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What is your ALL TIME WORLD XI TEAM for tests?

Migara

Migara

International Coach
Lillian Thomson said:
The pitch was dug up and sprayed with oil at Headingley in 75 overnight between the 4th and 5th day and the match abandoned. There was never any suggestion that Ian Chappell paid them to do it. :smartass:
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We are just about few mk ths away from "Just Stop Oil" pulling out an similar antic.
 
J

Jumno

First Class Debutant
Gavaskar
J Hobbs
Bradman
Viv
Tendulkar
Imran
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
McGrath

Second 11:

Greenidge
Hutton
G Pollock
B Richards
S Waugh
Sobers
Knott
Hadlee
Roberts
Murali
Trueman
 
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Migara

Migara

International Coach
My First XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Tendulkar
Smith
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Imran*
Marshall
Muralitharan
McGrath

Second XI

Gavaskar
Hayden
Ponting
Lara
Barrington
Viv
Sangakkara+
Hadlee
Warne*
Steyn
Ambrose
 
kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
Jumno said:
Gavaskar
J Hobbs
Bradman
Viv
Tendulkar
Imran
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
McGrath

Second 11:

Greenidge
Hutton
G Pollock
B Richards
S Waugh
Sobers
Knott
Hadlee
Roberts
Murali
Trueman
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Way too long a tail (and has Imran ever been a better that than Gilly) and unnecessary bowling depth. Cordon a bit suspect.
 
kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
Migara said:
My First XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Tendulkar
Smith
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Imran*
Marshall
Muralitharan
McGrath

Second XI

Gavaskar
Hayden
Ponting
Lara
Barrington
Viv
Sangakkara+
Hadlee
Warne*
Steyn
Ambrose
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Cool first team, though I've recently been of the opinion that if you're going with Murali, might as well go with Sanga. Keep them together and Warne and Gilly together.

Also literally no decent option for 3rd slip.
 
kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
Hobbs
Smith / Smith
Bradman
Richards
Tendulkar
Sobers
Gilchrist
Marshall
Warne
Steyn
McGrath / Hadlee
 
Red

Red

The normal awards that everyone else has
Len Hutton
Sunil Gavaskar
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Adam Gilchrist
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

Graeme Smith
Jack Hobbs
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara
Keith Miller
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Dennis Lillee
Bill OReilly
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Historically Best
1.Sir Jack Hobbs
2.Herbert Sutcliiffe
3.Sir Don Bradman
4.Sir Viv Richards
5.Jacques Kallis
6.Sir Garry Sobers
7.Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8.Imran Khan
9.Malcolm Marshall
10.Shane Warne
11.Glenn McGrath

Best I've Watched in Tests :

1.Gordon Greenidge
2.Graeme Smith
3.Jacques Kallis
4.Sir Viv Richards
5.Greg Chappell
6.Allan Border
7.Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8.Imran Khan
9.Malcolm Marshall
10.Shane Warne
11.Glenn McGrath
 
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Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Regular
1.Virender Sehwag
2.Matthew Hayden
3.Kumar Sangakarra
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Brian Lara
6.Jacques Kallis
7.Adam Gilchrist (WK)
8.Wasim Akram
9.Dale Steyn
10.Jasprit Bumrah
11.Muttiah Muralitharan
 
kyear2

kyear2

International Coach
Red said:
Len Hutton
Sunil Gavaskar
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Adam Gilchrist
Garry Sobers
Richard Hadlee
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

Graeme Smith
Jack Hobbs
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell
Kumar Sangakkara
Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Dennis Lillee
Bill OReilly
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Nice teams, Murali with Sanga would have been nice. Love the Smith pick.
 
H

howitzer

State Captain
Asia XI
Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Sangakkara(wk)
Imran(c)
Wasim
Waqar
Murali
Bumrah

YK unlucky. Which spinner/s would come in if the conditions were right?

SH XI (Minus Bradman)
Smith
Hayden
Ponting
Kallis
Smith
Border(c)
Gilchrist(wk)
Hadlee
Warne
Donald
Mcgrath

Lots of tough choices here. Simpson and Lawry considered for opening. Chappell and Waugh in the middle order. Lillee's m.o. post back injury wasn't that different to Hadlee's so i decided on Donald.

ROW XI
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Richards(c)
Lara
Sobers
Knott(wk)
Marshall
Verity
Holding
Ambrose

Hammond vs Headley was close. Went with the former due to his better record against Australia. Small sample size for Headley but meh. Picked Holding over Garner because i think Holding offers something very different whereas Garner overlaps quite a bit with Ambrose. Verity vs Laker is a debate that will run and I was deciding what to do with Barnes and ended up not picking him as I didn't know who of Verity and Holding to ditch. Richards is captain over Hutton and Sobers due to having captained three of the bowlers during his career.

Which is the best team?
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
Best team from players I've seen

Hayden
Sehwag
Smith
Tendulkar
Lara
Flintoff
Gilchrist
Warne
Steyn
Muralidaran
McGrath

Before someone points out, Kallis>>>>Flintoff but I wanted to balance the bowling attack with 2 spinners
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Bradman*
Tendulkar
Hammond
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Hadlee
Marshall
Warne
McGrath

Hutton
Gavaskar
Lara
Smith
Chappell
Kallis
Knott+
Imran*
Steyn
Ambrose
Murali

Players I’ve seen play:

Smith*
Hayden
Sangakkara
Tendulkar
Lara
Kallis
Gilchrist+
Warne
Cummins
Steyn
McGrath

Only questionable choice was the final pacer.. it was between Pollock and Cummins but sadly by the time I got to watch Pollock he didn’t quite have it anymore.
 
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