Who's the best?

[iamdavid]

Just another of these little polls

Which side , in your opinion , is the greatest to have taken the feild during test crickets 127 year history?

Now IMO these would be the main contenders-

1948 Australians-
1.S.Barnes
2.A.Morris
3.D.Bradman*
4.L.Hasset
5.K.Miller
6.N.Harvey
7.R.Lindwall
8.I.Johnson
9.D.Tallon+
10.B.Johnson
11.E.Toshak


1980's West Indians-
1.G.Greenidge
2.D.Haynes
3.R.Richardson
4.V.Richards
5.L.Gomes
6.C.Lloyd*
7.J.Dujon+
8.M.Marshall
9.M.Holding
10.J.Garner
11.C.Walsh


1970's Australians-
1.I.Redpath
2.R.McCosker
3.I.Chappell*
4.G.Chappell
5.R.Edwards
6.D.Walters
7.R.Marsh+
8.M.Walker
9.A.Mallett
10.D.Lillee
11.J.Thompson


1969 South Africans-
1.B.Richards
2.T.Goddard
3.A.Bacher*
4.G.Pollock
5.E.Barlow
6.L.Ervine
7.D.Lindsay+
8.M.Procter
9.T.Lance
10.P.Pollock
11.J.Traicos


1932 (bodyline) Englishmen-
1.H.Sutcliffe
2.D.Jardine*
3.W.Hammond
4.M.Leyland
5.E.Paynter
6.L.Ames+
7.B.Wyatt
8.G.Allen
9.H.Verity
10.H.Larwood
11.B.Voce


2002 Australians-
1.J.Langer
2.M.Hayden
3.R.Ponting
4.M.Waugh
5.S.Waugh*
6.D.Martyn
7.A.Gilchrist+
8.S.Warne
9.B.Lee
10.J.Gillespie
11.G.McGrath

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I picked the West Indies team due to pure intimidation. That said, I don't think that Courtney Walsh was one of the best bowlers in the West Indies at the time.

 

[Richard]

1969\70 South Africans first, Bradman's invincibles second.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I refuse to vote as the 1890's English are.

Very handy bowlers!!:P

 

[NikhilN]

how come no Indian squad?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Because, as aLftA shows, they have the worst all-time team.

Although they do have the handicap of having a rubbish manager.

 

[Ford_GTHO351]

It has to be the 2002 Aussies.

The sheer nature of the way they play their cricket, always attacking, the batsmen score as if its a ODI.

The bowlers like McGrath & Warne are amoungst the all time greats and they devastate opposition batsmen.

Also they have won a hell of a lot of games, plus led by the best test captain in history in terms of winning percentage.

 

[Neil Pickup]

1980s West Indians - bowlers win matches.

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

It has to be the 2002 Aussies.

The sheer nature of the way they play their cricket, always attacking, the batsmen score as if its a ODI.

The bowlers like McGrath & Warne are amoungst the all time greats and they devastate opposition batsmen.

Also they have won a hell of a lot of games, plus led by the best test captain in history in terms of winning percentage.

The only reason hes had the most percentage of test wins is because he's had star players.Saying he is the best captain ever is ridiculous.

Wheres 1980 Pakistan and NZ? Javed Miandad,Imran Khan,Martin Crowe ,Richard hadlee,make a strong team.

But the invincibles get my vote.A guy with an average of 99.94 IS invincible.

 

[marc71178]

Javed Miandad,Imran Khan,Martin Crowe ,Richard hadlee,make a strong team.

A team has 11 players, not 2.

 

[Tom Halsey]

LOL!!

 

[Magrat Garlick]

But the invincibles get my vote.A guy with an average of 99.94 IS invincible.

Not if the rest of the blokes average 10 with the bat and 40 with the ball and field like Laxman...that's 209 in each innings for and 400 in each innings against

Not saying that the 1948 Aussies did (of course they were much better), just pointing out a minor flaw in your logic

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

A team has 11 players, not 2.

thank you captain obvious.

 

[Swervy]

best team i have seen is the Aussies of a couple of years ago

 

[masterblaster]

Yep 2002 Aussie Side for me too.

 

[AUST_HiTMaN]

Agreed

Was a toss up between the invincibles and the 2002 though.

80's Windies come in a close 3rd

 

[iamdavid]

BTW I went for the 1980's West Indies side

 

[Gaijin-san]

I refuse to vote, based on having seen only one of those teams.

 

[Richard]

You don't have to have seen teams to know the players were good!
One of the reasons people think the 2001\2002 Australians are as good as the like of the named, IMO, are because they are so recent.

 

[Craig]

1980s WI.

Purely fearsome and firey it would take alot of guts to play agressively to him. That said Holding was a gentleman (not with the ball).