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Heaven XI vs Earth XI

pskov

International 12th Man
This was halfway suggested by BoyBrumby in the Ashes subforum. Who would win if you had a match between a Heaven XI (all-time team of players who are sadly departed) against an Earth XI (all-time team of players still alive).

My go at picking the sides:

Heaven XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman*
Hammond
Headley
Miller
Ames+
Marshall
Trueman
Laker
O'Reilly


Earth XI

Gavaskar
Boycott
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Hadlee
Warne
Lillee
McGrath
 

harsh.ag

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
pretty sure bradman is in hell
At least hell now has one area of green :happy:

Heaven XI

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman*
Hammond
Headley
Miller
Ames+
Marshall
Trueman
Laker
O'Reilly


Earth XI

Gavaskar
Boycott
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist+
Hadlee
Warne
Lillee
McGrath
Brilliant teams, but...

Barry Richards isn't dead now, is he? Why do you want to go for the slowest opening combo ever then?

Plus, nobody better than Laker? Wardle, maybe. Verity?
 

Viscount Tom

International Debutant
Wardle was a spectacularly awkward b****** but yeah I'd be open to Verity, although I think Laker is a fair pick.
 

kyear2

Cricketer Of The Year
Heaven xi
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Don Bradman
George Headley
Wally Hammond
Frank Worrell *
Les Ames +
Keith Miller / Ray Lindwall
Malcolm Marshall
Fred Trueman
Bill O'Reilly

Earth xi
Sunil Gavaskar
Barry Richards
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara / Greg Chappell
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist +
Imran Khan *
Shane Warne
Curtly Ambrose / Dennis Lillee
Glenn Mcgrath

Literally don't have a clue which team would win such a match up, but might give the advantage to the heaven XI. Hard to bet againts Bradman and Marshall in the same 11.
 
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Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Heaven with the better batting, Earth with the better bowling. Would be very interesting. Probably heaven, just.
 

benchmark00

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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.
 

bagapath

International Captain
Second XIs

Heaven

Trumper
Sutcliffe
Weekes
Worrell (c)
Compton
Rhodes
Cameron (wk)
Spofforth
Larwood
Loahmann
Grimmett


Earth

Hayden
Greenidge
Ponting
Kallis
Border (c)
Botham
Knott (wk)
Holding
Murali
Garner
Donald
 
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Red

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Nah you've got the heaven team wrong.

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

Ooooooh, heaven is a place on earth.
Do you know what that's worth?
 

Coronis

Cricketer Of The Year
Second XIs

Heaven

Trumper
Sutcliffe
Weekes
Worrell (c)
Compton
Rhodes
Cameron (wk)
Spofforth
Larwood
Loahmann
Grimmett


Earth

Hayden
Greenidge
Ponting
Kallis
Border (c)
Botham
Knott (wk)
Holding
Murali
Garner
Donald
Steyn > Donald.
 

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