Best Test XI from each nation (that you have seen)

[War]

Well its simple based on all the years you have been watching this wonderful sport. Pick the best XI from all the major test nations that you have seen. I start from the 97 Ashes:

BEST TEAM XI:

Hayden
Anwar
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
S Waugh (c)
Gilchrist
Warne
Steyn
Donald
McGrath

2nd XI to play that team:

Kirsten
Langer/Slater
Dravid
Kallis
Sangakkara (c)
Inzamam
Cairns
Flintoff
Pollock
Akhtar/Gough
Muralitharan



AUSTRALIA:

Hayden
Taylor
Ponting
M Waugh
S Waugh (c)
Martyn
Gilchrist
Warne
Lee
Gillespie
McGrath

AUS 2ND XI:

Langer (c)
Slater
Watson
Law
Hussey
Lehmann
Healy
Reiffell
Miller/MacGill
Fleming
Kasprowicz


ENGLAND:

Atherton
Trescothick
Vaughan (c)
KP
Thorpe
Stewart
Flintoff
Swann
Gough
S Jones
Caddick





WEST INDIES:

Campbell/Barath
Gayle
Sarwan
Lara
Hooper (c)
C'Paul
Jacobs
Taylor
Ambrose
Roach
Walsh

12th man: Bravo or Ramnarine




PAKISTAN:

Anwar
Sohail
Ijaz Ahmed
Younis Khan
Mo Yo
Inzamam-ul-Haq (c)
Moin Khan
Akram
Akhtar
Saqlain Mushtaq
Asif/Aamir





INDIA:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Rahul Dravid
3. VVS Laxman
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Mohammad Azharuddin
6. Sourav Ganguly (c)
7. Mahendra Dhoni
8. Anil Kumble
9. Javagal Srinath
10. Harbhajan Singh
11. Zaheer Khan



SRI LANKA:


Atapattu
Jayasuriya
Sangakkara (c)
De Silva
Jayawardne
Samaraweera
Kaluwitharana/P Jayawardene+
Vaas
Zoysa/Herath
Muralitharan
Malinga



SOUTH AFRICA:

Smith
Kirsten
Kallis
Cullinan
Cronje (c)
AB De Villiers
Klusener
Boucher
Pollock
Steyn
Donald


NEW ZEALAND:

Richardson
Fleming (c)
Astle
Taylor
Styris
Oram
Cairns
Parore/McCullum
Vettori
Bond
Allot/Nash

 

[pcfan123]

Akhtar over Waqar Younis?

 

[AngryPixel]

8 Batsman in SAF squad Just 3 pure bowlers..

 

[Dare]

8 Batsman in SAF squad Just 3 pure bowlers..

Its the best he has seen dude. It doesn't mean anything. He isn't building a South Africa all time XI.
There is plenty enough bowling in that lineup to win matches.

 

[War]

Akhtar over Waqar Younis?

As i said i started watching cricket during the 1997 Ashes. Waqar peak was from 89-94/95, so obviously i wouldn't have seen the best of him in live. If you saw the best of Waqar you can pick him in your side however..

Inversely i have basically seen almost all the best of Akthar in tests live.

Its the best he has seen dude. It doesn't mean anything. He isn't building a South Africa all time XI.
There is plenty enough bowling in that lineup to win matches.

Indeed. Klusener & Kallis @ their peaks with the ball where superb in tests, so you basically have a lethal 5-man pace attack.

 

[pcfan123]

Ah well I can't really play this game then

Only seen the NZ SL 2020s in Miami :laugh

 

[sifter132]

Well as an Aussie fan it's hard because since 1988 when I first started watching there's been so many awesome players, but I settled on this XI:

1 Justin Langer
2 Matthew Hayden
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Damien Martyn
5 Steve Waugh
6 Michael Clarke
7 Adam Gilchrist (wk)
8 Shane Warne
9 Jason Gillespie
10 Stuart Clark
11 Glenn McGrath

And because I feel so bad about leaving some legends out...a second XI:
1 Simon Katich
2 Mark Taylor
3 David Boon
4 Mark Waugh
5 Michael Hussey
6 Allan Border
7 Ian Healy (wk)
8 Brett Lee
9 Craig McDermott
10 Stuart MacGill
11 Bruce Reid/Merv Hughes

 

[sami ullah khan]

Here is what my best of Pakistan XI:
1.Saeed Anwar
2.Aamir Sohail
3.Younis Khan
4.Inzimam Ul Haque
5.Javed Miandad
6.Imran Khan
7.Rashid Latif
8.Wasim Akram
9.Abdul Qader
10.Waqar Younis
11.Shoaib Akhter

12th Man Saqlain Mushtaq.

Will you look at that pace attack . All the bowlers can hit 150 KPH and swing the ball (old or new) both ways :hpraise. I wouldn't want to batsman against these champs.
I wish Pakistan will have a team as strong as this, in future.

 

[pcfan123]

You've never seen Moyo?

 

[Aoun13]

Pakistan

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Aamir Sohail
3. Salim Malik
4. Mohammad Yousaf
5. Inzimam Ul Haque
6. Younis Khan
7. Moin Khan
8. Wasim Akram/Mohammad Aamer
9. Waqar Younis
10. Muhammad Asif
11. Mushtaq Ahmed/Saqlain Mushtaq

Reserves:
Abdul Razzaq,Danish Kaneria(on his peak),Shoaib Akhtar

 

[wildcore]

Thats a classic team

 

[ZoraxDoom]

India's would have

Viru
Gambhir/Chopra
Dravid
Sachin
Laxman
Dhoni (+)
Irfan Pathan (before he was ruined)
Srinath
Kumble
Zak
Murali Kartik ()

 

[Cricketman]

India:

Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly (c)
VVS Laxman
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Anil Kumble
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath
Crapbhajan

Have only seen this generation of cricketers barring short clips and videos of legends like Gavaskar. So pretty unconventional, run of the mill team.

 

[sami ullah khan]

You've never seen Moyo?

I have seen him a lot Mark. He has a tremendous average but I have never seen him put on a match winning innings under pressure. He is a great player but he is not gritty. I would rather a have a fighter like Miandad or Inzimam in my side.

 

[pcfan123]

Ah ok, but its still hard to deny he is one of the best batsman of the last 10 years