All time and post-1970 test XI's on a wet or bad wicket ?

[Harsh Thakor]

These are is my teams strictly on pitches virtually not fit for test cricket which are a blessing for bowlers and a nightmare for batsman.

 

 

My all-time XI on a bad wicket with uneven bounce

 

 

Victor Trumper

Jack Hobbs

George Headley

Ian Chappell (C)

Neil Harvey

Gary Sobers

Kumar Sangakkara (W)

Curtly Ambrose

Derek Underwood

Sydney Barnes

Murlitharan

 

 

Trumper was the ultimate champion or genius  on bad tracks when you asess his scores on wet tracks or in the dampest seasons.Hobbs was the ultimate master on wet sticklers where he scored the bulk of his 197 centuries overall and 12 hundreds in test cricket.Headley overshadowed Bradman on wet tracks making Bradman the 'White Headley.'In bad conditions Ian Chappell would overshadow the likes of even brother Greg,Viv or Gavaskar.Harvey spectacularly won game for Australia chasing a total of 33 v South Africa in 1951.Sobers played some of his best innings on difficult wickets like his 113 at Kingston v England or when engaged in a staggering run stand with cousin David Holford at Leeds in 1966.Sanga exhibited great skill on tracks with low bounce.Ambrose was the ultimate destroyer in a 4th innings to win  a game defending a low total  like against England in 1994 and South Africa in 1992 .On bad wicket Underwood could skittle aside out for less than even hundred runs.Barnes was more unplayable than anyone in bowler friendly conditions with his movement of the seam often unplayable .Murli was more lethal than Warne on bad wicket.Without hesitation Ian Chappell would be my skipper.

 

 

My post-1970  test team for a bad wicket

 

Gavaskar

Majid

Ian Chappell (C)

Border

Miandad

Steve Waugh

Sangakkara (W)

Ambrose

Underwood

Mcgrath

Murlitharan

 

Of the names that did not make in all-time team for a bad wicket I am justifying their merit here.Gavaskar often displayed his prowess on the rained wickets in England like at Old Trafford in 1974 as well as on broken tracks like at Bangalore in 1987 v Pakistan .At Tunbridge Wells in 1969 when scoring 156 against Glamorgan Majid surpassed the skill of even a Sobers or Viv when tackling the uneven bounce.Border often played the role of a lone crusader like when scoring 2 150's on  a turning pitch in Pakistan in 1980 .Miandad  ultimate streetfighter niggling even the likes of Lillee .Waugh turned or won more games from the depths of despair in his day mastering the uneven bounce on tack sin West Indies and the sub-continent.Mcgrath's line and length was so consistent  that on a bad pitch any team would rattle.

 

 

By a whisker I preferred the grit or determination of a Miandad.Border,Ian Chappell or Steve Waugh to the likes of Lara,Viv ,Tendulkar or Kallis on an untrue pitch in a test match or broken wicket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 2020 by Harsh Thakor

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

On wet wkt ill play him