Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

[honestbharani]

Keep your nationality bias aside , which is strong bowling attack: Marshall, Garner, Hadlee , Imran, Kapil vs McGrath, Steyn, Warne, Murali, Kallis.

The one with no spinner will get injured sooner and will not last more than 2 tests.

 

[a massive zebra]

Then just replace the injured bowler with Botham/Holding/Lillee/Willis/Walsh/Qadir/Qasim.

 

[Coronis]

Tbh i doubt you need Warne and Murali both in the 00’s side. Warne will be in the 90’s side, replace him in that attack with Ahktar or Pollock and the attack looks much better balanced.

 

[honestbharani]

Then just replace the injured bowler with Botham/Holding/Lillee/Willis/Walsh/Qadir/Qasim.

Qadir and Qasim suck apparently. Botham is gonna be the post 85 version. Walsh is in the 90s team and Holding/Lillee in the 70s. Willis is just an earlier version of Anderson.

 

[Gob]

Lol, the 80s side is clearly better than this one under most conditions IMO. The 2000s would only stand a chance on dust bowls. 4-1 to the 80s indeed.

i think 00s side will win 4-1 no doubt

 

[Gob]

The one with no spinner will get injured sooner and will not last more than 2 tests.

Warne will be under bit of a fitness cloud too

 

[stephen]

90s votes:

Slater
Taylor

Lara

Ambrose
Wasim

 

[honestbharani]

Warne will be under bit of a fitness cloud too

Finger nail will be ok since Sachin and Lara will be on his side.

 

[trundler]

I'm confused, were picking two openers, a number 3 and the two opening bowlers. How does Sachin come up already??

Oops

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Make Kapil captain of the 80’s team as he probably won’t have much else to do.

Gooch
Anwar
Lara
Wasim
Ambrose

 

[ma1978]

Gooch
Kirsten

lara

ambrose
Akram

 

[ma1978]

Ab as captain of the 1980s

 

[stephen]

Border to captain the 80s side.

 

[The Sean]

Border to skipper the 1980s team.

For the 1990s, it's Gooch plus one to open. I had assumed I'd vote Kirsten, though his record as an opener in the 1990s isn't quite as good as I remembered it. Taylor, Slater and Saeed Anwar are all strong shouts too, but I'm giving a vote to Alec Stewart (and am surprised it's the first vote he's got) - had a superb record as an opener in the '90s, in often difficult circumstances against some great attacks.

Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart

Brian Lara

Curtly Ambrose and Wasim Akram

 

[The Sean]

Waqar, McGrath, Donald, Pollock and Walsh all waiting in the wings for this team, and it's crazy that three or four of those five blokes are going to miss out (McGrath is a lock for the 2000s team, at least).

 

[smash84]

Imran to captain 80s side



Gooch
Anwar
Lara
Wasim
Ambrose

 

[271 & 16/166]

Imran (C)

Gooch
Taylor

Lara

Ambrose
Waqar

 

[trundler]

Imran to skipper

 

[ma1978]

So if Imran captains, don’t we run the risk that Miandad chooses not to play

 

[harsh.ag]

So if Imran captains, don’t we run the risk that Miandad chooses not to play

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