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'70's team vs '80's vs '90's

'70's team vs '80's vs '90's

Post by Jane_.. » Sun, 31 Mar 1996 04:00:00


How do you think a world XII from the '70's would do against teams from the '80's and '90's?

Here are my nominees:

     1970's                  1980's                      1990's

   Gavaskar                 Gavaskar                     Taylor (c)
   Boycott                  Greenidge                    Sohail(who are the other top openers?)
   Richards, V.             Miandad                      Lara
   Chappell, G.             Richards, V.                 Tendulkar
   Chappell, I.(c)          Border                       Waugh, S.
   Richards, B.             Lloyd                        Waugh, M.
   Marsh (wk)               Dujon (wk)                   Richardson (wk)            
   Lillee                   Imran (c)                    Wasim  
   Botham                   Marshall                     Waqar
   Roberts                  Hadlee                       Ambrose
   Bedi                     Garner                       Kumble
   Holding                  Qadir                        Warne

There may be some debate on the BEST team of each era, but, judging from recent world XI's on
RSC, I think most people will probably agree on 9/12 that I have listed.

Please note that I have included Botham in the '70's squad, coz I think he had is best period
in the late '70's, and could never reproduce the magic after '81's Ashes.  Moreover, Sunny and
Viv's careers spanned 2 decades.

IMHO, the '70's side will beat the other two, with Gavaskar, Viv, the Chappells, Botham, and
Lillee at their peaks.

The '80's team will give the '70's a good fight, but will probably lose, coz the Chappells and
 B. Richards were probably better than Border, Lloyd and Miandad. They will, however, beat any
squad from the '90's, coz IMHO their batsmen aren't as good as their predecessors (yet).

Any thoughts, cricket lovers.

Cheers,
Rohit Malhotra

 
 
 
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'70's team vs '80's vs '90's

Post by Shariq Ahmed Tari » Sun, 31 Mar 1996 04:00:00


Quote:
> How do you think a world XII from the '70's would do against teams from the '80's and '90's?

> Here are my nominees:

>      1970's                  1980's                      1990's

>    Gavaskar                 Gavaskar                     Taylor (c)
>    Boycott                  Greenidge                    Sohail(who are the other top openers?)
>    Richards, V.             Miandad                      Lara
>    Chappell, G.             Richards, V.                 Tendulkar
>    Chappell, I.(c)          Border                       Waugh, S.
>    Richards, B.             Lloyd                        Waugh, M.
>    Marsh (wk)               Dujon (wk)                   Richardson (wk)            
>    Lillee                   Imran (c)                    Wasim  
>    Botham                   Marshall                     Waqar
>    Roberts                  Hadlee                       Ambrose
>    Bedi                     Garner                       Kumble
>    Holding                  Qadir                        Warne

> There may be some debate on the BEST team of each era, but, judging from recent world XI's on
> RSC, I think most people will probably agree on 9/12 that I have listed.

> Please note that I have included Botham in the '70's squad, coz I think he had is best period
> in the late '70's, and could never reproduce the magic after '81's Ashes.  Moreover, Sunny and
> Viv's careers spanned 2 decades.

> IMHO, the '70's side will beat the other two, with Gavaskar, Viv, the Chappells, Botham, and
> Lillee at their peaks.

> The '80's team will give the '70's a good fight, but will probably lose, coz the Chappells and
>  B. Richards were probably better than Border, Lloyd and Miandad. They will, however, beat any
> squad from the '90's, coz IMHO their batsmen aren't as good as their predecessors (yet).

> Any thoughts, cricket lovers.

> Cheers,
> Rohit Malhotra

Rohit excellent picks. I could not find myself disagreeing on any of the
selections you made although I did raise an eyebrow at seeing Botham's
name in the 70s squad. However, he was a great great all rounder
from the time he made his debut to the early 80s. The best I'd say.

Shariq

 
 
 
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Post by Paul Ow » Mon, 01 Apr 1996 04:00:00

I would out my money on the 80s team.  Everyone in that team was a
prvoen performer.  Everyone in 70s team was a proven performer but cricket has
come along since then and I think that the level of cricket back then was not
as high as it is now.  The 90s team has too many young guys....

I'll put $10 on the 80s team.....

 
 
 
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'70's team vs '80's vs '90's

Post by Tim Cotsfor » Wed, 03 Apr 1996 04:00:00

Quote:

>How do you think a world XII from the '70's would do against teams from the '80's and '90's?

>Here are my nominees:

>     1970's                  1980's                      1990's

>   Gavaskar                 Gavaskar                     Taylor (c)
>   Boycott                  Greenidge                    Sohail(who are the other top openers?)
>   Richards, V.             Miandad                      Lara
>   Chappell, G.             Richards, V.                 Tendulkar
>   Chappell, I.(c)          Border                       Waugh, S.
>   Richards, B.             Lloyd                        Waugh, M.
>   Marsh (wk)               Dujon (wk)                   Richardson (wk)            
>   Lillee                   Imran (c)                    Wasim  
>   Botham                   Marshall                     Waqar
>   Roberts                  Hadlee                       Ambrose
>   Bedi                     Garner                       Kumble
>   Holding                  Qadir                        Warne

>There may be some debate on the BEST team of each era, but, judging from recent world XI's on
>RSC, I think most people will probably agree on 9/12 that I have listed.

>Please note that I have included Botham in the '70's squad, coz I think he had is best period
>in the late '70's, and could never reproduce the magic after '81's Ashes.  Moreover, Sunny and
>Viv's careers spanned 2 decades.

>IMHO, the '70's side will beat the other two, with Gavaskar, Viv, the Chappells, Botham, and
>Lillee at their peaks.

>The '80's team will give the '70's a good fight, but will probably lose, coz the Chappells and
> B. Richards were probably better than Border, Lloyd and Miandad. They will, however, beat any
>squad from the '90's, coz IMHO their batsmen aren't as good as their predecessors (yet).

>Any thoughts, cricket lovers.

>Cheers,
>Rohit Malhotra

Well, apart from the fact that some players appear in both 70's & 80's
team, not too many complaints about the sides. Maybe age can cloud
things, but I have to rank them as they come out chronologically, ie 70's
1st, then 80's then 90's, tho' this last mob are at the distinct
disadvantage of only having 1/2 a decade to work with and also having
some players (Lara, Tendy) who may yet go on to (even) greater things.

Cheers

Tim

 
 
 
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