London daily picks team to take on Wisden XI
26 Oct 2013 4:51 AM IST
According to the list published by Daily Telegraph’, Gavaskar and England great Len Hutton have been included as openers in the alternative XI. West Indians George Headley, Lara, Graeme Pollock and Wally Hammond make up the middle-order followed by former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and legendary Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan. Pacers Fred Trueman, Dennis Lillee and Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan complete the side.
Retiring Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was Wednesday named in the Wisden all-time World Test XI. Tendulkar, who will retire from Test cricket after playing against the West Indies in his landmark 200th match in Mumbai next month, was named at his number four spot in the team announced to mark 150 years of the Cricketers’ Almanack here. The Wisden XI captained by legendary Australian batsman Bradman has four Englishmen, three West Indians, two Australians, one Indian and one Pakistani.
Tendulkar’s contemporaries like Lara, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis could not make it to the team, nor other India greats like Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Australia’s Shane Warne and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram were the only two contemporaries of Tendulkar who made it to the World Test XI.
Alternative World XI
Sunil Gavaskar, Len Hutton, George Headley, Brian Lara, Graeme Pollock, Wally Hammond, Adam Gilchrist, Imran Khan, Fred Trueman, Dennis Lillee, Muttiah Muralitharan.
Retiring Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was Wednesday named in the Wisden all-time World Test XI. Tendulkar, who will retire from Test cricket after playing against the West Indies in his landmark 200th match in Mumbai next month, was named at his number four spot in the team announced to mark 150 years of the Cricketers’ Almanack here. The Wisden XI captained by legendary Australian batsman Bradman has four Englishmen, three West Indians, two Australians, one Indian and one Pakistani.
Tendulkar’s contemporaries like Lara, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis could not make it to the team, nor other India greats like Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Australia’s Shane Warne and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram were the only two contemporaries of Tendulkar who made it to the World Test XI.
Alternative World XI
Sunil Gavaskar, Len Hutton, George Headley, Brian Lara, Graeme Pollock, Wally Hammond, Adam Gilchrist, Imran Khan, Fred Trueman, Dennis Lillee, Muttiah Muralitharan.
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