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Team of the decade (1950's to now)
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Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
How does Atherton make it into any select XI? I can't beleive it. Did anyone actually watch cricket in the 90's?aussie said:
I know stats are not everything but he averaged under 40 (38.37) during the 90's.
He also had a terrible technique to the short ball. The 'Atherton has a great technique' belief is based on a myth. A product of lazy journalism and under-analysis.
Cue the "but he had a bad back" statements.
howardj
International Coach
An average is an average. He didn't play any more Tests against those teams than Dravid in the same period (another player with a similar over-all average). So it is still, in terms of averages, comparing like with like. Do you also take out Dravid's fantastic series versus Australia, sans Warne and McGrath, in 2003/04 which has inflated an otherwise ordinary record against the World Champs? I just think the idea that someone who averages 62 with the bat; 32 with the ball; and is a good 'slipper'; wouldn't get into a World XI for the decade is an absolute outrage!marc71178 said:
C_C
International Captain
My team of the 60s,70s,80s and 90s:
60s:
Conrad Hunte
Bob Simpson*
Rohan Kanhai
Ken Barrington
Ted Dexter
Gary Sobers
Farook Engineer+
Alan Davidson
Fred Trueman
Wes Hall
Lance Gibbs
70s:
Sunil Gavaskar
Geoff Boycott
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Clive Lloyd*
Ian Botham
Alan Knott+
Andy Roberts
Denis Lillee
Bishen Bedi
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
80s:
Gordon Greenidge
Sunil Gavaskar
Viv Richards
Alan Border
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan*
Jeff Dujon+
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
90s:
Michael Slater
Saeed Anwar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy+
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
2000s:
<yet to be determined as 2000s isnt over yet>.
60s:
Conrad Hunte
Bob Simpson*
Rohan Kanhai
Ken Barrington
Ted Dexter
Gary Sobers
Farook Engineer+
Alan Davidson
Fred Trueman
Wes Hall
Lance Gibbs
70s:
Sunil Gavaskar
Geoff Boycott
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Clive Lloyd*
Ian Botham
Alan Knott+
Andy Roberts
Denis Lillee
Bishen Bedi
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
80s:
Gordon Greenidge
Sunil Gavaskar
Viv Richards
Alan Border
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan*
Jeff Dujon+
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
90s:
Michael Slater
Saeed Anwar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy+
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
2000s:
<yet to be determined as 2000s isnt over yet>.
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Top_Cat
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Ditto; Sheesh, that's a strong combination....... Only minor criticism (for mine); having Hadlee and Immi in the same team. I know Immi batted well towards the end there but I don't think he warrants a top-6 spot for the whole of the 80's. I would bite the bullet and (somehow!) choose between Hadlee and Imran and find another batsman like Ritchie Richardson or David Gower or even Dean Jones. Probably have Javed above AB in the order too.
The 90's team is pretty good too. Bit of a shame there's no room for Waqar. On bowling, it'd be a coin-toss between him and Wasim for me but with Wasim's batting, he'd get the nod. I'd also prefer to see Sachin at 3 as I think he's a more 'solid' choice technically.
The 90's team is pretty good too. Bit of a shame there's no room for Waqar. On bowling, it'd be a coin-toss between him and Wasim for me but with Wasim's batting, he'd get the nod. I'd also prefer to see Sachin at 3 as I think he's a more 'solid' choice technically.
C_C
International Captain
Top_Cat said:
I thought the same but then i realised that the 80s team has some decent batting depth.
Imran would be good for a 40-ish average at six i think and Hadlee/Marshall both were in 20+ average group.
So i decieded to include both, make a killer pace attack( i thought about sneaking Iqbal Qasim or Abdul Qadir in there somewhere but i then thought that all the pacers named above offer more than either of those spinners in various bowling conditions),sacrifice specialist middle order bat and make up some of the lost batting by giving it a long tail to #9 with even the #10 good for the occasional 50. But you are right- Javed and Border should interchange positions.
archie mac
International Coach
I always had a soft spot for Atherton, I thought he battled hard against some great attacks.Goughy said:
He also rarely had the opportunity to come to the wicket in a position of strenth.
He seemed to be at his best when his side was 'up against it', and it should be remembered that he had a bad back
