West Indies greatest test XI

rohan.kallicharan wrote:There are some great comments and debate above. We actually did a project for a website in 2010 in which we attempted, with great difficulty, to select a greatest West Indian XI of all time.

Allow me for a second just to indulge myself with the following quote from a guy called Gary Steckles:-

"What a story it was. For decade after glorious decade, teams put together from a collection of tiny Caribbean nations – there’s no such country as the West Indies – ruled the world. And they ruled imperiously, with style, with panache, with the sort of swagger that no other cricketers, no matter how talented they were, could hope to match.

It was called Calypso Cricket … and it was a wondrous thing.

Each victory was savoured and celebrated, and beating England, the former colonial masters of every cricket-playing Caribbean country, was the biggest source of joy."

http://www.thestar.com/sports/cricket/article/726574--calypso-cricket-fades-away

West Indian cricket has had a fabled history, and to choose a mere XI is a thankless task, but here is the XI with which I came up:-

Greenidge
Hunte
Richards (C)
Headley
Lara
Kanhai (WK)
Sobers
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Gibbs

And yes, you could name a 2nd XI that could beat them on any day including the likes of the 3 Ws, Kallicharran, Lloyd, Roberts, Hall etc

Fists of Fury wrote:Must admit I'm surprised by Sir Viv's omission, Chris. As much as it pains me to say it, I'd have Headley make way for the master blaster.