"Gavaskar leads World XI selectors" ... who would you select?

[ReallyCrazy]

ODIs

1. Sehwag
2. Tendulkar
3. Lara (c)
4. Kallis
5. Sangakkara (wk)
6. Flintoff
7. Cairns
8. Pollock
9. Afridi
10. Harmison
11. Muralitharan

Reserves: Dravid, Akhtar, Fleming

Tests

1. Sehwag
2. Strauss
3. Dravid (c)
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Flintoff
7. Sangakkara(wk)
8. Pollock
9. Kumble
10. Harmison
11. Muralitharan

Reserves: Akhtar, Trescothick

 

[biased indian]

i dont know y ever one having Harmisson in thier team if the last Eng vs SA series is to be taken into account i think Hoggard will be a much better selection

and y the hell is that they are having a 6 day test. i dont think it will go beyond lunch on fifth day

 

[honestbharani]

i dont know y ever one having Harmisson in thier team if the last Eng vs SA series is to be taken into account i think Hoggard will be a much better selection

and y the hell is that they are having a 6 day test. i dont think it will go beyond lunch on fifth day

I tend to think it will. Ask Dravid and Chanderpaul to play their natural game on a, hopefully, good track and you will see why.

 

[Beleg]

ODI:

Sehwag
Gibbs
Lara
Tendulkar
Inzamam
Kallis
Sangakara
Cairns
Flintoff
Akhtar
Muralitharan

Test:

Strauss
Tendulkar
Dravid
Lara
Inzamam/Laxman
Kallis
Sangakara
Flintoff
Kumble
Murali
Shoaib

 

[adharcric]

Doesn't make much sense to me. Surely the bulk of the players would come from the better ranked oneday sides.

In your outer squad of 30, you've included 6 players from India (the 8th ranked ODI side), 5 from S.Africa (the 7th ranked side) and only 4 from NZ and Sri-lanka (the 2nd and 3rd ranked sides respectively) and just 3 from Pakistan (the 4th ranked).

Seems a bit backwards to me??

Also not even a sorry for Astle (the star ODI batsmen in the 2nd ranked team??)

there is a huge difference between having the most talent and performing the best ... NZL for example doesn't have many stars (or any rather, besides Fleming, maybe Cairns/Vettori) but they are a solid team ... IND on the other hand have Tendulkar/Dravid/Sehwag, who are without doubt top-15 batsmen, and Pathan, who is in the top-20 for ODI & Test rankings and was the leading wicket-taker in 04', and two dangerous spinners in Kumble and Bhajji (who have been troublesome for the Aussies in the past and are probably better than every spinner besides Murali, Warne), yet IND has either been inconsistent or in poor form as a team lately; AUS is probably the only team that consistenly performs at the same level that their pure talent (in terms of individual players) would suggest

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Test:
Sehwag
Strauss
Kallis
Tendulkar
Lara (c)
Flintoff
Sangakkara (k)
Pollock
Harmison
Shoaib
Muralitharan

ODI:
Gayle
Fleming
Lara
Tendulkar
Inzamam
Flintoff
Sangakkara
Afridi
Pollock
Shoaib
Muralitharan

 

[Scaly piscine]

Why does everyone keep having Inzamam in a ODI side? He's a quality batsman but his fielding more than makes up for that extra quality, hell I'd even rather have Collingwood who averages 7-8 less (similar strike rate, won't bother looking into the bowling value and who's has the better pitches to bat on) and makes up more than that with his fielding.

 

[biased indian]

Why does everyone keep having Inzamam in a ODI side? He's a quality batsman but his fielding more than makes up for that extra quality, hell I'd even rather have Collingwood who averages 7-8 less (similar strike rate, won't bother looking into the bowling value and who's has the better pitches to bat on) and makes up more than that with his fielding.

Even if all the above facts are taken into account, inzamam have won more % of games for pakistan than collingwood have done for England

 

[tooextracool]

here is my list:
B. Lara(WI)
C. Gayle(WI)
R. Sarwan(WI)
A. Strauss(ENG)
M. Trescothick(ENG)
A. Flintoff(ENG)
S. Harmison(ENG)
A. Giles(ENG)
J. Kallis(SA)
H. Gibbs(SA)
G. Smith(SA)
S. Pollock(SA)
M. Ntini(SA)
I. Ul-Haq(PAK)
Y. Youhana(PAK)
S. Akhtar(PAK)
R. Dravid(IND)
V. Sehwag(IND)
S. Tendulkar(IND)
A. Kumble(IND)
H. Singh(IND)
I. Pathan(IND)
K. Sangakarra(SRI)
S. Jayasuriya(SRI)
M. Muralitharan(SRI)
C. Vaas(SRI)
S. Fleming(NZ)
C. Cairns(NZ)
J. Oram(NZ)
D. Vettori(NZ)
sorry:chanderpaul,thorpe,malik,laxman,jayawardene,atapattu and others ...

open to respectful criticism ...

tresco over thorpe? no chance.

 

[tooextracool]

Why does everyone keep having Inzamam in a ODI side? He's a quality batsman but his fielding more than makes up for that extra quality, hell I'd even rather have Collingwood who averages 7-8 less (similar strike rate, won't bother looking into the bowling value and who's has the better pitches to bat on) and makes up more than that with his fielding.

do you also want to include rikki clarke and anthony mcgrath in that side?
collingwood over inzy, based on what? his one good series against india? what a genius.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Even if all the above facts are taken into account, inzamam have won more % of games for pakistan than collingwood have done for England

He will also have lost more with his fielding, slow running between the wickets and running his partner out. But of course these aren't as glaringly obvious and people don't remember these instances as much as the ones where he's won the game.

 

[Jono]

People remember Inzy's run outs. It's talked about every time he's on the pitch batting.

 

[adharcric]

One-Day Squad
S. Fleming
S. Tendulkar
B. Lara
J. Kallis
R. Dravid
K. Sangakarra
A. Flintoff
C. Cairns
S. Pollock
C. Vaas
M. Muralitharan
Reserves: C. Gayle, I. Ul-Haq, D. Vettori

Test Squad
V. Sehwag
A. Strauss
B. Lara
S. Tendulkar
R. Dravid
J. Kallis
K. Sangakarra
S. Pollock
S. Akhtar
S. Harmison
M. Muralitharan
Reserves: H. Gibbs/A. Flintoff, A. Kumble

 

[Zinzan]

Why does everyone keep having Inzamam in a ODI side? He's a quality batsman but his fielding more than makes up for that extra quality, hell I'd even rather have Collingwood who averages 7-8 less (similar strike rate, won't bother looking into the bowling value and who's has the better pitches to bat on) and makes up more than that with his fielding.

Ha ha What a joke ! You really are a comedian aren't you. Collingwood over Inzi. An average average Player vs one of the great batsmen of his era.

I personally wouldn't have Inzi in my world oneday at the moment either, but to suggest collingwood is a better option is Laughable

 

[Tim]

To be honest i'd hate to be a selector for this series. Whatever happens, there are going to be some upset people.
And of course, if the World XI team fails then everybody will question the selections made.

It's also extremely unlikely Shane Bond will feature in either side. NZ don't have much (if any) international cricket between April & September.

 

[shaka]

Vetttori IMO should be in the ODI team to face Australia because of his consistency against the tasman neighbours.

 

[chaminda_00]

Yes, but why have you picked him in the Test team, and not in the ODI one?

Definitely the wrong way round.

I went for all rounders in the One day Team, i know he is a better bowler in One days then Test, but he is still a good enough Test Bowler to make my side.

 

[chaminda_00]

To be honest i'd hate to be a selector for this series. Whatever happens, there are going to be some upset people.
And of course, if the World XI team fails then everybody will question the selections made.

It's also extremely unlikely Shane Bond will feature in either side. NZ don't have much (if any) international cricket between April & September.

Yeah but if Shane Bond fit u have to pick him there aren't too many fast bowlers that are better then him.

 

[Tim]

But don't forget he hasn't played for almost 2 years & he's now got a metal rod down his back. I don't think it would be the best idea for him to make his comeback in an extremely important series.

 

[chaminda_00]

I though he was making his comeback aganist Sri Lanka, oh well i guess we have to smack another bowler around the park. Vettori sounds good