Can you name your best cricket team from players whose first name starts with the letter A?

1. Alistair Cook
2. Arthur Morris
3. Archie Jackson
4. Allan Border
5. AB de Villiers
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Alan Davidson
9. Anil Kumble
10. Andy Roberts
11. Allan Donald
12th man - Andy Bichel

I’m going to pick my best team of Australian players.

1. Arthur Morris
2. Alan Turner
3. Alan Kippax
4. Allan Border
5. Adam Voges
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Alan Davidosn
9. Andy Bichel
10. Alan Hurst
11. Ashley Mallet
12. 12th man – Ashton Agar

I thought it’d be interesting to also pick a team from my time playing Sydney Grade Cricket from 1986 to 2004.

1. Andrew Sainsbury
2. Anthony McQuire
3. Aaron O’Brien
4. Adam Gilchrist
5. Anthony Clarke
6. Andrew Millican
7. Adrian Tucker
8. Anthony Kershler
9. Adam Warren
10. Anthony Stuart
11. Andrew Jones
12th man – Anthony Clark

Archie Jackson
Alistair Cook
Adam Crosthwaite (WK)
Andy Flower (c)
Anthony (Tony) Greig
Andrew Flintoff
Alan Davidson
Andy Bichel
Ashley Mallet
Alan Donald
Albert Cotter
Anthony (Tony) Locke

Australia A side
1. Arthur Morris
2. Arthur Lindsay Hassett
3. Archie Jackson
4. Allan Border
5. Adam Voges
6. Alan Fairfax
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Alan Davidson
9. Andy Bichel
10. Alan Connolly
11. Arthur Mailey

The bowling stocks a re a little thin.

Rest of the World A
1. Alastair Cook
2. Andrew Strauss
3. Andy Flower
4. AB de Villiers
5. Azhar Ali
6. Tony (Anthony) Greig
7. Alec Stewart
8. Anil Kumble
9. Alec Bedser
10. Andy Roberts
11. Alan Donald
12th Abdul Qadir

A much better bowling line up than my Australia A side.