Richie Benaud's Fantasy XI... Opening Batsmen - Part 1

[@lordsalisbury1]

6:35 "there are only 2 Australian legends in cricket, Bradman and Trumper". Wrong, Richie, There are three. You see the third every time you look in the mirror.

[@muditjoshi7960]

Very well said my friend.

[@DIUA-vb6gi]

Completely agree. Well said.

[@bitoffbalance4021]

What about all the rest that have been excellent for their Country?

[@meltikapassley1394]

Correct!!!!!

[@terranceparsons5185]

I think we now have to add Lillee and Warne.

[@jayeshk.d.3429]

Really love Richie Benaud. He also has a good memory. Tony Grieg, Richie and Bill Lawry, their voices will remain timeless!!

[@mayankchaturvedi2149]

Agree bro!!!

[@Indraneel1207]

True. Totally agree.They took commentary to another level.

[@mayankrathi7333]

Ian Chappell as well...

[@peace2u947]

They were the sounds of summer.. hadn't had anyone in that Ilk since they left the party..

[@paulmurray8922]

Wow! Saw this title and immediately thought, "Gavaskar". My first real cricket memory was Sunil Gavaskar tormenting West Indies in Trinidad in 1971. Not so much his run scoring, but his determination not to get out. Ideal opener.

[@anujtomar5207]

paul murray try.

[@firstal3799]

Bill Lawrry and Ian Chappell are best from Oz. Benaud is good too. Tony Greig is awful but somehow famous in india

[@anweshchatterjee7595]

@@firstal3799 awful at what? Commentary? You must be joking.

[@firstal3799]

Yes commentary. He has hardly anything insightful to say, nor was he sophisticated or interesting in his delivery style. He had some pretty lame things to say which seemed to excite the gallery crowds in India for some reason. ( famous example is dancing in the aisles) He was also patronizing if not downright condescending ( towards Indian and other subcontinent teams)

[@anweshchatterjee7595]

@@firstal3799 well I'm not going to argue with you but I must say, you're the first person I've come across who has anything really negative to say about anyone on the great channel 9 panel.

[@dsax1480]

Never get tired of watching Richie Benaud. Quite brilliant.

[@MVgaming627]

Gordon Greenidge one of my all time greats! Saw him live once in 1984 and he hammered that ball!

[@manojdissa3487]

From the footages available in KZbin and the records that he made in County, Currie Cup, Sheffield Shield, World Series and a very brief but delightful Test match career, Barry Anderson Richards should automatically be in any World XI team as an opening batsman. The precursor of attacking opening batsmen who happened to have one of the most perfect technique which was far more ahead of his time. The man who invented the lofted inside-out off/cover drive! Enuf said!

[@JasonSmith-iq6bg]

absolutely !!

[@jeevcy]

richie seems a real humble person. and even after all he is achieved both on and off the field, he seems to consider himself a student of the game even now.

[@mauricewillims1656]

Roger Kay I saw him in ja. Wen I was going school. With the likes of k Miller. Ron archer. Colin McDonald. That was a bad ads team lol

[@78kingmicky]

Sadly missed

[@RG-5834]

Respect Richie’s team, but there has never been a better opening batsman than Barry Richards, just ask Gordon Greenidge, he will know.

[@shivanshmittal5178]

South Africa would have produced many all time greats if they were not banned from International cricket

[@vantheman1244]

Can’t disagree with you. Barry Richards was also brilliant in Packers WSC in 1977 and 1978. Averaged over 70 in both Test Cricket and WSC Packer cricket.

[@sagarjain2521]

Great Richie Recognize Sunny Gavaskar thanks Sunny gavaskar arguably the greatest opener of all time

[@Billie0708]

The Textbook Classical Test XI of All Time with Deservingly + Suitable Criteria and also making Realistic and Balanced Side with taking all the Possible Factors and Parameters into Account along with Context , Toughness of a Particular Era and Overall Statistical Achievements as well as Beauty , Strong Record , X-Factor and Completness of a Players. 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( WG Grace , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell .

[@llynfach]

I could listen to Lord Benaud forever.

[@mizofan]

Hobbs (E), Tendulkar (I), Bradman (A), V.Richards (WI), Lara (WI), Sobers (WI), Gilchrist (A), Imran (P), Marshall (WI), Muralitharan (SL), Barnes (E) + Gavaskar (I), Hutton (E), B.Richards (SA), Hayden (A), Hammond (E), Ponting (A), Headley (WI), Dravid (I), G.Pollock (SA), G.Chappell (A), Kallis (SA), Javed (P), Weekes (WI), Sangakkara (SL), Grace (E), Miller (A), Dhoni (I), Botham (E), Procter (SA), Dev (I), Hadlee (NZ), S.Pollock (SA), Wasim (P), Warne (A), Trueman (E), Lillee (A), Laker (E), O'Reilly (A), Ambrose (WI), Garner (WI), McGrath (A)... Favourite player: Majid Khan (P)

[@DavidJsmith-dk5tf]

I would add Denis Compton to the team.

[@iandawson3171]

Rules say you can't have chuckers

[@musicplateau1]

Greenidge had a technique where he would appear to be looking 'underneath' the line/ flight of the ball. He would get down low prior to the bowler releasing, but always be in position regardless of the shape of the delivery. It was ultra rare for him to be out cheaply.

[@peace2u947]

Grenidge and Barry Richards for me or Hayden and Langer.. Simple.

[@tryarunm]

Why has everyone forgotten Bert Sutcliffe? He had a better record than any Test opening batsman, yet he is never remembered. And since he partnered Hobbs in the greatest opening or other partnership of all time, why are he and Hobbs ever separated in all-time elevens? Was Sutcliffe too modest, too introverted? I have nothing against Gavaskar - he remains the best openerI have ever seen - and I was born in 1972 - yet I would choose Sutcliffe first, before considering any other Test opener.

[@davidhoward8270]

J PL Also he was quicker to a thousand test match runs than Bradman, he made them in exactly 10 innings at an average of 100.

[@robertcameron3709]

Sutcliffe was very very unlucky not to be classed as the all time best, not just as an opener, barring only Grace. I picked Hobbs as Grace's opening partner, but truth to tell it was a toss up between him and Sutcliffe. Bradman I think may have affected peoples perception of Sutcliffe by describing him as the luckiest player he ever played against. This was blatantly unfair and says more about Bradman than Sutcliffe. Bradman couldn't find a place in his world 11 for the likes of Hammond, Hutton or Hobbs, nor for S.F. Barnes, Jim Laker and most definitely not Larwood. He was clearly partisan and I think Bedser was the only Englishman I his 11. I would place Hobbs , Sutcliffe and Grace above Bradman as they were all openers whose abilities more often than not protected the rest of the order from the new ball in the hands of fresh bowlers. Bradman surely benefitted from coming in at 3 behind Woodfull and Ponsford.

[@ThankYouGoogle4]

@@robertcameron3709 You're embarassing yourself... Sutcliffe Hobbs had more ability than Bradman!? Gimme a break 😂

[@robertcameron3709]

@@ThankYouGoogle4 not embarrassed at all. Great openers are worth their weight in gold . George Hedley, who knew a bit about batting, felt his average (62) suffered because the West Indian openers of his time were poor. He invariably faced the new ball when it was an over or two old. Bradman came in behind Posford and Woodful when the ball was softer and had lost its lateral movement. The strike bowlers would not have been at their freshest either. Bradman was truly great, but he couldn't open.

[@ThankYouGoogle4]

@@robertcameron3709 When you put out an absolute statement like "He couldn't open" even though you're speculating, you come out as a unilateral thinker. Woodford and Ponsford retired in 1934. Even before Bradman had hit the midway of his career. Bradman has a staggering average spread across 5 different batting positions and has staggering average on each individual position as well. 70% batting at number 3 and another 30% at other positions for various reasons. And in a career that spanned across 20 years (war deprived him of playing more tests), you're telling me his openers never gave him the unfortunate opportunity to be a virtual opener? Well since you were just speculating and I wanted to make sure I was backing the right guy, I actually went ahead and checked a lot of scorecards. Guess what, prior to 1934 there have been innings where openers got out cheaply and Bradman came in and scored big. After 1934 when Woodful and Ponsford retired, he still has innings where he scored coming in at early stage. I saw 7 random innings where opener got out in less than 10 balls and Bradman came and still scored big (1 triple ton, 2 doubles, 1 century, 3 50s); 4 times he failed (less than 50). Pardon me because I could only check random 15-20 scorecards... And I excluded matches from Jardine's bodyline since Australia as a whole struggled with that negative tactic (even in that Bradman as I recall averaged high but not by his standards). Really can't dig through all of them scorecards. But yeah just because he could capitalise a lot more and Australia could benefit a lot more from him with a slight softer ball, there is absolutely no concrete evidence that would suggest he couldn't be a successful opener if Australia needed him be. I checked for an article by CricketCountry which presented a narrative of how Bradman failed in the experiment of being an opener. But even they failed to realise that Bradman had infact played another test with him being an opener in a follow-on innings : "In a trial match to select the team that would tour England, he was last man out in the first innings for 124. As his team followed on, the skipper Bill Woodfull asked Bradman to keep the pads on and open the second innings. By the end of play, he was 205 not out, on his way to 225". Look I understand your personal regard towards openers and in my opinion they deserve much more credit than they get. But to say any cricketer, be at any position, had more ability than Bradman, then remember the words of great Richie Benaud. "I infact started my career when Bradman retired so I only had the fortune of witnessing him play. But the people who have played with or against him would tell you that there was no player that could remotely be put in same category as him. He was just in another bracket." And in my opinion number 3 is infact the toughest position to bat at because you have to play dual role and you have to be technically the best batsman. If the openers play their part, you have to score big because they have already laid foundation for you. If they get out cheaply then you to have come and act as opener and provide stability. A batsman coming in at number 3 actually posses the qualities of opener and number 4 batsman. And he marvelled at number 3 (Played and scored big even when opener got out really early). You can verify all the numbers I presented.

[@srinivasvangala3783]

Richie Benaud’s Ashes XI : 1) Jack Hobbs 2) Len Hutton 3) Don Bradman 4) Greg Chappell 5) Steve Waugh 6) Keith Miller 7) Adam Gilchrist 8) Ian Botham 9) Shane Warne 10) Dennis Lillee 11) Sydney Barnes

[@Billie0708]

When and where did Richie Benaud has publish his Ashes XI?

[@srinivasvangala3783]

@@Billie0708 i made this based on his 2004 All time XI shortlist

[@anilchauisms]

There was no one better than Richie Benaud!

[@LordMaisky]

My ultimate cricket team: 1.) Gilchrist 2.) Tendulkar 3.) Bradman 4.) Khan 5.) Warne 6.) McGrath 7.) Holding 9.) Lee 10.) Tyson 11.) Thomson 12th Man.) Lillee ...Bowl this side out for 100 runs if you can and they'll roll you over for 26!!! (Unless the opening bowlers and first change pair haven't brutalised and killed everyone in your side before you've even posted a dozen runs on the scorecard...)

[@tryarunm]

This is the bravest selection I have ever seen! M'Lord, you have guts! Only, I would replace that self-server at No.2 with Viv Richards, and Khan with Murali.

[@Zed137]

Always take your meds

[@LordMaisky]

@@Zed137 And remember your mother told you not to play in the traffic on your way to Centrelink.

[@matthewcooper3877]

Ah Ritchie ..Marvelous effort that

[@tima9556]

Where is Richie? I really miss him in the English summer he was a big part of my upbringing. Fantastic guy.

[@78kingmicky]

Refused to commentate on non terrestrial broadcast cricket mate. Sadly now r.i.p what a man

[@TheIkaraCult]

My Kingdom for a high quality version of this

[@Billie0708]

• My Analysis to Measure the Greatness of a Best Batsman and Best Bowlers of All Eras !! The 25 Short List of Best Batsman and Best Bowlers and then ranked them with using different Top Parameters. • 25 Batsman Short-List: ( Bradman , Hobbs , Tendulkar , Richards , Sobers , Headley , Lara , Hammond , Pollock , Grace , Hutton , Barry , G.Chappell , Gavaskar , Trumper , Ranjitsinhji , Barrington , Ponting , S.Smith , Border , Shrewsbury , Fry , Kanhai , De Villiers , Hill ) • 25 Bowlers Short-List: ( Barnes , Warne , Lillee , Marshall , Akram , Muralitharan , Trueman , O'Reilly , Lohmann , McGrath , Lindwall , Hadlee , Gupte , Spofforth , Ambrose , Steyn , Imran , Davidson , Trumble , Richardson , Grimmett , Qadir , Holding , Larwood , Turner ) • Top 5 Parameters: IN ORDER 1 Strong Record: Against the Top Players of their Era (H2H) and against the Top Teams of their Era (Top 3 Best Teams of their Time) 2 X-Factor: As a Match Winning and Dominating Abilities in a Crisis or Pressure Situations. 3 Statistics: Great Overall Statistical Achievements in All Around the World Conditions. 4 Complete: Completness of a Particular Player in his Specific Field. 5 Beauty: Aesthetically Pleasing Abilities. #Batsman Strong Record|X-Factor|Stats|Complete|Beauty 1 Border Bradman Tendulkar Tendulkar Trumpr 2 Gavaskar Lara Hobbs Kanhai Lara 3 Chappell Richards Bradman ABD Barry 4 Lara ABD Gavaskar Barry Kanhai 5 Tendulkar Sobers Smith Chappell Ranji 6 Richards Smith Barrington Sobers ABD 7 Hobbs Barry Hammond Hobbs Chappell 8 Bradman Hobbs Sobers Ranji Tendulkar 9 Hutton Chappell Lara Hutton Pollock 10 Barrington Ponting Border Bradman Headly - After Merging above all Parameters, Here's are Overall 10 Best Batsman. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: 1 Don Bradman 2 Brian Lara 3 Greg Chappell 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Jack Hobbs 7 Sunil Gavaskar 8 Garry Sobers 9 Allan Border 10 AB De Villiers #Bowler Strong Record|X-Factor|Stats|Complete|Beauty McGrath Ambrose Murali Barnes Holding Marshall Akram Hadlee Lillee Warne Lillee Warne Warne Akram Lillee Imran Lillee Marshall Marshall Akram Ambrose Barnes Barnes Warne Lindwall Warne McGrath McGrath Lindwall Trueman Hadlee Marshall Ambrose Trueman Barnes Barnes Spofforth Steyn O'Reilly Imran Murali Murali Lillee McGrath O'Reilly Akram Larwood Imran Gupte Qadir - After Merging above all Parameters, Here's are Overall 10 Best Bowlers. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: 1 Shane Warne 2 Dennis Lillee 3 Malcolm Marshall 4 Sydney Barnes 5 Glenn McGrath 6 Curtly Ambrose 7 Wasim Akram 8 Muttiah Muralitharan 9 Imran Khan 10 Richard Hadlee -> The Greatest #ATXI Consisting Above 10 Best Batsman and Bowlers After Considering above Parameters !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Sunil Gavaskar 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Brian Lara 5 Greg Chappell 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes P.S - Adam Gilchrist Cracked more Top Parameters than Alan Knott or any other Wicket Keepers/Batsman, and that's why I have picked Gilchrist in above Team. And you can also pick Imran khan instead of Garry Sobers but Garry Sobers makes above side more Balanced and that's why I picked him.

[@BinaryRex18]

My XI: Hobbs, Gavaskar, Bradman*, Tendulkar, Steve Smith, Sobers, Gilchrist+, Marshall, Steyn, McGrath, Muralitharan I broadly agree with Benaud's reasoning and conclusions, aside from his omission of west indian pacers and murali. Of course, this video was made before the era of steyn and steve smith, the latter of whom I'm sure benaud would have appreciated greatly.

[@Billie0708]

The XI of All XIs !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( WG Grace , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Coach : Bob Simpson. Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell. Umpires: • Frank Chester • Dickie Bird • Simon Taufel Commentators: • John Arlott • Richie Benaud • Harsha Bhogle Historians: • CLR James • David Frith • Roy Webber GGBOC - ICC .

[@Billie0708]

The GOAT of Each Major Sports Considering Player's Gifted Playmaking + Spiritual Depth + Intelligence + Internal All Round Artistry + Great Statistics Records Combinations wise !! • Boxing - Muhammad Ali • Football - Johan Cruyff • Cricket - Garfield Sobers • Tennis - Roger Federer • Basketball - Michael Jordan • Golf - Tiger Woods • Athletics - Usain Bolt • Swimming - Michael Phelps • NFL - Tom Brady • F1 - Ayrton Senna • MotoGP - Valentino Rossi • Baseball - Babe Ruth • Hockey - Wayne Gretzky • Rugby - Jonah Lomu • Wrestling - Bret Hart

[@legbreakgoogly]

@Crkt4Eva yes, that's right. The whole series was a bit of a promotional drive for the dvd.

[@rarecricketgold761]

Rechie Benaud The Greatest Intellectual Mind Ever in Cricket. My All time Greatest Tesr Cricket XI: 1-Don Bradman (Captain) 2- Sunil gavaskar 3- Greg Chappell 4- Sachin Tendulkar 5- Vivian Richards 6- Garry Sobers 7- Adam Gilchrist (WK) 8- Imran Khan (VC) 9- Shanew Warne 10-Malcolm Marshall 11-Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting (12th Man)

[@dharmindesai5140]

All time great 11 1)Sunny gavasker 2) berry Richard 3) Viv Richard 4) Don Bradman 5) G Pollack 6) G shobers (C) 7) K sangakara (WC) 8)D Lille 9) m Marshall 10) W Akram 11) A Robert

[@kniphofia]

Gordon Greenidge in any team for me.

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

I century in over 30 innings in Australia averaging 30.

[@Billie0708]

The Most Deserving Candidates to be in All Time Greatest World XI Team whom has On Record Great Overall Statistics Record + Genius Talent + Consistency and Longetivity !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Colin Bland.

[@potatofarmerbowbow3557]

Hayden, Gavaskar, Bradman, Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Sobers, Gilchrist, Wasim Akram, Warnie, Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose would be my 11. I guess Hayden would be the only controversial selection here, but I figured with his aggression and Gavaskar's solidity, this would be one hell of an opening partnership.

[@thebrown007]

Good team, but I'd have Hobbs at the top over Hayden, and you can throw a hat over the difference between Len Hutton and Sunny Gavaskar. Other than that, I'd take I. Khan over Wasim Akram, and McGrath over Ambrose. But your team is fantastic too.

[@venusgjemini5497]

World xi --- 1.gavaskar 2.lara 3.barry 4.ponting 5.kallies 6.sangakara 7.kapil 8.imran 9.kumble 10.holding 11.thompson .

[@Billie0708]

My Unbias List of 10 Greatest Test Batsman , Bowler and ATG XI !! Batsman Bowler ATG XI 1 Bradman Marshall Hobbs 2 Sobers Warne Hutton 3 Tendulkar Lillee Bradman 4 Richards Barnes Tendulkar 5 Hobbs Ambrose Richards 6 Chappell McGrath Sobers 7 Hammond Imran Knott 8 Gavaskar Akram Warne 9 Hutton Hadlee Marshall 10 Barry Muralitharan Lillee Barnes - With taking all the Possible Factors , Criteria and Parameters into Account like Abilities , Intelligence , Depth , Statistics Record , Completness , X-Factor , Aesthetics , Impact , Influence , Contemporaries Experts & Legends Opinions , Revolutionise or Changed the Game , Legendary Status , Timeless Legacy and Etc..

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest ODI XI of All Time 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 3 Ricky Ponting (C.) 4 Virat Kohli 5 Viv Richards 6 AB De Villiers 7 Kapil Dev 8 Wasim Akram 9 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 Joel Garner 11 Glenn McGrath 12th: Jacques Kallis. Substitutes: ( Brian Lara , Micheal Bevan , Lance Klusener , Shane Warne , Allan Donald ) Coach :- Gary Kirsten .

[@Billie0708]

The Unbeatable Cricket & Football XI Ever 1 Sunil Gavaskar 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Greg Chappell 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne (C.) 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Curtly Ambrose 11 Glenn McGrath Yashin Cafu Beckenbauer Baresi Maldini Xavi Andrade Matthaus Cruyff C.Ronaldo G.Muller

[@Billie0708]

Cricket Historians and Experts Gideon Haigh , David Frith and Arunabha Sengupta's Combined Likely All Time Test XI Ever. 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Donald Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes - It's interesting to see how CLR James ( Probably the Greatest Cricket Historian Ever ) Test XI would look like.

[@croydonrudeness]

thanks for uploading this

[@harrycallahan9764]

There are too many for some spots but 1 thing for certain is no modern day players get a hit in any way shape or form but there are certain players which pick themselves in anyone's team

[@sidharthdas554]

1.Gavaskar 2.Barry Richard's 3.Don Bradman 4.Viv Richard's 5.Sachin Tendulkar 6.Gary Sobers (Captain) 7.Allan Knott 8.Wasim Akram 9.Shien Warne 10.Denis Lilee 11.Andy Roberts

[@Billie0708]

The Final Destination Dream XI 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Keith Miller. Substitutes: ( Wally Hammond , Greg Chappell , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Wasim Akram ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell.

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest Test XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Steven Smith 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Richard Hadlee 8 Malcolm Marshall 9 Shane Warne (C.) 10 Bob Taylor (W.) 11 Sydney Barnes

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garry Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Barry Richards , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Coach: Bob Simpson. Manager: Sir Frank Worrell. GGBOC :- ICC . Above Team is Probably the Closest to Perfect and Most Credible All Time World Test XI List in Cricket History which is Co-incidentally the Mixer of WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo All Time XI Lists. It's a Full 16 Man Squad and I have Deservingly put Two Proper Openers Hobbs and Hutton as they have a Great Records everywhere and seemingly Great Chemistry and Connection within them as they played mostly after post WW1 Era from 1920 onwards with much better Competitiveness and in a Developing Test Cricket era compared to 19th Century Cricket. And I have Top 6 Strong Batting Line up with Diversity so I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper Alan Knott ahead of Wicket Keeper Batsman Adam Gilchrist who unfortunately Missed out due to I have a Strong top 6 Batting order as well as Strong tail enders too like Warne , Akram and Marshall who all can Bat also. So I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper with a descent batting record, so I went with Alan Knott who was also a Man of Crisis Batsman. And But Gilchrist definitely has make into Second Test XI or Alternate XI of above All Time XI List. Then I have a 1 Great All Rounder Sir Garfield Sobers who is the Great Left Handed Batsman and can bowl three different variations of Bowling and 1 Great Spinner Shane Warne who would have a Great Right hand - Left Hand and Leg Spin / Off Spin Combinations with Gary Sobers. And at Last I have deservingly Put 3 Genuine and Complete Fast Bowlers Akram , Marshall and Lillee as 3 Pace Bowlers with Great Statistic Records among them and along with Warne and Sobers they brings Versatility and Varieties as well and also All of them played in The Most Golden , Toughest and Competitive Era of Test Cricket From 1960 to 2010 Era. And Imran Khan as the 12th Man and W.G Grace as Honourable Mentions as Grace was a Father Figure Cultural Icon of Cricket and Sir Frank Worrell is The Best Manager the Game has ever seen who can Guide your Team and Bring out the best from above players. P.S - Steven Smith , Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are Active Players. So I will Judge them after they will retire, so we can get the clear picture of their Overall career. And Frank Chester , Dickie Bird and Simon Taufel are Umpires of above team as well as Richie Benaud , Harsha Bhogle and John Arlott are into the Commentary Box along with Historian CLR James , David Frith and Arunabha Sengupta who Judge and Write about all of these Cricketers.

[@waynethompson5225]

Nuff respect from Jamaica Richie. Great commentator

[@Billie0708]

The Ultimate Dream Team Ever. 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Keith Miller. Reserve: ( Grace , Hammond , Gilchrist , Murali , Akram )

[@dcoop1422]

Mark Taylor has record fewest ducks (3) in all test history for 100 tests! Finished career with 5 from 104. Clive Lloyd edged him with 4 from 114. All other players are well outside this mark. An opener who reliably doesnt get out for 0 is invaluable to a team trying to not lose. Although his average was around 44 for the back half, a high balls faced counter along with no dropped catches could be 'not losing factors' which outweigh selecting 2 flashy openers who average either the same, or a boundary and a few singles more and are known to grass the odd catch giving up who knows how many runs. Id have to select MA Taylor instantly, and the lefty will face the first ball. The other guy would need to be pretty flashy or it wouldnt work. Id probably go Taylor and Tendulkar with Lara at 3. I dont think id lose many tests.

[@axisfolate4300]

Loved Tubby, I think you'd want him as captain and selector too, but then you'd have a problem: he's too humble to pick himself.

[@wespaul9345]

God I miss Richie, can you send him back. Please.

[@aberjed]

Barry Richards averaged 110 for South Australia

[@a95569]

Yes, an absolute tragedy that his career was cut short by politics. He only went out once he got bored.

[@quovadis7119]

Barry Richards - South Africa.

[@marknorris1381]

For whatever reason Richie left him out. Possibly because due to circumstances beyond his control he didn't have that long test career. However a lot of experts (including Bradman) pick Barry in their greatest test team. Me personally I saw him play in World Series Cricket in Australia, smashing a West Indies attack (Roberts / Garner) everywhere. Barry was the real deal.

[@Billie0708]

• The Top 3 Most Credible Test XI Selected by Cricket Experts and Historians of the Game !! WISDEN XI: Hobbs , Grace , Bradman , Tendulkar , Richards , Sobers , Knott , Warne , Akram , Marshall , Barnes. ESPN Cricinfo XI: Hobbs , Hutton , Bradman , Tendulkar , Richards , Sobers , Gilchrist , Warne , Akram , Marshall , Lillee. The Reader's XI: Hobbs , Hutton , Bradman , Headley , Richards , Sobers , Knott , Warne , Marshall , Lillee , Barnes. - All above Teams Altogather XI: 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes - Above Team is Realistic , Balanced and Filled with Complete & Genius Players with having Chemistry and Diversity as well. And this Team has mostly Post WW1 Era Players and Exclude Active Players which makes this Side more Connective and Real. And also it is as Strong Team as any World XI there ever will be.

[@Billie0708]

The Undisputed World Best Test XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garry Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( W.G Grace , Brian Lara , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Wasim Akram ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell.

[@drjjk-followyourpassion1789]

Tendulkar is the best and beyond words.😍🤩

[@Billie0708]

Making a World XI of a Players Based on their Great Skills & Great Statistics Records in all around the World Conditions which could help them to Thrive on any Given Past , Present or Future Era due to their Talent , Work Ethics and Completeness which at the end prove them as a Superior or as Good as any Players in history in Top Away/Overseas countries and against Strong Players with also taking Context , Situations and Circumstances into Account !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Brian Lara , Greg Chappell , Adam Gilchrist , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell.

[@Billie0708]

Here are the Best Players Selected by Cricket Academic Scholers who has Studied and Research on Cricket Skills , Technic , Artistry , Statistics and Tactical aspects deeply and thoroughly !! 10 Best Batsman 10 Best Bowlers 1 Don Bradman 1 Sydney Barnes 2 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Dennis Lillee 3 Garfield Sobers 3 Shane Warne 4 Jack Hobbs 4 Malcolm Marshall 5 Viv Richards 5 Wasim Akram 6 Len Hutton 6 Fred Trueman 7 George Headley 7 M.Muralitharan 8 Barry Richards 8 Glenn McGrath 9 Brian Lara 9 Bill O' Reilly 10 Wally Hammond 10 Ray Lindwall The Cricket Academy's Test XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest World Fantasy Test XI Team Ever 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( WG Grace , Brian Lara , Alan Knott , Muttiah Muralitharan , Wasim Akram ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell.

[@chriswatson7965]

Hobbs, Hutton, Gavaskar, Morris, Greenidge, Trumper

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest Test XI till Date (1877 - 2023) 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Greg Chappell 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne (C.) 9 Richard Hadlee 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee

[@nikhilkotian5135]

My all time test 11 1 sunil gavaskar 2 alaister cook 3 don Bradman (c) 4 sachin tendulkar 5 Jacques kallis 6 kumar Sangakara (wk) 7 Garfield sobers 8 shane Warne 9 wasim akram 10 muttiah Muralitharan 11 glenn McGrath

[@Billie0708]

Making one XI and to accommodate all Era Great players in only 11 Slot is unfair and not much appropriate. So instead its better to make 3 Seperate World XI of Main XI. For Ex: One XI of pay to Watch/Aesthetics, Second XI to Win the Match and third XI based on Statistics Record. To Watch: To Win: Based on Stats 1 V.Trumper J.Hobbs J.Hobbs 2 B.Richards B.Richards S.Gavaskar 3 G.Chappell D.Bradman D.Bradman 4 BC Lara BC Lara S.Tendulkar 5 IVA Richards IVA Richards K.Barrington 6 G.Sobers G.Sobers G.Sobers 7 A.Gilchrist A.Gilchrist A.Gilchrist 8 S.Warne S.Warne R.Hadlee 9 W.Akram M.Marshall M.Marshall 10 D.Lillee D.Lillee M.Muralitharan 11 M.Holding C.Ambrose SF Barnes Above All Factors Combined World Test XI: 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Barry Richards 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Brian Lara 5 Vivian Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee Above Main XI With Discription: 1 Jack Hobbs (Statistics & Bad Wicket Player) 2 Barry Richards (Technical & Aggressive) 3 Don Bradman (Impactful & Effective) 4 Brian Lara (Lone Ranger & Man of Crisis) 5 Vivian Richards (Dominant & Ferocious) 6 Garfield Sobers (Versatile Genius) 7 Adam Gilchrist (Match Winner & Entertainer) 8 Shane Warne (X-Factor & Artist) 9 Wasim Akram (Diverse with Varieties) 10 Malcolm Marshall (Leathal & Intelligent) 11 Dennis Lillee (Complete & Workhorse)

[@Billie0708]

The Most Credible Test XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee - Can you name more Textbook , Complete , Classical and more Realistic & Balanced Side than above XI?

[@jakehaymes4438]

Holding for MM

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest Test XI in the Eyes of a Purist !! 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Sydney Barnes An Alternative or 2nd Greatest Test XI to Challange above team !! 1 WG Grace (C.) 2 Barry Richards 3 George Headley 4 Brian Lara 5 Wally Hammond 6 Keith Miller 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Bill O' Reilly 9 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 Fred Trueman 11 Dennis Lillee

[@Billie0708]

The Most Credible Test XI till Date !! (1877 - 2023) selected by Cricket Experts , Writers and Historians altogather. WISDEN XI ESPN Cricinfo XI 1 Jack Hobbs 1 Jack Hobbs 2 WG Grace 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman 3 Don Bradman 4 Sachin Tendulkar 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott 7 Adam Gilchrist 8 Shane Warne 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Sydney Barnes 11 Dennis Lillee The Most Credible Test XI Forever by Me: 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes

[@Billie0708]

My Farewell 10 Greatest ODI Batsman and Bowlers Ever: BATSMAN BOWLER 1 Viv Richards 1 Glenn McGrath 2 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Joel Garner 3 Virat Kohli 3 Wasim Akram 4 Ricky Ponting 4 Shane Warne 5 AB De Villiers 5 M.Muralitharan 6 Michael Bevan 6 Allan Donald 7 Dean Jones 7 Waqar Younis 8 Brian Lara 8 Saqlain Mushtaq 9 Zaheer Abbas 9 Mitchell Starc 10 MS Dhoni 10 Shane Bond ATG ODI XI Ever 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 3 Virat Kohli 4 Viv Richards 5 AB De Villiers 6 Michael Bevan 7 Kapil Dev (C.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Joel Garner 11 Glenn McGrath

[@nevillebartos3197]

I always think openers should be picked as a pair. And there's none finer that Hobbs and Sutcliffe.

[@robertcameron3709]

How about Grace and Shrewsbury. Grace will always stand head and shoulders above the rest. When asked who he would pick as the best he replied " give me Arthur "

[@nevillebartos3197]

@@robertcameron3709 The cold hard stats favour Hobbes and Sutcliffe, to this day. 3249 runs at an average of 87.81. And 15 century partnerships in 38 innings. To put that into context the second best pair are Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson with an average of 60.94. Hobbes and Sutcliffe are to opening partnerships what Don Bradman is to middle order batsmen. Which is to say, half as good again as the next best.

[@Billie0708]

Top 10 Greatest Batsman and Bowlers of All Time in terms of Pure Caliber and Capacity !! #Batsman #Bowler 1 Don Bradman 1 Dennis Lillee 2 Garfield Sobers 2 Wasim Akram 3 Viv Richards 3 Malcolm Marshall 4 Brian Lara 4 Sydney Barnes 5 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Shane Warne 6 Greg Chappell 6 Fred Trueman 7 Jack Hobbs 7 Andy Roberts 8 Len Hutton 8 Glenn McGrath 9 Steven Smith 9 Imran Khan 10 CB Fry 10 Richard Hadlee The Best Test XI based on Caliber & Capacity 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Brian Lara 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th: Imran Khan.

[@shabsify1]

Hobbs Gavaskar Viv Richards Graeme Pollock Sachin Tendulkar Gary Sobers Adam Gilchrist Imran Khan Shane Warne Dennis Lillee Malcolm Marshall

[@madhukantruparelia3280]

Ýt

[@saraafsameen1577]

My dream 11 1.H.Sutcliffe 2.J.Hobbs 3.D.Bradman 4.S.Tendulkar 5.A.Gilchrist 6.G.Sobers 7.W.Akram 8.G.Mcgrath 9.S.Barnes 10.M.Muralidharan 11.S.Warne

[@varahamihiragopu6667]

Saraaf Sameen excellent

[@Billie0708]

One thing is Sure, Who's the Greatest of All Time is Subjective at the end but if few bunch of great players consistently made it into Some prestigious All Time Greatest lists published by Credible publications , Historians/Experts and Websites like WISDEN , ESPN Cricinfo , The Roar and etc then it will create a Legacy for those particular players because those few players having selected by these multiple publications is not a flueke but they have a commonality of Greatness at the Highest level and better than most of the other Great players who maybe perhaps not in the same Stature as those few Great players who has made it into those lists. For Ex: WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo has consistently rated Bradman , Sobers , Tendulkar and Warne as among the Top 4 Greatest Cricketers Ever and In their All Time Greatest World XI Teams which solidify their Greatness ahead of other Great players who narrowly missed out from their Lists or didn't made it into Top 10 Rankings.

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest Test and ODI XI Ever along with Best Ever World Cup XI as well as World Series Cricket XI !! Best Ever Test XI Best Ever ODI XI 1 Jack Hobbs 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Len Hutton 2 Adam Gilchrist 3 Don Bradman 3 Viv Richards 4 Sachin Tendulkar 4 Virat Kohli 5 Viv Richards 5 AB De Villiers 6 Garfield Sobers 6 Michael Bevan 7 Alan Knott 7 Kapil Dev 8 Shane Warne 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 10 Joel Garner 11 Sydney Barnes 11 Glenn McGrath Best Ever World Cup XI Best Ever WSC XI 1 Sachin Tendulkar 1 Barry Richards 2 Rohit Sharma 2 Gordon Greenidge 3 Ricky Ponting 3 Ian Chappell 4 Viv Richards 4 Greg Chappell 5 AB De Villiers 5 Viv Richards 6 Lance Klusener 6 Mike Procter 7 Imran Khan 7 Rod Marsh 8 Wasim Akram 8 Ray Bright 9 Shane Warne 9 Andy Roberts 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Glenn McGrath 11 Michael Holding

[@Suppergillow]

1 Hanton 2 Hayden 3 Ponting 4 Bradman 6 Viv 7 Imran 8 Gilli 9 Malcom 10 Waseem 11 Shan warne 12 Sobars

[@vladtepes97]

hahahahahaha. in what world would sobers be a 12th man?

[@punjabigundaa]

Hayden was a flat track bully. Ponting can't play spin. And you can't spell for shit. WTF is Sobars

[@mikespearwood3914]

Who is Hanton, and where is no.5?

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

@@mikespearwood3914,must be Hutton I guess, and having such a good side they can afford to go in one man light 😳😉

[@Billie0708]

My Farewell 10 Greatest Batsman and Bowlers Ever: BATSMAN BOWLER 1 Don Bradman 1 Dennis Lillee 2 Garfield Sobers 2 Malcolm Marshall 3 Sachin Tendulkar 3 Sydney Barnes 4 Jack Hobbs 4 Shane Warne 5 Viv Richards 5 Glenn McGrath 6 Greg Chappell 6 Richard Hadlee 7 Len Hutton 7 Curtly Ambrose 8 Sunil Gavaskar 8 Wasim Akram 9 Barry Richards 9 M.Muralitharan 10 Wally Hammond 10 Imran Khan THE ATG XI Ever 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Garfield Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Malcolm Marshall 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes

[@AnshBhatia12]

One could see the difference old school players used to play a lot of cut shots . Be it anybody

[@mtnstrand2819]

Richie clearly 'forgot' what happened to him in 1970! No Barry Richards and Greame Pollock Richie???

[@byroncurrin227]

Barry Richards....he is nominated by Sir Don Bradman as the BEST opening batsman of all time...

[@Billie0708]

After 500 Hundreds years later from now if Human Race and Cricket Exists then it would be impossible to Pick All Time World Test XI. Because imagine in only last 150 Years of Cricket. Cricket has produced many Great Cricket Legends. and Some of the Stands out names in Best World Test XI Till Date are Bradman , Sobers , Grace , Hobbs , Tendulkar , Richards , Warne , Barnes , Lillee , Marshall , Hutton , Gilchrist and Knott who all are picked by WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo Publications. And if in last 150 Years Cricket has already produced many Legends and Tried to fit these above Legends in 11 Slots, then after 500 Years Later it's likely that Cricket would produced as Good players as Hobbs , Tendulkar , Warne , Barnes etc etc (only Bradman maybe an exception) So it's going to be impossible to Fit Many Equally Deserving Cricketers in All Time 11 Slots which was easier to put in the past and Became difficult in the present and likely going to be impossible in the Future.

[@frogtastic1000]

Rekon C4s coverage is better than Sky's atm

[@diprabanerjee2537]

Benaud must have not seen much of Mathew Hayden....

[@robertcameron3709]

W.G.Grace (c), Jack Hobbs, Don Bradman, George Hedley, Gary Sobers, Iain Botham, Kumar Sangakara (w) Sid Barnes, George Lohmann, Malcolm Marshall and Shane Warne. Sobers in for left arm spin and pace and batting, Botham for swing both ways at pace and explosive batting. The rest are all obvious and speak for themselves. Average innings score should be about 430 and doubtful if any opposition would last 3 sessions against them.

[@gjsbsgsusv8700]

Like dis team

[@sidharthamishra1651]

My best Test Opener Sunil Gavaskar Jack Hobbs Greenidge Boyçott Len Hutton Mark Waugh Sachin Graham Gooch BrendonMccullum Hayden Cook Gibbs Sehwag Mark Taylor SaeedAnwar

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

What about so and so Richie?? What about so and so? You never really addressed that

[@markcheckley3715]

All these people who are picking X1s seem to be selecting the best individual, in their view, for each role and then lining them up in a batting order and assuming that constitutes the best TEAM. It doesn't. When you are looking at the very best of the very best then they are all brilliant and the differences are minute. People are not considering the other side of people's games. For example, with all the brilliant fast bowlers to choose from, you really need to be selecting from the smaller (but still large) number who were at least competent with a bat in their hand. This brings such worthy bowlers as Keith Miller and Ian Botham into the frame, also Ray Lindwall. My all-time world X1 to play Mars in a Tardis Stadium would certainly include Sobers AND Botham AND Richard Hadlee, who would open the bowling with Marshall. Shane Warne would likely find himself fighting it out with Marshall over who should be No 10 and who No 11. Five specialist batsmen to include Tendulkar (who can bowl) but not Lara (who cannot, in any serious sense of the term) with Sobers at 6, Gilchrist at 7, Botham at 8, Hadlee at 9, Warne at 10 and Marshall at 11 gives you five all-time world-class bowlers, including one (Sobers) who is, in fact three bowlers in one person and eight all-time world-class batsmen. Any of the 11 might make 100 on his day, and all have done so in first-class cricket. It's interesting, however, that nearly everyone selects Gilchrist - and rightly so in my view, although he is not the very best of the best of the all-time international wicketkeepers. For that you would be looking at Bob Taylor or maybe, "back in the day", Don Tallon. But you wouldn't select a wicketkeeper who was not a top-class batsman when you have so many to choose from - Knott, Sangakara, Engineer, Gilchrist to name but four out of a couple dozen or so - who are.

[@srinathprakash882]

Why not Khan for Botham? He was the better bowler as well as the better batter.

[@markcheckley3715]

@@srinathprakash882 Fair comment. I am in the same academic year as Imran Khan and played against him every year all through secondary school. He was good, but not as utterly brilliant as he later became in the professional game. Of course, I cannot forget Botham at Headingly in 1981, so am very possibly biased. Imran may very well be a better choice. As I said when you are looking at the very best of the very best, differences are minute. Would Botham's exemplary work at second slip come into the equation?

[@srinathprakash882]

@@markcheckley3715 Wow! That's incredible. Well, one thing I noticed was, ever since 1983/84, Botham's performance went downhill. So, his effectiveness stops at the age of 28. Imran was a top AR till the age of 35. So, if this XI goes In, Imran gives you 7 extra years.

[@markcheckley3715]

@@srinathprakash882 Yes but I only need 5 days 😀Actually, you could probably have both of them, with Sobers batting at 5, Gilchrist 6, then Botham, Kahn, Hadlee in almost any order and Marshall and Warne bringing up the rear. You would still have virtually endless batting, and world-class bowling that could keep up the pressure indefinitely, with 5 quicks.

[@srinathprakash882]

@@markcheckley3715 Ahh... That works great.

[@kevshearer3245]

what about peter such?

[@RON-xx5vu]

1. LEN HUTTON 2. JACK HOBBS 3. DON BRADMAN 4.VIV RICHARDS 5. GRAEME POLLOCK 6. GARY SOBERS 7. IAN BOTHAM 8. RODNEY MARSH 9. DENNIS LILLEE 10. WES HALL 11. CURTLY AMBROSE

[@barathkumarg3461]

Both voice from ea cricket

[@hyena131]

It has to be Sunil Gavaskar and Barry Richards.

[@mynameismahesh]

WC grace hobbs Don c Sachin Viv Sobers Gilchrist wk I . Khan Warne Marshall Lille

[@sanjuind6544]

Gavaskar really deserve 🙏

[@kenclayton5088]

Sobers .kanhai.gilchrist. will do nicely.

[@richardmilton7987]

What about jaques kallis, best all rounder of all time

[@saurabh7813]

It's his team. Respect to him. Anyways, Virender Sehwag will be in my team anyday.

[@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp]

Sehwag is a pussy

[@bhuvanc4992]

As long as it is flat track :-)

[@mungers88]

Virender was only starting his career when this was filmed

[@frogtastic1000]

Yeah the sky commentary team are terrible..so predictable and boring...mark nichlolas, geoff boycott, richie benaud are needed...C5 have got the right idea with the highlights show

[@legbreakgoogly]

Very funny comment... ... and all too true.

[@syamkrishnan7243]

Sunil Gavaskar Barry Richards Don Bradman Sachin Tendulkar Viv Richards Would be my top 5. Lara and Dravid misses out. Gary Sobers will be the all rounder Gilchrist will keep Warne/Murali Akram Steyn - most underrated. Terrorised batsmen in a batsmen friendly era Marshall

[@paulej2871]

Can you even come close to visualizing what Greenidge, Viv, Botham, Sobers...etc would score like...with the ropes in and modern bats???? People in the 3rd rows at most grounds in the world would need to be insured!!!....LMFAO

[@sujoydas6392]

Paul EJ in the same way those who use modern bats are also likely to get out more easily because the ball taking the edges of the bat or slight mishit can carry the ball to the fielder rather than falling short of the fielder...

[@paulmurray8922]

LOL! I've often wondered that about Greenidge. It's only after watching film of him after he retired I was able to fully appreciate just how brutal a batsman he was. He looked like he was punishing the ball and I can only imagine what he'd do with a modern bat.

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

@@paulmurray8922, he only averaged 30 in test matches in Australia with one century in 32 innings.

[@jasonpullar]

hi cj

[@vick122]

tht was his career span 1899-1912 not life span u r making stupid mistakes not them

[@tahirali-zw6ck]

Pretty strange that he didn't include B.A.Richards of South Africa.Much better player than Gawaskar and Greenidge.

[@tryarunm]

He rep is based on his performance in county cricket. Played only a single Test series. Imagine, had India been banned from international sport after Gavaskar's first series against West Indies, he would have been considered greater than Bradman! No, BA Rrichards never proved himself at the highest level, so we can dream on.

[@o0Sandfly0o]

tryarunm Absolute rubbish. Barry Richards' rep was earned at the highest level when available - outscored Viv Richards when they batted together at Gloucester Park in Perth for the World IX against Australia in the Supertest in WSC better than 2 to 1 when Viv was in his prime & where Barry finished as not only the highest scoring batsman in WSC, but the one with the highest average - at a time when he had been out of International cricket for over 8 years! He scored double hundreds against touring MCC sides in Oz, broke all kinds of Sheffield Shield records when he played for SA in Oz in 71 where he scored 356 in 371 minutes against a near Australian test strength attack ... added to his 72+ Test average for admittedly a severely shortened test career & enforced sojourn due to no fault of his own. Added to that, Bradman's on-record assertion that if Apartheid hadn't stopped him from being excluded from Test cricket, that both he & Graeme Pollock would've likely been the greatest right-handed & left handed batsmen respectively the world had ever seen. Oh, and there was the small matter of his English county record to consider as well, where again, when tested at the highest level against national touring sides against Hampshire, he slaughtered the best attacks in the world. Seriously, do some research before making such a ridiculous and untrue statement about B.A. Richards - he was unbelievably good - and if he was Sir Don Bradman's first pick as opener for Bradman's All Time IX, then that will about do me as a measure of how highly regarded Barry Richards was amongst his peers.

[@tahirali-zw6ck]

o0Sandfly0o Can't agree more.Barry was technically very sound and fearless.It is very unfortunate that because of the ban on their country,we couldn't see much of players like B.Richards and G.Pollock.As my name suggests,Iam from Pakistan but I got great respect for these two greats.As for as this guy "tryarunm" is concerned,obviously he got no knowledge of cricket so he is very ignorable.

[@shivaprasadreddy4654]

tahir ali he is not much better than Gavaskar

[@thetrevorosborne]

couldnt agree more

[@Billie0708]

• The Greatest Test Cricketer of the 21st Century till date ( 2000 - 2023 ) 1 Adam Gilchrist 2 Jacques Kallis 3 Kumar Sangakkara 4 Muttiah Muralitharan 5 Sachin Tendulkar 6 Ricky Ponting 7 Dale Steyn 8 Shane Warne 9 Glenn McGrath 10 Brian Lara • The Greatest Test XI of the 21st Century till Date (2000 - 2023) 1 Matthew Hayden 2 Virender Sehwag 3 Ricky Ponting (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Steven Smith 6 Jacques Kallis 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Dale Steyn 10 Muttiah Muralitharan 11 Glenn McGrath

[@paulwoolerton664]

My XI would be..... Sutcliffe, Jardine*, Hammond, Wyatt, Leyland, Ames+, Paynter, Verity, Larwood, Voce & Bowes. Good enough to scare the shite out of the convicts in 32/33!

[@mikespearwood3914]

Put them against the Invincibles of '48!

[@AltafKhan-yc6oi]

World' best XI lost comprehensively to an inform Australian best XI. In my opinion every player had a peak time in his career when he was at the best of his potential and form. So any combination of inform players not the best players at a given time would be the best XI. For example Muhammad Yousaf scored 1700 runs in a calender year when he was in the peak form and he is nowhere in the best XI.

[@waynethompson5225]

My 11: Desmond Haynes Sachin Tendulkur Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Rohit Sharma Kumar Sangakara Gary Sobers Malcolm Marshall Wasim Akram Shane Warne M Mutrileran

[@dannymiller7880]

I would have somehow found room for Viv Richards and Michael holding

[@princesinghrajput3412]

sehwag gavaskar dravid virat kohli saurabh ganguly vvs laxman saha kumble ashwin zaheer khan srinath

[@arvind87654]

How old r u ?

[@MrSaivasu]

why dont yu add yourself?

[@mikespearwood3914]

I can't believe you've only got Indians, and STILL you decided not to put Sachin Tendulkar on your list!

[@gjsbsgsusv8700]

Dat india bess team

[@abhijitbiswas7832]

Rubbish 11 dude. ..learn cricket and comment later

[@dimesportakal]

matthew hayden needs to be considered

[@ANISH22JUNE]

EA sports cricket commentry.........