Pure Entertainment XI

[Bijed]

Inspired by an off-hand comment by harsh about how watchable having Flintoff, Botham and Stokes in the same team would be, what's the most entertaining/watchable test XI (all countries/eras) you can come up with, typical constrainsts of justifiable team balance and not forcing anyone out of position?

For contrast, feel free to name a boring XI as well

 

[Gnske]

Hayden
Sehwag
Richards
Walters
McCullum
Miller
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Tyson
Lillee

Don't have much of an imagination though. I think we need a High IQ / High Entertainment side and a Low IQ / High Entertainment side and contrast it with High IQ / Low E and Low IQ / Low E

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

1.S. Ramesh
2. Adrian Griffith
3. Hashan Tillekaratne
4. VVS
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Adam Parore
7. Anisa Mohammed
8. Mohammad Shahid
9. Miguel Cummins
10. Matt Henry
11. Dean Headley

 

[Athlai]

Tests

Chris Gayle
Brendon McCullum
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Adam Gilchrist
Ben Stokes/Freddie Flintoff
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Shoaib Akhtar
Chris Martin

 

[Gnske]

Actually I'll change mine

Hayden
Sehwag
Richards
Walters
McCullum
Miller
Gilchrist
Warne
Marshall
Wagner
Lillee

Call that the High IQ / High Entertainment XI

 

[Red Hill]

Lara
Ponting
Richards
DeVilliers
Miller *
Symonds
Gilchrist +
Warne
Lillee
Ambrose
Tufnell

 

[Gnske]

I feel like Afridi is going missing from these equations, a perfect mix of excitement and complete shambolic disappointment.

One for the Low IQ XI

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yeah, the golden duck XI

 

[mr_mister]

My personal one

Gilchrist +
Gayle
Maxwell
Lynn
Hetmyer
Afridi
Flintoff
Wasim
Warne
Shoaib
Malinga

 

[Athlai]

The problem with Afridi is that there is nothing entertaining about his bowling. Absolutely clinical with the ball.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah but his batting made up for it

Maxis fielding is clinical but we still call him entertaining

 

[OverratedSanity]

Loved afridi's bowling. Could legit bowl 130 kph off like a 4 pace runup.

 

[Daemon]

The problem with Afridi is that there is nothing entertaining about his bowling. Absolutely clinical with the ball.

His celebration is great. Never seen anyone else so proud of showing off his gut.

 

[Gnske]

The problem with Afridi is that there is nothing entertaining about his bowling. Absolutely clinical with the ball.

Is this a vote for Paul Adams I see

 

[trundler]

Lots of all rounders in contention. Jessop, Botham, Flintoff, Afridi, Kapil, Sobers, Constantine, Miller, CdG.

 

[Daemon]

Notice how nobody has picked a finger spinner? They're pretty much anti-entertainment.

 

[wpdavid]

Notice how nobody has picked a finger spinner? They're pretty much anti-entertainment.

Red Hill picked Tufnell.

Phil Edmonds had his moments. Maybe Greg Matthews for his on-field disco dancing.

 

[mr_mister]

Red Hill picked Tufnell.

Phil Edmonds had his moments. Maybe Greg Matthews for his on-field disco dancing.

Swanny too

 

[trundler]

Afraid it's hard to go past Warne and Murali in terms of entertainment too

 

[OverratedSanity]

Red Hill picked Tufnell.

Phil Edmonds had his moments. Maybe Greg Matthews for his on-field disco dancing.

Tufnell probably picked for his comedy batting more than for his bowling maybe?