All time world test XI selection

[subshakerz]

After this exercise, genuinely interested to do a top ten spinners ever thread. Has this been done before?

 

[ataraxia]

CW decides the greatest test spinner ever. 43 names: Countdown/Rankings thread

Wow, 35 lists submitted. A pretty big portion of regular CW members have chimed in here. We got well over 50 individual names, but I decided to make a requirement of each bowler needing to make at least 2 lists to qualify for this final countdown, so the list can stay at a reasonable size. It's...

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[Coronis]

After this exercise, genuinely interested to do a top ten spinners ever thread. Has this been done before?

iirc we’ve done everything before. I’m sure someone even did a wicketkeeper list at one point

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

iirc we’ve done everything before. I’m sure someone even did a wicketkeeper list at one point

ODI openers?

 

[Coronis]

ODI openers?

idk idgaf about ODI’s

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

idk idgaf about ODI’s

Top 10 Allrounders?

 

[Coronis]

Top 10 Allrounders?

Pretty sure at some point, maybe you should search for it.

 

[Red]

First XI

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Don Bradman (c)
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist +
Imran Khan
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath


Second XI

Sunil Gavaskar
Herbert Sutcliffe
Brian Lara
Wally Hammond (c)
Jaques Kallis
Steve Smith
Alan Knott +
Richard Hadlee
Dale Steyn
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan


Third XI

Geoffrey Boycott
Bob Simpson (c)
George Headley
Kumar Sangakkara
Greg Chappell
Keith Miller
Les Ames +
Wasim Akram
Dennis Lillee
Bill OReilly
Fred Trueman


Fourth XI

Gordon Greenidge
Graeme Smith
Ricky Ponting
Graeme Pollock
Allan Border (c)
Ian Botham
BJ Watling +
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Joel Garner
Allan Donald

 

[Red]

Fifth XI

- Select two opening batsmen

- Select two opening bowlers

 

[morgieb]

Hayden
Sehwag

Davidson
Waqar

 

[Fuller Pilch]

B Richards
Morris (Trumper edited out)

Davidson
Walsh

 

[trundler]

Hayden
Lawry

Waqar
Davidson

 

[trundler]

B Richards
Trumper

Davidson
Walsh

How does a middle aged NZer not vote for Waqar

 

[The Sean]

Davidson
Alan Davidson

Davidson, A.K.
Davo

 

[Teuton]

Hayden Mitchell
S. Pollock Walsh

 

[The Sean]

B Richards
Trumper

Davidson
Walsh

You can't pick Trumper.

 

[Bitmap]

Barry Richards
Virender Sehwag

Alan Davidson
Michael Holding

 

[Coronis]

Hayden
Sehwag

Davidson
Waqar

 

[HookShot]

Barry Richards
Hanif Mohammad


Andy Roberts
Sydney Barnes

 

[The Sean]

Barry Richards
Hanif Mohammad


Andy Roberts
Sydney Barnes

As per Trumper above, you can't pick Sydney Barnes either.

A public service announcement/reminder for those new to the thread or who are dipping in and out, but players before WWI have been removed from consideration for this exercise. A separate pre-WWI team will be selected at the end.