Pick An All Time XI Comp.

[Richard]

'Twas a pretty impressive one IMBS.

 

[archie mac]

wht if 2 have the correct team ????

or no one has the corect team but 2 has 10 rite ?????

What I intend to do, is on Thursday to give a clue something like someone has 'x' right, and give everyone a chance to submit their final selection, but you can only submit one before Thursday

If someone does not get them all correct then I was going to keep the T-shirt

If we do have a tie, it will go to the person who submitted their side first

 

[archie mac]

Can I just say that the credit for the side should go to Archie here - I just wrote the bottom half of the final article. Can't even remember the full XI TBH. Actually, I'm looking at it now. Mohammad Ashraful at number six gives the batting order real stability.

A little modest mate, it was just a list with another 'short' list of players who were considered, before you transformed it into a readable format

 

[archie mac]

I have never been able to decide between Grace and Trumper. I wish their were two sides, one for limited overs and one for tests and I would have put Trumper for ODI's and Grace for the longer version and felt less guilty as I will here when I finally drop one of them.

An all time ODI XI would be a great idea for the future, I will leave that to others on the staff, as I am sure they can do a much better job than AM

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Era 1:
Victor Trumper
Sidney Barnes

Era 2:
Jack Hobbs
Bill O'Reilly

Era 3:
Gary Sobers
Rohan Kanhai

Era 4:
Imran Khan
Malcom Marshall

Era 5:
Wasim Akram
Andy Flower

All Time XI:

Jack Hobbs
Victor Trumper
Don Bradman
Rohan Kanhai
Gary Sobers
+Andy Flower
*Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Malcom Marshall
Bill O'Reilly
Sidney Barnes

Just wanted to make a little change in the batting order of my XI.

My All Time XI:

Jack Hobbs
Victor Trumper
Don Bradman
+Andy Flower
Gary Sobers
Rohan Kanhai
*Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Malcom Marshall
Bill O'Reilly
Sidney Barnes

 

[archie mac]

Okay you can now submit your final XI

Two clues

Clue one: Out of the final XI- nine of the players have been named, the ones that have not been named are an opening batsman and a middle order batsman(batting 4 in our team)

Clue Two: One person who submitted an XI has eight players correct

I have not considered any of SJSs musings(as interesting as they were), as he is yet to give a final XI

 

[SJS]

Here are three alternatives

1. HOBBS (2)
2. Grace (1)
3. BRADMAN
4. Lara (5)
5. Hammond (2)
6. SOBERS (3)
7. Tallon (3)
8. Imran/Marshall (4)
9. Lillee (4)
10. Warne (5)
11. BARNES (1)

OR

1. HOBBS (2)
2. Grace (1)
3. BRADMAN
4. Headley (2)
5. Tendulkar (5)
6. SOBERS (3)
7. Tallon (3)
8. Imran/Marshall (4)
9. Lillee (4)
10. Warne (5)
11. BARNES (1)

OR

1. HOBBS (2)
2. Grace (1)
3. BRADMAN
4. Richards (4)
5. Hammond (2)
6. SOBERS (3)
7. Gilchrist (5)
8. Imran/Marshall/Lillee (4)
9. McGrath (5)
10. Orielly (3)
11. BARNES (1)

I think it should be one of the first two but you never know. Take your pick if you think you can win chosing one of these.

I prefer to watch from the sidelines.

I have given a choice between Imran and Marshall in the first two teams, I would take Imran for his better batting since Tallon is not a great batsman. I take Lillee in both these sides as the main outswing bowler.

In the third team the choice is between Lillee, Imran and Marshall. I would take either Imran or Marshall since McGrath is already there. I like the spin option in the third team but the pace attack is better in the first two.

The batting is pretty awesome in all of them.

Thats all from me.

 

[Ikki]

Well, I've taken a punt:

Sir Jack Hobbs (1)
Herbert Sutcliffe (2)
Sir Donald Bradman (Auto)
Wally Hammond (2)
Sir Vivian Richards (4)
Sir Garfield Sobers (3)
Adam Gilchrist(5)
Keith Miller (3)
Shane Warne (5)
Sydney Barnes (1)
Dennis Lillee (4)

 

[SJS]

Well, I've taken a punt:

Sir Jack Hobbs (1)
Herbert Sutcliffe (2)
Sir Donald Bradman (Auto)
Wally Hammond (2)
Sir Vivian Richards (4)
Sir Garfield Sobers (3)
Adam Gilchrist(5)
Keith Miller (3)
Shane Warne (5)
Sydney Barnes (1)
Dennis Lillee (4)

Jack Hobbs is from era 2 not one.

He scored 3000 of his 5400 odd runs and 11 of his 15 test hundreds after WW1.

The moment you account for that change everything will need readjusting.

 

[Ikki]

Jack Hobbs is from era 2 not one.

He scored 3000 of his 5400 odd runs and 11 of his 15 test hundreds after WW1.

The moment you account for that change everything will need readjusting.

Not at all, if Hobbs doesn't count in your opinion, I think a straight swap for Trumper fixes it without touching the rest.

It's a good list, I know .

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Can't believe no-one has taken the Ashraful hint...

 

[fisher12]

Best XI ever

According to me the best XI players ever from different teams when combined in to make a team which is unbeatable are :

ONE DAY FORMAT -

1. Adam Gilchrist.
2. Sachin Tendulkar.
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Saurav Ganguly.
5. Brain Lara.
6. Inzamam-ul-Haq.
7. Sanath Jaisuriya.
8. Wasim Akram.
9. Shaun Pollock.
10. Shane Warne.
11. Muttaiah Murlitharan.

TEST MATCH FORMAT -

1. Sir Don Bradman.
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Sir Vivian Richards.
4. Sachin Tendulkar.
5. Sir Gary Sobers.
6. Imran Khan
7. Kapil Dev.
8. Richard Hadley
9. Shane Warne.
10. Dennis Lillee.
11. Courtney Walsh

This is what i could think of when it came to best XI players in cricket.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

According to me the best XI players ever from different teams when combined in to make a team which is unbeatable are :

ONE DAY FORMAT -

1. Adam Gilchrist.
2. Sachin Tendulkar.
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Saurav Ganguly.
5. Brain Lara.
6. Inzamam-ul-Haq.
7. Sanath Jaisuriya.
8. Wasim Akram.
9. Shaun Pollock.
10. Shane Warne.
11. Muttaiah Murlitharan.

TEST MATCH FORMAT -

1. Sir Don Bradman.
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Sir Vivian Richards.
4. Sachin Tendulkar.
5. Sir Gary Sobers.
6. Imran Khan
7. Kapil Dev.
8. Richard Hadley
9. Shane Warne.
10. Dennis Lillee.
11. Courtney Walsh

This is what i could think of when it came to best XI players in cricket.

You need to select an XI in which Don Bradman is a compulsory inclusion & have to choose 2 players from each of the following eras:

Era one 1877-1919
Era two 1920-1946
Era three 1946-1970
Era four 1971-1990
Era five 1991-2007

P.S. @ picking Don Bradman as an opening batsman.Kapil Dev was a great player but not good enough to claim a place in an ALL Time XI.Other than that,both of your teams are fine.

 

[SJS]

Not at all, if Hobbs doesn't count in your opinion, I think a straight swap for Trumper fixes it without touching the rest.

It's a good list, I know .

Its not my opinion. Its of those people who designed the format. I am just communicating. I would love to have Hobbs in Era 1 it would have made my job easier and I may have settled on one rather than giving three options and ruling myself out of the competition.

I dont think Trumper can be the second opener if Hobbs is your first. Look at the hints provided byArchie_Mac in his last post and you will understand why.

 

[Ikki]

Its not my opinion. Its of those people who designed the format. I am just communicating. I would love to have Hobbs in Era 1 it would have made my job easier and I may have settled on one rather than giving three options and ruling myself out of the competition.

I dont think Trumper can be the second opener if Hobbs is your first. Look at the hints provided byArchie_Mac in his last post and you will understand why.

I meant if Hobbs cannot count for Era 1, I'd take him out and have a straight swap for Trumper who clearly is Era 1.

 

[SJS]

I meant if Hobbs cannot count for Era 1, I'd take him out and have a straight swap for Trumper who clearly is Era 1.

Yes of course you could do that but the risk of taking someone who is almost universally accepted as the best opener of all time may be a risk you may reconsider taking. Its an easier option, the one youtake but might, just might, be a trifle risky.

 

[Dubilog]

Well, where is all the Headly Verity talk? Why is he not hovering around these lists?

 

[SJS]

Well, where is all the Headly Verity talk? Why is he not hovering around these lists?

You have a point but there are so many legends of the game thatare missing from the nominations.

 

[neville cardus]

Hobbs (2)
Shrewsbury (1)
Bradman (A)
Tendulkar (5)
Richards (4)
Woolley (2)
Sobers (3)
Tallon (3)
Lillee (4)
Warne (5)
Barnes (1)

 

[Matt79]

Revised picks, assuming that I've understood Archie's hints correctly and that the Jungle Jumbo is throwing in red herrings:

Hobbs (Era 2)
Hutton (Era 3)
Bradman (auto)
Lara (Era 5)
Hammond (Era 2)
Sobers (Era 3)
Blackham (Era 1)
Marshall (Era 4)
Lillee (Era 4)
Muralitharan (Era 5)
SF Barnes (Era 1)

I don't think this is right, and I think I've confused myself horribly trying to incorporate Archie's hints, but I had Lara as the middle order bat not mentioned and Hutton as the opener not mentioned. I decided Archie would have insisted on one of Lillee or Warne, and thus included Lillee, at the expense of Knott. With Murali and Lara precluding Gilly, I went back to Blackham filling the era 1 quota, wicket keeping role and Archie's sense of romance.