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Tim Paine’s decision to declare on David Warner on 335 not out in the second Test against Pakistan gave rise to debate as to whether Warner should have been given a crack at Brian Lara’s record 400.

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Should Paine have let Warner chase Lara? Part 1

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Should Paine have let Warner chase Lara? Part 1

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Could Steve Smith actually be the best after Bradman?

In recent months cricket fans and media have become somewhat obsessed with Steve Smith, both with the amount of runs he has been scoring and how he’s been doing it.

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Could Steve Smith actually be the best after Bradman?

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Could Steve Smith actually be the best after Bradman?

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All time alphabetical XIs: best of the best

Now that I have completed my series of articles on All Time XIs by the alphabet, I thought it would be worthwhile opening the decision on which team is best to you Roarers.

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All time alphabetical XIs: best of the best

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All time alphabetical XIs: best of the best

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'W' team

We finish with the Ws. As expected, this team is immensely strong and probably the most thrilling of all the teams.

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'W' team

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Cricket’s all time alphabetical ‘U/V’ team

After a three month hiatus while I wasted my long service leave watching the Australian cricket team in England, then held my breath for the current series, it’s time to finish the Alphabet XI series given there are only two teams to go.

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Cricket’s all time alphabetical ‘U/V’ team

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'T' team

There were some big decisions to be made in compiling this team. Which tearaway – the Terror or Typhoon?; which Hugh, Tayfield or Trumble?; where do I bat Trumper?; and how many of the 17 Taylors to have played Tests do I pick?

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'T' team

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'S' team

This team should be strong given the deep talent pool to choose from. However I did find it hard to compile given the number of similarly high quality openers and spinners and surprisingly few middle order options.

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'S' team

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical 'R' Team

With the pairs of Richards (and sons) and Russells, as well as other high quality players, the ‘R’ Team is perhaps best described as ‘light heavyweight”’– strong and powerful but just below a few of the others. Still, this is a very strong team.

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical 'R' Team

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'QXYZ' team

We are coming round the bend now, with the home straight in sight. This is the supercomposite team including all the letters that you love getting in Scrabble but wouldn’t like to pick a team from .

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'QXYZ' team

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'P' team

The P Team is an interesting one in that there are five or six current international cricketers who might reasonably earn a spot in the team by the time their careers have ended.

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Cricket's all time alphabetical 'P' team

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Cricket's All Time N/O Team

This is my first composite team and as you’ll see, perhaps it needed a few more letters to make it more competitive.

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Cricket's All Time N/O Team

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Cricket's all time alphabetical M team

We have back to back heavyweights with the ‘M’ Team looking every bit as strong as the ‘L’ Team (noting there are more ‘M’s who have played Test cricket than any other letter):

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Cricket's all time alphabetical M team

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical L team

Next up is one of the heavyweights. My all time ‘L’ XI:

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical L team

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Cricket's All Time K Team

With some of the composite teams coming up, we are now past the half way mark of this marathon. To date, the B Team and the H Team are the stand outs and it’s fair to say that they won’t be challenged by the K Team.

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Cricket's All Time K Team

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Cricket's all time 'J' team

The all time ;J’ Team is next and as you can see the Jayawardenes and Johnsons are doing a good job of keeping up with the Jones’.

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Cricket's all time 'J' team

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical I team

OK, from the dizzy heights of the ‘G’ and ‘H’ teams, we are now stepping back into the third division – the all-time ‘I’ XI (from a total of 35 ‘Is’ to have played Test cricket).

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Cricket's all-time alphabetical I team

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Hmmm…I could have sworn the original article said Clive.

The next best West Indies Test XI

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One of those draws was Faf’s heroics as well.

Reclaim traditional pitches to revitalise Australian cricket

Mitchell Starc and Steve and Mark?

Cricket's funniest partnership names

Steve Waugh and Charles Pearse?

Adelaide may have been a good batting pitch but there were relatively few draws there.

It’s Clyde Walcott by the way.

Personally, I think Hall gets kind to the side ahead of Bishop.

Plus you haven’t said who is your first team No 11.

And finally, it does seem unthinkable to me for Viv not to be in a West Indies First XI.

The problem is that Brown didnt win a Premiership with those same players.

Is Wayne Bennett a super coach or a super fraud?

League

Or Jasprit.

That would give you this guy:

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerID=1015

Pakistan had the opening pair of Farhat-Butt for a while.

Our Pat might have been a better choice.
And Peter Willey with Gladstone.

I’m sure Graham Onions once dismissed Phil Mustard.

Also you missed my favourite ever bowling attack of Malcolm, Fraser and Gough.

Grant Atkins didn’t even make the call did he? Wasn’t it a bunker decision?

Disparaging, ignorant, offensive: Why Addin Fonua-Blake's behaviour warranted more than two weeks

He’d be sacked if he punched a referee though.

The headline refers to balls, not deliveries!

The balls that changed it all

And DeShaun Watson!

Patrick Mahomes signs richest deal in sports

NFL

A mate of mine who was there still reckons it’s the loudest roar he’s ever heard at a sporting event.

Look, we all know that there is no right or wrong way to settle a tie. We’ve seen it in World Cup soccer finals, in last year’s Cricket World Cup Final, AFL Final replays etc.

I’m not one to feel sorry for Greg Norman but he lost every single golf major in a playoff. Unfortunately for Greg, those losses were across 3 different playoff formats. The 1984 US Open was over 18 holes, the 1987 Masters and 1993 PGA were sudden death (with Norman very unlucky in both) and the 1989 British Open was a 3 hold playoff that Norman had lead after the first hole.

What a great game between the Storm and Roosters… at least until golden point

Wouldn’t it just be glorified practice matches?

What about those NBA teams left out of the Orlando bubble?

Basketball

Well that kills the Chief’s chances for another Super Bowl after next season.

Warne’s ball shaped world cricket for over a decade. It will always be the greatest single delivery in Test cricket for me.
Special mention for the Harrison bouncer which cut Ponting’s face at Lords in 2005 as well. England lost that test due to their batting but that ball set the scene for England’s fast bowling pack for the series.
And of course, Alfred Shaw to Charles Bannerman was pretty historic!

Homebush works for me. I’m a member there so would go to my first ever AFL GF.

An MCG grand final probably can't happen - but where else works?

AFL

George Aubrey Faulkner is your all rounder.

An Alan/Allan/Allen Test XI

He’d be hard to leave out.

Thomas Godfrey Evans is the likely keeper.

Hopefully we can do better than Hoggy.

But it did love the fact that his nickname was “George”.

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