80s Greatest Test XI

Do u agree with this squad or not, who would you have left off and who would you have incl?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/22842...cricket-xi

cant argue with it based on their criteria

I jus was a fan of david gower !

had all his designer cricket wear and gears  ::LOL::

How do you leave these three blokes outta the XI?

Kapil Dev: The talented Indian all-rounder claimed 272 Test wickets in the 1980s and also chipped in with 3350 runs at just over 30.



Viv Richards: Many will be surprised that the original Master Blaster doesn't make the team but, based on their stats in the decade, who do you leave out?! Richards scored over 5,000 runs at an average just under 50.



Dennis Lillee: The Australian finished his Test career in 1984 but still found time to take 171 wickets at an average of 24.12 in the decade.

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=94425.msg603353#msg603353 date=1417984253]
I jus was a fan of david gower !

had all his designer cricket wear and gears  ::LOL::
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The Gray-Nicolls GN500 4 scoop was the first bat I owned.

[quote author=DownUnda link=topic=94425.msg603354#msg603354 date=1417984617]
Viv Richards: Many will be surprised that the original Master Blaster doesn't make the team but, based on their stats in the decade, who do you leave out?! Richards scored over 5,000 runs at an average just under 50.

Undameister, you may find the ORIGINAL MASTER BLASTER to be a gentleman by the name of Rohan Kanhai!

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This is one absurd preposterous list.
No  Viv Richards ? This is  obviously a  Eurocentric  list

ViV Richards is only revered by Pan Africans 

[quote author=ramesh link=topic=94425.msg603434#msg603434 date=1418053127]
This is  obviously a  [size=10pt]Eurocentric[/size] list
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Richards scored 5000 runs in the eighties and a little over 3000 in the seventies. This stupid writer will then not include him in the seventies or  eighties team in spite on scoring over 8000 runs in  his career.
Yardstick being that he did nor play enough tests in either decade

[quote author=ramesh link=topic=94425.msg603434#msg603434 date=1418053127]
This is one absurd preposterous list.
No  Viv Richards ? This is  obviously a  Eurocentric  list
[/quote]

Rambo,

I think a team of 7 players of colour is hardly Eurocentric, don't you?

However the criteria is quite strange because I thought the best team outside the dominant Windies team of the 80s was to be the output, yet 4 West Indians were included at the exclusion of Vivian who must be a sure pick. You would also have to consider Ambrose.

Hey ho another one of these meaningless lists!