Alltime Australia XI

[Fiery]

NZ
CS Dempster
GM Turner
MP Donnelly
MD Crowe
B Sutcliffe
J Reid(snr)
CL Cairns
RJ Hadlee*
I Smith+
DL Vettori
J Cowie

Agreed, apart from Hadlee skipper. Crowe * and Flem 12th man.

 

[C_C]

Manic, i would say your NZ lineup is a bit thin on the bowling front.


PAK Alltime XI:

H.Mohammed
M.Khan
Inzamam
J.Miandad
S.Malik
I.Khan*
R.Latif +
W.Akram
W.Younis
A.Qadir
F.Mehmood

 

[C_C]

RSA Alltime XI:

B.Richards
H.Gibbs/E.Barlow
G.Pollock
C.Bland
M.Procter
C.Rice *
S.Pollock
R.Jennings +
A.Donald
H.Tayfield
N.Adcock/G.LeRoux

 

[Fiery]

even though he done well for NZ i don't reckon it's very fair to put donnelly in an NZ all-time XI when he only played 7 tests

Yeah good point but having read about him it sounds like he was quite special and his career was cut in the middle by the war. CC, you also make a valid point about it being light in the bowling so maybe replace Donnelly with Motz.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Pakistan All-Time XI:

1. Hanif Mohammad
2. Majid Khan (edit)
3. Javed Miandad
4. Zaheer Abbas
5. Inzamam-ul-haq
6. Imran Khan (captain)
7. Moin Khan (keeper)
8. Saqlain Mushtaq
9. Wasim Akram
10. Waqar Younis
11. Abdul Qadir

 

[bryce]

New Zealand's Greatest Ever Test XI

1.Glen Turner
2.Bert Sutcliffe
3.Stephen Fleming*
4.Martin Crowe
5.John Reid
6.Chris Cairns
7.Sir Richard Hadlee
8.Ian Smith+
9.Bruce Taylor
10.Daniel Vettori
11.Ewen Chatfield

 

[LongHopCassidy]

South African All-Time XI:

1. Barry Richards
2. Eddie Barlow
3. Colin Bland
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Clive Rice (captain)
6. Mike Procter
7. Jock Cameron (keeper)
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Peter Pollock
10. Hugh Tayfield
11. Allan Donald

 

[C_C]

LHC- i agree with your team for PAK on most counts(i can see Saqlain over Fazal) but Anwar over Majid Khan and Abbass over Inzy doesnt fly.

 

[C_C]

Alltime WI XI:

Conrad.Hunte
Desmond.Haynes
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Rohan Kanhai *
Gary Sobers
J.Dujon+
M.Marshall
M.Holding
C.Ambrose
L.Gibbs

 

[LongHopCassidy]

New Zealand All-Time XI:

1. Glen Turner
2. Bert Sutcliffe
3. Martin Donnelly
4. Martin Crowe
5. Stephen Fleming (captain)
6. John Reid
7. Chris Cairns
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Ian Smith (keeper)
10. Daniel Vettori
11. Ewan Chatfield

 

[LongHopCassidy]

West Indies All-Time XI:

1. Roy Fredericks
2. George Headley
3. Brian Lara
4. Viv Richards
5. Frank Worrell (captain)
6. Garry Sobers
7. Jeff Dujon (keeper)
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Michael Holding
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Joel Garner

 

[LongHopCassidy]

C_C - Agreed about Majid, but you may have noticed Inzy is already there.

 

[C_C]

Alltime SL XI:

S.Jayasurya
A.Gurusinha
A.deSilva
M.Jayawardene
K.Sangakkara +
A.Ranatunga
H.Tillekratne
C.Vaas
M.Muralitharan
D.Fernando
J.Warnaweera

 

[C_C]

D'OH!

Well i still wouldnt pick Zaheer over Saleem Malik.
That man was a crook but damn he could bat.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I'm on a roll, so I'll do the Poms.

England All-Time Xi:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton
3. Ken Barrington
4. Wally Hammond (captain)
5. Denis Compton
6. Ian Botham
7. Alan Knott (keeper)
8. Alec Bedser
9. Derek Underwood
10. Fred Trueman
11. Sydney Barnes

 

[C_C]

PS: Dont agree with Headley as opener...he never really opened and played in the 30s/40s....And Worrell vs Kanhai is a toughie...Kanhai was most definately a superior batsman but Worrell brought the captiancy skill to the equation....
As per Garner...i dont contest his inclusion too much....just that i would think that a quality spinner(and Gibbs was arguably the best off spinner before Murali came along) would make the team overall better.....the WI already have the best depth ever in pace bowling..

 

[Zinzan]

Sorry for laughing at you but I would have Cowie, Motz, Collinge, Lance Cairns, Chatfield and even Shane Bond ahead of Morrison. Morrison was lucky to be around during a period when Hadlee had just retired and we had a severe lack of decent pace bowlers in the country and he was the best of a bad bunch.
Plus he's the most annoying TV and radio journalist this country has ever seen.
But you're entitled to your opinion.

Agreed...That was a shocking NZ greatest team made up from someone who obviously no very little about NZ cricket.

No doubt morrison is one of the wettest characters in New Zealand. Probably 2nd only to Gavin Larsen (who incidentally would fit in better in the Girl Guides than in the commentary box).

 

[Chubb]

Zimbabwe

G. Flower
K. Arnott
A. Flower +
D. Houghton
M. Goodwin
D. Fletcher *
G. Whittall
H. Streak
P. Rawson
R. Price
H. Olonga

12th men: The Strangs

I guess most of you won't know who Peter Rawson is. I don't know much about him myself but I know he was a good bowler, he had a first-class bowling average of 23 and he was a quick.

 

[C_C]

i would include Paul Strang ahead of Ray Price...and whats that Saffie allrounder who took Zimbok citizenship's name ? i think he plays as well.

 

[Chubb]

Neil Johnson? His test record is poor. Maybe for ODIs?
I picked Price ahead of Stang because I think that over time he would have become better than him. Strang was better with the bat but I think it balances the team more, five bats three allrounders three bowlers