All-time XI: England

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KP and Botham in England's All-time XI
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1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Wally Hammond
4. Ken Barrington
5. Kevin Pietersen
6.Ian Botham
7. Alan Knott
8. Derek Underwood
9. Harold Larwood
10. Fred Trueman
11. Sydney Barnes

 

[AaronK]

I am glad to see that they left Boycotte out...he is very overrated.. i think..

 

[aussie tragic]

I voted Compton instead of Pietersen

Was an easy choice when you consider that Compton played Test Cricket over a 20-year period, debuting at 19 and finishing just shy of his 40th birthday (with WWII splitting his career), while Pietersen has only played for 4-years, debuting at 25 due to eligibility reasons, so all of his test cricket has been played in his prime.

Not much in their career averages

Compton: 78 Tests, 131 Innings, 5807 Runs @ 50.06, HS 278, 17 hundreds, 28 fifties
Pietersen: 54 Tests, 97 Innings, 4647 Runs @ 49.96, HS 226, 16 hundreds, 15 fifties

I think this is a big stretch just to get a current player in the team?

 

[pasag]

KP in with half a career still to go is just silly.

 

[jondavluc]

Kevin Pietersen is a joke selection. Everything else is reasonable though.

 

[Burgey]

At 1st blush it seems a longish tale for an AT XI, but I haven't really looked at the batting stats from Underwood down.

 

[fredfertang]

They need Douglas Jardine as skipper, in for KP, a stock of Murraymints and they'd beat allcomers

 

[BoyBrumby]

Sutcliffe & the good doctor practically libelled by their exclusions, surely?

& Deadly batting above Lol is silly too.

 

[Craig]

They need Douglas Jardine as skipper, in for KP, a stock of Murraymints and they'd beat allcomers

Welcome to Burgey's ignore list. The rest of the selections are fair enough, but Pietersen in there?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Chuck in WG instead of Barrington, Compton instead of KP and Snow instead of Larwood.

 

[TT Boy]

And Stewart for Knott?

 

[fredfertang]

Welcome to Burgey's ignore list.

does Burgey not rate DRJ........................

 

[Craig]

does Burgey not rate DRJ........................

Would be certain tatics employed by Mr Jardine.

 

[Ikki]

LOL @ Pietersen over Compton.

 

[grecian]

Shocking inclusion of KP, obviously, really can't believe it.

Would rather have Gower amongst about 15 others ahead of him.

Decent otherwise. Wouldn't mind Statham in for Larwood, or Ames for Knott.

 

[slippyslip]

Wheres W.G Grace?

Dont think Harold Larwood should be there ... Alec Bedser should be in there ahead of him.

Can Trevor Chappell make the the all time Australia one day XI for his bowling?

 

[fredfertang]

Would be certain tatics employed by Mr Jardine.

I hadn't realised they had Murraymints in Jardine's day - must've been the Scottish connection I suppose

 

[wpdavid]

Would be certain tatics employed by Mr Jardine.

As opposed to the tictacs employed by the 2005 vintage?

 

[subshakerz]

Pietersen IMO will justify being in this side, but towards the end of his career, not now. I think they were trying to save blushes from not having having someone for the last 20 plus years.

Would have Compton for Pietersen, Statham for Larwood, and Laker for Underwood.

 

[Cruxdude]

Pietersen being selected after just 4 years is ridiculous. He is a good batsman and may well turn out to be a great. But this is too early.