All Time West Indies XI game

[Days of Grace]

Can’t change my vote now, but if I could, I may have gone Holding over Garner as the third quick. Garner and Ambrose are very similar and an attack of

Marshall - all the skills
Ambrose - height and bounce
Holding - pure speed
Gibbs - spin and in his prime could go through any side of conditions suited
Sobers - donkey work seam or spin

looks very balanced.

 

[NUFAN]

West Indies XI
1 Gordon Greenidge
2 Conrad Hunte
3 George Headley
4 Brian Lara
5 Viv Richards
6 Garry Sobers
7 Jeff Dujon+
8 Malcolm Marshall
9 Joel Garner
10 Curtly Ambrose
11 Lance Gibbs

Gibbs kicks ahead to surpass Holding. Ftr I would go Holding as the first change over Garner definitely.

 

[NUFAN]

- Name the West Indies captain

- Name 1 opening batter for the WI A XI
- Name the WI A number 3 and 4 batsman
- Name the new ball pairing

 

[jimmy101]

Sobers
Stollmeyer
Weekes
Walcott
Holding
Hall

 

[Teuton]

Viv
Haynes
Worrell
Weekes
Holding
Walsh

 

[harsh.ag]

Sobers

Haynes

Walcott
Weekes

Holding
Walsh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sobers
Haynes
Worrell
Walcott
Holding
Walsh

 

[Starfighter]

Sobers
Haynes
Walcott
Weekes
Holding
Roberts

 

[morgieb]

Viv (Sobers was a rubbish captain IMO)

Haynes

Walcott
Weekes

Holding
Walsh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Viv (Sobers was a rubbish captain IMO)

That reputation comes mainly from that one dumb declaration doesn't it?

 

[morgieb]

That reputation comes mainly from that one dumb declaration doesn't it?

Yeah but I don't think the rest of his record inspires confidence. tbf I don't know much about either of their captaincy careers, but I don't think Viv would make a fatal mistake like that. Most captains wouldn't.

 

[fredfertang]

Sobers was trying to win a Test series when he made 'That Declaration' - he was a great gambler and that was one he lost - I'd still pick him as skipper over Richards without hesitation

Haynes
Weekes
Walcott
Holding
Sylvers

 

[a massive zebra]

Viv Richards
Desmond Haynes
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes
Michael Holding
Andy Roberts

 

[kingkallis]

Gary Sobers

Desmond Haynes

Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes

Michael Holding
Andy Roberts

 

[Flametree]

Headley for skipper

Desmond Haynes

Rohan Kanhai (he did play over 2/3 of his tests at 3 unlike the others mentioned so far, and averaged 52 in that position)
Everton Weekes

Michael Holding
Andy Roberts

 

[steve132]

Richards for captain

Haynes

Kanhai
Weekes

Holding
Roberts

 

[Slifer]

- Name the West Indies captain

- Name 1 opening batter for the WI A XI
- Name the WI A number 3 and 4 batsman
- Name the new ball pairing

Viv

Fredericks
Weekes
Worrell

Holding
Bishop

 

[Red]

Richards

Desmond Haynes

Frank Worrell
Everton Weekes

Michael Holding
Andy Roberts

 

[AndrewB]

Richards

Desmond Haynes

Frank Worrell
Everton Weekes

Michael Holding
Andy Roberts

Ditto.

 

[Days of Grace]

Richards (if only there was a place for Worrell)

Haynes

Kanhai
Weekes

Walsh
Holding