Would 1970-94 World XI defeat an all-time World XI of remaining eras?

[Harsh Thakor]

Here I am pitting an XI from 1970-94 against a World XI constituting players from other eras excluding 1970-94 period.The 1970-94 team excludes any player playing before 1970.It demonstrates that standard of test cricket was at its highest from 1970-94  and even later periods did not equal the level of talent.N

 

1970-94 XI                                                                    

 

Barry Richards

Gavaskar

Viv Richards

Brian Lara

Sachin Tendulkar

Ian Botham

Alan Knott

Imran Khan

Malcolm Marshall

Shane Warne

Wasim Akram

 

 

Non 1970-94 XI

Hobbs

Hutton

Bradman

Headley

Sobers

Miller

Gilchrist

Davidson

Steyn

Mcgrath

Bill o'Reilly

 

 

I would back 1970-94 to beat team of all other eras.The 1970-94 team has a more potent or versatile  bowling attack with the versatility of Wasim and Marshall and skill of Warne.Non 1970-94 XI has equally good openers in Hobbs and Hutton and in the middle order the might of Bradman,Headley and Graeme Pollock would be more than a  match for Viv,Lara and Sachin.The match-winning prowess of Warne and Gilchrist could cancel out each other.Botham at his peak was the equal of Sobers.Imran overall as a cricketer was in the league of Tendulkar or Viv and arguably a more impactful all-rounder than Miller.Alan Davidson was not the equal of Wasim Akram as a left-arm pace bowler,although a better batsmen

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Harsh Thakor

[zen]

Cricketers such as Lara, Sachin and Warne in the 70-94 side have played more cricket outside of that period