Heaven XI vs Earth XI

[centurymaker]

Why Laker? Why not Murali?

wtf

 

[Himannv]

Nah you've got the heaven team wrong.

I refer you to Carlisle (1987) who suggested "they say in heaven love comes first."

So I give you, the opener of the Heaven 11, Martin Love:

Ooooooh, heaven is a place on earth.

 

[harsh.ag]

Why Laker? Why not Murali?

It's a good question, king... a good question. Something got to do with Murali being seen rolling a joint in Bangalore last night, maybe.

 

[kingkallis]

I was referring to the original post

 

[Prince EWS]

Heaven XI
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Headley
5. Hammond
6. Walcott
7. Miller
8. Lindwall
9. Marshall
10. Barnes
11. O'Reilly

Earth XI
1. Gavaskar
2. Simpson
3. Lara
4. Tendulkar
5. Chappell
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Hadlee
10. Ambrose
11. Murali

 

[Prince EWS]

I was referring to the original post

Murali isn't dead, mate.

 

[harsh.ag]

Murali isn't dead, mate.

He meant: Why Laker? Why Warne, and not Murali?

 

[Prince EWS]

He meant: Why Laker? Why Warne, and not Murali?

Nah I doubt it. He just misunderstood the thread premise. There's no way he'd come in here and be shocked at someone rating Warne ahead of Murali.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

If you have Warne and Murali available you pick both. Especially as The Garden of Eden and Eden Gardens both take spin.

Heaven
1. Hobbs
2. Headley
3. Bradman
4. Walcott
5. Grace
6. Hammond
7. Grout
8. Marshall
9. Larwood
10.Trueman
11.O'Reilly

Earth
1. Gavaskar
2. Richards(B)
3. Richards(V)
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Warne
9. Lillee
10.Hadlee
11.Murali

 

[Spikey]

Murali isn't dead, mate.

he oughta do something about it if he's so mad

 

[Uppercut]

If you had to pick the home pitch that gives that Earth XI the biggest edge, which would it be?

 

[kyear2]

Heaven XI
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Headley
5. Hammond
6. Walcott
7. Miller
8. Lindwall
9. Marshall
10. Barnes
11. O'Reilly

Earth XI
1. Gavaskar
2. Richards
3. Richards
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Imran
9. Warne
10. Ambrose
11. Mcgrath

 

[Satyanash89]

If you have Warne and Murali available you pick both.

I'm rapidly shifting to this school of thought too... They both did brilliantly regardless of the pitch or conditions. Would be an absolute nightmare for the opposition in the second innings. Two quicks + Murali,Warne + One All rounder would be an absolutely deadly combination.
Unless they come up against an India XI, you'd put their money on winning quite comfortably

 

[kyear2]

Don't agree, even when Australia had Mcgill and Warne available they only played both on full turners. At least three fast bowlers has been the recipe for success since covered pitches and as good as Murali was at home, outside the sub continent would prefer a third fast bowler practiced in the art of reverse swing. In the sub continent might consider it.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

MacGill is hardly Murali.

Anyway if the match was on Earth the best place to give the home side a small advantage would be Lords as the dead XI could be distracted by a fairy story about the possibility of a cure.

 

[Prince EWS]

Heaven XI
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Headley
5. Hammond
6. Walcott
7. Miller
8. Lindwall
9. Marshall
10. Barnes
11. O'Reilly

!!

 

[kyear2]

Would have loved to find a place for Worrell in there.

 

[Prince EWS]

Would have loved to find a place for Worrell in there.

I considered Worrell for Miller myself actually but eventually settled on Miller because of the question marks over what type of bowler Barnes was. Wanted three genuine pace bowlers if I could manage it and I sure as hell wasn't leaving Barnes or O'Reilly out.

 

[Red]

Heaven XI
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Headley
5. Hammond
6. Ames
7. Miller
8. Lindwall
9. Marshall
10. Barnes
11. O'Reilly

Brilliant combo. I struggle with Walcott being keeper though. Replace him with Ames and lose very little.

 

[kyear2]

Prefer it the way it was. Walcott from everyone I have spoken to who actually saw him keep wicket was a very good keeper and I believe the best batsmen of the 3 W's.