The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[vcs]

Well, duh. They have Bradman who'd himself make any ATG side stronger than the others. On top of that, they also have Sobers, Gilchrist and Marshall

 

[vcs]

The fast bowling decidedly better in the other side. I would actually play McGrath and Broad with Kallis as back up and play both Warne and Murali to be honest.

Agreed. This attack would at least give them a marked advantage on spinning pitches (or if the others can keep them in the game long enough for the pitch to start wearing out)

 

[honestbharani]

You gotta keep Bradman out of these ATG XI match ups. He is like the cheat code. You remove Bradman and those teams become a lot closer and it actually becomes an interesting debate.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Yeah, I'd play an attack of McGrath/Walsh/Warne/Murali/Kallis.

the big question is, in what order do murali, mcgrath and walsh bat?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Murali was capable of the occasional hilarious cameo.

 

[Howe_zat]

Murali 9 for his smiley slogging. The other two it doesn't really matter. Probably Walsh at 10, his first class average was in double figures.

 

[trundler]

McGrath got a bit better though, didn't he? Got a hilarious 50 vs NZ.

 

[Coronis]

Yeah on 2nd thought probably add Murali since we have Kallis.

 

[h_hurricane]

Players who played more tests than Don vs those who played as many or less tests. Would be a great contest.

Victor Trumper
Arthur Morris
Don Bradman
Graeme Pollock
George Headley
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Allan Davidson
Bill O'Reilly
George Lohmann
Sydney Barnes

vs

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne

 

[ankitj]

@h_hurricane Andy Roberts in the first XI in place of Lohmann

 

[h_hurricane]

@h_hurricane Andy Roberts in the first XI in place of Lohmann

Yep, 20th century bowlers look better placed in such teams.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

10000/500 XI

Cook
Gavaskar
Lara
Tendulkar
Kallis
Border*
Sangakkara+
Warne
Anderson
McGrath
Walsh

The Rest
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Bradman*
Smith
Chappell
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Wasim
Marshall
Steyn
O’Reilly

Throw in a third team with players eligible for both sides: (actually only Ponting from the 1st group)

Hutton
Trumper
Ponting
Viv*?
Hammond
Flower+
Imran*?
Hadlee
Laker
Barnes
Ambrose

 

[Flem274*]

generational sides, sorted by debut

00s (debut 90s or earlier)

hayden
langer
ponting (c)
tendulkar
lara
kallis
gilchrist (wk)
pollock
warne
murali
mcgrath

shoiab so close to making this side but didn't want kallis and gilchrist running out of partners in 5 minutes flat so went with pollock.

10s (00s debut or later)

smith (c)
sehwag
sangakkara
smith
younis
kane
abdv (wk)
cummins
herath
harris
steyn

for the 10s i ummed and ahhed a lot over the spin bowling duties and whether to go with another batsman or sacrifice batting for the allrounder. ****in kallis is h4x for the first side.

went with the batsman and it was close but ultimately kohli's failings to the moving ball are fresh in my mind, clarke/kp/root more players of great innings than great players (to date in root's case) and im sure there's a few who have slipped my mind.

big daddy kane doing the impossible in front of my eyes so often is obviously a major influence. i need to check if brisbane 2015 is on youtube.

 

[Flem274*]

looool pat's name is filtered

 

[stephen]

Dhoni played it very similarly.

For me Steve Waugh was best on the leg side. Was wristy in a stodgy inelegant way.

I'm not saying it was his best shot or the the shot that scored him the most runs. But whenever I see it I think of him.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

8000/400 would be a different story though

 

[GoodAreasShane]

looool pat's name is filtered

OK jesus bloody christ that is baaaaaaaaaad

 

[TheJediBrah]

OK jesus bloody christ that is baaaaaaaaaad

Quite offensive to the man himself too. Best bowler in the world but sorry your name is so disgusting it can't be posted on a cricket forum. I expect it will be changed very quickly.

 

[honestbharani]

His name?

 

[h_hurricane]

His name?

Substr(GoodAreasShane,8,3)