chrisobee Posted 25 October, 2010 Share Posted 25 October, 2010 http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/482936.html Reasonable teams selected by the Cricinfo team but the Readers' X1 is rather bizarre. Sehwag/Gavaskar opening the batting, two spinners selected even though Sobers could bowl left arm spin perfectly well but worst of all no Malcolm Marshall Leaving aside any Hampshire bias Marshall is easily the best pace bowler I have ever seen. How on earth Glenn McGrath gets selected is beyond me, Lillee, Holder, Roberts, Hadlee, Imran Khan and several others are all better options as well. One wonders how old the average "reader" is, I'm guessing about 12 ! Personally I'd put Barry Richards into the 1st XI ahead of Hobbs but I suspect in this instance there is a little bit of bias ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born In The 80s Posted 25 October, 2010 Share Posted 25 October, 2010 The world XI is fair enough, although personally i would have had Brian Lara in. That guy was an incredible player in a very average side for a lot of his career (especially batting wise). It's much much easier coming in at 80-1 or 150-2, than it is coming in at 15-2 like Lara had to do a lot in his career. You're right about the "readers XI". McGrath being in is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherminator Posted 26 October, 2010 Share Posted 26 October, 2010 You're right. McGrath was a great bowler - but the best in the world! Lillee for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisobee Posted 26 October, 2010 Author Share Posted 26 October, 2010 Lillee, 2nd only to MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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