Most Competitive All-time XI

[adharcric]

Its about bowling out such lineups consistently, not taking wickets here and there. Kapil was a great bowler, not brilliant, not like he was in the top 30 all time or anything.

Tough call there.

 

[Anil]

Its about bowling out such lineups consistently, not taking wickets here and there. Kapil was a great bowler, not brilliant, not like he was in the top 30 all time or anything.

he won't be the only bowler, will he, he will be part of a lineup?...and not sure how you differentiate between great and brilliant? i am not saying bowling out great lineups will be easy but saying kapil can't take out the don or trumper is not right, he had dismissed all the top batsmen of his era, he was good enough to dismiss the top players of any era...as to dismissing the whole lineup, depends on the support cast, other than dev, india's great bowlers are all spinners and there are some formidable bowlers among them who cannot just be dismissed lightly....

 

[Slifer]

Just for fun, might I suggest we pick an XI from the reserves from our respective countries and see how they match up (note dont use players already in that country's alltime XI). Here goes:

D. Haynes
R. Fredricks
G. Headley
E. Weekes
R. Kanhai
C. Lloyd*
J. Dujon+
M. Holding
I. Bishop
A. Roberts
C. Walsh

Reserves: D. Murray, C Croft, S. Ramadhin, A Kallicharan.

 

[aussie]

Fair enough:

Australia

Bobby Simpson
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Neil Harvey
Stan McCabe
Allan Border* - Captain
Rodney Marsh+ - W/Keeper
Ray Lindwall
Bill O'Reilly
Craig McDermott
Frederick Spofforth

ENGLAND

Herbert Sutcliffe
Geoff Boycott
Ken Barrington
Ted Dexter
Colin Cowdrey* - Captain
Willfred Rhodes
Andrew Flintoff
Allan Knott+ - W/Keeper
Brian Statham
Hedley Verity
Bob Willis

SOUTH AFRICA

Gary Kirsten
Keepler Wessels
Peter Kirsten
Herbie Taylor
Eddie Barlow
Denis Lindsay+ - W/Keeper
Clive Rice* - Captain
Allan Kourie
Shaun Pollock
Peter Pollock
Garth Le Roux

PAKISTAN

Majid Khan
Mudassar Nazar
Younis Khan
Mushtaq Mohammad
Mohammad Yousuf
Saleem Malik
Moin Khan+ - W/Keeper
Intikhab Alam
Sarfraz Nawaz
Fazal Mahmood
Shoaib Akhtar

INDIA

Navjot Sidhu
Virender Sehwag
Polly Umrigar* - Captain
Mohammad Azharuddin
Dillip Vengsarkar
Mohinder Amarnath
Syed Kirmani+ - W/Keeper
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bishen Bedi
Javagal Srinath
Subhash Gupte

New Zealand

John Wright
Stephen Fleming* - Captain
Andrew Jones
Bev Congdon
Nathan Astle
Jacob Oram
Adam Parore+ - W/Keeper
Bruce Taylor
Ewen Chatfield
Richard Collinge

 

[PhoenixFire]

How isn't Ajay Sharma in any of the India teams. IMO he's massively underated, and would be considered great had he had a better chance.

 

[silentstriker]

Tough call there.

IMO he wasn't even close top 30 all time.

 

[PhoenixFire]

England 1st XI

1) JB Hobbs
2) G Boycott
3) WR Hammond
4) DCS Compton
5) PBH May
6) GA Gooch* +
7) IT Botham
8) W Rhodes
9) JC Laker
10) FS Trueman
11) AV Bedser

 

[The Baconator]

I detect a lack of wicket keeper.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Let Goochy do it

 

[grecian]

Hobbs
Hutton *
Barrington
Hendren
Compton
Stewart +
Flintoff
Rhodes
Laker
Statham
Trueman

Depending on conditions I may drop Rhodes for Willis.

 

[steds]

Barrington needs to be in Englands side ahead of Compton, Statham needs to be ahead of Larwood (I say that before Steds does)

 

[steds]

Grace should probably be in the all-rounder spot ahead of beefy, on fitness grounds alone.

 

[steds]

Let Goochy do it

Has he ever actually kept?

 

[Pothas]

would have to say that West Indies have the very best side there. Amazing bowling and the likes of Sobers, Headley and Lara make the batting pretty special too.

 

[C_C]

Australia:

Bob Simpson *
Justin Langer
Don Bradman
Greg Chappell
Alan Border
Keith Miller
Adam Gillchrist+
Shane Warne
Alan Davidson
Glenn McGrath
Denis Lillee


England:

Hobbs
Boycott
Compton
Barrington
May *
Greig
Knott+
Botham
Bedser
Trueman
Laker


India:

Gavaskar
Mankad
Dravid
Tendulkar
Hazare
Vishy/Azhar/Amarnath
Kapil
Kirmani
Nissar
Bedi
Chandra


Pakistan:

Anwar
Hanif Mohammed
Majid Khan
Inzamam
Miandad
Imran*
Wasim
Latif
Waqar
Iqbal Qasim
Fazal Mehmood


South Africa:

B.Richards
E.Barlow
H.Gibbs
J.Kallis
C.Rice*
M.Procter
S.Pollock
D.Richardson+
A.Donald
H.Tayfield
G.LeRoux/N.Adcock

West Indies:

D.Haynes
C.Hunte
V.Richards
B.Lara
C.Lloyd*
G.Sobers
D.Murray
M.Marshall
C.Ambrose
M.Holding
J.Garner

(Lance Gibbs on spinning tracks)

Sri Lanka:

Jayasurya
Atapattu
R.Dias
deSilva
Jayawardene
Sangakkara
Ranatunga *
C.Vaas
A.deMel
M.Muralitharan
D.Fernando.

 

[archie mac]

IMO even though Grace was one of the early legends England have produced better players down the years.

This comment almost cost aussie an award this week, but I am treating it as a typo

 

[aussie]

This comment almost cost aussie an award this week, but I am treating it as a typo

Award?, anyway it wasn't a typo i'm serious even though Grace was probably the legendary player of the early days i think England have produced better players down the years i.e openers or all-rounders where Grace would like be considered in an All-time English team.

 

[Beleg]

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[aussie]

Hobbs
Hutton *
Barrington
Hendren
Compton
Stewart +
Flintoff
Rhodes
Laker
Statham
Trueman

Depending on conditions I may drop Rhodes for Willis.

Surely Hammond has to be in & Botham at his best was England's best all-rounder..

 

[Beleg]

We ar enot judging people's peaks. we are juidging 'em on their performance through-out their careers. botham for most of his career was useless