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Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Here's an idea:
ATG Test avg Better Than FC avg XI:
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first choices would have to be bradman, b.richards and g. pollock. all of them already in my all time XI haha. also jack hobbs and viv richards, which again are already in my all time team. sobers is next and yet again he's already in my all time XI. from there it's gilchrist who is also my first choice keeper for an all time XI.
i can't find an allrounder who has both a better bat and bowling average in tests than in FC cricket.
for bowlers i'd go with allan donald and dale steyn, and stick with shane warne, though murali is still a spin option under this criteria.
All Time Better Test Averages Than FC Averages XI:
1 jack hobbs
2 barry richards
3 don bradman
4 graeme pollock
5 viv richards
6 garry sobers
7 adam gilchrist
8 ????????????????
9 shane warne
10 dale steyn
11 allan donald
don't know if this is the best XI you could make i.e. don't know if the ones i've put here have a higher test average by the greatest amount compared to their FC averages but i found it interesting how all these greats have better test averages than their FC averages, afterall test cricket is meant to be tougher than FC cricket. just shows how truly great these players were if they were able to perform at a better rate at the higher level.
now if anyone has all rounder idea's let me know. closest i've found so far are imran and miller, both have better batting averages (miller by a large margin), but both have slightly lower test bowling averages than FC averages (still averaging 22 in both tests and FCs though).
sangakkara and kallis would be good batting options for this XI.