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🏏 Dream Match: West Indies XI vs Rest of the World XI

Posted on September 12, 2025September 14, 2025 by Harold Gittens

🌴 West Indies All-Time XI

Openers:

  1. Gordon Greenidge
  2. Desmond Haynes

Middle Order:
3. George Headley
4. Brian Lara
5. Sir Vivian Richards (c)

All-Rounder:
6. Sir Garfield Sobers

Wicketkeeper:
7. Clyde Walcott (wk)

Fast Bowlers:
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Joel Garner
11. Michael Holding


🌍 Rest of the World All-Time XI

Openers:

  1. Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)
  2. Matthew Hayden (Aus)

Middle Order:
3. Sir Donald Bradman (Aus)
4. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
5. Jacques Kallis (SA)

Wicketkeeper:
6. Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

All-Rounder / Captain:
7. Imran Khan (Pak) (c)

Bowlers:
8. Shane Warne (Aus)
9. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
10. Wasim Akram (Pak)
11. Glenn McGrath (Aus)


⚔️ Key Match-Ups

  • Greenidge & Haynes vs Wasim & McGrath → Firepower vs precision swing.
  • Lara & Richards vs Warne & Murali → Flair vs spin wizardry.
  • Sobers vs Kallis & Imran → Two of the greatest all-rounders clash.
  • Marshall, Holding, Garner & Ambrose vs Bradman, Sachin, Gavaskar → Pace battery vs batting immortals.

🏆 Who Wins?

  • West Indies: Relentless pace attack, match-turning flair from Lara, Richards & Sobers.
  • Rest of World: Bradman-led batting fortress, spin dominance of Warne & Murali, backed by Wasim’s swing & McGrath’s control.

👉 This is the ultimate cricket fantasy clash — a battle of swagger, skill, and supremacy. 🌴🔥🌍

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