CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinner.

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Poll ended at Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:09 pm

Muttiah Muralitharan
0
No votes
Lance Gibbs
0
No votes
Dale Steyn
5
31%
Richard Hadlee
2
13%
Curtly Ambrose
0
No votes
Wasim Akram
6
38%
Graeme Swann
0
No votes
BS Chandrasekhar
0
No votes
Derek Underwood
2
13%
Waqar Younis
0
No votes
Allan Donald
0
No votes
Joel Garner
0
No votes
Vernon Philander
0
No votes
Shoaib Akhtar
1
6%
Ravi Ashwin
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 16

Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby Gingerfinch » Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:54 pm

My own personal team to take on this lot.

Hayden
Greenidge
Ponting
Border
Kallis
S Waugh
Imran
Healy
Hadlee
Ambrose
Murali
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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:58 pm

Does Cook really belong in that company?
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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby Gingerfinch » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:00 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Does Cook really belong in that company?


Well, stats alone he does.

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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:07 pm

CGG was a class batter, and I should have voted for him. He wouldn't have made it, even though.

You can make a case for Cook, especially in Asia. And yes, mid forties average is good enough.
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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby shankycricket » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:20 pm

Arthur Crabtree wrote:Does Cook really belong in that company?

Better than subcontinent bully Sehwag.
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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Sat Feb 20, 2016 5:57 pm

Viru's average is a level above though. Cook is a bit of a subcon batter himself (he has a bad record against SA, and has had one amazing Ashes to five poor ones). The best attack he faced in England was Pakistan in 2010, where he was nearly dropped and his home record overall is only ok. He's the worst averaging England captain in the Ashes (minimum 5 Tests) since WWI. His form has been patchy apart from a peak period of about a year starting with the 2010-11 Ashes. Sehwag played charismatic cricket, but Cook surely is a bit of an eyesore. There are positive things about Cook, mostly his batting in Asia (also cussedness, concentration, stamina, appetite for runs), but if Sehwag is a one dimensional batter, then Cook can surely be accused of the same.

But most of all, I remember on 606, some India fans used to feel that people outside Asia undervalued runs scored there, and assumed that tracks were flat and runs came easy. Well this vote suggested a few people rejected that stereotype, and valued players who are masters of those pitches.
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Re: CMS Test XI of last 50 Years- third seamer/second spinne

Postby ianp1970 » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:56 pm

Here is my "best of the rest" team to take on the poll winners:

Greenidge
Smith
Dravid
Kallis
Border
Flower
Imran
Wasim
Hadlee/Swann (whichever is not in the selected team or pitch dependent)
Steyn
Murali

As Wasim was selected, my XI picks itself.
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