What would be your Pakistan-South Africa all-time combined Test XI?

[Ted123]

A bit random XI I believe but just for fun. What would be your Pak-SA all-time test XI?

Mine would be:-

Graeme Smith
Saeed Anwar
Jacques Kallis
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-haq
AB de Villiers(wkt)
Imran Khan(C)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Waqar Younis/Allan Donald
Saqlain Mushtaq

Discuss!

 

[KingKhanWC]

A bit random XI I believe but just for fun. What would be your Pak-SA all-time test XI?

Mine would be:-

Graeme Smith
Saeed Anwar
Jacques Kallis
Javed Miandad
Inzamam-ul-haq
AB de Villiers(wkt)
Imran Khan(C)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Waqar Younis/Allan Donald
Saqlain Mushtaq

Discuss!

Not a bad team. I would take Mark Boucher as the keeper and drop Steyn. When you have such a bowling line up, you need the best man with the gloves not another bowler.

 

[jaf348]

Graeme Smith
Saeed Anwar/Gary Kirsten
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
Javed Miandad
AB De Villiers (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq
Dale Steyn

 

[Pete Rose]

I know they are outliers but Paksitan's most successful batsmen against South aFrica were Taufeeq Umar and Ahzar Mahmood. Saeed Anwar has just one century against them, if i rcall.

I think Mushtaq Ahmed was a better bowler against them than saqlain.

 

[Ab Fan]

I would have:-

Graeme Smith
Garry Kirsten
Hashim Amla
Jacques Kallis
Javed Miandad
AB de Villiers
Imran Khan(c)
Mark Boucher(wkt)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Saqlain Mushtaq

I think given the fast bowling quality, you dont need four fast bowlers and then one spinner and then add Kallis to that.

Kallis will do a good job as fifth bowler only, Saqlain is your spinner and ofcourse three legendary fast bowlers- Imran, Wasim and Steyn. That would mean Boucher will play as keeper and AB as a specialist batsmen.

Batting looks great really with six specialist batsmen, Imran at 7 and Mark at 8, even Wasim at 9.

 

[iniqbal223]

Test XI:

Anwar
Smith
Kallis
AB DV
Inzi
IK
Boucher
Pollock
Wasim
Donald
Saqlain

 

[Ab Fan]

I would have:-

Graeme Smith
Garry Kirsten/Saeed Anwar
Hashim Amla/Younis Khan
Jacques Kallis
Javed Miandad
AB de Villiers
Imran Khan(c)
Mark Boucher(wkt)
Wasim Akram
Dale Steyn
Saqlain Mushtaq

I think given the fast bowling quality, you dont need four fast bowlers and then one spinner and then add Kallis to that.

Kallis will do a good job as fifth bowler only, Saqlain is your spinner and ofcourse three legendary fast bowlers- Imran, Wasim and Steyn. That would mean Boucher will play as keeper and AB as a specialist batsmen.

Batting looks great really with six specialist batsmen, Imran at 7 and Mark at 8, even Wasim at 9.

I forgot Younis. Amla can be replaced by Younis depending on which Amla I get and Anwar can replace Kirsten as well. All this exluded any SA player pre 92.

 

[Buffet]

Amla
Graeme Smith
Jacques Kallis
G Pollock
Miandad
AB de Villiers ( Keeper)
IK
Wasim
Dale Steyn
Allan Donald
Saqlain

 

[Last Monetarist]

1. Graeme Smith
2. Barry Richards
3. Jacques Kallis
4. Graeme Pollock
5. AB de Villiers (wk)
6. Imran Khan (c)
7. Mike Proctor
8. Wasim Akram
9. Dale Steyn
10. Abdul Qadir
11. Allan Donald

 

[Bhaijaan]

Bhaijaan's All time PakAfrica XI :-

Haneef Muhammad
Barry Richards
Graham Pollock
Jaques Kallis
Inzamam ul Haq
AB de Villiers
Mark Boucher (wk)
Imran Khan (c)
Wasim Akram
Allan Donald
Abdul Qadir