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

[Burgey]

Mate I quite like that Windies side, but I'm wondering if someone like Lloyd, or if he's before your time Sarwan, would go ahead of Gus. Little bloke was a terrific fieldsman but his record is not that flash tstl.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Mate I quite like that Windies side, but I'm wondering if someone like Lloyd, or if he's before your time Sarwan, would go ahead of Gus. Little bloke was a terrific fieldsman but his record is not that flash tstl.

I put some of the 84 touring side in as I mainly remember the bowling, Can't really recall Lloyd or he would have made the team. Logie was a sod against us, whenever you thought you had them on the ropes (not very often) he'd come in and score heavily and snuff it out. He was also a bloody good number 6 who could bat well with the lower order long before so much emphasis was put on it as it is these days.


Worst AUSSIE side

Hilditch
Hughes
Marsh
Bevan
Wellham
Smith
O'Donnell
Phillips
Holland
Williams
Nicholson

 

[Burgey]

I put some of the 84 touring side in as I mainly remember the bowling, Can't really recall Lloyd or he would have made the team. Logie was a sod against us, whenever you thought you had them on the ropes (not very often) he'd come in and score heavily and snuff it out. He was also a bloody good number 6 who could bat well with the lower order long before so much emphasis was put on it as it is these days.

Haha yes.that was Dujon for us

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Haha yes.that was Dujon for us

Logie, career average 35.79, v England 46.40 and he never even got a ton the bugger.

 

[Burgey]

Logie, career average 35.79, v England 46.40 and he never even got a ton the bugger.

Fair enough, can't blame you for that. I think my middle order for the Windies from those I've seen would be:

Richards
Lara
Lloyd
Richardson/ Chanderpaul
Dujon

Good a player as Dujon was, I always thought Ridley Jacobs was a good keeper/ batsman for them too.

The worst Aussie side quite rightly has a good sprinkling of 80s players. As any turgid side from here invariably must.

 

[Flem274*]

Winging these a bit. Will change my mind in five minutes.

Australia

Mathew Hayden
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Damien Martyn
Steve Waugh
Michael Clarke
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Jason Gillespie
Stuart Clark
Glenn McGrath

Tossed a coin for Lee vs Clark. Long but lesser performing career vs short but awesome. Michael Hussey also unfortunate to play in an era where Australia were nearly invincible. The side above is just ridiculous.

England

Alistair Cook
Marcus Trescothick
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen
Graham Thorpe
Paul Collingwood
Matt Prior
Stuart Broad
Graeme Swann
Andrew Caddick
James Anderson

New Zealand

Mark Richardson
Brendon McCullum
Stephen Fleming
Ross Taylor
Nathan Astle
Jacob Oram
Chris Cairns
Daniel Vettori
Adam Parore
Shane Bond
Chris Martin

Martin's longevity and Vettori's mixture of early career bowling and late career batting get them the nods. Dion Nash was on his last legs when I saw him and Iain O'Brien, Craig McMillan and Scott Styris can count themselves unlucky.

Pakistan

Saeed Anwar
Taufeeq Umar
Younis Khan
Inzamam ul Haq
Mohammad Yousuf
Misbah ul Haq
Moin Khan
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
Shoiab Akhtar
Mohammad Asif

Getting bored of typing full names now...

India

Sehwag
Gambhir
Dravid
Tendulkar
Ganguly
Laxman
Dhoni
Kumble
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Srinath

Sri Lanka

Jayasuriya
Attapatu
Sangakkara
M. Jayawardene
Dilshan
Matthews
P. Jayawardene
Vaas
Herath
Malinga
Murali

South Africa

Smith
Gibbs
Kirsten
Kallis
Amla
AB de Villiers
Boucher
Pollock
Steyn
Ntini
Morkel

Windies

Gayle
Someone who isn't dire
Sarwan
Lara
Chanderpaul
Darren Bravo/Samuels
Jacobs
Sammy
Taylor
Rampaul
Roach

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Nice novel, ****

 

[wpdavid]

I put some of the 84 touring side in as I mainly remember the bowling, Can't really recall Lloyd or he would have made the team. Logie was a sod against us, whenever you thought you had them on the ropes (not very often) he'd come in and score heavily and snuff it out. He was also a bloody good number 6 who could bat well with the lower order long before so much emphasis was put on it as it is these days.

If 1984 was the first WI series you saw, then I can't fault your logic at all. However, those of us who saw Lloyd in the mid-1970s would find him impossible to leave out. With Chanderpaul doing the Logie job in our best XI.