Select an all-time Ashes XI

[Jascave]

This thread is about selecting a combined team made up of Australian & English cricket players that have fought for the Ashes over a long period of time.

My team:

Sir Jack Hobbs (E)
Bill Ponsford (A)
Sir Donald Bradman (A-CAPT)
Allan Border (A)
Greg Chappell (A)
Sir Ian Botham (E)
Adam Gilchrist (A)
Shane Warne (A)
John Snow (E)
Dennis Lillee (A)
Glenn McGrath (A)
12th: Peter May (E)

 

[Spikey]

Ponsford out, Sutcliffe in. Botham out, Miller in.

 

[Wally Carter]

I can only go on the players I have seen.

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Border
Gilchrist (Knott on pure keeping ability)
Hadlee
Warne
Marshall
Lillee

McGrath

 

[Hoffy95]

I can only go on the players I have seen.

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Border
Gilchrist (Knott on pure keeping ability)
Hadlee
Warne
Marshall
Lillee

McGrath

You're doing it wrong.

 

[Plugger35]

I can only go on the players I have seen.

Gavaskar
Greenidge
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Border
Gilchrist (Knott on pure keeping ability)
Hadlee
Warne
Marshall
Lillee

McGrath

Great players but I can't recall them playing any Ashes tests.

 

[Wallaby]

Based on Ashes-only performances

1. Hobbs
2. Sutcliffe
3. Hmmmm - let me think............
4. Border
5. Macartney
6. Gilchrist
7. Botham
8. Warne
9. Lillee
10. Larwood
11. Laker

12th Man: Either Syd Copley, Peter Cantrell or Gary Pratt

 

[mediumsizered]

Based on Ashes-only performances

1. Hobbs
2. Sutcliffe
3. Hmmmm - let me think............
4. Border
5. Macartney
6. Gilchrist
7. Botham
8. Warne
9. Lillee
10. Larwood
11. Laker

12th Man: Either Syd Copley, Peter Cantrell or Gary Pratt

Larwood instead of Tyson is the correct call. Like Spikey, I would have Miller instead of Botham, which means you can have Gilchrist at 7 (although I would perhaps have Marsh instead of Gilchrist purely based on his superior wicket-keeping). Also I would have either Hutton or Hammond instead of Macartney.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

I would perhaps have Marsh instead of Gilchrist purely based on his superior wicket-keeping.

In which case you would select Knott.

 

[Wally Carter]

Great players but I can't recall them playing any Ashes tests.

D'oh!

Hayden (50+)
Langer (45.3)
Ponting (50+)
G.Chapell (50+)
Border (50+)
Waugh (50+)
Gilchrist (47.6) (Knott on pure keeping ability)
Botham (33.54)
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Walters

 

[Ron]

Needs more Peter Taylor

 

[kane249]

Terry Alderman anyone?

 

[Plugger35]

Terry Alderman anyone?

He probably has a good case, took 42 wickets on the 1981 Ashes tour and 41 wickets on the 1989 tour. If he didn't miss so much cricket with injury and his ban for the rebel South Africa tour, he would probably be a certainty.

 

[cats2rise]

This thread is about selecting a combined team made up of Australian & English cricket players that have fought for the Ashes over a long period of time.

My team:

Sir Jack Hobbs (E)
Bill Ponsford (A)
Sir Donald Bradman (A-CAPT)
Allan Border (A)
Greg Chappell (A)
Sir Ian Botham (E)
Adam Gilchrist (A)
Shane Warne (A)
John Snow (E)
Dennis Lillee (A)
Frank Tyson (E)
Glenn McGrath (A)
12th: Peter May (E)

Thats 13 players... Not 12.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Based on Ashers performances only - below would be my list. Of course stats are all we can use - and we know how bad that is across generations

Ponsford
Hobbs
Bradman
H Sutcliffe
S Waugh
Gilchrist
K Miller
Warne
D Lillee
S Barnes
Spofforth
12th Man - L Hutton

 

[courtjester]

I'd have to look at the stats to do a proper team, but based on some head knowledge you'd have to consider the following names:

1. ---------
2. ---------
3. Bradman (duh!)
4.
5. S.Waugh (he absolutely ripped England in 1989, Ashes batting averages in a number of series are outstanding)
6. I. Botham (killed us in 1981 with his all round ability)
7. ---------
8. S. Warne (regularly took more than 30 wickets a series, almost won 2005 for us single handed)
9. ---------
10. --------
11. Terry Alderman (in England he would definetely play. Took 40+ wickets twice in series in England)

 

[Norfolk Nadia]

Based on Ashes performances

Australia

Barnes
Morris
Bradman
M Waugh
Border
S Waugh
Miller
Marsh/Healy/Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

Alderman
Trumble
Noble
Lindwall
Thomson
Spofforth
Davidson
Turner
Clarke
Stackpole
Langer
Lawry
Simpson
Ponting
McCabe


England

Sutcliffe
Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Barrington
Botham
Knott
Trueman
Barnes
Laker
Snow

Lohmann
Briggs
Peel
Leyland

 

[eastcoastcrow]

This thread is about selecting a combined team made up of Australian & English cricket players that have fought for the Ashes over a long period of time.

My team:

Sir Jack Hobbs (E)
Bill Ponsford (A)
Sir Donald Bradman (A-CAPT)
Allan Border (A)
Greg Chappell (A)
Sir Ian Botham (E)
Adam Gilchrist (A)
Shane Warne (A)
John Snow (E)
Dennis Lillee (A)
Glenn McGrath (A)
12th: Peter May (E)

I loved Alderman.

 

[Tambaran]

Boof
Boof
Boof
Boof
Boof
Boof
Gilchrist
Warne
Warne
McGrath
McGrath