Coronis
International Coach
Thats an awful England XI.
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England XI vs India XI (since 1970)
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Johan
First Class Debutant
counterpoint, as a nation Cricket since 80s has been the Rich man's game in England and the number 2 sport while in India it's basically a religion, on top English cricket was more or less dead from mid 80s to the 2005 Ashes, after that we've been fine
Thala_0710
U19 Cricketer
Would go for IND Pak. ENG wins on the batting but the gap is bigger in bowling. Also, how is Stokes making an all time ENG xi
Johan
First Class Debutant
Eh, if you've Botham why do you need Stokes? plus that bowling is very light.
Hobbs
Hutton/Sutcliffe
Hammond/Barrington
Hammond/Barrington
Root
Botham
is the way
PlayerComparisons
International Regular
Hopefully Brook can break into that English team in a decade. He’s like the perfect #5/#6.
Johan
First Class Debutant
Brook has proven himself against spin and on batting tracks, and I suspect he will be good against Bounce too but I'm iffy on his swing play, so far in England he has come off as overwhelmingly inferior to Root but still very good, if he wants in he probably needs to work on his game against the moving ball and be more consistent against it.
Thala_0710
U19 Cricketer
Hobbs
Hutton
Sutcliffe
Hammond
Root
Botham
Knott
Bedser
Trueman
Laker
Anderson
Seems better. Still going with IND PAK though.
Hutton
Sutcliffe
Hammond
Root
Botham
Knott
Bedser
Trueman
Laker
Anderson
Seems better. Still going with IND PAK though.
capt_Luffy
International Captain
Indo-Pak also have 4 ATGs and 2 top tier ones in top 5. Hardly will be a deal breaker imho. The bowling of Indo-Pak is significantly better.
Johan
First Class Debutant
Gavaskar was verifiably inconsistent against the swing bowlers (4 bad tours of England, 1 great tour and an epic knock) and struggled with Hadlee quite a bit, I think Gavaskar is a top tier ATG so he doesn't really have a "weakness" (like Ponting/Spin, Root and High/bounce and so forth) but that was definitely the only thing he was vulnerable to.
Johan
First Class Debutant
where does the match take place.
I agree. I missed Hammond but then I wouldn’t want the tail to start at 8 so I would have Hammond as the fifth bowler and bat Barrington 6
Thala_0710
U19 Cricketer
Hobbs
Hutton/Gavaskar
Hammond
Tendulkar
Miandad/Root
Botham
Imran
Knott
Ashwin
Wasim
Bumrah/Trueman/Waqar
4-4 each for the combined Xi with 3 close ones. Would probably go Gavaskar, Miandad and Trueman for now. Although Root and Bumrah would make it by the end of their careers I think
Hutton/Gavaskar
Hammond
Tendulkar
Miandad/Root
Botham
Imran
Knott
Ashwin
Wasim
Bumrah/Trueman/Waqar
4-4 each for the combined Xi with 3 close ones. Would probably go Gavaskar, Miandad and Trueman for now. Although Root and Bumrah would make it by the end of their careers I think
I also think Indo-Pak bats down to 10 with Akram at 10.
PlayerComparisons
International Regular
Maybe get both Hutton and Gavaskar in there. One of them can bat at 3.
I would hope in England given the pace bowling advantage the Ind / Pak team has. Set Imran, Wasim, Waqar and Kapil loose on a cloudy day in Headingley
Thala_0710
U19 Cricketer
Funnily enough both of them batted at no 4,5,6 etc in tests but never at no 3
Coronis
International Coach
Botham is completely superfluous here
capt_Luffy
International Captain
England XI :
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Ranji
Grace*
Root
Knott+
Larwood
Laker
Trueman
Barnes
Grace and Hammond works as 5th and 6th bowlers. Another option is to have Botham for Root and Rhodes for Laker.
Indo-Pak XI:
Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Pant+
Imran*
Jadeja
Ashwin
Akram
Waqar
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Ranji
Grace*
Root
Knott+
Larwood
Laker
Trueman
Barnes
Grace and Hammond works as 5th and 6th bowlers. Another option is to have Botham for Root and Rhodes for Laker.
Indo-Pak XI:
Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Pant+
Imran*
Jadeja
Ashwin
Akram
Waqar