All time world test XI selection

[cricketsavant]

Hammond and Murali progress

- Select a #4 batsman

- Select a fourth frontline bowler

Great thread, i'll join in and say:

no. 4 - Tendulkar

bowler - Wasim Akram

edit: if it is number 5 batsman, I say Sobers.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hammond and Murali progress

- Select a #4 batsman

- Select a fourth frontline bowler

I'm guessing we're selecting a #5... ?

Kallis
Davidson

 

[CricAddict]

Jacques Kallis
Wasim Akram

This

 

[The Sean]

Great thread, i'll join in and say:

no. 4 - Tendulkar

bowler - Wasim Akram

edit: if it is number 5 batsman, I say Sobers.

This is for the Second XI - Tendulkar and Sobers have both already been picked in the First XI.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Kallis
Lillee

 

[The Sean]

Kallis at no.5 in this team will create an interesting dynamic as I assumed he would bat at no.6 and take the nominal all-rounders position. If he gets in at 5, what is the thinking - another all-rounder, or just another specialist bat (I had assumed Smith based on the previous voting) in a different order?

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Kallis at no.5 in this team will create an interesting dynamic as I assumed he would bat at no.6 and take the nominal all-rounders position. If he gets in at 5, what is the thinking - another all-rounder, or just another specialist bat (I had assumed Smith based on the previous voting) in a different order?

Ya a specialist batsman for sure .

 

[Prince EWS]

Kallis at no.5 in this team will create an interesting dynamic as I assumed he would bat at no.6 and take the nominal all-rounders position. If he gets in at 5, what is the thinking - another all-rounder, or just another specialist bat (I had assumed Smith based on the previous voting) in a different order?

Based on what happened when we selected the first XI, we can change the order of 5/6 later if need be. I do think having Kallis higher up the order would help though; he wasn't exactly an expert at batting with the tail.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Ambrose,hadlee,murali,another atg bowler,kallis,Hammond.This is enough bowling line up.A Steve smith/Headley would be my pick .Smith probably edges George headley.

 

[The Sean]

Yeah, would tend to agree with you both - it will be interesting to see if Smith is still the favoured choice if he's going to be batting 5 or potentially even 6, or if we pick someone more experienced in those positions (Allan Border, come on down!).

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Kallis at no.5 in this team will create an interesting dynamic as I assumed he would bat at no.6 and take the nominal all-rounders position. If he gets in at 5, what is the thinking - another all-rounder, or just another specialist bat (I had assumed Smith based on the previous voting) in a different order?

I think even without Kallis the team wouldn't need an allrounder at 6. 4 ATG bowlers plus Hammond to fill in overs as fifth bowler should suffice. Not as if the likes of Murali and Hadlee aren't used to high workloads.

 

[cricketsavant]

This is for the Second XI - Tendulkar and Sobers have both already been picked in the First XI.

My bad!

And Akram did not make the first XI? Wow.

 

[The Sean]

My bad!

And Akram did not make the first XI? Wow.

No, he got a few votes but not enough to see him in. The team is further back in the thread, it was:

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman (c)
Tendulkar
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran
Marshall
Warne
McGrath

 

[kyear2]

Smith

Steyn

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Pollock

Steyn

 

[CricAddict]

Yeah, would tend to agree with you both - it will be interesting to see if Smith is still the favoured choice if he's going to be batting 5 or potentially even 6, or if we pick someone more experienced in those positions (Allan Border, come on down!).

Steve Waugh will be a better option than Border at 6.

 

[The Sean]

Steve Waugh will be a better option than Border at 6.

Yeah, I considered him too - not much in it, but I'd personally take AB.

 

[kyear2]

My bad!

And Akram did not make the first XI? Wow.

Should at least make the 3rd.

 

[cricketsavant]

Should at least make the 3rd.

That's still crazy. He is, alongside McGrath, Marshall and Khan one of the greatest seam bowlers of all time. Add in his handy batting and I'd pick him above Marshall if I only had to select one.

I'd be curious to see what the votes were like. Anyway, cool experiment.

 

[subshakerz]

Steyn is a better bowler than Wasim, but a tail of Steyn, Ambrose and Murali is terribly weak.

Kallis is too great a player not to be in the team.

So it's:

Kallis
Wasim