Your All Time XI'S test/one day

[Flem274*]

I'm always suprised as to how many people don't pick Marshall for their XI.

Generally in my XIs I have Marshall, Hadlee and someone else

 

[gettingbetter]

The recent rend on this website has to been to have McGrath in the XI.

 

[Black_Warrior]

^ Not only on this website, that has been the recent trend more or less everywhere....McGrath is a special talent no doubt but he is more of a robot kind of bowler...coming in and pitching the ball on the spot every time, and getting the outside edge...yes it requires tremendous skill to have that control to keep bowling there..but when I pick my greatest team...I would always go for someone like Marshall or Wasim who are more naturally talented, who have more versatility to their bowling, though they might not be as consistent and ultimately end up with lesser wickets than McGrath..but they would be always be greater in my books.

 

[Slifer]

And in Marshalls case (even taking eras and pitches into consideration) his overall record is superior to Mcgrath. Though in the end I do consider both bowlers about equal in terms of all time greatness.

 

[iamdavid]

Wouldnt really consider McGrath in my alltime world XI....

You have Curtley Ambrose who was pretty much exactly the same bowler only about 5% better imo plus with more venom (if a little less consistency).
And Richard Hadlee who was a very, very similar style of bowler and of the same quality, plus he could bat.

1.Hutton
2.Hobbs
3.Bradman
4.Tendulkar
5.G Chappell
6.Sobers
7.Gilchrist+
8.Marshall
9.Warne
10.Ambrose
11.Muralitharan

 

[silentstriker]

1. Hobbs
2. Gavaskar
3. Bradman
4. Tendulkar
5. Chappell
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Marshall
10. Ambrose
11. McGrath

Though mine changes every day.

 

[Flem274*]

Can someone explain the logic behind Ambrose over Hadlee? Hadlee IMO is one of the top three bowlers ever. Though TBF you could select anyone in the top 10 and they'll still crush the opposition.

 

[Leslie1]

Why don't you guys pick a top 11 and as well, put up their perfect opposition team that would make for a great "World against world" series? I can't pick for the life of me.

 

[silentstriker]

Why don't you guys pick a top 11 and as well, put up their perfect opposition team that would make for a great "World against world" series? I can't pick for the life of me.

1. Hobbs
2. Gavaskar
3. Bradman
4. Tendulkar
5. Chappell
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Marshall
10. Ambrose
11. McGrath

vs.

1. Hutton
2. Sutcliffe
3. Richards
4. Pollock
5. Headley
6. Miller
7. Knott
8. Hadlee
9. Warne
10. Barnes
11. Trueman

6 Aussies
6 Englishmen
5 West Indians
2 Indians
1 Pakistani
1 New Zealander

 

[Migara]

1. Hobbs
2. Gavaskar
3. Bradman
4. Tendulkar
5. Chappell
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Marshall
10. Ambrose
11. McGrath

vs.

1. Hutton
2. Sutcliffe
3. Richards
   [*]Pollock
4. Headley
5. Miller
6. Knott
7. Hadlee
8. Warne
9. Barnes
10. Trueman

6 Aussies
6 Englishmen
5 West Indians
2 Indians
1 Pakistani
1 New Zealander

Peter, Greame or Shaun?

vs

Matthew Hayden
Barry Richards
Brian Lara
Javed Miandad
Everton Weeks
Kumar Sangakkara
Andrew Flower (wk)
Wasim Akram
Michael Holding
Dennes Lillie
Muralitharan.

This will give any of the above two a run for their money.