Allan Donald was one of the greatest bowlers in the world. He picked up 330 wickets in his Test Career. He was appointed as the assistant coach of Kent County Cricket Club in 2018.
Let us have a look at his all-time XI.
#1 Openers
#1 Matthew Hayden
‘Haydos’ aka Matthew Hayden had a long career of 15 years in cricket. He was one of the distinguished batsmen in cricket history. He scored 8625 runs in Tests with a triple century and two double centuries. He was inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2017. His highest individual score was 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003 at Perth.
#2 Justin Langer
Justin Langer was regarded as one of the greatest openers for Australia. He is the highest run-scorer in first-class cricket by an Australian. He scored 7696 runs in Tests including three double centuries. In the Boxing Day Test of 2002-03 Ashes, he scored 250 runs at MCG. He was appointed as the head coach of Australia in 2018.
#2 Middle Order
#3 Jacques Kallis
‘Kalahari’ is considered one of the best all-rounders of cricket. Jacques Kallis is the highest run-scorer for South Africa in Tests. He scored 13289 runs in Tests with two double centuries He picked up 291 wickets in his Test career. In 2004, he scored 162 against England in Durban which helped the team to go from 90-5 to 332 all-out. He is the coaching the Kolkata Knight Riders.
#4 Brian Lara
Brian Lara is an obvious choice for every Test XI. ‘Princey’ was considered one of the feared batsman in the cricket history. He is the highest individual scorer in the Tests, scoring 400 runs in a single inning. He is the highest run-scorer for Windies with 11912 runs including a quadruple century to his name. He is also the highest individual scorer in the First-class cricket, scoring 501 runs. He has a record of the highest individual score in a single inning, scoring 400 runs. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2012.
#5 Vivian Richards (C)
Viv Richards was considered as one of the greatest captains of Windies. He scored over 8000 runs with two double centuries, averaging 50.24 with a strike rate of 86.07. Richards was a nightmare to the opposition. His highest individual score was 291 against England at Kennington Oval in 1976. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2009.
#6 AB de Villiers
‘Mr 360’ is regarded as one of the most feared batsmen. Hailing from Transvaal Province, AB de Villiers is as lethal as entertaining. He has scored the fastest 50, 100 and 150 in the ODIs. He also has the record of fastest century in Tests by a South African batsman. He played his last International match against Australia on 30 March 2018. He scored 8765 runs which include two double centuries. His career-best score was 278* against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi.
#7 Adam Gilchrist (WK)
‘Gilly’ regarded as one of the most aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman in the history of Cricket. Adam Gilchrist has the record of most dismissals by a wicket-keeper for Australia in Tests with 416 dismissals to his name. He scored 5570 runs in Tests. He scored the fourth fastest century in the 2006-07 Ashes. He scored 102* off 59 balls at Perth between December 14-18 2006. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2013.
#3 Bowlers
#8 Shane Warne
‘Warnie’ aka Shane Warne is one of the distinguished bowlers in the world. He is the highest wicket-taker from Australia in Tests. He took 708 wickets in Test. He scored most Test runs without a century, scoring 3154 runs. His best spell was 8/71 against England at Gabba in 1994. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2013. He was appointed as the Team Mentor of Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2018.
#9 Malcolm Marshall
‘Maco’ was one of the most dreaded bowlers of Windies. He took 376 wickets in his Test career. He also contributed to the team as a lower middle-order batsman. He scored 1810 runs with ten half-centuries in Tests. His best spell was 7/22 against England at Old Trafford in 1988. Malcolm Marshall was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2009.
#10 Curtly Ambrose
Curtly Ambrose was one of the feared pacers in the history of cricket. He picked up 405 wickets in Tests. The opposition struggled to pick up his pace. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2011. He took 7 wickets and gave 1 run in 32 balls against Australia in 1993. After retirement, he has focused on music.
#11 Glenn McGrath
‘Pigeon’ was one of the most feared bowlers of his generation. Glenn McGrath is the highest wicket-taker fast bowler in the Tests. He is also the joint highest wicket-taker for Australia in ODIs. He took 563 wickets in Tests. His best spell was 8/38 against England at Lord’s in 1997. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2012. He is the Director of MRF Pace Foundation and the Co-Founder and President of the McGrath Foundation.
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