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Test Team of Last Two Decades
- Thread starter Pratters
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Dano.85
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
started watching a couple of years later then you but would most prob agree with most of your choice but i would swap murali for warne and flintoff for glenn mcgrath
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Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
C'mon, Mcgrath simply has to be there.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Pollock is awesome as well and can bat too. The batting has huge depth with Akram coming in at 10. Akram has a test highest score of 257.
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
At the end of the day, Flintoff was a pretty average all-rounder for all bar 18 months or so of his career and shouldnt go close to a team of the decade let alone this
Also, given the depth of the batting, you might as well pick the best bowlers so punt Pollock and select Ambrose or McGrath
Also, given the depth of the batting, you might as well pick the best bowlers so punt Pollock and select Ambrose or McGrath
Athlai
Not Terrible
Virender Sehwag
Matthew Hayden
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh (c)
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
Few interesting choices in there, like Warne over Murali (the batting clinches it) and Waugh over Ponting (batting at 5, captaincy and team dynamics). Waqar Ambrose and McGrath would make a helluva pace trio.
Matthew Hayden
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh (c)
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
Few interesting choices in there, like Warne over Murali (the batting clinches it) and Waugh over Ponting (batting at 5, captaincy and team dynamics). Waqar Ambrose and McGrath would make a helluva pace trio.
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Shri
Mr. Glass
Just one change when we compare our teams.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Days of Grace
International Captain
How about this?
1. B. Richards
2. S.M. Gavaskar
3. I.V.A. Richards
4. G.S. Chappell
5. R. Pollock
6. Imran Khan*
7. R. Marsh +
8. R.J. Hadlee
9. M.D. Marshall
10. D.K. Lillee
11. Addul Qadir
Reckon that team could beat allcomers, tbh. Selected Richards and Pollock from South Africa since they were the best in the world during that period anyway.
And what a fast bowling attack! Qadir is the spinner by default, I guess. Either him or Underwood, but spinners were lean pickings in the days before Warne and Murali.
slowfinger
International Debutant
This. But Imran in there and him captain aswell taking Waugh out...
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Imran shouldn't enter the discussion based on a technicality though. Marshall qualifies too on that basis.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
depends on whether we are selecting 'cricketers who've played in the last 20 years' or 'cricketers based on their performances in the last 20 yrs'...in the 2nd case, my team stands. and in the first case, i'll take imran as captain in place of ponting and make kallis open...and marshall for ambrose too, as joe says...
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Obviously it has to be performances. Else Tendulkar would make the team of the 80s which sounds ridiculous.