If The Don* named an Australian Test cricket team...

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,344]

* The Oxford Don Rev. WA Spooner, that is! As promised, Too-Much-Time-On-Your-Hands-Puzzle-Nerds😉

This team would be considerably more competitive than the VFL/AFL team he named. At least in the current series...

1. Swamp-ed Spanish fishing boat?     2. Crumbs?!     3. She pretends to go up the hill?     4. Tapestry shop?    5. Artist Ken's 'Denim Period'?     6. That man waits in line.     7. Rustle, saying, '______ ___  stones...'     8. Cheese off market?     9. Trick type.     10. Surround Shirley     11. Hay, gathered then cropped!     12th man. 10 marks for German?

I wish you the opposite of what William Archibald, quoting me, might appear to wish you: 'Crappy hacking!'

[Demonstone 20,197]

5.  Dean Jones / Done Jeans

[Demonstone 20,197]

10.  Bob Massie / Mob Bassey.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,344]

Hitting boundaries @Demonstone! (0.1 of a mark off for 'Done Jeans', though: it's 'Jean Dones'😁)

Ten to go.

[mo64 5,284]

6. Kim Hughes. Him Queues.

[mo64 5,284]

9. Bruce Reid. Ruse Breed.

I'll leave some for WCW and MR.

 

 

Edited January 13, 2022 by mo64

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

Geez, Tim. These aren’t easy!

Is no. 1 Josh Lalor?

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

No. 6: Kim Hughes

whoops, just noticed mo already got that one. 

Edited January 13, 2022 by WalkingCivilWar

[mo64 5,284]

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Geez, Tim. These aren’t easy!

Is no. 1 Josh Lalor?

We're in trouble if he's bowling for Australia.😁

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

2 minutes ago, mo64 said:

We're in trouble if he's bowling for Australia.😁

With omicron, not beyond the realm of possibility. 😬

[mo64 5,284]

C'mon WCW. No.4 is a gimme.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,344]

Also hitting boundaries, @mo64! And generously rotating the strike 👍

@WalkingCivilWar, you can have @Demonstone's forfeited 0.1 mark for your No.6

 

[Demonstone 20,197]

At first glance, I thought No. 4 was Mitch Starc / Stitch Mart but that doesn't quite work.

[Timothy Reddan-A'Blew 4,344]

 

Just now, Demonstone said:

At first glance, I thought No. 4 was Mitch Starc / Stitch Mart but that doesn't quite work.

I'm afraid so.

@mo64 has decided to score the odd mental run standing at the non-strikers end. He has this one

[Demonstone 20,197]

3.  Phil Jaques / Jill Fakes

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

Seems I’m having a touch of the Haseeb Hameeds right now. Ie, barely getting off the mark. 😄

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

Mother of god these are hard! Maybe it’s just me (?)

 

[mo64 5,284]

Your You're not on your own WCW. I'm racking my brain with the rest. 

Oops. I better edit before Stone reads it.

Edited January 13, 2022 by mo64

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

 No. 4: Steve Waugh? Weave store

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

1 minute ago, mo64 said:

Your not on your own WCW. I'm racking my brain with the rest. 

Yeah but at least you’ve got your eye in. 

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

Is no. 1 Brad Hogg?

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

No. 7: Steve Rixon???

[mo64 5,284]

3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

No. 7: Steve Rixon???

Nice one. Thieve / Sticks and Stones. I knew it was Steve, but could only think of Waugh and Smith.

[WalkingCivilWar 35,491]

2 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Nice one. Thieve / Sticks and Stones. I knew it was Steve, but could only think of Waugh and Smith.

I actually thought it was gonna be the surname Dixon. I made an already hard puzzle even harder by providing my own red herring. 😆

[reynolds46 823]

12th man = Terry Jenner (Jerry Tenner)?