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Cricket Web's World Twenty20 XI

AaronK

State Regular
Lacks a fifth bowling option. Don't really know who I would've picked though.
ya..I didn't notice that

I would drop Butt and go with Angelo Mathews..open with Kamran Akmal..

I thought he had a decent tournment.. his knock against India was pretty good..
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
Would pick Tait/Mohd Aameer instead of sidebum and Cameron White ahead of Butt. Line up would be:

M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
C White
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
M Aameer/ S Tait

White, Raina and KP can share the 5th bowler duties.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Would pick Tait/Mohd Aameer instead of sidebum and Cameron White ahead of Butt. Line up would be:

M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
C White
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
M Aameer/ S Tait

White, Raina and KP can share the 5th bowler duties.
:@
 

Noble One

International Vice-Captain
Lacks a fifth bowling option. Don't really know who I would've picked though.
Yes the fifth bowling slot kills the named team.

Take a look at the three Twenty20 World Cup champions and the bowling lineup's for the finals.

India 07
- RP Singh
- S Sreesanth
- J Sharma
- Y Pathan
- I Pathan
- H Singh

Pakistan 09
- M Aamer
- A Razzaq
- S Afridi
- S Ajmal
- S Malik
- U Gul

England 10
- Sidebottom
- Bresnan
- Broad
- Swann
- Yardy
- Wright

A successful Twenty20 team needs five/six bowlers better than part-time status. I would be seriously worried if I was relying on one of KP, White or Raina to provide an option outside of the four named bowlers.
 

Uppercut

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Nice. Really backs up what we were talking about in the other thread a few days back. The seventh batsman rarely plays a big role, but the fifth bowler is every bit as important as the first four.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Lacks a fifth bowling option. Don't really know who I would've picked though.
Yeah, although he largely bowled pus I'd have Watson ahead of Butt for that reason if nothing else.

Gotta have Tait in there too, IMHO. Bowled his overs for less than a run a ball. Vettori the only other bowler who bowled more than 15 overs to do that and he took 3 wickets to Tait's 9.

My XI:

Kieswetter*
Watson
Jayawardene
Pietersen
Morgan
White +
Hussey
Smith
Swann
Nannes
Tait
 

AaronK

State Regular
my XI

M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
A. Mathews
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
R. Sidebottom

I still can't believe that u people left Mathews out..
 

superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
Jayawardene
Watson
KP
Raina
Akmal
Hussey
Vettori
Swann
Broad
Tait
Nannes

Vettori...how often does anyone get after him? perfect t20 bowler, milkybar kid did a good job this tourney, didnt get a bat but offers a bit at no. 9 (Langeveldlt hasn't been mentioned but had some awesome spells at the death)
 
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Top_Cat

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Nice. Really backs up what we were talking about in the other thread a few days back. The seventh batsman rarely plays a big role, but the fifth bowler is every bit as important as the first four.
Depends on the team; if not for the ultra long batting line-up, OZ may not have made it past the Super 8's (assuming you count Clarke as one of the batters).
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
Would pick Tait/Mohd Aameer instead of sidebum and Cameron White ahead of Butt. Line up would be:

M Jayawardene
K Akmal
S Raina
K Pietersen
E Morgan
M Hussey
C White
S Smith
G Swann
D Nannes
M Aameer/ S Tait

White, Raina and KP can share the 5th bowler duties.
Forgot Watson.:blink:

M Jayawardene
S Watson (3)
S Raina
K Pietersen
M Hussey
C White
K Akmal
S Smith (5)
G Swann (4)
D Nannes (2)
M Aameer/ S Tait (1)
 
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King Pietersen

International Captain
Mahela Jaywardene
Craig Kieswetter +
Kevin Pietersen
Suresh Raina
Cameron White
Michael Hussey
Angelo Mathews
Daniel Vettori
Graeme Swann
Dirk Nannes
Shaun Tait
 

Uppercut

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Depends on the team; if not for the ultra long batting line-up, OZ may not have made it past the Super 8's (assuming you count Clarke as one of the batters).
I'm not saying it's never better to have seven batsmen, the semi-final was the perfect example of that. And Australia have some excellent fifth bowling options anyway in Watson and Dussey. But I think in the long run the five-bowler approach will win more matches for most sides.
 

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