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My alltime world Test 11

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04 Mar 2020, 07:29
#41
04 Mar 2020, 07:29#41

...and your team is???

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04 Mar 2020, 14:38
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04 Mar 2020, 14:38#42
In my first year at Rhodes Uni, there was a match in PE against SA and Hayden ended up taking that years Miss Fresher back to his hotel for the night I recall her being a hottie
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05 Mar 2020, 04:25
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05 Mar 2020, 04:25#43

I believe he's a Happy Clapper these days as well as an outstanding cook.

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09 Mar 2020, 18:24
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09 Mar 2020, 18:24#44

Trouble is too much talent to choose from but 11 players plus an extra would make an unbeatable team...high scores to chase and devastating bowlers to finish off:

Sachin Tendulkar

Don Bradman

Matthew Hayden

Barry Richards

Gary Sobers

Hansie Cronje (Capt)

Jonty Rhodes

Mark Boucher

Michael Proctor

Shane Warne

Dennis Lilee

Hugh Tayfield

You might shift the batting order around to suit the game a bit but each of these players will do their bit...Hansie as capt would know how, an uncanny ability to captain, maybe Eddie Barlow could substitute him but this team would be hard to beat.


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10 Mar 2020, 01:59
#45
10 Mar 2020, 01:59#45

One genuine speedster? 

Hansie and Jonty over Lara?

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10 Mar 2020, 12:31
#46
10 Mar 2020, 12:31#46
Jonty was an average bat and a brilliant fielder Fielding does not merit inclusion in a all time world side - not even close Jonty would not smell an all time best SA side let alone world one Cronje is in a similar boat
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11 Mar 2020, 00:50
#47
11 Mar 2020, 00:50#47

100%

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11 Mar 2020, 01:03
#48
11 Mar 2020, 01:03#48

Proctor not a genuine speedster?

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11 Mar 2020, 01:11
#49
11 Mar 2020, 01:11#49

What speed did he bowl?

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12 Mar 2020, 00:55
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12 Mar 2020, 00:55#50

Proccy was fast enough, he was difficult and effective if his co-opener bowler was a strike bowler because opening batsman could not settle in with variation style, his bowling off the wrong foot was disarming...an opening bowler pair with a real pace bowler like Dennis Lilee would have been effective. Yes my side is lean on real speedsters but with the core of strong batsman and good all rounders it would have been effective, Hansie/Barlow (clever strategists and Jonty the best fielder ever), were not the "best" in the case of a Lara sure but a steady core that contributed all round and then Gary Sobers too was the best all-rounder ever. With such balance (anti-traditional approach) it would be hard to beat a side like that. Shane Warne (best leg break bowler ever) would finish 'em off and the "average"slower bowlers would create dents, how often do you remember when star strikers could not get results and seemingly "dour" bowlers like Eddie Barlow with his charismatic magic would get the key wickets.

Cricket is a great psychological game, great skills both in body and mind... probably the most superior sport of all.

Unfortunately there are only 11 + 1 out of probably a 1000 odd players that are up there but eras and variation are difficult to fit in and blend...I would think that my selections would challenge anything left and there is a lot, unfortunately not proveable

Nevertheless an interesting fickle exercise..


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12 Mar 2020, 01:41
#51
12 Mar 2020, 01:41#51

Seba, there's no need to defend you selections, I'm just not sure whether Proccie for a lack of stats was a "genuine speedster" when compared to say Donald, Steyn, Ambrose or Marshall.

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12 Mar 2020, 04:30
#52
12 Mar 2020, 04:30#52

Proccy at his best...pity about boycotting in apartheid days, as a batman as well he was the 2nd batsman to hit 6 sixes in an over.

Certainly would be in my team, a natural sportsman, in fact he could play rugby, tennis and golf.

He played 1st team for Hilton College in rugby but a guru at cricket.

https://youtu.be/6GVYtBU-N-8


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12 Mar 2020, 05:57
#53
12 Mar 2020, 05:57#53

"...…....pity about boycotting in apartheid days....."

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