Your World Elevens

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

sorry but, you`re rating guys?? please no!

That speaks as to your own insecurities. Perhaps you need some alone time?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

either one of the **** openers who were creaming at the start of the year

Care to enlighten us?

 

[LongHopCassidy]

either one of the **** openers who were creaming at the start of the year

**** is Indian, perchance?

 

[SJS]

I have changed my mind a bit

Test XI
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton/Barry Richards
3. Bradman
4. George Headley
5. Walter Hammond
6. Sobers
7. Evans/Knott
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Lindwall/Lillee/Imran(at his peak)/Andy Roberts/Marshall(later part of his career)/Garner
10.Muralitharan/Jim Laker (Bill Orielly is a better bowler but with Barnes who could bowl similarly, in addition to his medium pace, I prefer the variety of an off spinner)
11. Syd Barnes

I reserve the right to change my mind again

PS: on the handsome XI. There is absolutely no doubt that , by far, the best looking cricketers come out of Pakistan.
You can make a Handsome cricketers XI exclusively of Pakistani cricketers and you would have a pretty good looking bench strength too !!

PPS : Except most of their spinners, somehow

 

[Nate]

That speaks as to your own insecurities. Perhaps you need some alone time?

...or perhaps ive had too much alone time

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Here's my four basic XIs.


All-Time Test World XI
1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Donald Bradman (c)
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Walter Hammond
6. Gary Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist (k)
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man: George Headley

All-Time ODI World XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Adam Gilchrist (k)
3. Vivian Richards (c)
4. Dean Jones
5. Javed Miandad
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Michael Bevan
8. Lance Kluesener
9. Wasim Akram
10. Richard Hadlee
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Man: Jaques Kallis


Current Test World XI
1. Graeme Smith
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Jaques Kallis
7. Adam Gilchrist (k)
8. Shane Warne
9. Steve Harmison
10. Shoaib Akhtar
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man: Muttiah Muralitharan

Current ODI World XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Adam Gilchrist (k)
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Jaques Kallis
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. Darren Lehmann
7. Andrew Symonds
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Brett Lee
10. Steve Harmison
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Man: Ramnaresh Sarwan


I enjoy that every batsman in the top 6 (and nearly number 7 too) has a career average over 55 in my all-time test XI.

 

[SJS]

Here's my four basic XIs.


All-Time Test World XI
1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Donald Bradman (c)
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Walter Hammond
6. Gary Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist (k)
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man: George Headley

All-Time ODI World XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Adam Gilchrist (k)
3. Vivian Richards (c)
4. Dean Jones
5. Javed Miandad
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Michael Bevan
8. Lance Kluesener
9. Wasim Akram
10. Richard Hadlee
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Man: Jaques Kallis


Current Test World XI
1. Graeme Smith
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Jaques Kallis
7. Adam Gilchrist (k)
8. Shane Warne
9. Steve Harmison
10. Shoaib Akhtar
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Man: Muttiah Muralitharan

Current ODI World XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Adam Gilchrist (k)
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Jaques Kallis
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. Darren Lehmann
7. Andrew Symonds
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Brett Lee
10. Steve Harmison
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Man: Ramnaresh Sarwan


I enjoy that every batsman in the top 6 (and nearly number 7 too) has a career average over 55 in my all-time test XI.

You have Sachin in the Alltime Test XI but not in the current Test XI

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

You have Sachin in the Alltime Test XI but not in the current Test XI

Haha, so I do. I made the current ones a while ago and the all-time ones just then. Well, I guess I better drop Laxman then and put Dravid at 5.

 

[SJS]

Haha, so I do. I made the current ones a while ago and the all-time ones just then. Well, I guess I better drop Laxman then and put Dravid at 5.

Dravid at 4 and 5 both . Arent you asking a bit too much of him

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Dravid at 4 and 5 both . Arent you asking a bit too much of him

Bah, Tendulkar at 4 and Dravid at 5. :P

Maybe I'll just drop Dravid entirely and put Michael Clarke in there, in an attempt to cause an uproar on this board. He can take Bradman's place in the all-time test XI too.

 

[marc71178]

You have Sachin in the Alltime Test XI but not in the current Test XI

That's entirely possible IMO.

 

[SJS]

Bah, Tendulkar at 4 and Dravid at 5. :P

Maybe I'll just drop Dravid entirely and put Michael Clarke in there, in an attempt to cause an uproar on this board. He can take Bradman's place in the all-time test XI too.

You can do better than that. Put Afridi in the test side

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You have Sachin in the Alltime Test XI but not in the current Test XI

Just because a player is an all-time great doesn't mean he'd automatically be picked in a current World XI, which is picked on form.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Current ODI World XI
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Adam Gilchrist (k)
3. Ricky Ponting (c)
4. Jaques Kallis
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. Darren Lehmann
7. Andrew Symonds
8. Shahid Afridi
9. Brett Lee
10. Steve Harmison
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Man: Ramnaresh Sarwan

Say what? Mr Afridi has done what lately? Aside from his 5 for 11 against Kenya he's taken 9 wickets in 9 matches at 33.22 with an economy of 4.86. Meanwhile his batting has spectacularly produced 130 runs @ 18.57, 58 of which came in an innings against Zimbabwe. Throw in that he's also registered 2 ducks and I'm far from convinced.

 

[tooextracool]

amazingly enough he has b.lee and ponting ahead of gayle and sarwan......

 

[steds]

PS: on the handsome XI. There is absolutely no doubt that , by far, the best looking cricketers come out of Pakistan.
You can make a Handsome cricketers XI exclusively of Pakistani cricketers and you would have a pretty good looking bench strength too !!

PPS : Except most of their spinners, somehow

What about Inzamam?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Say what? Mr Afridi has done what lately? Aside from his 5 for 11 against Kenya he's taken 9 wickets in 9 matches at 33.22 with an economy of 4.86. Meanwhile his batting has spectacularly produced 130 runs @ 18.57, 58 of which came in an innings against Zimbabwe. Throw in that he's also registered 2 ducks and I'm far from convinced.

Simple... he is the best late order ODI hitter in the world. His bowling is handy, but not a major selling point. Those sorts of players have as much of an impact on the result of a one day match as anybody else.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

amazingly enough he has b.lee and ponting ahead of gayle and sarwan......

Sarwan got 12th man, and Ponting got in ahead of him because of his captaincy and his performances against the best in the world (see WC final 2003). If Sarwan performs against Australia this summer I might be convinced, but it would take a fair bit to warrant putting him in the side ahead of Ponting.

And as far as Gayle is concerned... well, would you prefer I dropped Tendulkar or Gilchrist? He's a fair player, but he has never done anything to warrant opening the world XI.

And Lee has a wonderful ODI record that has continued even when his form in tests dropped off.

 

[from_da_lost_di]

sehwag
yasir
shoaib malik
Inzi
sachin
afridi
zoyasa(skipper)
shoaib akther
pathan
murli
kamran akmal(wk)

now thats an ODI team that no side in the world can beat !!!

 

[SJS]

sehwag
yasir
shoaib malik
Inzi
sachin
afridi
zoyasa(skipper)
shoaib akther
pathan
murli
kamran akmal(wk)

now thats an ODI team that no side in the world can beat !!!

Oh. But you forgot the star all rounder !!!

Mohammad Singh Ranatunge