Matt79
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So, with Murali retiring, my prejudice against including active players in my alltime XI becomes moot and I'm shoe-horning him in.
It's led me to a bit of a reshuffle of that XI. Currently undecided on the final make up of the bowling attack, have three options that seem near equally good. I'd be interested in what others think.
The four bowlers I'm pretty much set on would be:
Sobers (as a batting allrounder obvs)
Marshall
Imran
Murali
The last spot is a choice between Warne as a second spinner, McGrath/Ambrose as the third quick, or Barnes as Barnes. The wildcard would be to drop a batsman, push Sobey up to five, Gilly to six and Imran to seven, and take McGrath/Ambrose AND Warne or Barnes.
I'm a bit leary of having just Marshall and Imran as the two genuine quicks, but also attracted to having Barnes' 7 wickets per match or Warne's X-factor in the team. The downside is that they are theoretically playing the hypothetical second XI featuring a bowling attack with whichever two of McGrath/Ambrose/Warne/Barnes that wasn't selected here, plus Hadlee, Lillee, and Miller, so the team will need all the batting it can get.
What do people reckon, out of those choices?
It's led me to a bit of a reshuffle of that XI. Currently undecided on the final make up of the bowling attack, have three options that seem near equally good. I'd be interested in what others think.
The four bowlers I'm pretty much set on would be:
Sobers (as a batting allrounder obvs)
Marshall
Imran
Murali
The last spot is a choice between Warne as a second spinner, McGrath/Ambrose as the third quick, or Barnes as Barnes. The wildcard would be to drop a batsman, push Sobey up to five, Gilly to six and Imran to seven, and take McGrath/Ambrose AND Warne or Barnes.
I'm a bit leary of having just Marshall and Imran as the two genuine quicks, but also attracted to having Barnes' 7 wickets per match or Warne's X-factor in the team. The downside is that they are theoretically playing the hypothetical second XI featuring a bowling attack with whichever two of McGrath/Ambrose/Warne/Barnes that wasn't selected here, plus Hadlee, Lillee, and Miller, so the team will need all the batting it can get.
What do people reckon, out of those choices?
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