\\ Decade Squads //

[Natman20]

The idea of this thread is to come up with the best XI for

1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-Now

This can be made up of people from any team

 

[deeps]

considering most of us wldn't have been around for most of those time frames, we'd be going on just pure reputation

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I'll have a go at a few of them. I'm assuming here it's based on the performances inside the decade in question, and not the general ability of players who happened to play then.

2000s
Varinder Sehwag
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting (c)
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist (k)
Shaun Pollock
Shoaib Akhtar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

1990s
Gary Kirsten
Graham Gooch
David Boon
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Steve Waugh (c)
Andy Flower (k)
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath

1980s
Sunil Gavaskar
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Javed Miandad
Allan Border
Ian Botham
Jeff Dujon (k)
Imran Khan (c)
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Dennis Lillee

1970s
Geoff Boycott
Sunil Gavaskar
Alvin Kallicharran
Greg Chappell
Clive Lloyd (c)
Ian Botham
Alan Knott (k)
Michael Holding
Andy Roberts
Dennis Lillee
Derek Underwood

That will do for now.

 

[Beleg]

90's - Test

1. Gary Kirsten
2. Mark Waugh
3. Brian Lara
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Azharudin
6. Steve Waugh
7. Andy Flower - Wk
8. Wasim
9. Warne
10. Waqar
11. Ambrose


90's - ODI

1. David Boon
2. Mark Waugh
3. Brian Lara
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Azharudin
6. Steve Waugh
7. Andy Flower
8. Wasim
9. Waqar
10. Ambrose
11. Saqlain

2000's - Test

1. Virendar Sehwag
2. Langer/Vaughan
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Lara
5. Dravid
6. Kallis
7. Gilchrist
8. Flintoff/Pollock
9. McGrath
10. Muralitharan
11. Shoaib Akhtar

2000 - ODI's

1. Sehwag
2. Gilchrist
3. Lara
4. Tendulkar
5. Inzamam
6. Flintoff
7. Cairns
8. Razzaq
9. Shoaib
10. Murali
11. McGrath

 

[LongHopCassidy]

1960s
Bill Lawry
Bobby Simpson
Ken Barrington
Graeme Pollock
Sir Garfield Sobers
Frank Worrell
Alan Davidson
Richie Benaud*
Wally Grout+
Fred Trueman
Graham McKenzie

1950s
Arthur Morris
Len Hutton
Neil Harvey
Denis Compton
Everton Weekes
Vijay Hazare
Keith Miller
Richie Benaud*
Ray Lindwall
Godfrey Evans+
Frank Tyson

No 1940s because of WWII.

1930s
Herbert Sutcliffe
Bill Ponsford
Sir Donald Bradman
George Headley
Wally Hammond*
Stan McCabe
Les Ames+
Bill O'Reilly
Hedley Verity
Harold Larwood
Tim Wall

1920s
Jack Hobbs
Herbert Sutcliffe
Patsy Hendren
Warren Bardsley
Frank Woolley
Jack Gregory
Warwick Armstrong*
Ted McDonald
Bert Oldfield+
Sydney Barnes

No 1910s because of WWI.

 

[marc71178]

For the 90s I'd expect Stewart to be there somewhere, but haven't time to pick them yet - maybe this evening.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

No Healy or Flower?

Keep in mind that 1990s England was a very forgettable side.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

No Healy or Flower?

Keep in mind that 1990s England was a very forgettable side.

Yeah, can't see why Stewart would make it ahead of Healy as a keeper, Flower as a batsman, or either of them as both. Nor should he beat out the likes of Taylor, Slater, Kirsten and Gooch as an opener.

 

[a massive zebra]

1900s
VT Trumper
RA Duff
C Hill
KS Ranjitsinhji
FS Jackson*
MA Noble
W Rhodes
AFA Lilley+
H Trumble
C Blythe
SF Barnes

1910s
JB Hobbs
VT Trumper
W Bardsley
C Hill*
CP Mead
GA Faulkner
H Carter+
FR Foster
HV Hordern
SF Barnes
AEE Vogler

1920s
JB Hobbs*
H Sutcliffe
WR Hammond
CG Macartney
HW Taylor
EH Hendren
JM Gregory
MW Tate
WAS Oldfield+
CV Grimmett
AP Freeman

1930s
L Hutton
WH Ponsford
DG Bradman*
WR Hammond
GA Headley
EH Hendren
LEG Ames+
H Verity
H Larwood
CV Grimmett
WJ O'Reilly

1940s
AR Morris
L Hutton
DG Bradman*
EDC Weekes
AD Nourse
DCS Compton
KR Miller
RR Lindwall
TG Evans+
AV Bedser
WA Johnston

1950s
L Hutton
CL Walcott
RN Harvey
EDC Weekes
PBH May*
GSA Sobers
KR Miller
TG Evans+
JC Laker
FS Trueman
AV Bedser

1960s
RB Simpson*
WM Lawry
RB Kanhai
RG Pollock
KF Barrington
GSA Sobers
JM Parks+
AK Davidson
PM Pollock
FS Trueman
DK Underwood

1970s
SM Gavaskar
G Boycott
IVA Richards*
GS Chappell
Javed Miandad
IT Botham
APE Knott+
AME Roberts
MA Holding
DK Lillee
RGD Willis

1980s
SM Gavaskar
CG Greenidge
IVA Richards
Javed Miandad
AR Border
Imran Khan*
RW Marsh+
RJ Hadlee
MD Marshall
J Garner
DK Lillee

1990s
GA Gooch
Saeed Anwar
BC Lara
SR Tendulkar
SR Waugh*
R Dravid
A Flower+
Wasim Akram
CEL Ambrose
Waqar Younis
AA Donald

2000s
V Sehwag
ML Hayden
R Dravid*
RT Ponting
BC Lara
JH Kallis
AC Gilchrist+
SM Pollock
Shoaib Akhtar
M Muralitharan
GD McGrath

 

[andyc]

no mention of richie, amz?

 

[a massive zebra]

no mention of richie, amz?

I considered it, but who would you drop?

 

[marc71178]

Yeah, can't see why Stewart would make it ahead of Healy as a keeper, Flower as a batsman, or either of them as both. Nor should he beat out the likes of Taylor, Slater, Kirsten and Gooch as an opener.

I was talking about the fact he scored more than any other batsman in the decade.

 

[C_C]

Botham has no business being in the 80s squad.


My picks:

2000s:

Virender Sehwag
Justin Langer
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gillchrist(wk)
Shaun Pollock
Shoaib Akhtar
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharan


1990s:

Graham Gooch
Mark Taylor
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Steve Waugh
Ian Healey
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Alan Donald

 

[C_C]

1980s:


Sunil Gavaskar
Graham Gooch
Viv Richards
Alan Border
Javed Miandad
Clive Lloyd
Imran Khan
Jeff Dujon(wk)
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Joel Garner


1970s:

Sunil Gavaskar
Geoff Boycott
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Javed Miandad
Ian Botham
Alan Knott(wk)
Andy Roberts
Denis Lillee
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Jeff Thompson

 

[C_C]

1960s:

Bob Simpson
Conrad Hunte
Rohan Kanhai
Graeme Pollock
Ken Barrington
Gary Sobers
Ritchie Benaud
Jackie Hendrix(wk)
Alan Davidson
Fred Trueman
Wes Hall

1950s:

Len Hutton
Arthur Morris
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes
Gary Sobers
Keith Miller
Raymond Lindwall
Godfrey Evans(wk)
Alec Bedser
Jim Laker

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Why pick Thommo above Holding, C_C? Thomson was a pretty good bowler in the 70s indeed, especially in his peak around the 74-77 sort of period, but I don't think he was ever a match for Mike.

Anyway, nice to see you picking your teams on something other than the averages for the decade.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Here goes for a few more:

60s
Bob Simpson (c)
Bill Lawry
Rohan Kanhai
Graeme Pollock
Ken Barrington
Garry Sobers
Richie Benaud
Alan Davidson
Wally Grout (k)
Fred Trueman
Peter Pollock

50s
Len Hutton
Arthur Morris
Everton Weekes
Neil Harvey
Clyde Walcott
Garry Sobers (c)
Keith Miller
Alan Davidson
Godfrey Evans (k)
Jim Laker
Fred Trueman

30s & 40s (due to war)
Bill Ponsford
Herbert Sutcliffe
Donald Bradman (c)
Walter Hammond
George Headley
Denis Compton
Keith Miller
Les Ames (k)
Ray Lindwall
Harold Larwood
Bill O'Reilly

10s & 20s (war, again)
Jack Hobbs
Herbert Sutcliffe
Charlie Macartney
Walter Hammond
Jack Gregory
Warwick Armstrong (c)
Bert Oldfield (k)
Maurice Tate
Bill Whitty
Bert Vogler
Sydney Barnes

Not going to bother with the first decade of the century, as I know comparitively little about it.

 

[age_master]

2000s
Virender Sehwag
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Rahul Dravid*
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist+
Shaun Pollock
Shoaib Akhtar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

Shoiab.... nah... Warne maybe?

 

[Scallywag]

Shoiab.... nah... Warne maybe?

Hows Dravid as captain.

 

[age_master]

didn't even notice that one, id go Gilly personally