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plural XIs
(soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players. quotations examples
Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, The Guardian
(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. examples