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Ultimate Allrounder XI

Brook's side

Brook's side

International Regular
Max 2 wicketkeeper batsmen

Sobers?
Botham?
Sangakkara*
Kallis
A Flower (wk)*
Imran
Jadeja
S Pollock?
Hadlee
Ashwin

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trundler

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Rhodes
Barlow
Sangakkara
Kallis
Sobers
Miller
Gilchrist+
Imran
Pollock
Hadlee
Ashwin

Tried to fit Faulkner at 3 but Sanga is a no brainer. Either Rhodes or Goddard for the second opener slot appear to be the best choices if one takes batting positions seriously. Went with Rhodes as there's only one other quality spinner in the side. Opening with Grace would improve this side significantly but it feels like a cop out.
 
Brook's side

Brook's side

International Regular
Actually I think I was thinking of someone else.

Some other allrounders from my notes:
Frank Wooley, Johnny Briggs, Billy Bates, Billy Barnes, George Ulyett
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
You could make a pretty good one just with South Africans

Trevor Goddard
Eddie Barlow
Jacques Kallis
Hansie Cronje
Aubrey Faulkner
Clive Rice
Lance Klusener
Brian McMillan
Mike Procter
Shaun Pollock
Andrew Hall+ (kept in one ODI)

If you extend it to South African born players then Tony Greig comes in for Klusener.
 
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Second XI

Goddard
Engineer+
Macartney
Faulkner
Flower
Dexter
Botham
Dev
Benaud
Lindwall
Davidson

Dexter borderline call. Jadeja gets in if Dexter doesn't count I think.
 
Brook's side

Brook's side

International Regular
Dendarii said:
You could make a pretty good one just with South Africans

Trevor Goddard
Eddie Barlow
Jacques Kallis
Hansie Cronje
Aubrey Faulkner
Clive Rice
Lance Klusener
Brian McMillan
Mike Procter
Shaun Pollock
Andrew Hall+ (kept in one ODI)

If you extend it to South African born players then Tony Greig comes in for Klusener.
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All that and you didn't pick Boucher!
 
Brook's side

Brook's side

International Regular
Faulkner didn't make my best of decade/era teams anyway. I had:

20s
Hobbs (Eng)
Sutcliffe (Eng)
Jack Russell (Eng)
CP Mead (Eng)
Hendren (Eng)
Tyldesley (Eng)
Oldfield wk (Aus)
M Tait (Eng)
Freeman (Eng) (LASpin)
Hall (S.A.)
Kennedy (Eng)

1880s-10s
Victor Trumper (Aus)
Clem Hill (Aus)
Ranjitsinhji (Eng)
Hon FS Jackson (Eng)
Tip Foster (Eng)
Albert Trott (Eng) (RASlow)
Dick Lilley (Eng) WK
JJ Ferris (Aus) (LAswing)
George Lohmann (Eng) (RAFM)
SF Barnes (Eng) (RAFM)
C Blythe (Eng) (Laslow)
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Brook's side said:
Faulkner didn't make my best of decade/era teams anyway. I had:

20s
Hobbs (Eng)
Sutcliffe (Eng)
Jack Russell (Eng)
CP Mead (Eng)
Hendren (Eng)
Tyldesley (Eng)
Oldfield wk (Aus)
M Tait (Eng)
Freeman (Eng) (LASpin)
Hall (S.A.)
Kennedy (Eng)
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Apart from 28/29 when England thrashed Australia (in large part due to Wally Hammond) the Aussies dominated the Ashes that decade, yet you only picked Oldfield as the sole Australian to NINE (!) Poms and a Saffa.

What about the likes of Macartney, Ryder, Gregory, and MacDonald?
 
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