Within us lurks a group of frustrated cricket selectors dying to get out, and from time to time we at the Reverse Sweep will name an XI or produce a list such as England's Greatest Ever Cricket Captains. Read, enjoy and agree. Or disagree if you like!
As we are a bit tardy at updating this page, a full record of our lists and XIs are here: Reverse Sweep lists & XIs
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An England under-23 XI (May 2010)
Following the World T20 triumph and then some impressive performances from a number of young England players, we named our England under-23 team.
An England under-23 XI - the future looks bright
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The best and worst of the World T20 (May 2010)
Do you agree with our best and worst X1s of the World T20 in the Caribbean?
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The IPL XI of the tournament (April 2010)
Despite the distractions offered by Lalit Modi and Kochigate, we still had our eye on the ball enough to name our best XI of IPL3.
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A Pakistan test XI of the last 30 years (Mar 2010)
The Pakistan cricket team is a bloggers dream. But we like the excitement and unpredictability they bring both on and off the field.
A Pakistan test XI (1980-2010)
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An Indian test XI of the last 30 years (Mar 2010)
With the then impending IPL season, we named our best Indian XI of the best form of the game from the last 30 years.
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A current World Test XI (February 2010)
Following Dale Steyn's heroics in the 1st test against India, we named our current World test XI. Not sure we should have left Graeme Swann out though.
Our World Test XI as of February 2010
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A ginger cricket XI (Feb 2010)
Friday frivolity brought this brightly haired XI to fruition.
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An XI of youngsters to shine in the new decade (January 2010)
As we moved from nostalgia of the noughties to looking forward to the new decade, we named our team of under-23s to shine in the next ten years.
An XI of youngsters to shine in the new decade
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Who are the best 20 batsman ever? (Jan 2010)
These articles actually first appeared on World Cricket Watch back in Summer 2009, and were reproduced in all their glory here. The main talking point was that we had placed Sachin Tendulkar too low. Whilst we don't subscribe to the view that he ranks higher than Bradman, we would on reflection swap the Little Master with Ricky Ponting if he were to redo this exercise again. But where did Ponting and Tendulkar rank in our top 20?
Read who fills positions 20-11 of our 20 here,
and then our top 10 batsmen from 10-1 here.
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England's best test performances of the noughties (Jan 2010)
Following the fantastic victory in Durban and the end of the noughties, we named our list of England's ten best test performances of the decade.
England's best test performances of the noughties
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The best England and World Test XIs of the noughties (Dec 2009)
As the old decade ended, we named our England and World test teams of the decade.
The England Test XI of the noughties
The World Test XI of the noughties
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Cricket's top ten Master Blasters (December 2009)
Does Virender Sehwag or Viv Richards top our list?
Cricket's top ten master blasters
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England's ten greatest captains (December 2009)
As Douglas Jardine is my favourite cricketer ever, you won't be surprised to see the name at the head of this list. But who else makes the top ten?
England's ten greatest cricket captains
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