Cricinfo All-time sides

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The All-time South African XI

Barry Richards
Graeme Smith
Jacques Kallis
Graeme Pollock
Dudley Nourse
Aubrey Faulkner
Shaun Pollock
Mike Procter
John Waite
Hugh Tayfield
Allan Donald

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The All-time New Zealand XI

Glenn Turner
Stewie Dempster
Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Martin Donnelly
John R Reid
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Ian Smith
Shane Bond
Jack Cowie

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The All-time Sri Lankan XI

Marvan Atapattu
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Arjuna Ranatunga
Chaminda Vaas
Rumesh Ratnayake
Asantha de Mel
Muttiah Murlitharan
Somachandara de Silva

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The All-time New Zealand XI

Glenn Turner
Stewie Dempster
Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Martin Donnelly
John R Reid
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Ian Smith
Shane Bond
Jack Cowie

No John Wright, Martin Snedden or Ewan Chatfield, maybe they are just sentimental favourites of mine, I loved watching Wright open the batting.

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The All-time Sri Lankan XI

Marvan Atapattu
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Arjuna Ranatunga
Chaminda Vaas
Rumesh Ratnayake
Asantha de Mel
Muttiah Murlitharan
Somachandara de Silva

I wonder how close Gurusinghe was to being selected, he held the side together many a time when they were minnows. Most of them players are from the last decade or so when Bangladesh have become a test playing nation and the standard has dropped off.

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The All-time Sri Lankan XI

Marvan Atapattu
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Arjuna Ranatunga
Chaminda Vaas
Rumesh Ratnayake
Asantha de Mel
Muttiah Murlitharan
Somachandara de Silva

I wonder how close Gurusinghe was to being selected, he held the side together many a time when they were minnows. Most of them players are from the last decade or so when Bangladesh have become a test playing nation and the standard has dropped off.

Was shortlisted, along with
Roy Dias
Arjuna Ranatunga
Aravinda de Silva
Kumar Sangakkara
Mahela Jayaweardene
Thilan Samaraweera
Hashan Tilakaratne

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The All-time Sri Lankan XI

Marvan Atapattu
Sanath Jayasuriya
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Arjuna Ranatunga
Chaminda Vaas
Rumesh Ratnayake
Asantha de Mel
Muttiah Murlitharan
Somachandara de Silva

I wonder how close Gurusinghe was to being selected, he held the side together many a time when they were minnows. Most of them players are from the last decade or so when Bangladesh have become a test playing nation and the standard has dropped off.

Was shortlisted, along with
Roy Dias
Arjuna Ranatunga
Aravinda de Silva
Kumar Sangakkara
Mahela Jayaweardene
Thilan Samaraweera
Hashan Tilakaratne

They'd wanna hope their batsman score some runs, Rumesh was a bunny, batting at 8 he'd get a nose bleed. Although Vaas is no bunny, number 7 is a bit rich.

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The All-time Pakistan XI

Hanif Mohammad
Saeed Anwar
Zaheer Abbas
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan
Rashid Latif
Wasim Akram
Fazal Mahmood
Abdul Qadir
Waqar Younis

[bulldogproud2]

They should have an all time XI for South Africans who played for England...

or a team of English born players who have played for Australia: 7 times as many as South Africans who have played for England!

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Five players from the all-star West Indies sides of the 80s have made it to Cricinfo's West Indies all-time Test XI: Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards, Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding and Malcolm Marshall.

Viv Richards was the one unanimous pick from that era. Garry Sobers, considered the world's greatest allrounder, and George Headley, nicknamed the black Bradman, were the other two to get all 10 votes

The XI: Gordon Greenidge, Conrad Hunte, George Headley, Vivian Richards, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Jackie Hendriks, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Curtly Ambrose, Lance Gibbs.

Readers' XI: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, George Headley, Viv Richards, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Jeff Dujon, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Curtly Ambrose, Lance Gibbs.

Nominees

Openers: Conrad Hunte, Roy Fredericks, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Chris Gayle.

Middle order: George Headley, Everton Weekes, Clyde Walcott, Frank Worrell, Rohan Kanhai, Seymour Nurse, Clive Lloyd, Lawrence Rowe, Alvin Kallicharran, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Allrounders: Learie Constantine, Garry Sobers, Gerry Gomez, Collie Smith.

Wicketkeepers: Clyde Walcott, Jackie Hendriks, Deryck Murray, Jeffrey Dujon.

Fast bowlers: Wes Hall, Charlie Griffith, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Colin Croft, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose, Ian Bishop.

Spinners: Alf Valentine, Sonny Ramadhin, Lance Gibbs.

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Cricinfo All-Time XI

The World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee

The Second XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Barry Richards, George Headley, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Bill O'Reilly, Fred Trueman, Muttiah Muralitharan, SF Barnes

Readers' XI: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath

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I wonder how a West Indies 80's team would've faired against our world beating team?

WI
Greenidge
Haynes
Richardson
Richards
Lloyd
Logie/ Gomes
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner/ Roberts

Spares: Hooper, Harper, King, Patterson.

AUST
Hayden
Langer
Ponting
M.Waugh
S.Waugh
Bevan/ Lehmann
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

Spares: Blewett/ Fleming/ MacGill

Or you could try the same thing with the mid 2000's team.

[Rik E Boy]

I wonder how a West Indies 80's team would've faired against our world beating team?

WI
Greenidge
Haynes
Richardson
Richards
Lloyd
Gomes clearly ahead of Logie. I'd have Hooper ahead of Logie as well.
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

Spares: Hooper, Harper, King, Patterson. WALSH way ahead of King and Patterson

AUST
Hayden
Langer
Ponting
M.Waugh
S.Waugh
NAH, Marto mate.
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

Spares: Boof, Magilla.

Or you could try the same thing with the mid 2000's team.

We'd win because of Warnie. Dutchy Holland and Murray Bennett spun em out at their peak.

regards,

REB

[Lightning McQueen]

I wonder how a West Indies 80's team would've faired against our world beating team?

WI
Greenidge
Haynes
Richardson
Richards
Lloyd
Gomes clearly ahead of Logie. I'd have Hooper ahead of Logie as well.
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

Spares: Hooper, Harper, King, Patterson. WALSH way ahead of King and Patterson

AUST
Hayden
Langer
Ponting
M.Waugh
S.Waugh
NAH, Marto mate.
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

Spares: Boof, Magilla.

Or you could try the same thing with the mid 2000's team.

We'd win because of Warnie. Dutchy Holland and Murray Bennett spun em out at their peak.

regards,

REB

I thought I had Marto in there, I didn't proof read it lol. Plus there's been a few brain cells killed since them days. TBH, I never rated Bevan as a test player and thought he played for his average too many times in the ODI's, sure, he saved our ass a few times though.
Forgot about Walsh too.

[Rik E Boy]

Thought you'd have forgotten Walsh. Best 'workhorse' bowler ever I reckon. I left out Roberts because he was more of the era of Lawrence Rowe, Collis King, Wayne Daniel and Roy Fredricks. Very tough to leave out so many absolute gun fast bowlers.

I was side on at Adeliade Oval one day watching Malcolm Marshall and couldn't believe how much pace this small bloke was generating. He was probably the best of the lot because he used to do more than just blast you out, he had an excellent cricket brain and was a competent batsman as well.

I would have been a fascinating match and I consider myself very fortunate to witness both of these teams at their peak along with the Chappell era Australians of the mid seventies. What is teeball compared to that?

regards,

REB

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Thought you'd have forgotten Walsh. Best 'workhorse' bowler ever I reckon. I left out Roberts because he was more of the era of Lawrence Rowe, Collis King, Wayne Daniel and Roy Fredricks. Very tough to leave out so many absolute gun fast bowlers.

I was side on at Adeliade Oval one day watching Malcolm Marshall and couldn't believe how much pace this small bloke was generating. He was probably the best of the lot because he used to do more than just blast you out, he had an excellent cricket brain and was a competent batsman as well.

I would have been a fascinating match and I consider myself very fortunate to witness both of these teams at their peak along with the Chappell era Australians of the mid seventies. What is teeball compared to that?

regards,

REB

In my opinion there is no probably..he was clearly the best

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I may be a bit cynical here but is there any Aussies that would feature in a current world's best 11 going around atm, in either ODI's or tests?

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I may be a bit cynical here but is there any Aussies that would feature in a current world's best 11 going around atm, in either ODI's or tests?

Cameron White would definitely feature in the ODI XI.

Struggling with the others, maybe Hauritz.

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WI - no Courtney Walsh?

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I may be a bit cynical here but is there any Aussies that would feature in a current world's best 11 going around atm, in either ODI's or tests?

Cameron White would definitely feature in the ODI XI.

Struggling with the others, maybe Hauritz.

Agreed with White, Hauritz though, what format?