Strongest World Cup team that all played together in a game?

[mr_mister]

Kirsten
Gibbs
Cullinan
Cronje
Kallis
Rhodes
Pollock
Klusener
Boucher
Elworthy
Donald


just imagine if Ntini had been in there for Elworthy

 

[OverratedSanity]

Australia 2007

/thread

 

[mr_mister]

what about when the Windies had the big 4 pacers plus Viv, Lloyd and Greenidge?

 

[Noble One]

Kirsten
Gibbs
Cullinan
Cronje
Kallis
Rhodes
Pollock
Klusener
Boucher
Elworthy
Donald


just imagine if Ntini had been in there for Elworthy

Wasn't this team comprehensively beaten by Zimbabwe?

 

[mr_mister]

Zim beat plenty of good teams in '99. They weren't a minnow


On paper it's a very good XI IMO

 

[NUFAN]

How can they be the strongest team when they didn't even make a World Cup Final?

This isn't the prepared to lose to win thread.

 

[Noble One]

Zim beat plenty of good teams in '99. They weren't a minnow


On paper it's a very good XI IMO

Zimbabwe were a very good team around the turn of the century, however you are proposing that the South African side of 1999 was the strongest ever assembled in a World Cup.

 

[Zinzan]

How can they be the strongest team when they didn't even make a World Cup Final?

This isn't the prepared to lose to win thread.

Think he meant on paper.

Anyway, regardless of that, I think Australia '07 and West Indies both '79 & '83 were probably better.


Gilchrist
Hayden
Ponting
Symonds
Watson
Clarke
Hussey
Hogg
Bracken
Tait
McGrath

'79
Greenidge
Haynes
Richards
Kallicharran
Lloyd
King
Murray
Roberts
Garner
Holding
Croft

'83
Greenidge
Haynes
Richards
Lloyd
Gomes
Bacchus
Dujon
Marshall
Roberts
Garner
Holding

 

[mr_mister]

How can they be the strongest team when they didn't even make a World Cup Final?

This isn't the prepared to lose to win thread.

um because they choked? They were favourites

 

[Furball]

How is this a discussion, it's Australia 2007.

 

[Spark]

No South Africa side should be remotely in this contention for this discussion.

 

[akilana]

Is that the forum rule or something.

 

[OverratedSanity]

It should be

 

[wpdavid]

How is this a discussion, it's Australia 2007.

Not convinced it quite so clear cut between that side and the 1979 WI team.

 

[marc71178]

Is that the forum rule or something.

Truth hurts does it?

 

[mr_mister]

wow shocked at some of these responses tbh

 

[NZTailender]

Think he meant on paper.

Anyway, regardless of that, I think Australia '07 and West Indies both '79 & '83 were probably better.


Gilchrist
Hayden
Ponting
Symonds
Watson
Clarke
Hussey
Hogg
Bracken
Tait
McGrath

IMHO I'd take Australia 2003 over this side.

Gilchrist
Hayden
Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Bevan
Symonds
Hogg
Bichel
Lee
McGrath

 

[mr_mister]

Anwar
Afridi
Ijaz
Yousuf
Inzie
Razzaq
Moin
Wasim
Saqlain
Waqar
Shoaib

 

[Debris]

IMHO I'd take Australia 2003 over this side.

Gilchrist
Hayden
Ponting
Martyn
Lehmann
Bevan
Symonds
Hogg
Bichel
Lee
McGrath

This is the side I would take as well, mostly because I rate Lee and Bevan very highly.

I have a suspicion that the WI sides from the late 70s would not be particularly outstanding in the modern game. The 5th bowling option is weak and they are in real trouble if one of the main bowlers is off at all. The sides also look to be missing power hitters to finish the innings aside from Richards. They were amazing sides for the time but the game has moved on.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Australia 2003. Magnificent side to watch.