13 August - International Lefthanders Day : What's your all-time best Test playing XI?

[MenInG]

I will start (based on anecdotal and not deep statistical analysis)

1. Mathew Hayden
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Brain Lara
5. Gary Sobers
6. Ravindra Jadeja
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Wasim Akram
9. Rangana Herath
10. Mitchell Johnson
11. Zaheer Khan

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

1.Graeme Smith
2. Matthew Hayden
3.Graeme Pollock
4.Brian Lara
5.Gary Sobers
6.Jadeja
7.Gilchrist
8.Alan Davidson
9.Wasim Akram
10.Mitchell Johnson
11. Bishan Bedi

 

[Ab Fan]

Tests :

1.Graeme Smith
2.Matthew Hayden
3.Kumar Sangakkara
4.Brian Lara
5.Allan Border(c)
6.Garfield Sobers
7.Adam Gilchrist(wkt)
8. Wasim Akram
9. Mitchell Johnson
10. Trent Boult
11. Bishan Singh Bedi

 

[MenInG]

Would be good to hear some justifications as well.

 

[Saurav]

Hayden
G Smith
Sangakkara
Lara
Sobers
Shakib
Gilchrist
Akram
Johnson
Herath
Zaheer

 

[sweep_shot]

Didn't know there was such a day!

Here is my list:

Mark Taylor
Hayden
Brian Lara (c)
Saeed Anwar
Kumar Sangakara
Chanderpaul
Shakib
Gilchrist (wk)
Wasim Akram
Chaminda Vaas
James Anderson.

 

[shujaatraza]

Surprised nobody is picking Saurav Ganguly in their team. He was a very good player and pretty smart captain too.

 

[Ab Fan]

Surprised nobody is picking Saurav Ganguly in their team. He was a very good player and pretty smart captain too.

Below names in middle order are ahead of him on top of my head:-

Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Allan Border
Garfield Sobers
David Gower
Mike Hussey
Graham Thorpe
Shivanarine Chanderpaul
Neil Harvey

 

[sweep_shot]

Surprised nobody is picking Saurav Ganguly in their team. He was a very good player and pretty smart captain too.

Ganguly was good but probably doesn't belong in any Test left-handers XI.

He was much better in ODI.

 

[PakLFC]

Are we talking about left handed batsmen or bowlers?

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Graeme Smith
Matthew Hayden
Kumar Sangakkara
Brian Lara
Garry Sobers
Clive Lloyd
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Wasim Akram
Mitchell Johnson/Zaheer
Rangana Herath
Trent Boult/Chaminda Vaas

Shakib, Gower, Jayasuria, Cook, Saeed Anwar, Vettori, Hussey, Bedi unlucky ones to miss out.

 

[shamaan]

Greamme Smith
Saeed Anwar
Kumar Sangkara
Brian Lara
Chanderpaul
Garry Sobers
Gilchrist
Akram
Zaheer
Heath
Johnson.

Shakib,hayden,vettori,cook,gower