Best of the best

[Walt Kowalski]

Tests

Len Hutton
Jack Hobbs
Don Bradman *
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist +
Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath

ODIs

Adam Gilchrist +
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards *
AB DeVilliers
Virat Kohli
Andrew Symonds
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[psychobrown]

Tests
S. Gavaskar
H. Sutcliffe
D. Bradman *
R.G. Pollock
K. Sangakkara (+)
G. Sobers
I. Khan
R. Hadlee
S. Warne
D. Lillee
M. Marshall

ODI
S. Tendulkar
A. Gilchrist (+)
I.V. Richards
A.B. de Villiers
A. Symonds
M. Bevan
I. Khan *
R. Hadlee
W. Akram
J. Garner
M. Muralitharan

 

[Wallaby]

Tests

1. Gavaskar
2. Hutton
3. Oooh - not sure - I'll get back to you
4. Richards
5. Javed Miandad
6. Sobers
7. Gilchrist
8. Lillee
9. Marshall
10. Murali
11. Spofforth

 

[Carl Hooper]

Tests (from 'my era' 1990-now)

Cook
Hayden
Ponting c
Tendulkar
Lara
Kallis
Gilchrist +
Warne
Ambrose
Murali
McGrath

suprised how easy that was off the top of the head... I find doing all time XIs are too difficult and cause too many arguments based on stats which don't always tell the full story.

 

[eth-dog]

Test XI:

Hobbs (c)
Sutcliffe
Bradman
Kallis
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist (+)
Hadlee
Marshall
Warne
Muralidaran

ODI XI:

Tendulkar
Gilchrist (+)
Kallis
Sangakarra
Richards (c)
de Villiers
Afridi
Pollock
Akram
Younis
Muralidaran

T20I XI:

Guptill
Dilshan
Kohli
U Akmal
Duminy
Sangakarra (+)
Afridi (c)
Gul
Steyn
Malinga
Ajmal

 

[psychobrown]

Yes it would be interesting to compile teams based on players I've actually seen since watching cricket, so it's more empirical rather than anecdotal. Out of self-interest then.

1990s Tests
Graham Gooch
Gary Kirsten
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Waugh (c)
Sourav Ganguly
Ian Healy (+)
Wasim Akram (vc)
Shane Warne
Curtly Ambrose
Glenn McGrath

1990s ODIs
Saeed Anwar
Sachin Tendulkar
Mark Waugh
Michael Bevan
Aravinda De Silva (vc)
Andrew Flower (+)
Lance Klusener
Wasim Akram (c)
Saqlain Mushtaq
Waqar Younis
Alan Donald

2000s Tests
Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Ricky Ponting (c)
Kumar Sangakkara
Jacques Kallis
Mohammad Yousaf
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Shaun Pollock (vc)
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath
Mattiah Muralitharan

2000s ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ricky Poontang (c)
Michael Hussey
M.S. Dhoni (+) (vc)
Andrew Symonds
Abdul Razzaq
Shahid Afridi
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath
M. Muralitharan

 

[Wolfs]

Players I've seen actually play in real life. Not TV

1. Graeme Smith
2. Matt Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Steve Smith
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Shane Warne
10. Dale Steyn
11. Glenn McGrath

HM: Tendulkar (Only seen one ton of his (241)), Anil Kumble, Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook, Virat Kohli.

I know it's silly but it is just players I have seen play live. So yeah


ODI:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Kumar Sangakkara
6. AB de Villiers
7. Shane Watson
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Muttiah Muralithdaran

HM: Mike Hussey, VVS Laxman, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden.


I know my team is pretty s**t.

 

[Walt Kowalski]

Best I've seen:

Greenidge
Gooch
Richards
Tendulkar
Lara
S.Waugh
Gilchrist
Wasim
Marshall
Warne
McGrath


Ambrose
Ponting
Murali

 

[Walt Kowalski]

Australia

Victor Trumper
Bill Lawry
Don Bradman
Greg Chappell
Keith Miller
Neil Harvey
Adam Gilchrist
Ray Lindwall
Shane Warne
Bill O'Reilly
Glenn McGrath

England

Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Wally Hammond
Peter May
Dennis Compton
Ian Botham
Alan Knott
Hedley Verity
Harold Larwood
Fred Trueman
SF Barnes

South Africa

Barry Richards
Graeme Smith
Jaques Kallis
Graham Pollock
AB DeVilliers
Dudley Nourse
Aubrey Faulkner
Dennis Lindsay
Mike Procter
Dale Steyn
Allan Donald

West Indies

Gordon Greenidge
Desmond Haynes
George Headley
Brian Lara
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Jeff Dujon
Malcolm Marshall
Curtly Ambrose
Michael Holding
Lance Gibbs

 

[eth-dog]

Going to do something a bit different. I'm taking the best average for the top 7 positions with at least 20 tests/ODI's. Bowling wise, I'm taking the 2 best opening bowlers, the best 1st change and the best spinner (if they're not the 1st change). ODI wise if the top 6 don't have an AR, I'll place one at 7.

1. Herbert Sutcliffe (61)
2. Bruce Mitchell (56)
3. Donald Bradman (104, c)
4. Everton Weekes (64)
5. AB de Villiers (61)
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (65)
7. Adam Gilchrist (46, +)
8. Alan Davidson (25, 19, opening)
9. Tony Lock (14, 21, 2nd change)
10. Mutthiah Muralidaran (12, 20, 1st change)
11. Sydney Barnes (8, 16, opening)

ODI's:

1. Rohit Sharma (53)
2. Hashim Amla (53)
3. Viv Richards (58)
4. MS Dhoni (61, +)
5. AB de Villiers (80)
6. Michael Bevan (67)
7. Shane Watson (40, 31)
8. Waqar Younis (10, 19)
9. Joel Garner (9, 16)
10. Michael Holding (9, 19)
11. Amir Hamza (3, 21)

 

[STFU Donnie]

With an all-time best test XI, you must pick the best keeper. And that's Alan Knott.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

S.Gavaskar
J.Hobbs
D.Bradman
G.Pollock
B.Lara
G.Sobers
A.Gilchrist
I.Khan
K.Miller
R.Hadlee
S.Warne

Have fun bowling that out.

 

[Marklar_33]

Players I've seen actually play in real life. Not TV

1. Graeme Smith
2. Matt Hayden
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Rahul Dravid
5. VVS Laxman
6. Steve Smith
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Shane Warne
10. Dale Steyn
11. Glenn McGrath

HM: Tendulkar (Only seen one ton of his (241)), Anil Kumble, Michael Clarke, Alastair Cook, Virat Kohli.

I know it's silly but it is just players I have seen play live. So yeah


ODI:

1. Virender Sehwag
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Kumar Sangakkara
6. AB de Villiers
7. Shane Watson
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Muttiah Muralithdaran

HM: Mike Hussey, VVS Laxman, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden.


I know my team is pretty s**t.

You saw Tendulkar peel off a double ton but that wasn't enough to displace Steve Smith?

 

[Wolfs]

You saw Tendulkar peel off a double ton but that wasn't enough to displace Steve Smith?

Every time I see Smith play live. He scores a ton.