Who would you pick in the Greatest Cricket XI of YOUR Lifetime?

[World Cricket]

I was born in 1984 and reckon I've seen a lot of cricket in my lifetime to pick my greatest ever team. I guess my memory does not extend that far back though . . .

1. Sachin Tendulkar (opening yes . . .)
2. Graeme Smith (most controversial)
3. Viv Richards
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Steve Waugh
6. Brian Lara
7. Adam Gilchrist (w)
8. Shane Warne
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Waqar Younis
11. Glen McGrath

When were you born? And what's the greatest potential team in your lifetime?

 

[Matt79]

79

Hayden
Gavaskar
Ponting
Tendulkar
Richards
Imran
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Ambrose
McGrath

Lillee and Chappell miss out as I'm only considering performances post 79.

EDIT: Forgot about Imran, and Gavaskar deserves a spot ahead of Greenidge

 

[The Sean]

79

Hayden
Grenidge
Ponting
Tendulkar
Richards
Lara
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Ambrose
McGrath

Lillee and Chappell miss out as I'm only considering performances post 79.

No Sunny?

 

[Burgey]

1969
Greenidge
Boycott
Richards
Chappell
Sobers
Imran
Gilchrist
Marshall
Warne
Lillee
McGrath
12th: Akram

Would have had Pollock but his test career was largely over by 69.

 

[Matt79]

No Sunny?

Thought of him and decided to leave him out for the same reasons as Chappell and Lillee, but that's probably not right is it... Was a team quoted with little thought tbh...

 

[Matt79]

Thought of him and decided to leave him out for the same reasons as Chappell and Lillee, but that's probably not right is it... Was a team quoted with little thought tbh...

yeah, on inspection, replace Grenidge with Gavaskar.

 

[The Sean]

1977

Gavaskar
Hayden
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
Imran
Gilchrist
Marshall
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Hadlee, Murali, Botham, Akram, Ambrose and Chappell all particularly unluckly.

 

[Howsie]

1986

1.Matthew Hayden
2.Virender Sehwag
3.Ricky Ponting
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Kevin Pietersen
6.Adam Gilchrist
7.Wasim Akram
8.Daniel Vettori
9.Shaun Pollock
10.Shane Warne
11.Shoaib Ahktar

 

[slowfinger]

Hayden
Gilly(w)
Y.Khan
Tendulkar
M.Clarke
A.B. De Villiers
I.Khan(c)
Akram
Warne
Akhtar, if he was on form.
Murali


Not too bad IMO

 

[pskov]

87

Hayden
Smith*
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Kallis
Gilchrist+
Warne
Ambrose
Muralitharan
McGrath

 

[King Pietersen]

1990:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Adam Gilchrist +
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Shane Warne
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Glenn McGrath

Other than Sehwag, it pretty much picked itself for me. Kallis is possibly batting abit low at 6, but meh, he's a class all-rounder so he can do a job there. A little annoyed that it's the greatest XI of my lifetime though, there are quite a few players from the generation before me I'd have loved to have picked. Marshall, Gavaskar, Barry Richards and Viv Richards to name a few but unfortunately I never managed to see any of them play live so couldn't pick them. Happy with the side I've put out though, just Sehwag I'm a little unsure about.

 

[biased indian]

1978

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Lara
Tendulkar
Richards
Botham
Imran
Gilchrist
Hadlee
Warne
McGrath

 

[Migara]

1977

Sehwag
Hayden
Lara
Tendulkar
Richards
Imran (c)
Gilchrist (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Ambrose
Murali

Holding, Lillee, Warne, Donald, Akram, McGrath, Botham, Dev and Kallis all particularly unluckly. If Sangakkara an Ponting manages to finish with an average 57+, I would pick them over Lara and Richards.

 

[Migara]

1977, ODI XI

Jayasuriya
Gilchrist
Richards
Tendulkar
Ponting / Lara
Inzamam
Imran (c)
Vettori / Flintoff (depending on the pitch)
Wasim
Murali
McGrath

Ones to miss out are Sehwag, Hayden, de Silva, Dean Jones, Saqlain, Garner, Bond and Ambrose

 

[Magrat Garlick]

87. Will consider older players than the thread starter, however.

Graham Gooch (4549 runs @ 48)
Matthew Hayden (8625 runs @ 51)
Ricky Ponting (10960 runs @ 56)
Sachin Tendulkar (12773 runs @ 55)
Steve Waugh (10445 runs @ 53)
Brian Lara (11953 runs @ 53)
Adam Gilchrist (5570 runs @ 48)
Shaun Pollock (3781 runs @ 32, 421 wickets @ 23.1)
Muttiah Muralitharan (1178 runs @ 11, 770 wickets @ 22.2)
Malcolm Marshall (742 runs @ 19, 136 wickets @ 19.7)
Glenn McGrath (641 runs @ 7, 563 wickets @ 21.6)

Waugh and Tendulkar to trundle if necessary.

vs pskov's XI: Gooch and Waugh over Kallis and Smith and Maco over Ambrose.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

1990

Hayden
M. Taylor (*)
V. Richards
Tendulkar
S. Waugh
Gilchrist (+)
Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Marshall
Warne
McGrath

 

[Matt79]

wow, would have guessed you were older than that.

 

[rivera213]

1985: (started watching 1993/94 onwards)-

G.Smith
Tendulkar
Dravid
Lara
S.Waugh
Gilchrist
Wasim
Warne
Waqar
Ambrose
McGrath

How tough was the bowling selection?!?!?!?!?

Donald, Walsh, Muralitharan, S.Pollock all missing out. What an era of bowling.

 

[Days of Grace]

1982

1. Gavaskar
2. Hayden
3. Ponting
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Gilchrist (wk)
7. Imran Khan
8. Hadlee
9. Marshall
10. Warne
11. Muralitharan

 

[The Sean]

In my sig.

Two questions:

1. When were you born? The Pollock/Sobers selections place you as older than I thought you were.

2. Should your sig team not be your "My Lifetime XI" rather than "All Time XI" given how you don't like rating players you haven't seen?