Why not? Got enough batting so I wanted a destroyer with the reversing ball.
Well Waqar is generally rated the lowest - for good reason and the others can also contribute with the bat, whilst being better/equal at worst bowlers. Unless it was specifically a peak XI I doubt I’d ever pick Waqar first with the other two as options. Just seems strange to me, but to each their own.
I just think back and the one pace bowler of the 3 who struck fear in me thinking he'd destroy us was Waqar. I think he suffers from Botham syndrome in that he played too much as a crock and you forget just how brilliant he was as a youngster.
He's memeing out his ass though, especially with Woakes, so there's that.
Looks sensible (apart from the glaring omission of Woakes). Possibly overloaded on spin though with Murali, Shakib, Rashid + Sobers?
I doubt Sobers would bowl much spin unless it was a massive raging turner.
I mean I have already Imran, Steyn and Hadlee as proper pacers and Sobers was more comfortable delivering medium pace..... But yeah, the teams much stronger in a turning track. The batting has sufficient depth, though I was considering Harry Tector, Kevin O'Brien and Mohammad Nabi for Rashid.
Why not just trade Richards for Sobers and Miller for Don...... I mean, you kinda can't make an ATG XI without Don
Although some posters like flexibility when making such tight lists...but Kumar Sangakarra as an opener in Tests seems odd to me...considering he only played 2 tests in that position...scoring only 68 of his 12400 test career runs...
Finally Waqar Younis makes an entry in this thread. I would like to see when Shoaib Akhtar makes an entry due to the impact factor alone.
While I agree with what Coronis said, Waqar was the one that drive fear into me. I recall when he and Bishop were the fastest in the world and both had so much promise.
Possibly a batsman short, and a spinner too many. Also I would bat Sobers at 4, I believe his best position.
