• Our World Test XI: The final teams

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    In the second instalment of a two-part series, SA Cricket magazine’s writers pick their best international Test XI of the past 30 years.

    Over the past few weeks, our magazine writers have picked their best Proteas side of the post-isolation era. That process got us thinking – how many of those South African stars would crack the nod in a best international XI selected in the same era (1992 to 2020)?

    Our World Test XI: The top six

    Over the next few days, we’ll be selecting our best international Test and ODI combinations. Let us know what you think of the selections and what changes you’d make.

    Our World Test XI: The bottom five

    JON CARDINELLI’S WORLD TEST XI – 1 Matthew Hayden (Australia), 2 Graeme Smith (c, South Africa), 3 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 4 Brian Lara (West Indies), 5 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 6 Ricky Ponting (Australia), 7 Kumar Sangakkara (wk, Sri Lanka), 8 Shane Warne (Australia), 9 Dale Steyn (South Africa), 10 Glenn McGrath (Australia), 11 Courtney Walsh (West Indies).

    WADE PRETORIUS’ WORLD TEST XI – 1 Matthew Hayden (Australia), 2 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 3 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia), 4 Brian Lara (West Indies), 5 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka),  6 Steve Smith (Australia), 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk, Australia), 8 Shane Warne (Australia), 9 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 10 Courtney Walsh (West Indies), 11 Glenn McGrath (Australia).

    CRAIG LEWIS’ WORLD TEST XI – 1 Matthew Hayden (Australia), 2 Rahul Dravid (India), 3 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 4 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 5 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia),  6 Brian Lara (West Indies), 7 Kumar Sangakkara (wk, Sri Lanka), 8 Shane Warne (Australia), 9 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 10 Allan Donald (South Africa), 11 Glenn McGrath (Australia).

    JONHENRY WILSON’S WORLD TEST XI – 1 Alastair Cook (England), 2 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 3 Ricky Ponting (c, Australia), 4 Rahul Dravid (India), 5 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 6 Kumar Sangakkara (wk, Sri Lanka), 7 Ian Botham (England), 8 Kapil Dev (India), 9 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), 10 Glenn McGrath (Australia), 11 Courtney Walsh (West Indies).

    ANDRE HUISAMEN’S TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c, South Africa), 2 Sachin Tendulkar (India), 3 Rahul Dravid (India), 4 Ricky Ponting (Australia), 5 Jacques Kallis (South Africa), 6 Brian Lara (West Indies), 7 Adam Gilchrist (wk, Australia), 8 Shane Warne (Australia), 9 Wasim Akram (Pakistan), 10 Dale Steyn (South Africa), 11 Glenn McGrath (Australia).

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