Most artistic all-time World XI of all time?

[Harsh Thakor]

This is my selection of the all-time X1 with the most artistic cricketers.It does not imply the best,with the most class or best records.

 

Victor Trumper

Barry Richards

Zaheer Abbas

David Gower

Frank Worrell (C)

Gary Sobers

Alan Knott (W)

Wasim Akram

Malcolm Marshall

Michael Holding

Bishen Bedi

 

 

Trumper was the ultimate connoisseur on a bad or wet pitch surpassing anyone for sheer wizardry.Barry Richards was the epitome of batting perfection like a Gavaskar and Viv Richards rolled into one.Zaheer Abbas,Gower and Worrell took grace in batting to regions of divinty.Their sheer touches carassed a ball to the boundary.resembling a conductor guiding a symphony.Sobers took all-round cricketing skill to regions never traversed.Wasim took art of pace bowling to another dimension with his varieties of swing.Marshall at best looked like re-defining laws of bowling bio-dynamics  with his changes in speed through the air and of the wicket.Holding made pace bowling resemble sheer poetry or a musical composition more than anyone,running in like an antelope to derive the greatest speed through the air.Bedi depicted the grace of a Bharat  Natyam dancer.Aln Knott behind the wickets was a personification of composure.

 

Frank Worrrel would captain this team,who wast he game's ultimate gentleman.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Harsh Thakor

[Serpico]

Feels like you make zero efforts to pick your bowlers. For batsmen you go as far back as 20s, 40s but all bowlers are from 70s and 80s. 

 

Victor trumper literally played before cricket was recorded, yet you speak as if you watched him play, analysed his batting closely and formed these opinions yourself, but what about all the bowlers he played against? Was he batting against pie chuckers?

[rkt.india]

What was so artistic about Malcolm Marshall, ugly run-up and action.

[Harsh Thakor]

10 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

What was so artistic about Malcolm Marshall, ugly run-up and action.

alternative?

[Harsh Thakor]

20 minutes ago, Serpico said:

Feels like you make zero efforts to pick your bowlers. For batsmen you go as far back as 20s, 40s but all bowlers are from 70s and 80s. 

 

Victor trumper literally played before cricket was recorded, yet you speak as if you watched him play, analysed his batting closely and formed these opinions yourself, but what about all the bowlers he played against? Was he batting against pie chuckers?

Prolific on most treacherous surfaces.Noone was his equal ever in such conditions

[Tattieboy]

In artistic seam bowlers Fred Truman was only just behind Michael Holding , he had perfect run up and classic side on action . 

[Harsh Thakor]

6 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

In artistic seam bowlers Fred Truman was only just behind Michael Holding , he had perfect run up and classic side on action . 

Great choice.Not Ray Lindwall?

[Tattieboy]

58 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Great choice.Not Ray Lindwall?

I would choose Graham McKenzie over him 

[Tattieboy]

8 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

I would choose Graham McKenzie over him 

Another artistic bowler i would have over Wasim Akram is Richard Hadlee . 

So my bowling unit would be 

Holding

Hadlee

Trueman

Bedi

[coffee_rules]

6 hours ago, Tattieboy said:

Another artistic bowler i would have over Wasim Akram is Richard Hadlee . 

So my bowling unit would be 

Holding

Hadlee

Trueman

Bedi

 

No Lillee/Mallet/Warne/Benaud/Underwood ?

[punjabi_khota]

I am convinced Harsh Thakor is a GPT-3 desi version.