All time test XI/Current world test XI

[shakibrulz]

Guess the title says it all. Nominate your all time test XI and current world test XI.

My list:

All time XI
Jack Hobbs
Sunil Gavaskar
Sachin Tendulkar
BC Lara
Viv Richards
Garry Sobbers
Adam Gilchrist
Imran Khan/Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Malcolm Marshall
Glenn McGrath

12th Man: Ambrose/Ian Botham

Current XI:
Gautam Gambhir/Tamim Iqbal
Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
Shakib Al Hasan
Dale Steyn
Graeme Swann
Doghie Bollinger
Lasit Malinga

[aklemalp]

umm,shakib playing as a bowler,then where is jaques kallis as all rounder,i am not criticising but suggesting

[roman]

All time XI
Gordon Greenidge
Sunil Gavaskar
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards
Adam Gilchrist
Imran Khan/Steve Waugh
Shane Warne
Malcom Marshall
Wasim Akram
Glenn Mcgrath

Current XI
Dilshan
Shewag
Rahul Dravid
Tendulkar
Ricky Ponting
Kumara Sangakara
Daniel Vettori
Dale Steyn
Mitchel Johnson
Shakib Al hasan ( as a bowler)
Malinga

[Beamer]

Its difficult to name a W XI, but one would assume that Bradman is the first man in. He will always be the man at no.3.

[shakibrulz]

Originally Posted by aklemalp
umm,shakib playing as a bowler,then where is jaques kallis as all rounder,i am not criticising but suggesting

No issues, that's the whole point of a forum.

It's just a personal thing, I hate selfish players and FTBs to be in my current XI, hence no Kallizzzz

[shakibrulz]

Originally Posted by Beamer
Its difficult to name a W XI, but one would assume that Bradman is the first man in. He will always be the man at no.3.

Ironically, no Bradman in both of our lists.

He hadn't played the best of the bowlers like Marshall or Warne, played like 90% of the matches against the same opponent. So I don't know whether he'd make it to my All time XI. Way too many good playaz.

[ammark]

The lists are flawed. You are always having to make a team that is specific to the era in which the game was played.

Bradman and Len Hutton played in a different time and were by far the most prolific batsmen of their time. Same goes for Worrell, Weekes and Walcott. For that matter, this group isnt including W.G Grace at all. Fyi, Bradman faced his own challenges facing Larwood without any protective gear.

Most glaringly the names of Graeme Pollock and Colin Cowdrey isnt anywhere in your lists. Among bowlers you're missing out Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Curtly Ambrose who in their periods dominated fast bowling in Tests.