What the CC2020 AI selectors consider the Test World XI of All Time

[dasilva]

So what I was trying to achieve is to create an xi where if you choose every other player in the game, the CC2020 AI will place them in the bench of the 18 man squad.

Now I can't pretend to try every single player in the database and so if other people was able to find a player to displace the XI I have written then let me know.

The result of this experiment is the "Official" All Time Great World XI to be this team

Herbert Sutcliffe (Captain)
Victor Trumper
Don Bradman
Monty Noble
Clyde Walcott (WK)
Denis Compton
Keith Miller
Richard Hadlee
Jim Laker
Joel Garner
Derek Underwood

For a bench with 1 opener, 2 middle-order batsman, 1 Wicket Keeper and 2 Spin Bowlers, 2 Fast Bowlers to complete the 18 man squad
Len Hutton
Jacques Kallis (note CC2020 AI Kallis is picked over Worrell)
Frank Worrell
Les Ames
Shane Warne (note CC2020 AI will pick Warne over Murali)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath (note CC2020 AI will pick McGrath over Marshall)
Malcolm Marshall

Second XI
Matthew Hayden
Len Hutton (Captain)
Wally Hammond
Frank Worrell
Les Ames (WK)
Jacques Kallis
Sir Garfield Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath


I'll also emphasise this is what the CC2020 AI pick and I don't know whether these really are the best performing players or the players with the highest skill rating in the game. Really I have a lot of trouble getting Monty Noble performing either with the bat or ball in the All Time Great match but he will be an automatic selection in any squad by the computer AI

The most shocking of the all time great XI is the inclusion of the likes of Noble, Compton, Underwood and the exclusion of Sobers and one of Warne/Murali.

[galvatron]

Not that shocking except Monty Noble - who I had to look up. Never heard of the guy. I'm surprised it has him batting at 4 as his batting record isn't that great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Noble

Victor Trumper doesn't have an amazing record either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Trumper There aren't that many openers who appear to be rated i.e. Gavaskar isn't that good.

The computer really rates some of those players - particularly Underwood. Murali isn't very good on the game for some reason, neither is Sobers. Garner is the most highly rated fast bowler, he's way better than Marshall, who had a similar record but played for longer.

It seems similar to the current players, some odd players seem to be highly rated.

[ataraxia]

Noble and Trumper played in an era that was harder for batting.

I imagine that Noble is rated highly because of his FC record.