West Indies ATG Team- Open Voting

[Justo]

3. Viv Richards
4. Brian Lara
5. George Headley
6. Garfield Sobers

[bagapath]

top picks for windies middle order


Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Frank Worrell (c)
Gafield Sobers


2nd choice would be

headley
weakes
lloyd
walcott

3rd choice would be

larence rowe/ alvin kallicharan
richie richardson
rohan kanhai
shiv chanderpaul

the third one is good enough to compete with most ATG XIs

[Bahnz]

Headley
Lara
Sobers
Richards

Flirted with the notion of leaving Richards out for one of the three W's on the grounds that while his style of play was decades ahead of his time, his overall record is bettered by several others. Nah, I couldn't really buy that either.

[The Sean]

Screw being different:

Headley
Richards
Lara
Sobers

An immensely strong 3-6, which can be measured by the class of the batsmen not even getting a look-in.

[Monk]

Ok, I'm gonna call this. Seems to be the consensus that most expected.



1.
2.
3. George Headley
4. Brian Lara
5. Viv Richards
6. Garry Sobers
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.


Four man bowling unit. Please select FOUR from the following, or other legit suggestions.


Walsh
Ambrose
Marshall
Gibbs
Garner
Holding
Roberts
Hall
Ramahdin
Valentine
Croft

[Bahnz]

Marshall
Ambrose
Holding
Croft

I wanna pick Ramahdin, but the Windies dominated the best batting lineups of their day with 4 quicks and I can't imagine a spinner, even a good one, seeming like anything else than a respite for opposition batsmen.

[Saint Kopite]

1.
2.
3. George Headley.
4. Brian Lara.
5. Viv Richards.
6. Garry Sobers.
7.
8. Malcolm Marshall.
9. Michael Holding.
10. Curtly Ambrose.
11. Joel Garner.


Would have gone with Headley, Lara, Viv and Sobers for the four middle order batsmen anyway. And, I will go with Marshall, Holding, Ambrose and Garner for the four bowlers. With Sobers in there, I don't think its a necessity to go with a spinner. Gibbs was a great spinner but not great enough to dislodge any of those four fast bowlers.

[Slifer]

Marshall
Holding
Garner
Ambrose

If necessary Sobers and Viv can turn their arms over a bit. Any of the great WI fastmen are so much greater than their spin counterparts that including a spinner (unless they of the Murali, Warne, Oreilly class) is pointless. Only thing I'd worry about is over rates.

[AldoRaine18]

Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

[Howe_zat]

8. Marshall
9. Holding
10. Ambrose
11. Gibbs

Always pick a spinner. Lloyd's 4-man attack was actually relatively short-lived and would only have been played in the time period that it did. Doesn't really have a place in an All-Time side for my quid.

[watson]

08. Marshall
09. Holding
10. Ambrose
11. Gibbs

I don't see why 4 x ATG Fast-Bowlers should offer any more advantages over 3 x ATG Fast-Bowlers. Especially as Sobers was farely quick when he wanted to be. Therefore, Gibbs gives the necessary added variety, and is also a match-winner on a turning track.

[Satyanash89]

Marshall
Ambrose
Holding
Garner

These guys are good enoiugh to do well against anyone, anywhere on any track. Introducing a spinner into the mix doesnt make sense to me... Gibbs is great abd all, but he cannot replace Garner.
Screw variety... 20 overs from a spinner would just give the oppposition some much needed respite from the brutality of the attack.
Sobers is already in the team anyway... why do you need variety when that guy can pretty much play any role the team needs?

[Days of Grace]

Sobers was a better left-arm fast-medium than he was a slow left arm spinner.

I'm going with Gibbs. Harsh on Garner.

Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Gibbs

[Flametree]

Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Gibbs

The four-pronged pace attack is a bit of a myth. The West Indian bowler from their great era with the highest win ratio (68% wins, 8% losses) is Roger Harper. I know he would have often been included against India, one of the weakest sides of the era, and often in a 5-man attack with someone like Baptiste playing, but that still suggests the spinner had a role to play and there's more to picking a side than just going with your best four bowlers.

[AndyZaltzHair]

Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Ramadhin