Players Dream teams and opinions......

[Zinzan]

I'm interested in Players best XI's from the many autobiographies there have been and from other media sources......


I'll start it off with Stephen Fleming's NZ Vs Rest of the World test and oneday dream teams - From those he's played with of against (from 1994)....from his book that came out last year

FLEMING'S REST OF THE WORLD TEST TEAM....

Hayden
R Dravid (despite he's a no 3)
S Tendulkar
B Lara
S Waugh (C)
A Gilchrist (wk)
S Warne
K Dev
W Akram
C Walsh
M Murali

FLEMING'S NZ TEST TEAM

M Richardson
Himself
A Jones
M Crowe
N Astle
J Oram
C Cairns
A Parore (wk)
D Vettori
D Nash
S Bond

Note...no captain named ...modest man

FLEMING'S REST OF THE WORLD ODI TEAM....

S Jayasuriya
A Gilchrist (wk)
R Ponting (c)
S Tendulkar
B Lara
M Bevan
A Flintoff
S Pollock
W Akram
S Warne
W Younis

FLEMING'S NZ ODI TEAM....

N Astle
Himself
M Crowe
R Twose
S Styris
C Cairns
B McCullum (wk)
G Larsen
D Vettori
S Bond
G Allott


C'mon fellas.....dig the old books out and post a few players dream teams

 

[archie mac]

Okay I collect these so have about 200 so here are just a couple

Doug Walter team of the century

Ponsford
Morris
Bradman
Harvey
Richards (Viv)
Sobers
Miller
Tallon
Warne
Grimmett
Lillee

Stork Hendry (best of the 20s and 30s)

Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Macartney
Woolley
Bradman
Hammond
Oldfield
Larwood
Tate
O'Reilley
Mailey

 

[howardj]

Botham's Best of The World (from his autobiog)

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
G Chappell
Miandad
Border
Lloyd (capt)
Marsh
Hadlee
Ambrose
Garner
Lillee
Qadir

Gooch (from his autobiog)

Barry Richards
Gavaskar
Richards
Border
Miandad
Botham
Knott
Akram
Marshall
Warne
Ambrose

 

[shaka]

Bradman's Ashes teams (made in 2002)
Australia: Bill Ponsford, Arthur Morris, Don Bradman, Neil Harvey, Charlie Macartney, Keith Miller, Don Tallon, Ray Lindwall, Dennis Lillee, Bill O'Reilly, Clarrie Grimmett, Richie Benaud (12th man).

England: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Denis Compton, Peter May, Wally Hammond, WG Grace, Godfrey Evans, Fred Trueman, Alec Bedser, SF Barnes, Hedley Verity, Ian Botham (12th man).

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/aug/04brad.htm

 

[Toecrusher]

Don't have any team lists here, but opinions based on interviews etc....

Richard Hadlee's 'best bowler ever' - Dennis Lillee
Shane Warne's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Chris Cairns 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Murali's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Brian Lara
Flintoff's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Chris Cairns 'most like to come back as' - Wasim Akram
Allan Border 'most like to come back as' - Wasim Akram

There are heaps more like the above that I've heard of, I'll post them as I remember them

 

[chaminda_00]

The Jaffna Jets minus a few SMs, would come close to my dream team

1. J Hobbs
2. L Hutton
3. D Bradman
4. S Tendulkar
5. B Lara
6. G Sobers
7. C Walcott (wk)
8. R Benaud (c)
9. F Trueman
10. M Holding
11. M Muralitharan

 

[honestbharani]

Don't have any team lists here, but opinions based on interviews etc....

Richard Hadlee's 'best bowler ever' - Dennis Lillee
Shane Warne's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Chris Cairns 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Murali's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Brian Lara
Flintoff's 'best batsman I bowled to' - Sachin Tendulkar
Chris Cairns 'most like to come back as' - Wasim Akram
Allan Border 'most like to come back as' - Wasim Akram

There are heaps more like the above that I've heard of, I'll post them as I remember them

Flintoff mentioned both Tendulkar and Lara, I think.

 

[Adamc]

Mark Taylor's World XI, 1989-1999 (excluding Australians):

Gordon Greenidge
Desmond Haynes
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards (c)
Martin Crowe
Jeff Dujon
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Anil Kumble
Curtly Ambrose
Saeed Anwar (12th man)

Mark Taylor's Australian XI, 1989-1999

Michael Slater
Mark Taylor
David Boon
Allan Border
Mark Waugh
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy
Shane Warne
Merv Hughes
Craig McDermott
Glenn McGrath
Tim May (12th man)

He didn't name a captain, but logically it would be himself.

 

[Zinzan]

Pretty sure Akram once stated that M Crowe was the best he bowled to

 

[Zinzan]

Okay I collect these so have about 200 so here are just a couple

Doug Walter team of the century

Ponsford
Morris
Bradman
Harvey
Richards (Viv)
Sobers
Miller
Tallon
Warne
Grimmett
Lillee

Stork Hendry (best of the 20s and 30s)

Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Macartney
Woolley
Bradman
Hammond
Oldfield
Larwood
Tate
O'Reilley
Mailey

200 or so aye.....can u post a few of the more modern players i.e Shane Warne's etc

 

[archie mac]

Shane Warne

Test 12 Aust.
Taylor
Slater
Boon
M. Waugh
S. Waugh
Border (C)
Healy
Warne
Hughes
Blee
McGrath
Reid

Row
Saeed Anwar
Gooch
Lara
Tendulkar
M Crowe (C)
Kallis
Cairns
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq
Ambrose
McMillian

Aust ODI
M. Waugh
Gilchrist
Dean Jones
S. Waugh
Border (C)
Bevan
Lehmann
Moody
Warne
Blee
McGrath
Ponting

Row ODI
Saeed Anwar
Tendulkar
Kallis
Lara
Rhodes
Cairns
Klusener
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq
Ambrose
Gough

 

[archie mac]

Mark Waugh selections

Current Players

Jayasuriya
Taylor (C)
Lara
Tendulkar
S. Waugh
Aavinda de Sliva- Thorpe-M. Waugh (two to be omitted)
Healy
Wasim Akram
Warne
Ambrose
McGrath
Donald

All Time

Gavaskar
Tendulkar
Bradman (C)
Border
Viv Richards
Sobers
Wasim Akram
Healy
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
Botham

I will do a couple more tomorrow

 

[Pratters]

I have a book of cricket lists which I will try to find from my cricket archive and post some of the teams players have put in.

Good thread.

 

[Robertinho]

Richie Benaud's:

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Viv Richards
Tendulkar
Sobers
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
S.F. Barnes
12th man - Keith Miller

 

[Toecrusher]

Flintoff mentioned both Tendulkar and Lara, I think.

Tendulkar, Lara the best I've faced: Flintoff
http://in.rediff.com/cricket/2005/oct/01flint.htm

October 01, 2005 16:43 IST

England all-rounder and Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff says Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the two best batsmen he has come across, but the Indian holds an edge over the West Indies genius.

"I would say Lara and Sachin Tendulkar are the two best batsmen I've faced, although you always think you have more of a chance when you are bowling at Lara," says the flamboyant cricketer in his autobiography 'Being Freddie - My Story So Far.'

 

[Beleg]

Zinzan,

'Pretty sure Akram once stated that M Crowe was the best he bowled to..'

Akram mentioned he was the best player of reverse swing he had ever bowled against.

 

[GotSpin]

Botham's Best of The World (from his autobiog)

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
G Chappell
Miandad
Border
Lloyd (capt)
Marsh
Hadlee
Ambrose
Garner
Lillee
Qadir

Gooch (from his autobiog)

Barry Richards
Gavaskar
Richards
Border
Miandad
Botham
Knott
Akram
Marshall
Warne
Ambrose

No bradman

 

[andyc]

While in the dentist waiting room just now, I read that Merv Hughes thought Sunil Gavaskar was the best batsman he'd bowled to.

I also learnt that Javed Miandad called him a 'fat bus driver,' not conductor. And for some reason in that game, Border had told the whole team not to give Miandad any lip...

 

[Deja moo]

Mutual admiration society:

Warnes 'best batsman' = Tendulkar
Tendulkar on Warne (todays newspaper) " Warne is Gods gift to cricket". Warne is also the one Australian player Tendulkar would have playing for India.

 

[archie mac]

No bradman

I think they only considered players they played with or against.