Post your AT 11 (and also win a prize!)

[zen]

Let's have some fun! .... Post your AT11 in Tests, ODIs & T20s from your favorite players (not necessarily the best or the greatest)  .... The best one (from my PoV or a draw) in each format (or 3 forumers if I do a draw) will get a prize from yours truly to enjoy during the holidays (probably an audible audiobook code or a huge pat on the back where applicable)

 

11 players only + 12th man if you like (no X/Y, pick either X or Y in your 11) .... Competition will close sometime in first week of Dec 2020 or so   

Edited November 23, 2020 by zen

[zen]

My teams for 2020 from favorite players whom I have watched in some capacity (not necessarily optimized) 

 

Tests 

 

Sehwag 

V Richards (Viv opens as he avgs 60+ in the top order)

S Smith 

Lara

Sachin

Gilchrist 

Imran

Hadlee

Warne

Steyn 

Ambrose

12th man Pujara

 

^ Since likes of Sehwag and Richards can bowl too, it probably has one specialist bowler too many but that is ok since I can attack all the time with 5 fresh bowlers 

 

ODIs 

 

Jayasuriya

Buttler

V Richards

ABDV

Dhoni

Stokes

SDP 

Archer

Starc

Warne

Bumrah

12th man Jonty Rhodes

 

^ Jayasuriya, Stokes, SDP (Hardik) & Richards can be 5-6th bowlers 

 

T20s

 

Buttler

Warner

Stokes

ABDV

Morgan

SDP 

Pollard

Archer

Rashid

Boult

Bumrah 

12th man Starc

 

^ Stokes, SDP  (Hardik) & Pollard as 5th-6th bowlers

Edited December 1, 2020 by zen

[OpeningBatsman]

Tests 

Gavaskar 

Hayden

S. Smith

Kallis

Tendulkar

ABD

Gilchrist 

Akram

Marshall 

Mcgrath

Murli

 

12th Man - Shane Warne when playing in Aus instead of Murli 

Tough pick between Smith and ponting. Kallis and tendu bats a position lower than usual as I just can't leave out Kallis from the squad. 

 

ODIs

Tendulkar

Jayasuriya

Virat

ABD

MSD

C. Cairns

Klusener

S. Pollock

B. Lee

Mcgrath 

Murli

 

12th Man - Andrew Symonds

 

Great balance with this xi. 3 front line pacers with 2 great backups in cairns n lance. Murli leading spin attack with jaya as backup. 

 

T20is

 

Gayle

Mccullum

Virat 

ABD

Yuvraj 

Pollard

Bravo

Afridi

Rashid Khan

Bumrah

Starc

 

12th Man - Morgan 

 

 

 

[zen]

6 hours ago, OpeningBatsman said:

Tough pick between Smith and ponting. Kallis and tendu bats a position lower than usual as I just can't leave out Kallis from the squad. 

In your Test 11, you would probably need Kallis to function as the 5th bowler if required 

[BacktoCricaddict]

My favorites:

 

(note:  No Ozzies, No Poms, No NW Padosis)

Tests

Gavaskar (c)

Sehwag

Richards

Vishwanath

Laxman

Kallis

Kirmani (wk)

Kumble

Marshall

Ambrose

Chandrashekar

 

ODIs

Rohit Sharma

Jayasuriya

Kohli

Tendulkar

Richards

Kapil Dev

Dhoni (wk, c)

Vettori

Garner

Shami

Bumrah

 

T20s

DeKock (wk)

Gayle

Richards (c) (yeah, he didn't play any, but anyone think he wouldn't have dominated?)

ABDV

H. Pandya

Russell

Shakib Yuvraj (How the eff could I forget one of the best and one my favorites?  It sucks to be unkal-aged)

Rashid Khan

Garner

Bumrah

Boult

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2020 by BacktoCricaddict

[OpeningBatsman]

37 minutes ago, zen said:

In your Test 11, you would probably need Kallis to function as the 5th bowler if required 

Hence I picked him or would have gone for Lara. 

[zen]

4 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Richards (c) (yeah, he didn't play any, but anyone think he wouldn't have dominated?)

 

IMO, Richards and ABDV are the two benchmarks for batting when it comes to LOIs so can walk into any team in any format!

 

It is just that people like to recognize those who have played more in a format. For e.g., Sobers is good enough to play both ODIs and T20s, but most folks would consider him for test only 

 

But good to see you think outside the box! 

[maniac]

Only here for the price 

 

My All time X1

 

SDP

Pujara

SKP

Fill anyone you want except Sachin and Rohit :)

 

 

 

 

[Majestic]

This is my all-time XI in each of the formats. I am sure it's quite crazy.

 

Test XI:-

 

Gavaskar

Sehwag

Viv Richards(c)

S Smith

Tendulkar

Sobers

Gilchrist (wkt)

Marshall

Wasim

Warne

McGrath

 

Sobers as my fifth bowler who can bowl medium pace and spin both.

 

ODI XI:-

 

Rohit

Tendulkar

Kohli

Viv

ABD

MS Dhoni(c/wkt)

Kapil

Wasim

Warne

Donald

McGrath

 

Kapil Dev as fifth bowler and my no.7 batsmen who played the inning of 175 in ODI World Cup. Viv/SRT sixth option.

 

T20 XI:-

 

Gayle

Rohit(c)

Kohli

ABD

Buttler(wkt)

Pollard

Russell

Archer

Rashid

Malinga

Bumrah

 

Russell and Pollard as 5th and 6th bowler and Gayle as 7th although not required. 

Edited November 24, 2020 by Majestic

[BacktoCricaddict]

1 hour ago, zen said:

 

IMO, Richards and ABDV are the two benchmarks for batting when it comes to LOIs so can walk into any team in any format!

 

It is just that people like to recognize those who have played more in a format. For e.g., Sobers is good enough to play both ODIs and T20s, but most folks would consider him for test only 

 

But good to see you think outside the box! 

Plus, 9 out of my T20 11 can legitimately bowl.  The other 2 are w/ks :-).  

[zen]

36 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Sobers as my fifth bowler who can bowl medium pace and spin both.

 

Ideally, Sobers, said to be the greatest cricketer of AT, (and Bradman, the greatest batsman of AT) should be the first pick in a test 11 

[maniac]

I will try to pick a X1 without repeating players across formats
 

Here is my All time X1 odis

Rohit

Jayasuriya

Kohli

AB

MSD (pre-2015) (WK)

Stokes

Kapil

Wasim

Starc

Saqlain

Kumble

My Test x1

 Sehwag

Gayle

Viv

Lara

Sachin

Gilchrist

Imran Khan

Warne

Mcgrath

Murali

Ambrose

 

My T20 X1

Warner

Butler

Williamson

Yuvraj Singh

Afridi

Russell

SDP

Rashid Khan

Bumrah

Malinga

Archer

 

[maniac]

Couldn’t fit Kallis, Mccullum (in T20),Dravid,Steve Waugh and Steve Smith whom I considered 

[maniac]

I would rather watch Gayle light up test cricket rather than T20 where he is obviously the universe boss but when you have a guy like that with multiple 300’s and some great test knocks why not. Who will call test match boring when you have Gayle and Sehwag opening with Viv,Lara,Sachin and Gilchrist to follow

[maniac]

Don’t want to start a separate thread but might be a fun topic to have a test X1 that can beat any team in tests or odis or t20s on their day 

 

Gayle

Sehwag

Viv

AB

Mccullum (has test double and triple)

Gilchrist

Kapil

Wasim

Warne

Murali

Mcgrath

[Harsh Thakor]

TESTS

 

Barry Richards

Victor Trumper

Rohan Kanhai

Brian Lara

Zaheer Abbas

Gary Sobers (C)

Adam Gilchrist(W)

Keith Miller

Wasim Akram

Abdul Qadir

Michael Holding

 

 

ODI's

Tendulkar

Gilchrist(W)

Zaheer Abbas

Viv (C)

Kohli

Gower

Kapil Dev

Wasim Akram

Joel Garner

Abdul Qadir

Michael Holding

 

 

 

I have not selected the best but my personal favourites.Keith Miller was great entertainer. Kanhai was supreme as a craftsman inventing strokes like  a musical composer..Zaheer took artistry to sublime regions.Lara could produce strokes that were surreal and was ever elegant even when being mercurial..Gower was elegance personified.Barry Richards was the ultimate epitome of batting virtuosity.Michael holding was grace personified  taking fast bowling aesthetics to regions of divinty.Qadir was the ultimate spin magician.The likes of Majid Khan and Azharuddin missed out by a whisker.

 

 

 

[zen]

@Harsh Thakor

 

Tests: Liked that you picked Barry Richards in your 11. He can get into my best 11 (v the favorites 11)

 

Quote

Qadir was the ultimate spin magician

 

How is Qadir ultimate spin magician when someone like Warne has actually bowled quite a few magical deliveries? 

 

 

ODIs: Kohli at #5/Gower at #6 .... both have played mostly at #3-4 .... do you not have other favorite players who could be played at 5-6 (particular 6 since one of them can be accommodated at 5) that you need to squeeze both these guys in the 11?

Edited November 26, 2020 by zen

[OpeningBatsman]

Where is the prize that you promised 

[zen]

3 minutes ago, OpeningBatsman said:

Where is the prize that you promised 

will evaluate the 11s or do a draw in the 1st week of Dec

 

Zen master says good things come to those who wait

[OpeningBatsman]

2 hours ago, zen said:

will evaluate the 11s or do a draw in the 1st week of Dec

 

Zen master says good things come to those who wait