Strauss (c) Cook Trott Kp Root Bell Prior (w) Swann Jones Gough Anderson
Ask me later and I'll change 5 of them.
You do realise that England played outside of the 2010-11 Ashes, right
The one that Gough, Root and Sijo famously played in?
Yeah, but picking 8 of the team is a bit steep!
You mean the team that was ranked number 1 in the world, like all those other England teams of our life times?
Strauss 7,000 runs at over 40 Cook 12,000+ runs at over 45 Trott 4,000+ runs at 44 KP 8,000 @ 47 Bell 7,000 @ 42 Prior averaged over 40 Swann the best English spinner for a generation I don't think I need to justify Anderson
Like I said I might change some of them but 4 of them would always be in my team.
I see Crawley and Bairstow, such is their newly found expertise over the course of the last couple of days, have decided to enter the World Sudoku Championships.
Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced? Gotta be up there.
Not even close.
I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
Go on then
Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.
Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
The thing that counts against Root, and Murray, is they have never been clearly the best in the world. Obviously that's more a result of when they were born.
If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker? (Max Woosnam)
Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry)
Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced? Gotta be up there.
Not even close.
I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
Go on then
Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.
Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
Jimmy Anderson and Mark Cavendish would have to be on that list and probably Jason Kenny and Laura Kenny.
Just within cricket Ian Botham has to be in with a shout as well, in Tests 5,200 runs at 33 and 383 wickets at 28. At his peak, Botham was a lethal bowler
Fred has 3,845 wickets at 32, 226 wickets at 33 Stokes has 5,116 at 36 but only 175 wickets at 32
If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker? (Max Woosnam)
Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry)
Max Woosnam was a legend in life generally, alongside the notable sporting achievements above he had fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, was on the board of directors for ICI and once beat Charlie Chaplin at Table Tennis.....despite using a butter knife as a bat!
If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker? (Max Woosnam)
Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry)
And Fry was offered the kingdom or Romania. Which one was it that played Charlie Caplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker? (Max Woosnam)
Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry)
And Fry was offered the kingdom or Romania. Which one was it that played Charlie Caplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
Stupid stupid Stokes ….. gave his wicket away when we are still long way behind in the match he has to think of the team now not just himself
Your the stupid one
@RonnieMoore will go down in history for his astonishingly low IQ, but you can’t call somebody stupid and not know the difference between your & you’re.
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You can not do that Joe Root!!
Strauss 7,000 runs at over 40
Cook 12,000+ runs at over 45
Trott 4,000+ runs at 44
KP 8,000 @ 47
Bell 7,000 @ 42
Prior averaged over 40
Swann the best English spinner for a generation
I don't think I need to justify Anderson
Like I said I might change some of them but 4 of them would always be in my team.
Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
Cook
Trott
Root
KP
Stokes
Flintoff
Prior (w)
Swann
Broad
Anderson
I am basing this one my memory having grown up watching.. Botham would be in the side if I was older no doubt.
Ok I admit I’m an old git, and was at the Oval when Colin Cowdrey caught Fiery Fred’s 300 test wicket.
Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry)
Fred has 3,845 wickets at 32, 226 wickets at 33
Stokes has 5,116 at 36 but only 175 wickets at 32
I agree but looking at the score you would say its 50/50?