All Time Test XI

[shortpitched713]

Off the top of my head:

Gavaskar
Hobbs
Bradman
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Imran*
Warne
Murali
McGrath

Hadlee in for Warne if its a grassy pitch. Missing a lot of old time greats, it would seem. Baah, they were all overrated amatuers anyways.

 

[funnygirl]

Just My XI ,More like a modern XI

Hobbs
Greenidge
Viv Richards
Lara
Tendulkar
Gilchrist
Imran
Wasim
Warne
D Lillee
C Ambrose

Then the XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
WG Grace
Graeme pollock
Gary Sobers
Allan Knot
Barnes
Hadlee
Murli
Mcgrath

 

[Richard]

Hobbs
Greenidge
Lara
Bradman
Richards
Sobers
Ames
Imran
Warne
Garner
Murali

Gordon Greenidge in an all-time XI! Now I've heard it all!

 

[pasag]

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Hammond/Headley
Viv
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran
Warne
Lillee/Ambrose/Marshall
Murali

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Gordon Greenidge in an all-time XI! Now I've heard it all!

Could be Geoff Greenidge.

 

[Manee]

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting*
4. Sir Don Bradman
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Sir Garfield Sobers
7. Kumar Sangakkara+
8. Sir Richard Hadlee
9. Dennis Lillee
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Glenn Mcgrath

Perhaps lacking a tearaway pace option, for whom I considered Andy Roberts or Waqar Younis but I put Hadlee in simply because of his genius or the natural attribute of pace which he always posssessed and the stats don't lie; 431 wickets at 22.29 is superb and more than a handy batsman too. I feel that, if paired together, Lillee and Mcgrath could have paired outswing with seam movement, speed through the air with bounce perfectly.

Sangakkara is my choice of keeper simply because I feel he is the best test match wicketkeeper batsman of all time as I noted in that thread.

Ricky Ponting at three and as skipper. His record as skipper does not lie and he is just a run machine. Speaking of which, Mohammad Yousuf at five is sure to raise eyebrows but I feel that the conversion has given him some sort of mental clarity. 2369 runs at 84.60 since September 2005 which is when he announced his conversion. That is simply extraordinary. He will never be a great ODI batsman but I feel that he could very well break a few records in 2008 much like he did in 2006. Before I thought of Yousuf, I was going to have Graeme Pollock in the team at five.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Graeme Smith*
Boetta Dippenaar
Matthew Sinclair
Shane Watson
Shoaib Malik
Andy Flower+
Jacob Oram
Heath Streak
Shaun Pollock
Nathan Bracken
James Anderson

 

[iamdavid]

1.J Hobbs
2.L Hutton
3.D Bradman
4.G Headley
5.B Lara
6.G Sobers
7.A Gilchrist+
8.M Marshall
9.S Warne
10.C Ambrose
11.M Muralitharan
12th man.Imran Khan

 

[grecian]

Yes, Greenidge is a weird one Richard. I should of picked Hayden.

 

[silentstriker]

Sehwag
Hayden
Dhoni
Afridi
Symonds
Watson
Prior
Warne
Kumble
Laker
Murali

 

[Ikki]

Seem to have to make a list every once in a while and I usually post different ones each time but another one at the top of my head:

Hobbs
Hayden
Bradman (C)
Richards
Miller
Sobers
Gilchrist (Wk)
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
McGrath

 

[pasag]

Sehwag
Hayden
Dhoni
Afridi
Symonds
Watson
Prior
Warne
Kumble
Laker
Murali

Langer
O'Neill
Sutcliffe
Tendulkar
Trumper
Harvey
Evans
Pollock
Larwood
O'Reilly
Trueman

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Gordon Greenidge in an all-time XI! Now I've heard it all!

C_C is another man who have Gordon Greenidge in his all-time XI as an opening batsman.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Don Bradman
Wally Hammond
Brian Lara
Garry Sobers
Andy Flower
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[subshakerz]

Seem to have to make a list every once in a while and I usually post different ones each time but another one at the top of my head:

Hobbs
Hayden
Bradman (C)
Richards
Miller
Sobers
Gilchrist (Wk)
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
McGrath

Hayden? He couldn't handle Shoaib, Flintoff and Simon Jones. I would like to see him handle Garner, Holding, Roberts and the rest...

 

[Ikki]

Hayden? He couldn't handle Shoaib, Flintoff and Simon Jones. I would like to see him handle Garner, Holding, Roberts and the rest...

Sure he can't.

 

[silentstriker]

Seem to have to make a list every once in a while and I usually post different ones each time but another one at the top of my head:

Hobbs
Hayden
Bradman (C)
Richards
Miller
Sobers
Gilchrist (Wk)
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
McGrath

Miller above Sobers, eh? Might be pushing it TBH. And I would rather have a guy who played barely any Tests (Barry Richards) over Hayden tbh.

 

[subshakerz]

Sure he can't.

Those knocks tend to flatter him actually. He was second-best against Shoaib on bouncy Aussie wickets in 2004, and when Jones and Flintoff were actually on radar in 2005, he was at sea. Also, he struggled to find a place in the side in the 90s when pace bowling attacks were significantly better than today. When the bowling tends to be less potent or off song, Hayden ends up looking good. When the pacers are top notch and in-form, he's not as impressive. A generalization, of course, but I'm not convinced he can topple the pacers of the 70s and 80s.

 

[Ikki]

Miller above Sobers, eh? Might be pushing it TBH. And I would rather have a guy who played barely any Tests (Barry Richards) over Hayden tbh.

Ask the reason, I'll tell you .

Miller mostly batted at #5 and Sobers normally at #6.

Richards over Hayden? People tend to rate Richards as one of, if not the, greatest opener ever. But considering he didn't have much of a test career I can't in good conscious rate him over Hayden or any other great opener who have had great test careers.

 

[Ikki]

Those knocks tend to flatter him actually. He was second-best against Shoaib on bouncy Aussie wickets in 2004, and when Jones and Flintoff were actually on radar in 2005, he was at sea. Also, he struggled to find a place in the side in the 90s when pace bowling attacks were significantly better than today. When the bowling tends to be less potent or off song, Hayden ends up looking good. When the pacers are top notch and in-form, he's not as impressive. A generalization, of course, but I'm not convinced he can topple the pacers of the 70s and 80s.

Yeah, Gavaskar was also troubled at times; as was Hobbs; and I'm sure too as all great batsmen were and will be. What's important is getting on top more times than not. He's hammered guys like McGrath, Warne, Murali and Wasim, why not those guys?