Thread: World XI
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Old November 10, 2002, 01:21 PM
Sham Sham is offline
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Havent given enough thought to a one day XI but a couple of points on your Test XI.

Sangakarra instead of Gilchrist? Sangakkara is a very good batsman but thats about it. He isnt as good as Gilchrist and I dont rate him too highly as a keeper. He drops stuff. As a matter of fact, the one thing he does better than most is appeals for everything, whether it hits pad or comes off the middle of the bat.

Secondly, Kallis is not a Test opener. It might work but I wouldn't promote him to open in the world XI, not when there is a batsman averaging 56 as an opener in Langer. Also, opening is a lot about partnerships, and the Hayden-Langer partnership is working too well to break up.

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