weeman27bob
International Regular
I was going to make this thread a while ago, and forgot.
So, it's quite easy to pick a "Best XI", with most people picking from a very small pool of players, who are considered greats.
But what about if you weren't allowed to pick these players, what would people's teams look like now, and would they differ more?
So, I've complied a list of 111 greats. This was done, in general, under the following criteria:
Bastmen: Average of over 50 in at least 20 games.
Bowlers: Average of under 27 having taken at least 100 wickets.
Keepers and additional players: Picked by looking at Cricinfo's All-time XI's.
So, the list, in alphabetical order for ease of searching, is as follows.
So, yes the basic idea is to see how good a team you can make without using any of these players.
One quick pointer: I haven't got first names on the list, in most cases it should be obvious who they are. If the name is listed twice, it should be because there are two. (e.g. Viv and Barry Richards).
Apologies if I haven't got a player who I should do on here, I tried my best.
Fire away!
So, it's quite easy to pick a "Best XI", with most people picking from a very small pool of players, who are considered greats.
But what about if you weren't allowed to pick these players, what would people's teams look like now, and would they differ more?
So, I've complied a list of 111 greats. This was done, in general, under the following criteria:
Bastmen: Average of over 50 in at least 20 games.
Bowlers: Average of under 27 having taken at least 100 wickets.
Keepers and additional players: Picked by looking at Cricinfo's All-time XI's.
So, the list, in alphabetical order for ease of searching, is as follows.
Code:
Abbas
Adcock
Akram
Ambrose
Ames
Anwar
Asif
Atapattu
Bishop
Barnes
Barrington
Bedser
Benaud
Blythe
Bond
Border
Botham
Bradman
Briggs
Chappell
Compton
Croft
Crowe
Davidson
Dev
Dhoni
Donald
Dravid
Flower
Gambhir
Garner
Gavaskar
Gilchrist
Grace
Gooch
Gower
Greenidge
Grimmett
Hadlee
Hall
Hammond
Hayden
Hazare
Headley
Healy
Hobbs
Holding
Hussey
Hutton
Imran Khan
Jayawardene
Johnston
Kallis
Knott
Kumble
Laker
Lara
Lillee
Lindwall
Lohmann
Mahmood
Mahmood
Mankad
Marsh
Marshall
McGrath
Miandad
Miller
Mohammad
Morris
Muralitharan
Noble
Nourse
O'Reilly
Paynter
Peel
Pollock
Pollock
Pollock
Ponting
Prasanna
Procter
Qadir
Reid
Rhodes
Richards
Richards
Russell
Samaraweera
Sangakkara
Sehwag
Sobers
Srinath
Statham
Styen
Stewart
Sutcliffe
Tendulkar
Thomson
Trueman
Trumble
Trumper
Turner
Turner
Underwood
Verity
Walcoyt
Walsh
Wardle
Warne
Waugh
Weekes
Willis
Worrell
Younis
Younis Khan
YousufOne quick pointer: I haven't got first names on the list, in most cases it should be obvious who they are. If the name is listed twice, it should be because there are two. (e.g. Viv and Barry Richards).
Apologies if I haven't got a player who I should do on here, I tried my best.
Fire away!
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