Picking the GREATEST XI from the last 30 years of cricket! | Battle Of The Eras 

Please never put Stokes against Kallis again. There is no comparison. Kallis is superior by far!

The Stokes/Kallis debate is so absurd that it almost makes the Cummins/Akram debate reasonable by comparison.

Andy Flower , everyone tends to forget him, i thought Curtley Ambrose would've managed to get into this team.

Rob Key trying to compare Ben Stores to Kallis is literately the funniest thing I have seen on RU-vid lately.

It's blasphemous that they were even trying to make the Stokes/Kallis discussion even debatable. I understand they're English but come on, that is ridiculous. This is just utter bias and prisoner of the moment stuff. Nasser had the nerve to say Stokes will finish his career with stats close to Kallis??? Maybe bowling yes, but Kallis's batting is in the conversation of the greatest batters in the history of the game - he wasn't just "great for an allrounder".

Not even mentioning Dravid for no. 3, he's the third highest run scorer in test cricket🤨

Rob, so happpy to see you back from the stroke, Great that you recover and doing so well. I hope this is very recent podcast

warne and murali are #1 and 2 spinners of all time, but warne is the greatest bowler of all time. warne: 708 test wickets, murali 800. wickets vs zimbabwe and bangladesh (the whipping boys of test cricket): warne: 17, murali: 176. that should put that argument to bed.

Max batting average of Stokes at the end of his career is 50,probs something between 40-45. No contest right now between him and Kallis, he is great though and getting better

Kallis and Sobers are a particular godly like. Stokes is more like the Kapil/Imran/Hadlee/Botham category. Their batting stats are a lil in 30's compared to Kallis and Sobers 50's but their impact is probably so great. The kind of summer Stokes has had. World Cup final. Headingley test. The SA match. He's setting himself in a Botham vs Stokes debate very nicely.

A better matchup would be 70s80s vs 90s00s in test.

Nice to see Rob Key back after his stroke, top man

Sachin has 200 tests, around 400 ODIs, scored the first international 200 ever vs a great South African bowling lineup that included Steyn, and Sachin faced some of the best bowlers the game has ever seen (McGrath, Wasim, Waqar, Murali, Warne, Shoaib Akhtar, and the list goes on).

Sangakara Pointing Sachin Smith Lara Kallis Devilliers Akram Warne Steyn McGrath

Alastair Cook?

Why can't you pick the best 11 without having to please anybody or any country. Just honest stuff pls.

Hear that high praise from Hussain and level of respect to Warne called him the best bowler of all time!

Just for Fun...this will be my Greatest XI from past 30 years... 1. Cook 2. Graeme Smith (C) 3. Dravid 4. Sachin 5. Lara 6. Kallis 7. Gilchrist 8. Wasim Akram 9. Steyn 10. McGrath 11. Muralidharan

15 Cricketer for Modern Test Era- David Warner , Tom Latham , Marnus Labuschagne , Steve Smith , Kane Williamson(C) , BJ Watling (WKB), Ben Stokes , Pat Cummins , Neil Wagner , Jasprit Bumrah . Bench Player- Josh Hazzlewood , Virat Kohli , Trent Boult , Jason Holder .

Waqar Younis has best strike rate one of the best Test Striker than Styne While Sourav Ganguly is one of the best in place of Graeme Smith

I don't know why there was such a question around Kallis vs Stokes. Kallis in a heartbeat.

Current test XI post 2010 1. Cook 2. Warner 3. Hashim Amla 4. Steve smith 5. Joe Root 6. Ab de Villiers (wk) 7. Dale steyn 8. Herath 9. Mitchell Johnson 10. Lyon 11. James anderson

This is "my all time freinds "lol,missing the likes of sangakkara, dravid and murali,sangakkara having the best test average after Bradman,muarli having 800 test wickets doesn't get a chance, interesting

My Squad M Hayden V Sehwag B Lara S Tendulkar J Kallis K Sangakarra (wk) A Flintoff W Akram M Murlidharan S Warne G McGrath

My 11 in last 30 year, Sachin Lara Ponting (C) Kholi Sangakara (WK) Kallis Muralidharan McGrath Akram Steyn

Rob Key had to think so much about Stokes or Kallis? That's how you know how good Rob's opinion is.

Sangakara has to b wicket keeper batsman in tests...over 10k test runs..massive doubles..gillie can do one days..

Ambrose over McGrath in my view.

Alistair Cook Graeme Smith (c) Ricky Ponting Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara Jacques Kallis Sanga (wk) Wasim Akram Warne Jimmy Anderson ( becoming selfish here, Jimmy Anderson with a red cherry is always my favourite) Dale Steyn

Adam Gilchrist (wk) Sachin Tendulkar Ricky Ponting (c) Virat Kohli Herschelle Gibbs Ab De Villiers Shaun Pollock Daniel Vettori Wasim Akram Mutthiah Muralidharan Glenn McGrath My all time Xi for odi in the last 30 years.

I keep reading people say what stokes did against Australia. He would never be able to that if he played against the Australian team of that era. Unbeatable! Shane warne and mcgrath wont let him do what he did hedley

Good to see you're up and about and feeling better, Rob. All the best mate.

Love watching these videos they make

Selection based more on the players Runs and wickets statistics.I still rank VVS Lakshman as the Best Indian Test Batsman.His innings against Australia in Kolkata probably The Best.Whenever he scored India Won.

My all time xi: Hobbs, Gavaskar, Bradman*, Tendulkar, Ponting, Sobers, Taylor+, Warne, Steyn, Barnes, McGrath

My All time XI Mathew Hayden Sachin Tendulker Ricky Ponting (c) Sir Vivian Richard Brain Charles Lara Imran Khan Adam Gilchrist Waseem Akram Shane Warne Malcom Marshall Glenn McGrath 12th man Steve Smith I wanted to choose a very aggressive side with three ferociously Quick Pacers And a Prolific Medium Pacer. I also Had a pleasure of inducting the best leg spinner to ever play the game. Aggression is Personified in my XI with the likes of Mathew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Sir Viv Richard and Adam Gilchrist. If by any chance the team is in trouble then a guy Like Brain Charles Lara is all that you need. I feel like Imran Khan is just underrated as an Al Rounder, I mean his bowling stats where as good as a top Class bowler and his batting average was not bad either. Steve Smith is a crop of new generation and if he keeps on doing what he has been doing for the past few years he will soon replace one of these legends.

My XI from last 30 years: 1. Kirsten 2. Trescothick 3. Aravinda de silva 4. Chanderpaul 5. Andy flower (wk) 6. Mike Hussey 7. Cairns 8. Swann 9. Vaas 10. Bond 11. Caddick 12th man: Boucher

Based on stats, performance, impact in tests from last 30 years (Jan 1990 - Dec 2019), Top Test XI: *Sachin Kallis Ponting Lara S.Smith S.Waugh (c) Sanga (wk) Akram Warne Ambrose McGrath* 1. Gilchrist def the keeper batsman in ODIs but preposterous not to have Sanga (> 57 Avg of Sobers & 12400 test runs) as keeper batsman in tests. 2. Warne vs Murli is tricky and debatable. Both are the best and most prolific spinners of all time. 3. G.Smith and Hayden are great players and openers but G.Smith avg < 50 and Hayden avg just at 50. Both also have < 10000 test runs. My Test XI top 7 all have avg > 52 and > 10000 runs (except S.Smith but his avg > 62!). 4. Steyn was superb but his avg of ~23 is > than Ambrose avg of < 20! Plus Ambrose was more devastating with more match-winning spells. 5. Ridiculous to pre-select 2 players for each spot. You are limiting your selection. Test XI should be based on the best 11 players w/o any restriction or pre-selection.

I’m surprised Mark Boucher wasn’t included for the keepers

Never ever compare Sachin to kohli Lara to smith Kallis to stokes Akram to cummins

Akram and cummins.... !!!! Dude, are u crazy?? Akram is a legend, cummins is galaxies away from him...

Perfect team..!! Just would put Sehwag ahead of Smith. A left right combination and the destructive power of Sehwag.

The banter between Nas and Key always cheers me up😄

Waqar younis??? Where is he

Sachin Tendulkar cannot be compared with anyone except the likes of sir Don and sir viv

MS Dhoni as captain and pick whoever were left, and will beat this final 11

1. Sanath Jasurya (SL) (Vice Captain) 2. Mathew Hayden (AUS) 3. Brain Lara (WI) (Captain) 4. AB Devilers (SA) (WK) 5. Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 6. Chris Gayle (WI) 7. Yuvraj Singh (IND) 8. Chaminda Vass (SL) 9. Brett Lee (AUS) 10. Shane Bond (NZ) 11. Glen Macgrath (AUS)

My XI would be: 1. Graeme Smith(C) 2. Alastair Cook 3. Brian Lara 4. Steven Smith 5. Sachin Tendulkar 6. Steve Waugh 7. Adam Gilchrist(WK) 8. Wasim Akram 9. Shane Warne 10. Glenn McGrath 11. Dale Steyn/Muttiah Muralitharan

I would still have kallis over stokes but cis of the World Cup And headingly that gives him that brilliant status alone

Kallis, hands down is a greatest Cricketer of our generation! If only he was from Australia, England or India, he would have been worshipped like Bradman. Also both Lara & Smith should be in all time XI.

Greatest ODI team from 1971 to present: 1) D Haynes (WI) 2) S Tendulkar (IND) 3) D Jones (AUS) 4) B Lara (WI) 5) V Richards (WI) (Capt) 6) I Botham (ENG) 7) J Dujon (WI) 8) S Warne (AUS) (V Capt) 9) R Hadlee (NZ) 10) W Akram (PAK) 11) M Marshall (WI) 12th) J Kallis (SAF) 13) C Walsh (WI) 14) A Gilchrist (AUS) 15) R Shastri (IND) 16) A Qadir (PAK)

My Current era's "Team XI+1"against those First 15 years. "Team XI" Playing "XI" :- 1, A. Cook 2, AB De Villiers (Wk)** 3, Joe Root 4, Virat KOHLI (C) 5, Steve Smith (VC) 6, Sakib Al Hasan 7, Ben Stokes 8, R. Ashwin / Harbhajan Singh 9, Pat Cummins / Stuart Broad 10, M. Starc / J. Anderson 11, J. Bumrah 12, K. Williamson

Didnt even consider Rahul Dravid for 3?

No dravid no discussion

Muralitharan was better than Warne just see his stats. Economy rate in all three forms was better and also more wickets overall.

my greatest test xi openers sehwag , hayden , dravid , sachin , ponting , lara , kallis , gilchrist , anderson , steyn , murali , 12 th man warne .

all due respect: if you're not going for Dravid at #3, you're just doing it wrong.

Rahul Dravid - The Dark Knight

Pretty close but surely more options. Smith Hayden Lara Tendulkar Sangakkara Kallis Gilchrist Akram Warne Ambrose McGrath

If you are choosing the best test team ever the first name you should scribble is the Prince of Trinidad that's Brian Charles Lara. Case close only batsman in the history of cricket to have made single,double,triple,quadruple and quintuple centuries.

How can you leave AB out

01. Justin Langer 02. Virender Sehwag 03. Rahul Dravid 04. Kumar Sangakkara + 05. Steve Smith 06. Steve Waugh (c) 07. Ben Stokes 08. Waqar Younis 09. Curtley Ambrose 10. Muttiah Muralitharan 11. Allan Donald

Stokes shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Kallis. Muli, AB & Sangakara could've easily made this side, but it would be extremely difficult to axe anyone out of this 11.

Murali was the better bowler than Warne. Warne had better batting ability and his wickets made for a better highlight reel because of how he used to bowl batsmen around their legs but Murali was simply the better bowler, as their stats prove.

If I had to watch any test batsman it would be Sangakkara. He also scored more test runs at number 3, had a higher batting average and scored more hundreds at 3 than Ricky Ponting. Dravid btw scored 9 fewer 100’s from more matches and innings than Sangakkara at number 3. At their best of course nothing separated them. All greats of the game.

It's a travesty that Dhoni isn't even mentioned in WK conversation. I understand how ABD is better batsman in all forms of the game, but Gilchrist and Dhoni's stats are neck to neck in all forms of game. Not to mention the captaincy skills dhoni brings to the table along with arguably the best wicket keeping skills of the 3 players. Another anomaly in the list - Graeme Smith doesn't belong in this conversation, no disrespect.

CURRENT MY FAVOURITE XI WHITE BALL CRICKET DAVID WARNER ROHIT SHARMA VIRAT KOHLI(C) ANGELO MATHEWS BEN STOKES SHAKIB ALL HASSAN BRENDAN TAYLOR(WK) MOHAMMAD HAFEEZ MITCHELL STARC KANGISCO RABADA MUJEEB UR RAHMAN

I just dont understand the doubt on Sachin !!! Its obvious he comes in any team bec of 2 reasons -> 1. there has been no sportsman in any sports who sustained entire pressure of d expectations of billions for such a longer period and then fulfill it with his unmatchable stats !!!! 2. Kohli has other great players around him to soak the pressure but there was a time when Indian team was totally a one man show during Sachins time and each time he went to bat , he had this huge pressure and he performed for a very long time On wasim Akram , Nasir hit the nail..u cant have a team without him..Most part of his career he had a short run up but he was a magician with the ball..he cud ball anyhing on his will...He cud bowl fast yorkers at will even in his late 30s..u cudnt hit him.. On Glenn macgrath , Rob hit the nail..he was a mystery and a legend..a bowler who was military medium bowling at 130-135kmph speeds and still gave unforgettable performances across the globe..be it swing friendly foreign pitches or dusty dry sub continent pitches...one can never understand why with that speed , and no unique weapons that Wasim had , he was unplayable and an absolute wizard..... On Brian Lara, again we cant leave him from any side since was a maverick..a naturally gifted player who didnt look he was serious abt his game , or dedicated enuff but an absolute nightmare for the opposition if he was on song..he cud single handedly win matches from lethal attacks on lethal pitches with style , disdain and flamboyance...one small ex - Danish Kaneria sledging Lara , and getting hit for 2 sixes in next 2 balls...u wont see a sachin or a bradman doing this..Lara had Jigara (guts)....

Sachin or kohli is it debatable ?Sachin never failed in the first occasion wherever he toured, kohli alwys failed in the 1st occasion then he prepared well..

Assume its a best TEST XI...coz white ball cricket doesnt matter much. Hayden Cook(vc) Ponting (c) Tendulkar Lara Kallis Gilchrist Warne Akram Ambrose McGrath Behind the stumps is Gilchrist, then Warne at 1st, Hayden, Cook then maybe Kallis at gully. Ponting at either midwicket or cover....or anywhere. If it was the last 40yrs i'd pick Marshall over Ambrose. Definitely Hayden, but i'd be just as happy picking Sehwag over Cook to get a right hand opening partner to go with Hayden. Not the last 30yrs, but i'd most like Hayden batting with Gavaskar due to huge difference in height and the LH/RH. No new ball bowlers could get a line and length right to that opening pair. The rest of them are obvious and easy to pick.

Can't be better than this.

2021 best test xi 1) babar azam 1) kl rahul (wk) 3) virat kohli 4) steve smith 5) kane Williams (c) 6) shakib ul hassan 7) ben stokes 8) rashid khan 9) james anderson 10) tim southee 11) kagiso rabada

Absolutely loved it, hoping for more to come. At 6 I would pick Stokes over Kallis, with top 5 of highest quality I would go with an attacking (less consistent) option like Stokes at 6 than Kallis. As GREAT as Kallis was, I don't think he had the game and range of stroke to to do what Stokes did at Leeds coming in at 5-6. I would want ta player like that at 6 even with Gilchrist at 7.

Isn't it prettybclear that with the exception of the Don, the averages are going northward since time immemorial. When Kohli arrived India was the best side. When Sachin came in, India was tottering at the bottom. If he gets out, nation would switch off TVs. I don't think Kohli would ever reach that level. Not in this life at least.

For all people saying that kallis is much more superior than Stokes Just see his impact it's not only two innings he has played you can see his every test hundred were masterpiece he almost single handedly won those matches for England Fastest century at Lords Fastest 250 and many more He is better bowler than kallis and when it comes to batting average kallis used to remain not out many times whereas Stokes looses his for scoring quickly with tail So saying that there comparison is not debatable is incorrect

Its not fair, experienced old players with current players, Such as, kohli- sachin, lara- smith

Murali is needed to have balanced bowling side.

My Xi M. Hayden S. Tendulkar R. Ponting (c) B. Lara V. Richards K. Sangakkara (wk) G. Sobers I. Khan W. Akram M. Muralitharan C. Ambrose

Kallis is like Sachin and Zaheer Khan(who is a very good test match bowler) in one player. Someone who has 13,000+ test runs and almost 300 test wickets. Even though Stokes is a fine aIl rounder and played one of the greatest test innings of all time, I doubt he would end up having half as good a career as he did.

ONCE AGAIN WE COME TOGETHER. CHAPS, WE NEED TO START A SERIES OF OF PLAYERS FROM ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

From the options given I’d have Smith,Trescothik, Sangekarra, Tendulkar, Lara, Stokes, De Villiers, Cummings, Murali, Steyn, McGrath

I don’t understand why Murali is so underrated....most of the ppl pick Warne over Murali...never understood why....the guy was just ridiculous......nearly 1500 international wickets....& that too despite Australians trying to ruin his carrier multiple times....

anderson has been tremendous to be honest. he is an all condition bowler for last 5 years now. then there is BHUMRA!

Which comparison is more absurd? Stokes/Kallis or Cummins/Akram 🤣🤪

4.14 - Mr Burns!

Warne is the second greatest spinner of all time, after Murali. Warne's statistics are much worse than Ashwin's. Warne was terrible against India, he was terrible against Tendulkar, Lara...really struggled against the team or the players that spin well.

Ambrose you buggers not in discussion ?

James Anderson was a swing bowler not of all conditions cummins dosnt have in him to be the best, I think Jasprit Bumrah is the arguably the beat bowler that has played cricket in 30 yrs

My XI ....... all time best players ......... waim akram , waqar younus, mohammed zahid , asif,,, shoaib akhtar ................sir viv richards, barian lara , ricky ponting ,,, gil chris,,,,,, mohammed yousuf,,, ab deviliar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I can't really describe the physical pain I felt when they compared Kallis with Stokes.

Please don’t ever compare Stokes with Kallis again 😐

It physically hurts to hear them compare Stokes to Kallis

I'm English and I'd take Kallis over Stokes any day of the week, that hurt. Glad level heads prevailed and Kallis got the spot.

Why does Rob Key look fitter and younger then he did when he played for England?

13289 Test runs, 45 Test centuries, 292 Test Wickets, 200 catches, played against some of the best Test bowlers of all time. Batting average greater than Sachin's, bowling average as good as one time Indian pace spearhead Zaheer Khan and almost as many catches as Rahul Dravid the Test fielder. This in itself elevates Jacques Kallis to the position of the greatest cricketer to ever have played the game. When you also consider his ODI record (11579 runs, 44 batting average, 272 wickets, 130 catches), the only question which remains is how a human being achieved all this. If and not when (because it won't happen) Ben Stokes gets even remotely close to these figures, then compare him to Kallis, but not now. No way. It is offensive to consider Stokes anywhere close to Kallis right now.

Wasim Akram fits in in all ex cricketers world 11 What a legend he was

Stokes or Kallis oh please. Similar bowling stats and Kallis averages 20 more with the bat from a way longer period, they're taking the piss.

This was awesome! Yes, Stokes could be an all-time great, but I think a telling stat is that Kallis has 23 man-of-the-match awards in Test cricket. The most for ANY player in history. In sides that boasted Donald, Pollock, Ntini, Steyn, Smith, Amla, de Villiers etc. That says a lot about his match-winning ability. Stokes currently has 8 man-of-the-match awards, but his career is still young.

7:17 cummins or akram? Are you guys serious 😂

Kallis is the greatest allrounder period, Stokes for what's he's done could come close but will never beat Kallis