Australian Premier League XIII

[Biggy]

An extra warm-up round this season. So 3 in total, that should give you a chance to test out your whole squad.

 

[Sartaj]

Good to know that.

 

[hedger_14]

I'm supporting my old team of course. If I had never taken a team in the APL, I would have supported your team and I did until I took a team.. I still wish you luck for the upcoming season. And you forgot AB. How could you forget the awesome player.

 

[drainpipe32]

I'll take Ben 'Slam' Dunk please.

 

[Sartaj]

Well,since we were just discussing about the local players,didn't mention the overseas blokes.

We're got plenty of firepower in the bowling department with the likes of Mohammad Aamer, Nuwan Kulasekara and Lasith Malinga as well.

 

[Biggy]

I'll take Ben 'Slam' Dunk please.

I suggest checking the list on the first post again.

Biggy added 1 Minutes and 25 Seconds later...

Well,since we were just discussing about the local players,didn't mention the overseas blokes.

We're got plenty of firepower in the bowling department with the likes of Mohammad Aamer, Nuwan Kulasekara and Lasith Malinga as well.

I dare Gazza to play his pace attack for 1 game..

Stuart Broad
Umar Gul
Dale Steyn
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[hedger_14]

It's not very strong to be honest. Gul and Broad are overrated, Akhtar is past his prime so it's really just Steyn.

 

[Sartaj]

How's this bowling attack:

Mohammad Aamer (Rookie sensation)
Mitchell Johnson (Australia's #1)
Nuwan Kulasekara (world's #1 ranked)
Lasith Malinga (the best death overs bowler)
Shahid Afridi (the best slow bowler in this format along with Vettori)

Since we have plenty of good local batsmen,we may very well play 4 overseas bowlers.

 

[Chewie]

I don't really have a bowling attack...my strength's in my batting

 

[Sartaj]

Yeah,every team has its own strengths and weaknesses but it all boils down to fitness.
We lost our top 2 players Ponting and Johnson for 5 rounds last season and it really hurt us.

 

[Akash00]

Our batting attack looks quite solid with the likes of:

Graeme Smith
Chris Rogers
Kevin Pietersen
Angelo Mathews
Luke Pomersbach
Brad Haddin
James Hopes

 

[Sartaj]

This is how our line up may look like:

Phillip Hughes
Luke Ronchi
Ricky Ponting
Andrew Symonds
Mitchell Marsh
Shahid Afridi
Andrew McDonald
Mitchell Johnson
Mohammad Aamer
Nuwan Kulasekara
Lasith Malinga

 

[Akash00]

^ All of them are International players. Your team looks to be the best this season...

 

[Sartaj]

I'm sure there'll be a couple of injuries here and there opening the door for the likes of Taylor and de Villiers :sarcasm

 

[hedger_14]

Let's see a lineup for CD. I wouldn't play McCullum much but I have a feeling Chewie will.

1. Brendon McCullum+
2. Jonathan Trott*
3. Usman Khawaja
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Marcus North^
6. Travis Birt
7. Luke Butterworth^
8. Brett Geeves^
9. Graeme Swann^/Tim Southee^
10. Ashley Noffke^/Jon Holland^
11. Chris Swan^


I would probably play:

1. Eoin Morgan
2. Jonathan Trott*
3. Usman Khawaja
4. Jesse Ryder^
5. Marcus North
6. Travis Birt+
7. Luke Butterworth^
8. Brett Geeves^
9. Graeme Swann^
10. Ashley Noffke^
11. Chris Swan^

hedger_14 added 1 Minutes and 6 Seconds later...

What? You can't call Ronchi and Marsh International players. Marsh has never played an International game and Ronchi has been out of the scene for years.