Top cricketers of each decade

[barah_admi]

So, after a lot of talk on who is the best of all time, batsman, bowler, tests, ODIs etc, I thought, why not do a by the decade look at the top cricketers ?

The reason for this way of thinking, rather than a simple GOAT thread is the basis that cricket is so different. Why should a great batsman be ranked above a great bowler and vice versa? And how to solve a problem like great all rounders?

I'll be looking at the 1950s on wards, with the 1980s on wards taking into account ODI performances too.

I have a loose criteria of 30 tests in a decade and 60 ODIs.

The 1950s
Best Batsman: Len Hutton Eng
Best Bowler: Fred Trueman Eng
Wicket Keeper: Godfrey Evans Eng

The 1960s
Best Batsman:Garfield Sobers WI
Best Bowler: Wes Hall WI
Wicket Keeper: JIm Parks Eng

The 1970s
Best Batsman: Viv Richards WI
Best Bowler: Dennis Lillee Aus
Wicket Keeper: Rod Marsh Aus

The 1980s
Best Batsman: Viv Richards WI (Miandad and Border were in with a shout too)
Best Bowler: Malcolm Marshall WI
Wicket Keeper: Jeff Dujon WI

The 1990s
Best Batsman: Sachin Tendullkar Ind
Best Bowler: Wasim Akram Pak
Wicket Keeper: Ian Healy Aus

The 00s
Best Batsman: Ricky Ponting Aus
Best Bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan SL
Wicket Keeper: Adam Gilchrist Aus

You guys can have your says or post your XIs for each decade.

 

[The_Odd_One]

60s: Sobers
70s: Viv
80s: Imran
90s: Tendulkar
2000s: Ponting
2010s: Kohli

 

[Hitman]

Ambrose outperformed Akram in the 90's as a bowler. Akram comes second in terms of averages in that decade. I'm just referring to numbers.

 

[Hitman]

Ambrose outperformed Akram in the 90's as a bowler. Akram comes second in terms of averages in that decade. I'm just referring to numbers.

Sorry, Shaun Pollock comes second in terms of averages (among those with 100 wickets or more), Akram comes third.

 

[Zaz]

Sorry, Shaun Pollock comes second in terms of averages (among those with 100 wickets or more), Akram comes third.

Pollock debuted half way through the decade so shouldnt really come into it

 

[Hitman]

Pollock debuted half way through the decade so shouldnt really come into it

I was merely speaking of players who took 100 wickets or more in that decade.

 

[Mainul]

Ambrose outperformed Akram in the 90's as a bowler. Akram comes second in terms of averages in that decade. I'm just referring to numbers.

The best player of a decade shouldn't be picked merely on numbers alone.

 

[Last Monetarist]

I'd have it as follows:

50s
Batsman: Sobers
Bowler: Trueman
Keeper: Evans

60s
Batsman: Sobers
Bowler: Trueman
Keeper: Grout

70s
Batsman: Viv
Bowler: Lillee
Keeper: Knott

80s
Batsman: Viv
Bowler: Marshall
Keeper: Dujon

90s
Batsman: Lara
Bowler: Warne
Keeper: Healy

2000s
Batsman: Ponting
Bowler: McGrath
Keeper: Gilchrist

2010s to date
Batsman: Kohli
Bowler: Steyn
Keeper: Bairstow

 

[Hitman]

The best player of a decade shouldn't be picked merely on numbers alone.

Agreed. I was merely pointing out numbers.

 

[BaankeJi]

90s batsman has to be Tendulkar.
1970s should be split between Gavaskar and Viv.

 

[Dead Ball]

Gavaskar played twice the amount of matches than Viv in the 70's , and scored more than twice the amount of runs . Gavaskar also had a complete test record during the decade unlike Viv who failed against Pakistan.

Gavaskar for the best batsman of the 70's.

 

[Hitman]

Gavaskar made his debut in 71, Viv in 75. So Gavaskar played 4 years more than Viv in the 70's.

 

[barah_admi]

Ambrose outperformed Akram in the 90's as a bowler. Akram comes second in terms of averages in that decade. I'm just referring to numbers.

Luckily cricket isn't played on a computer database

60s: Sobers
70s: Viv
80s: Imran
90s: Tendulkar
2000s: Ponting
2010s: Kohli

Wana expand on why you haven't included batsmen and bowlers in separate categories? How does the runs a batsman make overrule the wickets a bowler takes, just asking to have a better understanding of your ratings.

I'd have it as follows:

50s
Batsman: Sobers
Bowler: Trueman
Keeper: Evans

60s
Batsman: Sobers
Bowler: Trueman
Keeper: Grout

70s
Batsman: Viv
Bowler: Lillee
Keeper: Knott

80s
Batsman: Viv
Bowler: Marshall
Keeper: Dujon

90s
Batsman: Lara
Bowler: Warne
Keeper: Healy

2000s
Batsman: Ponting
Bowler: McGrath
Keeper: Gilchrist

2010s to date
Batsman: Kohli
Bowler: Steyn
Keeper: Bairstow

Finally someone who has put effort into it

Btw, Sobers missed out because he doesn't have 30 tests in the 1950s, but his skill and run scoring was certainly up there. I'd still rank Hutton above him in that time period though.

Can't argue too much with the rest of your rankings. However, I must say Jimmy has got to be the bowler of the 2010s? And Bairstow as keeper is very early doors, with Prior and Haddin both having more plentiful careers as keepers and of course, there is a certain Dhoni.

 

[barah_admi]

So, an XI for the 1950s -

1. Hutton c
2. McDonald
3. Weekes
4. Walcott
5. Worrell
6. Sobers
7. Evans wk
8. Benaud
9. Trueman
10. Lindwall
11. Laker

 

[wrongun]

I'd take Warne & Ambrose above Akram in the 90s.

Apart from that, pretty reasonable list.

 

[Executioner]

What about allrounders? That way Imran khan would get a shot

 

[drrashmin]

What about allrounders? That way Imran khan would get a shot

Sure, you can place him anywhere, as many times you want from 50's to 2010's, no problems.

 

[Robert]

Sir Viv was only around for half the 1970s so for that reason I would give it to Greg Chappell.

 

[leatherface58]

Alec Stewart deserves a shout out for the 90s keeper slot. Better batsman than Healy and a really safe keeper.

 

[Robert]

He only kept wicket about half the time though. Often he was opening the batting.

 

[barah_admi]

What about allrounders? That way Imran khan would get a shot

Good call. I was deliberating on adding an all rounder slot for each decade, that way Miller, Khan and Flintoff get recognition. I might amend my post.

Alec Stewart deserves a shout out for the 90s keeper slot. Better batsman than Healy and a really safe keeper.

Stewart was a better bad but Healy was a better keeper and I gave heavier weight to the keeper side of things.

 

[barah_admi]

An XI for the swinging sixties then -

1. Lawry Eng
2. Simpson Aus
3. Kanhai WI
4. Graveney Eng
5. Cowdrey c Eng
6. Sobers WI
7. Parks wk Eng
8. Gibbs WI
9. McKenzie Aus
10. Hall WI
11. Trueman Eng

 

[Robert]

All-roundersby decade from the fifties up:

Miller
Sobers
Greig
Imran
Cairns?
Kallis
Kallis

 

[Sidilicious]

All-roundersby decade from the fifties up:

Miller
Sobers
Greig
Imran
Cairns?
Kallis
Kallis

90s should go to Pollock and 2000s to Flintoff. Kallis was great in the naughties but Flintoff was some thing else for a period of 2-3 years. 2010s is between KAllis and Stokes.

 

[Robert]

Flintoff was only really effective as an All-rounder from 2003-5.

Pollock - test match #8 - was he really a test all-rounder?

 

[barah_admi]

90s Pollock - 38 tests, 161 wickets at 20, with 1400 runs at 31
83 ODIs, 118 wickets at 23 and 1200 runs at 27 wit ha pretty handy sr of 81

00s Flintoff - 74 tests, 220 wickets at 32, with 3600 runs and 5 centuries at 33
132 ODIs, 162 wickets at 24, with 3200 runs at 31 and 3 centuries at a sr of almost 90

I'd take Freddy from the 00s over Pollock from the 90s.

 

[Executioner]

90s should go to Pollock and 2000s to Flintoff. Kallis was great in the naughties but Flintoff was some thing else for a period of 2-3 years. 2010s is between KAllis and Stokes.

And not the guy who played from 2010-18 and was ranked number 1 mostly in every format

 

[Robert]

Pollock’s test batting average is inflated by one not-out every four innings. Two centuries in 108 tests gives a truer picture of his impact.

 

[Buffet]

There are very few all rounders in history of cricket who crossed 500 rating points. It will be interesting to see top 3 peak rating points for each decade.

 

[moghul]

Gavaskar played twice the amount of matches than Viv in the 70's , and scored more than twice the amount of runs . Gavaskar also had a complete test record during the decade unlike Viv who failed against Pakistan.

Gavaskar for the best batsman of the 70's.

Gavaskar might have better stats but no one comes close to Sir Richards when its come s to class and dominance over the bowler and match winning capability.

 

[Hasan123]

2010s-Kohli

 

[barah_admi]

Agree with the poster a bit above, Shakib may well end up as all rounder of this decade. He'd be my personal pick. Stokes is barely an all rounder as his bowling lack penetration and same goes for the last few years of Kallis' career.

So, I thought I'd make an Xi for the 70s -

1. Gavaskar Ind
2. Boycott Eng
3. G. Chappelle Aus
4. Richards WI
5. Lloyd c WI
6. Greig Eng
7. Marsh wk Aus
8. Underwood Eng
9. Roberts WI
10. Lillee Aus
11. Willis Eng

 

[UN talkz]

2020's :- UN talkz

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

In 80s and 90s there are too many greats. You can't select a definite player of the decade.

For example any or SRT/Lara can be considered the batsman of decade.

But nice lists

 

[cricketjoshila]

Sir Viv was only around for half the 1970s so for that reason I would give it to Greg Chappell.

Does Greg Chappel has a single run againist the Indian spinners in 70s?

 

[cricketjoshila]

70s:Gavaskar and Lillee
80S: Viv and Marshall
90s: Tendulkar and Wasim
2000s: Ponting and Warne
2010s: Kohli and Steyn

 

[barah_admi]

In 80s and 90s there are too many greats. You can't select a definite player of the decade.

For example any or SRT/Lara can be considered the batsman of decade.

But nice lists

That was my point, I'm not picking a clear player of each decade, just the best in each category. Btw I agree, Lara could be for the 90s but Tendulkar for me was more consistent.

70s:Gavaskar and Lillee
80S: Viv and Marshall
90s: Tendulkar and Wasim
2000s: Ponting and Warne
2010s: Kohli and Steyn

Solid list throughout but Viv was an icon by the end of the 70s already and bowlers feared him, in the age of no helmets. Gavaskar cant be ranked higher imo. Plus, based on consistency, winning series in India, SA and Aus, and sheer number of wickets, Jimmy over Steyn in the 2010s.

As for the 2010 batsmen, its very tight between Kohli, Amla, Smith and Root. 3 of them have actually outscored Kohli in tests so far, 2 of them have a higher average. So as the saying goes, all to play for lol

Any idea on teams for each decades?

 

[barah_admi]

Time for the team of the 1980s and this will be based on cross format performances, as from 1980s on wards ODI cricket was played a lot and a huge part of the game -

1. Greenidge WI
2. Haynes WI
3. Richards WI
4. Miandad Pak
5. Border Aus
6. Botham Eng
7. Imran Khan c Pak
8. Dujon wk WI
9. Hadlee NZ
10. Qadir Pak
11. Marshall WI

Akram, Dev, Holding, Garner, Richardson and Gower were just pipped to post.

 

[Last Monetarist]

So, an XI for the 1950s -

1. Hutton c
2. McDonald
3. Weekes
4. Walcott
5. Worrell
6. Sobers
7. Evans wk
8. Benaud
9. Trueman
10. Lindwall
11. Laker

Good side, but I'd tweak it by having Hanif Mohammad as opener instead of Colin McDonald. And I won't have anyone but Sir Frank Worrell captaining any team in which he is selected. The real difficult selection is to accommodate both Miller and Sobers in that XI, I'd do that by dropping Laker. It's an unenviable decision but it's in good taste, so easily forgivable. Three all-time great captains in that side by the way.

An XI for the swinging sixties then -

1. Lawry Eng
2. Simpson Aus
3. Kanhai WI
4. Graveney Eng
5. Cowdrey c Eng
6. Sobers WI
7. Parks wk Eng
8. Gibbs WI
9. McKenzie Aus
10. Hall WI
11. Trueman Eng

Two changes in the batting order for me, Ted Dexter and Kenny Barrington in for Tom Graveney and the ultimate establishment bore Colin Cowdrey. I reckon Dexter's cavalier finesse would be superbly complemented by Barrington's stonewalling man of crisis obduracy. The redoubtable Wally Grout would be my choice for keeper, if for no other reason than his larrikin chirping from behind the stumps. He was an excellent keeper by all accounts as well. The only tricky question is selecting the captain, I'd give it to Simpson probably.

So, I thought I'd make an Xi for the 70s -

1. Gavaskar Ind
2. Boycott Eng
3. G. Chappell Aus
4. Richards WI
5. Lloyd c WI
6. Greig Eng
7. Marsh wk Aus
8. Underwood Eng
9. Roberts WI
10. Lillee Aus
11. Willis Eng

Only change here would be Knott for Marsh, but otherwise I'll select the same team.

Time for the team of the 1980s and this will be based on cross format performances, as from 1980s on wards ODI cricket was played a lot and a huge part of the game -

1. Greenidge WI
2. Haynes WI
3. Richards WI
4. Miandad Pak
5. Border Aus
6. Botham Eng
7. Imran Khan c Pak
8. Dujon wk WI
9. Hadlee NZ
10. Qadir Pak
11. Marshall WI

Akram, Dev, Holding, Garner, Richardson and Gower were just pipped to post.

No changes here at all. The team virtually selects itself.

 

[barah_admi]

Good side, but I'd tweak it by having Hanif Mohammad as opener instead of Colin McDonald. And I won't have anyone but Sir Frank Worrell captaining any team in which he is selected. The real difficult selection is to accommodate both Miller and Sobers in that XI, I'd do that by dropping Laker. It's an unenviable decision but it's in good taste, so easily forgivable. Three all-time great captains in that side by the way.



Two changes in the batting order for me, Ted Dexter and Kenny Barrington in for Tom Graveney and the ultimate establishment bore Colin Cowdrey. I reckon Dexter's cavalier finesse would be superbly complemented by Barrington's stonewalling man of crisis obduracy. The redoubtable Wally Grout would be my choice for keeper, if for no other reason than his larrikin chirping from behind the stumps. He was an excellent keeper by all accounts as well. The only tricky question is selecting the captain, I'd give it to Simpson probably.



Only change here would be Knott for Marsh, but otherwise I'll select the same team.



No changes here at all. The team virtually selects itself.

Great breakdowns. I'd honestly ALMOST pick any of the guys you named. Personally for me the 80s were the most difficult because, do I pick Dev or not? Do I pick a greenish but still very effective Akram? What about Gower, possibly the most elegant but no tas consistent batter?

So tough haha

 

[Last Monetarist]

Great breakdowns. I'd honestly ALMOST pick any of the guys you named. Personally for me the 80s were the most difficult because, do I pick Dev or not? Do I pick a greenish but still very effective Akram? What about Gower, possibly the most elegant but no tas consistent batter?

So tough haha

The 80s side didn't give me any pause for concern, I took one glance at your team and it seemed positively facile to select the players you had chosen. The only argument perhaps would be Gavaskar for Haynes, but you took ODI cricket into account in selection so no qualms from me.

The 60s team though? C'est très compliqué ! Even now I am grappling with this nagging thought that I should have picked Eddie Barlow, Trevor Goddard (underrated all-rounder, opener and captain), Graeme Pollock, Colin Bland (South Africa's greatest fielder till Jonty Rhodes arrived on the scene in 1992 when he demolished the stumps to run out poor Inzi at the Gabba) and Peter Pollock in my team.

Apart from Graeme Pollock, the other four are supremely underrated cricketers because: a. Apartheid and the nefarious effect of sporting relations with South Africa at the time and; b. As a corollary of apartheid, South Africa were limited to playing just three countries and thus that wonderful generation of cricketers didn't play as many matches as their counterparts in England or Australia.

In fact I am going to change my mind and at least select Barlow and the Pollock brothers instead of Lawry, Dexter and McKenzie in my team of the sixties.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Team of the 90s:

Saeed Anwar
Mark Taylor (c)
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Aravinda De Silva
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Curtly Ambrose
Allan Donald

I seriously debated to include Kirsten over Taylor, but at the end Taylor's captaincy proved too alluring. Ça marche.

 

[MenInG]

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq named three batsmen from different eras who according to him changed the game of cricket and gave it a ‘new style’ with their aggression, imagination and innovative batting.

“3 players have changed the game of cricket, given it a new style,” Inzamam said in his Youtube channel.

Also Read: Rahul Dravid’s son Samit scores 2nd double century in less than two months

The first cricketer that Inzamam believed changed the game of cricket was West Indian legend, Viv Richards. “Years ago it was Viv Richards, who changed the game. At that time batsmen used to play fast bowlers on the backfoot but he showed everyone how to play them off the front foot. He taught everyone that fast bowlers can be attacked. He was an ever great player,” said Inzamam.

Richards played 121 Tests, scoring 8540 runs at an average of 50.23. In 187 ODIs, Richards scored 6721 runs at an average of 47. But the most impressive part about his batting in ODIs was his strike rate of 90.20.

According to Inzamam, the second cricketer who changed the game was former Sri Lanka all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored 6973 runs in 110 Tests and 13430 runs in 445 ODIs.

“The second change was brought in by Sanath Jayasuriya. He decided to attack the fast bowlers in the first 15 overs. Before his arrival, the ones who used hit the ball in the air were not considered as proper batsmen but he changed the perception by hitting the fast bowlers over the infield in the first 15 overs,” added Inzamam.

Jayasuriya, who was a handy left-arm spinner too, tormented bowling attacks with aggressive batting in the first 15 overs in the 1996 World Cup.

Inzamam picked former South Africa captain AB de Villiers as the third cricketer who changed the gentleman’s game.

“The third player who changed cricket was AB de Villiers. He changed cricket for the third time. I would credit the fast-paced cricket that you see in ODIs and T20s today to de Villiers. Previously batsmen used to hit the straight bat. De Villiers came in, started to hit the paddle sweeps, reverse sweeps,” said Inzamam.

de Villiers, who represented South Africa in 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is, scored 8765, 9577 and 1673 runs respectively.

Inzamam said the biggest quality of Richards, Jayasuriya and de Villiers was that they were all proper batsmen. Another common factor according to Inzamam among the three was their mental strength and ability to bounce back from every scenario.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-of-cricket/story-NqST8HNohd18srVEvCX3OL.html

 

[Robert]

So, after a lot of talk on who is the best of all time, batsman, bowler, tests, ODIs etc, I thought, why not do a by the decade look at the top cricketers ?

The reason for this way of thinking, rather than a simple GOAT thread is the basis that cricket is so different. Why should a great batsman be ranked above a great bowler and vice versa? And how to solve a problem like great all rounders?

I'll be looking at the 1950s on wards, with the 1980s on wards taking into account ODI performances too.

I have a loose criteria of 30 tests in a decade and 60 ODIs.

The 1950s
Best Batsman: Len Hutton Eng
Best Bowler: Fred Trueman Eng
Wicket Keeper: Godfrey Evans Eng

The 1960s
Best Batsman:Garfield Sobers WI
Best Bowler: Wes Hall WI
Wicket Keeper: JIm Parks Eng

The 1970s
Best Batsman: Viv Richards WI
Best Bowler: Dennis Lillee Aus
Wicket Keeper: Rod Marsh Aus

The 1980s
Best Batsman: Viv Richards WI (Miandad and Border were in with a shout too)
Best Bowler: Malcolm Marshall WI
Wicket Keeper: Jeff Dujon WI

The 1990s
Best Batsman: Sachin Tendullkar Ind
Best Bowler: Wasim Akram Pak
Wicket Keeper: Ian Healy Aus

The 00s
Best Batsman: Ricky Ponting Aus
Best Bowler: Muttiah Muralitharan SL
Wicket Keeper: Adam Gilchrist Aus

You guys can have your says or post your XIs for each decade.

I don’t think anyone before the eighties played sixty ODIs.

Throughout the seventies I would say Gavaskar or perhaps Boycott as Sir Viv didn’t start until 1976. And Knott as keeper.

As for the nineties I think I prefer Lara and Donald for sheer destruction.

Else I can go with the rest, though I would have Warne over Murali.

All-rounders:

Fifties: Miller
Sixties: Sobers by miles
Seventies: Greig
Eighties: Imran
Nineties: Kallis
Noughties: Kallis by miles
Teens: Stokes

 

[Ab Fan]

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq named three batsmen from different eras who according to him changed the game of cricket and gave it a ‘new style’ with their aggression, imagination and innovative batting.

“3 players have changed the game of cricket, given it a new style,” Inzamam said in his Youtube channel.

Also Read: Rahul Dravid’s son Samit scores 2nd double century in less than two months

The first cricketer that Inzamam believed changed the game of cricket was West Indian legend, Viv Richards. “Years ago it was Viv Richards, who changed the game. At that time batsmen used to play fast bowlers on the backfoot but he showed everyone how to play them off the front foot. He taught everyone that fast bowlers can be attacked. He was an ever great player,” said Inzamam.

Richards played 121 Tests, scoring 8540 runs at an average of 50.23. In 187 ODIs, Richards scored 6721 runs at an average of 47. But the most impressive part about his batting in ODIs was his strike rate of 90.20.

According to Inzamam, the second cricketer who changed the game was former Sri Lanka all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored 6973 runs in 110 Tests and 13430 runs in 445 ODIs.

“The second change was brought in by Sanath Jayasuriya. He decided to attack the fast bowlers in the first 15 overs. Before his arrival, the ones who used hit the ball in the air were not considered as proper batsmen but he changed the perception by hitting the fast bowlers over the infield in the first 15 overs,” added Inzamam.

Jayasuriya, who was a handy left-arm spinner too, tormented bowling attacks with aggressive batting in the first 15 overs in the 1996 World Cup.

Inzamam picked former South Africa captain AB de Villiers as the third cricketer who changed the gentleman’s game.

“The third player who changed cricket was AB de Villiers. He changed cricket for the third time. I would credit the fast-paced cricket that you see in ODIs and T20s today to de Villiers. Previously batsmen used to hit the straight bat. De Villiers came in, started to hit the paddle sweeps, reverse sweeps,” said Inzamam.

de Villiers, who represented South Africa in 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is, scored 8765, 9577 and 1673 runs respectively.

Inzamam said the biggest quality of Richards, Jayasuriya and de Villiers was that they were all proper batsmen. Another common factor according to Inzamam among the three was their mental strength and ability to bounce back from every scenario.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cric...-of-cricket/story-NqST8HNohd18srVEvCX3OL.html

Spot on by Inzamam. I remember I said the same about AB that in modern era, he is one of those cricketers who changed the way the game is seen now. Yes, there were other folks like Dilshan who could play those paddle shots but the benchmark or pioneer of 360° batting remains ABD without any shadow of doubt. He would play those classical drives, pulls, hooks and cuts as good as any world class batsmen and then would play those innovative shots which was in many ways, a kind of revolutionary in modern era of cricket.

 

[Ab Fan]

I don’t think anyone before the eighties played sixty ODIs.

Throughout the seventies I would say Gavaskar or perhaps Boycott as Sir Viv didn’t start until 1976. And Knott as keeper.

As for the nineties I think I prefer Lara and Donald for sheer destruction.

Else I can go with the rest, though I would have Warne over Murali.

All-rounders:

Fifties: Miller
Sixties: Sobers by miles
Seventies: Greig
Eighties: Imran
Nineties: Kallis
Noughties: Kallis by miles
Teens: Stokes

Nineties- Cairns

 

[Robert]

Nineties- Cairns

Good call. Kallis didn't really get going until 1995 or so.

 

[Ab Fan]

Good call. Kallis didn't really get going until 1995 or so.

Yes, I don't think he would get into 90s world XI either.

Opener
Opener
Lara
Tendulkar
Waugh
Cairns
Keeper
Akram
Ambrose
Warne
Donald

 

[Robert]

Yes, I don't think he would get into 90s world XI either.

Opener
Opener
Lara
Tendulkar
Waugh
Cairns
Keeper
Akram
Ambrose
Warne
Donald

Get in Stewart and Taylor at the top, and Healy behind the sticks.