Create an all time best Test XI using only one player from each country...

[The Hillside]

Trying to do something different here, create an all time best Test XI with the simple rule..choose only one player from each country maximum....

Although would be a little difficult or unusual picking the eleventh player from Ireland or Afghanistan...but that would be interesting as well as to where that player fits in the playing XI...so let's see....

My list (based on whatever cricket I have actually seen):

Sachin Tendulkar
Hashim Amla
Joe Root
Kane Williamson (c)
Asghar Afghan
Shakib Al Hasan
Andy Flower (wk)
Wasim Akram
Courtney Walsh
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[reyrey]

I've stuck to players who played in the last 30 years

Kane Williamson (c)
Ed Joyce
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Jacques Kallis
Andy Flower (wk)
Shakib Al Hasan
Freddie Flintoff
Wasim Akram
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[Flem274*]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Donald Bradman (Australia)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Andy Flower (wk) (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
Imran Khan (c) (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

An alternative is Sobers in for Kallis which necessitates Steyn, Donald or Pollock in for Marshall. YMMV.

 

[howitzer]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Donald Bradman (Australia)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Andy Flower (wk) (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
Imran Khan (c) (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

An alternative is Sobers in for Kallis which necessitates Steyn, Donald or Pollock in for Marshall. YMMV.

Yeah i don't like Flower keeping in Tests but all the alternatives seem worse. I'd probably do Sobers and Steyn for Kallis and Marshall but this seems about right.

 

[bagapath]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Donald Bradman (Australia)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Andy Flower (wk) (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
Imran Khan (c) (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

An alternative is Sobers in for Kallis which necessitates Steyn, Donald or Pollock in for Marshall. YMMV.

To play your team...

Sir Len Hutton (Eng)
Grame Smith (SA) *
Kane Williamson (NZ)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Sir Garfield Sobers (WI)
Keith Miller (Aus)
Litton Das (Bang) +
Wasim Akram (Pak)
Heath Streak (Zim)
Rashid Khan (Afg)

 

[Silver Silva]

All-Time
1.Sir Jack Hobbs
2.Sunil Gavaskar
3.Sir Don Bradman
4.Graeme Pollock
5.Sir Garry Sobers
6.Kevin O'brien
7.Mushfiqur Rahim (WK)
8.Heath Streak
9.Sir Richard Hadlee
10.Wasim Akram
11.Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Qlder]

Trying to do something different here, create an all time best Test XI with the simple rule..choose only one player from each country maximum....

Not different, pretty sure this has been done multiple times somewhere within the 22000 posts of the ATG XI thread

The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

Most other threads seem to be heading in to ATG team discussion territory, and going off topic. Post your ATG teams here, so others can tell you why you know nothing about cricket. :happy: I'll kick off with my ATG Australian combo. 1. V. Trumper 2. B. Simpson 3. D. Bradman 4. G...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[The Hillside]

Not different, pretty sure this has been done multiple times somewhere within the 22000 posts of the ATG XI thread

The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

Most other threads seem to be heading in to ATG team discussion territory, and going off topic. Post your ATG teams here, so others can tell you why you know nothing about cricket. :happy: I'll kick off with my ATG Australian combo. 1. V. Trumper 2. B. Simpson 3. D. Bradman 4. G...

www.cricketweb.net

Ok.

But I am new to these forums, so I thought this was never done before..and I like creating and participating in lists/polls/tournaments on forums...I have been doing this on wrestling forums a lot before....

 

[GIMH]

Ok.

But I am new to these forums, so I thought this was never done before..and I like creating and participating in lists/polls/tournaments on forums...I have been doing this on wrestling forums a lot before....

It’s a good thread, don’t worry, and welcome to the forum

 

[GIMH]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Donald Bradman (Australia)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Andy Flower (wk) (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
Imran Khan (c) (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Malcolm Marshall (West Indies)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

An alternative is Sobers in for Kallis which necessitates Steyn, Donald or Pollock in for Marshall. YMMV.

I like this. Good work

 

[The Hillside]

It’s a good thread, don’t worry, and welcome to the forum

Thanks...

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Iqbal
Joyce
Bradman
Williamson
Flower+
Sobers
Jadeja
Woakes
Imran
Steyn
Murali

 

[The Hillside]

Iqbal
Joyce
Bradman
Williamson
Flower+
Sobers
Jadeja
Woakes
Imran
Steyn
Murali

Interesting you went for a different look squad (not the kind of obvious one)...

I could feel Jadeja was about to make an entry in the thread...

 

[The Hillside]

Very interesting observation in these kind of threads....Just coz you have very limited choices to pick from...you also have to make a choice whether you want a solid top order...solid middle order...solid all-rounders....solid spin attack..or a solid a fast bowling lineup...it's very difficult to get all of them right....you could a few things right....but not all...

 

[Coronis]

Wanted to make a bit of a different team to most. So no Murali.

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Sangakkara
Flower
Sobers
Imran
Shakib
Hadlee
Rashid
Steyn

Bradman and Imran to share captaincy duties. Sanga and Flower to share keeping duties based on performance in their last innings.

#batdeep #bowldeep

Originally I had Kallis but the pace attack felt too weak. Ideal player to fill would be Procter if he’d had a longer career.

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Donald Bradman (c) (Australia)
Garfield Sobers (West Indies)
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Rishabh Pant (wk) (India)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Bart King (America)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

 

[Coronis]

Jack Hobbs (England)
Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Donald Bradman (c) (Australia)
Garfield Sobers (West Indies)
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe)
Shakib al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Rishabh Pant (wk) (India)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Bart King (America)
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Didn’t play tests but ok.

I’ll try one without using any of the best players from each country.

Sutcliffe
Tamim
Sangakkara
Williamson
Miandad
Gilchrist+
Ashwin
Streak
Marshall
Murtagh
Steyn

Dunno if Murtagh is the best from Ireland. Haven’t studied em much. Makes it much harder to choose the team and gives more permutations probably, otherwise half of the players or more will be the same across the teams.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Hobbs (England)
Gavaskar (India)
Bradman (Australia)
Richards (West Indies)
Kallis (South Africa)
Flower (Zimbabwe)
Shakib (Bangladesh)
Hadlee (New Zealand)
Rashid (Afghanistan)
Waqar (Pakistan)
Murali (Sri Lanka)

 

[Coronis]

Hobbs (England)
Gavaskar (India)
Bradman (Australia)
Richards (West Indies)
Kallis (South Africa)
Flower (Zimbabwe)
Shakib (Bangladesh)
Hadlee (New Zealand)
Rashid (Afghanistan)
Waqar (Pakistan)
Murali (Sri Lanka)

Waqar, really?

 

[reyrey]

Joyce (Ireland)
Hammond (England)
Bradman (Australia)
Tendulkar (India)
Sobers (West Indies)
Flower (Zimbabwe)
Imran (Pakistan)
Shakib (Bangladesh)
Hadlee (New Zealand)
Donald (South Africa)
Murali (Sri Lanka)