Final TWO bowlers for the All Time Test XI

[bagapath]

Maybe this all-time team would be better served with two all-rounders, sobers at 6, and maybe Botham/Imran at 8, with GIlly in between them??

Then you'd have:
Hobbs, Gavaskar, Bradman, Hammond, Richards, Sobers, Gilchrist/another great 'keeper, Botham/Imran, Marshall, McGrath, ____________

Thus leaving ONE place for the final bowler, or two, if you make McGrath an option rather than a certainty.

with such a strong top 7 why do you need another all rounder? we should aim to choose 4 best bowlers possible. i dont think this team will be short of runs at all.

if we have a bowling attack capable of taking 20 wickets then we dont even have to use the part time bowling of sobers.

 

[adharcric]

Murali and Warne - the old-timers can probably handle Barnes but not these two ...

 

[Fusion]

Maybe this all-time team would be better served with two all-rounders, sobers at 6, and maybe Botham/Imran at 8, with GIlly in between them??

Then you'd have:
Hobbs, Gavaskar, Bradman, Hammond, Richards, Sobers, Gilchrist/another great 'keeper, Botham/Imran, Marshall, McGrath, ____________

Thus leaving ONE place for the final bowler, or two, if you make McGrath an option rather than a certainty.

That would've been my team balance, but not exactly with those choices.

 

[JBH001]

Murali and Barnes for me.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Maybe this all-time team would be better served with two all-rounders, sobers at 6, and maybe Botham/Imran at 8, with GIlly in between them??

Then you'd have:
Hobbs, Gavaskar, Bradman, Hammond, Richards, Sobers, Gilchrist/another great 'keeper, Botham/Imran, Marshall, McGrath, ____________

Thus leaving ONE place for the final bowler, or two, if you make McGrath an option rather than a certainty.

Nah. You'd want to have Sobers at 5, leaving you with:

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Hammond
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran
Marshall
Warne
McGrath
Barnes

6/7 people who can bowl and can bat up to 7 or even 9 on a good day.

 

[bagapath]

Nah. You'd want to have Sobers at 5, leaving you with:

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Hammond
Sobers
Gilchrist
Imran
Marshall
Warne
McGrath
Barnes

6/7 people who can bowl and can bat up to 7 or even 9 on a good day.

you have effectively dropped richards in favor of imran. i would rather drop mcgrath and get marshall and imran to open the attack. cant imgaine an all-time xi without sir viv.