Greatest World Test Cricket XI (1978 to 2020)

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World XI so far....

1. M Hayden
2. G. Smith
3. V. Richards
4. B Lara
5. S.Tendulkar
6. J Kallis
7. A Gilchrist

 

[Tony Towner]

Warne
Muralitharan*
Qadir

*I'm with Darrell Hair, but as he wasn't banned I have to include him

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Warne
Muralitharan
Qadir

 

[Johnny75]

Warne
Murali
Kumble

 

[Trips]

Warne
Murali
Kumble

 

[slink]

Warne
Murali
Kumble

 

[darlowolf64]

Warne
Kumble
Qadir

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan
Graeme Swann

 

[Sniffer]

How’s everyone getting on with their pace bowlers list. I think I’m down to nine to choose from.

 

[Tony Towner]

Top 4 are fairly easy for me. The 5th could be any of about 10

 

[Nando]

Warne

Murali

Kumble

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

How’s everyone getting on with their pace bowlers list. I think I’m down to nine to choose from.

Struggling horribly. I have a three as I said earlier in the thread but rest of the positions are a total bunfight. And that is without Lillee and Thomson who are really a tiny bit early. I have Lee, McDermott, Steyn, Donald, Pollock, Akram, Younis, Akhtar, Ambrose, Walsh, Patterson, Bishop, Holding, Roberts and so on to still deal with. And that is without putting England quicks in, where we have had some damn fine talent lately.

 

[Tony Towner]

...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

He's in my first three with Garner and McGrath

 

[Tony Towner]

Yes sorry, realised straight after I posted and amended, but you got there first [emoji3]

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I can't leave Malcolm Marshall out. His brother runs the West Indies club shop at Bridgetown right by the ground. Such a lovely bloke and so I could never leave him from the order. All three of my kids got West Indies shirts with Marshall on the back that day and the man was utterly delighted and proud that a tourist remembered the great bowler so much. It touched me and it meant a lot to him. If Marshall wasn't my number one I would have let him down.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yes, he'll be my number one as well. I told my Jim'll Fix It story on the other thread

 

[Doctor Doog]

Warne
Murali
Kumble

 

[Sniffer]

Warne
Murali
Qadir

 

[Sniffer]

Spinners result (the only contest here was for third!)

Warne 30
Muralitharan 20
Kumble 5
Qadir 4
Swann 1