Seen them in the flesh XI

[Dasa]

Kirsten
Hayden
Ponting
Dravid
Tendulkar
Lara
Inzamam
Gilchrist
Flintoff
Warne
McGrath
Murali

Could change a few names easily though. Going to games like the Tsunami Appeal match and the Super Series has meant I've been able to see quite a few of the 'stars' in action.

Noticed I put in 12 rather than 11 players, and forgot some I saw in action, so here's an updated Best XI I've seen:
Kirsten
Hayden
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
S Waugh
Gilchrist
Warne
McGrath
Donald
Murali

And a 2nd XI:
Langer
Sehwag
Dravid
Kallis
Pietersen
Inzamam
Sangakkara
Flintoff
Pollock
Vettori
Shoaib

I'm sure I'm forgetting someone though.

 

[SJS]

1. Gavaskar
2. Greenidge
3. Richards
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Sobers
7. Imran
8. Bob Taylor
9. Hadlee
10. Lillee
11. Muralitharan

The second XI wouldnt be much worse though

1. Hunte
2. Hanif
3. Cowdrey
4. Barrington
5. Dexter
6. Botham
7. Marshall
8. Knott
9. Warne
10. Roberts
11. Prasanna

and a third

1. Hayden
2. Haynes
3. Ponting
4. Dravid
5. Kanhai
6. Gilchrist
7. Kapil
8. Benaud
9. Donald
10. Holding
11. Bedi

There are still Hall, Walsh, Ambrose, McGrath, Wasim, Waqar. Fazal Mehmood, Donald etc from pacers to go. Chandra, Kumble, Underwood etc from spinners. Vishwanath, Waugh, Kallicharan, Lloyd, Zaheer, Miandad, Inzy, Sutcliffe etc from middle order batsmen !! I am sure there are others I dont immediately recall

Just shows how nearly impossible it is to name an XI with a great degree of certainity. This is just from my lifetime's watching and we think we can decide for 140 years of cricket

 

[aussie tragic]

“In the Flesh XI”

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Desmond Haynes
3. David Boon
4. Viv Richards
5. Dean Jones
6. Allan Border
7. Ian Healy
8. Malcom Marshall
9. Joel Garner
10. Merv Hughes
11. Curtley Ambrose

Second “In the Flesh XI” (Note: Players rated when I saw them)

1. Michael Slater
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Brian Lara
4. Mark Waugh
5. Steve Waugh
6. Ricky Ponting
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Andy Bichel
9. Jason Gillespie
10. Courtney Walsh
11. Glenn McGrath

Honorable mention: Mark Taylor, Justin Langer, Richie Richardson, Jeff Dujon

Edit: Just to mention why there are no spinners, I only saw Greg Matthews, Tim May, Carl Hooper and Colin Miller....nothing more to say really

 

[funnygirl]

Me neither and I hate everyone that posted a lineup in this thread!

Me too

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Me too

lol@americans

 

[Pup Clarke]

Salman Butt
Steven Fleming
Rahul Dravid
Younis Khan
Inzamam
MS Dhoni
Chris Cairns
Mark Ealham
Daniel Vettori
Shane Warne
Mohammed Asif

 

[Burgey]

Greenidge
Gavaskar
Richards
Ponting
Tendulkhar
Lara
Imran
Gilly
Wasim
Warne
McGrath/ Marshall

12th man: Garner/ Holding/ Croft/ Hadlee/ Lillee/ Lloyd/ Dujon/ Boycott/ Knott/ Murali/ Flintoff/ Botham/ Gower/ Richardson/ Miandad/ Waqar/ Hayden/ S Waugh/ AB/ Thommo/ Langer/ M Waugh/ Dizzy, etc. etc.

Looking back, reckon I could name two or three XIs I've seen. Guess I've been extremely lucky to see all those guys play.

 

[Perm]

Fair enough mate - just one of those assumptions that I expect someone with your cricketing love and knowledge to be a regular at internationals!

Trust me, if I could then I would.

 

[aussie]

have seen a fair amount of players in my time, so i guess two teams of the best players should cover it:

TEAM 1:

Hayden
Slater
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Waugh
Gilchrist
Akram
Warne
Ambrose
McGrath

TEAM 2:

Langer
Anwar
Dravid
Inzamam
Kallis
Flower
Flintoff
Pollock
Gillespie
Murali
Donald

KP, Jayasuriya, Vaas, Kumble, Mark Waugh, Martyn, Sangakkara, Cairns, Walsh worthy mentions..

 

[Richard]

Greenidge
Gavaskar
Richards
Ponting
Tendulkhar
Lara
Imran
Gilly
Wasim
Warne
McGrath/ Marshall

12th man: Garner/ Holding/ Croft/ Hadlee/ Lillee/ Lloyd/ Dujon/ Boycott/ Knott/ Murali/ Flintoff/ Botham/ Gower/ Richardson/ Miandad/ Waqar/ Hayden/ S Waugh/ AB/ Thommo/ Langer/ M Waugh/ Dizzy, etc. etc.

Looking back, reckon I could name two or three XIs I've seen. Guess I've been extremely lucky to see all those guys play.

You'd bat Imran ahead of Gilchrist? ITSTL.

 

[Matt79]

For me:

Michael Slater/Justin Langer
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath

Pretty heavy on Aussies, but I've only seen cricket played here, plus most of the games I've seen have been in the period they've been the best in the world so...

Tendulkar has got out cheaply or spent the day in the field in every day's play I've gone to where he was playing...

 

[Dasa]

Forgot Kumble in my 2nd XI, should be in place of Vettori.