didnt know there were two of themHave we done a 90s one before?
It'd be cool to compare them.
Biggest differences would likely be Sachin, Steve Waugh, Ambrose, Wasim, Waqar and Wasim all possible in the 90s.
The 2000s would have Murali, Gilly and more depth in batting... but could it deal with the 90s bowling attack?
Interesting stuff.
No, Warne was just as good; so was McGrath. The issue is not that he was one of the best bowlers but of team balance. The fact is we already have a spinner his equal yet we don't have a very strong opening ball partnership. We don't have a pacer that bowls more than 140kph consistently in this team. Two spinners are overkill - especially two who bowl so much.no ikki. murali is THE bowler of the decade. any team of the 00s without him would be a joke.
not really. but we have covered that decade many times though. wont be too interesting. thinking of an all-time one day XI sometime. we selected an all time world cup XI two years ago. for all one dayers we can expect some interesting discussions.Have we done a 90s one before?
Sorry if I missed the criterium somewhere, but how does Lara qualify for the 00's but Tendulkar notFinal XI
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Ricky Ponting (C)
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Shane Warne
Mutthiah Muralitharan
Glenn Mcgrath
Good job, guys
we had polls mate and the majority, myself included, voted for lara but not sachin. both were available for selection thoughSorry if I missed the criterium somewhere, but how does Lara qualify for the 00's but Tendulkar not
Flintoff for a batsman, Kallis at 5 is luxurious to say the very least
the bowling attack i voted for was mcgrath, akhthar, warne, murali and flintoff. we ended up with pollock and kallis in place of shoiab and freddie. it is still very much there and thereabouts. not far from the best combo one can imagine. but in terms of accuracy, might well be the ideal combination possible.Debatable really. Pollock was far from a great pacer this decade; take a closer look at his record. At best he should be the first change-up but as half of the opening pair this team of the decade is really lacking. Flintoff would have been a better choice, provided we assume he is bowling at his peak. The only real strong opening pair a team of this decade could have would be McGrath with either Akhtar or Steyn. Without such an opening pair, I'd say this decade's XI pitted against other all-time XIs will struggle.
Really? I'm not even sure Flintoff's a better bowler than Kallis. I guess it depends whether you take his peak or his whole career.i would have preferred flintoff in place of kallis for the same reason. having both warne and murali will definitely be useful. you cant possibly replace them with a better fast bowler. shoaib, steyn or anyone else wont win as many matches as murali (granted that warne was the first choice spinner). i would rather give up the 20 odd runs that kallis would score more than flintoff in return for fintoff's pace. having said that, this is just a theoretical problem. mcgrath, pollock, warne, murali and kallis would be more than sufficient to bowl out the opposition on any sort of wicket.
Not a lot to argue with here, good stuff running this bagapath.Final XI
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Ricky Ponting (C)
Brian Lara
Rahul Dravid
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Shane Warne
Mutthiah Muralitharan
Glenn Mcgrath
Good job, guys
When they are that good it does not really matter if it is spin heavy, just imagine them bowling in tandem. Both were automatic selections.A team of the decade in a decade where there were 2 outstanding spinners and only 1 outstanding pace bowler was always going to be spin heavy.