West Indies Left Handed All-Time Test XI

Times like this allow for some reminiscence:

1. Chris Gayle
2. Roy Fredericks
3. Brian Lara
4. Clive Lloyd (c)
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Gary Sobers
7. Ridley Jacobs (wk)
8. Gudakesh Motie
9. Curtley Ambrose
10. Shamar Joseph
11. Jayden Seales

In reply to Seechy

No Alvin Kallicharran?

In reply to DirtyDan



Who would he replace in that lineup? If he can keep wicket and bat 7 then sure...

In reply to DirtyDan

My friend, why waste time with such minutia, attention driven threads.

In reply to CricSham



Lighten up, it's just for fun!

In reply to Seechy

Thanks, Seechy. Please follow up with a right hand All Time XI and then let us see which would have won a hypothetical test match between them. Btw does Motie bat righthanded or left handed??

10. Alzarri Joseph

Reserve: Shamar Joseph

Digital man as 12th man..

Shiv has to go to get Kalli in ...

Most of these guys are right handed

In reply to sudden

seems like the criteria is once you bat left handed, the hand you bowl with does not matter.

In reply to Arlo

Ah yes. Given the paucity of left arm bowlers (most are spinners) to have played Test cricket for WI, I decided to go for a left hand batting XI.

In reply to Kay



I disagree. Shiv has a 50+ average after 164 tests, 9th highest run scorer of all time (2nd only to Lara for WI) and is arguably Guyana's greatest. Kalli does not have a better record than Shiv, so he cannot be left out. Freddo or Gayle can go if Kalli must be in the XI.

In reply to PalsofMine



My pleasure. For a right handed XI, I would go with:

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Conrad Hunte
3. George Headley
4. Everton Weeks
5. Viv Richards (c)
6. Clyde Walcott
7. Jeff Dujon (wk)
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Joel Garner
10. Michael Holding
11. Lance Gibbs

There is more variety to the left handed bowling attack compared to the right handed team. But I think the right handed team would thrash the lefties.

Motie bats left handed btw.

In reply to Seechy

Agree.

In reply to Seechy

With one exception, the left handed team had a 4 in one player.

In reply to Seechy

NO Kanhai

I think that the lefties will give the righties a good fight. The difference may well be the experience of the rightie bowlers even though they appear to be a bowler short. Didnt either Valentine or Ramadhin bat left handed? Valentine was certainly a left arm spinner. That would certainly level the playing field (pun intended) for the leftie bowling