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

[social]

For sure, I guess it depends what you like. Both intimated bowlers and took them apart piece by piece

First international cricket match I went to was at the MCG when Sobers scored 254

Second was at the MCG when he was bowled by an Inverarity full toss for nothing

He was a mate of my Dad but Viv .........

 

[Coronis]

Nah for me Garry is the second best batsman in test history.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

First international cricket match I went to was at the MCG when Sobers scored 254

Second was at the MCG when he was bowled by an Inverarity full toss for nothing

He was a mate of my Dad but Viv .........

The guy I work with was there the match Sobers made that 254. Must have been a sight that one.

 

[AldoRaine18]

From early 90s,. so..

Graeme Smith
Mark Taylor
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Dale Steyn
Glen McGrath

 

[Damo833]

88

Marcus Trescothick
Graeme Smith
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Damien Martyn
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Curtly Ambrose
Allan Donald
Glenn McGrath

 

[Zinzan]

Viv was a genius

Played in an era chock-full of express bowlers and took them to the cleaners without a helmet

I've actually never heard of anyone that rates Garry above Viv so there you go!

Splitting hairs really

Geoff Boycott is one for a start. Pretty positive he's categorically stated Sobers is the best batsman he's ever seen & I do refer to batting alone.

 

[social]

The guy I work with was there the match Sobers made that 254. Must have been a sight that one.

I cant actually remember any of the play as I was pretty young and more concerned with chucking a ball around with some other bored kids

I remember the match at the SCG because my Dad made me sit there and watch Sobers bat

One full toss later and I was off

 

[social]

Geoff Boycott is one for a start. Pretty positive he's categorically stated Sobers is the best batsman he's ever seen & I do refer to batting alone.

Sobers used to coach at an indoor cricket centre in Mt Waverley n Melbourne

One day the Victorian squad came in and he had a bat against them (including Ian Callen who opened the bowling for Oz)

Both his knees were ****ed, no thigh pad, had been retired for years and he slaughtered them

Privilege to get to see genius so close up