While there are so many 'ideal' selections by fans for their (or any) team, there have often been real selections which looked good (or ideal), and more importantly, worked. What is your choice, for the best playing XI from a match, for any team?
For South Africa, this team for a Test series against the Kiwis in NZ in the late 90's looked good:
- Kirsten
- Gibbs
- Kallis (RMF)
- Cullinan
- Cronje (C)
- Rhodes
- Klusener (RFM)
- Pollock (RFM)
- Boucher (WK)
- Adams (SLA)
- Donald (RF)
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Boucher at 9 shows a long batting line-up but could you not find a team without Adams?
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Originally Posted by Arjun
India v West Indies (first two test matches) XI:
Sehwag
Gayle
Dravid
Lara
Chanderpaul/Sarwan/Yuvraj (can't decide!)
Bravo
Dhoni (+)
Kumble
Collins
Edwards
Colleymore
Dravid or Lara can be captain, I'm not sure which. I'm suprised by seven WI and four Indians (assuming Sarwan/Chander play). I thought there'd be more Indians in the match.
Here's another combination. Pakistan had just the right team, but they blew it against England in Cape Town in the 2003 World Cup. Chasing 246, they were all out for 134.
- Saeed Anwar
- Shahid Afridi (LBG)
- Inzamam
- Yousuf Youhana
- Younis Khan
- Abdul Razzaq (RMF)
- Rashid Latif (WK)
- Wasim Akram (LF)
- Saqlain (OB)
- Waqar Younis (RF)
- Shoaib Akhtar (guess?)
Good try, but we're looking at combinations that actually played, for any team.Adams was a freak bowler, and better than Boje, having bowled better against India. I was looking for teams with Klusener, Pollock, Kallis and Donald, but countless times Adam Bacher appeared in the XI.
Well Ive just been trying to do the SA side I think I may agree with your selection. Bacher seems to feature far too often and the team you chose also destroyed England by an Innings and some at Jo'burg in 99.
When I saw this thread, the first thing that came to mind was an XI made up from the players of both teams in the match. Perhaps we can do that as well? Like, classic matches etc...
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EJ Barlow
RB Kanhai
RG Pollock
CH Lloyd
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Intikhab Alam
MJ Procter
GD McKenzie
LR Gibbs
I saw the above side play.
Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men
ROW in 1970? It's a spectacularly good lineup and, unlike the socalled supertests last year, this XI actually showed up.
Indeed.
It was the line-up for the first test, I think.
Later, Deryck Murray took the gloves and Peter Pollock came in to replace Garth, but any one of the line-ups would probably constitute the best side to play cricket in my lifetime.
How good was McKenzie? I've always rated him a class below the generation that emerged in the 70's, but I don't really know a lot about him tbh.
I suspect your appraisal wasn't far off the mark - he was the veritable Curate's Egg - good in parts.
Once bowled a 23 ball over.
He should be an Indian!
No.
He was fast.
Touche.
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