All-time XI: World

'Would have been great to walk out with Bradman' - Tendulkar

'Would have been great to walk out with Bradman' - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Dennis Lillee and Wasim Akram react at being picked in ESPNcricinfo's all-time World XI

26-Oct-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Over their dead bodies

Over their dead bodies

A team of slowpokes who will test the patience of the fiercest opponents and the tolerance of the most obdurate viewers

26-Oct-2010•Peter Roebuck

A match-up made in heaven

A match-up made in heaven

The notion of a face-off between Trueman and Tendulkar and Lillee and Lara is mouth-watering, to say the least. Who'll win in a contest between ESPNcricinfo's World XI and the Second XI?

25-Oct-2010•Rob Steen

Who after Bradman and Sobers?

Who after Bradman and Sobers?

Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar have effectively been voted the third and fourth-greatest cricketers in the game's history

25-Oct-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Tendulkar only current player in ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI

Tendulkar only current player in ESPNcricinfo all-time World XI

Four Australians and three West Indians make it to the side. Warne, Gilchrist and Akram other recent players to feature

25-Oct-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

On the other hand

On the other hand

Left-handers are increasingly to the fore in cricket. What would an all-time XI composed exclusively of the species look like?

24-Oct-2010•Mike Selvey

Nice guys finish first

Nice guys finish first

Cricketers who'd break your spirit and shake your hand

23-Oct-2010•Ramachandra Guha

The joy of the past

The joy of the past

There may be plenty of well-known problems inherent in picking all-time XIs, but the exercise is still a worthwhile one

22-Oct-2010•Gideon Haigh

For your money (and your life)

For your money (and your life)

A play-for-your-life XI who'll do you proud when it's a choice between not losing and heading to the gas chamber

20-Oct-2010•David Frith

Poetry in motion

Poetry in motion

Eleven players who couldn't be graceless if they tried

18-Oct-2010•Suresh Menon

Thrill-a-minute

Thrill-a-minute

There was never a dull moment when these men took the field

15-Oct-2010•Ian Chappell

The excluded

The excluded

Our soon-to-be announced all-time world XI will be picked from a shortlist of 88. But there are plenty of stellar names outside those ranks, as this XI, chosen from those who weren't on the shortlists, proves

12-Oct-2010•Gideon Haigh

ESPNcricinfo to pick World XI

ESPNcricinfo to pick World XI

Team to be picked from all-star country teams selected so far

28-Sep-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

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