subshakerz
International Coach
One of the drawbacks when picking an ATG is that each cricketer normally has a period of their career when they dipped, and when you end up picking it is hard to tell which phase of their career you are picking them based on, or the sum of their career in general.
In this exercise, rather than select them based on being ATGs, we select an XI based on those who scaled the highest of peak performances in cricket, with a minimum cut off period of 33 tests (based on the article: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1057899/the-best-stats-measure).
In essence, you are not selecting them on career but on the best level of cricket achieved (also looking at conditions), and this XI would be the highest performing one possible to face off against a Martian XI.
The only exceptions here are Barnes and Bradman, whose entire careers were peaks basically.
To begin, here is my XI:
Hayden (2001 - 2004)
Graham Gooch (1990 - 1994)
Viv Richards (1976 - 1980/1)
Tendulkar (1997 - 2001/2)
Steve Waugh (1993 - 1997/8)
Sobers (1961 - 68)
Gilchrist (1999 - 2003)
Botham (1977 - 81)
Imran (1982 - 86/7)
Marshall (1984 - 88)
Murali (2003 - 2006)
In this exercise, rather than select them based on being ATGs, we select an XI based on those who scaled the highest of peak performances in cricket, with a minimum cut off period of 33 tests (based on the article: https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1057899/the-best-stats-measure).
In essence, you are not selecting them on career but on the best level of cricket achieved (also looking at conditions), and this XI would be the highest performing one possible to face off against a Martian XI.
The only exceptions here are Barnes and Bradman, whose entire careers were peaks basically.
To begin, here is my XI:
Hayden (2001 - 2004)
Graham Gooch (1990 - 1994)
Viv Richards (1976 - 1980/1)
Tendulkar (1997 - 2001/2)
Steve Waugh (1993 - 1997/8)
Sobers (1961 - 68)
Gilchrist (1999 - 2003)
Botham (1977 - 81)
Imran (1982 - 86/7)
Marshall (1984 - 88)
Murali (2003 - 2006)