West Indians, Australians dominate World Eleven team

Sachin Tendulkar is the only current player in ESPN Cricinfo's all-time Test World Eleven, which is dominated by West Indians and Australians, reflecting their pre-eminence in Test cricket over the years.



Four Australians, three West Indians, two Englishmen, an Indian and a Pakistani make up the eleven.



Viv Richards, Gary Sobers and Malcolm Marshall are the West Indies players. While, the Australians players are Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Don Bradman and Dennis Lillee.



The final eleven is completed by Len Hutton and Jack Hobbs of England and Wasim Akram of Pakistan.



Three players were unanimous choices, figuring in the first eleven of each of the 12 members of the jury.



Each juror was asked to pick a first eleven and a second. The three players are - Bradman, Sobers and Warne. Each of these players recieved the maximum points possible in the exercise, 60. Tendulkar followed with 51 points.



The closest battles were for one of the opening spots and for the number five position. Sunil Gavaskar lost out to Jack Hobbs by one point and George Headley by two points to Viv Richards.



Len Hutton , 47 points, partners Hobbs at the top. They are followed by Bradman, Tendulkar, Richards and Sobers.



While there was no competition to Sobers for the allrounder's spot, Imran Khan narrowly edged out Keith Miller to make it to the second eleven.



Adam Gilchrist beat Alan Knott to the wicketkeeper's spot by eight points. The next closest contender was Kumar Sangakkara, who got nine points.



The bowling positions were all decided by handsome margins. Three of cricket's most highly rated fast bowlers - Dennis Lillee, leading with 48 points, Wasim Akram and Marshall in addition to Sobers, who could bowl left-arm fast, spin and chinamen - accompany Warne.