Re: Your Greatest World Cup Playing 11 Ever
Actually you could have two almost evenly-matched all time elevens
My original XI (seems stronger in batting)
vs
Greenidge
Haynes or Amla
Sangakkara
Inzamam-ul Haq or Kevin Pietersen
AB DeVilliers
Steve Waugh (c)
Kallis
Botham or Hadlee
Murali
Waqar
Joel Garner or Ambrose
Re: Your Greatest World Cup Playing 11 Ever
This was the game
1st Match: England v India at Lord’s, Jun 7, 1975 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Re: Your Greatest World Cup Playing 11 Ever
Sachin Tendulkar
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Ricky Ponting (c)
Viv Richards
Aravinda Desilva
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne/Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath
Re: Your Greatest World Cup Playing 11 Ever
That was an anomaly.
What is not widely known abt Gavaskar was he burst onto Test cricket an attacking batsman. His hook shot was classic. But he removed it fom his.arsenal because india need him to bat through.
But yes that 36 was a truly stabilizing inning
Re: Your Greatest World Cup Playing 11 Ever
Mine will be
Sachin
De Silva
Lara
Viv Richards
Miandad
Sanga (W)
Kapil (C)
Imran Khan
Warne
Mcgrath
Akram