Here is another team for the 60's to 80's
G Boycott
B Simpson
G Chappell
V Richards
G Sobers
Lloyd
Botham
A Knott
A Roberts
W Hall
L Gibbs
Opening bowlers in Hall and Roberts ,put fear into anyone with their pace .
Seam bowlers in Botham,Chappell.
Spin of Gibbs and Sobers
2 opening batters who would be rock solid
Followed by 2 excellent strokeplayers
Very solid middle order
The tail is a bit dubious ,but they all had their moments
Originally posted by CrowleyJoel Garner had an ability to make a ball rise sharply on a dead pitch.. he really had an aggro streak.. similar to McGrath but much stronger. This guy would send you to the dressing room black and blue if you managed to get through any sort of innings... the guys today would not have come across anything like him.
Sure. I never saw Garner or Hadlee play, so I can't really comment, but that top 5 can really play pace.
I must say that Bms bowlers had an even worse rep for aggro.. if you listen to Fred Truman's many commentaries about them running in from the car park to deliver another broken bone ;-o
Paddles Haddlee (so named because of his size 13 shoes) was a breed apart. He was as fast as any around before or since but had variety and knew how to use his range of change balls.
You'd get a swinging m/fast ball at your off stump for 7 or 8 balls.. if lucky enough to get bat to ball it was a slip catch but then came a totally unplayable yorker or inswinger to knock out middle. Speed and accuracy made him #1 for many years. He had the scalps of most of the greats.
Originally posted by Tirau DanTHEN WON THE TOSS AND BATTED.....
Then:
Gordon Greenwich
Barry Richards
Graeme Pollock
Viv Richards (Capt)
Gary Sobers
Ian Botham
Imran Khan
Alan Knott
Richard Hadlee
Curtly Ambrose
Joel Garner
Lance Gibbs
v
Now
Mohammad Yousuf
Mark Taylor (Capt)
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Jacques Kallis
Adam Gilchrist
Andrew Flintoff
Shane Warne
Shaun Pollock
Waqar Younis
Glen Mcgrath
Muttiah Muralidaran
Who would win , who would you sub.. ??[/b]
Score: THEN 550-10 (Greenwich 102; B.richards 97, V.Richards 80, Sobers 77. Younis 4-77 Warne 3-80, Muli 2-54)
and
390-3 dec (Pollock 50; Botham 89no; Sobers 55 no.; Mcgrath 3-45)
NOW 425-10 (Taylor 89, Lara 87; Yousuf 109, Kallis 77no; Ambrose 3-70, Hadlee 3-66, garner 2-60)
and
200-2 (Yousuf 87no, Pointing 70no; Imran 2-55.
MATCH DRAWN!!!