Best XI of cricketers I’ve seen: Greenidge Gavaskar Lara Richards Tendulkar Botham Gilchrist Imran Khan Marshall Warne McGrath - ThreadSky

alexmassie.bsky.social • 84 days ago

Best XI of cricketers I’ve seen:
Greenidge
Gavaskar
Lara
Richards
Tendulkar
Botham
Gilchrist
Imran Khan
Marshall
Warne
McGrath

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blastrs.bsky.social•84 days ago

no Garner, no Ambrose, no Clive Lloyd????

barleyman5.bsky.social•84 days ago

I'm sorry where is Geoffrey Boycott?

worgztheowl.bsky.social•84 days ago

Russell keeping. No need to pick on batting with that lineup.

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

A fair point but AG managed to keep to Warne reasonably well.

rossfootball.bsky.social•84 days ago

Russell over Gilchrist? Not having it.

worgztheowl.bsky.social•84 days ago

As a keeper? There isn't a discussion. As a batsman. There also is not a discussion. Question is, do you pick the specialist?

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Russell clearly the better keeper; Gilchrist no mug though. Good enough with the gloves? Possibly!

worgztheowl.bsky.social•84 days ago

Oh this is not to disparage Gilly's keeping. He was far better than often given credit for. But Russell is in the realm of true masters of the art that few others in my memory are...

worgztheowl.bsky.social•84 days ago

...and my theory being the batting lineup allows for a specialist over a better all round player. And the bowling lineup creates huge opportunities where a great keeper maybe worth more (eg stand up to McGrath?).

paulframe85.bsky.social•84 days ago

Someone needs to keep Warne in line though.

worgztheowl.bsky.social•84 days ago

Russell keeping to Warne though. Imagine the plans they'd make.

parmodmisri.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hadlee replace imran

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Favourites to watch:
Greenidge
Slater
Gower
Richards
Laxman
Botham
Wasim Akram
Russell
Marshall
Warne
Abdul Qadir

peterd10.bsky.social•84 days ago

Could you do a list of favourite players to watch face the first ball of an Ashes series or a second test in New Zealand? Just to include Zak?

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Hahaha

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

An XI I would love to have seen:
Trumper
Clem Hill
Archie Jackson
Headley
McCabe
Sobers
Walcott
Miller
Rhodes
Larwood
O’Reilly

robertd1981.bsky.social•76 days ago

No Sydney Barnes? He'd be on my list for sure. Rhodes being Harold, yes?
Never saw him play, but chatted a few times with his as he umpired in Derbyshire. Lovely bloke and didn't seem at all bitter about his poor treatment from the authorities.

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Cricketers it has been fun to loathe (not a full XI):
Gooch
Hayden
Bradman
Steve Smith
Pietersen
Kallis
Muralitharan (lovely chap but a chucker)

rupertstubbs.bsky.social•84 days ago

Why did you boycott Boycott?

hughraven.bsky.social•84 days ago

Excuse me.

Pietersen deserves a higher billing.

ppudney.bsky.social•84 days ago

Love your lists, but Gooch? Why? As Essex boy he was amazing (apart from going to SA, not forgiven).

equusonthebuses.bsky.social•84 days ago

If Murali could bowl with his arm in a cast, he weren’t no chucker

drpaddysmith.bsky.social•81 days ago

Hayden turned out to be lovely, but when he was playing... oh yes. Smith seems uncomfortable in his skin - like the way they say Bradman did.

aldoboot.bsky.social•84 days ago

Could never take to Gatting.

paulframe85.bsky.social•84 days ago

Best Scotland XI you have seen?

equusonthebuses.bsky.social•84 days ago

Best Scottish XI generally…

Douglas Jardine
Brian Hardie
Mike Denness
Rahul Dravid
Tony Greig
Gavin Hamilton
Dougie Brown
Arthur Conan Doyle
Andy Goram
Yasir Arafat
Angus Fraser

rossfootball.bsky.social•84 days ago

No Eric Russell?

paulframe85.bsky.social•84 days ago

Best club XI you have seen?

mathewlyons.bsky.social•84 days ago

You had me at Greenidge…

The only absentee from either list who was imho a joy to watch: Richard Hadlee

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

That’s a very fair shout.

mathewlyons.bsky.social•84 days ago

FWIW my dad, whose cricketing memory stretched back to the late 1930s and whose hero was Len Hutton, thought Gower the most naturally gifted batsman he ever saw.

stevenhseggie.bsky.social•84 days ago

I bowled in the nets to Greenidge when he was a pro at Greenock.

bobborsley.bsky.social•84 days ago

I saw Graveney in my youth. He’d have to be in my team.

troubledirishman.bsky.social•84 days ago

You omitted a great captain and I would replace Khan with Clive Lloyd. Solely my opinion but you must be young than me when you omit Sobers, Lillee

craigryan.bsky.social•84 days ago

Can't really argue with that. I want to get Root in there somewhere but not sure at whose expense. My other slight quibble is whether Gilchrist is good enough as a keeper to make the list.

nowthenthee.bsky.social•82 days ago

Now that would be some team.

skyblue1967.bsky.social•84 days ago

I used to watch Somerset when Richards, Botham and Garner were playing. Happy days!

alexmassie.bsky.social•84 days ago

Me too.

huwpenylan.bsky.social•84 days ago

Is this seen live, in person or on telly?

anthony-flynn.bsky.social•84 days ago

Seeing Gordon Greenidge play for Greenock was surreal and a privilege.

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