1975-80 Test Rest of the World XI v Australia 1975-80 XI?

[Harsh Thakor]

From 1975-79 Australia was the best test playing nation in the world wining the unofficial test crown in 1975-76 v West Indies at home when winning by a5-1 margin.Ian Chappel's side was a team of world beaters
world xi.I have pitted a rest of the world xi to combat it in the same era.

Rest of the world 1975-80 xi

1.Barry Richards
2.Sunil Gavaskar
3.Viv Richards
4.Zaheer Abbas
5.Clive Lloyd
6.Tony Greig
7.Mike Procter
8.Imran Khan
9.Alan Knott
10.Andy Roberts
11.Bishen Bedi


Australia
1.Ian Redpath
2.Bruce Laird
3.Ian Chappell
4.Greg Chappell
5.Doug Walters
6.Alan Border
7.Rodney Marsh
8.Dennis Lillee
9.Len Pascoe
10.Jeff Thomson
11.Geoff Dymock

A close call but rest of the world xi would win by around 25-50 runs or 2-3 wickets.All-rounders in rest of the world team are crucial .Australia has lethal pace but Rest of the world has more diversity in bowling.

 

[Junaids]

Sorry, but I disagree with the basic premise.

Australia’s 5-1 home victory in 75-76 over West Indies was the last roar of a dying lion.

Clive Lloyd responded by putting together a four man pace attack, and by the time Packer came around 18 months later, Roberts and Holding had been toughened up by the 5-1 series but more importantly Garner and Croft had replaced Boyce and Daniel.

West Indies overtook Australia in 1977: Australia couldn’t even retain The Ashes.

In terms of your Rest of the World team, I’d drop Tony Greig and Zaheer Abbas and bring in Vince Van Der Bijl and Graeme Pollock.