Your countries first 3 xis of your era

[Slifer]

'82

West Indies:

Greenidge
Gayle
Viv
Lara
Lloyd*
Chanders
Dujon+
Marshall
Ambrose
Holding
Garner

2nd

Haynes
R Samuels
Richardson*
Sarwan
Adams
Gomes
Jacobs+
Roberts
Bishop
Walsh
Patterson

Brathwaite
Campbell (S)
Bravo
Logie
Hinds
Hooper
Murray
Holder*
Benjamin (W)
Benjamin (K)
Roach

Really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel for the last team.

 

[Bahnz]

disagree entirely on o'brien. barring his first couple of tests he was a good 28-32 averaging bowler, and much more reliable in all conditions than doull. southee and nash open for the seconds.

You've gotta remember that Doull was genuine quality at his (albeit brief) peak. Go check out the youtube footage of his 7fer against Sachin and co in 99. Could properly swing it both ways and land it on a dime. Has a better away record than O'Brien too, and was a considerably better batsman.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lara and Sarwan in the same team should be a must. They complement each other so well.

 

[stephen]

Hayden
Warner
Ponting
Smith
S Waugh
Clarke
Gilchrist
Johnson
Cummins
Warne
McGrath

Slater
Taylor
Boon
M Waugh
Martyn
Hussey
Healy
Starc
Harris
Hazlewood
MacGill

Langer
Katich
Khawaja
Lehmann
Labuschagne
Watson
Haddin
Lee
Gillespie
McDermott
Lyon

A few of these questionable given I have no memories of them actually playing.

McDermott belongs in the first XI. Carried the Australian bowling attack for a decade before McGrath showed up. I can't believe I forgot Harris though. He's easily in the second XI and perhaps the first.

 

[stephen]

The best thing about me forgetting Harris is that I can drop Lee for good, the useless spud.

 

[steve132]

I'm old enough that my teams are effectively all-time West Indian XI's:

1st XI:

Hunte
Greenidge
Headley
Richards*
Lara
Sobers
Dujon+
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Gibbs

2nd XI:

Gayle
Haynes
Kanhai
Worrell*
Weekes
Walcott
Hendriks+
Roberts
Hall
Walsh
Ramadhin

3rd XI:

Fredericks
Rowe
Richardson
Chanderpaul
Lloyd*
Smith (Collie)
Murray+
Holder (Jason)
Bishop
Croft
Valentine

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I love the Bishop-Holder-Croft attack.

Holder and Clive in the same team was a pairing made in heaven.

 

[_Ed_]

2nd

Haynes
R Samuels
Richardson*
Sarwan
Adams
Gomes
Jacobs+
Roberts
Bishop
Walsh
Patterson

I was interested in this selection - I don't remember any R Samuels. Is it this guy? https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52922.html

 

[Slifer]

I was interested in this selection - I don't remember any R Samuels. Is it this guy? https://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52922.html

Yup

 

[Slifer]

I'm old enough that my teams are effectively all-time West Indian XI's:

1st XI:

Hunte
Greenidge
Headley
Richards*
Lara
Sobers
Dujon+
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Gibbs

2nd XI:

Gayle
Haynes
Kanhai
Worrell*
Weekes
Walcott
Hendriks+
Roberts
Hall
Walsh
Ramadhin

3rd XI:

Fredericks
Rowe
Richardson
Chanderpaul
Lloyd*
Smith (Collie)
Murray+
Holder (Jason)
Bishop
Croft
Valentine

I'm curious to know why Garner was left out all 3 teams??

 

[Burgey]

1969

Lawry
Simpson
Ponting
TPC
G Chappell
TOTAB (c)
Gilchrist
Warne
Thomson
Lillee
McGrath

lol. Bowl that lot out cheap.

Hayden
Langer
I Chappell
Clarke
S Waugh
Hussey
Healy
Cummins
Harris
Lyon
Reid

Tubby
Slats/ Warner
Boonie
Redpath
MWaugh
Walters
Bacchus
Johnson
McDermott
Hazlewood
MacGill

 

[jimmy101]

Redders over Deano is an interesting one. Gillespie also unlucky.

 

[honestbharani]

The drop off in quality from that second to third XI is pretty stark.

 

[CricAddict]

India First XI:-

01. Virender Sehwag
02. Sunil Gavaskar
03. Rahul Dravid
04. Sachin Tendulkar
05. Virat Kohli
06. VVS Laxman
07. MS Dhoni (c) (+)
08. Kapil Dev (1)
09. Anil Kumble (4)
10. Zaheer Khan (3)
11. Javagal Srinath (2)

India Second XI:-

01. Navjot Singh Sidhu
02. Gautam Gambhir
03. Cheteswar Pujara
04. Mohammad Azharuddin
05. Sourav Ganguly (c)
06. Wriddhiman Saha (+)
07. Ravi Jadeja (5)
08. Harbhajan Singh (4)
09. Mohammed Shami (3)
10. Ishant Sharma. (2)
11. Jasprit Bumrah. (1)



India Third XI:-

01. Murali Vijay
02. Shikhar Dhawan
03. Dilip Vengsarkar
04. Ajinkya Rahane
05. Rohit Sharma
06. Nayan Mongia (+)
07. Ravi Shastri (5)
08. Ravi Ashwin (3)
09. Irfan Pathan (2)
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar. (1)
11. Umesh Yadav (4)

 

[Kraken]

1992:

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Smith
S. Waugh
Border (c)
Gilchrist (+)
Warne
Cummins
Gillespie
McGrath


Taylor (c)
Boon
Clarke
M. Waugh
Martyn
M. Hussey
Healy (+)
Johnson
Harris
Lyon
McDermott

Warner
Slater
Uzzie
Katich
Watson
Symonds
Haddin (+)
Starc
Merv
Hazlewood
MacGill

 

[stephen]

The drop off in quality from that second to third XI is pretty stark.

Tbf few countries would be able to field >45 average batsmen and <25 average bowlers in a third XI at all. It's really bloody hard to hit numbers like that in international cricket.

 

[stephen]

1992:

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Smith
S. Waugh
Border (c)
Gilchrist (+)
Warne
Cummins
Gillespie
McGrath


Taylor (c)
Boon
Clarke
M. Waugh
Martyn
M. Hussey
Healy (+)
Johnson
Harris
Lyon
McDermott

Warner
Slater
Uzzie
Katich
Watson
Symonds
Haddin (+)
Starc
Merv
Hazlewood
MacGill

Only minor quibble is that there's no way Gillespie should get in the first XI over McDermott.

 

[steve132]

I'm curious to know why Garner was left out all 3 teams??

That was an error. Garner was one of the greatest of all fast bowlers. Of all the quicks I've seen he was probably the one I would least like to face, because he combined impeccable accuracy with abnormal bounce. I tend to go back and forth between him and Michael Holding as the third seamer in my all-time W.I. first team, but there's no doubt at all that he belongs among the elite.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

1st XI
Wright
Turner
Williamson
M Crowe (c)
Taylor
Watling (wk)
C Cairns
Vettori
R Hadlee
Wagner
Bond

2nds
Richardson
Latham
JF Reid
Jones
Fleming (c)
Coney
Oram
Smith (wk)
J Bracewell
Southee
Boult

3rds
Edgar
M Horne
Ryder
Astle
McMillan
B McCullum (wk)
De Grandhomme
Nash
Collinge (picked on reputation)
Doull
Boock

There were a lot of unlucky seamers who could've taken Doull's spot such as Martin, Morrison, Lance Cairns, (young) James Franklin, and Ewen Chatfield. Adam Parore was also very unlucky.

 

[_Ed_]

Yup

Why did he play so few tests, out of interest? Looks like he did pretty well, including against Australia.