best XI in the past 20 years

[a massive zebra]

People seem to think that because McGrath is 80 to 85mph bowler and not up in the 90's that he isnt a great pacer.....

I don't think McGrath is underrated. Most people agree that he has been the best pace bowler of the last half dozen years and some even go so far to say that he is Australia's best fast bowler ever. Have you ever heard anyone say Lee is better than McGrath (even though Lee does get into the 90s on a regular basis)?

well no-one in the game for that last 15 years has been as accurate (or indeed as successful) as Mcgrath in the pace bowling category.

Ambrose?

 

[Swervy]

i might grant you ambrose

 

[chicane]

i might grant you ambrose

Wasim was very successful too....

 

[Neil Pickup]

Wasim was very successful too....

Wasn't as accurate though, which was the original point.

 

[chicane]

Wasn't as accurate though, which was the original point.

well no-one in the game for that last 15 years has been as accurate (or indeed as successful)

 

[Swervy]

success was a side issue, hence the brackets the main point was the accuracy...as if it really matters anyway...coz really Mcgrath probably has been the most successful pace bowler of the last 15 years

 

[cbuts]

new zealand
1 John Wright
2 Mark Richardson
3 Andrew Jones
4 Martin Crowe
5 Goeff Howarth
6 Stephen Fleming
7 Chris Cairns
8 Sir Richard Hadlee
9 Lance Cairns
10 John Bracewell
11 Danny Morrison

 

[marc71178]

Well by that logic who's in the Aussie team like that? Possibly only Adam Gilchrist.

Ponting?

Steve Waugh?

Hayden?

 

[marc71178]

I dont see any reason to include 2 wicket keepers in Stewart and Russell. Stewart is more than enough. If you believe Russel to be a better keeper, then you should probably pick a better batsman or atleast a spinner for a variety.

Stewart solely as a batsman is IMO good enough though.

 

[Langeveldt]

the balance of the side strikes me as being a bit off.....kirsten should be opening the batting and cullinan should bat at 3 or 4.

I think Kirsten would be more suited to a change in position than the openers..

Tempted by DeVilliers, good point, and he bowls well with Donald... But I think Ntini provides a bit more variation, stops the pace attack being to samey with his angle of attack and added bounce..

 

[chicane]

Ponting?

Steve Waugh?

Hayden?

Oh no we were only talking about 'elite' batsmen, where even Zaheer Abbas and Inzamam don't qualify, so how can Waugh and Ponting? Hayden isn't in this league, very good not great.

 

[marc71178]

Erm Ponting will be an all time great, and Waugh is definitely up there.

 

[chicane]

I hope you're aware of the context of that post. If yes, then Inzi is a great too, Zaheer Abbas is up there too, which coupled with their superior bowling makes the Pak 11 the best.

 

[deeps]

um...steve waugh would have to be classed as an all time great...one of the best ever...dunno bout hayden

but definately abbas is...

inza and haydos are almost there

 

[Sudeep]

India:

Sunil Gavaskar
K.Srikkanth
R.Dravid
S.Tendulkar
M.Azharuddin
S.Ganguly (c)
K.Dev
N.Mongia (wk)
J.Srinath
Z.Khan
A.Kumble

 

[Anil]

indian xi

sunil gavaskar
ravi shastri
gundappa vishwanath
rahul dravid
sachin tendulkar
dilip vengsarkar
kapil dev
manoj prabhakar
nayan mongia
javagal srinath
anil kumble

pakistan xi

saeed anwar
rameez raja
javed miandad
inzamam ul haq
zaheer abbas
imran khan
rasheed latif
wasim akram
waqar younis
saqlain mushtaq
abdul qadir

australian xi

matt hayden
david boon
ricky ponting
mark waugh
steve waugh
allan border
ian healy
glenn mcgrath
shane warne
jason gillespie
craig mcdermott

 

[chicane]

Nobody is saying he wasn't our best keeper. But nobody thinks he should be in the team anymore. His time is over, shed a few tears(well flood the house if you like), and let it go, he won't make it into the team again.

 

[honestbharani]

Nobody is saying he wasn't our best keeper. But nobody thinks he should be in the team anymore. His time is over, shed a few tears(well flood the house if you like), and let it go, he won't make it into the team again.

I think More was better than him. Mongia was good with the spinners but he doesn't dive around a lot, which is a must when you are keeping to good swing bowlers....

 

[Mr. P]

Oh no we were only talking about 'elite' batsmen, where even Zaheer Abbas and Inzamam don't qualify, so how can Waugh and Ponting? Hayden isn't in this league, very good not great.

Don't be a fool. At least I can accept that the Indian batsman are very very good.

 

[delkap]

indian xi

sunil gavaskar
ravi shastri
gundappa vishwanath
rahul dravid
sachin tendulkar
dilip vengsarkar
kapil dev
manoj prabhakar
nayan mongia
javagal srinath
anil kumble

Manoj Prabhakar ???? What did he do to get into all-time Indian team of 20 years... ?
Zaheer, Prasad (at his best), even Pathan are better.. Amarnath ?