Taking the Mickey

WideWally wrote:For New Zealand, Michael Mason, Michael Owens, Michael Shrimpton & Michael Papps.

Hmm, they appear to be a pack of Mike Hunts.

skully, not sure Slater belongs in 'a well balanced team of Michaels'

One from a less likely corner of the globe… Michael Vandort of Sri Lanka.

lardbucket wrote:skully, not sure Slater belongs in 'a well balanced team of Michaels'

Tru dat.

You'd have thunk young Thaddeus M. Findlay would have felt honored to be named after the head honcho of CONTROL

And for those not familiar with the Enzedders, Michael Owens did not play for Liverpool and Michael Shrimpton never produced the 'Countdown' TV show.

(Trescothick)
Stoneman
Benson
Butcher
Ramprakash
Lathwell
Alleyne (ODI)
(Vic)
Ealham
Wood
Ilott

12th: Mywords


Playing without a keeper.

Ramprakash: A sharp Mark, when better organised

PeterCS wrote:(Trescothick)
Stoneman
Benson
Butcher
Ramprakash
Lathwell
Alleyne (ODI)
(Vic)
Ealham
Wood
Ilott

12th: Mywords

Playing without a keeper.

Trescothick could keep a bit, no?

I think the Marks might have the Mickeys covered.

A team of (pythonesque) Bruces would also, IMHO, likely take the Mickeys, even if handicapped by the Notoriously Talentless and Brainless Dubber Millstone.

Teams of Matthews, Lukes, and Johns should surely follow a Peter’s offering of Marks.

We did this exercise in one of the last worthwhile threads before C4 turned up its toes. The name that we found fought furthest above its weight division in this event was Graham/Graeme.

Wood
Gooch
Pollock
Smith (to annoy Red by including AND taips by throwing down the order)
Thorpe
Hick
Manou (wk)
Swann
Dilley
McKenzie
Corling

(with Yallop, Thomas, Chevalier and various others to pad out the tourning party - and I'm sure we came up with a better first-change after Picca and Garth than Corling!)

PeterCS wrote:(Trescothick)
Stoneman
Benson
Butcher
Ramprakash
Lathwell
Alleyne (ODI)
(Vic)
Ealham
Wood
Ilott

12th: Mywords


Playing without a keeper.

Beats our current team of No Marks

lardbucket wrote:I think the Marks might have the Mickeys covered.

A team of (pythonesque) Bruces would also, IMHO, likely take the Mickeys, even if handicapped by the Notoriously Talentless and Brainless Dubber Millstone.

Teams of Matthews, Lukes, and Johns should surely follow a Peter’s offering of Marks.

Hasn’t only one Luke ever played Test cricket, bizarrely?

The John teams would probably be pretty solid through the eras, as it’s only in recent years it’s declined in popularity. Matts would be half decent as well, not sure if there will be 11 from one country though?

Only 3 Matthews for England (Maynard, Hoggard and Prior). 28 Johns, though Crawley Sr (unrelated) was the most recent (excluding 4 Jonathans, which although it shortens to Jon(ny) is apparently an etymologically unrelated name).

I think a team of Alans would be up there with the Grahams

beamer wrote:

lardbucket wrote:I think the Marks might have the Mickeys covered.

A team of (pythonesque) Bruces would also, IMHO, likely take the Mickeys, even if handicapped by the Notoriously Talentless and Brainless Dubber Millstone.

Teams of Matthews, Lukes, and Johns should surely follow a Peter’s offering of Marks.

Hasn’t only one Luke ever played Test cricket, bizarrely?

The John teams would probably be pretty solid through the eras, as it’s only in recent years it’s declined in popularity. Matts would be half decent as well, not sure if there will be 11 from one country though?

Ronchi?

Butters and Pommers were decent FC cricketers

of the 130 Lukes listed by cricinfo it includes Hodgey playing in a celebrity game

Luke Ooper was Qld wicketkeeper back in the 60s. Wally Grout's understudy.

Spoiler:

... and who could forget Look Right, Luke Wright, famous limited overs slogger.

Alan, Alan, Alan ... a squad of Alans

Alan Turner
Alan Jones
Alan Butcher
Alan Kippax
Allan Border
Allan Watkins
Alan Wells
Allan Lamb
Alan Knott
Alan Smith
Alan Davidson
Alan Donald
Alan Oakman
Alan Meville
Alan Thomson
Alan Wharton
Alan Moss
Alan Fairfax
Alan Hurst
Alan Ward
Alan Igglesden

Manager: Alan Smith
Driver: Alain Prost

Financier: Allen Stanford


This squad provides decent batting, keeping, and pace options. Not much in the spin department, but perhaps Stanford has hidden on-field spin talent. Border, Lamb, Kippax, Knott, Donald, and Davidson provide the nucleus of a solid side. How would they fare v the Steves?

Alan Connolly

I had him but seem to have deleted him from my post.

As Jeff Thomson & nearly all Australian cricket fans once said, "You could have deleted Alan Turner".

That would have been deliberate.

Commentators: Alan McGilvray, Alan Marks, Alan anything except Jones

Alan Mullaly accidentally deleted also.

You could surely do a decent team of Williams/Wills/Bills.

lardbucket wrote:Driver: Alain Prost

Financier: Allen Stanford

They’d get to their matches on time, assuming they could travel by road and didn’t have to cross any borders…