Who would win a test match out of these 2 sides

who would win a test match out of these 2 sides?

teams A:

1.Geoffrey Boycott
2.Desmond Haynes
3.Stephen Fleming (c)
4.Andy Flower (wk)
5.David Gower
6.Mike Hussey
7.Irfan Pathan
8.Mashrafe Mortaza
9.Graeme Cremer
10.Murali
11.Zaheer Khan

team b:

1.Graham Gooch (c)
2.Matthew Hayden
3.Viv Richards
4.Shakib Al-Hasan
5.Nathan Astle
6.Jacob Oram
7.Mark Boucher (wk)
8.Lance Gibbs
9.Dale Steyn
10.Lasith Malinga
11.James Anderson

IMO team 2 would win

Team B

Neither, it rained out, only 4 overs got bowled.

biltongbek wrote:Neither, it rained out, only 4 overs got bowled.

Lance Gibbs is nearly 80 now so that might prove a weakness for Team B.

Sorry, I better get back on topic, I now CF takes his topics very serious.

I would think team B, they seem to have a better bowling attack.

Interesting. Both sides have very good openers, team A have comfortably the better middle-order and team B the better bowling attack and of course Viv at number 3.

I would usually fancy team B, using the old adage "bowlers win matches" (team A's seam attack is non-existent), but if Zaheer gets a couple of early wickets, can you see team B getting many runs off Murali?

Interesting hypothetical

But unless Murali is permitted to bowl from both ends I reckon Team B will rack up enough to win. One of the top three will surely hit a fast century ...