ESPNcricinfo to pick world XI

[zen]

Jack Hobbs Virender Sehwag Don Bradman Sachin Tendulkar Viv Richards Gary Sobers Kumar Sangakarra Shane Warne Wasim Akram Dennis Lillee Muralitharan/Allan donald

He will whine a lot!

[Gunner_Mania]

I thought Barry was a right hand batsman. I hope you are not confusing him with Grahme Pollock.

Yep, He is a RHB http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46982.html

[Sir john]

my team Virender Sehwag Gordon Greenidge Zaheer Abbas Sachin Tendulkar Sir Viv Richards Sir Garry Sobers Adam Gilchrist Muttiah Muralitharan Allan Donald Wasim Akram Shane Bond

[thevortex]

I thought Barry was a right hand batsman. I hope you are not confusing him with Grahme Pollock.

Oops! Thanks for pointing out. My bad. Was thinking of one player while writing about the other. I know the choice for having Sangakkara as opener is not there. But that is what I would do in this situation. :)

[Gunner_Mania]

Oops! Thanks for pointing out. My bad. Was thinking of one player while writing about the other. I know the choice for having Sangakkara as opener is not there. But that is what I would do in this situation. :)

Wy wouldn't you pick Jayasuria / Graeme Smith then?

[thevortex]

Wy wouldn't you pick Jayasuria / Graeme Smith then?

I would rather pick a walking wicket than Graeme Smith in a World XI. His only distinction to me is that he is the only opener in the world (perhaps in the history of the game) unable to play a front foot cover drive!! Consider me biased :). Seriously though he is an effective player for his team. But to consider him for a World XI is taking things a bit too far. Jayasuriya is really not a Test opener, Gunner! I am not too sure too many would think of him that way. Hence I would rather have Sangakkara play as a specialist opener. Not bad at all, if I may say so.

[Gunner_Mania]

Saeed Anwar is another one. I am just picking the left handers. If you were looking for balance. I don't know much about the other old age names there. I chose Gavaskar in my team with Sehwag, but I would have gone with Greenisge too, because I balanced my left handers in the rest of the team:)

[thevortex]

I understand your chioce of Greenidge. It is a tempting combination to be sure. But I think starting with a left and right combination right at the top would be fantastic. All the worse for the opposition bowlers. Saeed Anwar is better than Jayasuriya but still nowhere near good enough to be talked about in an all time World XI. In any case, Sangakkara comfortably out-bats any of the other contenders spoken about. Especially the left handed ones. Dont you think?

[Gunner_Mania]

Why wouldn't you be tempted to open with Glichrist. Agreed that he is not a Test opener and opens only in ODIs, but would you be tempted to use him as an opener and then get an extra batsman or bowler in the team:)

[thevortex]

Why wouldn't you be tempted to open with Glichrist. Agreed that he is not a Test opener and opens only in ODIs' date=' but would you be tempted to use him as an opener and then get an extra batsman or bowler in the team:)[/quote'] No, Gunner, that is out of the question. Gilchrist's loose limbed batting will look good and work well later on. Not against the new ball and against fresh bowlers. Like I said, Sangakkara comfortably out-bats all the other left handed options out there.

[girishk14]

I think Sangakarra is much ahead of Gilchrist in tests (maybe not in ODIs). Hes the no.1 test batsmen, and has scored everywhere. But, the world test XI doesnt require whining. So maybe gilchrist would be better.

[girishk14]

Jayasuriya - in tests?? I think even Murali Vijay has a better record than him.

[Sir john]

Is my team ok.

[Rahul48]

Hobbs Sehwag Lara Bradman Sobers Gilchrist Imran Wasim Marshall Muralitharan Mcgrath

[don_corleone840]

I think Sangakarra is much ahead of Gilchrist in tests (maybe not in ODIs). Hes the no.1 test batsmen, and has scored everywhere. But, the world test XI doesnt require whining. So maybe gilchrist would be better.

bt he no more keeps in test.infact his average as wk batsman has only been 39 in test. i think andy flower will be automatic selection if u want to pic wk batsman . but just for good wk i wouold pic ian healy or allan knott

[don_corleone840]

Hobbs Sehwag Lara Bradman Sobers Gilchrist Imran Wasim Marshall Muralitharan Mcgrath

no tendulkar :finger:

[Sooda]

Hobbs Sehwag Bradman Tendulkar Lara Sobers Gilchrist Marshall Warne Murali McGrath out b4 Boss comes in and rubbishes any pre-1970 pick :bye:

[Sooda]

Sehwag Bill Lawry Bradman Tendulkar Kallis Sobers Gilchrist Benuad © W Akram M Marshall Muralitharan

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Sehwag Bill Lawry Bradman Tendulkar Kallis Sobers Gilchrist Benuad © W Akram M Marshall Muralitharan

Bill Lawry and Richie Benaud?

[rkt.india]

my team Virender Sehwag Gordon Greenidge Zaheer Abbas Sachin Tendulkar Sir Viv Richards Sir Garry Sobers Adam Gilchrist Muttiah Muralitharan Allan Donald Wasim Akram Shane Bond

Zaheer Abbas at 3 what a choice:cantstop: Is he better Than Rahul Dravid at 3 or Ricky Ponting or Jacques Kallis or Brian Lara or sir Don Bradman