Thread: The Underrated XI
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Old 06-04-2008, 05:31 AM in reply to Quagmire's post starting "This has gotten way off track, got any..."
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1. Mark Richardson
2. Mark Taylor
3. Younis Khan
4. Kim Hughes
5. Damien Martyn
6. Brian McMillan
7. Tim Zhoerer
8. Damien Fleming
9. Pedro Collins
10. Hugh Tayfield
11. Stuart MacGill

Most of the names are pretty modern, but I think a lot of people tend to forget just how good people like Mark Taylor were. I've heard good things about Zhoerer's 'keeping, and although Kim Hughes was before my time, from what I've heard of him I'm sure he'd be one of the standout batsmen if he was playing today. Hugh Tayfield, the first South African spinner to take 100 wickets, is one of cricket's great spin bowlers, despite never getting mentioned in the same breath as Warne, Murali, Laker and co, and I'm sure he'd do well in tandem with MacGill, who spent his entire career to date in Warne's shadow.
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