PEAK all time XI

[silentstriker]

So there are a lot of threads about all time XI, where most of us generally take a players whole career into account. But what if we wanted to pick an all time XI for just one year - this team will play one Test match in all of the Test playing countries over the course of a year. And you can pick a player from any era and you can pick them at their absolute peak (the peak must be at least 12 months and 15 Tests).

Difficulty: you have to give the name of the player and the time you’re choosing them, so for example Ian Botham (1977-1981), or whatever. And the side cannot be changed regardless of where the game is taking place. This is your XI for the whole year.

Let’s start with the openers.

 

[subshakerz]

Building a 'Peak XI'

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...

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[Nikhil99.99]

Openers
Sir J.B hobbs(1910-14)
Hayden (20001-2004)
Should be good right,left combination

 

[subshakerz]

Openers
Hayden 2001 to 2004
Gooch 1990 tp 1994

 

[smash84]

Hobbs and Gavaskar

 

[Coronis]

Jack Hobbs (1910-1914) 2031 runs @ 65.51
Herbert Sutcliffe (1924-1932) 3924 runs @ 68.84

 

[a massive zebra]

Hobbs and Gooch

 

[silentstriker]

Gotta give a timeframe to be eligible! Unless you’re claiming the whole career (in which case I may pick the worst 15 Test stretch if I don’t like the player ).

 

[cricketsavant]

Gotta give a timeframe to be eligible! Unless you’re claiming the whole career (in which case I may pick the worst 15 Test stretch if I don’t like the player ).

I agree, it would be beneficial if we were only allowed to pick players with a peak across...say 2 seasons/years.

 

[The Sean]

Hobbs is a tough one to define a peak for because he was just so consistently outstanding for so long. From March 1910 to August 1928 (with a nearly seven year break for the war) he made 3,810 runs at 68.03. Is that too long to define as a peak?

I'd also put a case for Len Hutton from the end of 1948 to March 1954 - 3,835 runs at 71.02. Start in August 1949 and it's 3,083 runs at 73.40.

 

[Calm_profit]

Gautam Gambhir 2008-2010
Simon Katich 2008-2010

 

[cricketsavant]

Hobbs is a tough one to define a peak for because he was just so consistently outstanding for so long. From March 1910 to August 1928 (with a nearly seven year break for the war) he made 3,810 runs at 68.03. Is that too long to define as a peak?

I'd also put a case for Len Hutton from the end of 1948 to March 1954 - 3,835 runs at 71.02. Start in August 1949 and it's 3,083 runs at 73.40.

True some players have had great runs but it may be worth rating a peak over a cycle of cricket, maybe 4 years which likely includes home and away tours. Basically picking the best 4 year cycle.

 

[The Sean]

Leaving Hobbs out for being too damn good for too damn long, I reckon it's Hayden to partner Hutton - from December 2001 to March 2004 he made 3,043 runs at 76.07.

Expand the timeline as being from February 2001 to July 2004 and it's 4,523 runs at 69.58.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Hobbs is a tough one to define a peak for because he was just so consistently outstanding for so long. From March 1910 to August 1928 (with a nearly seven year break for the war) he made 3,810 runs at 68.03. Is that too long to define as a peak?

Ya.Hobbs had a bad start and bad ending.But in between that he was just so consistent.But 1910-14 has to be his peak cause he did in tougher conditions.And was better by some distance than other players.I guess great players always find a way regardless of their age/situations.Hobbs showed why he was the GOAT up to that time after achieving same level of success after WW1.

 

[subshakerz]

Leaving Hobbs out for being too damn good for too damn long, I reckon it's Hayden to partner Hutton - from December 2001 to March 2004 he made 3,043 runs at 76.07.

Expand the timeline as being from February 2001 to July 2004 and it's 4,523 runs at 69.58.

I did Hayden as well. He scored runs everywhere in that period.

 

[subshakerz]

Gooch only averaged around 60 between 1990 and 1994. But as opener in that time he faced Hadlee, Marshall, Ambrose, Bishop, Walsh, Wasim, Waqar, Bruce Reid plus Warne.

 

[trundler]

Hayden
Hutton

Yin and Yang.

 

[Himannv]

This thread has some interesting peaks selected: http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/peaks-draft-voting-thread.84229/

Hutton and Sutcliffe both have a 40 test peak where they’ve averaged 69 odd and perhaps more if a shorter peak was selected.

 

[harsh.ag]

Hobbs - early 10s
Gooch - early 90s

 

[The Sean]

Gooch only averaged around 60 between 1990 and 1994. But as opener in that time he faced Hadlee, Marshall, Ambrose, Bishop, Walsh, Wasim, Waqar, Bruce Reid plus Warne.

Yeah, no issue at all with Gooch getting picked for this either - 3,529 runs at 63.02 between July 1990 and June 1994, and for a good two or three years in the early 1990s he was legitimately the best batsman in the world.