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    #31
    Originally posted by captainfog View Post
    Yeah but Gilly for the most part batted further down the order and so I would imagine got a lot more not outs. When he batted higher up the order, his average was a lot lower. Stewart also played in a very poor England team which would not have helped. They must have had a dark cloud of doom above that team.

    Do you remember his back to back test hundreds in the Windies? Class
    you're struggling

    Gilly was better, there is no contest. He made more runs, and he was far more exciting to watch.
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      #32
      Originally posted by Harveybirdman View Post
      you're struggling

      Gilly was better, there is no contest. He made more runs, and he was far more exciting to watch.
      Gilly's average when he batted up the order was poor. Fact

      Alec Stewart in his pomp was an incredibly destructive batsman. Much more exciting than Gilly
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        #33
        Originally posted by Harveybirdman View Post
        also Waqar Younis was a better bowler than Akram.
        Debatable but Akram was a Left arm bowler that's why he gets my selection
        "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son"

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          #34
          Originally posted by captainfog View Post
          Gilly's average when he batted up the order was poor. Fact

          Alec Stewart in his pomp was an incredibly destructive batsman. Much more exciting than Gilly
          Trust me, with Bradman, Gavaskar, Barry and Viv Richards and Sobers at 5, you dont need a wicketkeeper/batsmen.

          The Best wicketkeeper was Godfrey Evans - Fact
          "For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son"

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            #35
            Originally posted by SouthAfricaRed View Post
            Debatable but Akram was a Left arm bowler that's why he gets my selection
            fair enough.

            Waqar was awesome before his back injury and fall out with Akram He could swing the ball a country mile
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              #36
              Originally posted by mersey86 View Post
              Hutton
              Greenidge
              Bradman
              Richards
              Tendulkar
              Botham
              Marsh
              Hadlee
              Marshall
              Lillee
              Laker

              That's my first attempt - but then I think - why not Sobers, Lara, Imran, Hobbs etc? Impossible.
              I'm here geezer
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                #37
                Originally posted by looprevil View Post
                Mine is:

                Tendulkar
                Lara
                Bradman
                Richards
                Sobers
                Botham
                Gilchrest (wk)
                Imran Khan (c)
                Wasim Akram
                Shane Warne
                Malcolm Marshall

                Twelth man would be Saaaaaaaaaj Mahmood!!!!!!!!!

                ... no seriously, twelth man would be Ponting.
                I'd go with this team
                We come not to play.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by captainfog View Post
                  Gilly's average when he batted up the order was poor. Fact

                  Alec Stewart in his pomp was an incredibly destructive batsman. Much more exciting than Gilly
                  Now i know you are joking.

                  17 (100's) and 26 (50's) in 96 tests for Gilly...batting down the order too, which makes the achievement all the better IMO, as he wouldn't have got as many innings as an opener would, or as much time at the crease

                  15 and 45 in 133 tests for Stewart opening the batting, also didn't England use the wonderfully named Jack Russell as a wicky for quite a while, as Stewart wasn't the best with the gloves and was seen as a specialist batsman (who wasnt that great anyway).

                  Which proves that Stewart was neither a better batsman or wicket-keeper.
                  :bird:
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                    #39
                    Originally posted by Bari View Post
                    Do you and Shaggy Alonso not see his name
                    I was trying to attempt something that happened in another thread. It didnt work

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                      #40
                      Originally posted by Imy View Post
                      I'd go with this team
                      Great minds and all that....

                      On topic, I think Gilchrist is better than Stewart. Agree with Harv also about Waqar before his back injury. Wasim and Waqar were an amazing partnership though.
                      "Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob Paisley

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Harveybirdman View Post
                        Now i know you are joking.

                        17 (100's) and 26 (50's) in 96 tests for Gilly...batting down the order too, which makes the achievement all the better IMO, as he wouldn't have got as many innings as an opener would, or as much time at the crease

                        15 and 45 in 133 tests for Stewart opening the batting, also didn't England use the wonderfully named Jack Russell as a wicky for quite a while, as Stewart wasn't the best with the gloves and was seen as a specialist batsman (who wasnt that great anyway).

                        Which proves that Stewart was neither a better batsman or wicket-keeper.
                        :bird:
                        Jack Russell was an awesome keeper Loved his hat
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                          #42
                          Originally posted by SouthAfricaRed View Post
                          Mine

                          Barry Richards
                          Sunil Gavaskar
                          Don Bradman
                          Viv Richards (capt)
                          Gary Sobers
                          Godfrey Evans (wk)
                          Imran Khan
                          Wasim Akram
                          Malcolm Marshall
                          Richard Hadlee
                          Murali

                          12th man - Warne to swap with Khan, Hadlee or Akram on a spinners wicket

                          no Sachin?
                          good call about Barry Richards, would add Graeme Pollock to that team and Sachin (somehow!!)


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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Parm View Post
                            no Sachin?
                            good call about Barry Richards, would add Graeme Pollock to that team and Sachin (somehow!!)
                            there are soo many that got close. Tendulkar, Greame Pollock, Botham, Holding, Waqar, Kapil Dev, Jim Laker, Subash Gupte, Hammond, Dennis Lilee, Don Tallon, Fred Trueman, Lara, Miandad, George Lohmann, Artur Morris

                            Would make a great B Team as well
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                              #44
                              The best wicket keeper was Knott.

                              No need for a "wicket keeper batsman" when you have 5 of the greatest batsmen in the world at the top of the order.
                              Originally posted by Gordon Brown
                              (1995)
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                                #45
                                Originally posted by captainfog View Post
                                Jack Russell was an awesome keeper Loved his hat
                                I've met him a couple of times when he played here in Chelt for Glos, was a top bloke and signed my autograph book

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