How would you rank the greatest test teams of all-time?

[trundler]

Worrell WI if I haven't voted already

 

[subshakerz]

So Worrell's WI moves ahead to No.5 of all-time teams.

1. Lloyd's WI
2. Waugh's Aus
3. Invincibles
4. Hutton's England (mid-1950s)
5. Worrell's WI (Early 1960s)

We are selecting Test Team No.6 of the all-timers from the below options. Interested to see the selections now.

Benaud's Australia (Late 1950s)
South Africa (late 60s)
Illingworth's England (Early 70s)
Chappell's Australia (mid-1970s)
Imran's Pakistan (late 80s)
Cronje's SA (mid-late 90s)
Akram's Pakistan (mid-late 90s)
Vaughn's England (Mid-2000s)
Dhoni's India (late 2000s)
Strauss's England (Early 2010s)
Smith's SA (Early 2010s)
Kohli's India (Late 2010s)
Williamson's NZ (Early 2020s)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

SA late 60s

 

[morgieb]

I'll go Chappell's Australia. A bit too much uncertainty to vote for Bacher's SA, whereas Smith's SA blew a few too many random Tests.

 

[subshakerz]

Ian Chappells team won in Eng and WI as well as at home. Why did Greg Chappell replaced Ian for the 75/76 WI series at home?

 

[Migara]

Imran's Pakistan should be somewhere in top 5.

 

[Calm_profit]

Ian Chappells team won in Eng and WI as well as at home. Why did Greg Chappell replaced Ian for the 75/76 WI series at home?

Also drew tests in WI 1979 during World Series Cricket

 

[Line and Length]

Chappell's Australia

 

[wpdavid]

Ian Chappells team won in Eng and WI as well as at home. Why did Greg Chappell replaced Ian for the 75/76 WI series at home?

I think Ian stood down. From memory, his view was that he'd rather do that instead of eventually be sacked as skipper if results turned against him.

 

[harsh.ag]

Smith's SA (2010s)

 

[OverratedSanity]

Chappell's Australia

 

[honestbharani]

Smith's RSA

 

[The Sean]

Yeah, Chappelli's Australia.

 

[The Sean]

It's actually the Chappells' Australia really - as we should also include Greg's first two summers as captain in 75/76 and 76/77, where it was largely the same team but with a different brother as skipper.

That really was a great five years or so they had. From the final Test in England in 1972 - where Australia won to square the series - through to the Centenary Test in 1977, Australia played 37 Tests for 22 wins and just four losses (one of which was a dead rubber at 4-0 up).

 

[subshakerz]

Chappell's Australia vs. Smith's SA would be a great battle, both pace heavy sides

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lillee & Thommo together would have been a sight. Not a good time for opening batsmen

 

[HookShot]

Difficult choice.....

Chappells’ Australians

 

[Lillian Thomson]

What's happened to Viv Richards West Indies? For a few years after he took over in Jan 85 there's a few on that list that would struggle against them.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What's happened to Viv Richards West Indies? For a few years after he took over in Jan 85 there's a few on that list that would struggle against them.

The list only has Lloyd's team, just as it only has Waugh's Australians (not Ponting's). Both should be quite high on the list as those sides' dominance exceeded more than 1 captain.

 

[subshakerz]

What's happened to Viv Richards West Indies? For a few years after he took over in Jan 85 there's a few on that list that would struggle against them.

Yeah I opted out against variations of the same team like Taylors Australia or Richards WI since they share so many of the same players.