right handed 11 VS left handed 11

[sir middle stump]

these are the best two teams (one made entirely of righties and the other of lefties ) i could think of among the current players....can anyone suggest different players? which team would win if playing each other?( for sake of parity let us assume that brian lara and klusener are still great players ! )


right handed team........left handed team
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sachin tendulkar.........marcus trescothick
virender sehwag..........matthew hayden
jacques kallis...........saurav ganguly
ricky ponting............brian lara
yousuf youhana...........michael bevan
chris cairns.............lance klusener
rashid latif.............adam gilchrist
waqar younis.............wasim akram
muttaiah muralitharan....daniel vettori
glenn mcgrath............ashish nehra
shoaib akhtar............chaminda vaas


[Edited on 7/24/02 by sir middle stump]

[Edited on 7/24/02 by sir middle stump]

 

[sir middle stump]

on the same subject....my friend beside me just chuckled coz an englishman somehow snuck into one of the teams!!!

 

[scorpio]

looks like u started watching just a couple of yrs..lol

right:
gordon greenidge
sunny gavaskar
Sachin tendulkar
Viv Richards
Javed Miandad
Steve waugh
Rod marsh
Ambrose
McGrath
Murali
Marshall

lefties:
trescothick
boycott
lara
border
flower andy
Ganguly(poor choice actually)
gilly
wasim
alan davidson
vaas
bedi

 

[sir middle stump]

I did mention that only current players in odi's were considered.......

 

[MrPerko]

Hmmm.... I agree almost totally agree with the teams Sir M. Stump suggested.

I'm actually surprised just how balanced the sides are. Pretty tough one to call, but I reckon the right handers just have the edge with the Tendulkar - McGrath - Murali combination.

 

[scorpio]

I did mention that only current players in odi's were considered.......

oops...my bad

 

[Neil Pickup]

I think the righties would nick it due to the lefties' weaker bowling.

I mean Nehra/Vaas/Vettori/Wasim/Klusener/Ganguly/Bevan may be good but it doesn't touch McGrath/Murali/Shoaib/Waqar/Cairns/Kallis.

 

[aussie_beater]

This leftie team of Sir M. Stump is up for some serious thrashing at the hands of the righties

With Shoaib,Waqar,McGrath and Kallis and Sachin,Sehwag,Ponting and gang anong the righties, I think the lefties are doomed and can only be saved if Lara comes good or Gilchrist kicks it up a notch.

[Edited on 7/24/02 by aussie_beater]

 

[The Argonaut]

The teams look pretty good. I would probably change Andy Flower for Ganguly.

Just a couple of changes for Scorpio's teams. Rod Marsh is left handed and Boycott is right handed.

 

[scorpio]

The teams look pretty good. I would probably change Andy Flower for Ganguly.

Just a couple of changes for Scorpio's teams. Rod Marsh is left handed and Boycott is right handed.

Are u sure boycs is right handed ? wow..i must be way off then. i was under the impression that he is a lefty...

 

[aussie_beater]

Geoff Boycott a leftie ?? are you kidding me......that would be uglier then even Alan Border

[Edited on 7/24/02 by aussie_beater]

 

[Tim]

I'd like to see Shayne O'Connor bowl in the same ideal swing conditions as Ashish Nehra.

I think along with Damien Fleming, O'Connor is one of the best controllers of swing & he gets plenty aswell.

 

[sir middle stump]

i sure could'nt find any good leftie bowlers other than wasim.....guess the bowling settles the issue by itself ,and i do agree that the rightie batting also has an edge over the leftie batting

 

[sir middle stump]

i was just wondering ...except a couple of changes like sehwag and bevan being left out..wouldnt the corresponding test sides be similar?
yeah.......andy flower should probably replace ganguly...atleast for the test side,if not the odi's

[Edited on 7/24/02 by sir middle stump]

 

[Kimbo]

how bout bert sutcliffe. he was a leftie. hmm... how good was he? i don't know but he was pretty bloody famous in nz.

 

[sir middle stump]

once again...reminding all.....only current international players considered

 

[Kiwi]

I would put the same as 'sir middle stump' other than have Ganguly bracketed with flower or Fleming

 

[sir middle stump]

another thing......who captains these 2 teams?

 

[Kiwi]

Ponting would captain the right handers and if fleming was in he would captain the Left handers. If he wasn't Ganguly or Gilchrist would.

 

[Kimbo]

once again...reminding all.....only current international players considered

ah sorry... sometimes i don't read things fully.

what about brian lara.. he was captain for a while, wasnt that good at it though was he