Harsh Thakor
First Class Star
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2012
- Runs
- 3,520
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These are my best xi's for pre-1977 period.
1st xi
1.Jack Hobbs
2.Victor Trumper
3.George Headley
4.Don Bradman
5.Walter Hammond
6.Gary Sobers
7.Clyde Walcott
8.Alan Davidson
9.Ray Lindwall
10.Sydney Barnes.
11.Subash Gupte
2nd xi
1.Len Hutton
2.Herbert Sutcliffe
3.Rohan Kanhai
4.Everton Weekes
5.Graeme Pollock
6.Keith Miller
7.Vinoo Mankad
8.Fred Trueman
9.Harold Larwood
10.Don Tallon
11.Bill o'reilly
Apologize If I am biased in selecting Indian stalwarts Gupte and Mankad but I felt they were both geniuses.Gupte was almost the equal of Shane Warne while Vinoo was close to the Sobers class.Richie Benaud missed out by a whisker when I took into account Vinoo's back to back centuries in Australia itself facing Lindwall and Miller.
The batting is marginally better in the pre-1977 xi but the xi of the last 40 years has a better bowling attack and more depth in batting.post 1977 xi has more match-winners yet may not overpower the duo of Sobers and Bradman.Still I back post-1977 team as it would have more professionalism. Anyway,a nail-biting finish with maybe not even a whisker seperating them.
1st xi
1.Jack Hobbs
2.Victor Trumper
3.George Headley
4.Don Bradman
5.Walter Hammond
6.Gary Sobers
7.Clyde Walcott
8.Alan Davidson
9.Ray Lindwall
10.Sydney Barnes.
11.Subash Gupte
2nd xi
1.Len Hutton
2.Herbert Sutcliffe
3.Rohan Kanhai
4.Everton Weekes
5.Graeme Pollock
6.Keith Miller
7.Vinoo Mankad
8.Fred Trueman
9.Harold Larwood
10.Don Tallon
11.Bill o'reilly
Apologize If I am biased in selecting Indian stalwarts Gupte and Mankad but I felt they were both geniuses.Gupte was almost the equal of Shane Warne while Vinoo was close to the Sobers class.Richie Benaud missed out by a whisker when I took into account Vinoo's back to back centuries in Australia itself facing Lindwall and Miller.
The batting is marginally better in the pre-1977 xi but the xi of the last 40 years has a better bowling attack and more depth in batting.post 1977 xi has more match-winners yet may not overpower the duo of Sobers and Bradman.Still I back post-1977 team as it would have more professionalism. Anyway,a nail-biting finish with maybe not even a whisker seperating them.
