All time world test XI selection

[subshakerz]

Ambrose and Hadlee as opening bowlers will choke the life out of batsmen, whereas Steyn if its his off day will be a pressure release.

 

[271 & 16/166]

Morris
Gavaskar

Lillee
Hadlee

 

[kyear2]

Gavaskar
Richards

Ambrose
Hadlee

 

[kyear2]

No Gavaskar? Interesting

I was initially very surprised by some of his selections until I noticed a trend, then I stopped.

 

[Coronis]

Sutcliffe
Gavaskar

Hadlee
Steyn

 

[Days of Grace]

Sutcliffe
Gavaskar

Hadlee
Steyn

 

[CricAddict]

Gavaskar
Sutcliffe

Hadlee
Akram

With Hadlee at 8 not as good as Imran, need a pacer with at least some skills with the bat at 9 to give a fight to the first XI in an imaginary match-up between them.

 

[subshakerz]

Gavaskar
Sutcliffe

Hadlee
Akram

With Hadlee at 8 not as good as Imran, need a pacer with at least some skills with the bat at 9 to give a fight to the first XI in an imaginary match-up between them.

Agree with that but Akram should be 3rd seamer, not opening bowler

 

[The Sean]

Gavaskar
Sutcliffe

Hadlee
Ambrose

 

[Jfry]

Gavaskar
Sutcliffe

Hadlee
Ambrose

+1

 

[Nikhil99.99]

I was initially very surprised by some of his selections until I noticed a trend, then I stopped.

It’s probably gonna be too boring to see gavasker+sutcliffe open.As I said in my first post ,gavasker>G.smith but I don’t wanna see gavasker and sutcliffe open.Cause it’s Gonna be too boring.
Dont know which selection you found surprising.Hobbs, Hutton,D.G.B, Hammond,smith,sobers,Knott ,Steyn, O’Reilly,Barnes,McGrath would be my 1st xi.Every player is a champion .
I have seen 5 of my first 11.And all the 5 were real great players.

 

[subshakerz]

We should do a Ambrose vs Steyn poll

 

[The Sean]

We should do a Ambrose vs Steyn poll

We're kind of having one here to decide who partners Hadlee in this team!

 

[subshakerz]

We're kind of having one here to decide who partners Hadlee in this team!

Yeah effectively deciding who are Cricketweb's no.4 and 5 pacers of all-time

 

[Coronis]

It’s probably gonna be too boring to see gavasker+sutcliffe open.As I said in my first post ,gavasker>G.smith but I don’t wanna see gavasker and sutcliffe open.Cause it’s Gonna be too boring.
Dont know which selection you found surprising.Hobbs, Hutton,D.G.B, Hammond,smith,sobers,Knott ,Steyn, O’Reilly,Barnes,McGrath would be my 1st xi.Every player is a champion .
I have seen 5 of my first 11.And all the 5 were real great players.

I don’t think the team being too boring hypothetically is an issue. I thought it was meant to be the all time best XI.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

I don’t think the team being too boring hypothetically is an issue. I thought it was meant to be the all time best XI.

Okay.I got it then.Changed it then.

 

[kyear2]

Okay.I got it then.Changed it then.

No one is saying you have to, and it's not going to change the results.

Continue to vote as you wish, I find it intriguing.

 

[ankitj]

Bradman wins the captaincy fairly soundly while Viv just beats Lara by two votes.

Therefore, the first XI is:

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Don Bradman *
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Gary Sobers
Adam Gilchrist +
Imran Khan
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

So this differs from Cricinfo's ATG XI in only 2 players: Imran and McGrath in place of Akram and Lillee.

 

[ankitj]

Sutcliffe
Gavaskar

Hadlee
Ambrose

I will vote for this too

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Gavaskar
Richards

Akram
Procter