Pick An All Time Test XI - Only One Player Per Country Allowed From The Twelve Test Teams

[BoomBoomCricket]

It has to be a truly global XI. 12th man from the country that went unpicked.

I'll start things off:

Sunil Gavaskar.
Graeme Smith. (C)
Viv Richards.
Kumar Sangakkara.
Andy Flower. (WK)
Shakib Al Hasan.
Imran Khan.
Ian Botham.
Rashid Khan
Trent Boult
Glenn McGrath.
12th man: Kevin O'Brien.

McGrath and Boult to take the new ball.
Khan and Botham the change bowlers.
Rashid and Shakib to do the spinning.
3 right arm pacers.
A left arm seamer.
Leggie.
Slow left armer.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Gavaskar(ind)
Graeme smith(sa)
Ponting(aus)
Pietersen(eng)
Andy flower(zim) (wk)
Shakib(ban)
Imran(pak)
Hadlee(nz)
Boyd Rankin(ire)
Marshall(wi)
Muralitharan(sl)

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Gavaskar(ind)
Graeme smith(sa)
Ponting(aus)
Pietersen(eng)
Andy flower(zim) (wk)
Shakib(ban)
Imran(pak)
Hadlee(nz)
Boyd Rankin(ire)
Marshall(wi)
Muralitharan(sl)

12 th man:Bart king.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Only including players I have seen:

Jayasuriya
Stewart (wk)
Crowe (c)
Kohli
Goodwin
K. O'Brien
Shakib
Wasim
Warne
Ambrose
Donald
Rashid Khan (12th man)

 

[AFM]

1) Paul Stirling (IRE)
2) Mohammad Shahzad (AFG)
3) Don Bradman (AUS)
4) Viv Richards (WI)
5) Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
6) Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
7) Andy Flower (WK) (ZIM)
8) Imran Khan (PAK)
9) Richard Hadlee (NZ)
10) Dale Steyn (SA)
11) Muttiah Muraliathran (SRL)

 

[Ab Fan]

Graeme Smith (c)
Sunil Gavaskar
Kumar Sangakkara
Steven Smith
Andy Flower(wkt)
Shakib Al Hasan
Ian Botham
Richard Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Rashid Khan

They all can bat till 11.

Let's make one for non retired players who are still playing:-

Current test XI with only one player per country:-

Dimuth Karunaratne
Brendan Taylor
Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli
Ben Stokes
Shakib Al Hasan
de kock (wkt)
Jason Holder
Pat Cummins
Rashid Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi

 

[TeymurBlake]

I'm gonna go with players who I have seen:

Justin Langar
Stephen Fleming
Rahul Dravid (C)
Andy Flower
Brian Lara
Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
Shakib Al Hassan
Rashid Khan
Dale Steyn
James Anderson
Mohammad Asif
William Porterfield (12th Man)

This was a hard list to compile man, There was soooo many players missed out man. But this was the best I could come up with.

 

[hitthestump]

That i've personally seen play:

Fleming
Sachin
Jayawardene
Lara
Pietersen
Shakib
Andy Flower
Akram
Rashid Khan
Steyn
Mcgrath

12: K O'B

 

[AAli98]

G Pollock
Sehwag
Lara
Smith
Aravinda de Silva
Crowe
A flower (wk)
Botham
Shakib
Akram
Rashid

12th Kevin o brien

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Don Bradman
Andy Flower (keeper)
Ab Devilliers
Aravinda Desilva
Garfield Sobers
Ian Botham
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Shakibul Hasan
Richard Hadlee
Muhammad Nabi

Paul Stirling

 

[CadPakFan]

Current XI

Dimuth Karunaratne
Dean Elgar
Steve Smith (c)
Virat Kohli
Ben Stokes
Kevin O'Brien
Mushfiqur Rahim (w)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Trent Boult
Shaheen Shah Afridi

 

[MMHS]

Tough call, in that criteria. This one is my 12

1. JB Hobbs
2. Gavaskar
3. Bradman
4. Sangakkara
5. Kallis
6. +Andy
7. *Imran
8. Shakib
9. Hadlee
10. Marshall
11. Rashid Khan

12. Kevin O’Brian

It was the toughest call for WIN - for better combination, I dropped Viv & Sobers and kept Marshall. Can’t pick Murali as there are two spinners already. Ideally, I would have picked Warne over Bradman from Australia, but then there is absolutely no one even remotely decent to be picked from Afghans.

If I were allowed to pick two players max from one team, I would have dropped Shakib, Rashid and Andy for Sir Gary, Warne and Knott.

 

[Zaz]

Sunil Gavaskar
Sobers
Bradman
Sangakara
K Pietersen
Andy Flower(WK)
Shakib Al Hasan
Imran Khan (C)
Hadlee
Rashid Khan
D Steyn

 

[jeetu]

1. Gavaskar
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Kallis
5. Sanga
6. Andy Flower
7. Shakib
8. Hadlee
9. Akram
10. Marshall
11. Rashid Khan
12. Kevin O Brien

 

[MMHS]

1. Gavaskar
2. Hutton
3. Bradman
4. Kallis
5. Sanga
6. Andy Flower
7. Shakib
8. Hadlee
9. Akram
10. Marshall
11. Rashid Khan
12. Kevin O Brien

Wao!!!!! Almost identical team - I went for Hobbs over Hutton because of the legacy while Imran came over Wasim for his Captaincy and the balance he brings in XI - could have been either way.

 

[jeetu]

Wao!!!!! Almost identical team - I went for Hobbs over Hutton because of the legacy while Imran came over Wasim for his Captaincy and the balance he brings in XI - could have been either way.

We both went with same line of thought. Leaving out Sobers was toughy.
Rashid ,Andy Flower and Shakib will be pretty much in all teams. Irish player will always be 12th.
I went with Akram i have Already 3 AR (Kallis, Shakib and Hadlee) , so Imran would be overkill there.

Boycott/Cook would also have been great opener choice. However Hobbs/Hutton with 55+ avg is hard to ignore.
What i liked about our team is that everyone in our 11 is among the top 3 players the country has produced. Only there is doubt regarding England.