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Uploaded New Zealand 1950s. There are two genuine class players here in tall blonde opener Bert Sutcliffe, and the allround talent of John Reid. If you are using T20 this team with their "dibly dobler " mediums can be a nightmare. In the longer versions they will be in trouble. None the less...

Uploaded Pakistan 1950s! The great Fazal Mahmood and the precocious opening batsman, Hanif Mohammad headline this side as superstars, however the team is led by the Father of Pakistani cricket in Abdul Kardar. Saaed Ahmed, opener Alimuddin and Imitiaz Ahmed are entertaining batsmen and...

Uploaded England 1950s During the 1950s, England were virtually unbeatable in Test Cricket. They had climbed into the ascendancy and taken over from the Australians and to a lesser extent the 3Ws led West Indies, though their style of cricket featured a variety of stonewallers, like Trevor...

Uploaded South Africa 1950s! Led by Jack Cheetham, this South Africa was as athletic as they come and had an excellent bowling attack. Neil Adcock and Peter Heine were as good as any opening bowlers in the world during the 1950s and in fact in any era, though this lacks a really top level...

Uploaded Australia 1950s. I have uploaded a lot of the great Australian sides of the 1950s but here are all their main players of the decade on one team as per usual. Great names everywhere you look! Harvey, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett, Benaud, Morris et al. There are at least 4 players from my...

Thank you I always enjoy doing and sharing classic teams!

Uploaded India 1950s A collection of excellent Indian players, some of whom later in life would go onto be to be excellent coaches and administrators who would turn India cricket in a powerhouse, even Sachin Tendulkar's great mentor Madhav Apte is here. Ive included the great Polly Umrigar...

Uploaded another classic team, England 1954/55 This team led by Len Hutton, held onto the Ashes in Australia. 18 months before England had won the Ashes for the first time in years. ( I will post that team shortly as well as it has three key plays who did not tour Australia). I always feel if...

Uploaded Australia 1955 This side is a mixture of the players that had led Australia in the 40s and early 50s but though many of the 1948 and 1948/50 sides had moved on, many key players remained, such as Lindwall, Miller, Johnston, Morris, Harvey, and Johnson, they now had a seam of new talent...

Updated and Re-uploaded Australia 1948 "The Invincibles" This team maintains it's place as one of the greatest of all time. It has the greatest batsman of all in Don Bradman, backed up with other all time greats such as his fast bowling pair, Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller. The opening batsmen...

Uploaded a classic team, Australia 1949/50 I've uploaded this team as it followed the retirement of Don Bradman and the great Invincible team. I have chosen it as it has the majority of the 1948 Invincibles, Keith Miller, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey etc. The reason I chose it is it that this...

Uploaded Pakistan 1960s This team is led by Javed Burki (cousin of Imran and Majod Khan) and has two all time greats in bowler, Fazal Mahmood and durable opening bat, Hanif Mohammad. Fazal Mahmood starred mostly in the 50s but Pakistan rarely played in the decade and by 1963, Mahmood and...

Uploaded India 1960s.. A very interesting side to play with and should be very difficult to beat in India, or on dry pitches. The two standout performances were an impressive 2-0 home win against England in 1961/62 and famous first away win vs New Zealand in 1967/68. Some good players such as...

Uploaded South Africa 1960s. This team for the most part is led by an expert captain in Peter Van de Merwe. I've always understood that South Africa had a great side right at the end of the decade in the 69/70 side, which is widely known as one of the greatest of all time. What was not as...

Updated Jack Alabaster NZ 60s to leg spin.

Uploaded New Zealand 1960s This squad is the forerunner of more competitive sides to come in the following decade. Though not loaded in talent is does have 6 or seven players able to compete on the world stage, though none were world beaters, their names would stand the test of time and two...

Wait till you get a load of New Zealand's wicketkeeper in the 60s, Artie Dick!

My father took me to a Test Match in the West Indies, but it was my grandfather who would watch cricket on a Sunday on TV and he would stare at it for hours and hours and that got me interested but going to the West indies to live got me addicted as a boy.