Your all-time Test XI?

[Kianig89]

A modern XI

Gayle
G Smith c
Kohli
Root
Sangakarra +
Flintoff
Jadeja
Steyn
Starc
Anderson
Ajmal

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Very tough to beat from Trent Bridge to Optus to Centurion to Nagpur to Rawalpindi

 

[Ab Fan]

Jack Hobbs
Sunil Gavaskar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Gary Sobers
AB de Villiers(wkt)
Richards Hadlee
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

 

[Buffet]

A modern XI

Gayle
G Smith c
Kohli
Root
Sangakarra +
Flintoff
Jadeja
Steyn
Starc
Anderson
Ajmal

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Very tough to beat from Trent Bridge to Optus to Centurion to Nagpur to Rawalpindi

Vs another modern XI.

Cook
Hayden
SPD Smith
AB
Kallis
Pant
Shakib
Ahswin
Cummins
Bumrah
Rabada

I think this team is equally good if not better in different kind of conditions.

 

[Hawkeye]

Jack Hobbs
Sunil Gavaskar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Gary Sobers
AB de Villiers(wkt)
Richards Hadlee
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

What?

No Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli?

Funny it has no Imran Khan, Wasim Akram.

Also Miandad over Sunil Gavaskar any day. Not only Gavaskar has inferior Test average, he also did not have the same impact as Miandad had while batting.

 

[mb3407]

What?

No Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli?

Funny it has no Imran Khan, Wasim Akram.

Also Miandad over Sunil Gavaskar any day. Not only Gavaskar has inferior Test average, he also did not have the same impact as Miandad had while batting.

No wonder pak produces crap batsmen.

 

[hamaadravda]

Hayden
Dravid
Lara
Tendulkar
Sangakkara
Kallis
Gilchrist
Wasim
Warne
McGrath
Bumrah

The XI as the post requires is only 90s and after

 

[Aami]

Ahmed Shehzad
Imran Farhat
Yasir Hameed
Faisal Iqbal
Umar Akmal
Shoaib Malik (C)
Kamran Akmal
Hasan Ali
Abdul Rehman
Mohammad Sami
Shabbir Ahmed
Tanvir Ahmed

 

[Buffet]

Since OP asked the players you have seen,

Smith ( Captain)
Hayden
Lara
Tendulkar
Steven Smith
Kallis
Gilly(wkt)
Warne
Steyn
Bumrah
McGrath

I thought of having Wasim as variety, but not sure I can put Wasim over other 3 pacers in this XI. Assumption is that this team will play against good teams. They do need to pick up 20 wickets. They also need to score big runs in all kinds of conditions. One weakness I can see with this XI is that tail is longer, but then top 7 can go toe to toe with any other line up. Bowling is very devastating with 3 gun pacers and Warne with Kallis to support.

Happy to hear criticism.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Since OP asked the players you have seen,

Smith ( Captain)
Hayden
Lara
Tendulkar
Steven Smith
Kallis
Gilly(wkt)
Warne
Steyn
Bumrah
McGrath

I thought of having Wasim as variety, but not sure I can put Wasim over other 3 pacers in this XI. Assumption is that this team will play against good teams. They do need to pick up 20 wickets. They also need to score big runs in all kinds of conditions. One weakness I can see with this XI is that tail is longer, but then top 7 can go toe to toe with any other line up. Bowling is very devastating with 3 gun pacers and Warne with Kallis to support.

Happy to hear criticism.

Too many right hand bowlers, I would replace Kallis with Wasim. Gives the team more variety and balance.

For batsmen, I would remove Smith and put Gavaskar one of best technically sound bats of all time...

Captain would be McGrath with WC being Wasim.

 

[Buffet]

Too many right hand bowlers, I would replace Kallis with Wasim. Gives the team more variety and balance.

For batsmen, I would remove Smith and put Gavaskar one of best technically sound bats of all time...

Captain would be McGrath with WC being Wasim.

I don't think Kallis and Wasim is like to like replacement. Kallis is there as a 4th pacer and batting all rounder. Taking out Kallis makes batting weaker and tail a much longer.

Wasim has to displace Bumrah, Steyn or McGrath. I did think about it due to Wasim being left handed, but right hand or left hand you got to pick to pick 20 wickets cheaply.

See below for bowlers record agaisnt Aus, Ind, SA, Eng and Pakistan. Not just away, it's home and away combined. That's 5 test nations out of 8. I couldn't really see how having Wasim makes the team better despite him being left handed. Not just his avg of 28-29 was a downer but also lack of freqnecies to run through these sides.



Gavaskar was not in contention for this XI because OP said the players you have seen. Seen in a way you have seen good phase of thier career. I did not see Gavaskar era. If I was picking for all time then I will have Gavaskar, Marshall, IK etc in my team. Smith and Bumrah both will be out right now for me if I was picking for all time.

 

[Buffet]

Too many right hand bowlers, I would replace Kallis with Wasim. Gives the team more variety and balance.

For batsmen, I would remove Smith and put Gavaskar one of best technically sound bats of all time...

Captain would be McGrath with WC being Wasim.

I also stuck with Steyn, McGrath and Bumrah for another reason.

Top 5 impactful pacers when playing away in 55 years of test history. Those 3 are present in top 5 when you see 55 years of history so it's hard to displace any of them for the last 35 years for me. Kallis is batting all rounder and Warne is spinner. I thought a lot about it, but can't imrove the XI by playing around with bowlers I have seen.

Top 5 Impact bowlers : 5-fers in away win against non-minnows - Last 55 years

 

[BouncerGuy]

I asked an AI and it gave me these names.

• Sir Jack Hobbs
• Sir Don Bradman
• Sir Vivian Richards
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Brian Lara
• Jacques Kallis
• Adam Gilchrist
• Shane Warne
• Wasim Akram
• Sir Richard Hadlee
• Muttiah Muralitharan

Haven't seen Hobbs, bradman, hadlee, Richards but looks like a solid one

 

[mominsaigol]

I asked an AI and it gave me these names.

• Sir Jack Hobbs
• Sir Don Bradman
• Sir Vivian Richards
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Brian Lara
• Jacques Kallis
• Adam Gilchrist
• Shane Warne
• Wasim Akram
• Sir Richard Hadlee
• Muttiah Muralitharan

Haven't seen Hobbs, bradman, hadlee, Richards but looks like a solid one

Just add in Mcgrath and it's perfect

 

[BouncerGuy]

Just add in Mcgrath and it's perfect

Yep he can be there.. 12 th man

 

[Ab Fan]

What?

No Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli?

Funny it has no Imran Khan, Wasim Akram.

Also Miandad over Sunil Gavaskar any day. Not only Gavaskar has inferior Test average, he also did not have the same impact as Miandad had while batting.

Yes, Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli should be there.

Unfortunately Miandad was not opener and I don’t want @Hitman to chip in and highlight his 29 average vs Windies which will completely destroy your claim. So, let’s not go further in this debate.

 

[atreus]

All time?

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Len Hutton (C)
3. Donald Bradman
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. IVA Richards
6. Sir Garry Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Sir Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne
10. Malcolm Marshall
12. Glenn McGrath

 

[Bhaijaan]

What?

No Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli?

Funny it has no Imran Khan, Wasim Akram.

Also Miandad over Sunil Gavaskar any day. Not only Gavaskar has inferior Test average, he also did not have the same impact as Miandad had while batting.

Is this meant to be a sarcastic post. Gavaskar is universally regarded a much superior batsman. With all due respect to Javed Miandad of course who’s himself a great batsman. But Gavaskar is literally GOAT category.

 

[Varun]

#1 Hafeez
#2 Gavaskar
#3 Ponting (c)
#4 Tendulkar
#5 Richards
#6 Kallis
#7 Gilchrist (wk)
#8 Warne
#9 Steyn
#10 McGrath
#11 Muralitharan

#12 Smith

 

[kron]

Yes, Ashwin, Bumrah and Kohli should be there.

Unfortunately Miandad was not opener and I don’t want @Hitman to chip in and highlight his 29 average vs Windies which will completely destroy your claim. So, let’s not go further in this debate.

He averaged 29 roflmaooo