England's GREATEST ever CWC XI! 👀 | Nasser and Atherton make their choice!

[@mohammedsurti3044]

2 players from 2019 very underrated, Chris Woakes just underrated in general tbh. And Liam Plunkett, brilliant in those middle overs when we needed wickets.

[@alexsevic550]

Plunkett also economical if I remember correctly

[@LordNuttington]

Don't worry, they would both be in once Archer and Wood break down in the first imaginary game! 😂

[@hardikraj7131]

Plunkett was so underrated its criminal.. He single handedly changed the course of matches in the middle overs consistently

[@nareshmenon392]

True.... England did win the world cup on the new ball ballers

[@pedrotheguy]

plunkett is always underrated

[@NishantSharma-vf2wd]

If Broad and Anderson are the ultimate bowling pair then Atherton and Nasser are ultimate pair as commentators.I can listen these 2 guys all day and the only slight negative thing about Nasser is that he gets a bit biased for certain players(not just from England but from any country) whereas Atherton is always measured and neutral in his reactions, opinions or about any player but still it is an absolute treat to listen to them.Waiting for their commentary in the World Cup.

[@gts8919]

Ultimate bowling pair who won only 1 test series in Australia and were beaten by Bangladesh at 2015 WC? Two of the most overrated bowlers of all time. 🤣

[@NishantSharma-vf2wd]

​@@gts8919First of all, it is their longevity that commands respect and secondly Broad retired at a stage where he was bowling beautifully in his last series and Anderson barring last Ashes series has been in prime form in last 5 years and had a very good tour of India in 2021 where he not only was economical but also picked up crucial wickets with reverse swing on either turning or flat wickets so they at least deserve respect, if not considered as the best bowling pair or not the greatest.

[@gts8919]

​@@NishantSharma-vf2wd Was just going through the list of most runs conceded in a test over and voila, guess which two bowlers make up the top 3? 😂

[@daveborder7751]

@@gts8919 Yep-you have to look at the average as well as the wicket column & 27-28 is not cutting it compared to true greats like Ambrose, Marshall, Hadlee, WIllis, Lilee, McGrath, Barnes etc & before anybody says Botham-he batted mostly at number 6 & made 5,200 runs as well as being the strike bowler-he wasn't a tailender.

[@debashishdas5992]

Biased commentators😂

[@neilmichael2676]

Lamb!! Lamb!! Lamb!! A batsman well ahead of his time, and the best England batsmen in 83, 87 and 92!!!

[@judemitchell9410]

Thanks, have no idea how they missed out on him, England's best odi Batsman besides Gower

[@michaelhoolahan5717]

he was very good

[@a2dsouza]

He probably wouldn't have got in (don't see him nudging out Gooch or Bairstow), but I think Nick Knight deserves an honourable mention. He was ahead of his time as a one-day batter for England in the late 90s. He actually tried to take advantage of the fielding restrictions, in the same vein as Sanath Jayasuriya.

[@hemuhemu4866]

So pleasing for ears when these 2 gentlemen speak! They are in commentary panel for WC 23!

[@JD-vq7ln]

Pieterson would go in too, unreal player and under morgan he would have shone.

[@shivamshah2546]

​@Umar_Akmal96💩💩

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Jason Roy at WCs - 443 runs @ 63.3, SR 115.4 How can you leave him out? Only Stokes has more runs at a better average Woakes not even getting a mention is criminal too

[@drevil5066]

I can't believe they completely forgot Bob Willis. 18 wickets at average of 17.5 and an economy rate of 2.67! Admittedly those were different times, but he was one heck of a bowler...and on his day, was as quick as Wood.

[@ramkishanvooka3768]

Alternate title "Nasser and Atherton list players in 2019 English team" 😂

[@ramkishanvooka3768]

@Umar_Akmal96 agreed...better at being mediocre

[@TEAChubb]

Not to mention Botham's fielding. When he was young he could field anywhere, with a strong arm and obvious catching ability.

[@shivamshah2546]

​@Umar_Akmal96💩💩

[@stevebrindle1724]

@Umar_Akmal96 Then how come Pakistan rarely wins anything?

[@kushanshah8040]

It is impossible to compare the ODI game before the late 90s to the present. This should have been divided into two parts as pre 90s and post.

[@Sanyam-zl7cv]

My England all time odi xi wldbe 1 Jason roy 2 Ben stokes 3 Joe root 4 Kevin peterson 5 Eoin morgan ( c) 6 Jos butler ( wk) 7 Andrew flintoff 8 Graeme swann 9 Adil rashid 10Darren gough 11 jimmy anderson

[@sannaah758]

I would go with paul Collingwood as a all rounder and a brilliant fielder.

[@theinconvenienttruth9260]

He’s crap !

[@allenevangelista7529]

He's 12th man, will field at point for catches and run outs

[@theinconvenienttruth9260]

@Umar_Akmal96 are u being serious ?

[@acediver]

And Ranmiz Raja is far better than Rani Mukherji

[@ajvindiesel8517]

Yep and he could have bulldozed into the opposition players and claimed runouts!!!

[@dhaanushl6465]

All Time England ODI XI 1. J. Bairstov 2. G. Gooch 3. J. Root 4. E. Morgan(C) 5. B. Stokes 6. J. Buttler(WK) 7. A. Flintoff 8. A. Rashid 9. M. Wood 10. D. Gough 11. J. Anderson

[@RP-kr2mg]

Here's my side Strauss Bairstow (W) Pietersen Stokes Morgan (C) Collingwood Botham Swann Rashid Woakes Willis/Archer/Plunkett

[@dionmacdonald3369]

​@@RP-kr2mg Australia cricket would win easily

[@davesmith2194]

Not one mention of Chris Woakes

[@mohammaddeen61]

One of amazing pair of commentators in current list. I always love to listen them for hours and hours .

[@mohammaddeen61]

@Umar_Akmal96 our nawaz shareef is better than manmohan singh, our moulana diseal is better than rahul Gandhi, our zardari is better than Modi ,our maryam nawaz us better than sonia gandhi.. But our umar akmal is a parchi of nawaz shareef and our omer akmal is a better fixer than sreesanth

[@lingolarker9318]

God I love the interplay between these two amigos, punters and former England colleagues.

[@naturelover7054]

Not a mere mention of Liam Plunkett, who i think was Pivotal for England's 2019 Triumph.

[@SWJ_]

🎯 Most underrated England player ever.

[@citylegend2918]

@Umar_Akmal96nobody asked

[@stephenakitt372]

No mention of the beard that's feared either 😒 Mo brought alot to that team

[@SnosRapPool]

Not saying that I disagree with you, because he was off obviously the striker bowler in our world cup winning tournament, but it seems weird seeing Jofra Archer on this having only played 21 ODIs for England

[@daveborder7751]

Because Gooch is a god & he made his runs when the wickets did something & often did a lot-unlike the modern lot who are flat track bullies, with small boundaries, huge bats & birdbrain bowlers who keep bowling short. Will be interesting to see how good Roy etc do in the Subcontinent on turning wickets against India, Pakistan etc, in a round robin format where only four teams make it to the semis & not on docile wickets at home.

[@SnosRapPool]

You're a confusing bloke Dave@@daveborder7751

[@yogensood8293]

Not even a mention of Eddie Hemmings for the spinner slot!!? Won 'em the 87 semi, dint he

[@moomintroll2067]

I remember well the Botham era of the late 70's and was in awe of his ability to do it on his own, but we have Stokes for that. Sorry Beefy - how about 12th man ? :) I'm left with Bairstow Gooch Root Peitersen Stokes Morgan Butler Flintoff Rashid Wood Archer

[@JD-vq7ln]

I would have picked Trescothick, he retired too soon because of personal issues, otherwise he would have shone in a world cup.

[@shivamshah2546]

​@Umar_Akmal96💩💩

[@Ben-rq5re]

@Umar_Akmal96 Random stranger: “hey, have you got the time?” Any Pakistani: “KING BABAR IS THE GREATEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME, RIZWAN IS LORD GOD HIMSELF!!!”

[@malikraheel591]

Can listen them whole day 🇵🇰. But I don't know how england mange to be in 3 finals without the 2019 WC squad that they have picked. Ignored all the performances 92,87,79 players. Not justice

[@malikraheel591]

But don't agree with them here

[@AjjKaim]

Do some research on the records of players before picking the best ever. Just because you were great players and can speak well in front of camera doesn’t mean you should not prep

[@nitlover8319]

Pietersen under Morgan would have been great to watch

[@p3rvypri3st]

​​@Umar_Akmal96f off with your spamming every comment

[@DhruvinPanchamia]

My best ENG ODI XI : 1) Alastair Cook 2) Jos Buttler (wk) 3) Joe Root 4) Kevin Pietersen 5) Eoin Morgan (c) 6) Ben Stokes/Ian Botham 7) Andrew Flintoff/Paul Collingwood 8) Chris Woakes/Moeen Ali 9) Greame Swann 10) Jofra Archer 11) Mark Wood

[@imsayyam]

I would go with Bairstow Gooch Root Peitersen Stokes Morgan Butler Rashid Gough Wood Archer 12th man plunkett An odi team without kp is just not possible

[@camcunningham9443]

Correct. I had Roy over Gooch as only change

[@KrisAdamsTV]

These two are great together. Find an excuse to get them on camera more often for the YT channel ✌️

[@gedog77]

You know you’ve also picked a very interesting team for an away series Ashes, maybe swap one or two batters but that attack…

[@ThePinguPenguin]

Adam Gilchrist (wk) Sachin Tendulkar Ricky Ponting (c) Viv Richards Yuvraj Singh Kapil Dev Lance Klusener Shane Warne Wasim Akram Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath 12th Man: Sanath Jayasuriya My all time ODI World Cup XI

[@kalyanswati123]

Notable omissions- Mike Hendricks from 1979, Alan Lamb and Bob Willis from 1983, Mike Gatting from 1987

[@daveborder7751]

Not sure why Rashid is in there-his world cup record is 11 wickets at an average of 48. Far more impressive spinner records like Swann, Eddie Hemmings & Vic Marks.

[@RP-kr2mg]

Can't miss Swann can we. I believe he was to off spin what Warne was to leg. Accurate, Simple Action. Murali was way too unconventional (I'm not saying illegal) with that Wristy action. Swann is perhaps the best right arm finger spinner in ODIs ever..

[@daveborder7751]

@@RP-kr2mg Went with Eddie Hemmings as the spinner, Vic Marks ran him very close as well-Swann a bit behind both.

[@msv7856]

Do you really need Gough, Wood, and Archer in the same team. 3 quicks who could all have a day where they got for a lot of runs. For me, I'd change Gough or Archer for Flintoff. Oh and Pietersen has to go in!

[@GN-qx5fl]

You couldn’t possibly leave botham out. Can you imagine how good he would be with modern day bats and smaller boundaries 😮

[@makhalil2893]

Gooch Roy Pietersen Morgan (c) Stokes Butler(wk) Flintoff Botham Gough Rashid Archer

[@santugk]

My England all time England ODI eleven: Johny Bairstow Kevin Peterson Joe Root Ben Stokes Eoin Morgan Jod Butler Ian Botham/Flintoff Swan Rashid Darren Gough Jofra/Wood

[@richardlowin790]

You cant have our best ODI bat Jos Butler batting at 7!

[@Teeps1921]

They put him up to 6.

[@sayantansarkar8599]

1) Strauss 2) Butler 3) Root 4) Piterson 5) Stokes 6) Botham 7) Moin Ali 8) Flintoff 9 ) Archer 10 ) Gough 11) Swann

[@cdd4572]

You *have* to have Pietersen in that list plus ponder a little more over the spin option (arguably period of career matters less for the spin role perhaps)

[@user-he2ou2ex2f]

Root has a higher average, higher strike rate and more 100s in odi world cups

[@paulhume7674]

1. Atherton 2. Roy 3. Root 4. Morgan 5. Buttler 6. Stokes 7. Ali 8. Gough 9. Archer 10. Rashid 11. Anderson

[@marwinmenezes7758]

I think the option of Gough, Archer and Wood makes the side too pace heavy for modern day cricket. There needs to be a left arm bowler or a swing bowler like Defraites.. I would go with P Defraites second highest wicket taker in world cups for England also could smash a few in the end. Decent fielder in the deep and less injury prone.

[@thegibberishsinger]

Thank all the Gods that they mentioned Jimmy and Broad in the end, I might've had a heart attack😢😢

[@RP-kr2mg]

Here's my side Strauss Bairstow (W) Pietersen Stokes Morgan (C) Collingwood Botham Swann Rashid Woakes Willis/Archer/Plunkett

[@lukehandley7930]

Roy for gooch imo probably england's most inform batter in 2019 the fact a leg injury to him nearly derailed our campaign tells you all you need to know and lets not forget his 3 great innings against nz aus and ind to drag us to the final got to be him and bairstow for me

[@satyapiraswain38]

I miss you Jason roy 2019 world cup winnings key player semifinals match v AUS fearless batting dominated aus fast bowling

[@gothicadam6476]

Gonna get some interesting comments about this one but here goes nothing 😅 1. Roy 2. Botham (yes, batting at 2) 3. Root 4. Stokes 5. Buttler (w/k) 6. Morgan (c) 7. Fairbrother 8. Plunkett 9. Rashid 10. Gough 11. Archer

[@stepheng8779]

Have we missed anyone obvious? Yes Liam Plunkett!! They even mentioned the ability to bowl during any phase of the game, he was the master of that. Still not been replaced in the England team. All for nostalgia & as great as they were former players would get nowhere near that 2019 team, they'd taken it to a different level.

[@nevilas8198]

Trescothick, gooch, root, stokes, morgan, botham, butler, flintoff, rashid , woakes, archer

[@mehulpatel178]

Tavare, Boycott, Atherton, Hussain, Athey, White, Taylor, Pringle, DeFraitas, Marks, Willis - ultimate test match odi team

[@mdKarim-nm1pu]

Gooch , bairstow, root, KP, morgan, stokes, butler, woakes, Rashid, broad , archer

[@cameronhooper2440]

Trott at No.3 surely deserved a shout

[@RK19091]

Here's my England's greatest CWC XI: Nick Knight Mike Atherton(c) Mark Ramprakash Rob Key Ronnie Irani Mark Ealham Jack Russell (wk) Dougie Brown Philip DeFreitas Ian Salisbury Devon Malcolm

[@camcunningham9443]

Flintoff was England’s best ever ODI bowler when fit

[@TJSaw]

I hope Nas and Athers will be commentating at the World Cup!

[@1234567890196]

Botham gets my vote even bowling like he was in 92

[@daveborder7751]

1992 was godly bowling-he was pulled direct out of panto as backup for the NZ tour & he trundled in with his big gut flapping-making Dermot Reeve's run-up look like Brett Lee by comparison & kept taking wickets with great out-swingers.

[@vantheman1238]

This is a dream team so it has to be peak Botham from 1980 before the back injury. Botham of the Jubilee Test Match v India. How can Nasser be in two minds about picking Botham.

[@dantaylor757]

An impossible task comparing across generations in a part of the game that’s seen such monumental change. The 2019-2023 team would eat a 1970’s-1990’s team for breakfast.

[@rawnak9731]

I think Graham Thorpe was excellent too

[@watty89]

I would always pick Graeme Hick. Was way ahead of his time, averaging 40 in World Cups, and could also bowl a bit. Always seems to be massively overlooked, and never ever gets the respect that he has earnt.

[@martinharvey3990]

It's amazing that these great cricketers and commentators can't remember the 1992 WC... Maybe they were too busy concentrating on their own careers. Hussain had a glimpse of international cricket in 1990, Atherton was a mainstay in tests alongside Gooch. I think it's wise to pick the 2019 team & +or- from the past. Mine would be... Gooch Bairstow Gower Stokes Fairbrother Botham Buttler (c) De Freitas Archer Gough Rashid.

[@KUNALDHAWAN_TSK]

Gooch Roy/Trescothick Pietersen Stokes Morgan Buttler Freddie/botham Swann Archer Rashid Gough

[@thomridgeway1438]

Gooch, Buttler, Pietersen, Fairbrother, Stokes, Collingwood, Botham, Reeve, Flintoff, Rashid, Hendrick. I just know in my gut that team would smash Nasser and Athers side every single time.

[@akamiguelsanchez9985]

Imagine the night out with that team! 😂

[@batmandestroys1978]

Totally agree with you!

[@natarajkrishnaswamy3354]

Emburey, Hemmings? Derek pringle?

[@daveborder7751]

1. Gooch 2. Stewart 3. Hick 4. Gower 5. Lamb 6. Fairbrotherr 7. Botham 8. Flintoff 9. De Freitas 9. Gough 10. Hemmings 11. Willis

[@jamesburke2094]

would definitely have Pietersen ahead of thorpe, who is also ahead of morgan would also have Flintoff ahead of Wood

[@terranceparsons5185]

My 11 would be Bairstow, Roy, Hales, Root, Stokes, Morgan, Buttler, Ali, Rachid, Archer, Woakes. Or move Hales out for Curran if you want another bowler.

[@haychkay3590]

Peterson didn’t do too much in WC, but he makes any all time England XI. Had he played a lengthier career, he would have held all the batting records. KP and AB de Villiers revolutionised that white ball style of play.

[@karthiksolanke1253]

India all time odi xi Sachin Sehwag Kohli Ganguly (c) Youraj Dhoni Hardhik Kapil Dev Ajit agarkar Harbhajan sing Zaheer khan

[@mehernoshtarapore8902]

Gooch bairstow gower root morgan stokes botham emburey dilley defreitas gough

[@bhaveshpatel7042]

India ODI eleven: sachin , Rohit , virat, azaruddin, yuvraj, dhoni, kapil dev, Zahir khan, bumrah, Anil kumble, & harbhajan SINGH.

[@KekaRoy-rh1os]

1. Jason Roy 2. Graham Gooch 3. Joe Root 4. Allan Lamb 5. Ben Stokes 6. Jos Buttler 7. Andrew Flintoff 8. Jofra Archer 9. Graeme Swann 10. Liam Plunkett 11. Darren Gough

[@snehalkhatri9357]

Ian Smith,Nassir Hussain the best comentators i seen in modern era

[@karthiksolanke1253]

India all time test xi Sehwag Dravid. (wk) Kohli. (c) Sachin Pujara Laxman Kapil dev Ashivin Kumle Zaheer Jawagal srinath

[@tirthendukarmakar3600]

No James Anderson in the side??? He played 4 wc and has good ODI records as well.He can be the new ball bowler.I would rather pick one of Archer and Wood and pick Anderson along with them.Anderson will keep runs in check.Wood/Archer will go for wkts,as both bring similar kind of dimensions in bowling.

[@balajstudio176]

I think the current England Team is easily their best World Cup Side. Only, Kevin Pietersen can get into this side from the previous era.

[@debasishdeka]

G Gooch J Bairstow K Pietersen J Root J Buttler B Stokes I Botham M Ali S Broad J Anderson J Archer

[@stevencook163]

What about plunket Got to be in Three dimensional Superb in middle overs

[@thanhhanguyen9354]

Interesting conversation, but take Sir Ian Botham for example. The Beefy of the late 70’s and early 80’s was our greatest player in my lifetime. But by the late 80’s and early 90’s his back ravaged, he was a lesser player. So my point is that all players have their peaks and troughs, making this imaginary task most difficult.

[@upendrabalija9835]

Liam Plunkett is outstanding in the middle overs 2019 wc.

[@satstatchannel]

Good effort but I would have Woakes over Wood. Archer, was awesome in 2019 and is a certainty. Woakes too had a better tournament than Wood. Have to agree & have Botham at no 7 even though his ODI record is not that great. Fairbrother the most unlucky to miss out

[@tfender4957]

Woakes is one of the best (and most underrated) ODI opening bowlers of the modern (2010 onwards) era, normally prevents teams getting off to a flyer against England and generally picks up a wicket in the first 10.

[@vantheman1238]

Botham at his peak has to play. I’d make Stokes Captain and play Allan Lamb in front of Morgan. Flintoff was brilliant fast bowler so he’s also in and he brings great strength and depth to the batting. If this is a dream team then they have to be players at their peak…..Botham from 1980 and Allan Lamb who was brilliant against the West Indies in the 1987 World Cup in India.

[@ayusharyan6127]

It's a past world Cup team, Stokes just can't captain it.

[@ayusharyan6127]

But yeah, I think a few oldies could have been added into the list.

[@vantheman1238]

@@ayusharyan6127 I’d like to make an exception seeing as I’ve just picked my team 😂

[@muhammadusman1564]

Archer is lucky to make it in he has only played few matches and mostly injured

[@stevesanders4071]

These two need a podcast with guests every month

[@hasanmatloob3788]

I would take out Darren Gough and put in KP. You cannot leave KP out of any England ODI side, can you? That would leave 6 bowling options, 4 fast and 2 spin, including Root. I would say that is enough for English conditions.

[@abhijetsinghdubaiuae2364]

My favorite ❤️ commentator is Nasir Husaain 😊

[@rishabhsharma8189]

Atherton is way way better and far more neutral even when eng is dominating unlike nasser.

[@kingKhan-sp5ry]

Bairstow Buttler Root Pietersen Morgan Stokes Flintoff Ian Botham Adil Rasheed Mark Wood Jofra Archer

[@parthsharma7900]

Any Englishmen here that can tell me what’s the atmosphere in England before the World Cup? Do you guys bother? Or how exciting you are to defend your title?

[@andyshepherd5067]

i want to see a side ...... botham flintoff to open stokes at 3 just be great to watch

[@hamza361]

The England white ball batsmen of the last 8 years are the best ever, no contest.

[@mattredferne3149]

Didn’t win a 2019 WC game without Roy

[@suvadeepghosh4459]

Sir Nass and arthers when u will come to india we all cricket lovers waiting for u sir..

[@winning6311]

Jayasuriya should be open any World Cup team . He is an all rounder

[@kaushikraj6007]

Flintoff with 23 World Cup wickets at an average of 23 and s/r of 35 doesn't get a mention?

[@daveborder7751]

They clearly did no research first-Rashid has 11 World Cup wickets at an average pushing 50. They had no idea whether Botham bowled well in 1992-depsite him being second only to Wasim Akram in the leading wicket takers & averages list, taking 16 wickets at an average of just over 19.

[@libraaa6547]

How could you debate so much about Botham? He is the first pick in my all time English team.. Test or ODI

[@Addy0401]

Why is Sanjay Banger sitting with Nasser Hussain?

[@veddyveddygood]

A bit unfair to compare players of yesteryear to the modern players. Of course the modern players have better stats and more skill - moreso the batters when it comes to stats.

[@natarajkrishnaswamy3354]

No mention of Dennis Amiss first WC centurion

[@vancrabb]

Good side, terrible balance. Drop Morgan for KP and Wood for Flintoff. Stokes* bat at 5 and Flintoff 8

[@ianaspinall7948]

KP's world cup average is 48 by the way, poor to have a short list without the stats

[@gts8919]

Weak era of cricket where teams like West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa are no longer what they used to be. Put the 2019 England side in a World Cup like 1999 and they'll struggle to make the Super Six.

[@daveborder7751]

Yep-that World Cup the ball did a lot as it was played early in the season-the modern England flat track bullies would have struggled to make three figures in most matches with their lack of technique & brainless swinging.

[@nitlover8319]

They only can play against players of their era and they did okay I guess

[@OCSHORTZ]

I always say exactly the same thing

[@camcunningham9443]

Roy Bairstow Root KP Morgan Stokes Jos Adil Gough Wood Archer