.

1996 onwards:

Atherton
Tresco
Strauss
KP
Thorpe
Flintoff
Stewart
Swann
Caddick
Gough
Jones

Athers ahead of Vaughan against Aus? Really? I know Vaughan isn't popular with everyone but he did average 50 against Australia.

Ah right silly me, I'm tired and just did players that I've seen against all opposition.

Going to bed now but will redo the list tomorrow and I imagine Vaughan will get a place.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Basil wrote:Based on players in your cricket watching experience. Here goes mine ('68 onwards)

Gooch
Boycott
Gower
Thorpe
D'Oliveira
Botham
Knott
Snow
Gough
Underwood
Willis

who the hell is that?

Tell me that comment was a joke. If not, read up on some history of the game.

Henry wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Henry wrote:First ashes series I can remember watching live was the 94-95 series.

I'd go with-

Vaughan (c)
Strauss
Hussain
Pietersen
Thorpe
Stewart +
Flintoff
Swann
Gough
Headley
S.Jones

thats just awful

Not when you see his record against Aus compared to his career record. And that 207 he made at Edgbaston in 1997 was one of the best ashes innings for England i've seen. Probably only behind KP's 158 at the Oval.

I didn't watch that innings but it doesn't seem too bad of a pick now that i think about it(not that i would have Nas in my team)

It was between Hussain, Ramprakash, Trescothick, and Atherton.

Ramps had a good average against Aus but that was mainly because he battled it out a few times in losing causes, finishing not out, Tres never scored a hundred against Aus but he did score a couple of excellent and momentum setting 50s in 2005, and Athers played a couple of good innings in ashes battles in amongst quite a lot of failures.

I think Nasser consistently batted better against Aus than the others.

Since 1977 - mix of bests and faves...

Hayden (the beast)
Boon (the rock)
Ponting
Greg Chappell (imperious)
AB (freaking champion)
Steve Waugh (hard hard man)
Gilly (thrilling)
TGM
TOGM
tgm
Reid if played in Aust or Clem if in England

OK, the tail is a bit long.

JGK,

I didn't think you were that old!

1 Vaughan
2 Langer
3 C Broad
4 S Waugh
5 Border
6 Botham
7 Gilchrist
8 Warne
9 Willis
10 Lillee
11 McGrath

1. M.Taylor
2. R. Darling
3. D.Boooooniiiiiieeeeeeeee
4. P.Toohey
5. A. Border
6. S.Waugh
7. A. Gilchrist
8. TGM
9. DKL
10. Merv
11. tgm

I'll forgive Merv but I can't forgive Toohey.

I take it you agree entirely with Rick Darling then.

JGK wrote:I take it you agree entirely with Rick Darling then.

No! But he's a surer pick than Toohey. And let's face it apart from Border we were pretty hard-up. Unless you include Hughes?????

And Woody!

Langer
Gilchrist
Ponting
Chappell G
Border
Walters
Waugh S
Warne
Lillee
McGrath
Reid

12th: M Waugh

If we win the toss, bat in the above order ... otherwise, Ponting to open with Langer

1. Strauss
2. Trescothick
3. Gower
4. Pietersen
5. Gatting
6. Prior
7. Botham
8. Flintoff
9. S Jones
10. Willis
11. Croft

vilkrang wrote:1996 onwards:

Atherton
Tresco
Strauss
KP
Thorpe
Flintoff
Stewart
Swann
Caddick
Gough
Jones

Caddick?! Brings back painful memories of staying up through the night to watch him bowl his repetoire of floaty half volleys onto Hayden's pads.

Good times.

My XI

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
M Waugh
S Waugh*
Flintoff
Gilchrist
Warne
Gough
Gillespie
McGrath

You can tell why Australia won more than they lost... I wanted to pick more Englishmen but Vaughan and Jones, you would basically be picking them for one good series. Slater unlucky to miss out too but the nautious Hayden/Langer partnership can't really be split.

Earliest Ashes memory is of Graham Gooch smashing Shane Warne all round Old Trafford, then doing that cheeky little punch off Merv Hughes and being out handled the ball.