I know that we have had the best of Pakistan and asian XI, now its time to have the alltime XI for one days only from 1975 to 2002.
Lets start out with the openers, my nominees are;
Desmond Haynes
Tendulkr
Anwar
Jayasuriya
Mark Waugh
Mark Taylor
Greendige
add more if you like but there will be only 2 finalists.
Haynes and Greenidge were the best openers ever.
Awesome pair. The world of cricket has missed much after their departure.
They could destroy opposition bowling with style.
And they were ever so consistent.
None of our current players come close to DH and GG.
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Haynes and Greenidge
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yes...they were greate openeing pairs..but there were many great openers who didnt have the luxury of great opening partner at the other end.
Anyway I will go for tendulkar and Jaysurya.
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Is it one day or test? If it is one day, I would like to see Gilchrist.
Gilchrist and Greenidge.
Jayasuria and Gilchrist…
Jayasuria is a fine all-rounder and a great fielder…
Gilchrist is a great keeper too…
and i dont think anyone doubts their ability to open an innings in style :hoola:
So far the vote are like this
Gordon Greendage 3
Adam Gilchrists 3
Deysmond Haynes 2
Sanath Jayasuriya 2
Sachin Tendulkur 1
keep them coming, after a while we will look at 3 specialists batsman.
here is the format of the team.
1.) Opener
2.) Opener
3.) Mid Order Specialists Batsman
4.) Mid Order Specialists Batsman
5.) Mid Order Specialists Batsman
6.) Wicket Keeper (keeper than a batsman)
7.) All Rounder
8.) All Rounder
9.) Fast Bowler
10.) Fats Bowler
11.) Spinner (leg or off)
To be frank, West Indies Team of Late 70's and Early 80's under Clive Lloyed is the Best ALL TIME ELEVEN. That was the perfect Team.
5 Batsmen
1 WK
5 Bowlers
No Need for any allrounder or anythings else.
AK
is it a test team or a one-day team?
As much as I hate the Aussie attitude and way of playing, how can you discount Hayden and Langar's partnership given that they have smashed all sorts of records in a matter of months that took Greenidge and Haynes years to own.
[This message has been edited by sambrialian (edited March 27, 2002).]
For all the guppies who didn't read my first post, its only for one day matches from the year 1975 till now.
If we talk about test cricket that its much different situation and much different player.
I nominate Desmond Haynes and Sanath Jayasuriya as the 2 openers, as someone mentioned above he is a excellent fielder and a good part time leg spinner, as for desmond haynes, well how can you not pick this guy, probably the best one day specialists ever.
Someone else mentioned Gilchrists who I think is an another excellent candidate, but we have to look at wicket keeping first than his batting ability and he is the kind of batsman who can bat down the order around 6 abd 7, but for now we are still deciding the top 2 openers.
Actually I agree with Asif. If a team already has a huge talent of batsmen, and then a huge talent of bowlers, they would be nothing to worry about, for which case, all-rounders are not needed. eg, West Indies team of late 70's.
As for openers, Haynes and Greenidge. As for Tendulkar, he can fit into the middle.
Btw.. wasn't this on cricinfo before? (i think i've seen this somewhere before).
Actually the contest was best pakistan 11 and asian 11, this is just all players in the world in the same team.
such thread always cause coflicts and “phaddays” so beter pull out of it
Would care to give any reason why it would cause a phadda, I just started this thread to bring fun into the Khail Khilari form since there isn’t any Pakistan match going on.
so far the votes are like this
Gordon Greendige 4
Desmond Haynes 4
Adam Gilchrist 3
I would have to disagree with asif, just like always
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I don’t think there is ever been a player or a team that is perfect, the players mentioned above maybe the greatest ever but not perfect, allrounders are player who can come in real handy when the main specialist don’t get the job done. Look at South Africa for example, eventhough they are not the best team in the world but the don’t have number 1 batsman in the world like sachin or Lara or the best fast bowler in the world like Mcgrath but their allrounders are the one who usually stand out with likes of Kallis, Klusner, Pollock.
my openers are Tendulkar and Anwar, you just can't beat these two. They have everything, well actually nearly everything.
Pros:
They can up the tempo when they want.
Right hand and left hand combination.
Both of have good techniques.
Proven performers.
Both like to play long innings
Cons:
Both have a tendency to play rash shots
Umair,
All Rounders are required only when your team doesn't have faith in their batsmen. Whatever Kallis/Klusner/Pollock may be to their teams, you should look at batsmen in their team except Kirsten, you can hardly depend on anyone else, Klusner is hardly an allrounder (his bowling is mediocre), so is Pollock - Hardly a batsman.
Anyways, WI team hardly depended on its bowlers for runs, their TOP 5 always delivered (with few exceptions).
No matter how talented Tendulkar/Lara/Anwar are, They can't fit into that Team of 70s and early 80s.
AK