Best English Cricket Team of all Time
Who would you pick for the greatest English cricket team of all time?
This is my choice.
This is my choice.
- Geoff Boycott. With over 8,000 test runs, Geoff Boycott would make a great choice as a steadying influence to get the innings off to a solid start. Don't know how Geoff would cope with 20 / 20. But, this is for greatest test team of all time
- Len Hutton. Just under 7,000 test runs at a very high average of 56. Making him one of the best test batters of all time.
- W.G.Grace. We have to make room for the father of modern cricket and the best all rounder of his generation
- Denis Compton. For style and grace, Denis Compton would make a great number 4. 5,800 runs at an average of over 50
- Ken Barrington. Edging out David Gower and or Peter May. Ken Barrington scored 6,800 runs at an average of 58
- Ian Botham. The best all rounder is given to Ian Botham. The statistics are impressive. But, in his prime Ian Botham could and did swing games with his talent and passion
- Alan Knott. Simply the best wicket keeper, making him a better choice than a batsman / wicketkeeper like Alec Stewart
- Fred Trueman. A fiersome fast bowler with over 300 test wickets
- Alec Bedser. One of the great spinners
- Jim Laker. Another great spinner.
- Bob Willis. - Over 320 wickets. Great speed and accuracy.
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7 Comments:
What about Wally Hammond?
Surely he gets in ahead of Boycott.
You really know your cricket,. ( I don't think ) Alec Bedser was a fine bowler, but I think he would have been surprised to hear he was a spinner. Bradman said he was the best medium pacer he ever faced.
Also no Sir Jack Hobbs?
i think u no nothing about english legends. no any beter batsman in your team like sir jack hobes , and the bowler of the centery sidney barns. u hear walter hammand .....
Jack Hobbs as to be in instead of Boycott.
Wally Hammond picks himself.
But Bob Willis as one of the greatest fast bowlers, I can think of many better bowlers, but as you speak of accuracy what about our greatest ever fast bowler, no one was more accurate than Harold Larwood at extreme pace. Bedser was a medium pacer.
I can put forward many other bowlers, but would have to find space for Sydney Francis Barnes and if you are looking for a left arm spinner how about Headley Verity.
Yeah not bad, not quite the best though. I'm an aussie and im sick of picking my best aussie team so ive delved into the records and come up with this team at the moment. I may change it a bit in future, but as is:
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Hutton
Grace
Hammond
Botham
Knott
Laker
Trueman
Lohmann
Barnes
Atmiddetly this team is top heavy with openers, so I've had to put Grace at 4 because he was such a great player, this opener could handle being middle order. Hutton was a genuine opener, Hobbs and Sutcliffe are the best partnership in the games history for the first wicket, so at number 3 Hutton would be an acceptable choice. Laker is the spinner, because he's the best spinner the Poms have had and seems to be ranked higher in studies than the other spinners in English history. Lohmann was the best bowler for England before Barnes and indeed of the 19th century. Trueman should have played more tests, he was left out a lot, but his stats are superb and is really the first pick after Barnes, arguably the best bowler ever and probably England best bowler. Hammond will always be picked on this team.
What do you think?
Umm.. i think Sean is not far off the mark... depends largely on the wicket..lush or abrasive track.. having given the matter some thought.. i would list the following as my all time english 12...
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Hammond
Painter
Gregg(c)(Just for his pre tour commentary)
Botham
Flintoff
knott (if i felt light on batting Prior would get the nod)
Laker
Lohmann
Barnes
Underwood
Ok i think Sean is not too far away with his selection..depends on the wicket whether it is an abrasive/lush track.. here goes for me...(12)
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Hammond
Painter
Gregg (c) (just for his pre tour commentary)
Botham
Flintoff
Knott (tho Prior if i was feeling light on batting)
Laker
Lohmann
Barnes
underwood..
I thought Sean was slightly top heavy with openers so i swapped Painter for Hutton.. With Gregg I feel his all round capabilities of batting/bowling and gritty determination would add much to the team..Esp with Hammond(the Hugh Heffner) of his time and Botham being in the same team... the group would require someone with Greggs man management skills to keep a tight ship..
If I were to select Deadly Derek as a second spinner I would leave out Flintoff and maybe play prior as wicket keeper/batsman instead of Knotty..
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