What is your ALL TIME WORLD XI TEAM for tests?

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Not considering WG, Ranji, Trumper and Barnes

All Time 11
Gavaskar - Hutton
Don, Sachin, Lara
Sobers, Ames, Procter , Hadlee
Akram, Murali

2nd 11
Hobbs - B. Richards
Viv, Hammond, Pollock
Kallis, Gilly, Imran
Marshall, Warne, Steyn

3rd 11
Sutcliffe - Sehwag
Headley, G. Chappell, S. Smith
Miller, Knott, Kapil
O' Reilly, Lillee, McGrath

 

[Coronis]

KoK's theories about players pre '60s fail to impress. Whenever players from different eras are discussed, in any sports, it is customary to acknowledge the cream of each era. If we were to take his theories/opinions into account and apply them to any sport, the likes of Jesse Owens, Herb Elliott, Joe Louis and Juan Fangio would be consigned to the ranks of also-rans. When looking at these champions of yesteryear, we need to consider how they would perform given modern training, sophisticated equipment and financial rewards that are available today.

Pele couldn’t even play in the A-League I reckon.

 

[CricAddict]

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Tendulkar
Viv
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran
Jadeja
Hadlee
Marshall

And the best part of this is, it is not a joke anymore. He can hold his place.

 

[WICFan]

Vaas? Seriously? At the very least Cummins and Donald are eons ahead of him.

Did I miss Cummins retirement?

I'm annoyed I've got Wasim Akram and Chaminda Vaas mixed up, absolute brain fade on that one. ?‍

 

[Gob]

And the best part of this is, it is not a joke anymore. He can hold his place.

There are at least 10 spinners who are inarguably better, probably 10 more I would personally prefer and 100 better batsman so no I don't think he holds ****.

I know some of you blokes here have him as some sort of a cult hero and most of them stem from all ridicule he received earlier in his career and now that he has established him self as a good cricketer but ffs let's not be ludicrous

 

[OverratedSanity]

There are at least 10 spinners who are inarguably better, probably 10 more I would personally prefer and 100 better batsman so no I don't think he holds ****.

What a worthless criteria. There have been atleast 40-50 better batsmen than Gilchrist and atleast 10 better pure glovemen. Doesnt mean he's not a valuable overall package.

If you want a spin bowling all rounder in your team, he's probably the best possible option in cricket history. Wouldve thought Australians would stop underrating him after he bitchslaps their team every time he plays them but apparently not.

 

[Gob]

What a worthless criteria. There have been atleast 40-50 better batsmen than Gilchrist and atleast 10 better pure glovemen. Doesnt mean he's not a valuable overall package.

If you want a spin bowling all rounder in your team, he's probably the best possible option in cricket history. Wouldve thought Australians would stop underrating him after he bitchslaps their team every time he plays them but apparently not.

h_huricane selected Ravi as the primary spinner. Cricaddict concurred that idea when I assume he suggested the idea of Ravi being picked as a specialist spinner has merit.

Do you think it has merit? Do you concur?

 

[h_hurricane]

It is about time to bring up the ludicrousness of picking in every other team, a spinner who made a career out of dismissing the likes of Harmison, Giles and Caddick and yet s**t in his pants every time he was up against the best players of spinners in his era.

 

[Gob]

Lol talking about being triggered

 

[h_hurricane]

Lol talking about being triggered

Not really, why do many pretend that Jadeja is merely a good cricketer when it is plain obvious that he is one of the best in history, if not the best, in what he does. I picked him on his all round skills by the way, though it is not inconceivable to think that he is in the discussion on his bowling alone.

 

[Gob]

Not really, why do many pretend that Jadeja is merely a good cricketer when it is plain obvious that he is one of the best in history, if not the best, in what he does.

Well I think Jadeja is one of the greatest beneficiaries of India's latest trend of producing extreme turning pitches and I don't think you have to be all that special to be successful bowling on them, throw in random Axar Patel (lol Shane Warne averages 40 on the same pitches. There I said it and you can save it)

He is averaging 32 away at an SR of close to 70 with 60 odd wickets. You can tell me his record since January 4th of I don't care is much better I've already heard it so long story short, I that means me not others would consider many other spinners for the lead spinner role in my AT side and those are my reasons.

Playing him as a spin bowling all rounder on a real turning wicket might have some merit but I'd rather have a proper batsman at number 6 and play two better spinners

 

[h_hurricane]

Well I think Jadeja is one of the greatest beneficiaries of India's latest trend of producing extreme turning pitches and I don't think you have to be all that special to be successful bowling on them, throw in random Axar Patel (lol Shane Warne averages 40 on the same pitches. There I said it and you can save it)

He is averaging 32 away at an SR of close to 70 with 60 odd wickets. You can tell me his record since January 4th of I don't care is much better I've already heard it so long story short, I that means me not others would consider many other spinners for the lead spinner role in my AT side and those are my reasons.

Playing him as a spin bowling all rounder on a real turning wicket might have some merit but I'd rather have a proper batsman at number 6 and play two better spinners

Long story short - Jadeja hasn't played on a single turner at home since 2017.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Well I think Jadeja is one of the greatest beneficiaries of India's latest trend of producing extreme turning pitches and I don't think you have to be all that special to be successful bowling on them, throw in random Axar Patel (lol Shane Warne averages 40 on the same pitches. There I said it and you can save it)

He is averaging 32 away at an SR of close to 70 with 60 odd wickets. You can tell me his record since January 4th of I don't care is much better I've already heard it so long story short, I that means me not others would consider many other spinners for the lead spinner role in my AT side and those are my reasons.

Playing him as a spin bowling all rounder on a real turning wicket might have some merit but I'd rather have a proper batsman at number 6 and play two better spinners

Averages 21 in the country considered the spinners graveyard. Also 44 with the bat as a nice bonus.

 

[trundler]

Well I think Jadeja is one of the greatest beneficiaries of India's latest trend of producing extreme turning pitches and I don't think you have to be all that special to be successful bowling on them, throw in random Axar Patel (lol Shane Warne averages 40 on the same pitches. There I said it and you can save it)

He is averaging 32 away at an SR of close to 70 with 60 odd wickets. You can tell me his record since January 4th of I don't care is much better I've already heard it so long story short, I that means me not others would consider many other spinners for the lead spinner role in my AT side and those are my reasons.

Playing him as a spin bowling all rounder on a real turning wicket might have some merit but I'd rather have a proper batsman at number 6 and play two better spinners

Haha this is just blatantly false. Jadeja missed out on the only time they've had rank turners. Last home summer Rohit Sharma was banging out doubles for fun.

Given Marshall is at 11 in hurricane's team, there's an obvious #batdeep h4x philosophy at play here and really Jadeja and Benaud are the blokes who fit that criteria best.

 

[Gob]

Long story short - Jadeja hasn't played on a single turner at home since 2017.

Yes 42 wickets at 27 in 10 tests. Definitely GOAT spinner worthy

Look I'm not saying Jadeja is **** he is a good cricketer but I can't comprehend the idea that he is a contender to the title of the lead spinner in an AT side not yet anyway. And again it's not because I think he is poor but there are many other better alternatives

 

[Gob]

Averages 21 in the country considered the spinners graveyard. Also 44 with the bat as a nice bonus.

Why wouldn't you reply to the post I quoted?

 

[Gob]

Haha this is just blatantly false. Jadeja missed out on the only time they've had rank turners. Last home summer Rohit Sharma was banging out doubles for fun.

They only rolled out rank turners once?

You are kidding me right I remember a whole series of sub par wickets against SA two or three years back when only AB DeVilliers looked like he could bat on them and several other similar serieses where people going ape **** about quality of wickets in India (not all the whinging was justifiable)

Any way need to check that

 

[trundler]

They only rolled out rank turners once?

You are kidding me right I remember a whole series of sub par wickets against SA two or three years back when only AB DeVilliers looked like he could bat on them and several other similar serieses where people going ape **** about quality of wickets in India (not all the whinging was justifiable)

Any way need to check that

I meant recently. I'm not saying rank turners don't ever make an appearance but slow, low roads are the norm.

 

[Shri]

Yes 42 wickets at 27 in 10 tests. Definitely GOAT spinner worthy

Look I'm not saying Jadeja is **** he is a good cricketer but I can't comprehend the idea that he is a contender to the title of the lead spinner in an AT side not yet anyway. And again it's not because I think he is poor but there are many other better alternatives

didn't you have chris harris in your odi atg xi

 

[trundler]

My all time attack be Marshall-McGrath-Steyn-Warne ftr and I'm not one for prioritising batting depth but if you do then Jadeja is a prime pick.