Who would win......

[hourn]

Who would win out of an all-time Australian XI, all-time England XI, all-time West Indies XI or an all-time Rest of the World XI.

Dont' have to base it on these teams (nor the batting order), but just to get a feel of what the team would look like:

Aus XI:
Hayden
Lawry/Ponsford/Morris/Simpson
Bradman
Chappell
Waugh/Border
Giilchrist
Miller
Warne/Grimmett/O'Reilly
Warne/Grimmett/O'Reilly
Lillee
McGrath/Lindwall/Davidson


Eng XI:
Sutcliffe
Hutton
Hobbs
Barrington
Hammond
Compton/May
Knott
Botham
Trueman
Laker
Bedser/Barnes

WI XI:
Lloyd/Worrell/Lloyd
Greenidge/Worrell/Lloyd
Richards
Headley/Walcott/Weekes/Lara
Headley/Walcott/Weekes/Lara
Sobers
Dujon
Marshall
Ambrose
Garner/Walsh/Holding
Garner/Walsh/Holding

ROW XI:
Gavaskar (Ind)
Mitchell (SAF)/Richards (SAF)
Pollock (SAF)
Tendulkar (Ind)
Maindad (Pak)
Flower (Zim)
Imran Khan (Pak)
Pollock (SAF)/Kallis (SAF)/Donald (SAF)/Waqar Younis (Pak)
Wasim Akram (Pak)
Hadlee (NZL)
Murilitharan (SRL)

 

[mavric41]

There are some great names there. I would have to give the edge to the ROW team for their great depth of batting and bowling.

 

[marc71178]

The League for the Ages is trying to ascertain that very answer at the moment.

 

[PY]

LfTA has indeed found the answer. Check the standings out

:P

 

[marc71178]

Early days PY, early days.

The mighty Pakistanis are chasing hard.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Could have done without being held last week, couldn't they?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Its obviously the English all time 11, all you Aussies and Indians now that deep down in your heart, England would trash you

 

[Richard]

Impossible to compare the early eras with the later ones, difficult to compare even consecutive eras.
As for formulating all-time XIs, let alone deducing who would win in a match, it's always going to be a matter of huge debate and something almost impossible to make any real certainties beyond the like of Sobers, Bradman. I have seen English XIs without Barrington and Australian ones without Greg Chappell. I have seen West Indian ones without Walcott. If you can do that, you can do anything.

 

[marc71178]

Could have done without being held last week, couldn't they?

I'm still not far behind, and have played more of the real challenging sides than he has!

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I'm still not far behind, and have played more of the real challenging sides than he has!

Luck of the draw would have it that England play in Australia next whilst Pakistan host India (albeit a newly upbeat India). Still, England has won 8 straight I believe.

 

[iamdavid]

Strongly disagree with some of you're team choices there , its always going to be an area of huge debate & its really all just subject to opinion (or geography were some of our members are concerned).

However my gut feeling from those sides is that the ROW XI would be to strong.

 

[Craig]

Interesting that Hobbs is batting at 3 for England.

Also that Kallis would probably bat behind Andy Flower.

Mark Boucher is stats wise South Africa's greatest ever 'keeper. I dont think Pollock who is a fine bowler but be good enough for a World XI, I dont think so.