Ultimate Team Selections

[subshakerz]

Which player would these team take?

80s WI: Kallis or Warne?

2000s Aus: Wasim Akram or Tendulkar?

2010s SA: Murali or Hadlee?

90s England: Root or Anderson?

Current India: Dravid or Kapil?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Warne
Akram
Hadlee
Root
Gavaskar

 

[subshakerz]

Warne
Akram
Hadlee
Root
Gavaskar

Why not Murali for SA? They've always had spin issues.

 

[Johan]

Warne in first half of 80s, Kallis in second.
Wasim Akram.
Hadlee, better bowler, better batter.
Anderson, England had the batting resources one way or the other, but literally no bowling.
Gavaskar

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Is Jadeja on the same level as Kapil?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Why not Murali for SA? They've always had spin issues.

SA pitches weren't suitable for spinners and Hadlee is a decent bat

 

[DrWolverine]

Which player would these team take?

80s WI: Kallis or Warne?

2000s Aus: Wasim Akram or Tendulkar?

2010s SA: Murali or Hadlee?

90s England: Root or Anderson?

Current India: Gavaskar or Kapil?

1. Jacques Kallis

2. Sachin Tendulkar

3. Richard Hadlee

4. Joe Root

5. Sunil Gavaskar

 

[subshakerz]

I switched from Gavaskar to Dravid. I think it's closer.

 

[subshakerz]

Warne in first half of 80s, Kallis in second.
Wasim Akram.
Hadlee, better bowler, better batter.
Anderson, England had the batting resources one way or the other, but literally no bowling.
Gavaskar

Yeah I agree on Anderson. England really were lacking a bowling great.

 

[subshakerz]

Warne
Akram
Hadlee
Root
Gavaskar

If it was Dravid and not Gavaskar?

 

[DrWolverine]

If it was Dravid and not Gavaskar?

Still Dravid.

The current Indian team would benefit from having someone like Dravid is a great defensive batsman

 

[capt_Luffy]

If it was Dravid and not Gavaskar?

Would take someone like Lloyd or Crowe as well. Our bowling is fine really, batting isn't

 

[subshakerz]

Would take someone like Lloyd or Crowe as well. Our bowling is fine really, batting isn't

Not sure if bowling is fine, very dependent on Bumrah and needs a quality second pacer like Kapíl. But batting need is more dire.

 

[DrWolverine]

Clive Lloyd played between 1980-1984.
Richie Richardson played between 1984-1995.

Desmond Haynes played throughout the decade.
Gordon Greenidge played throughout the decade.
Viv Richards played throughout the decade.


So they would greatly benefit from having an all time great batsman like Kallis who would strengthen the batting over guys like Gomes or Logie.

 

[DrWolverine]

Clive Lloyd would not prefer a spinner especially against a great pacer and WI had loads of them

 

[subshakerz]

Clive Lloyd played between 1980-1984.
Richie Richardson played between 1984-1995.

Desmond Haynes played throughout the decade.
Gordon Greenidge played throughout the decade.
Viv Richards played throughout the decade.


So they would greatly benefit from having an all time great batsman like Kallis who would strengthen the batting over guys like Gomes or Logie.

P. S : Lloyd would not prefer a spinner especially against a great pacer like the ones they had

Yeah but surely Warne is better than Walsh of their pace quartet.

 

[Bitmap]

Warne
Wasim
Hadlee
Anderson
Dravid

 

[DrWolverine]

Yeah but surely Warne is better than Walsh of their pace quartet.

I am 50-50 on that man.

Courtney Walsh is good to great in all countries except Aus and Maco/Ambrose do well there anyway.

Warne has a poor record in India and is average in Pakistan and Walsh is fantastic in those places.

 

[Johan]

I am 50-50 on that man.

Courtney Walsh is good to great in all countries except Aus and Maco/Ambrose do well there anyway.

Warne has a poor record in India and is average in Pakistan and Walsh is fantastic in those places.

Indian players played spin far better than they handle pace, both Murali and Warne were abused in India.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Not sure if bowling is fine, very dependent on Bumrah and needs a quality second pacer like Kapíl. But batting need is more dire.

Shami as 2nd and Siraj as 3rd with a Great spin attack is perfectly fine