[Cricket] Best England cricket eleven

[DJ NOBO]

Gooch
Cook
Gower
Root
Pietersen
Stokes
Botham
Stewart
Swann
Broad
Anderson

 

[Lincolnshire Seagull]

Boycott
Gooch
Cowdrey
Gower
Root
Grieg
Botham
Knott
Snow
Underwood
Anderson

Not a bad effort that, with Dexter in for Cowdrey and Greig spelled correctly

 

[studio150]

Amiss
Cook
Pieterson
Root
Dexter
Grieg
Botham
Knott
Underwood
Snow
Anderson

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Gooch
Cook
Gower
Root
Pietersen
Stokes
Botham
Stewart
Swann
Broad
Anderson

A tad too heavy in the batting department for my liking, with Alec Stewart far too low in the order., and Botham and Stokes in the same side?

 

[DJ NOBO]

A tad too heavy in the batting department for my liking, with Alec Stewart far too low in the order., and Botham and Stokes in the same side?

I was thinking young botham, who was rapid . An out and out strike bowler.
Stokes more of an auxiliary seamer.
In my time there has been no stand out keeper . Stewart wasn’t world class but Might be handy having him coming in late if playing equivalent top class opposition.
I would say that team is formidable. Perhaps only lacking a true great spinner.

 

[jakarta]

None of the lot playing today that is for sure. 110 ao after only half the overs bowled...

 

[jakarta]

Wsiden's all-time England Test XI, based on the ICC rankings:

1. Len Hutton
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Peter May
4. Denis Compton
5. Joe Root
6. Alec Stewart (wk)
7. Ian Botham
8. Tony Lock
9. Derek Underwood
10. Sydney Barnes
11. George Lohmann

No Larwood, No Tate? - what have they got against fast bowlers? Mind you Tate could bat a wee bit as well - just the 17,500 First Class runs...

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Just in my time, last 20ish years ...

Trescothick
Cook
Vaughan
Root
Pieterson
Flintoff
Prior
Swann
Gough
Broad
Anderson

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

None of the lot playing today that is for sure. 110 ao after only half the overs bowled...

Not even Joe Root? national hero only a week or two ago?