Best Test XI from each nation (that you have seen)

[Prince EWS]

Why is Taibu in the team as wk when Andy Flower is there?

Because Andy Flower was not a good wicket keeper.

 

[smash84]

I don't remember him being Akmalesque at any point

 

[Days of Grace]

England
Trescothick
Cook
Vaughan (c)
Pietersen
Thorpe
Flintoff
Prior (wk)
Broad
Swann
Gough
Anderson

 

[LegionOfBrad]

England.

I was born in '81 so unfortunately only ever saw the injury/pie ravaged Botham

Strauss
Cook
Smith
KP
Gower
Trott
Prior+
Broad
Swann
Gough
Anderson

 

[Nigel Benjamin]

Not really sure how Taibu could make the team ahead of someone like Paul Strang or even Henry Olonga - I'm assuming you've seen them (if not, forget about me).

I missed out on Paul Strang and I only got to see a bit of Henry a few matches before the black arm band thing and he was awful.

Besides, Taibu is a decent bat at 7 with a test average of 30.

 

[Shri]

India

Gambhir
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Laxman
Dev
Dhoni
Kumble
H Singh
Khan


Others to miss out

Azharuddin, Kambli, Murali Kartik, Srinath

If Dev and Zaheer were playing in a test together atm we might actually compete in away tests a bit.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Zak and Srinath would be a class opening pair.

 

[Migara]

Not really sure how Taibu could make the team ahead of someone like Paul Strang or even Henry Olonga - I'm assuming you've seen them (if not, forget about me).

Taibu is the best wicket keeper they had, as well as being decent with the bat. Avrges close to 30 IIRC. And with plethora of allrounders in their side, they could afford a weak #7 given that 8 - 10 can score some valuable runs.

 

[salman85]

Not sure how Srinath-Zaheer would suddenly allow India to compete overseas.

Srinath had his moments,but he was a choker.Hardly anyone you could count on in pressure situations.Also,his overseas record is hardly anything to go by.Praveen Kumar has shown much more promise in alien conditions.Yes,the sample size is small currently,but the only reason Srinath might perhaps make an Indian team in overseas conditions to play alongside Zaheer would be a lack of better options - not because he was a world beater himself.

 

[Migara]

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal
Athar-li-Khan
Shariar Nafees
Habib-ul-Bashar
Shakib-al-Hasan
Mushfiq-ur-Rahman
Alok Kapali
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Syed Rasel

 

[Migara]

Not sure how Srinath-Zaheer would suddenly allow India to compete overseas.

Srinath had his moments,but he was a choker.Hardly anyone you could count on in pressure situations.Also,his overseas record is hardly anything to go by.Praveen Kumar has shown much more promise in alien conditions.Yes,the sample size is small currently,but the only reason Srinath might perhaps make an Indian team in overseas conditions to play alongside Zaheer would be a lack of better options - not because he was a world beater himself.

If Srinath was a part of an attack with Zaheer and Kapil, would have been a top class strike bowler, since former two tends to cushion such players from tense situations

 

[NUFAN]

I missed out on Paul Strang and I only got to see a bit of Henry a few matches before the black arm band thing and he was awful.

Besides, Taibu is a decent bat at 7 with a test average of 30.

Taibu is the best wicket keeper they had, as well as being decent with the bat. Avrges close to 30 IIRC. And with plethora of allrounders in their side, they could afford a weak #7 given that 8 - 10 can score some valuable runs.

Sorry guys, I had a moment.... I didn't write down the actual name I was thinking. Who I meant to say was Strang or Olonga instead of Chris Mpofu.

 

[Shri]

Not sure how Srinath-Zaheer would suddenly allow India to compete overseas.

Srinath had his moments,but he was a choker.Hardly anyone you could count on in pressure situations.Also,his overseas record is hardly anything to go by.Praveen Kumar has shown much more promise in alien conditions.Yes,the sample size is small currently,but the only reason Srinath might perhaps make an Indian team in overseas conditions to play alongside Zaheer would be a lack of better options - not because he was a world beater himself.

 

[salman85]

Imagine if i was actually trying to be funny. You'd need a whole new wardrobe.

 

[Cabinet96]

Jeez, you're a whelp Corrin. All very modern names there.

Your quickly forgetting how **** we used to be.

The best combined England side I've seen is:

Martin Moxon
Kim Barnett
Ravi Bopara
Mathew Maynard
Graeme Hick
Mark Ealham (I mean, come on)
Geraint Jones
Paul Jarvis
Neil Foster
Mark Ilott
Nick Cook

Bringing the lols since the late 80s

Bopara being at 3 the nail in the coffin for me.

 

[smash84]

Bangladesh

Tamim Iqbal
Athar-li-Khan
Shariar Nafees
Habib-ul-Bashar
Shakib-al-Hasan
Mushfiq-ur-Rahman
Alok Kapali
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe Mortaza
Tapash Baisya
Syed Rasel

Despite not having an embarrassment of riches in the pace department and even then Tapash Baisya doesn't belong in the Bangers ATXI tbh

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Australia:

Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh (c)
Damien Martyn
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Jason Gillespie
Brett Lee
Glen McGrath

South Africa:

Graeme Smith (c)
Gary Kirstin
Heschelle Gibbs
Hashim Amla
Jack Kallis
AB Devilliers
Lance Klusner
Mark Boucher (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Dale Steyn
Allan Donald


England:

Marcus Trescothick (c)
Alistair Cook
Jonathan Trott
Graeme Thorpe
Kevin Pieterson
Alec Stewart (wk)
Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann
Stewart Broad
Darran Gough
James Anderson


West Indies:

Chris Gayle
Darren Bravo
Brian Lara
Shiv Chanderpaul
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jimmy Admas (c)
Dwayne Bravo
Ridley Jacobs (wk)
Courtney Walsh
Devendra Bishoo
Curtley Ambrose

India:

Gautam Gambhir
Virender Sehwag
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly (c)
VVs Laxman
MS Dhoni (wk)
Anil Kumble
Irfan Pathan
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath


New Zealand:

Mark Richardson
Brendon McCullum
Stephen Flemming (c)
Ross Tylor
Nathan Astle
Chris Cairns
Adam Parore (wk)
Daniel Vettori
Dion Nash
Shane Bond
Chris Martin

 

[Flem274*]

Zimbabwe

Vusi Sibanda
Grant Flower
Hamilton Mazakadza
Andy Flower
Brendan Taylor
Malcolm Waller
Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Heath Streak (c)
Paul Strang
Ray Price
Kyle Jarvis

Not a bad attack tbh.

 

[weldone]

Australia:
Justin Langer
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Allan Border
Steve Waugh*
Michael Hussey
Adam Gilchrist+
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Jason Gillespie
Glenn McGrath

 

[kingkallis]

I don't remember watching a test involving Allan Donald, or he definitely would have made my side.

I forgot Steve Waugh. Swap him for Martyn in my team.

Makes sense!