Salamuddin's All Time Test Match X1

[Salamuddin]

1. Sunny G
2. Hobbs
3. Lara
4. Bradman
5. Sobers
6. Imran Khan
7, Andrew Flower
8. Wasim AKram
9. Murali
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Glenn Mcgrath

Reserves:

Waqar Younis
Rahul Dravid
Shane Warne

 

[vic_orthdox]

Probably have Marshall at 8 or 9. At least ahead of Murali.

 

[andyc]

1. Sunny G
2. Hobbs
3. Lara
4. Bradman
5. Sobers
6. Imran Khan
7, Andrew Flower
8. Wasim AKram
9. Murali
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Glenn Mcgrath

Reserves:

Waqar Younis
Rahul Dravid
Shane Warne

Given that he was no mug, I'd endeavour to have Bradman at his favourite position.

 

[Ikki]

Gilchrist easily. And if you're going to have one spinner: Warne.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Interestingly, Flower's average could well end up ahead of Gilchrist's, couldn't it? Is it currently above that level?

 

[Richard]

By a considerable distance.

Gilchrist, all things considered, has had an incredibly strage career.

Averaged 59 in his first 43 Tests (61 innings) over 3-and-a-half years, and has averaged 37 in his next 40 (61 innings). Substandard sides excluded, obviously. And in that 2nd period 37 doesn't tell an accurate story - there was one 8-Test (8 innings) streak where he averaged 107, and in the other 53 he's actually averaged 26.67.

A really, really odd career.

 

[Richard]

1. Sunny G
2. Hobbs
3. Lara
4. Bradman
5. Sobers
6. Imran Khan
7, Andrew Flower
8. Wasim AKram
9. Murali
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Glenn Mcgrath

Reserves:

Waqar Younis
Rahul Dravid
Shane Warne

This is the one and only time I've ever heard mention of Hobbs and Gavaskar opening together.

Seriously - if you transported Sir John Berry forward 60 years he'd probably barely recognise the thing - and same if you transported Sunny back that time.

Comparing the 1920s to the 1970s just isn't really on IMO.

 

[silentstriker]

1. Gavaskar
2. Hobbs
3. Bradman
4. Hammond/Tendulkar/Lara
5. Chappell/Sir Viv
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Marshall
10. McGrath
11. Murali

 

[Richard]

And it's quite possible that I could beat that with...

Hutton (Leonard, not Richard)
Fredericks
Headley (George, not Ron or Dean)
Weekes (Everton, not Bam Bam)
Tendulkar of 1990-2002
Stephen Waugh of 1993-2001
Walcott (Clyde, not Theo)
Botham of 1977-1981
Hadlee (Richard, not Dayle or Dad)
Lindwall
Underwood if we were playing on uncovered wickets

IOW, there are a million all-time XIs you could pick that are about as good as each other.

 

[rodzilla1010]

1. Gavaskar
2. Hobbs
3. Bradman
4. Hammond/Tendulkar/Lara
5. Chappell/Sir Viv
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Marshall
10. McGrath
11. Murali

best team in the list

i would remove those slashes and put Lara in at 5 and richards at 4

 

[Barney Rubble]

Amazed at the number of people willing to leave Tendulkar out, TBH.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

What's an X1?

 

[Richard]

A xylophone?

 

[Richard]

Amazed at the number of people willing to leave Tendulkar out, TBH.

Short-term memory is a terrible thing.

 

[silentstriker]

Amazed at the number of people willing to leave Tendulkar out, TBH.

Not leaving him out completely. He definitely has a case, along with a few others for that spot. Aside from Sobers and Bradman, most others only have a 'claim', not a right.

 

[Richard]

Exactly, which is why you could pick 15 World All Time XIs and they'd all have a pretty good chance against each other.

 

[silentstriker]

Exactly, which is why you could pick 15 World All Time XIs and they'd all have a pretty good chance against each other.

Of course, I just posted 'mine'.

 

[Richard]

But did you not have extreme doubts over all bar Bradman, Sobers and Marshall?

I would have.

 

[rodzilla1010]

Short-term memory is a terrible thing.

is it an ODI XI?
i am sorry i was mking the test side...sachin and wasim are all timers in the limited over game..in test they would crack the top 20 not the 11..IMO

 

[silentstriker]

But did you not have extreme doubts over all bar Bradman, Sobers and Marshall?

I would have.

Bar Bradman, Sobers, Mcgrath and Marshall, I did. Just because its not completely evident, doesn't mean its still not the side I personally think would do the best job. A lot of the players were close and could have gone another way,obviously, but this is obviously opinion and I would say these eleven players would make the best team in the history of cricket. Other person's XI could be just as valid (assuming no ludicrous choices like exclusion of Bradman).