The 11 countries XI

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Here's an XI I made using 1 player from each test-playing nation, and the 11th being picked from non-test playing nations. Can anyone make a better XI?

B. Richards (SAF)
Gavaskar (IND)
Bradman (AUS)
Hammond (ENG)
Sobers (WI)
A. Flower (ZIM)
Imran (PAK)
Hadlee (NZL)
Rafique (BAN)
Murali (SRI)
King (Associates)

 

[Burgey]

J Hobbs (Eng)
Hanif Mohammed (Pak)
D Bradman (Aus)
M Crowe (NZ)
G Sobers (WI)
A Flower (Zim)
Rafique (Ban)
S Pollock (SA)
Kapil Dev (Ind)
Muali (SL)
Tikolo (Associates)

 

[Days of Grace]

'obbs (Eng)
Gavaskar (ind)
Flower (Zim)
Sobers (WI)
Tikolo (Associates)
Mohammad Ashrafel (Bang)
Gilchrist (Aust) (wk)
Imran Khan (Pak) (captain)
Pollock (SA)
Hadlee (NZ)
Muralitharan (SL)

went for more attacking batsmen t.b.h.

 

[Dan]

Jack Hobbs (ENG)
Barry Richards (RSA)
Sir Donald Bradman (AUS)
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
Andrew Flower (ZIM) (WK)
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)
Ryan ten Doeschate (ASSOCIATES)
Wasim Akram (PAK)
Sir Richard Hadlee (NZ)
Malcolm Marshall (WI)
Muttiah Muralidaran (SL)

 

[bagapath]

gavaskar - india
hobbs - england
bradman - australia (c)
sobers - west indies
flower, andy - zimbabwe (wk)
ashraful - bangladesh
tikolo - kenya
imran - pakistan
hadlee, richard - new zealand
murali - srilanka
donald - south africa

 

[Engle]

S.Gavaskar (India)
J.Hobbs (England)
D.Bradman (Australia) (capt)
G.Pollock (S.Africa)
G.Sobers (W.Indies)
A.Flower (Zimbabwe) (wk)
Imran K (Pakistan)
R.Hadlee (N.Zealand)
M.Rafique (Bangladesh)
B.King (Associates)
M.Murali (S.Lanka)

 

[NUFAN]

ODI
Sachin Tendulkar IND
Nathan Astle NZ
Dean Jones AUS
Jacques Kallis SA
Aravinda De Silva SL
Thomas Odoyo KEN
Andy Flower ZIM
Andrew Flintoff ENG
Wasim Akram PAK
Abdul Razzak BANG
Curtly Ambrose WI

A team that I would enjoy watching.

 

[The Sean]

'obbs (Eng)
Gavaskar (ind)
Flower (Zim)
Sobers (WI)
Tikolo (Associates)
Mohammad Ashrafel (Bang)
Gilchrist (Aust) (wk)
Imran Khan (Pak) (captain)
Pollock (SA)
Hadlee (NZ)
Muralitharan (SL)

went for more attacking batsmen t.b.h.

Interesting selection - you've picked Flower at the expense of Bradman, but not even made him 'keeper and brought Gilly in anyway. You weren't tempted to just make Flower the 'keeper and play the Don?

 

[Jamee999]

1 J Hobbs (England)
2 G Pollock (South Africa)
3 D Bradman (Australia
4 S Tendulkar (India)
5 B Lara (West Indies)
6 A Flower+ (Zimbabwe)
7 M Asharaful (Bangladesh)
8 I Khan (Pakistan)
9 R Hadlee (New Zealand)
10 B King (USA)
11 M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

 

[James_W]

I'll try something different, made up of only current players.

Hayden (AUS)
Sehwag (IND)
Kallis (SA)
Yousuf (PAK)
Chanderpaul (WI)
Flintoff (ENG)
Taibu (ZIM)
Mortaza (BAN)
Bond (NZ)
Rankin (IRE)
Muralitharan (SL)

 

[Jamee999]

Current-ish ODI:

1 B McCullum+ (New Zealand)
2 S Tendulkar (India)
3 K Pietersen (England)
4 S Chanderpaul (West Indies)
5 M Yousuf (Pakistan)
6 M Ashraful (Bangladesh)
7 R ten doeschate (Holland)
8 S Pollock (South Africa)
9 B Lee (Australia)
10 A Ireland (Zimbabwe)
11 M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)