Two Best Test Teams of 50 Years (1965 to 2015)

[sumantra]

1965 - 1990

Sunil Gavaskar
Gordon Greenidge
Graeme Pollock
Vivian Richards
Greg Chappell
Garry Sobers
Richard Hadlee
Allan Knott
Malcolm Marshall
Micheal Holding/Derek Underwood
Dennis Lilee

Extras - Imran Khan, Allan Border, Barry Richards


1990 - 2015

Graeme Smith
Garry Kirsten
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
Dale Steyn/Muthiah Muralitharan

Extras - Kumara Sangakkara, Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh

 

[subshakerz]

1965 - 1990

Sunil Gavaskar
Gordon Greenidge
Graeme Pollock
Vivian Richards
Greg Chappell
Garry Sobers
Richard Hadlee
Allan Knott
Malcolm Marshall
Micheal Holding/Derek Underwood
Dennis Lilee

Extras - Imran Khan, Allan Border, Barry Richards


1990 - 2015

Graeme Smith
Garry Kirsten
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Curtley Ambrose
Glenn McGrath
Dale Steyn/Muthiah Muralitharan

Extras - Kumara Sangakkara, Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh

Imran in place of Holding and batting ahead of Hadlee. Sobers is enough as a spinner, have a 4-man pace attack.

Ponting ahead of Dravid.

And the first team wins.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Imran in place of Holding and batting ahead of Hadlee. Sobers is enough as a spinner, have a 4-man pace attack.

Ponting ahead of Dravid.

And the first team wins.

Agree. Several openers ahead of Kirsten as well (good player nonetheless).

 

[trundler]

First team should have Miandad in place of Graeme Pollock and switch him around with Viv.

 

[BazBall21]

Imran has to be in the 1965-1990 team, it's non-negotiable.
Rate Chandra as the best spinner in the 1965-1990 period.
Boycott over Gordon imo.
Ponting and Sanga both better than Dravid imo.
Don't actually mind Kirsten being there tbh. Despite my preference for Anwar, I don't think any alternative opener is unquestionably better.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

1965-1990

Gavaskar - B. Richards
Viv, Pollock, Chappell
Sobers, Procter, Knott, Hadlee
Marshall, Underwood

1990-2015

Sehwag - Anwar
Ponting, Sachin, Lara
Kallis, Gilly
Akram, Murali, Steyn, Mcgrath

Team 1 better batting Team 2 better bowling

 

[trundler]

1965-1990

Gavaskar - B. Richards
Viv, Pollock, Chappell
Sobers, Procter, Knott, Hadlee
Marshall, Underwood

1990-2015

Sehwag - Anwar
Ponting, Sachin, Lara
Kallis, Gilly
Akram, Murali, Steyn, Mcgrath

Team 1 better batting Team 2 better bowling

I'm disappointed in you for dropping Miandad.

 

[Slifer]

Two best teams since 1965:

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Waugh
Waugh*
Martyn
Gilchrist +
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath


Greenidge
Haynes
Viv
Rowe
Kallicharan
Lloyd*
Murray+
Roberts
Holding
Garner
Croft

 

[Gob]

Two best teams since 1965:

Hayden
Langer
Ponting
Waugh
Waugh*
Martyn
Gilchrist +
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath


Greenidge
Haynes
Viv
Rowe
Kallicharan
Lloyd*
Murray+
Roberts
Holding
Garner
Croft

Before my time but you'll should find a team with Marshall in it. Perth 1984 was it?

Greenidge
Haynes
Richardson
Gomez
Richards
Lloyd
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Garner
Walsh

 

[Gob]

Also Aus team from 06 Brisbane was arguably better. Martyn retired after Adelaide so

Langer
Hayden
Ponting
Martyn
Hussey
Clarke
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Clark
McGrath

 

[subshakerz]

Before my time but you'll should find a team with Marshall in it. Perth 1984 was it?

Greenidge
Haynes
Richardson
Gomez
Richards
Lloyd
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Garner
Walsh

I tend towards the previous 80 team a bit since Gomes is a bit of a weak link and Richards was at his peak.

 

[Slifer]

I tend towards the previous 80 team a bit since Gomes is a bit of a weak link and Richards was at his peak.

And that 80 team beat a very good Australian team in Australian.

 

[harsh.ag]

Would back

GSmith
Dravid/Ponting
Lara
Tendulkar
SWaugh
Kallis
Gilchrist
Warne
Steyn
McGrath
Ambrose

to win over the other team. Mainly because of Gilchrist and Warne.

 

[subshakerz]

Would back

GSmith
Dravid/Ponting
Lara
Tendulkar
SWaugh
Kallis
Gilchrist
Warne
Steyn
McGrath
Ambrose

to win over the other team. Mainly because of Gilchrist and Warne.

Steve Smith over Waugh. Otherwise a good team.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

And that 80 team beat a very good Australian team in Australian.

Lost to NZ though.

 

[Gob]

Steve Smith over Waugh. Otherwise a good team.

Only up to 2015

 

[Fuller Pilch]

1950 - 65 even without Sobers is pretty good (with Sobers would be great)
Simpson
Hunte
Barrington
May/Harvey/Weekes
Walcott
Worrell (c)
Miller
Davidson/Lindwall
Evans (wk)
Laker/Benaud
Trueman

1930-1950 (lost 6 years due to WW2)

Morris
Hutton
Bradman (c)
Hammond
Headley
McCabe
Ames (wk)
Larwood
Cowie
O'Reilly
Verity

Pre 1930
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Trumper
Macartney
Grace (c)
Ranjisinhji
Faulkner
Gregory
Blackham (wk)
Barnes
Lohmann

 

[subshakerz]

Only up to 2015

Ah ok then makes sense. I would love to see Ponting as opener.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ah ok then makes sense. I would love to see Ponting as opener.

Why? Not good enough at leaving the swinging ball - liked to feel bat on ball (which is why Bond owned him in ODIs). Marshall and Hadlee would destroy him if opening. Keep Ponting at 3 where he was gun.

 

[ZK$]

Sunil Gavaskar
Geoffrey Boycott
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Garry Sobers
Alan Knott
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Dennis Lillee

Kumar Sangakkara
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Dale Steyn
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharan