Which country's All Time XI is the strongest?

[Fuller Pilch]

Not at ATG level, nah. He'll bowl a few overs of course but he should get thwacked.

Hammond as 5th bowler with support from WG, who'd bat in the middle order, and Root. That would be fine.

 

[CricketFan90s]

In the other thread, you said you always prefer to have a spinner in your team. Now you don't want one here?

I generally prefer one spinner but in the case of West Indies as a pack they were too good. The only problem was during 80s West Indies numerous times fell short of reaching 90 overs per day but now as the ICC rules became strict it’s tough only to have 4 pace bowlers we need a spinner. In this team we have Sobers and Gayle who can be used if the over rate is becoming slow. So went for the big 4 “Marshall,Ambrose,Garner,Holding”. 2 times in 1984 and 1986 West Indies won series against England 5-0 and 5-0 not using a single Spinner. They also provide a lot of variety Marshall skids the ball, Holding generates speed in the air, Garner awkward bounce and Yorker,Ambrose bounce with Length. Garner was too good in English Conditions and Ambrose was too good in Australia. So with these 4 in team they will be Lethal in all conditions.

 

[CricketFan90s]

“He was a superb fast-medium bowler who often, as Sir Donald Bradman once remarked, "was too busy scoring runs to worry about bowling." When he was roused - as he once was by Essex bowling bouncers at the Gloucestershire batsmen - his pace could be devastating. "I never saw a man bowl faster for Gloucestershire than Wally did that day," said Tom Goddard, "and he not only battered them, he bowled them out as well."

Yes Wally Hammond was a good 5th bowler he is someone who falls between Kallis and Steve Waugh

 

[Archer6K]

West Indies
1) GC Greenidge
2) GA Headley
3) IVA Richards
4) BC Lara
5) FMM Worrell
6) GSA Sobers
7) PJ Dujon (WK)
8) MD Marshall
9) MA Holding
10) J Garner
11) CEL Ambrose

 

[CricketFan90s]

West Indies
1) GC Greenidge
2) GA Headley
3) IVA Richards
4) BC Lara
5) FMM Worrell
6) GSA Sobers
7) PJ Dujon (WK)
8) MD Marshall
9) MA Holding
10) J Garner
11) CEL Ambrose

Headley never opened the innings but this looks a very good team. I will stick to my XI as I want Clive Lloyd in the Team.

 

[CricketFan90s]

My All time Pakistan ?? XI which is very Dangerous (It can defeat any team) 1) Saeed Anwar 2) Hanif Mohammad 3) Younis Khan 4) Javed Miandad 5) Inzamam ul Haq 6) Imran Khan* 7) Sarfaraz Ahmed+ 8) Wasim Akram 9) Abdul Qadir 10) Waqar Younis 11) Mohammad Asif (As Imran Khan is there as Captain the Team will be more disciplined with no Match fixing’s and politics)

 

[Coronis]

My All time Pakistan ?? XI which is very Dangerous (It can defeat any team) 1) Saeed Anwar 2) Hanif Mohammad 3) Younis Khan 4) Javed Miandad 5) Inzamam ul Haq 6) Imran Khan* 7) Sarfaraz Ahmed+ 8) Wasim Akram 9) Abdul Qadir 10) Waqar Younis 11) Mohammad Asif (As Imran Khan is there as Captain the Team will be more disciplined with no Match fixing’s and politics)

Yeah Imran will keep the politics out of it.

 

[CricketFan90s]

Yeah Imran will keep the politics out of it.

is this XI best or you have any suggestion for changes and may be some analysis on the strengths and weakness of this team

 

[CricketFan90s]

Imran Khan gives the New Ball to Wasim and Asif, Waqar is the 3rd bowler followed by Imran and Qadir

 

[Prince EWS]

Thats fine, you’re entitled to yet another awful opinion.

Haha this response really amused me.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yeah Imran will keep the politics out of it.

Yeah it there's one thing Imran is known for, it's being apolitical.