All time eleven (cricket)

[vimal_vs]

I see cric info compiled a list of the all time best 11 West Indian cricketers.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/conten ... _area=2260



The XI
Gordon Greenidge
Conrad Hunte
George Headley
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Jackie Hendriks
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Lance Gibbs

who missing???
and i think it would be funny to compile a list of all time worst lol.
including the likes of reon king, mervyn dillon, etc. keep adding

[DRAGULA]

Richie Richardson
Carl Hooper
Rohan Kanhai
Larry Gomes

[Back2Studio]

Missing: Courtney Walsh, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Desmond Haynes, Jeff Dujon.

Worst: Cameron Cuffy, Suruj Ragoonath, Rawle Lewis

[DRAGULA]

courtney walsh

[SR]

1980's west indies team

talk dun

[DevilZ]

all time worst is too easy...just look at the current team, plenty candidates there
my pick for an all time 11 would be:
G. Greenidge
D. Haynes
G. Headley
V. Richards
B. Lara
G. Sobers
J. Dujon
L. Gibbs
C. Walsh (for his entertaining batting as well)
C. Ambrose
M. Marshall


Marshall and Garner opening the bowling Ambrose as first change

12th man is Bravo

[SR]

The history of the West Indies cricket team began in the 1890s, when the first representative sides were selected to play visiting English sides. The WICB joined the sport's international ruling body, the Imperial Cricket Conference, in 1926,[5] and played their first official international match, granted Test status, in 1928[6] thus becoming the fourth Test nation.

Although blessed with some great players in their early days as a Test nation, and beating England for the first time at Lord's on 29 June 1950, their successes remained sporadic until the 1960s when the side changed from a white-dominated to a black-dominated side. By the 1970s, the West Indies had a side recognised as unofficial world champions, a reputation they retained throughout the 1980s.[7] During these glory years, the Windies were noted for their four-man fast bowling attack, backed up by some of the best batsmen in the world.

The 1980s saw them set a then-record streak of 11 consecutive Test victories in 1984 and inflict two 5–0 "blackwashes" against the old enemy of England. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, however, West Indian cricket declined, largely due to the failure of the West Indian Cricket Board to move the game from an amateur pastime to a professional sport coupled with the general economic decline in West Indian countries, and the team today is struggling to regain its past glory. The West Indies are currently ranked 8th out of the 10 Test playing nations, and 7th in the one-day international rankings, which likewise only cover the 10 Test playing nations.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team

[Maxxx]

I see cric info compiled a list of the all time best 11 West Indian cricketers.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/conten ... _area=2260



The XI
Gordon Greenidge
Conrad Hunte
George Headley
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Jackie Hendriks
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Lance Gibbs

who missing???
and i think it would be funny to compile a list of all time worst lol.
including the likes of reon king, mervyn dillon, etc. keep adding

I personally would have Dujon as my WK and Garner instead of Gibbs.....the WI conquered the world with 4 quick bowlers so forcing a specialist spinner in the squad was a bit harsh in my opinion and Sobers was a more than capable spinner if necessary.

Have to feel sorry for the guys that didn't make the cut though, a "second string" WI eleven would still give every other side a hard time. Imagine having to face a team of:

Haynes
Fredericks
Kanhai
Weekes
Lloyd
Constantine
Dujon
Bishop
Garner
Croft
Sylvester Clark (who I thought should have been shortlisted)

and still men like Roberts, Hall, Griffith, Walsh, Worrell, Walcott, Kallicharan on the sidelines.

That "2nd string" team would beat any of the other all time eleven's including Australia's in my opinion.

[Back2Studio]

Remember when Ian Bishop did mash up Robin Smith nose?

[Back2Studio]

Remember when Lara now started to play he used to wear a cap....anyone know why he switched to helmet and kept it ever since?.....Malcolm Marshall

[jjcp]

i go start the all time worst side wit the openers, i going wit adrian griffith and leon garrick, some body get the middle order

[PapaC]

The Invincibles

July 26, 2010 : When you count the number of greats who had to be omitted from this XI, you realise the wealth of talent West Indies possessed

So what Cricino mean by what we possessed......

I ,mean. i know we lorsin plenty, but we still have alot of talent.....

right????