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State Vice-Captain
I just found this recently.
My apologies if it's been posted before.
In the 75th anniversary year of 'The Cricketer' (1996), leading test cricketers were asked to select the best cricketing elevens from their countries.
The selectors:
Australia -- Richie Benaud
England -- Denis Compton
South Africa -- Barry Richards
West Indies -- Garfield Sobers
India -- Sunil Gavaskar
Pakistan -- Hanif Mohammad
Sri Lanka -- Sidath Wettimuny
New Zealand -- Richard Hadlee
I assume their selections cover the 75 years from 1921-1996.
(Apologies for any typos, this is cut and paste stuff.)
AUSTRALIA
Arthur Morris
Mark Taylor
Bradman (C)
Neil Harvey
Greg Chappell
K Miller (VC)
Lindwall
Don Tallon (WK)
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
O'Reilly
Davidson (12th)
ENGLAND
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton (C)
Peter May
DCS Compton
D Gower
Ian Botham
G Evans (WK)
Jim Laker
Hedley Verity
F Trueman
A Bedser
F Tyson (12th)
SOUTH AFRICA
Eddie Barlow
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Graeme Pollock
Clive Rice (C)
Dennis Lindsay
Mike Procter
Brian Mc Millan
Hugh Tayfield
Allan Donald
Neil Adcock
Jonty Rhodes (12th)
WEST INDIES
Conrad Hunte
G Greenidge
G Headley
Everton Weekes
Richards
Sobers (C)
Marshall
J Hendricks (WK)
Holding
Wes Hall
Lance Gibbs
Valentine (12th)
INDIA
Vijay Merchant
S Tendulkar
Polly Umrigar (C)
GR Vishwanath
Vijay Hazare
V Mankad
Kapil Dev
D Phadkar
Kirmani (WK)
E Prasanna
B Chandra
PAKISTAN
Hanif Mohd
Aamer Sohail
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Asif Iqbal
Imran Khan (C)
W Bari (Wk)
W Akram
Abdul Qadir
Waqar Younis
Iqbal Qasim
Shoaib M (12)
SRI LANKA
Anura Pb Tennekoon
S Wettimuny
Roy Dias
Arvinda De Silva
Arjun Ranatunga
Duleep Mendis
Michael Tisserra
Gonatillake
Chaminda Vaas
Asantha De Mel
Ajith De Silva
NEW ZEALAND
Stewie Dampster
Glenn Turner
B Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
MP Donnelly
Johr Reid (C)
Richard Hadlee
Bruce Taylor
Ian Smith (WK)
Hedley Howarth
Jack Cowie
My apologies if it's been posted before.
In the 75th anniversary year of 'The Cricketer' (1996), leading test cricketers were asked to select the best cricketing elevens from their countries.
The selectors:
Australia -- Richie Benaud
England -- Denis Compton
South Africa -- Barry Richards
West Indies -- Garfield Sobers
India -- Sunil Gavaskar
Pakistan -- Hanif Mohammad
Sri Lanka -- Sidath Wettimuny
New Zealand -- Richard Hadlee
I assume their selections cover the 75 years from 1921-1996.
(Apologies for any typos, this is cut and paste stuff.)
AUSTRALIA
Arthur Morris
Mark Taylor
Bradman (C)
Neil Harvey
Greg Chappell
K Miller (VC)
Lindwall
Don Tallon (WK)
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
O'Reilly
Davidson (12th)
ENGLAND
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton (C)
Peter May
DCS Compton
D Gower
Ian Botham
G Evans (WK)
Jim Laker
Hedley Verity
F Trueman
A Bedser
F Tyson (12th)
SOUTH AFRICA
Eddie Barlow
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Graeme Pollock
Clive Rice (C)
Dennis Lindsay
Mike Procter
Brian Mc Millan
Hugh Tayfield
Allan Donald
Neil Adcock
Jonty Rhodes (12th)
WEST INDIES
Conrad Hunte
G Greenidge
G Headley
Everton Weekes
Richards
Sobers (C)
Marshall
J Hendricks (WK)
Holding
Wes Hall
Lance Gibbs
Valentine (12th)
INDIA
Vijay Merchant
S Tendulkar
Polly Umrigar (C)
GR Vishwanath
Vijay Hazare
V Mankad
Kapil Dev
D Phadkar
Kirmani (WK)
E Prasanna
B Chandra
PAKISTAN
Hanif Mohd
Aamer Sohail
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Asif Iqbal
Imran Khan (C)
W Bari (Wk)
W Akram
Abdul Qadir
Waqar Younis
Iqbal Qasim
Shoaib M (12)
SRI LANKA
Anura Pb Tennekoon
S Wettimuny
Roy Dias
Arvinda De Silva
Arjun Ranatunga
Duleep Mendis
Michael Tisserra
Gonatillake
Chaminda Vaas
Asantha De Mel
Ajith De Silva
NEW ZEALAND
Stewie Dampster
Glenn Turner
B Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
MP Donnelly
Johr Reid (C)
Richard Hadlee
Bruce Taylor
Ian Smith (WK)
Hedley Howarth
Jack Cowie