Who is the worst player of all time that would be selected in every XI in history?

[Fuller Pilch]

If the Invincibles played a top 6 of Morris, Barnes, Bradman, 2 of Harvey/Hassett/Brown, Miller it would be pretty hard to break in.

Hassett or Brown are perhaps the most vulnerable, but I wouldn't pick any of Martyn/Ranatunga/Stokes/Shakib ahead of them.

 

[Athlai]

Katich wasn't actually better than Langer though, he wouldn't have made that Australian team. They actually could have picked him if they wanted at the time.

What a pile on

 

[trundler]

If the Invincibles played a top 6 of Morris, Barnes, Bradman, 2 of Harvey/Hassett/Brown, Miller it would be pretty hard to break in.

Hassett or Brown are perhaps the most vulnerable, but I wouldn't pick any of Martyn/Ranatunga/Stokes/Shakib ahead of them.

Loxton and Johnson ruin it. Shakib over Johnson is a no brainer.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Ted Dexter.

 

[Athlai]

Would Shaun Pollock make the best West Indian team? Yes imo but arguably too good a player. Flintoff/Cairns is maybe the sweet spot of a bloke that can get in a lot of these teams on bowling alone, but offers enough with the bat too. Surely the great Australian team would take one of Flintoff/Cairns ahead of Lee or Gillespie.

They're just straight up better than some of the pace bowlers in the Indian Ashwin/Jadeja teams.

But then we come back to if Flintoff or Cairns is really worse than Martyn

 

[mr_mister]

A lot of teams would have use for Vinoo Mankad actually. He's versatile

 

[Athlai]

I was thinking about Sanath Jayasuriya too

 

[trundler]

Ted Dexter.

He would but I don't think he's close to the worst.

Pollock would get in over Croft/early Walsh on bowling again but nah, lazy suggestion. Too good.

A more solid batsman than Flintoff/Cairns who's comparable with the ball would be closer to the answer I think. Scraping the barrel by going pre-War here but Noble perhaps.

 

[trundler]

Tony Greig can bowl both medium pace and off break to a decent standard in tests. 40 with the bat though he benefits from a shorter career and is probably more like Stokes. He can circumvent the team balance problem.

 

[Prince EWS]

He would but I don't think he's close to the worst.

Pollock would get in over Croft/early Walsh on bowling again but nah, lazy suggestion. Too good.

A more solid batsman than Flintoff/Cairns who's comparable with the ball would be closer to the answer I think. Scraping the barrel by going pre-War here but Noble perhaps.

Yeah I thought of Noble and he'd make every eleven IMO, but I think he was pretty clearly a better player than whoever we think the worst specialist batsman better than Martyn was.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The best opening pair in history is Sutcliffe and Hobbs, but the second best is Greenidge Haynes or Hayden Langer

I'd definitely put Morris/Barnes and Simpson/Lawry ahead of G/H and H/L, and possibly Hobbs-Rhodes, and Boycott-Amiss.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Watson unironically

?

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Loxton and Johnson ruin it. Shakib over Johnson is a no brainer.

Johnson averaged 29 with the ball and captained Australia.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He would but I don't think he's close to the worst.

Pollock would get in over Croft/early Walsh on bowling again but nah, lazy suggestion. Too good.

A more solid batsman than Flintoff/Cairns who's comparable with the ball would be closer to the answer I think. Scraping the barrel by going pre-War here but Noble perhaps.

Brian McMillan

 

[Athlai]

Is Rohit Sharma better than Martyn? That one feels close

 

[Shady Slim]

Watson unironically

i said this on page two you ****in weenie

 

[trundler]

Johnson averaged 29 with the ball and captained Australia.

Classic no rounder. Not a good enough frontline bowler (2 wickets per match) and nowhere close to a specialist batsman.

Brian McMillan

Yeah I think this is the right kind of zone but he probably misses out on middle orders Sobers played in.

Actually McMillan isn't third seamer quality in a great side and he's just a moderate downgrade on Stokes which suffers from the same problem.

 

[trundler]

Is Rohit Sharma better than Martyn? That one feels close

He was a terrible middle order batsman though. Only good as opener where he he would still place behind Langer.

 

[AndrewB]

If the Invincibles played a top 6 of Morris, Barnes, Bradman, 2 of Harvey/Hassett/Brown, Miller it would be pretty hard to break in.

Hassett or Brown are perhaps the most vulnerable, but I wouldn't pick any of Martyn/Ranatunga/Stokes/Shakib ahead of them.

In Harvey's first Test the Aus top 6 was Barnes, Morris, Bradman, Hassett, Miller, Harvey.

 

[Shady Slim]

think watto could sneak in there imho

In Harvey's first Test the Aus top 6 was Barnes, Morris, Bradman, Hassett, Miller, Harvey.