Richie Benaud's Fantasy XI... All Rounders & Wicketkeeper - Part 3

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Richie Benaud choses from six of his favourite all-ronders of all time. Two of them will get into his greatest team of all time. He then list the three wicket-keepers that could possibly make his team. however he can one pick one.
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[@BinaryRex18]

I think that if you were looking for a bowling all-rounder, you'd go for imran, and if you were looking for a batting all-rounder, you'd be hard-pressed to choose between kallis and sobers. I personally would choose sobers for his left-handedness and ability to bowl both spin and pace, but you would be equally justified in choosing kallis considering that he played in a more professional, competitive era. As for the wicket-keepers, the traditionalist in me might consider knott or bob taylor, but the truth is that gilchrist was a fine keeper and his batting at no. 7 is invaluable.

[@lingolarker9318]

Still miss Richie B. Great convo.

[@Andyjzr]

Great vid, thanks for the upload, love listening to Richie, legend of a man.

[@george474747]

Mark should have mentioned a certain courageous 1950s/60s Australian leg spinner who averaged 27 with the ball, 24 with the bat, fielded brilliantly and invented modern captaincy...

[@george474747]

(Though in fairness, I'm sure Mark knew Richie would find that inappropriate given his modesty.)

[@skinner4320]

I adore Richie, but I'm a bit confused. He had Sobers in his squad, but I got the impression he wasn't in the final eleven. Surely I have this wrong. The player who players voted the number 2 of the greatest cricketers who ever lived. Only next to Bradman?

[@212mochaman]

@@skinner4320 he was 2nd person picked behind bradman in the squad. I've got this on dvd and he said the icc got it right when bradman got 100 points, sobers got 90 and there was daylight to the third best player of all time

[@EarlJohn61]

​@212mochaman Keith miller disagreed... his comment was "The greatest batsman : no problem *Bradman* ... The greatest cricketer *Sobers* "

[@SirGarny]

Sobers & Khan....

[@peace2u947]

my greatest ever eleven for all time across formats 1 Barry Richards 2 Gordon Grenidge 3 Sir Don Bradman (captain) 4 Sir Viv Richards 5 Sachin Tendulkar 6 Gary Sobers 7 Imran Khan 8 Adam Gilchrist 9 Sir Richard Hadlee 10 Shane Warne 11 Wasim Akram Logic for selection: All of the 11 can bat, so you are never out of the contest if you lose a couple of wickets, all players bat aggressively. 5 world class bowlers Akram, Warne, Hadlee, Khan and Sobers. Sobers doubles up as an extra seamer or spinner depending on the type of wicket. Excellent wicket keeper batsman.

[@breakdown461]

As a character and as an allrounder Imran is one of a million. He is the greatest crickter Pakistan ever produced. Best bowler ofcourse Wasim.

[@najibyarzerachic]

Wasim Akaram is over hyped. His strike rate is worse than all renown fast bowlers that Pakistan had produced. In tests Waqar Younis has the best strike rate followed by Shoaib Akhtar, Mohd Asif, Shabir Ahmed , Imran Khan and then Wasim Akaram.

[@TalhaIsCool]

As a Pakistani, who watched both IK and Wasim Akram, I would pick IK over Akram any given day, as a bowler. Why, because remember IK pretty much played as a batsman only in his last 6-8 tests (a few in 1983-84 as well, when he had the shin injury). Just think what his SR and bowling average would be if he was fit enough to bowl in those tests. Akram for all his magic and mystery etc. didn't do justice to his talent based on his numbers in Tests.

[@brajeshsingh2391]

Jacques Kallis deserved a mentioned. A great batsmen and somebody who could bowl 10 overs in one day and a full spell in Test cricket.

[@nowvishancheddie6218]

Jacques deserved mention he was much better than Imran Khan

[@Cipher993]

@@nowvishancheddie6218 Much better? No, Imran was a better bowler than Kallis. Richie's made his picks based on entertainment value too. Khan was a more exciting cricketer to watch than Kallis too

[@infidelhindu]

For the all-rounders, I'd have picked Jacques Kallis over Kapil Dev, but the rest of them were fine. As for the all-rounder, if I picked Botham, Hadlee, Imran or Sober's as my second all-rounder, I'd pick Marsh as my keeper, and have him bat after both all-rounders. If I picked Keith Miller as my second all-rounder, I'd pick Gilchrist as keeper and have him bat ahead of Miller. On picking 3 Australian keepers, I do agree that both Marsh and Healey were great keepers, but I don't think that of Gilchrist. I'd have considered Dujon, Dhoni and Knott instead

[@sugarnads]

Gary sobers and kepil dev. Superb. Healy is he best keeper of that group and era by a long way.

[@BinaryRex18]

Group? Yes. Era? I think Jack Russell was better

[@lionheartprince9064]

Bradman Richards and Tendulkar...surely the greatest batsmen to ever play the game

[@graemealexander8804]

Bradman, Sobers, Richards. Sobers averages more than Sachin. Viv averaged over 62, twice during his career, all without a helmet.

[@BinaryRex18]

The greatest batsmen? Bradman and Tendulkar yes, but Richards is seriously challenged by Lara, Headley, Grace, Hobbs etc.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@BinaryRex18 Lol, U Probably never saw him bat Stats aren't Be all and end all. As an Indian Viv Richards is Greatest batsman thats ever lived in recent times . Lara and Sachin are nonethless brilliant too.

[@BinaryRex18]

@@kunalsingh3121 I agree, especially in ODI he is probably the best player ever. But I don't really get the adulation he receives regards test cricket. Probably sachin is not better than him in tests but I don't see how Viv is ahead of someone like Garry Sobers (who was great to watch and a bowler killer too).

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@BinaryRex18 Hmm.. Fair Point but not probably He is no doubt Greatest One day Cricketer thats ever lived, He is God Father of One day Cricket Infact 3 out of Top 5 One day 100's still belong to Viv. I think u never saw him play apart from Videos here and there thats why u are indirectly saying him poor Test Player, His Aura is diff than any batsman i Witness in 40 odd years I never watch Sobbers but always heard about him from my father as Master Batsman let alone all rounder. But even we agree that Viv Richards outdid him, In wisden rankings he has been choosen over him many times infact in 2007 He was Choosen As Greatest Cricketer since 70s and Greatest Batsman Since Bradman. For Major part of his carrer he avg in late 50's, He dominated Dennis Lillee like no other infact Viv avg 64 against Lillee throught, Second best was in 30s , He pulled Thomson at his fastest on front foot in 75-76 series after opening the batting. Shane Warne who bowled to both Lara and Sachin rate Viv as Greatest Cricketer he witness so do Muralidharan. I never saw a batsman against Genuine Pacer with reflexes like those Gun Imran khan who got out Sobbers a aging Sobbers to be fair Rate Viv reflexes better than Sobbers. But i don't saw Sobbers apart from Videos so i dont think i should go more in debate U should ask Guys who saw Garry too, Anyway Since Cricket i remember after late 70s I never saw anything like Viv Richards. Lara along with Tendulkar are best i witness after Viv Richards, Saying Viv overrated sounds stupid at least.

[@dhruvusgaonkar1371]

Surprising Richie did not mention Jeff Dujon or Farrokh Engineer, and straight out excluded Alan Knott from his list of wicket-keepers. I thought Dujon deserved a mention for keeping to the battery of WI fast bowlers for a decade.

[@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)

[@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 .

[@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.

[@jugheadsrule]

This is a great side and pretty close to my all time XI. Maybe the only change I'd make is either Barry Richards or Greenidge for Gavaskar and pre-shoulder injury Thomson for Barnes, depending on where the match was been played.

[@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.

[@SurenderKumar-zw3zo]

There would never be any debate in picking three players in any world eleven,chosen in any era - Bradman, Viv Richards and Tendulkar.

[@jugheadsrule]

Yes there would. Lara > Tendulkar. even Greg Chappell > Tendulkar.

[@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 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.

[@srinivasvangala3783]

Richie Benaud’s Afro Asian XI : 1) Greenidge 2) Gavaskar 3) Headley 4) Richards 5) Tendulkar 6) Sobers 7) Dujon 8) Imran 9) Marshall 10) Holding 11) Qadir

[@gautamsen6423]

Benaud's fantantacy world best team : 1) Hobbs 2) Gavaskar 3) Bradman ,4) Richards, 5) Tendulkar 6) Sobers, 7) Imran, 8) Gilchrist 9) Warne, 10) Lillee, 11) Barnes.. The suggested opposition team as is thought suitable to face Benaud's XI is: 1) Len Hutton 2) Greenidge ,3) Hammond 4) Lara 5) Worrel 6) Botham 7) Sangakara( wk. keeper), 8) Washim Akram ,9) Larwood , 10) Marshall, 11) Murlidharan..

[@gautamsen6423]

Actually the game of cricket having been played for more than a century ,has produced so many extraordinary talented players in almost all cricket playing nations that it is really very difficult to include all of them ,in two opposing teams playing test cricket against each other. The renowned talented players of earlier days should be equally considered at par or more than that of comparatively recent players of both yester years and also of deemed current years. The talents of players are of prime consideration for constituting two fantasy teams ,regarded as best, for playing against each other.

[@TaariqHassim2]

Mike Procter, sorry if I spelt it wrong. Mike and Imram Khan. There should be 3 all rounders. Add to that Sobers

[@stephenmcloughlin7718]

They were the two best ever bowling allrounders.

[@petercharles8306]

Sunil gavaskar, don bradman, sachin tandulkar, vivian richards, garry sobers, imran khan, adam gilchrist, malcolm marshall, wasim akram, sydney barnes, shane warne...

[@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.

[@brannarama]

How did only 30% vote for Bradman. How could anyone leave him out

[@phoarey]

Exactly. Most people seemingly know only those they've watched on TV.

[@chrisp4170]

Sobers & Miller Gilchrist

[@chriswatson7965]

Sobers, Botham, Miller, Imran, Hadlee, Kapil Gilchrist, Healy, Marsh

[@piyushsopory5817]

I wonder if he would consider Kallis and Sangakkara if interviewed now. I would say yes to Sanga but who am I.

[@BinaryRex18]

He would consider both

[@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.

[@raheelakhtar7]

He picked Sobers, Imran and Gilchrist. Full XI: Gavaskar, Hobbs, Bradman, Richards, Tendulkar, Sobers, Imran, Gilchrist, Warne, Lillee, Barnes

[@wespaul9345]

Please remember. It's his side. Of course he has bias. As do I. I could never leave Lara out. Bit of fun to argue about

[@ajaygandekar8905]

Jack Kallis not included in all-rounder list.

[@ianghose1]

Bradman, Richards and Lara for me. Not only was Lara as entertaining as Richards, he was also incredibly elegant, brilliant against spin, could rake up huge scores...and as a top order filled with right handers, a variation as a left-hand batsman.

[@kevshearer3245]

no ian botham?

[@mikespearwood3914]

he was there. ??

[@gautamsen6423]

Actually, 2 best teams of all time greats should have been made,to compete with each other.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Richard Hadlee, greatest fast bowler in history

[@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

[@452TheDon]

i reckon kallis was unlucky to be considered

[@Bernie8330]

James Boyce Yes I agree, but bear in mind this seems to have been about 2OO4 (when Kallis was prolly not even half way through his career], which also explains why Ponting was not on the list of batsmen considered ... the reason I know it is 2OO4, is he mentioned Lara had 26 test tons (when he finished with 34 or 35, and Tendulkar had 33, and I know Tendulkar had 31 at start of 2OO3-O4 Indian tour of Australia, and he scored a double ton in Sydney, and then immediately after a near double ton in Multan, Pakistan, and the interview is obviously in England, so I make it 2OO4 ... Ponting had had his first major purple patch by that point (early 2OO2 to late 2OO3, something like 11 test tons in 21 tests to propel his average beyond 5O, but not his second such patch which was 1O tons in 13 test from late 2OO5 to late 2OO6, including in each innings 3 times], which took his average to just a miniscule fraction under 6O]. Interestingly, Ponting's test average peeked at 59.99 after first innings of 2nd test in Adelaide of 2OO6-O7 ashes (which was his 1O7th] ... this is easily the highest average any batsmen has achieved at any point beyond his 1OOth test, not necessarily the average a player's career finished at, for example, Ponting's final average dropped to just a tick under 53 at the end of his 168th and final test. Cheers

[@harisankarrnair8682]

ponting an absolute delight no doubt but there's no way he cud've pipped sachin/richards...if anyone cud it wud b lara

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@harisankarrnair8682 True, I'm an Aussie, but would never consider Ponting for one of these teams.

[@sebastianmatarelli5602]

@@mikespearwood3914 ponting loved his golf too much.

[@Mustaphaiqbal]

Team I want to be incharge of its a matter of life and death. Mind you it's players who've played most of their cricket from 1992 to 2022. NOTE: Should fit in all 3 formats. Pitch could be of any kind. 1. Matthew Hayden 2. Rahul Dravid 3. Babar Azam 4. Sachin Tendulkar 5. Virat Kohli 6. Jaques Kallis 7. Adam Gilchrist (Limited over opener swapping with Dravid) 8. Andrew Flintoff 9. Wasim Akram 10. Glenn McGrath 11. Muttaiah Muralitharan On the field incharge Virat Kohli 😂

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Martin Crowe and Ian Smith should be there.

[@gautamsen6423]

Braian Lara instead of Haniff Md as opner ,Wally Hammond in place of Rahul Dravid ,Larwood instead of Botham,Millar instead of Kapil Deb.

[@gautamsen6423]

Another team should comprise the rest of great players of the world: 1) S. Gavaskar 2) Haniff Mohammed 3) Rohan Kanhai 4) Rahul Dravid 5) Ian Botham 6) Kumar Sangakara ( wk. Keeper) 7) Kapil Dev 8) Imran Khan 9 ) Dennis Lillee / Ray Lindwall 10) Curtly Ambrose 11) Abdul Quadir.

[@gautamsen6423]

Thus the team would be 1) S. Gavaskar 2) Brian Lara 3) Wally Hammond 4) Rohan Kanhai 5) Jack Kallis 6) Keith Millar 7) Kumar Sangakara ( wkt. Keeper) 8 ) Washim Akram, 9) Ray Lindwall / Dennis Lillee 10) Murlidharan 11) Abdul Quadir.

[@SiddiqiRaashid]

Richie where is King Kallis

[@kunalm15]

He picked this team before Kallis actually hit his peak.

[@212mochaman]

This team was made in 2002 - 2003

[@phoarey]

Sobers batting average of 56 ish was extremely high relative to batsmen of his era. Kallis' bowling was superior to Sobers. Sobers ability to bowl medium fast plus two types of spin, wrist and finger at test standard has never occurred before or since.

[@stevebrindle1724]

How can you leave out Alan Knott? Ridiculous

[@asaveerkhan6261]

No brian Lara opps

[@firstal3799]

Sunil Gavaskar Gordon Greenidge Viv Richards Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara Jaque Kallis Adam Gilchrist Wasim Akram Shane Warne/Glen McGrath Curtis Ambrose Michael Holding

[@kunalsingh3121]

Lol,No Marshall Greatest& Most complete fast bowler thats ever Lived,No Lillee Another Champion fast bowler who Make every great batsman Of His Time as His Bunny,Apart From Viv richards Who avg over 60 against dennis,To better would have only Include players u saw and seeing Tons of Ur comment U are an ignorant Man Judging Players only On their Record,Stats Do lie mostly and always Misguide.

[@firstal3799]

You are so simple. Lilee never, he se the standards for fast bowling but he was easily surpassed by many others. Marshall is debatable and you may be right he may deserve a place. But I didn't includ him probably because he was perhaps not as devastatingly and exciting. He was more of a deadly consistent proposition. A high level bowler and astonishingly consistent. Perhaps not as devastating as the greatest. But he may be included. By way I have played cricket at university level in both India and UK. I probably know it better than you will ever do.

[@firstal3799]

Are you sure Viv averaged 60 against Lilee? Viv averaged 42 against Aus overall. And had a very poor 5 match series against Lilee and Thommo in 76. He did pkayed as a beast from 78-82. But still 60??? Lilee was awesome bowler for his time. But being the best of your time sometimes won't even make you mediocre 20 year later. Sometimes that's the fate of professional sportsmen, pity you really level of simple mind.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@firstal3799 Lol,Everyone Play cricket At University Level 😂😂😂😂,I think u were though To be succesor Of Garry sobbers😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣,But just something dramtic happen ans Mr aggarwal became a Peon at Cricinfo with Ill knowledge of The Game. Hang On 😂😂😂😂,U were the same Guy who said Dennis wasnt great because He isnt that Tall 🤣🤣🤣🤣,Whats The Point In debating with U. By the Way Marshall was not exciting??!?Itself,Shows Ur genius knowledge Of Tha Game He can do everything with Ball at sheer pace and maintained It till a long time of his carrer,More than anyone else and destroy team At even Flatest tracks,He can swung The ball at Lightning pace Can bowl serious cutters Which he learned From Dennis lillee,and Use to Outhink batsman More than anyone i can remember. And Dumb He was exciting,Conistent and Brutual Knock The bat out Of gavskar hands At kanpur,ending andy llyod carrer,Breaking Mike Gatting nose ,Breaking Dilip vengsarkar Jaw. But whats the point in debating with an Moron,By The way I meet many Greats Personally And Can tell better than a man who is calling himself proud Universty Cricketer,Sir H,Aggarwal.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@firstal3799 What U think of Urself Jobber 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂,How can someone Overrate himself On basis Of playing Universty level Cricket. And Yes Viv avg 61 against Dennis Lillee individually,By the way That was Not a 5 test series U succesor Of Garry sobbers,It was 6 match series and Viv was a 23 year young Kid playing in his 2nd or 3rd Tour anyway,Clive Llyod pull an Masterstroke By Letting Viv open when He struggled In First 4 test,In last opening against Them He scored A brillaint 100 A 98,A 50 and I can't remember last innings. He was brilliant till 85 At any cricket and He changed after tha aus Tour and His peak start, But since windies played more white ball cricket where Viv mastered The game as One day game & It was becoming More popular,Not as Much as Sachin and Kohli against B grade team Every year but More matches than Test.

[@chandankumarrahul8978]

Jacques kallis

[@anirbanbhattacharya7214]

Have bowled long time in India Hadley, Botham or imran, then they couldn't achieve 300 wickets, in 40 degree temperature, spinning track 434 wickets never got Hadley or Botham, only imran could do that but he is not flamboyant battar like kapil dev, so kapil is best alrounder, sobers and kallis mainly battat, part time bowler.

[@asaveerkhan6261]

Lion of Lahore ik

[@daltonforrester7419]

Too much Aussie bias, ok with Gilchrist but all 3 wkpt Aussie? What about Walcott, Evans, Dujon. WI had greatest pace bowlers ever but none in his team.

[@sugarnads]

Dalton Forrester coz they were only ok keepers. Thats all. Standing a pitch length back and rarely kept to spin.

[@212mochaman]

Keeping to warne. Much harder then keeping to nothing but pace

[@asaveerkhan6261]

Lion of Lahore Imran khan

[@Paul-ti2wr]

Jaques Kallis

[@lordsalisbury1]

I'dve gone for Wasim Akram over Imran Khan, personally.

[@mikespearwood3914]

He got the bowler spot.

[@atifkhan7423]

R u on drugs? Imran khan was a very good batter as well as a great captain.

[@dimesportakal]

sobers kallis and de villiers without a doubt when you consider again today

[@mikespearwood3914]

de villiers as all rounder?

[@AamirKhan-up5ek]

"The lion of Lahore"

[@arkamukherjee6802]

Such a blind tendulkar fan and biased aus commentator..

[@nightwatchman7482]

Stop hating tendulkar and do something with your own life. Your opinion counts for shit. Tendulkar is retired and Benaud is dead.

[@DrKuPaanda3]

@@nightwatchman7482 and may be he hate tendulkar

[@masoodahmed2041]

Richie has got it all wrong I would go for Boycott, Sutcliffe, Hutton Sir, Vaughan, Root, Bairstow, Gough, Trueman, Adil Rashid, Illingworth and token Lancashire lad Jimmy Anderson, btw I am from Yorkshire.

[@kennethcrowther2277]

Ridiculous pom