Sachin v Kohli, Smith v Ponting? | Who makes the World Test XI Battle of Eras?

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Rob Key was trounced by Nasser Hussain in the first Virtual Test between the two - but is out for revenge!
To mark 30 years of cricket on Sky Sports, the former England batsmen have picked two world XIs from players that graced that period to do battle in a simulated game.
Nasser has selected his side from the first 15 years, which coincided with his playing career, leaving Rob to pick from the most recent 15 years.
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[@tanmaysharma007]

Didn't know Chandler from Friends is such a big cricket fan

[@akray1153]

😂😂😂 didn't know he had such a good British Accent

[@mansnotbot4160]

Oh my god, could he look any less like Chandler.

[@enricopucci822]

Who timestamp???

[@_psychopath_5623]

@@enricopucci822 lol. The anchor looks like chandler.

[@kinshuksinghania4289]

Yeah and Jake from Two and a Half Men is all grown up and chatting with Nasser Hussain!!!

[@davidgoat6730]

People forget Ponting was averaging 60+ after 100 tests!

[@utkarshakarki6015]

@Raas Putin who apart from Bradman is averaging 60+ in test 😐

[@jackogamer340]

Raas Putin yes he will

[@ayushgupta_4]

And Tendulkar averaged above 50 after 200 tests😂

[@nakulghate9448]

Ponting was a freak near that 100 test mark!

[@jonathaningram4840]

But scoring all around world matters, ponting toured India four times and just got one ton that too when kumble, their main bowler, was not playing.

[@DjTiesticles]

Great to see Rob Key back and looking well.

[@chiragsharma7413]

What had happened to him?

[@arjans7573]

chirag sharma He had a mini stroke

[@liamoconnor1993]

chirag sharma watch the first 3 minutes

[@markbmevo31133]

This has cheered me up no end. Keyseys Murali story and calling him a boggle eyed freak had me in stitches. 🤣

[@akaskinz1856]

Keys is a joker, these 2 bounce off each other brilliantly

[@jeevangill2041]

38:48

[@drabnail777]

Murali literally has better stats than Warne in every format. No idea why Nasser would go with Warne

[@iron2684]

​@@drabnail777One played in a place where the ball doesn't usually spin, one played in a place where the ball does spin

[@shobhitsoni6449]

The biggest reason sachin is the greatest at age of 25 he was in bradman's all time 11

[@adesh4448]

Bradman was fraud himself

[@damonaspeling9734]

@@adesh4448 Cry cry cry

[@anweshpradhan1842]

@@damonaspeling9734 no, Bradman on sticky pitches was so so bad, on an absolute road no one was able to pick up his wicket.

[@1905binny]

really SACHIN dominated bowlers everywhere on every pitch, no other test player has done that. That makes Sachin the greatest.

[@saianshbaby8380]

Best 11 of last 30 years 1) Sehwag 2) Hayden 3) Ponting (C) 4) Sachin 5) Lara 6) Kallis 7) Gilchrist(Wk) 8) Warne 9) Murali 10) Akram 11) McGrath

[@siddharth1200]

Mine is almost the same 1)Sehwag 2) G Smith (C) 3) Dravid 4) Sachin 5) Lara 6) Kallis 7) Gilchrist (Wk) 8) Warne 9) Ambrose 10)McGrath 11) Murali

[@saianshbaby8380]

@@siddharth1200 good team. But I feel Hayden was a bit better than Graeme and Cook.

[@siddharth1200]

@@saianshbaby8380 Hayden might have been better idk it’s hard to say as Smith used to play on South African pitches which is arguably the hardest to bat on and I needed an accomplished captain as I put Dravid at 3 cause I feel there should always be someone in a side who can absorb the pressure and hold one end and who can do that better than Dravid.

[@saianshbaby8380]

@@siddharth1200 fair enough. I put Ponting in place of Dravid who could take care of both.

[@troystaunton254]

@@saianshbaby8380 when you get to the top 33 in the last 30 years apart from Sachin, Lara, Warne, McGrath you’re splitting hairs over who was better.

[@zizoucris10]

Nass picks Wasim Akram and Sky shows a clip of wasim cleaning up his opener Tres lol

[@jamiltanoli7856]

He wasn't tres think he was a nightwatchman

[@kierankumar5801]

@@jamiltanoli7856 the commentator literally said that Trescothick has had his stumps rolled over

[@jamiltanoli7856]

@@kierankumar5801 yeah I think i wasn't sure then

[@muds1123]

@@jamiltanoli7856 are you blind 😂

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

1. S Gavaskar, 2. Shewag, 3. Bradman(VC), 4. Tendulkar, 5. Kallis, 6. Sangakara(C)(WK), 7. Sobers, 8. Dev, 9. Akram, 10. Warne, 11. Ambrose. 12. Murlitharan(in Asia in place of Dev).

[@joshdizzmoxey8186]

As an Aussie I agree with Rob here. Sad to see Lyon in this side. What about Regana Herath? Over 400 wickets in your era, considering 4 or so years he was behind Murali, pretty impressive!

[@aschwerinmoses]

There are few names that do not come out as often as they should. According to Me Rengana Herath is one and the other one people often miss who is often eclipsed for obvious reasons is Anil Kumble.

[@prafful_sahu]

From the players I've seen this would be mine.. Sehwag Amla Smith Kohli Abd Stokes Jadeja Ashwin Steyn Cummins Bumrah

[@Ashish-ss5nt]

And Ashwin too

[@adilbsh]

Hut herath got wickets mostly in Asia right

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

1. S Gavaskar, 2. Shewag, 3. Bradman(VC), 4. Tendulkar, 5. Kallis, 6. Sangakara(C)(WK), 7. Sobers, 8. Dev, 9. Akram, 10. Warne, 11. Ambrose. 12. Murlitharan(in Asia in place of Dev).

[@DUFMAN123]

Makes you appreciate just how all-time that Australian squad of the early/mid 2000s really was. Hayden, Ponting, Gilly, Warne, Mcgrath and so on!

[@tricyclejesus4572]

By the same token: Smith, Kallis, AB, Steyn, etc

[@JW_PUNK29]

Ponting, Lara and Tendulkar have one last chance to get a test hundred at Lord's.

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

Fellow 442oons fan i see

[@edward4828]

@@chathurapremasinghe1939 howdy fellow 442oons fans

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

@@edward4828 u 2?

[@dineshchhatpar]

Lord's has one last chance to witness a 100 from them

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

@ШИРИШ in this game

[@AllThingsCinemaVodcast]

Hussain's opening bowler making a mickey out of his own opening batsman at 33:14 ! The most absurd choice out of all those 22 players is Marcus Trescothick. That too ahead of people like Langer, Dravid, Saeed Anwar etc.

[@Kobebryant5947]

He was trying to be different I reckon but who knows buddy’s bald 👨‍🦲

[@moeedbutt7861]

Totally agree

[@ayushsaxena2935]

Yeah

[@JY-ev5ms]

Trescothick was better than Anwar and Dravid wasn't an opener

[@muhtadaali8847]

@@JY-ev5ms saed anwar has better average than trescothick than in test and ODI. What is your point?

[@anuragbisht1200]

I think dale steyn is one of the if not the only bowler who can complete with old greates of fast bowling.

[@abdulhaseeblughmani7075]

One thing impressed me with these both team picks they went with statices and their average including records. This was extremely nice to see it and also knowing the records of all these greats players were fantastic Thanks you very much for this 💯👊

[@domascroft]

Trescothick has just won the lottery being selected in that team

[@12cricketmad]

Langer or Slater surely?

[@ArkoRay]

@@12cricketmad Seriously ? Slater in a World XI ? You have got to be kidding me. Langer deserved to be there but I guess Nasser had already picked 5 Aussies in his team so he couldn't select him. Saeed Anwar from Pakistan could have been a good choice although he played only 50 odd Test matches but still he was a very good batsman.

[@jamescoupland667]

Trescothick is one the most highly rated english batsmen of the last 30 years

[@karthikm4534]

Can't pick Gary Kirsten? amazingly difficult guy to dislodge and excellent record against pace and spin

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

Could hav picked jayasuriya and he bowls 2

[@KratosIsSick]

"Refuse to have some one in side who does Mankads" LOL. Batsman and their Entitlements.

[@Sir_Panda007]

Underrated comment mate😂

[@banglaanimeproject9036]

​@@Sir_Panda007Yeah Indian now get lost.

[@zapakao]

i just love these guys chatting so genuinely about cricket like boys. Just makes me feel at ease.

[@fromseedstogiants]

Glad to hear and see Rob is doing fine after his scare. Was almost touched by Nasser's mention of the health scare and then was brought back to earth with the resumption of the ribbing.

[@alltradingsecrets2859]

0:17 That comeon! Call for all out attack!! Goosebumps !!!!

[@achyuta4206]

Cringe.

[@abhijit_]

My best test 11 from last 20 years: Sanga (wk) Kallis Rahul Sachin Lara(vc) Ponting (c) Wasim Warne Steyn Mcgrath Murali Got all bases covered...

[@bhisal]

No openers

[@abhijit_]

Opening is a highly overanalysed position in test cricket..i have Kallis and Sanga as openers for the very reason that they most often than not come to bat very early at no 3 when openers get out....they play the new ball often...plus they are tuned for both Asia and overseas conditions

[@abhijit_]

@@rishabt1401 u need 5 bowlers wherever u play.....test cricket revolves around picking 20 wickets...that's the only way to win....plus Kallis is the 4 th seamer option....u have to be ruthless with bowling attack with 6 top frontline batsmen....Gilly was not as good in test cricket as it is made out to be...he was blessed to be in a champion team. .

[@zarfarzar1653]

Wat abt hashiim amla nd Ab devilliers.

[@manikbansal4780]

Best test 11 of last 30 years - Matthew Hayden Rahul Dravid Ponting ( C ) Tendulkar Brian lara Sangakkara ( wk ) Kallis Wasim Akram Muralitharan Warne McGrath

[@senthilkumar-bu9rp]

Steyn is the only missing here

[@junzzz963]

Choice of Dravid is so good but in a big fan of sehwag also with Dravid....

[@tariniacharya4440]

@@junzzz963 Sehwag is not technically strong batsman as compared to Hayden

[@tariniacharya4440]

Viv Richards should be there instead of Hayden

[@manikbansal4780]

@@tariniacharya4440 This is last 30 years best test 11 and Viv Richards get retired before 1990s

[@prajwalbangera8525]

Happiest guy in the world right now is Marcus Trescothik 😂

[@nilaylambe2598]

😂😂

[@subhAjitDin]

Ha Ha Ha

[@maheshbborhade]

That means you didn’t watch his cricket. He was an amazing player. Only if he had a longer career he would have been amazing

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

1. S Gavaskar, 2. Shewag, 3. Bradman(VC), 4. Tendulkar, 5. Kallis, 6. Sangakara(C)(WK), 7. Sobers, 8. Dev, 9. Akram, 10. Warne, 11. Ambrose. 12. Murlitharan(in Asia in place of Dev).

[@rajashekarreddydandyala5790]

49:57. Thank me later

[@shoaibsayed1430]

Thanks

[@prafful_sahu]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@sauravkumardubey8349]

It was a brilliant conversation

[@manoharyaswanth4681]

thank u later

[@sunithasivakumar6761]

Thanks buddy

[@skiptracerbob]

Good to see you back and looking healthy, Rob.

[@evilvoldemort123]

It was all going well till Keys brought Nathan Lyon to best Murali and Warne😂😂

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

Until he tried to put Smudge as his spinner 😂

[@evilvoldemort123]

@Angus Hile Yeah I watched the Test documentary and he's a cool guy and great player. Should've won the ashes with that Ben Stokes lbw. But Warne and Murali no contest unfortunately.

[@arunsreenivasan2074]

@Angus Hile The way he's going he might not even get 400 lol

[@andrewwestcott9172]

Yep agreed, Ashwin should get in over Lyon - doesn't matter about mankads, and also if you are going to have three quicks and one spinner in a team competing against Warne and Murili I'd put Jadeja in as the allrounder ahead of Stokes. India has been arguably the most successful Test team over the era, so it stands to reason there should be more than two Indians in the team.

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

1. S Gavaskar, 2. Shewag, 3. Bradman(VC), 4. Tendulkar, 5. Kallis, 6. Sangakara(C)(WK), 7. Sobers, 8. Dev, 9. Akram, 10. Warne, 11. Ambrose. 12. Murlitharan(in Asia in place of Dev).

[@dimitrz2000]

23:54 wow everyone knew he was talking about Kallis , seriously underrated player of is era.

[@rameezrather5385]

I think Hussain could have finished his job by saying a single line,' my team is d Australian team that played under Waugh'. Hayden langer Ponting M Waugh Martyn S Waugh Gilchrist Warne lee McGrath Gillespie

[@rorschach1724]

I think he picked the team under ponting. Look there is no Steve Waugh himself in the team😀

[@rameezrather5385]

@@rorschach1724 He had to choose players from other countries to make it look like a world XI but im sure that Aussie side of late 90s and early 2000s could have beaten any World XI.

[@rameezrather5385]

@@sanyamtomar8496 Any 2 among Martyn, Symonds and M Hussey. He could not have picked Starc though bcz Starc is not from dat era but Rob Key could have picked him in place of Cummins.

[@rameezrather5385]

@@sanyamtomar8496 surely bro..

[@Shubham10SrP]

They were good , weren't they ? But Naser's world 11 would thrash any team in any era in my humble opinion. Tendulkar and Lara together , my oh my .

[@meharprasad2765]

The strangest thing is rob key didn't picked ashwin bc of mankad but still picked steve smith 😳😬

[@meharprasad2765]

@Hmm Hmmm maybe

[@meharprasad2765]

@Hmm Hmmm that's true, he is what he's. But is damn funny.

[@dheebansachin]

@Hmm Hmmm Is that why he is adoring Bumrah, Kohli and Sehwag?

[@sxyy2559]

41:16 key for no reason rips on Strauss, love it 😂

[@prasenjitdewan7230]

Lyon and Ashwin were not your only option, you forgot Harbhajan Singh and Daniel Vettori.

[@timburns6423]

Herath!

[@JY-ev5ms]

Yeah he missed a trick not having Vettori, good bat too.

[@AR-qt8fs]

Kumble is the best pick.

[@JY-ev5ms]

@@AR-qt8fs Kumble didn't fall into that era, and he was shocking anyway

[@danialshah2957]

@lee turton vettori is a bigger dickhead than Swann. Swann is a nice funny bloke

[@baronvonmarlon1]

Nasser reading Key's publicist's blurb is just brilliant

[@Shubham10SrP]

Naser's lineup would shatter any team in any era. Tendulkar, Lara together. My oh my .

[@benkipgen646]

49:57 for the lineups

[@venkatakrishnan9102]

If Rob key is made an eng selector , then even the queen cannot save eng team

[@sidsa9]

Bumrah!!!!!!

[@tikkunolam112]

Dhoni? Saqalin? Harbajhan? Dravid? Akhter?

[@_psychopath_5623]

@@tikkunolam112 why Akhtar? He sucks. Ask Ross taylor. Lol

[@tikkunolam112]

@@jairajsinghshaktawat6593 Well it depends on conditions and what you are looking for in a team. Dhoni as captain and keeper was exceptional... Harbhajan in second innings in Asia was unplayable .. so context I suppose... All great players ...

[@tikkunolam112]

@@_psychopath_5623 Why don't you? I have and he said he's the only bowler he faced that he was scared ... yes he had success as well because he's a class act against pace but Akhter on his day was as good as any and the fastest ever...

[@timburns6423]

Keys - you should have picked Herath as your spinner. 433 wickets at 28 runs a piece.

[@RKO508]

Sachin vs King Kohli..Must be there Dravid,Ambrose in any team especially test team

[@somnathdas9276]

Fantastic....thoroughly enjoyed...glad u uploaded on KZbin, so we could enjoyed that here in india

[@jamiec2981]

Excellent Podcast - I've enjoyed this a lot. The banter between Keysie and Nass is brilliant

[@ryandegannes10]

AB at 6 and Stokes at 7 for Key's XI. AB could probably outbat anybody in that team.

[@DoFi12]

Was gonna say, outrageous for stokes to be above AB

[@lahoreevinezvlogsandinfo2684]

@@invincibleanon3712 Yeah he needs time to settle in T20s but is far more consistent than AB in T20is. Ab just has an average of 26 in T20 internationals as compared to Kohli's average of 50. Moreover, Kohli has 2 man of the tournament awards in World T20s and also an orange cap in IPL.

[@gamg7062]

ABD bats at 7 because he keeps wickets, he needs to give his back rest as much as possible .

[@sampadization]

Seems like you don't know much about test cricket.

[@balasujithpotineni8184]

Except when thr bowlers are from the previous era. Look at how he struggled against Shaun Tait, Asif, Akhtar. If he could have faced lee, mcgrath, etc then surely he would have become more great with his experience

[@pulkitvyas8067]

Hashim amla one of the best opener in the modern era

[@jacquescoetzee3327]

Amla batter at 3

[@damonaspeling9734]

@@jacquescoetzee3327 No chance

[@tongatalkies]

Nasser's bowling attack is just WOW! The best ever across all eras.

[@amangoyal923]

Yeah, batting is not too bad either 😁

[@raheelakhtar7]

You can pick 3 equally good attacks from that era. Any combo of Ambrose, Walsh, Donald, Pollock, Waqar, Gillespie, Saqlain, Kumble would work as well.

[@mervstash3692]

Rob looks younger than when he played for England

[@tarkyncrooks8761]

I did this with my dad, he did Nasser’s era and I picked the modern era Nasser’s era. Modern Era 1. Mathew Hayden. 1. Alistair Cook 2. Rahul Dravid. 2. Kumar Sangakkara 3. Ricky Ponting. 3. Virat Kohli 4. Sachin Tendulkar. 4. Steve Smith 5. Brian Lara. 5. Kane Williamson 6. Jacques Kallis. 6. Ben Stokes 7. Adam Gilchrist. 7. AB de Villiers 8. Shane Warne. 8. Pat Cummins 9. Muttiah Muralitheran. 9. Dale Steyn 10. Glenn McGrath. 10. Nathan Lyon 11. Brett Lee. 11. James Anderson

[@subhraneelchattopadhyay6178]

nice selection man

[@corpgov]

Brett Lee in tests was average, mate. Your dad needs to try again

[@bhisal]

Dravid was not opener, take Sehwag

[@corpgov]

@@sanyamtomar8496 a bowler with an average of 30 is not considered world class. You can try any one of Akram, Waqar, Donald, even Bond, who all averaged considerably under 30 in Tests. Lee was better in ODIs but was average in Tests.

[@corpgov]

@@sanyamtomar8496 I compared his stats with 90s bowlers because he was picked in the 90s team 😄. His average in England or in Asia was shite. Frankly speaking, if Lee wasnt backed up by Warne and McGrath, his average would be higher than even 30. He shouldn't even be in an Australian all time 11, never mind World 11

[@narenderkumar1357]

Sachin, Lara, Ponting and Kallis's last chance to score atleast a fifty at Lord's.

[@akshayv8845]

When is the match ?

[@paulmark63]

Robert key glad to see you back you a Nass are a great double act. Keep up the great work Paul

[@aasimyousaf2455]

Nasser's bowling attack is the difference between the 2 sides. Even though I think he's actually missed out the single best bowler of that era in Curtly Ambrose.

[@corpgov]

pace and bounce, but little variation

[@tektak2400]

@@corpgov Ambrose is just a better version of McGrath. McGrath got flustered when batsmen went after him. Sachin took him apart many times but it's very difficult to find instances of Ambrose being taken apart like that.

[@amangoyal923]

Lol Kohli and Stokes in same team will be confusing 😁

[@dimitrz2000]

Naseer's World XI----- Mathew Hayden Marcus Trescothick Ricky Ponting (C) Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Adam Gilchrist (W) Wasim Akram Shane warne Muttiah Muralitharan Glenn McGrath Rob Key's World XI----- Virender Shewag Graeme Smith (C) kumar Sangakara Virat Kholi Steve Smith Ben Stokes AB de Villiers (W) Pat Cummins Dale Steyn James Anderson Jasprit Bumrah replaced with Nathan Lyon ( spinner ) since he needed a spinner in his squad

[@thatr0ryt133]

The side camera for Nasa gives an incredible view of the his giant nose.

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

Ye 😂

[@subhashchandran7708]

Except trescothik brilliant team

[@malmwest1832]

his nostrils are incredible

[@jonnyblack1372]

Nass’s era is so nostalgic

[@benholbrook8458]

Great to see rob back!!

[@andrewcarson5850]

Kallis is the most underrated cricketer of all time.

[@damonaspeling9734]

Best all-rounder of all-time

[@1000ashwanirana]

Good decision by roobie in the end In place of Bumrah by putting lyon's name ..he is just fantastic bowler no doosra simple offspin...it is great lesson for youngsters that by simple off spin you can get heap of wickets..

[@chathurapremasinghe1939]

Ye but i love how he wanted smith as his spinner 😂

[@vanditbhayani5389]

3rd team of Dravids and Pujaras. We just bat for 5 days!!!!

[@ravishkazi7371]

3rd teams of blockers 1) gawaskar 2) cook 3) Younis Khan 4) dravid 5) pujara 6) Chanderpaul 7) bj Watling 8) vettori 9) Zaheer Khan 10) kumble 11) Walsh Here bowlers are also not attacking but defensive (bowls line and length waits batsman to make mistake) along with super defensive batsman

[@srijankhare8332]

@@ravishkazi7371 no Sibley

[@abhishekkaushik6086]

I think u forgot of Dravid 50 in 22 balls

[@bigchunguscricket4526]

Don duck bowls a bit

[@rohitgurungrohitgurung4863]

Hey I don't understand Don duck what is that it's me Rohit gurung

[@bigchunguscricket4526]

Rohitgurung Rohitgurung look up we cricket

[@supremegeneral2424]

He can bat a bit as well

[@BrUh-ce8dv]

Sheesh Don relax

[@bigchunguscricket4526]

Supreme General Yh lol

[@vinniep237]

Good to see the old fella back and well! On ya Keysy 🙌

[@adij3224]

This just made my weekend 👏🏾👏🏾 Well done with the stats ! It’s always a pleasure to listen Nasser’s voice..

[@raheelakhtar7]

Don’t need 2 spinners @ Lords. Nas should let go Murali and add Waqar or Ambrose. Also as someone suggested, Ponting, Sachin and Lara between them have zero hundreds at Lords!

[@achyuta4206]

Kohli's recent dip has shown what Sachin did was nothing short of amazing. Nobody comes close.

[@thecricketer7928]

Steve smith if he keeps his average around 60 by the time of his retirement will come close but yeah as an Australian Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman are by far the GOAT test batters...

[@RipBozoXD]

Kohli averages 50+ in every format plus has a great IPL record too. Sachin played only 2 formats. Kohli easily beats Sachin in white ball cricket

[@achyuta4206]

@@RipBozoXD lol. Sachin has been the highest scorer in multiple WCs. Played against better bowlers in tougher conditions. Even in white ball cricket Kohli is no match for Sachin.

[@sithvsjedi9696]

???? Sir Donald Bradman. Tendulkar isn't even close. Enough said. I am English by the way.

[@sithvsjedi9696]

Tendulkar's average is not even in the top 10 😅

[@1000ashwanirana]

Welcome Robbie it's good to see you back..take care of yourself

[@VishalSharma-kf9ob]

Good laugh,brought back so many memories with all the conversation👌👌👌

[@mukuldeshwal4773]

I love these kind of vodcasts.

[@manojburje2660]

Hayden Sehwag Ponting Tendulkar Lara Kallis Gilchrist Akram Steyn McGrath Murali. Just unbeatable.

[@user-ey9en8yp5n]

Warne for Murali

[@EVSmith-by9no]

@@user-ey9en8yp5n I agree. Also given the rules I would swap out Steyn for Ambrose.

[@ArunKumar-vd6tk]

I would pick Warne in place of Steyn as you already have two top notch pacers in Akram and Mcgrath to add to that Kallis can chip in with his guile of medium pace. I will go with 3 quicks and 2 spinners. But my keeper would be Sangakkara who could play long inngs compared to Gilly who was more of a dasher at times could cost his wicket

[@rahulj6335]

Best and hard cricket played in 1999 to 2011till that 12 years was best for cricket lovers, all teams was best and cricket rules, condition was difficult for batsman both bowlers and batsman 50/50.

[@pushkeypushak]

Keys, how could you forget Rangana Herath? He is significantly better than Lyon.

[@xrayonthemove]

But lyon is better than him in bouncy and flat tracks

[@tariniacharya4440]

Lyon is the best spin bowler since last 10 years in test

[@ket_wav1013]

No he's not. Lyon's got wickets all over the world whereas 65% of Herath's wickets were on dustbowls in Sri Lanka.

[@grovsey3656]

@A K nah only in India like all Indian bowlers.

[@Home_946]

@@tariniacharya4440 ashwin?

[@milonkumarbanerjee6950]

IN TEST 11 THE 3 batsman at 3 4 5 positions with any of these 3 at any of the 3 positions are RAHUL DRAVID VIRAT KOHLI STEVE SMITH

[@ronakm17]

Judging by the players I have seen my ODI team will look like this - 1. Sangakkara 2. Sachin tendulkar 3. Virat Kohli 4. Ricky Ponting 5. Jack kallis 6. Ben Stokes 7. MS dhoni (wk cap) 8. Wasim Akram 9. Shane Warne 10. Mcgrath 11. Muralitharan

[@dr.harshamssportsrehab.9151]

Robbie how's your health mate?? heard from you that you are well.. Takecare rob,our prayers are with us!

[@DoFi12]

So glad G.Smith was included. Criminally underrated

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

Yup he is.

[@subhAjitDin]

Now, what about a triangular series and the team from 1975 - 1990 Sunil Gavaskar Gordon Greenidge Viv Richards Zaheer Abbas David Gower Ian Healy(wk) Kapil Dev Imran Khan (c) Richard Hadlee Abdul Qadir Malcolm Marshall

[@afnanhaider5673]

Clive Lloyd should have Ben in place of Gordon Greenidge.

[@malikzaighamaminbhatti331]

Where is the great wasim akram??

[@manchesterabhinav1]

@@malikzaighamaminbhatti331 Bhai, Wasim Akram has been picked by Nasser Hussain in his side. The peak of Akram came in the 90s.

[@MrRin15]

Greg chapell should have been a no brainer.. He was one of the greatest batsman of all time and i hated him for nearly destroying dada's career

[@KrishnaDas-il9vu]

1. S Gavaskar, 2. Shewag, 3. Bradman(VC), 4. Tendulkar, 5. Kallis, 6. Sangakara(C)(WK), 7. Sobers, 8. Dev, 9. Akram, 10. Warne, 11. Ambrose. 12. Murlitharan(in Asia in place of Dev).

[@s.a.a8359]

Nathan Lyon over Saeed Ajmal and Rangana Herath is a joke Rob...

[@PradeepKumar-dg8ri]

Dont under estimate nathan Lyon...his records are fantabulous even in bouncy tracks...

[@s.a.a8359]

@@PradeepKumar-dg8ri He's decent but skill wise not in the same league as the other two I've mentioned... Even his stats are inferior to both Herath and Ajmal..

[@amaledward2147]

@@s.a.a8359 Big difference. Nathan Lyon is a match winner

[@PradeepKumar-dg8ri]

Only skill will not win u a match mr/ms do u know the word consistency....test cricket is all about how consistent the bowlers are...Lyon is that kind of bowler....decent action and when it comes to ajmal...his action is not that proper....rangana herath's record in away matches is not that considerable....dont underrate Lyon he is also a match winner in his own way...

[@s.a.a8359]

@@amaledward2147 So were the other two and I'm sure they won more games for their respective countries single handedly than Lyon..

[@venderstrat]

Gotta love Nasser. (I'm from Australia.) I knew he'd pick Ponting. I don't think you need Muralitharan if you have Warne.

[@bharatshukla4084]

My thoughts on one of the discussions......I would say 90s to early 2000 was the best era for cricket .....you had great batmen......best spinners of all time....fastest bowlers.......best swing and seam bowlers.....balls that remain hard for 80 overs....more reverse swing...as you could get away with some ball tempering ....video analysis of batsman weakness.... drastic change in fielding standards....Viv and Gavaskar era comes the closest....yes don bradman was 20 years ahead of his time....as most great batsmen are....but if you watch videos of that time it really feels a lot easier than the modern era....at that time some people have played fc cricket till their late 40s....also less number of countries playing competitive cricket (only England)....history suggests that one player may do extremely well against one country....it is like Ian bell has average of 488 against bangladesh :)........yes Don has done well against other countries but they lack the structure and quality....also their were lack of variety in pitches..like Ponting not able to perform in Indian condition...or Aussie and English batmen faltering in SL ........still if one wants to look at only average...then Don Bradman is GOAT....but cricket is lot more than a number....like why there are selectors to select team...computer can do the same based on player averages.... ...not talking about the current era...let it pan out....:)....I would urge u to watch mid wicket tales...on prime....there are some footage of that era...u see bowling of Vinoo Mankad...considered as one of the best in India...also there are many tales of how unworthy influential players were selected to play.....so my best bet Ponting...Sachin and Lara....Sorry Viv and Gavaskar..:)

[@ashleysmith91]

Don Bradman also scored all those runs on uncovered pitches. Think about that for a while, a ball jagging left and right, up and down, two paced and averaged 99.

[@KonohasOrangeFlash]

Deluded, Bradman was the best by far

[@tektak2400]

If Bradman's era was easier, then there would have been many other batsmen averaging 90+ in Test & FC cricket but there were none. ZERO. When one man is so much better than anyone else, in his era or any other era, you have to accept that he was a one & only. That's what makes him stand out above all whereas plenty of there are a ton of players who averaged in the 50's in all eras. Furthermore, Bradman played in era of uncovered pitches, so if it rained last night, you were playing on a mushy pitch, if you think that's easier than modern eras then you need to revisit your assumptions.

[@bharatshukla4084]

He was the greatest player of that era and even 20 30 years ahead of his era...however cricket has become more and more modern..when slight anamoly in one's technique is analysed so much by everyone.. .even ur strength may become ur weakness...look at him bat in old footages...he does not compare to modern era batsman.....we tend to value old things more and exaggerate even more when there are very less recordings......comparing eras I feel 90s were the best as explained above..

[@bharatshukla4084]

also I found 4 players having average of around 60 of that era. there may be more.. they were playing on those uncovered pitches.... as per your logic they would be better than everyone else of this era....

[@alistairhann2094]

Nasser's team wins again -- the side with the superior bowling attack almost always does. They'd still lose to the 1984 Windies team tho. In my mind, the best team in the history of team sports.

[@rjusg]

I just wish they allowed rob to pick kumble he was absolutely a legend for India.

[@aneil2990]

Andy Flower...less we quick to forget, how great he was.

[@hydra_is_dehydrated]

I have seen you like a LEADER NASSA , Saw you PEAK in my early teens .. use to wake up early to see you bat. Good bless you , top player you are SIR . ... 🤝🎩

[@Kingpinone]

Great to see Keys back...Nasser's is strong line up.. would take Tres out... for slayter

[@UpendraKumar-ik4fk]

Great selection of Kumar Sangkara and AB devilliers as WK

[@aqee14.0.7]

Great. Picks picked by both the legends I am very happy for their teams

[@vng484]

Always fun to see Michael Vaughan's off stump flying in intro of many cricket videos. Bennedict give me the stats on how many times Vaughan fail to protect his off stump

[@adiiyer]

No Alistair Cook in either team? Very surprising.

[@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437]

ya. he 8s better than graeme smith and much better than shewag and threscotic.

[@mustaquimahmedtanbeer2437]

* trescothick

[@aratrikghosh2717]

Well cook's average is just 45 he is like Anderson he has played too many matches

[@grovsey3656]

@@aratrikghosh2717 well sehwags average outside of Asia is 35 but you all still rate him?

[@aratrikghosh2717]

@@grovsey3656 so what his all over average is touching 50s that also with a thundering strike rate of 84.5 in tests you should count his overall average he was much better than Cook

[@musharafhussain2316]

Key could've picked Swann as his spinner.

[@sunnychoudhary1323]

My pick: Nathan Astle Graeme Smith Kallis Tendulkar Fap duplessis Mike Hussey Kumar Sangakkara Shane Warne Steve Harmison Chaminda Vaas Zaheer khan (too dangerous once he gets the reverse swing going)

[@asjadpasha99]

What software/simulator is Benedict using? I want to have a go

[@manisshthakur621]

Welcome back Rob Key, looking fresh as always!

[@farhanhasan2926]

Rob Key is hilarious!

[@dcho055]

Is there a link to the virtual game?

[@mrkipling2201]

Good to see Rob back. Keep well.

[@keshavsharma3556]

"Langer going on and on...numpty" hahaha

[@linkinpark7898]

Nas missed Rahul Dravid! Seriously? Test Cricket and no Rahul Dravid Nas? :'3

[@TheEdge3003]

Haha Good fun and two great two sides tbh. I'd love it, if we could actually watch this match, with all the players at the peak of their powers, that would be sweet :). Just on a side note is it me, or do Nass and Rob seem a bit grumpy/sarcastic at points? lol

[@asimnaeem3396]

Anyone got a link for this match? Thanks

[@somnathdas9276]

"You not have face for ladies" 🤣😝😝😝😝

[@sootykumar7801]

If any team can't have ambrose then some things wrong.

[@vrajshah1494]

True... even walsh and waqar don't make it. Not to mention Allan Donald.

[@sidsa9]

Where do we get the virtual playout?

[@NautiusMaximus]

Good to have you back Rob

[@ajmalartistryandwriteupsam4878]

My woooooooord.. this is absolute paradise for any CRICKET TRAGIC...&that's two teams of absolute Titans of the BEAUTIFUL inspiring Game...&I just feel..DALE 🐐 SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN BOTH THE SIDES

[@Journeyman4Love]

You cannot not have Curtly Ambrose in the all time 11 since the 90s!! That huge frame alone would be enough to extract discomforting bounce even on the most placid of tracks. Ambrose, Warne, Waqar & McGrath would be my picks!

[@heymofo1981]

great to see rob back on the mic

[@Arunnalayyathu13]

Any other combined team of an era after the 90s without any of these players in keys nd nass s team.