Harsh Thakor Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 I have made the following all time cricket elevens in the history of test cricket. 1st xi 1.Jack Hobbs 2. Barry Richards 3.Don Bradman 4.George Headley 5. Sachin Tendulkar 6.Garfield Sobers 7.Adam Gilchrist 8.Malcolm Marshall 9.Shane Warne 10.Dennis Lillee 11Glen Mcgrath 2nd xi 1.Len Hutton 2.Sunil Gavaskar 3.Viv Richards 4.Walter Hammond 5.Brian Lara 6.Jacques Kallis 7.Imran Khan 8.Alan Knott 9.Wasim Akram 10.Sydney Barnes 11.Muthiah Murlitharan 3rd xi 1.Arthur Morris 2.Herbert Sutcliffe 3.Ricky Ponting 4.Greg Chappell 5.Graeme Pollock 6.Sangaakara 7.Keith Miller 8.Richard Hadlee 9.Ray Lindwall 10.Curtly Ambrose 11.Subhash Gupte 4th xi 1.Gordon Greenidge 2.Graham Gooch 3.Rahul Dravid 4.Everton Weekes 5.Denis Compton 6.Alan Border 7.Ian Botham 8.Rodney Marsh 9.Waqar Younus 10.Fred Trueman 11.Bishen Bedi 5th xi 1.Virendra Sehwag 2.Hanif Mohammad 3.Rohan Kanhai 4.Neil Harvey 5.Ken Barrington 6.Javed Miandad 7.Kapil Dev 8.Ian Healy 9.Alan Donald 10.Michael Holding 11.Abdul Qadir. Bradman had a phenomenal statistical record averaging 99.94.Lillee and Marshall were more complete than any pace bowlers of all combining swing,cut,pace,control and agression more than any paceman.Viv Richards ability to change the complexion of a game surpassed both Lara and Tendulkar and from 1976-81 he was the best after Bradman.However he lacked the consistency of Tendulkarand did not prove himself as much as a crisis as George Headley.Headley is counted as often even Bradman was compared to Headley and called the ÃØhite Headley.âveraging over 60 runs ,playing for the weakest of batting sides was an unparalleled feat.Shane Warne was simply the best spinner of all.Sydney Barnes figures make him the best bowler ever taking 189 wickets in 27 test matches.Gary Sobers was the greatest ever allrounder and no cricketer could ever turn the complexion of a game more than Gary. Jack Hobbs phenomenal record on wet pitches and 197 first class hundreds wins him the vote. Adam Gilchrist was the greatset match-winner of his era could turn the course of a match in spectacular fashion.Wasim AkramÃÔposessed more natural talent and variations than any great paceman and his left arm variety would be an asset.,and just missed out in the 1st team.Sunil GavaskarÃÔ test record speaks for itself,and the fact that he scored heavily against the best bowling attacks.However Barry Richards was the most talented opening batsman ever and although he never proved himself at the test level, he was the best batsman in World series cricket ,topping the averages.In pure batting prowess he was arguably the most perfect batsman ever with Bradman and Tendulkar.Tendulkar is arguably the best batsman ever in combined cricket dominating the game at the top for 22 years scoring 100 centuries which will probably never be equalled .Brian Lara is arguably the best West Indian test batsman ever and best left -hander of all.At their best Lara and Viv Richards were better than Tendulkar but fell short in terms of consistency compared to the little master. The decisive elements in the 1st 11 would be Sobers and Bradman.
vamos_rafa Posted October 2, 2012 Posted October 2, 2012 Welcome to ICF!! the teams that you have come up with is fine, but you will have to write the whole paragraph in a way so that it can be read. It's too unkempt and difficult to read.
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