HEADLINE: “WEST INDIES ALL-TIME MEN’S TEST TEAM – A WICKET-KEEPER PLEASE!”

i INVESTIGATED a folklore talk that Viv (at the beginning of his career) watched David Murray batting against spin and learnt from watching him. Murray was an excellent player of spin bowling saving a Barbados Shell Shield Team many times.

I used to eat lunch with David at a restaurant in town 6 years ago and I asked him about Viv learning from watching him....he just stared at me and said "What's wrong with you? Thats my brother, thats my family!"

In reply to openning

When it comes to Guyana, I rank Milton Pydanna highly, a better wkpr than Babilul.

Reds Perreira always said the best WI wkpr he ever seen was Jackie Hendricks.

In reply to Brerzerk

I serve up:

1. Hunte
2. Greenidge
3. Headley
4. Richards
5. Lara
6. Sobers
7. Dujon
8. Marshall
9. Holding
10 . Ambrose
11. Gibbs

In reply to JoeGrine

From a man who knows cricket no less.
Good team sah. Man n man can quibble and tinker wid some minor changes if dem want.lf it is vs Oz down under Babu is my opener with Freddo and Crampy also ahead of Greenidg. Ah bias towards Walcott even with the speedster getting edges and the big man having to.dive

That is a good average not excellent. Well, maybe in the era in which he played ....

In reply to Kay

That's an excellent average in that time..........and even up to the late 90s. its only after pace bowling (and spin bowling later after the retirements of warne and murali)declined after 2002 that you had phonies like hayden, guys who could not make a note against the ambrose's, bishop's walsh's and donald's of the 90s, starting to beat crap attacks and averaging over 50. kanhai barely played against weak opposition. it had no bangldesh, and no teams in perpetual decline like the wi. pakistan was weak, india was improving in the 60s and peaked in the early 70s with a series win in england

In reply to Jumpstart

This is 2025, and you are selecting an All-Star team, meaning the best.
George Headley will be my opener with Gordan and Everon Weekes at #5.

In reply to Brerzerk



At Perth, Fredericks is the very first name on my sheet, even Sobers have to take a back seat . That 169 against Thommo, Lillee, Gilmour, Walker etc. is still talked about by my Australian friends as one of the finest knock they have ever seen.

In reply to imusic/analyst-kid




Folklore talk was Vivian and David Murray-Weekes allegedly were pals

How come no one talking about Conrad Hunte? West Indies greatest opening batsman!!!

In reply to openning


even better. most of these posers average under 45 in tests....and the majority of those average under 40

In reply to Castled

vuiv's reactions to the rebels were a lot more nuanced that a lot of the people and some players who ostracized the players

Conrad Hunte is the 1st name on my team. By the way Allan Rae has a better avg than Hunte but I don't believe he was better.

In reply to JoeGrine

I concur. Only question for me is Dujon v Walcott

In reply to Arlo

Hard to believe we can pick an all time West Indies team with no W in it. Weekes or Walcott before Richards for me. Both far better averages in test cricket. Look cuss coming!