Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

[stephen]

60s and 30s.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

60s & 30s

 

[honestbharani]

60s 30s

 

[vitalogy83]

60's and 30's for me too if I'm allowed to vote.

 

[Victor Ian]

60s, 30s

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

30's because George Headley
40's because white Headley

 

[Coronis]

30’s and 60’s.

 

[vitalogy83]

Won't the sim have an issue if 2 teams have the same player?

True, I hadn't thought of that

Had a quick look and it seems like ICC allows the same player in 2 teams playing against each other in the World Xi option !

 

[271 & 16/166]

1900/10s, Hobbs, Trumper, Hill, Barnes, plus Faulkner and Noble, hard to go past
1930s, is even better, the only query is Martindale

 

[a massive zebra]

00s and 30s

 

[mr_mister]

1900/10s, Hobbs, Trumper, Hill, Barnes, plus Faulkner and Noble, hard to go past
1930s, is even better, the only query is Martindale

yeah, Grimmett arguably had a better case over Martindale but we all felt Larwood as the sole specialist pacemen was not ideal

I reckon Constantine would have been better for the XI's chances at advancement to late stages just because he's more well known if anything

 

[271 & 16/166]

Also Gubby Allen was an option to partner Larwood and avg 25 with the bat

 

[Slifer]

60s and 30s

 

[The Sean]

1900s and 1930s

 

[Gob]

Just give it to me to Sim I'll do it in my head

 

[Line and Length]

'20s and '40s

The '00s has an awesome attack but fall behind on batting.

 

[The Sean]

This really is a brutal one - you're either voting against peak Bradman (and Hammond/Headley/O'Reilly), against peak Sobers, or against peak Hobbs, Faulkner and Barnes!

 

[mr_mister]

60s and 30s get the job done

Next up:

1990s, 1950s, 2010s

1990s:

Graham Gooch *
Saeed Anwar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh 5
Aravinda De Silva 6
Ian Healy +
Wasim Akram 2
Shane Warne 4
Curtley Ambrose 1
Allan Donald 3

1950s:

Len Hutton *
Hanif Mohammad
Neil Harvey
Everton Weekes
Clyde Walcott
Gary Sobers 5
John Waite +
Allan Davidson 3
Jim Laker 4
Alec Bedser 2
Fred Trueman 1


2010s:

Alistair Cook
Dave Warner
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli *
Shakib Al Hasan 5
BJ Watling +
Ravi Ashwin 4
Pat Cummins 3
Dale Steyn 1
Jimmy Anderson 2

 

[mr_mister]

90s and 50s here


this first round is a bit predictable, but i bet from round 2 onwards the matches will get much closer

 

[sunilz]

90, 10