XIs

JANUARY 31, 2014

For the love of Aussie hard-cases

Matt Cleary: No country produces more leathery, ornery tough guys than Australia (which does not explain what Monty Panesar's doing in this XI)

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OCTOBER 07, 2013

One-off saucepan sizzlers

Andy Zaltzman: Part two of the flash-in-the-pan XI features bowlers who rattled the opposition once and then went off to lead a peaceful, non-violent existence

OCTOBER 01, 2013

The All-time Flash-in-the-Pan XI

Andy Zaltzman: Players who burned bright briefly? Here you go

AUGUST 10, 2013

The games people play

Matt Cleary: Cricketers who could also swing a club or a foot or two

JULY 05, 2013

My Australian XI for Trent Bridge

Matt Cleary: Thought only selectors make shocking picks? How about having no frontline spinner for the first Ashes Test?

MAY 10, 2013

The no-honours XI

Andy Zaltzman: Players who received plenty of applause but probably no standing ovations

APRIL 12, 2013

Cricket's greatest bearded XI

Matt Cleary: And so, for no reason, cricket's greatest beard XI

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The novelists who ate bowlers

Andy Zaltzman: Or how Robert Ludlum and John Updike turned promising ODI superstars into long-format wrecks

NOVEMBER 07, 2012

Saleem Elahi and the rich man's Saleem Elahi

Andy Zaltzman: Star in the ODI Legends but Test Muppets XI

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The Don Bradman of bowling unpenetratively in ODIs

Andy Zaltzman: And the five of his cohorts who complete our XI who were good in Tests but rubbish in ODIs

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Good in Tests, rubbish in ODIs XI - part one

Andy Zaltzman: Five batsmen who made you raise your eyebrows in one format and face-palm yourself in another

MARCH 22, 2012

The blog you've all been waiting for

Andy Zaltzman: In other words, the Blaze of Glory - Part 3

MARCH 13, 2012

The Blaze of Glory XI - part two

Andy Zaltzman: Greetings from New York City, where non-cricketous work has taken me temporarily to the place where Donald Bradman met Babe Ruth , and, one hopes, tried to convince the legendary Yankees slugger that if he did not hit the ball in the air so often,

MARCH 06, 2012