Men-xi Vs Women-xi

[haseebbutt007]

Hi guys ! I have an interesting question for u . If ICC decides to held a one day festival match between Women-XI and Men-XI . In which Women-XI comprises of the best women cricketers from all over the world and the Men-XI include best men cricketers from the assosiate member countries of ICC such as Namibia , Canada , Holland , Scotland and USA etc. Then in ur opinion which team would win:
MEN-XI OR WOMEN-XI
Waiting for ur comments and predictions !!!!!!!!!!

[The Great DonTalon]

This may very well be a great game of cricket.
tell me ?.Who are the best hookers in the women's team ?

[Ernest]

Never mind Dons question haseebbutt007, question is, I would like to know, which like to pull?, and where are they to be found .

I will have a serious think on this, and come up with a ROTW mens team, to play, England Womens team.

Ern

[Beny]

I played junior cricket with a girl who was a state player. I still remember her sweeping the opposition opening bowler for four. It was all the better becuase they'd been giving her a hard time since she got out there.

[Ernest]

I reckon England ladies would beat this team.

W G Grace
M Atherton
Denis Lilee
Don Bradman
len Hutton
Imran Khan
Derek Pringle
Richie Benaud
David Capel
Anthony McGrath
Bishan Bedi.

Stipulation being, the men have to keep their PRESENT ages


Ern

[Zainub]

I seriously (jokes apart) think a combined England Ladies World XI would beat Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, I really, really think so, and we (yeah, we) might even give the others a reasonably fair run for their money

Speaking of hook shots, I once played this shot (not sure if it can be called a hook shot) but it was more like a front foot heave or slog sweap if you want to call it or something on those lines, it looked ugly to be honest but felt nice, it was off this cousin of mine (he was bowling something like 50 ks with a highly suspect action, just seam up wobblers) and we were playing on concrete in our back yard, I broke a window in the neighbour's house (and that a/c to the backyard rules in my house is not a six, but that's out, how unfair) but I didn't mind, since I got away with it without being punished...when my cousin tried to explain to that neighbour of ours that he wasn't the culprit but I was the neighbour wouldn't beleive I could hit the ball so far and claimed he was just making up stories ...he got my cousin to clean up his car in compensation. I was about 15 then. And my cousin was about 10. I still have a good laugh about that.

So there is good chance some one might play a hook shot, just depends on whose bowling.

[Oliver]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

I seriously (jokes apart) think a combined England Ladies World XI would beat Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, I really, really think so, and we (yeah, we) might even give the others a reasonably fair run for their money

I'm afraid the men would win... the best men's cricketers from the top ICC countries would almost certainly beat a best XI of World ladies cricketers.

It might be an interesting contest, but I'd suggest - as in the case of tennis - the greater powers would hold sway.

Granted Billie-Jean King could beat that ghastly American self publicisit whose name excapes me... (Bobbie Riggs(?) help me out Rachael) but he wasn't a pro.
And granted Martina Navratilova could beat the same guy twenty years on, but then he was seventy something.

I did play in a midweek game ten or so years ago against a side sporting one top class woman cricketer.
She may have been a better player than me, but that really isn't saying very much. She fielded well, though not appreciably better than the amateur cricketers from both sides, and she failed with the bat against one of our journeyman slower bowlers.

On second thoughts, its no contest. The boys from Namibia, Kenya, Canada and Scotland would win hands down.

[Zainub]

I disagree. We've never had a women vs men game so you can't assume.

I think a world ladies XI would give Namibia a fair run for their money. I've seen the English girls and the NZ ones too, they all look very professional, and I think they'll take any such games seriously.

[Ernest]

I have watched womens cricket Zainub, but I am afraid I have to agree with Oliver, it's not a sexist thing, it's being practicle, can you see any woman standing up to the likes of Harmison, Kallis, Wasim that was .

Women have two main things going against them, they dont have the power as the men, that is a fact of nature, and second if you would want to play and beat a team say Canada, to overcome the physical disavantages, the women players would need many years of expert coaching.

is womens cricket any good?,i would watch it, in fact I used to do so, when the BBC televised it.

Ern

[Zainub]

Well, I never said women would stand a chance against Harmison, Wasim and/or anyone of that stature. What I did say though was that they could, and would, I beleive, be competetive when they're up against KB, SF & LJ Burger, Keulder, Walters, Karg, Kotze, Snyman and van Vuuren, which in case you don't know are all Namibian players. You are right about men being physically more dominant though. I dare not disagree with that part ;-)

Women's cricket is perfectly watchable, I've seen Pakistan Women play the Windies Women and have all the fun in the world. In fact just last summer I watched the highlights of England Women vs New Zealand women (a 20-20 game) and that was as entertaining as cricket you can ask for. I really can't understand how a certain type of cricket, namely in this case women's cricket can be boring, just because its played by a different set of individuals. I know women's cricket is different to men's cricket in a lot of respect (boundaries are smaller, ball is lighter) but its still cricket in the end, you still have to get wickets and you still have to play shots. Entertaintment value is the same I beleive. The level of intensity is perhaps in some cases a little lower, but if things go down the wire, and a match is on a knife edge, then it really doesn't matter whose playing, men or women, it is going to be entertaining. People are just reluctant to watch, for their own reasons.

Personally I've even watched blind crikcet and indoor cricket matches and to lesser or greater extent I enjoyed my self, they weren't unwatchable as it were.