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

[banjo6]

Tough one for me,

Started watching 2002ish so,

England XI
1. Trescothick
2. Vaughan
3. Trott
4. Hussain
5. Thorpe
6. Prior
7. Flintoff
8. Giles
9. Harmy
10. Hoggy
11. Anderson

Australia
1. Hayden
2. Langer
3. Ponting
4.Clarke
5. S.Waugh
6. Hussey
7. Gilly
8. Warne
9. Gillespie
10. Lee
11. McGrath

 

[blake]

Zimbabwe
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11.

 

[AkshayS]

^lol

1.E Chigumbura
2.Hamilton Masakadza
3.Alistair Campbell
4.Andy Flower
5.Grant Flower
6.Guy Whitell(probably that was his name)
7.Tatenda Taibu
8.Heath Streak
9.Paul Strang
10.Prosper Utseya
11.Ray Price

couldn't find another opener so Chigumbura there

 

[War]

Australia (since mid 70s)

Hayden
Slater
Ponting
Greg Chappell
Border
Steve Waugh
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
Thomson
McGrath

Love this team. Just the thought of all these XI playing together at their peaks sends shivers down my spine.

 

[Dravid_Fan]

India

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. VVS Laxman
6. Sourav Ganguly
7. MS Dhoni
8. Harbhajan Singh
9. Anil Kumble
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Javagal Srinath

 

[Atharv]

India Test Team .

Sehwag
Gambhir
Dravid
Tendulkar
Laxman
?
Dhoni
Kumble
Shrinath
Zaheer Khan
Harbhajan

 

[6ry4nj]

England (since 1974/5)

Boycott
Gooch
Gower
Pietersen
Derek Randall
Flintoff
APE Knott
Swann
Simon Jones
Bob Willis
Harmison

 

[War]

England (since 1974/5)

Boycott
Gooch
Gower
Pietersen
Derek Randall
Flintoff
APE Knott
Swann
Simon Jones
Bob Willis
Harmison

Hmm i find it a bit interesting that you would pick the bolded players over the likes of Thrope, Gough, Caddick, Fraser & Underwood.

 

[Dravid_Fan]

England

1. Trescothick
2. Strauss
3. Cook
4. Pietersen
5. Thorpe
6. Stewart
7. Flintoff
8. Swann
9. Anderson
10. Hoggard
11. Caddick

 

[Howsie]

New Zealand

1. Mark Richardson
2. Matt Horne
3. Stephen Fleming
4. Ross Taylor
5. Nathan Astle
6. Craig McMillan
7. Brendon McCullum +
8. Chris Cairns
9. Daniel Vettori
10. Dion Nash
11. Shane Bond

Australia

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Justin Langer
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Damien Martyn
5. Steve Waugh
6. Michael Hussey
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Shane Warne
9. Brett Lee
10. Jason Gillespie
11. Glenn McGrath

 

[Rehan_24]

Best Pakistan Team

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Aamir Sohail
3. Muhammad Yousuf
4. Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. Imran Khan
6. Rashif Latif
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Wasim Akram
9. Waqar Younas
10 Muhammad Asif
11.Shoaib Akhtar

12th Man: Muhammad Aamir

Best Australia Test Team

1.Justin Langer
2.Mattew Hayden
3.Ricky Ponting
4.Steve Waugh
5.Martyn
6.Gilchrist
7.Shane Warne
8.Mcgrath
9.Bret Lee
10.Shaun Tait (If he is supremely fit)
11.Jason Gilespie (In his hay days ofcourse)


Best World 11 in my view (Watching Cricket Since 1992 World Cup)

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Saeed Anwar/Justin Langer
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Brain Lara
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Wasim Akram
9. G.Mcgrath
10. Shane Warne
11. Waqar Younas

 

[6ry4nj]

Hmm i find it a bit interesting that you would pick the bolded players over the likes of Thrope, Gough, Caddick, Fraser & Underwood.

Okay forgot about Gough. I'll have to have him instead of Jones then. Fraser and especially Caddick were never going to be in my team. Considered Thorpe but I'm not that familiar and there's no-one I'd drop for him (gotta have Randall!). I don't have a favourite spinner, so I took Swann over Underwood for stats, batting, and I have seen him bowl the odd sensational ball (despite not getting to watch cricket very often).

Now that I think of it, I might drop Gooch for Lamb and move Gower up to open.

 

[The Rock]

Started watching the game since 2005 and so these ones look similar to the present squads itself!

Best Test XI India:
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Rahul Dravid
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
VVS Laxman
MS Dhoni
Anil Kumble
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath*


Best Test XI Pakistan:
Salman Butt
Saeed Anwar*
Mohammad Yousuf
Inzamam Ul Haq
Younus Khan
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Wasim Akram*
Saqlain Mushtaq*
Waqar Younis*
Shoaib Akhtar

* - Had seen a bit of these men during the 2003 WC.

The Best Test XI Minnows:

Tamim Iqbal
Ed Joyce
Ryan Ten Doeschate
Shakib Al Hasan
Steve Tikolo
Kevin O'Brian
Elton Chigumbura
Mushfiqur Rahim
Thomas Odoyo
Trent Johnson
Abdur Razzak

 

[AbhishekS]

* - Had seen a bit of these men during the 2003 WC.

But then you saw them playing the ODIs, not the tests.

 

[Addy]

Saeed Anwer
Amir Sohail
Inzamam
Moyo
salim malik
Shoaib Malik
Abdul razzaq
Moin Khan/Rashid latif
Waz
Waq
Shoaib

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