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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    1800s and 70s Yes, we know the 80s will go through, but facing the bowling of the Demon, the Terror and Lohmann on uncovered wickets must have been terrifying. Add the Doctor in and it's hard to beat
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    Let's just ignore the old teams bashing from the wet behind the ears brigade and move on with the voting
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    Neil Harvey turns 93 tomorrow
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    That 50s side gets better everytime I look at it, or it may just be me
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    50s and 90s
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    Better Test Batsman

    Late to this thread but why are we comparing these two?
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Could it be Wilfred Rhodes played in five decades, fc record a clear inclusion obviously...btw a new book on him out next week!
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    Also Gubby Allen was an option to partner Larwood and avg 25 with the bat
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    1900/10s, Hobbs, Trumper, Hill, Barnes, plus Faulkner and Noble, hard to go past 1930s, is even better, the only query is Martindale
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    Best Book on Cricket Photography?

    Highly recommend Retro Cricket by Ian Collis, over 450 photos from WWII to end of the 70s
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    Finding out the best decade for test cricket: The tournament thread! 12 ATG XIs duke it out.

    20s and 40s Want to back in the old boys of the 20s with the four all rounders including Gregory at seven, Hobbs & Sutcliffe to open and Tate & McDonald the opening attack, the experts of the day and decades past rated them exceptional
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Williamson
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Think the fact that Williamson has never opened in Tests may be a touch harsh on Warner
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Or Root, Amla, Pujara, Taylor, Sanga, Younis, Clarke to name just a few, a hot field!
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Shakib
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Watling Rabada
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Smith Kohli Shakib
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Smith (C) Cook Warner Williamson Steyn Anderson Ntini's 380 wkts was ignored in 2000s, record was better than Steyn
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    Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

    Sanga
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    Rank teams by...

    Take into account playing on uncovered wickets, Grace's record was extraordinary, he completely dominated his era and must rank with Bradman and Sobers for relative dominance.

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