This is always a bit of fun:
Australia
Trumper
Simpson
Bradman
G.Chappell
Miller
Harvey
Gilchrist +
Warne
Lillee
O'Reilly
McGrath
England
Hobbs
Hutton
Ranji
Hammond
Compton
Ames +
Botham
Rhodes
SF Barnes
Laker
Trueman
West Indies
Greenidge
Worrell
Headley
Lara
V.Richards
Sobers
Dujon +...
Len Hutton (Eng)
Kyle Koetzer (Scotland)
Don Bradman (Aus)
Andy Flower (Zim) +
Will Porterfield (Ire)
Garry Sobers (WI)
Shakib Al Hasan (Bang)
Imran Khan (Pak)
Kapil Dev (Ind)
Richard Hadlee (NZ)
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
All rounders XI
Wilfred Rhodes
Vinoo Mankad
Jaques Kallis
Gary Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
Aubrey Faulkner
Ian Botham
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Shaun Pollock
Richard Hadlee
If this was just about the most aesthetically pleasing cricketers, I'd go for:
Sunil Gavaskar
Archie Jackson
Viv Richards
Victor Trumper
Keith Miller
VVS Laxman
Alan Knott +
Harold Larwood
Michael Holding
Dennis Lillee
Bishen Bedi
It's not so difficult if you have read a fair bit of cricket history.
Imran was a better bowler. I think Botham was a more naturally gifted batsman. But Imran was very effective with the bat late in his career.
An XI i'd want to go back and see...
Archie Jackson
Vijay Merchant
Stan McCabe
Wally Hammond
Keith Miller
Victor Trumper
Learie Constantine
Mike Procter
Godfrey Evans +
CTB Turner
SF Barnes
Fair enough. I just can't conceive of an all time XI without Sobers. Easily the second best batsman of all time before you even factor in his bowling and fielding.ODI XI
Gilchrist
Tendulkar
V.Richards
Kohli
DeVilliers
Symonds
Kapil
Wasim
Garner
Murali
Donald
My overall team would be:
Len Hutton
Barry Richards
Don Bradman
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Gary Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Richard Hadlee
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Not many have been as successful as Tendulkar against all opponents in all conditions. Guy was incredibly consistent.
Averaged 55 against Australia in a career that coincided with peak McGrath/Warne/Gillespie/MacGill.
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