If current era batting is any good, who would you pick to play the eighties World XI?

[Robert]

Warner?
Nobody
Williamson (cap)
Kohli
Smith
Stokes
Zippy (keeper)
Rabada
Cummins
Boult
Lyon

Bowling is a bit weak. Eighties crew:

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
Border
Miandad
Imran (c)
Dujon (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Qadir
Garner

Eighties mash Teens with pure fast bowling dominance. Teens cannot catch except Stokes and have no defensive game. Stokes gets a vainglorious ton though.

 

[Majid Khan]

Not sure it will make much of a difference but I would replace the opener ‘nobody’ with Mohammed Hafeez just purely to see the contest of Marshall/Garner bowling chin music v Hafeez.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

no match ... current XI will get annihilated .... no1 can stand to tht XI .... tht XI probably has abt 4/5 all time XI players... current XI doesnt have any

 

[Manunited18]

Warner?
Nobody
Williamson (cap)
Kohli
Smith
Stokes
Zippy (keeper)
Rabada
Cummins
Boult
Lyon

Bowling is a bit weak. Eighties crew:

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
Border
Miandad
Imran (c)
Dujon (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Qadir
Garner

Eighties mash Teens with pure fast bowling dominance. Teens cannot catch except Stokes and have no defensive game. Stokes gets a vainglorious ton though.

Lol lol lol lol lol lol lol, biggest mis match ever

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Warner?
Nobody
Williamson (cap)
Kohli
Smith
Stokes
Zippy (keeper)
Rabada
Cummins
Boult
Lyon

Bowling is a bit weak. Eighties crew:

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
Border
Miandad
Imran (c)
Dujon (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Qadir
Garner

Eighties mash Teens with pure fast bowling dominance. Teens cannot catch except Stokes and have no defensive game. Stokes gets a vainglorious ton though.

You're comparing the whole decade of the 80's with 2019. Atleast make it fair and compare it the 2010's as a decade. The likes of Cook and Graeme Smith played well into this decade.

 

[Robert]

You're comparing the whole decade of the 80's with 2019. Atleast make it fair and compare it the 2010's as a decade. The likes of Cook and Graeme Smith played well into this decade.

Fair enough on Smith, but Cook got sorted out by good quick bowling.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fair enough on Smith, but Cook got sorted out by good quick bowling.

What about AB, Dale Steyn, Graeme Swann. All were 2010's players.

 

[Dead Ball]

From current decade -

Warner
G Smith (c)
S Smith
Kohli
AB De Villiers
Sangakkara (wk)
Ashwin
Cummins
Rabada
Steyn
Bumrah

For me, this team is equal to the 80s team.

The batting is stronger than the 80s team with a much better wk batsman in Sangakkara.

S Smith is arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era and Kohli/ABDV are neck to neck with Border and Miandad.

Gavaskar makes the opening pair of 80s stronger.

Ashwin is better than Qadir.

Marshall and Steyn are pretty much neck to neck but I would give Marshall this one as he is widely considered the greatest of all time.

Cummins and Rabada will most likely end their careers with more wickets than Imran and Hadlee at a similar average.

Bumrah vs Garner is obviously too soon to call, but Bumrah looks like an ATG in the making now. Will easily take more wickets than Garner by the time his career ends.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Warner?
Nobody
Williamson (cap)
Kohli
Smith
Stokes
Zippy (keeper)
Rabada
Cummins
Boult
Lyon

Bowling is a bit weak. Eighties crew:

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
Border
Miandad
Imran (c)
Dujon (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Qadir
Garner

Eighties mash Teens with pure fast bowling dominance. Teens cannot catch except Stokes and have no defensive game. Stokes gets a vainglorious ton though.

bumrah over overrated rabada and probably push root up to 2. Root will definitely have to be in the lineup.

 

[tyron_woodley]

no match ... current XI will get annihilated .... no1 can stand to tht XI .... tht XI probably has abt 4/5 all time XI players... current XI doesnt have any

this based on? Different rule set. bouncer rule. pitch differences. fitness level. nutriton and advanced technology. Players watch footage now. back then you had to play them to get an idea of what the othe team was capable of.

 

[tyron_woodley]

From current decade -

Warner
G Smith (c)
S Smith
Kohli
AB De Villiers
Sangakkara (wk)
Ashwin
Cummins
Rabada
Steyn
Bumrah

For me, this team is equal to the 80s team.

The batting is stronger than the 80s team with a much better wk batsman in Sangakkara.

S Smith is arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era and Kohli/ABDV are neck to neck with Border and Miandad.

Gavaskar makes the opening pair of 80s stronger.

Ashwin is better than Qadir.

Marshall and Steyn are pretty much neck to neck but I would give Marshall this one as he is widely considered the greatest of all time.

Cummins and Rabada will most likely end their careers with more wickets than Imran and Hadlee at a similar average.

Bumrah vs Garner is obviously too soon to call, but Bumrah looks like an ATG in the making now. Will easily take more wickets than Garner by the time his career ends.

I concur with this. don't freaking pick one year lmao OP vs an entire era of greats. I agree 2010 era team is better

however
imran > rabada for sure
not sure about bumrah and garner either. Bumrah has a long way to go.
steyn> Marshall

would also add amla to the lineup over warner.

 

[Dead Ball]

I concur with this. don't freaking pick one year lmao OP vs an entire era of greats. I agree 2010 era team is better

however
imran > rabada for sure
not sure about bumrah and garner either. Bumrah has a long way to go.
steyn> Marshall

would also add amla to the lineup over warner.

Rabada is not even 25 and already has 180 test wickets at 22 a piece I think? Youngest EVER test bowler to get 150 test wickets.

He is not a great ODI bowler (yet) but he will easily end his test career with McGrath-esque numbers....barring he has a freak injury or something.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Rabada is not even 25 and already has 180 test wickets at 22 a piece I think? Youngest EVER test bowler to get 150 test wickets.

He is not a great ODI bowler (yet) but he will easily end his test career with McGrath-esque numbers....barring he has a freak injury or something.

he is God awful in subcontinent pitches. one dimensional player imo. would rather pick kyle abbott over him. abbott had far more potential. he was ousted due to quota system.

 

[Dead Ball]

he is God awful in subcontinent pitches. one dimensional player imo. would rather pick kyle abbott over him. abbott had far more potential. he was ousted due to quota system.

I think he will come good in the upcoming India tour... he is young and will learn..

 

[sweep_shot]

Warner
Rohit
Kohli
Babar
Williamson (c)
Shakib
Stokes
Butler (wk)
Boult
Starc
Archer

I think this side should be good enough.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

From current decade -

Warner
G Smith (c)
S Smith
Kohli
AB De Villiers
Sangakkara (wk)
Ashwin
Cummins
Rabada
Steyn
Bumrah

For me, this team is equal to the 80s team.

The batting is stronger than the 80s team with a much better wk batsman in Sangakkara.

S Smith is arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era and Kohli/ABDV are neck to neck with Border and Miandad.

Gavaskar makes the opening pair of 80s stronger.

Ashwin is better than Qadir.

Marshall and Steyn are pretty much neck to neck but I would give Marshall this one as he is widely considered the greatest of all time.

Cummins and Rabada will most likely end their careers with more wickets than Imran and Hadlee at a similar average.

Bumrah vs Garner is obviously too soon to call, but Bumrah looks like an ATG in the making now. Will easily take more wickets than Garner by the time his career ends.

Would wipe the floor with 80's team especially in modern playing conditions/pitches but dont expect anyone to accept that

 

[Joseph Gomes]

From current decade -

Warner
G Smith (c)
S Smith
Kohli
AB De Villiers
Sangakkara (wk)
Ashwin
Cummins
Rabada
Steyn
Bumrah

For me, this team is equal to the 80s team.

The batting is stronger than the 80s team with a much better wk batsman in Sangakkara.

S Smith is arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era and Kohli/ABDV are neck to neck with Border and Miandad.

Gavaskar makes the opening pair of 80s stronger.

Ashwin is better than Qadir.

Marshall and Steyn are pretty much neck to neck but I would give Marshall this one as he is widely considered the greatest of all time.

Cummins and Rabada will most likely end their careers with more wickets than Imran and Hadlee at a similar average.

Bumrah vs Garner is obviously too soon to call, but Bumrah looks like an ATG in the making now. Will easily take more wickets than Garner by the time his career ends.

Smith, Kohli, ABD and Sangakkara is a monstrous batting lineup, even the thought of it sends shivers down my spine.

Sangakkara alone has like 11 double tons.

Amla was unlucky to miss out, he was a monster in tests before 2016.

 

[ishtiaq_ctg]

From current decade -

Warner
G Smith (c)
S Smith
Kohli
AB De Villiers
Sangakkara (wk)
Ashwin
Cummins
Rabada
Steyn
Bumrah

For me, this team is equal to the 80s team.

The batting is stronger than the 80s team with a much better wk batsman in Sangakkara.

S Smith is arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era and Kohli/ABDV are neck to neck with Border and Miandad.

Gavaskar makes the opening pair of 80s stronger.

Ashwin is better than Qadir.

Marshall and Steyn are pretty much neck to neck but I would give Marshall this one as he is widely considered the greatest of all time.

Cummins and Rabada will most likely end their careers with more wickets than Imran and Hadlee at a similar average.

Bumrah vs Garner is obviously too soon to call, but Bumrah looks like an ATG in the making now. Will easily take more wickets than Garner by the time his career ends.

That middle order is monstrous! dont think ashwin is a good enough batter outside of India to bat @7. outside of subcontinent i'll also pick Lyon over ashwin. My team will consist players who atleast played 4+ years in this decade and debuted post 2000
1. G Smith
2. Warner
80s has an edge in opening
3. S Smith(probably best after bradman)
4. Kohli
5. Sangakkara
6. ABD(counterattacking role)
80s is way behind in the middle order
7. Ben Stokes(good enough as a fifth bowler)
80's had better bowling allrounder.Stokes is better batsman than 80's allrounders
8. Ashwin/Lyon(slight edge to current era)
9. Steyn(top 5 of all time)
10. Anderson(cant be ignored)
11. Rabada

 

[barah_admi]

Warner?
Nobody
Williamson (cap)
Kohli
Smith
Stokes
Zippy (keeper)
Rabada
Cummins
Boult
Lyon

Bowling is a bit weak. Eighties crew:

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Richards
Border
Miandad
Imran (c)
Dujon (w)
Hadlee
Marshall
Qadir
Garner

Eighties mash Teens with pure fast bowling dominance. Teens cannot catch except Stokes and have no defensive game. Stokes gets a vainglorious ton though.

By teens do you mean the best possible XI of the 2010s? Or the whole 21st century thus far?

I have been thinking of a best possible XI of the 2010s for a while now, so will go with that.

1. A. Cook (how can he not be included?)
2. H. Amla (better batsman than Warner, and can open if needed)
3. K. Williamson c
4. Y. Khan
5. V. Kohli
6. S. Smith
7. M Prior wk
8. S. Hasan
9. S. Broad
10. K. Rabada
11. J. Anderson

That versus any 80 all time test XI would be a great contest but the 80s would just have too many great fast bowlers to pick from, with a couple of very good spinners also.

 

[anikrc1]

By teens do you mean the best possible XI of the 2010s? Or the whole 21st century thus far?

I have been thinking of a best possible XI of the 2010s for a while now, so will go with that.

1. A. Cook (how can he not be included?)
2. H. Amla (better batsman than Warner, and can open if needed)
3. K. Williamson c
4. Y. Khan
5. V. Kohli
6. S. Smith
7. M Prior wk
8. S. Hasan
9. S. Broad
10. K. Rabada
11. J. Anderson

That versus any 80 all time test XI would be a great contest but the 80s would just have too many great fast bowlers to pick from, with a couple of very good spinners also.

Who is s.hasan ?

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Ok lets make one 2010 team:

Graeme smith(better than greenidge)
Amla
Smith (GOAT )
Kohli
Kallis(as good as imran)
Sanga(2*dujon+marsh)
Shakib
Cummins
Swann(>qadir)
Steyn(GOAT)
Rabada

Openers
Gavaskar is obviously GOAT opener but both graeme and amla are better than gordon.
So its a tie.

No. 3
Smith>=richards( i know people rate richards highly but smith 's avg is light years ahead)

Middle order.
Kohli==border(by the time kohli retires he will overtake border,the only thing border has on his side is nostalgia)

Kallis> miandad(No argument)


So 2019 batting is stronger

Allrounders

Batting ability wise 2010 allrounders are better but in bowling ability 1980s allrounders are way ahead.

Spinner
Swann>qadir
Shakib==qadir

Fast bowlers

Marshall>= steyn
Rabada==garner
Hadlee> cummins
Imran>kallis+ shakib


Now cummins can equal hadlee in coming future, rabada will surely beat garner when he retires.
Bowling wise 1980 is better but not by a big margin. 2010 has a better spin attack..

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Who is s.hasan ?

Shakib.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Temperament is different. Skillwise in any sports new people are always going to be better as the game keeps evolving. Batsmen find new ways to score runs. Bowlers find new ways to get batsmen out. We never know what they would have done in this era where you have more chance to have burn out.

 

[Ab Fan]

2010s XI:-

Cook
Amla
Sangakkara
Smith
Kohli
Stokes/Shakib
de Villiers (wkt)
Rabada
Ashwin
Steyn
Anderson

 

[Joseph Gomes]

2010s XI:-

Cook
Amla
Sangakkara
Smith
Kohli
Stokes/Shakib
de Villiers (wkt)
Rabada
Ashwin
Steyn
Anderson

Sangakkara and Smith in one team is insane. 2010 test XI is crazy good.

Only thing missing are good openers. Amla is not an opener and Warner is...

 

[sindhiboy]

This is a modern day Xi

Dean elgar
Latham (thinking of putting rory burns shows how bad modern openers are)
Williamson
Smith
Kohli
Stokes
Bj watling(brilliant batsman. Underrated)

Cummins

Lyon(thinking of putting Archer as lyon has been pretty poor of late barring against India)

Rabada
Bumrah

 

[warcry]

no one from this era is capable of fronting up to an all star 80s XI.

In fact, forget the all star XI, only 80s west indies in west indies is more than enough to beat todays so called modern day greats.

keeping in mind that in that series i am assuming,

1) pitches those made by west indies in the 80s,

2)NO HELMETS, you can at best have a helmet without a visor.

3)no DRS and home umpires.

4) ball change after 60 overs rather than 80 overs, as it was in west indies

5) no real over rate penalties,