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[Cricket] World Test XI



Lower West Stander

Lower West Stander

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Ooh it’s a corner said:
Great thread - I’ve already altered my choices several times but have settled on
Barry Richards
Sanath Jayasuriya
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Andy Flower
Imran Khan
Gary Sobers
Shakib-Al-Hasan
Richard Hadlee
Rashid Khan
Sydney Barnes

However I never saw Bradman or Barnes and am obviously influenced by what my Dad and others said so could easily replace them with Steve Smith and Ian Botham or Jimmy Anderson - it’s impossible!!
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This is pretty similar to mine.

But I'd have Botham in there
 




vegster

vegster

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May 5, 2008
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happypig said:
Boycott (england)
Iqbal (Bangladesh)
Bradman (Australia)
Lara (WI)
Kallis (SA)
Tendulkar (India)
Gilchrist (Australia)
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Hadlee (NZ)
Muralitharan (SL)
Price (Zim)

sub Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
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I think we have just found the winner !
 










vegster

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A1X

A1X

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dazzer6666 said:
No, what you've found is a CHEAT, with two Aussies in it
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Well realistically the more the Aussies are involved the higher the chances of cheating occurring...
 


jakarta

jakarta

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Certainly finding the Windies Player almost impossible to pick, Holding, Sobers, Richards or Lara?

I think a new thread of Best ever Test Sides per Country needs to be started...
 




vegster

vegster

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jakarta said:
Certainly finding the Windies Player almost impossible to pick, Holding, Sobers, Richards or Lara?

I think a new thread of Best ever Test Sides per Country needs to be started...
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Clive Lloyd and Courtney Walsh could well be in there too .
 




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Gwylan

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A1X said:
Well realistically the more the Aussies are involved the higher the chances of cheating occurring...
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Good point, well made

jakarta said:
I think a new thread of Best ever Test Sides per Country needs to be started...
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I've compiled a few of these over the years - you can get some good teams.

I reckon it would be a close run thing between West Indies and South Africa for best all-time teams
 




jakarta

jakarta

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Gwylan said:
Good point, well made



I've compiled a few of these over the years - you can get some good teams.

I reckon it would be a close run thing between West Indies and South Africa for best all-time teams
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Well we need Maurice Tate in the England attack!
 


Eeyore

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That was hard. Wasted another hour of lockdown.

Players only since I started in cricket (1981)
 


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Garry Nelson's teacher

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At last! A thread that is even more fun than the Brexit one. Been watching cricket since 1964 and can remember the 1965 South Africans coming to Hove,

A Flower
E Joyce
B Lara
V Kohli
I Khan (occasional Worthing CC player)
K Sangakkara
M Proctor
I Botham
Shakib
R Hadlee
S Warne
12th man Rashid Khan

This team bats deep, has 4 class fast bowlers, 2 spinners (+ Rashid), 2 wicketkeepers and 3 Sussex players. I never could resist a world class all-rounder. Sobers is sulking in the corner.
 




jakarta

jakarta

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Garry Nelson's teacher said:
At last! A thread that is even more fun than the Brexit one. Been watching cricket since 1964 and can remember the 1965 South Africans coming to Hove,

A Flower
E Joyce
B Lara
V Kohli
I Khan (occasional Worthing CC player)
K Sangakkara
M Proctor
I Botham
Shakib
R Hadlee
S Warne
12th man Rashid Khan

This team bats deep, has 4 class fast bowlers, 2 spinners (+ Rashid), 2 wicketkeepers and 3 Sussex players. I never could resist a world class all-rounder. Sobers is sulking in the corner.
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I'd watch that team all day, in fact for 5 days! Only lacking a West Indian Quickie...
 




DJ NOBO

DJ NOBO

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Gwylan said:
A bit bowler heavy I'd say
I like my team that had Botham at 8 and Hadlee at 9
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Depends if you think if Kallis an all rounder . I was thinking the predominant batsman he became .
I reckon there are a few runs in that middle order ;-)

Hadlee at nine - yes, not bad. Time to consider stokes over sir Ian though
 


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big nuts

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Hove
1.Sangakarra
2.Joyce
3.Smith
4.Tendulkar
5.Lara
6.Miandad
7.Kallis
8.Stokes
9.Hadlee
10.Al-Hasan
11.Streak

Players picked from 87 to present day.
 




Eeyore

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jakarta said:
Great Side, Tendulkar over Gavaskar perhaps?
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Means I would need a make-shift opener. I tried to balance the side with horses for courses.

Could have gone for an English opener but I reckon a specialist keeper over a keeper/batsman is the way to go. Foster is the best keeper of our generation.
 


jakarta

jakarta

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Brighton Lines said:
Means I would need a make-shift opener. I tried to balance the side with horses for courses.

Could have gone for an English opener but I reckon a specialist keeper over a keeper/batsman is the way to go. Foster is the best keeper of our generation.
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Understood, obviously Tendulkar (Like Kohli) was the run maker so Gavaskar is probably the right answer for opener.

Horrible Saffir Oik but cant dismiss Graeme Smith!
 


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