slowfinger
International Regular
Ok, so I was going through 'Barry Norman's Book of Cricket' and he was talking about (in his opinion) the best teams in the World at their Peak were:
The 'Warwick Wonders' 1920-21
Bradman's 'Invincibles' 1948
The Super 'Springboks' 1970
The Windies 'Wizards' 1984-85
Ponting's 'Party-Poopers', 2006-7
The Warwick Wonders was England at the time of Hobbs, Jack Fearne, Frank Wolley and Wilfred Rhodes. This was probably their best ever XI. They were almost undefeatable.
The invincible was an ambition, to never be defeated in their reign. Led by the Don himself, and many other greats such as Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hasset and the Bill Brown.
It was apparent they were destined for success since their first Test, V England, Australia won by 8 wickets, and in the Second, OZ won by 409 runs. This would happen a lot during the reign and they were of course truly Invincible, all the way until the Don's retirement.
The Saffies team was of course back then, heavily affected by the Apartheid system and thus possibly didn't have their best teams that the country could offer, but neigh, this team was a great, lead by the great Graeme Pollock, that would demolish and whitewash a respected Australia team.
The Windies Wizards was and is possibly the most unstoppable team to ever exist. With the likes of Clive Lloyd, Grenidge, Holding, Viv Richards, Dujon, Hayes, Walsh, Marshall, and, well, the whole team. Noone came close to beating them. Ever.
The Ponting Party Poopers was and a small part of it remains to be a feared team. The batting was amazing, the bowling was great, the fielding was great, heck, even the Keeper was great! The peak time was OZ's whitewash of England when two greats Warne and Mcgrath retired.
Now, to Pick an XI based on these players at their peaks:
1.Gordon Greenidge
2.Barry Richards
3.Don Bradman
4.Viv Richards
5.Graeme Pollock
6.Keith Miller
7.Jack Gregory
8.Adam Gilchrist (wk)
9.Shane Warne
10.Michael Holding
11.Malcolm Marshall
Your opinions?
The 'Warwick Wonders' 1920-21
Bradman's 'Invincibles' 1948
The Super 'Springboks' 1970
The Windies 'Wizards' 1984-85
Ponting's 'Party-Poopers', 2006-7The Warwick Wonders was England at the time of Hobbs, Jack Fearne, Frank Wolley and Wilfred Rhodes. This was probably their best ever XI. They were almost undefeatable.
The invincible was an ambition, to never be defeated in their reign. Led by the Don himself, and many other greats such as Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hasset and the Bill Brown.
It was apparent they were destined for success since their first Test, V England, Australia won by 8 wickets, and in the Second, OZ won by 409 runs. This would happen a lot during the reign and they were of course truly Invincible, all the way until the Don's retirement.
The Saffies team was of course back then, heavily affected by the Apartheid system and thus possibly didn't have their best teams that the country could offer, but neigh, this team was a great, lead by the great Graeme Pollock, that would demolish and whitewash a respected Australia team.
The Windies Wizards was and is possibly the most unstoppable team to ever exist. With the likes of Clive Lloyd, Grenidge, Holding, Viv Richards, Dujon, Hayes, Walsh, Marshall, and, well, the whole team. Noone came close to beating them. Ever.
The Ponting Party Poopers was and a small part of it remains to be a feared team. The batting was amazing, the bowling was great, the fielding was great, heck, even the Keeper was great! The peak time was OZ's whitewash of England when two greats Warne and Mcgrath retired.
Now, to Pick an XI based on these players at their peaks:
1.Gordon Greenidge
2.Barry Richards
3.Don Bradman
4.Viv Richards
5.Graeme Pollock
6.Keith Miller
7.Jack Gregory
8.Adam Gilchrist (wk)
9.Shane Warne
10.Michael Holding
11.Malcolm Marshall
Your opinions?
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