England XI vs India XI (since 1970)

[PlayerComparisons]

Prehaps Eng v Pak since 1970 would be closer

What does a Pakistan top 6 since 1970 look like?

 

[Silver Silva]

Prehaps Eng v Pak since 1970 would be closer

What does a Pakistan top 6 since 1970 look like?

1.Saeed Anwar
2.Azhar Ali
3.Younus Khan
4.Javed Miandad
5.Inzamam Ul Haq
6.Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
7.Imran Khan
8.Wasim Akram
9.Saqlain Mushtaq
10.Waqar Younis
11.Shoaib Akhtar

 

[PlayerComparisons]

1.Saeed Anwar
2.Azhar Ali
3.Younus Khan
4.Mohammad Yousuf
5.Inzamam Ul Haq
6.Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
7.Imran Khan
8.Wasim Akram
9.Saqlain Mushtaq
10.Waqar Younis
11.Shoaib Akhtar

Looks very good but Miandad has to be there IMO

 

[sayon basak]

1.Saeed Anwar
2.Azhar Ali
3.Younus Khan
4.Mohammad Yousuf
5.Inzamam Ul Haq
6.Mohammad Rizwan (WK)
7.Imran Khan
8.Wasim Akram
9.Saqlain Mushtaq
10.Waqar Younis
11.Shoaib Akhtar

Miandad instead of Yousuf pretty easily.

 

[Silver Silva]

Looks very good but Miandad has to be there IMO

Oh yeah that was a genuine mistake let me edit it

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Should Miandad come in for Yousuf or could Younis be asked to open so both Miandad and Yousuf can play?

 

[sayon basak]

Should Miandad come in for Yousuf or could Younis be asked to open so both Miandad and Yousuf can play?

Don't know mate. He never opened in his life.
Maybe play with one pacer less so that everybody could shift in. Guess Akhtar could go.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I like having Akhtar in the side but I am biased to him

 

[ma1978]

Much of England’s AT XI debuted before India was an independent country. Shows the relative decline in English cricket and rise in Indian cricket.

 

[Thala_0710]

PAK vs ENG is close. PAK wins easily on the pace attack, while saqlain vs Swann is a close call where I edge it to Swann. The opening pair is better for ENG while the middle order is better for Pak but I have Prior over Rizwan for now. Would go Pak overall mainly due to their pace bowling. A combined Xi perhaps looking sth like this:
Gooch
Cook
Younis
Root
Miandad
Prior
Imran
Botham
Swann
Wasim
Waqar

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Much of England’s AT XI debuted before India was an independent country. Shows the relative decline in English cricket and rise in Indian cricket.

Yea no doubt England was great back in like the 1930s but they’ve been very underwhelming in the modern era when the standard of the sport is higher

 

[capt_Luffy]

PAK vs ENG is close. PAK wins easily on the pace attack, while saqlain vs Swann is a close call where I edge it to Swann. The opening pair is better for ENG while the middle order is better for Pak but I have Prior over Rizwan for now. Would go Pak overall mainly due to their pace bowling. A combined Xi perhaps looking sth like this:
Gooch
Cook
Younis
Root
Miandad
Prior
Imran
Botham
Swann
Wasim
Waqar

I think Pakistan vs India is much closer. For the English comparison, the Pakistani bowling attack is a few too many levels ahead and I would even give them the batting, though marginally. For Ind vs Pak, It's basically India AT XI vs Pakistan AT XI without the Mohammad brothers.

 

[Johan]

Gavaskar>Gooch
Sehwag>Cook
Dravid>Gower
Tendulkar>Root
Kohli>Pietersen
Pant already better than Matt Prior imo.
Kapil<Botham
Jadeja>Swann
Ashwin>Willis
Bumrah>Broad
Shami<Anderson

Might be a poor way to judge, but yeah.
Not close for me.

Only one is wrong.

 

[Thala_0710]

Only one is wrong.

Sehwag over Cook is the only one for me

 

[Johan]

Sehwag over Cook is the only one for me

that's for me too lol.

tho in English conditions both Gavaskar and Sehwag would be pretty vulnerable.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Hopefully Jaiswal replaces Sehwag in a decade

 

[Thala_0710]

that's for me too lol.

tho in English conditions both Gavaskar and Sehwag would be pretty vulnerable.

Sehwag yes, Gavaskar no for me

 

[ma1978]

Thought experiment. Would a combined India / Pak AT XI

Gavaskar
Hanif / Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Miandad
Pant
Imran
Kapil
Ashwin
Wasim
Waqar

beat an England AT XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Sutcliffe
Root
Barrington
Stokes
Botham
Knott
Trueman
Anderson
Laker

 

[Thala_0710]

Hopefully Jaiswal replaces Sehwag in a decade

Hopefully sooner

 

[PlayerComparisons]

I’d have Hammond in there instead of Barrington/Stokes/Root