Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne has picked his greatest West Indian XI from the past 25 years.

The leg-spinner chose Brian Lara as the captain of the side while Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are the only two active cricketers to have made the cut in Warne’s selection.

The Australian legend has been naming the best XI from all the major cricket-playing nations with his home team, England, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka already completed.

The criteria for Warne’s selection is that he should have played a meaningful game against the player –– something he was quick to point out at the start of the post on his official Facebook account as to why he couldn’t select the West Indies legend and close friend Sir Vivian Richards.

“The great Viv Richards is the one player I really wished I played against, loved everything about him and we’ve become great friends too,” remarked Warne.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

So wait....you mean to tell me that Warne never played against such "greats" like Rawle Lewis, Patterson Thompson, Suruj Ragoonath, Rajendra Danhraj, Nagamotoo, Courtney Browne, Shawn Findlay, Nixon Mclean, Floyd Reifer, Gus Logie, Phil Simmons???

my only problem is that Gayle and Hooper are associated with test losses and not known for saving matches.

Richards last test match was in 1991

Greenidge last test match was in 1991

Marshall's last test match was in 1991...he last wicket was the opener Graham Gooch.


an aging Richards was better than Hooper IMHO

an aging Greenidge MIGHT BE on par with Gayle in test cricket ( and still better than Hooper).

an aging Marshall finished as an opening strike bowler and it COULD be argued he had more value than Patterson with Ambrose and Bishop opening the attack.

Big up to Warne fuh knowing what a talent Hooper was.....I would have picked Ramdin before Jacobs!

In reply to analyst-kid

the article said 'since' 1990 so stop the bellyaching.



why you not complaining about Haynes over Greenidge?

In reply to camos

of course I read that. that's why I noted those great players who finished in 1991!

In reply to camos

Is de bajan thinking!!!

In reply to camos

why u pick on my comments re a great like Greenidge and NOT a great like Richards or Marshall?

I clearly identified the all time greats who finished in 1991 within Warne's parameters.

In reply to analyst-kid

"The criteria for Warne’s selection is that he should have played a meaningful game against the player –"

In reply to mitch44

correct.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

there is our problem right there. Hooper in any all time west indies team. I am a big and biased Hoops fan though.

In reply to Bigzinc

You Bigzinc gat a hole or wah?

In reply to WestDem

?????

Does hoops even make an all Guyana 11??

Fredericks
Kanhai
Kallicharan
Butcher
Chanderpaul
Lloyd
Pydanna wkpr
Harper
Gibbs
King
Croft

hmmm where can I put Hooper here?

This is Warne's team, pick allyuh own and leave de man's team alone.

In reply to Bigzinc

wait Hooper could wicketkeep?...but who say he could bat better than Pydanna?...doan forget Joe Solomon,Bacchus,Lambert,Lynch,Lyght etc

In reply to Bigzinc

Me guh ask yuh one more time....

You Bigzinc gat a hole or wah?

That's a side that can rival any...in any era.

If jerome taylor played alongside the bowlers and the team patterson did, he would be regarded as the better bowler. You could possibly say the same for Fidel Edwards.

In reply to analyst-kid

Replace Harper with him....Hooper is a far better batsman....equal spinner...and equal slip fielder

Good team....and Hooper gets the edge over Sarwan only because of his spin bowling which gives the pacemen some breathing space and to speed up the over rate.

Captaincy for Lara is also debatable

In reply to Narper

greenidge over Haynes

and croft over walsh

Warne's team is base on the players he played against over his career, not on stats as we the fans are doing.
I am quite sure he may feel it was harder to bowl at Haynes than Greenidge, or why should he include a player, that he only played a few test against.

In reply to camos

Croft was finished since 1984...remember Marshall literally replaced Croft in the four-prong.