Harsh Thakor
First Class Star
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2012
- Runs
- 3,520
- Post of the Week
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All-time test world xi of non-Asian players to play in the sub-continent.
1.Matthew Hayden
2.Gordon Greenidge
3.Brian Lara
4.Everton Weekes
5.Alan Border
6.Gary Sobers
7.Adam Gilchrist
8.Shane Warne
9.Malcolm Marshall
10.Andy Roberts
11.Courtney Walsh
Excluded likes of Bradman,Hobbs,Hutton and Hammond as they did not play in the sub-continent.Excluded greats like Viv Richards and Greg Chappell who were not at their best on turning tracks.
Choice of Lara greatly influenced by his batting in Sri Lanka where he averaged over 100 in 2003 playing the likes of Murlitharan like chaffing wheat .
Walsh had a wide repertoire and staggering statistics. He had a remarkable average of 18.55 in India and 21.9 in Pakistan with 76 scalps combined.
Warne was at his best in Pakistan in 1994 with 22 scalps and in Sharjah later when he had a record 27 scalps.
Hayden was the ultimate run machine on the 2001 tour of India.
Greenidge was one of the most solid batsmen every to play in the sub-continent.
Kanhai was the ultimate batting connoiseur on turning tracks.
Border was an epitome of grit and skill on turners like when scoring 2 15o's in Karachi in 1980.
Sobers staggering figures make him a unanimous choice.
Gilchrist even in the sub-continent could bamboozle the best bowlers holding the bat like a gun.
Everton weekes arguably even surpassed Bradman when batting in India.
Marshall was a supreme master of the flat tracks with his trajectory.Master in skidding the ball and traversed regions in pace bowling never explored before.
Andy Roberts was a super craftsmen in the sub-continent conditions obtaining pace,movement and bounce.Master with an old ball and in creating variations of pace.
1.Matthew Hayden
2.Gordon Greenidge
3.Brian Lara
4.Everton Weekes
5.Alan Border
6.Gary Sobers
7.Adam Gilchrist
8.Shane Warne
9.Malcolm Marshall
10.Andy Roberts
11.Courtney Walsh
Excluded likes of Bradman,Hobbs,Hutton and Hammond as they did not play in the sub-continent.Excluded greats like Viv Richards and Greg Chappell who were not at their best on turning tracks.
Choice of Lara greatly influenced by his batting in Sri Lanka where he averaged over 100 in 2003 playing the likes of Murlitharan like chaffing wheat .
Walsh had a wide repertoire and staggering statistics. He had a remarkable average of 18.55 in India and 21.9 in Pakistan with 76 scalps combined.
Warne was at his best in Pakistan in 1994 with 22 scalps and in Sharjah later when he had a record 27 scalps.
Hayden was the ultimate run machine on the 2001 tour of India.
Greenidge was one of the most solid batsmen every to play in the sub-continent.
Kanhai was the ultimate batting connoiseur on turning tracks.
Border was an epitome of grit and skill on turners like when scoring 2 15o's in Karachi in 1980.
Sobers staggering figures make him a unanimous choice.
Gilchrist even in the sub-continent could bamboozle the best bowlers holding the bat like a gun.
Everton weekes arguably even surpassed Bradman when batting in India.
Marshall was a supreme master of the flat tracks with his trajectory.Master in skidding the ball and traversed regions in pace bowling never explored before.
Andy Roberts was a super craftsmen in the sub-continent conditions obtaining pace,movement and bounce.Master with an old ball and in creating variations of pace.
