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What would be your XI to beat this SC XI?

Sliferxxxx

Sliferxxxx

State Vice-Captain
subshakerz said:
Why would you pick Lara if he didn't succeed against the 2Ws in the SC?
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Subz, Lara faced the Ws literally in one 3 match test series in Pakistan, hardly the sample size to be drawing such conclusions. Still my XI would be thus:

Hutton
Hobbs
Viv
Smith
Kallicharan
Sobers
Knott
Hadlee
Marshall
Steyn
O'Reilly
 
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Randomfan

U19 Captain
subshakerz said:
Scenario is a 5 test match series in SC with two classic spinning wickets, one unprepared lottery pitch and two batting low bounce pancake wickets.

Is there an XI outside that can beat this team (no Bradman allowed)?

Sehwag
Gavsaskar
Younis Khan
Sachin
Miandad
Sanga (keeper)
Imran (captain)
Ashwin
Wasim
Waqar/Bumrah
Murali
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With these parameters, I doubt any team is going to beat the team you are listing in majority of games.
 
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Randomfan

U19 Captain
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Is there an XI outside that can beat this team (no Bradman allowed)?

Sehwag
Gavsaskar
Younis Khan
Sachin
Miandad
Sanga (keeper)
Imran (captain)
Ashwin
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

I took out Bumrah, and kept Waqar which OP listed to not give too much advantage to this team. Anyway, you can't start blocking 2 players with one spot.

Question is about outside of this,


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I will go with this team outside of names listed by OP.

Hutton
Hobbs
Kallis
Smith
Sobers
Gilly
Jadeja
Marshall
Steyn
Bumrah
O'Reilly
 
subshakerz

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Randomfan said:
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Is there an XI outside that can beat this team (no Bradman allowed)?

Sehwag
Gavsaskar
Younis Khan
Sachin
Miandad
Sanga (keeper)
Imran (captain)
Ashwin
Wasim
Waqar
Murali

I took out Bumrah, and kept Waqar which OP listed to not give too much advantage to this team. Anyway, you can't start blocking 2 players with one spot.

Question is about outside of this,


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I will go with this team outside of names listed by OP.

Hutton
Hobbs
Kallis
Smith
Sobers
Gilly
Jadeja
Marshall
Steyn
Bumrah
O'Reilly
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Only non SC players
 
Coronis

Coronis

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Trying something different.

*qualifier - must have played one test in the sc

Khawaja
Cook
Lara
Fleming
Lloyd*
Sobers
de Villiers+
Hadlee
Benaud
Steyn
Walsh
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
1.Bob Simpson*
2.Alastair Cook
3.Rohan Kanhai
4.Garry Sobers
5.Jacques Kallis
6.Brian Lara
7.Allan Knott (WK)
8.Richard Hadlee
9.Malcolm Marshall
10.Bill O'Reilly
11.Derek Underwood
 
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Randomfan

U19 Captain
subshakerz said:
Only non SC players
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Well, I am going to stick with players with actual track record in Asia. I will go with,

Hayden
Cook
Kallis
Smith
Lloyd*
Sobers
Gilly+
Marshall
Benaud
Steyn
Walsh

I don't think any combnation is going to win more games than lose if we are restricted with only non-asian players and have restrictions of pitch/conditions listed by OP.

I know posters will throw names from older era claiming that they were so good or something like that, but without any track record it's just an assumption. If we go by skills/output displayed by non-Asian players in Asia then it will be hard to beat the team OP selcted with restrictions listed. Wihtout those restrictions, it may be more competetive, but not sure how to match Ashwin+Murali conbination in Asian conditions.
 
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Randomfan said:
Well, I am going to stick with players with actual track record in Asia. I will go with,

Hayden
Cook
Kallis
Smith
Lloyd*
Sobers
Gilly+
Marshall
Benaud
Steyn
Walsh

I don't think any combnation is going to win more games than lose if we are restricted with only non-asian players and have restrictions of pitch/conditions listed by OP.

I know posters will throw names from older era claiming that they were so good or something like that, but without any track record it's just an assumption. If we go by skills/output displayed by non-Asian players in Asia then it will be hard to beat the team OP selcted with restrictions listed. Wihtout those restrictions, it may be more competetive, but not sure how to match Ashwin+Murali conbination in Asian conditions.
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Glad you picked Benaud.
 
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