All time world test XI selection

[Red]

This is realistically a me problem, but god I hate this.

I’ll stop if it matters to you xx

 

[The Sean]

Kallis

 

[cricketsavant]

I like this XI but I can’t help thinking if you’re gonna play Imran at 7, you’d be better off dropping a quick for Warne, giving yourself 3 quicks, 2 spinners, plus Sobers.

I think two spinners would be overkill, Murali was so damn great! Add in Sobers who may decide a few overs of left arm spin and I jus tthink it works better. But Warne could be in the side too, it's just by the closest of margins I left him out.

 

[cricketsavant]

Steyn has more wickets than Akram in far less tests, at a better average and way better SR while also having more 5 wicket hauls. All this in a more batsman friendly era. And yet it is nonsense to rank him above Akram.

If it's stats you care about then Shane Bond is the greatest bowler of all time. Yawn.

 

[CricAddict]

If it's stats you care about then Shane Bond is the greatest bowler of all time. Yawn.

How? Going by the same stats, Bond has much lower wickets than Steyn or Akram.

 

[morgieb]

Kallis

 

[kyear2]

I think two spinners would be overkill, Murali was so damn great! Add in Sobers who may decide a few overs of left arm spin and I jus tthink it works better. But Warne could be in the side too, it's just by the closest of margins I left him out.

Sobers was a much better pacer than spinner though

 

[kyear2]

Smith and Steyn go thru

CricketWeb Second Test XI

Sunil Gavaskar
Herb Sutcliffe
Brian Lara
Wally Hammond
Steve Smith
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Alan Knott
Richard Hadlee
Dale Steyn
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan

And yeah, would be best to switch Lara with Hammond.

 

[subshakerz]

Kallis

 

[ataraxia]

Kallis

But come on CW, can't we at least have a sensible batting order?

 

[CricAddict]

Kallis

But come on CW, can't we at least have a sensible batting order?

Agreed. Kallis should be at 4 with Smith at 6.

 

[Jfry]

Kallis

 

[CricAddict]

@Red think we can just get the second team listed with Kallis and start with the third team.

 

[Red]

Kallis

But come on CW, can't we at least have a sensible batting order?

More than happy for there to be a consensus.

To me this makes most sense:

3. Hammond
4. Kallis
5. Lara
6. Smith

But realistically any of them could bat anywhere and it’d work fine.

 

[Red]

CricketWeb Second Test XI

Sunil Gavaskar
Herb Sutcliffe
Wally Hammond
Jacques Kallis
Brian Lara
Steve Smith
Alan Knott
Richard Hadlee
Dale Steyn
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[Red]

Third XI

I’ll speed things up a bit here:

- select 2 opening batsmen

- select 2 opening bowlers

- select a wicketkeeper

- select a # 3 batsman

 

[ataraxia]

B Richards
B Simpson (purposely avoiding WG, again)

Trueman
Barnes (thx morgs)

Ames

Headley

Captain for 2nd XI?

edit: adjusted a couple of times

 

[morgieb]

B Richards
B Simpson (purposely avoiding WG, again)

Trueman
Steyn

Watling

Headley

Captain for 2nd XI?

Steyn was picked for the 2nd XI?

 

[CricAddict]

Sehwag
Hayden
Barrington

Andy Flower

Wasim Akram
Courtney Walsh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Geoff Boycott
Bruce Mitchell

Denniss Lillee
Wasim Akram

Kumar Sangakkara

Ricky Ponting