Best Test Cricket 1-11 World All Stars

Strumms

I was just thinking of who I’d put in an all time test cricket 1-11 since I’ve been watching the sport, following it and being fascinated by it...I started watching it in the early ‘90’s and from my memories, the best 11 I’ve seen playing test match cricket would be along the lines of...

Graham Gooch
Marcus Trescothick
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Alan Donald
Waquar Younis
Curtly Ambrose
Glenn McGrath


What’s the best / your favorite 1-11 test match all star side since you began watching and following the sport..?

Gillespy

Graeme Smith (C)
Alistair Cook
Hashim Amla
Joe Root
Mick Hussey
AB de Villiers (wk)
Ben Stokes
Ravi Jadeja
Pat Cummins
Dale Steyn
Jimmy Anderson

Mid 00s was when I first got into the sport, so I could have included a lot of the Aussie greats as well as Lara and the big Indian names. But kept it truer to the period I really watched.

Could have given at least three names for each position.

Beasty

Boycott (joint captain)
Hampshire
Tendulkar (joint captain)
Root (joint captain)
Vaughan (joint captain)
Close (joint captain)
Bairstow (x2) (joint wicketkeepers)
Illingworth (joint captain)
Trueman (joint captain)
Rashid
Gough

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Strumms

Beasty wrote: »

Boycott (joint captain)
Hampshire
Tendulkar (joint captain)
Root (joint captain)
Vaughan (joint captain)
Close (joint captain)
Bairstow (x2) (joint wicketkeepers)
Illingworth (joint captain)
Trueman (joint captain)
Rashid
Gough

:pac:

Hope there is no drug testing scheduled, some amount of joints !

Inquitus

Graeme Smith (C)
Matthew Hayden
Brian Lara
Kumar Sangakkara
Steve Smith
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Ben Stokes
Andrew Flintoff
Shane Warne
Jimmy Anderson
Muttiah Muralitharan

Gillespy

Beasty wrote: »

Boycott (joint captain)
Hampshire
Tendulkar (joint captain)
Root (joint captain)
Vaughan (joint captain)
Close (joint captain)
Bairstow (x2) (joint wicketkeepers)
Illingworth (joint captain)
Trueman (joint captain)
Rashid
Gough

:pac:

Yawkshure! Imagine the mayhem.

Rikand

Matthew Hayden
Alastair Cook
Brian Lara
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Jimmy Anderson
Murali Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

Jimmy and Glenn to utterly frustrate any batting attack with consistent line and length. Warney and Murali to decimate with spin. Batting lineup to notch up about 2000 runs with consummate ease. Although their best position is perhaps 1 slot too far down from 4-7 for their best positions.

Richard Hillman

My favourite test 11 (not necessarily the best) since I started watching around 97

Trescothick
Atherton
Ponting
Steve Smith
Pietersen
Gilchrist
Stokes
Warne
Broad
McGrath
Ambrose