How great is your all time great Team ??

[silentstriker]

Only players common to Benaud's, Bradman's and the composite All Time XI are Bradman, Sobers and Tendulkar. I'd have thought a bowler would be in there. Or Hobbs.

 

[silentstriker]

Yep. Second best ever with the bat is Sobers for me. From there you can take your pick, but there's a number I'd put ahead of Sachin really.

Yea, 2-10 is very debatable, and mine changes every day. I'd probably go Bradman, Sobers, Hobbs, Sachin, or something like that. I think Chappell is up there too.

 

[The Sean]

Only players common to Benaud's, Bradman's and the composite All Time XI are Bradman, Sobers and Tendulkar. I'd have thought a bowler would be in there. Or Hobbs.

Bradman's rather - ahem - strange XI is the reason for that.

 

[Gillie]

Bradman's XI

Although One Of The Greatest Captains, And The Greatest Batsman Of All Time, I Have To Agree With The Majority Of You, By Saying That It Definitely Isn't The Greatest Team. What We Do Have To Bear In Mind Though Is That Some Players That Have Been Mentioned, Weren't At The Heights Of Their Careers When Bradman Chose This Team, e.g Murali, Warney and Mcgrath.

 

[Anil]

barry richards
jack hobbs
don bradman
viv richards
sachin tendulkar
garry sobers
ian healy
richard hadlee
malcolm marshall
shane warne
muthiah muralitharan

vs

sunil gavaskar
len hutton
greg chappell
wally hammond
brian lara
imran khan
keith miller
allan knott
syd barnes
dennis lillee
bill o'reilly

would be a fascinating watch(for me at least)...

 

[Gillie]

barry richards
jack hobbs
don bradman
viv richards
sachin tendulkar
garry sobers
ian healy
richard hadlee
malcolm marshall
shane warne
muthiah muralitharan

vs

sunil gavaskar
len hutton
greg chappell
wally hammond
brian lara
imran khan
keith miller
allan knott
syd barnes
dennis lillee
bill o'reilly

would be a fascinating watch(for me at least)...

Agreed but where's Adam Gilchrist. By Far The Greatest Wicket Keeper Batsman Ever!!!!
Marsh Is Also A Better Keeper Than Knott In My Opinion.

 

[Anil]

Agreed but where's Adam Gilchrist. By Far The Greatest Wicket Keeper Batsman Ever!!!!
Marsh Is Also A Better Keeper Than Knott In My Opinion.

adam gilchrist is not even close to being the greatest wicket keeper ever(he was not even the best 'keeper in his era)...and in my opinion, an all-time xi looks for the best in every category...batting-wise the two sides are more than covered with magnificent batsmen far better than gilchrist so what such a team would require(in my opinion of course) is an absolute top quality specialist 'keeper which gilchrist obviously is not...as for marsh being better than knott, it can certainly be argued, there are others like taylor as well who would come into the picture...

gilly would be in my all-time one day xi as a middle order wicket keeper batsman(as a competent keeper and an explosive middle order bat he would provide a lot of flexibility in the one day scheme of things), not as an opener(there are ever so many odi openers better than him and an occasional blitzkrieg doesn't qualify him as a great opener)...

 

[Rooboy]

I was surprised that Wasim Akram's name was not mentioned in any as even a maybe.

 

[Goldy's Cricket]

My Greatest Cricket XI

Right guys, i was having a chat with a housemate of mine about this and this is what I have come up with. Tell us what you think?

1 - Sunil Gavaskar
2 - Jack Hobbs
3 - Don Bradman
4 - Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Viv Richards
6 - Gary Sobers
7 - Adam Gilchrist
8 - Imran Khan
9 - Shane Warne
10 - Fred Trueman
11 - Glenn McGrath

Very strong side in my opinion. But I would like to see this side play my favorite side of

1 - Sanath Jayasuriya
2 - Kuma Sangakara
3 - Ricky Ponting
4 - Brian Lara
5 - Graham Thorpe
6 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7 - Andrew Flintoff
8 - Richard Hadlee
9 - Dennis Lillee
10 - Malcolm Marshall
11 - Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Furball]

The Living Legends team is clearly better. Can't Bradman scoring many runs in his present state.

 

[The Sean]

Right guys, i was having a chat with a housemate of mine about this and this is what I have come up with. Tell us what you think?

1 - Sunil Gavaskar
2 - Jack Hobbs
3 - Don Bradman
4 - Sachin Tendulkar
5 - Viv Richards
6 - Gary Sobers
7 - Adam Gilchrist
8 - Imran Khan
9 - Shane Warne
10 - Fred Trueman
11 - Glenn McGrath

Very strong side in my opinion. But I would like to see this side play my favorite side of

1 - Sanath Jayasuriya
2 - Kuma Sangakara
3 - Ricky Ponting
4 - Brian Lara
5 - Graham Thorpe
6 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7 - Andrew Flintoff
8 - Richard Hadlee
9 - Dennis Lillee
10 - Malcolm Marshall
11 - Muttiah Muralitharan

Two great sides mate - I'd have 8 of your first team in my personal all time XI as well. The second side has a bowling attack that is at least the equal, if not the fractional superior, of your all time XI, but the batting isn't in the same class so that would prove to be the difference for me.

 

[bagapath]

the most stylish XI comprising of players i have seen or read about would be...

trumper
anwar
lara
compton
gower
sobers *
miller
cameron +
akram
warne
lillee

they should play the most methodical xi for the ultimate match-up

boycott
sutcliffe
dravid
barrington
kallis
border *
healy +
bedser
kumble
mcgrath
walsh

 

[analyst]

A test series between these two teams would be a great spectacle IMO.
Sehwag
Hayden
Ponting
Richards
Lara
Gilchrist
Imran Khan (capt)
S Warne
W Akram
M Holding
J Thompson

Gavaskar
Boycott
Dravid
Kallis
Chanderpaul
S Waugh (capt)
JD Dujon
B Bedi
C Walsh
G Mcgrath
M Muralithan

 

[JBMAC]

the most stylish XI comprising of players i have seen or read about would be...

trumper
anwar
lara
compton
gower
sobers *
miller
cameron +
akram
warne
lillee

they should play the most methodical xi for the ultimate match-up

boycott
sutcliffe
dravid
barrington
kallis
border *
healy +
bedser
kumble
mcgrath
walsh

What no Bradman, Engineer or Nyadu? You gotta be kidding





QUOTE=analyst;2055776]A test series between these two teams would be a great spectacle IMO.
Sehwag
Hayden
Ponting
Richards
Lara
Gilchrist
Imran Khan (capt)
S Warne
W Akram
M Holding
J Thompson

Gavaskar
Boycott
Dravid
Kallis
Chanderpaul
S Waugh (capt)
JD Dujon
B Bedi
C Walsh
G Mcgrath
M Muralithan[/QUOTE]

No Bradman, Sobers or Lillee?

 

[analyst]

What no Bradman, Engineer or Nyadu? You gotta be kidding





QUOTE=analyst;2055776]A test series between these two teams would be a great spectacle IMO.
Sehwag
Hayden
Ponting
Richards
Lara
Gilchrist
Imran Khan (capt)
S Warne
W Akram
M Holding
J Thompson

Gavaskar
Boycott
Dravid
Kallis
Chanderpaul
S Waugh (capt)
JD Dujon
B Bedi
C Walsh
G Mcgrath
M Muralithan

No Bradman, Sobers or Lillee? [/QUOTE]

Never had the pleasure of watching Bradman or Sobers, so that was my reason behind that decision. Perhaps Lillee could warrant a place in place of Walsh or Thompson on either team.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Donald Bradman
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
+Kumar Sangakkara
*Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Malcom Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[bagapath]

What no Bradman, Engineer or Nyadu? You gotta be kidding

in which team?

 

[Isura]

IMO

First XI
Sunil Gavaskar
Jack Hobbs
Don Bradman
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Gary Sobers
KEEPER
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Dennis Lillee
Muttiah Muralitharan

Second XI
Barry Richards
Len Hutton
Greg Chappell
Javed Miandad
Brian Lara
Imran Khan
KEEPER
Richard Hadlee
Syd Barnes
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose

Undecided on the keeper, but I love my teams

 

[JBMAC]

in which team?

Bradman in team one and the other two in subsequent team

 

[JBMAC]

No Bradman, Sobers or Lillee?

Never had the pleasure of watching Bradman or Sobers, so that was my reason behind that decision. Perhaps Lillee could warrant a place in place of Walsh or Thompson on either team.[/QUOTE]

Well I've been fortunate enough to have seen them both play and both would be walk up starters in any all time great team. Lillee instead of Thommo, even though he was faster than Walsh but Walsh was the more consistent by far.