Building a XI from the best of each decade

[bagapath]

After merging the world war affected decades (1910s and the 1940s) with the earlier and subsequent chunks, and clubbing the first three years of test cricket with the 1880s, here is a team made up of players who dominated the respective decades. See if you can build a similar XI without using these names.

WG Grace - 1877 to 1889
Jack Hobbs - 1920s
Don Bradman (C) - 1930s
Everton Weekes - 1945 to 1959
Gary Sobers - 1960s
Adam Gilchrist (wk) - 2000s
Imran Khan - 1980s
Wilfred Rhodes - 1900 to 1914
Shane Warne - 1990s
Dennis Lillee - 1970s
George Loahmann - 1890s

 

[Dan]

1. Sir Leonard Hutton (1940s)
2. Herbert Sutcliffe (1920s)
3. Charlie Macartney (1910s)
4. Walter Hammond (1930s)
5. Sir Frank Worrell (1960s)
6. Stanley Jackson (1890s)
7. Alan Knott (1970s)
8. Sir Richard Hadlee (1980s)
9. Ray Lindwall (1950s)
10. Wasim Akram (1990s)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (2000s)

 

[Furball]

Hutton
Sutcliffe
Pollock
Viv
Ranji
Steve Waugh
Ames
Marshall
Spofforth
SF Barnes
Murali

 

[uvelocity]

good game which i'd be hopeless at

 

[Debris]

OK. Assuming that I cannot use any player already mentioned in above lists.

Victor Trumper (1900 - 1914)
S M Gavaskar (1980s)
Clem Hill(1890s)
Sachin Tendulkar (2000s)
George Headley(1945-1959)
Denis Compton(1930s)
Rod Marsh(1970s)
F S Trueman (1960s)
Clarrie Grimmett(1920s)
C B Turner (1880s)
G McGrath(1990s)

 

[Jager]

OK. Assuming that I cannot use any player already mentioned in above lists.

Victor Trumper (1900 - 1914)
S M Gavaskar (1980s)
Clem Hill(1890s)
Sachin Tendulkar (2000s)
George Headley(1945-1959)
Denis Compton(1930s)
Rod Marsh(1970s)
F S Trueman (1960s)
Clarrie Grimmett(1920s)
C B Turner (1880s)
G McGrath(1990s)

Compton only played eight games in the 30's, is that still enough?

 

[Debris]

Compton only played eight games in the 30's, is that still enough?

I could replace him with Eddie Paynter or Stan McCabe. They are probably better picks, now that I think of it.

 

[ankitj]

Herbert Suttcliffe (1920's)
WG Grace (1880's)
Don Bradman (1930's)
Sachin Tendulkar (1990's)
Garry Sobers (1960's)
Alan Knott (1970's)
Keith Miller (1940's and 1950's)
Imran Khan (1980's)
Muttiah Muralitharan (2000's)
George Lohmann (1890's)
Sydney Barnes (1910's and 1920's)

Took some time to get the composition right. Had to sacrifice Hadlee and Marshall for the team.

 

[Red]

Best XI- one from each decade, Australians only, in chronological order

1. Victor Trumper (1900s)

2. Charlie McCartney (1910s)

3. Jack Ryder (1920s)

4. Don Bradman (1930s)

5. Neil Harvey (1940s)

6. Keith Miller (1950s)

7. Wally Grout (1960s)

8. Dennis Lillee (1970s)

9. Terry Alderman (1980s)

10. Shane Warne (1990s)

11. Glenn McGrath (2000s)


Pretty happy with that TBH!

 

[Ikki]

After merging the world war affected decades (1910s and the 1940s) with the earlier and subsequent chunks, and clubbing the first three years of test cricket with the 1880s, here is a team made up of players who dominated the respective decades. See if you can build a similar XI without using these names.

WG Grace - 1877 to 1889
Jack Hobbs - 1920s
Don Bradman (C) - 1930s
Everton Weekes - 1945 to 1959
Gary Sobers - 1960s
Adam Gilchrist (wk) - 2000s
Imran Khan - 1980s
Wilfred Rhodes - 1900 to 1914
Shane Warne - 1990s
Dennis Lillee - 1970s
George Loahmann - 1890s

Great team.

 

[Debris]

Herbert Suttcliffe (1920's)
WG Grace (1880's)
Don Bradman (1930's)
Sachin Tendulkar (1990's)
Garry Sobers (1960's)
Alan Knott (1970's)
Keith Miller (1940's and 1950's)
Imran Khan (1980's)
Muttiah Muralitharan (2000's)
George Lohmann (1890's)
Sydney Barnes (1910's and 1920's)

Took some time to get the composition right. Had to sacrifice Hadlee and Marshall for the team.

Nice team. You broke the rules of the thread, though, by picking players already chosen by OP.

 

[ankitj]

Damn didn't read the rules properly.

 

[vic_orthdox]

What about picking the best team possible without any overlap in careers?

 

[bagapath]

OK. Assuming that I cannot use any player already mentioned in above lists.

Victor Trumper (1900 - 1914)
S M Gavaskar (1980s)
Clem Hill(1890s)
Sachin Tendulkar (2000s)
George Headley(1945-1959)
Denis Compton(1930s)
Rod Marsh(1970s)
F S Trueman (1960s)
Clarrie Grimmett(1920s)
C B Turner (1880s)
G McGrath(1990s)

just switch the decades for compton and headley and make it headley from the 30s and compton from 45 to 59. the team is fine then,

 

[bagapath]

What about picking the best team possible without any overlap in careers?

whoa...

if i take these four obvious choices i am not able to choose the rest....

bradman
richards
tendulkar
sobers

 

[vic_orthdox]

Exactly, probably have to look for guys who were great in a short amount of time.

 

[Debris]

Charles Bannerman (1876 - 1879)
Victor Trumper (1899 - 1912)
Dean Jones (1984 - 1992)
Eddie Paynter(1931 -1939)
Graeme Pollock (1963 - 1970)
Jack Gregory (1920 - 1928)
Don Tallon (1945 - 1953)
Dennis Lillee (1970 - 1984)
Frank Tyson (1954 - 1959)
Stuart McGill (1997 - 2008)
C B Tuner (1886 - 1895)

Well, there is my attempt at non-overlapping careers. I am sure it can be improved.

 

[zaremba]

Bannerman
Grace
Rhodes
Bradman
Harvey
Simpson
Gooch
Tendulkar

ah bollocks

 

[Howe_zat]

1. Richards (1970)
2. Boon (1984-96)
3. Ranji (1896-1902)
4. Dexter (1958-68)
5. Miller (1946-56)
6. Faulkner (1906-24)
7. Gilchrist (1999-2008)
8. Grieg (1972-77)
9. Larwood (1926-33)
10. Croft (1977-82)
11. Spofforth (1877-87)