The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[AndyZaltzHair]

Asia XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Javed Miandad
6. Kumar Sangakkara+
7. Imran Khan*
8. Kapil Dev
9. Wasim Akram
10. Waqar Younis
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

[smalishah84]

I think putting one other batsman there in place of Kapil would make the team stronger

[kyear2]

Originally Posted by smalishah84

I think putting one other batsman there in place of Kapil would make the team stronger

Was thinking the same with Inzi, or even Kumble as the second spinner in s/c conditions.

[Spooony]

Originally Posted by kyear2

Captains decided on

Australia: Sir Don Bradman
West Indies: George Headley
South Africa: Graeme Smith
England: Sir Len Hutton
Pakistan: Imran Khan
India: Kapil Dev
New Zealand: Martin Crowe
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara ?
ROW: Frank Worrell

lol No Gary Kirsten in the SA lineup?

[kyear2]

No.

[Cabinet96]

Originally Posted by Flametree

If you can't play Hutton and Sutcliffe together because you don't want them at the crease at the same time, does this mean you didn't pick Dravid in your all-time Indian xi because you wouldn't want him batting with Gavaskar? (later edit... oh I see you did?)

If players can only be picked to play in their best positions, does this mean I can only pick one of Bradman, Ponting and Harvey in an all-time Aussie xi, since they all batted at 3?

Both very good points.

Originally Posted by rvd619323

I reckon we think in dichotomies too much with wicketkeepers. If they batted well, they must be **** with the gloves and vice versa.

Just my $0.02 for the day.

Agree.

[Spooony]

Originally Posted by kyear2

No.

Are those teams your personal choices?

[Jager]

Gary Kirsten doesn't even get close for me. Up against Richards, Mitchell and Smith for starters, Taylor's also there and ahead of him.

[Monk]

Originally Posted by Spooony

Are those teams your personal choices?

Yeh, the idea of this thread is for people to post their personal ATG teams. And then others can critique them!

[8ankitj]

Originally Posted by smalishah84

I think putting one other batsman there in place of Kapil would make the team stronger

I'll put Vinoo Mankad in place of Kapil Dev

[NUFAN]

Originally Posted by Jager

Gary Kirsten doesn't even get close for me. Up against Richards, Mitchell and Smith for starters, Taylor's also there and ahead of him.

What did Gary Kirsten fail to achieve for him to be ranked below Herbie Taylor in your opinion?

[Spooony]

Originally Posted by Jager

Gary Kirsten doesn't even get close for me. Up against Richards, Mitchell and Smith for starters, Taylor's also there and ahead of him.

Barry Richards
Eddie Barlow
Peter Kirsten
Graeme Pollock
Jacques Kallis
Lee Irvine
Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Garth le Roux
Vintcent Van der Bijl

In a All time SA XI Graeme Smith do not belong as well. Neither Kirsten. But Peter does.

[kyear2]

We normally construct an All Time Test XI.

The teams that I constructed are partially mine, but also with imput from forum members. An example of this would be Barrington as I mentioned earlier, would not be my choice, but always got the impression he was a fav of some members. Would really like to get some concensus selections so that someone could do a sim based on the teams.

[JBMAC]

Originally Posted by Spooony

Barry Richards
Eddie Barlow
Peter Kirsten
Graeme Pollock
Jacques Kallis
Lee Irvine
Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Garth le Roux
Vintcent Van der Bijl

In a All time SA XI Graeme Smith do not belong as well. Neither Kirsten. But Peter does.

Nice to see big Garth in there WSC stopped a great career there

[Spooony]

Ok who's cheating?
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