Last but not least
Sir Andy Roberts (1970s) to sum up my legendary all time great fast bowling unit.
INVINCIBLES
Sir Arthur Morris (1940s)
Sir Leonard Hutton (1930s)
Rahul Sharad Dravid (2010s)
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (2000s)
Sir Everton Weekes (1950s)
Allan Border (C) (1980s)
Alan Knott (wk) (1960s)
Joel Garner (1970s)
Sir Andy Roberts (1970s)
Muttiah Muralitharan (2000s)
Courtney Walsh (1990s)
I'll brief my team now,
First up is the ever present immortal openers in world cricket in
Sir Arthur Morris and Sir Leonard Hutton.Both played vita roles for their respective sides in the 1930s and 1940s.Following this elegant pair of right and left hand combination is 'the Wall' aka
Rahul Dravid.His perserverance,calmness would no doubt add much patience for this team of Invincibles.Rahul Dravid an equally good player against both pace and spin,is a modern day great and one of the best batsmen to master no.3 batting Furthermore,his success at overseas conditions which is perhaps alien to most of the other batsmen from the sub continent,would add some invaluable experience plus his safe hands in the slips would mean catches off Murali,will be grabbed without any hesitance.Next up is
Sachin Tendulkar,greatest batsman of cricket after Sir Donald Bradman.Enough said on him.His ability in handing spin and pace equally plus on top of that Dravid at no.3 would mean that nothing would come easy for the oppostion.Following Tendulkar,is
Sir Everton Weekes,wonderful player,with strokes all round.His average of 58+ playing close to more than 50 tests,is something magnificient.His presence in the side would mean that there will be a lot more depth on strokeplay hence more headache for the oppostion skippers.In at No.6 is the leader of the Invincibles,to lead a side of this calibre,you need a tailer-made captain and the best man for this is
Sir Allan Border,he was perhaps the person who pioneered the Australian dominance,when its crest was fallen apart by the West Indies dominanance.It was Border who changed the prevailing situation changed the fortunes for Australia,which was continued by the likes of Waughs and Pontings.At 7 is the keeper
Alan Knott,who was chosen as the keeper in the Wisden all time test team ahead of Adam Gilchrist.Furthermore to go with hs beligerent keeping,he has credential in batting as well,scoring at 31 runs per innings and 3 centuries to go with it,in his career.
Bowlers,
Well perhaps I've got the most strongest bowling line up and I've got stats to prove them.Sharing the Red Cherry will be
Sir Andy Roberts and
Courtney Walsh.Both will be looking to pressurize the batsmen,with their deceptive bowling of pace.Walsh has 500 wickets,most for a fast bowler,which shows the quality Walsh possessed,unlike other so called star bowlers who struggled in their careers due to injuries.500 wickets for a fast bowlers would seem improbable,but Walsh had the courage to do it.His parther
Andy Roberts was one of the most fearsome bowlers during the age of late 1970s and was a part of the formidable West Indies pace line up that shattered the oppostion in to bits and pieces.After the inescapable lines and lengths from my two opening bowlers,it will be the 6ft 8 giant in
Joel Garner.He'll be ripping bouncers at the batsmen,which will be his usual line and length.After facing much distress from my fast bowlers,it will be the best spinner the world has ever seen
Muttiah Muralitharan,the greatest cricketer of modern times.Need I say any more.the greatest spinner of all times and Bradman of test bowling
Not many would have a chance against this team.This is a team for all conditions,be it seam,swing,pace,bounce or spin.Invincibles the best
