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World's Best XI The Day You Were Born As Per The ICC Rankings
- Thread starter Teja.
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Teja.
Global Moderator
Yeah, the only reason I could think of was that maybe batting Tenulkar at 3 was the joke.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, after statsguruing it I'd definitely bat Lara at three. Never knew that Tendulkar had actually never batted at three ever. Weird.
I just both thought of them as number fours and just choose one really. Couldn't really remember how regularly Lara ever batted three. Was slightly before my time.
I just both thought of them as number fours and just choose one really. Couldn't really remember how regularly Lara ever batted three. Was slightly before my time.
Howe_zat
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Graham Gooch
Mark Taylor
Richie Richardson
Javed Miandad
Mohammed Azharuddin
Allan Border
Ian Smith
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Curtly Ambrose
Waqar Younis
I have pretty much the all time pace attack on my side. Keeper a slightly dodgy patch, this being post-Dujon but pre-Healey/Stewart. Spinner is worse, the best available being Hirwani at 14, who was the only specialist spinner in the top 20.
Mark Taylor
Richie Richardson
Javed Miandad
Mohammed Azharuddin
Allan Border
Ian Smith
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Curtly Ambrose
Waqar Younis
I have pretty much the all time pace attack on my side. Keeper a slightly dodgy patch, this being post-Dujon but pre-Healey/Stewart. Spinner is worse, the best available being Hirwani at 14, who was the only specialist spinner in the top 20.
The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
1. Kepler Wessels 4
2. Gordon Greenidge 3
3. Sir Viv Richards 2
4. Allan Border* 1
5. Javed Miandad 5
6. Larry Gomes 6
7. Jeff Dujon+ 10
8. Sir Richard Hadlee 1 (35 batting)
9. Malcolm Marshall 2
10. Michael Holding 3
11. Iqbal Qasim 8
Could have picked Beefy to strengthen the bowling, Imran's rating was a bit low to justify his batting (Hadlee was rated higher). Plus the overall balance I'm happy with anyway.
2. Gordon Greenidge 3
3. Sir Viv Richards 2
4. Allan Border* 1
5. Javed Miandad 5
6. Larry Gomes 6
7. Jeff Dujon+ 10
8. Sir Richard Hadlee 1 (35 batting)
9. Malcolm Marshall 2
10. Michael Holding 3
11. Iqbal Qasim 8
Could have picked Beefy to strengthen the bowling, Imran's rating was a bit low to justify his batting (Hadlee was rated higher). Plus the overall balance I'm happy with anyway.
The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
The bowling strength would put the batsmen under the pump non stop though. Part time spin if you need with maybe Border
Slifer
International Captain
June 1982:
Gavaskar (3)
Gooch (12)
Richards (1)
G Chappell (4)
Miandad (5)
Border(2)
Dujon (34) ....wow keepers back then left a lot to be desired with the bat !!!
Imran* (2)
Hadlee (4)
Holding (1)
Garner (3)
The highest ranking spinner was Qasim but IMO the fast bowlers I have at my disposal more than proved themselves world wide (even on spinner wickets).
Gavaskar (3)
Gooch (12)
Richards (1)
G Chappell (4)
Miandad (5)
Border(2)
Dujon (34) ....wow keepers back then left a lot to be desired with the bat !!!
Imran* (2)
Hadlee (4)
Holding (1)
Garner (3)
The highest ranking spinner was Qasim but IMO the fast bowlers I have at my disposal more than proved themselves world wide (even on spinner wickets).
Teja.
Global Moderator
Thought it'd be interesting to match up today's best team with the best team a decade ago.
6-6-2004
1. M.L. Hayden (3)
2. H. H. Gibbs (6)
3. R. Dravid (2)
4. R.T. Ponting (4)
5. B.C. Lara (1)
6. J.H. Kallis (5)/(12)
7. A.C. Gilchrist (15)
8. S.M. Pollock (3)/(44)
9. S. Akthar (4)
10. S.J. Harmison (2)
11. M. Muralidaran (1)
Reasonable opening. Absolutely outrageous middle order - just crazy. Amazing keeping option. Considering the competition, not too flash a bowling attack and 9-11 all average about 10 with the bat. Warne at 5 and McGrath at 6.
v.
6/6/2014
1. D.A. Warner (5)
2. C.A. Pujara (8)
3. K.C. Sangakkara (2)
4. H.M. Amla (4)
5. S. Chanderpaul (3)
6. A.B. de Villiers (1)
7. M.G. Johnson (4)
8. V.D. Philander (3)
9. R.J. Harris (2)
10. D.W. Steyn (1)
11. S. Ajmal (5)
Will be a great game IMO. The biggest strength of both the teams is their 3-6 which is interesting because for most teams picked so far from the 80s and 90s, you'd say their 8-11 is their strength.
Marc, I think looking for a compromise between batting position and rank is fair enough IMO, as we can see with pretty much everybody's team. Besides 1) Pujara bats at No. 3 as his standard spot, 2) He has some succesful experience opening 3) The next best opener is Cook who at 18 is 10 rankings and 142 points away justifying the compromise.
6-6-2004
1. M.L. Hayden (3)
2. H. H. Gibbs (6)
3. R. Dravid (2)
4. R.T. Ponting (4)
5. B.C. Lara (1)
6. J.H. Kallis (5)/(12)
7. A.C. Gilchrist (15)
8. S.M. Pollock (3)/(44)
9. S. Akthar (4)
10. S.J. Harmison (2)
11. M. Muralidaran (1)
Reasonable opening. Absolutely outrageous middle order - just crazy. Amazing keeping option. Considering the competition, not too flash a bowling attack and 9-11 all average about 10 with the bat. Warne at 5 and McGrath at 6.
v.
6/6/2014
1. D.A. Warner (5)
2. C.A. Pujara (8)
3. K.C. Sangakkara (2)
4. H.M. Amla (4)
5. S. Chanderpaul (3)
6. A.B. de Villiers (1)
7. M.G. Johnson (4)
8. V.D. Philander (3)
9. R.J. Harris (2)
10. D.W. Steyn (1)
11. S. Ajmal (5)
Will be a great game IMO. The biggest strength of both the teams is their 3-6 which is interesting because for most teams picked so far from the 80s and 90s, you'd say their 8-11 is their strength.
Marc, I think looking for a compromise between batting position and rank is fair enough IMO, as we can see with pretty much everybody's team. Besides 1) Pujara bats at No. 3 as his standard spot, 2) He has some succesful experience opening 3) The next best opener is Cook who at 18 is 10 rankings and 142 points away justifying the compromise.
King Pietersen
International Captain
25th Jan 1990
Desmond Haynes
Mark Taylor
Javed Miandad
IVA Richards
Richie Richardson
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Jeffrey Dujon +
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Abdul Qadir
Desmond Haynes
Mark Taylor
Javed Miandad
IVA Richards
Richie Richardson
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Jeffrey Dujon +
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Abdul Qadir
BeeGee
International Captain
Graeme definitely a better bat, IMO.
The Battlers Prince
International Vice-Captain
The only reason for it in this exercise would be the rankings saying the other way around at a particular time. But in mid April 1970 Pollock was just a few spots higher
BeeGee
International Captain
It's just a typo. Proctor should be ahead of P Pollock. I originally had Bruce Taylor in there (just to get a kiwi in) but couldn't justify it, and failed to update the order after cutting and pasting.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
23 March 1987
Gordon Greenidge (1)
Desmond Haynes (8)
David Gower (5)
Dilip Vengsarkar (3)
Viv Richards (4)
Allan Border (2)
Imran Khan (3, 22) - C
Jeffrey Dujon (20) - WK
Richard Hadlee (1, 31)
Malcolm Marshall (2)
Iqbal Qasim (8)
Gordon Greenidge (1)
Desmond Haynes (8)
David Gower (5)
Dilip Vengsarkar (3)
Viv Richards (4)
Allan Border (2)
Imran Khan (3, 22) - C
Jeffrey Dujon (20) - WK
Richard Hadlee (1, 31)
Malcolm Marshall (2)
Iqbal Qasim (8)
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Great idea.
Sunil Gavaskar (4)
Geoff Boycott (11)
Greg Chappell (2)
Viv Richards (1)
Javed Miandad (3)
Ian Botham (16) (2) (WAG)
Kapil Dev (35) (3)
Richard Hadlee (33) (5)
Syed Kirmani (38)
Dennis Lillee (4)
Joel Garner (1)
Love my allrounders and the all pace attack. Can replace Hadlee with Border (5) to pick 6 batsmen.
Sunil Gavaskar (4)
Geoff Boycott (11)
Greg Chappell (2)
Viv Richards (1)
Javed Miandad (3)
Ian Botham (16) (2) (WAG)
Kapil Dev (35) (3)
Richard Hadlee (33) (5)
Syed Kirmani (38)
Dennis Lillee (4)
Joel Garner (1)
Love my allrounders and the all pace attack. Can replace Hadlee with Border (5) to pick 6 batsmen.
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