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

[smash84]

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

Miandad played under Imran for a decade.

 

[ma1978]

And hated him intensely

 

[Bolo.]

Wasn't Donald known for being a 1st change because he couldn't control the swinging ball optimally

i think you are thinking about ODIs. IIRC he said he couldn't control the new white ball properly, and wanted to bowl change. Late 90s, maybe. i dont rememeber him ever bowling change in tests, and although it probably happened in a game or two, it wasn't regular.

i feel like i am turning into one of those annoying people who only comments on ppl from their own country recently. apologies, but most of the regulars know more about most of everything in CC and i am not posting much these days, so just trying to add some perspective on what i have seen that you haven't.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Imran
Slater, Gooch
Lara
McGrath, Ambrose

 

[h_hurricane]

Viv to captain 80s side for me. Imran and AB captained decent teams to great glory. Viv captained a truly great team. And we are talking about a truly great team here.

90s openers - Gooch, Taylor
no. 3 - Lara
opening bowlers - Ambrose, Donald

 

[mr_mister]

Imran wins the captaincy spot

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Viv
Miandad
Border
Imran 3 *
Dujon +
Kapil 5
Hadlee 2
Marshall 1
Garner 4


For the 90s outfit:

Opening bats:

Gooch 15 votes
Anwar 11 votes
Slater 5 votes

a few each for Taylor and Kirsten, one for Stewart

Number 3:

Lara a clean sweep with 19 votes. Thought poor Boonie might nab 1

Opening bowlers:

Ambrose 18 votes
Wasim 15 votes
Donald 4 votes
Waqar and McGrath a vote each

 

[mr_mister]

Gooch
Anwar
Lara
-
-
-
-
Wasim
-
Ambrose
-

Choose the 4 and 5
Choose the main spinner

 

[mr_mister]

Should be straightforward I assume, only the number 6 spot will be interesting I think

Sachin
Steve Waugh

Warne

 

[ma1978]

Tendulkar
Waugh

Warne

 

[honestbharani]

Should be straightforward I assume, only the number 6 spot will be interesting I think

Sachin
Steve Waugh

Warne

same

 

[sunilz]

Should be straightforward I assume, only the number 6 spot will be interesting I think

Sachin
Steve Waugh

Warne

Same

 

[h_hurricane]

Should be straightforward I assume, only the number 6 spot will be interesting I think

Sachin
Steve Waugh

Warne

Same for me

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The format shouldn’t be changed to ensure a spinner gets in. I’m going for Ian Bishop.

Tendulkar
Waugh S
Bishop

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Tendulkar
S Waugh
Warne

 

[stephen]

Only voting this way because Tendulkar is getting through anyway.

M Waugh
S Waugh
Warne

Mark Waugh is a very underrated batsman these days. Played so many clutch innings' but never went on to make a huge score which impacted his batting average a lot. The pinnacle of his career was the partnership with his brother in the West Indies to break their stranglehold on world cricket.

 

[morgieb]

Tendulkar
Steve Waugh

Warne

Probably can skip to the next round, this is about as clear cut as it gets (especially when you consider Murali wasn't that great in the 90's).

 

[mr_mister]

i'll wait a few more hours as we've started getting to 15 votes per matchup and people didnt respond well to me going too fast earlier... but yeah I'm keen to move on myself

 

[sunilz]

Who will be all rounder for 90s ? Pollock ?

 

[a massive zebra]

Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh
Shane Warne

 

[stephen]

Who will be all rounder for 90s ? Pollock ?

Steve Waugh could count.