World Test XI

[wasteyouryouth]

If i may make a suggestion. Unless the 12 contains 1 player from each test playing nation can this really be called a World XI? That'd make the selection far more interesting and less of a Harlem Globetrotters.

 

[Wavelberry]

If i may make a suggestion. Unless the 12 contains 1 player from each test playing nation can this really be called a World XI? That'd make the selection far more interesting and less of a Harlem Globetrotters.

Fair point.

Maybe I now have three ideas.

A best XI in test cricket right now...
A World XII with one player per nation
An associate Test XI[DOUBLEPOST=1610019169][/DOUBLEPOST]Gonna need to think hard about my World XII though...

Definitely gonna have Warner and Pujara...

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Fair point.

Maybe I now have three ideas.

A best XI in test cricket right now...
A World XII with one player per nation
An associate Test XI[DOUBLEPOST=1610019169][/DOUBLEPOST]Gonna need to think hard about my World XII though...

Definitely gonna have Warner and Pujara...

I would vote one player per nation. I think it adds a bit of spice to the selection, makes for some tough selection.

 

[blockerdave]

Ooh Cummins or Smith; Kohli or Bumrah.

Tough tough.

 

[GuyIncognito]

Ooh Cummins or Smith; Kohli or Bumrah.

Tough tough.

Does that list include Zimbabwe, Ireland etc or just the top 10 ranked teams?

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Just tried coming up with a World XI from each test playing nation. It's really tough trying to find a good balance.

Karunaratne and Elgar opening.

Williamson, Smith, Stokes at 3-5. Feel like KW, Smith, VK is a 2 out of 3 choice if you want Stokes (and at least one bowler from Aus/NZ/Ind). Shakib could be an alternative and then take Broad or Anderson for the bowling attack.

Shakib and Taylor (keeping) or Ervine and Mushfiqur. Tamim Iqbal is an opening option (instead of Elgar), so you could bring in Rabada as a bowler or de Kock as keeper. Azhar Ali actually has a decent record opening. So, it could be Elgar out and Rabada in for a bit of pace. If it was real life I'd probably want another keeper and potentially go for Rizwan or Mushfiqur.

West Indian option. I would clearly ignore the batting and so it's between Holder or Roach.

I'm left with Bumrah, Roach, Abbas as my bowlers (Rashid Khan seems like an obvious choice for the spin role).

Irish option really feels like a case of who would be the best 12th man.

Stokes and Shakib is perhaps OTT, so it could be Anderson or Broad instead to boost the bowling.

It's incredibly tough but quite fun to have to think around the various options.

 

[Wavelberry]

Does that list include Zimbabwe, Ireland etc or just the top 10 ranked teams?

There are XII teams so you can easily pick a XII with one from each nation... It's a toughy though.

This is my first attempt and I might change it up

Tamim Iqbal
Dean Elgar
Kane Williamson (c)
Steve Smith
Kusal Mendes
Ben Stokes
Mohammed Rizwan (+)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Jasprit Bumrah
Tim Murtagh

12th man: Brendan Taylor

Some tough picks there...

 

[wasteyouryouth]

There are XII teams so you can easily pick a XII with one from each nation... It's a toughy though.

This is my first attempt and I might change it up

Tamim Iqbal
Dean Elgar
Kane Williamson (c)
Steve Smith
Kusal Mendes
Ben Stokes
Mohammed Rizwan (+)
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Jasprit Bumrah
Tim Murtagh

12th man: Brendan Taylor

Some tough picks there...

I would go Murtagh but ruled him out because he chose Middlesex instead.

 

[Aislabie]

Could you give me your current World Test XIs please. It's for a Cricket 19 thing I am doing.

Needs at least one spinner...

Didn't say what conditions we were picking for, so I'm going to assume it's for Day Five at Chattogram.

Rohit Sharma
Alastair Cook
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
Ben Stokes
Ravindra Jadeja
Mohammad Rizwan
Ravichandran Ashwin
Rashid Khan
Pat Cummins
Kuldeep Yadav

It's all about spin

(Yeah this isn't a 100% serious World XI, but it'd be a very good XI in certain specific conditions)

 

[Aislabie]

Just tried coming up with a World XI from each test playing nation.

Tamim Iqbal
Dean Elgar
Kane Williamson
Virat Kohli
Angelo Mathews
Ben Stokes
Mohammad Rizwan
Jason Holder
Rashid Khan
Pat Cummins
Tim Murtagh or Tendai Chatara

 

[DuneTiger]

Best Test XI (no restrictions on XI)

1. David Warner
2. Tom Latham (wk)
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Steve Smith
5. Virat Kohli
6. Kane Williamson (c)
7. Ben Stokes
8. Jason Holder
9. Pat Cummins
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Nathan Lyon

Best Test XI (One per nation)

1. Dimuth Karunaratne
2. Dean Elgar
3. Kane Williamson (c)
4. Steve Smith
5. Babar Azam
6. Ben Stokes
7. Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
8. Jason Holder
9. Rashid Khan
10. Jasprit Bumrah
11. Tim Murtagh

12. Brendon Taylor

Looking at my team with no restrictions I realise I've had a lot of Australian bias there but I find it hard to now have those 5 players in a "best XI team" at the moment as they dominate the rest of the competition in their respective positions.
Marnus and Smith both averaging over 60+
Warner almost averaging 50.
Lyon and Cummins the best spinner and pace bowler in the world respectively.
Only change I would make to the team if the team played on the subcontinent is - Holder out and Ashwin in.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Shouldn't this thread be in General Cricket Chat Forum?

 

[blockerdave]

Shouldn't this thread be in General Cricket Chat Forum?

I believe it’s going to kick off some games in cricket 19, hence being here

 

[Wavelberry]

Shouldn't this thread be in General Cricket Chat Forum?

I believe it’s going to kick off some games in cricket 19, hence being here

Yep, that's why I put it in here.