All time XI's

[Matt79]

Greenidge.
Headley.
Richards
Lara
Weekes
Sobers
Murray (wk)
Roberts
Marshall
Garner
Gibbs

what do people think?

Pretty fair. I'd normally make the harsh call on Weekes and include Hunte as a specialist opener, but given the disparity between the two, and Walcott for that matter as well, it's not the worst idea to convert one of the middle order into a makeshift opener.

I'd have Ambrose ahead of Roberts, and probably Holding ahead of Gibbs. The third and fourth seamers are a bit of a raffle given the depth of talent.

Dujon for keeper for mine as well - I'm not a fan of the Walcott as keeper scenario, always feels like a bit of a cheat to me.

I normally have, therefore:
Greenidge
Hunte
Headley
Richards
Lara
Sobers
Dujon+
Marshall
Holding
Garner
Ambrose

Welcome to CW by the way.

 

[Matt79]

Following my recent rejig of my world alltime XI, I came out with:
Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman(c)
Richards
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Imran(vc)
Hadlee
Marshall
Warne
Murali

Not only can I not seem any team you care to compile, excluding those players, maintaining a winning record against that team, I think it could hypothetically tour the world, month in month out, with its depth of bowling, without ever dropping a series.

 

[JBH001]

Word, Matt.

 

[Days of Grace]

Seaming Conditions:

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman *
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist +
Hadlee
Marshall
McGrath
Muralitharan

Flat-track/Spinning conditions

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman *
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist +
Imran Khan
Marshall
Warne
McGrath
Muralitharan