Which Asian all time xi is the strongest?

[TheJediBrah]

I get it, but I atleast want someone atleast capable of getting the ball older for Murali without getting hit out of the park too much.

Vaas and Mathews

 

[capt_Luffy]

Vaas and Mathews

Mathews will just be all over the park. The extra runs he will provide over Ratnayeke with bat will be less than the extra he will cost.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mathews will just be all over the park. The extra runs he will provide over Ratnayeke with bat will be less than the extra he will cost.

Against an ATG opposition though? What's Ratnayake going to do against Bradman, Sachin, Viv, Sobers etc? Also will he really provide runs against an ATG bowling line-up

 

[capt_Luffy]

Against an ATG opposition though? What's Ratnayake going to do against Bradman, Sachin, Viv, Sobers etc? Also will he really provide runs against an ATG bowling line-up

I mean, Ig can provide a 20-30 here and there.

 

[reyrey]

Gurusinha was a better part-time seamer than Mathews. Jayasuriyas spin could be difficult to get away. These 2 would be the most solid PT options.

I'd include Malinga. He bowled a lot of garbage, but he had had a habit of picking up wickets with both good and bad balls. He could be used as a potential partnership breaker. Either him or Zoysa for his big footmarks.

 

[smash84]

Though um how tall is Fernando actually? Just looking at his first and second pages on google I’m seeing results ranging from 5’6 to 6’2 lol

I think both him and vaas were 6ft

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Gurusinha was a better part-time seamer than Mathews. Jayasuriyas spin could be difficult to get away. These 2 would be the most solid PT options.

The trouble is that neither are good enough at batting.

Despite struggling in this test, Asitha Fernando has done really well in his career. The bloke averages 25. I'd pick him as the 2nd seamer.


Attapattu (c)
Karunaratne
Sanga
M Jayawardene
Aravinda DS
Mathews
P Jayawardene (wk) (or perhaps Chandimal/Hashan Tilerakaratne as the tail is weak)
Vaas
Herath
Murali
Asitha Fernando

 

[capt_Luffy]

The trouble is that neither are good enough at batting.

Despite struggling in this test, Asitha Fernando has done really well in his career. The bloke averages 25. I'd pick him as the 2nd seamer.


Attapattu (c)
Karunaratne
Sanga
M Jayawardene
Aravinda DS
Mathews
P Jayawardene (wk) (or perhaps Chandimal/Hashan Tilerakaratne as the tail is weak)
Vaas
Herath
Murali
Asitha Fernando

Jayasuriya for Atapattu sounds very reasonable, and that's without considering bowling and fielding.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Jayasuriya for Atapattu sounds very reasonable, and that's without considering bowling and fielding.

Jayasuriya was absolutely terrible against any swing. He couldn't play the likes of Daryl Tuffey and Chris Martin. Imagine him against top class bowlers with a new ball. Atapattu, on the other hand, was genuinely good and fought back from a horror start to his test career

 

[GirthQuake]

Jayasuriya was absolutely terrible against any swing. He couldn't play the likes of Daryl Tuffey and Chris Martin. Imagine him against top class bowlers with a new ball. Atapattu, on the other hand, was genuinely good and fought back from a horror start to his test career

''He couldn't play xyz, imagine him against abc.'' By now we have seen enough to know cricket does not work like this. Jayasuriya averages 40+ in England, the swingiest place.

 

[Burgey]

The Australasian one.