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All Time XI

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Not much happening here and I’m sure most here have noticed in Facebook former greats have been asked to post their ‘All Time XI’s’ so why not do the same here. Let’s stick to posting guys we’ve seen play

Jaybro’s All Time XI

Graeme Smith
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
AB De Villiers
Adam Gilchrist
Andrew Flintoff
Shane Warne
Ryan Harris
Waqar Younis

Hard for me to leave out Brendan McCullum, Kumar Sangakarra, Heath Streak & Glenn McGrath but those guys are my favourites
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Re: All Time XI

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All time XI across teams + formats
Guys we've watched playing
Creating a balanced team of eleven from our favorites, not necessarily the best XI possible. Picking the best team out of our favorites.

A nice idea indeed.

Here's CrimsonAvenger's All Time XI in batting order:

AB de Villers
Rahul Dravid
Kane Williamson
Kumar Sangakkara
Steve Waugh (C)
Andy Flower (WK)
Heath Streak
Anil Kumble
Kagiso Rabada
Javagal Srinath
Shane Bond

Unlucky to miss out but in the XV: Saeed Anwar, Chris Harris, Paul Strang, Mike Hussey

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Oh yes I like Shane Bond too
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I'll play. Fair warning, I only started watching in 2013 so I'll only go with those players.

Test:
1. Dean Elgar
2. Alastair Cook (c)
3. Joe Root/Steve Smith/Younis Khan
4. Virat Kohli (vc)
5. AB de Villiers/ Misbah ul-Haq
6. MS Dhoni (wk)
7. Ben Stokes
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Daniel Vettori/ Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Mitchell Starc/Kagiso Rabada
11. Dale Steyn

ODI:
1. Rohit Sharma/ Brendon McCullum
2. David Warner
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. AB de Villiers/ MS Dhoni
5. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
6. Ben Stokes/Shahid Afridi
7. Andre Russell/ Ravindra Jadeja
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Chris Woakes
9. Adil Rashid/ Mitchell Starc
10. Dale Steyn
11. Kagiso Rabada/ Rashid Khan

T20I:
1. Chris Gayle
2. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Eoin Morgan/Shahid Afridi
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Ben Stokes
7. Andre Russell
8. Rashid Khan
9. Dale Steyn/ Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Kagiso Rabada

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kngow wrote:
Fri May 10, 2019 12:17 pm
I'll play. Fair warning, I only started watching in 2013 so I'll only go with those players.

Test:
1. Dean Elgar
2. Alastair Cook (c)
3. Joe Root/Steve Smith/Younis Khan
4. Virat Kohli (vc)
5. AB de Villiers/ Misbah ul-Haq
6. MS Dhoni (wk)
7. Ben Stokes
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Daniel Vettori/ Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Mitchell Starc/Kagiso Rabada
11. Dale Steyn

ODI:
1. Rohit Sharma/ Brendon McCullum
2. David Warner
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. AB de Villiers/ MS Dhoni
5. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
6. Ben Stokes/Shahid Afridi
7. Andre Russell/ Ravindra Jadeja
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Chris Woakes
9. Adil Rashid/ Mitchell Starc
10. Dale Steyn
11. Kagiso Rabada/ Rashid Khan

T20I:
1. Chris Gayle
2. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Eoin Morgan/Shahid Afridi
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Ben Stokes
7. Andre Russell
8. Rashid Khan
9. Dale Steyn/ Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Kagiso Rabada
You must be young yeah?

You missed a golden era of cricket
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Re: All Time XI

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jaybro wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 1:52 am
kngow wrote:
Fri May 10, 2019 12:17 pm
I'll play. Fair warning, I only started watching in 2013 so I'll only go with those players.

Test:
1. Dean Elgar
2. Alastair Cook (c)
3. Joe Root/Steve Smith/Younis Khan
4. Virat Kohli (vc)
5. AB de Villiers/ Misbah ul-Haq
6. MS Dhoni (wk)
7. Ben Stokes
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Daniel Vettori/ Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Mitchell Starc/Kagiso Rabada
11. Dale Steyn

ODI:
1. Rohit Sharma/ Brendon McCullum
2. David Warner
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. AB de Villiers/ MS Dhoni
5. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
6. Ben Stokes/Shahid Afridi
7. Andre Russell/ Ravindra Jadeja
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Chris Woakes
9. Adil Rashid/ Mitchell Starc
10. Dale Steyn
11. Kagiso Rabada/ Rashid Khan

T20I:
1. Chris Gayle
2. Jos Buttler (vc/wk)
3. Virat Kohli (c)
4. Eoin Morgan/Shahid Afridi
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Ben Stokes
7. Andre Russell
8. Rashid Khan
9. Dale Steyn/ Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Yuzvendra Chahal
11. Kagiso Rabada
You must be young yeah?

You missed a golden era of cricket

Haha, yes. The first international series I watched was England vs WI before the WT20 2014. The first series I actually devoted time to was India's tour of England. Explains why there's no Gilchrist, Tendulkar, Ponting etc.

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kngow wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 3:03 am


Haha, yes. The first international series I watched was England vs WI before the WT20 2014. The first series I actually devoted time to was India's tour of England. Explains why there's no Gilchrist, Tendulkar, Ponting etc.
Fair enough, how old are you? Are you a Zimbo?

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Re: All Time XI

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jaybro wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 4:28 am
kngow wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 3:03 am


Haha, yes. The first international series I watched was England vs WI before the WT20 2014. The first series I actually devoted time to was India's tour of England. Explains why there's no Gilchrist, Tendulkar, Ponting etc.
Fair enough, how old are you? Are you a Zimbo?

I feel bad for any cricket fan that didn’t see the 2005 Ashes series in England, nothing I’ve seen since has even come remotely close to that series for quality of cricket played and quality of the competition, such fine margins played at such a high standard with the highest stakes
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jaybro wrote:
Sat May 11, 2019 4:28 am
I feel bad for any cricket fan that didn’t see the 2005 Ashes series in England, nothing I’ve seen since has even come remotely close to that series for quality of cricket played and quality of the competition, such fine margins played at such a high standard with the highest stakes
My word. Although, in my case, seeing meant listening on a LW radio. Freddie Flintoff would be my first pick from that series.

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Here's my all time XI: (This only includes guys I've seen play live on TV)

1 Ricky Ponting (c)
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Jacques Kallis
4 Virat Kohli
5 Steve Smith
6 AB de Villiers
7 Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
8 Dale Steyn
9 Kagiso Rabada
10 Shane Bond
11 Muttiah Muralitharan

My XI if I include guys I haven't seen play "live":

1 Matthew Hayden
2 Sachin Tendulkar
3 Ricky Ponting (c)
4 Brian Lara
5 Jacques Kallis
6 Virat Kohli
7 Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
8 Dale Steyn
9 Shane Bond
10 Shane Warne
11 Curtly Ambrose

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