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sherb

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#52
First XI:
Gavaskar
Boycott
Lara
Tendulkar
Border (c)
Sobers
Gilchrist (wk)
Hadlee
Marshall
Warne
Lillee

Second XI:
Greenidge
Gooch
Ponting
V.Richards (c)
G.Chappell
Kallis
Botham
Sangakkara (wk)
Imran Khan
McGrath
Bedi

Third XI:
Turner
Hayden
Dravid
Lloyd (c)
S.Waugh
Javed
Knott (wk)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Holding
Murali

Fourth XI:
Sehwag
Haynes
I.Chappell (c)
Crowe
Zaheer
Chanderpaul
Dujon (wk)
Pollock
Ambrose
Walsh
Underwood

I've probably left heaps off. Did it without too much over-analysis. Could probably name a pretty decent 5th XI if I wanted to.
 

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#53
We can name a couple of World XIs based on time periods.

Here is my All Time World XI (1970-1980)

Gordon Greenidge
Barry Richards
Ian Chappell (CAPTAIN)
Greg Chappell
Viv Richards
Sir Garfield Sobers
Rod Marsh
DK Lillee
Andy Roberts
Derek Underwood
Jeff Thomson.

All Time World Test XI (1980-1990)

Gordon Greenidge
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Ian Botham
Jeff Dujon
Imran Khan (CAPTAIN)
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Abdul Qadir

World Test XI (1990-2000)

Mark Taylor (CAPTAIN)
Michael Slater
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh
Ian Healy
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Glen McGrath
Courtney Walsh

WORLD TEST XI 2000-2010

Matthew Hayden
V.Sehwag
Ricky Ponting (CAPTAIN)
Sachin Tendulkar
Jacques Kallis
Andrew Flintoff
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Glen McGrath
James Anderson

THE GOV
:thumbsu: for just about all but Brett Lee getting amongst the 2000-2010 mob. Gilly would bat before Flintoff too
 

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#54
First XI:
Gavaskar
Boycott
Lara
Tendulkar
Border (c)
Sobers
Gilchrist (wk)
Hadlee
Marshall
Warne
Lillee

Second XI:
Greenidge
Gooch
Ponting
V.Richards (c)
G.Chappell
Kallis
Botham
Sangakkara (wk)
Imran Khan
McGrath
Bedi

Third XI:
Turner
Hayden
Dravid
Lloyd (c)
S.Waugh
Javed
Knott (wk)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Holding
Murali

Fourth XI:
Sehwag
Haynes
I.Chappell (c)
Crowe
Zaheer
Chanderpaul
Dujon (wk)
Pollock
Ambrose
Walsh
Underwood

I've probably left heaps off. Did it without too much over-analysis. Could probably name a pretty decent 5th XI if I wanted to.
Viv can count himself unlucky playing in your magoos. Greatest and most dominant cricketer of my lifetime IMO.
 
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