by ianp1970 » Sun Jan 21, 2018 12:19 am
Gingerfinch wrote:This is our best side on paper, but still got to do it in a major tournament.
From our 92 world cup final side, only Hick and maybe De-Freitas get in to this one.
I think many of the current side would now get in an 'English best XI'. They seem to be considerably better players at the limited overs game.
If we looked at an 80's/90's team, it would be something like:
Gooch
Knight
Hick
Lamb
Fairbrother
Stewart
Botham
DeFreitas
Gough
Willis
Underwood
and a 90's/00's would be akin to:
Trescothick
Kieswetter
Trott
Pietersen
Thorpe
Collingwood
Flintoff
Bresnan
Swann
Harmison
Anderson
Decent players in both teams, but - on paper - neither of which would be able to muster much of a challenge against the current side!
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