Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Picking Dravid as a Test opener is a cop out similar to picking AB as a Test keeper just so you can pick one extra great player
I dont think it's a copout because there are no openers in this era who I'd call ATGs. He had his best series ever basically playing as an opener the entire time.Picking Dravid as a Test opener is a cop out similar to picking AB as a Test keeper just so you can pick one extra great player
Not really. Dravid was a huge success as opener against a strong attack in very difficult English conditions.Picking Dravid as a Test opener is a cop out similar to picking AB as a Test keeper just so you can pick one extra great player
Verity over Grimmett???For the previous 25 years (1968-1993) I would go with:
Sunil Gavaskar
Barry Richards
Viv Richards*
Greg Chappell
Javed Miandad
Ian Botham (replaced by Garry Sobers if players can represent more than one generation)
Imran Khan
Alan Knott+
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Derek Underwood
For the 25 years before that (1942-1967):
Len Hutton*
Arthur Morris
Ken Barrington (replaced by Don Bradman if players can represent more than one generation)
Graeme Pollock
Everton Weekes
Garry Sobers
Keith Miller
Don Tallon+
Ray Lindwall
Jim Laker
Fred Trueman
For the 25 years before that (1916-1941):
Jack Hobbs
Herbert Sutcliffe
Don Bradman*
George Headley
Wally Hammond
Jack Gregory
Les Ames+
Maurice Tate
Hedley Verity
Harold Larwood
Bill O'Reilly
That seems to be the consensus XI.I would go for:
Smith
Hayden
Ponting
Kallis
Tendulkar
Lara
Gilchrist
Akram
Steyn
Murali
McGrath
1. Verity got Bradman out more times in Tests than anyone else in the 1930s, and averaged less than 60 against him, a really commendable record.Verity over Grimmett???
Good luck moving Tendulkar from 4I would go for:
Smith
Hayden
Ponting
Kallis
Tendulkar
Lara
Gilchrist
Akram
Steyn
Murali
McGrath
We should have laugh reacts on CW.Good luck moving Tendulkar from 4
Hayden- more challenging era conditions (pitches and bowlers), higher peak, higher overall averageDravid-Hayden would give you a left-right combination with contrasting styles too. Why Hayden over Smith though?
There is still the old that you can useWe should have laugh reacts on CW.