Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

[Van_Sri]

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Greenidge
Viv
Lara
Chanderpaul
Lloyd
Sobers
Dujon
Marshall
Garner
Holding
Ambrose

 

[capt_Luffy]

Openers : Gayle and Greenidge (2 Different Generation Players who can educate each other) Number 3 : Viv Richards, Middle Order : Lara, Batting Allrounders : Sobers and Hooper Wicket keeper : Dujon Bowlers : Marshall, Holding, Garner and Ambrose. This is the System I followed now they have Great Pace Attack and Good Spin Options in Sobers, Hooper, Richards and Gayle.

Hooper was a mediocre batsman and hardly qualifies as allrounder. Gayle and Richards with offies will be equal to his. Definitely think Lloyd or Chanderpaul should be ahead

 

[Van_Sri]

Hooper was a mediocre batsman and hardly qualifies as allrounder. Gayle and Richards with offies will be equal to his. Definitely think Lloyd or Chanderpaul should be ahead

What’s stats don’t tell about hooper is that he was particularly great against quality attacks.

 

[Johan]

Hooper was a mediocre batsman and hardly qualifies as allrounder. Gayle and Richards with offies will be equal to his. Definitely think Lloyd or Chanderpaul should be ahead

Chanderpaul can't even lick Lloyd's boots as a batter.

 

[capt_Luffy]

India, SL, NZ and Pakistan XI are basically their world XIs (except Hanif for Pakistan, Majid Khan comes in, as does Boult for Cowie and Wright for Sutcliffe in NZ). So:

Eng:

Boycott
Cook
Gower
Root
Pietersen
Stokes*
Botham
Knott+
Underwood
Anderson
Willis


SA:

Barry
Smith
Amla
Pollock
Kallis
De Villiers
De Kock+
Procter
Pollock
Steyn
Donald

 

[capt_Luffy]

What’s stats don’t tell about hooper is that he was particularly great against quality attacks.

Hooper was uber talented but woefully inconsistent. Extremely so.

 

[DrWolverine]

Talent is useless if he couldn’t accomplish anything

 

[Coronis]

Simpson in a post 70’s XI is amusing.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Simpson in a post 70’s XI is amusing.

The criteria is playing a match post 1970, then selection on career.

 

[Johan]

Simpson in a post 70’s XI is amusing.

Luffy added Sobers so

 

[Coronis]

The criteria is playing a match post 1970, then selection on career.

I mean that was never stated lol, it could be interpreted either way. Seems pretty disingenuous to include Simpson tho tbh.

 

[capt_Luffy]

I mean that was never stated lol, it could be interpreted either way. Seems pretty disingenuous to include Simpson tho tbh.

Sobers was in Van Sri's team

 

[Coronis]

Sobers was in Van Sri's team

I mean tho, Simpson wouldn’t make the team based on his 70’s efforts. Sobers still would imo.

 

[DrWolverine]

Post 1970s team
Gavaskar
Boycott
Viv
Sachin
Smith
Sobers
Gilly
Hadlee
Marshall
McGrath
Murali

 

[Johan]

Gavaskar and Boycott? ffs, they'd make 80 runs by the 50th over

 

[capt_Luffy]

I mean tho, Simpson wouldn’t make the team based on his 70’s efforts. Sobers still would imo.

Simpson did quite well on his call back. Without him India are winning for the first time in Australia in 79 easily.

 

[sayon basak]

Bradman
Ponting
Smith
Chappell
Border
Waugh
Gilchrist
Warne
Cummins
Lillee
Mcgrath

11 ATGs, 10 from the modern era

Wut is this? Bradman and Ponting as your opener?