My Tennis XI

Words are not really enough to express the life-affirming magnificence of watching Roger Federer play Rafa Nadal in a Grand Slam. Even if words were enough it’s probably unlikely that a pun-ridden tennis-based cricket XI would be the ones providing the sufficiency, but nevertheless here is my small tribute to the 2011 French Open final and its über-genius protagonists.

1. David Faulton (Kent)2. Tillakaracketne Dilshan (Capt, Sri Lanka)3. Tim “Juicy” Robinson’s (Notts)4. Net Knight (Warks)5. Ricky “Game, set, match” Pointing (Australia)6. Kamran Akmal (Wicket-keeper, dropshot specialist)7. Wasim Aktramlines (Pakistan)8. Shane Warne (Always puts his balls on the line, great topspinner, Australia)9. Brett ‘Na’ Lee (Australia)10. Chris Volley (Notts)11. “Centre” Courtney Walsh (West Indies)

Please feel free to lob any twelfth man suggestions in the comments

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