Thursday, May 3, 2007

Dada's Test XI since 1992

Allright, since there is not much action going on in the ODI XI debate, I am bravely going to pen down my best test eleven since 1992. And, offcourse no surprises, it has a shade over 60% of aussies in it (all 7 played at one time).

Test XI since 1992:
Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Ricky Ponting
Brian Lara
Steve Waugh (C)
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

So, what do you all think?

11 comments:

Ladies and gentlemen said...

Oh my Lord! Curtly Ambrose... again!!! With all due respect Mr. Rab, Ambrose wasnt even the best test fast bowler in his own team. That title goes to Courtney Walsh. I will come up with my test best soon, and maybe then we'll talk.

SweetLemon said...

Wow! I must say that it will be "the worst 11". Where is Javed Maindad, Where is Muhammad Yousaf, Sachen Tendulkar, Inzimam ul Haq. Most will agree with me that Waqar is by far best test bowler than Wasim, Ambrose and co.
I think Mr Rab you should remove the other non australian players and make Australia the best 11.
bye

Hamid said...

- miandad didn't play that much after 1992
- yousuf i think needs a couple more years like 2006 to be among these guys
- who do u leave out to get inzi and sachin into the 11?

Ladies and gentlemen said...

So here's my Test XI

Matthew Hayden
Justin Langer
Brian Lara
Mohammed Yousuf
Steve Waugh (C)
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Andrew Flintoff
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glen McGrath

Even though I dont disagree with Tauseef's choice of putting Ponting in at number 3, I do believe that Yousuf deserves some recognition after his performance last year. Also, in order to fit Lara and Yousuf, I had to promote Lara to the #3 spot (which i know he didnt play most of his innings at). I inserted Flintoff because of his performance in the 2005 ashes, which is not the correct criterion, and hence is the weak spot in my team.

Unknown said...

interesting blog you have tauseef bhai

Ladies and gentlemen said...

thank you for stating the obvious, Mr. Hasan, or is it Mr. Fareed

Ladies and gentlemen said...

Ok, so here we go again. Rehan Malick's Test XI:

Taufeeq Umar
Vikram Rathour
Irfan Fazil
Asanka Gurusinha
Ruwan Kalpage
Nayan Ramlal Mongia
Manoj Prabhakar
Manjurul Islam
Denesh Ramadin
Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad
Faiz Burney

rehanmalick said...

L&G ok I am going to give you some serious advice here since you are obviously crossing the line and this is the 2nd time that you have done so, maybe your parents forgot to teach you manners or something of that like. I don't mind you going about and slandering me like this if it boosts your childish ego and makes you happy go ahead and make my day then. What I DO mind is when you start taking names especially when those people have said or done nothing to you. I don't like my friends' names to be taken in vain if you want to make fun of someone then don't bring in someone who has not previously referred to you in this section so keep to those who have commented here, atleast give me some confidence that your parents taught you some decency and manners. Stop taking my name in vain too, if you have the balls then like I said previously come out with your real name and let's see who you really are. Are you man enough? Look little boy it's very easy to make an anonymous ID and go around bad-mouthing people even the ordinary drunk on the drag can do that so show me that you are better than him if not braver because you are both cowards. Oh maybe that runs in your cowardly family (starting of course from your mom and pop down all the way to your siblings and you, you attention-seeking cockroach) you know being yellow-bellied, or maybe your religious sects ethos are as such, or maybe your just an idiot. Better yet maybe all three. :) Enjoy you piece of lame crap and go ahead and make fun of everyone with you "anonymous" ID and have a life all I have to say is either grow up or grow some balls and I know you have the capacity for neither.

Ladies and gentlemen said...

hah, what goes around comes around, mr. "closed minded" ;)

The Sporting Spirit said...

for me Sachin replaces Langer and maybe one less bowling option than5....playing warne and murali sounds good but a skipper would like to play another batsman or someone like Jacques Kallis...who can do it all...

Still a formidable team...

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