Pick your 30!

[marc71178]

The 30 man World XI squad will be announced in about 19 hours time.

Who do you think will be selected - it'd be interesting to see how close people all get:

Bear in mind it covers both the ODIs and the Test.

My effort:

Sehwag
Strauss
Trescothick
Smith
Gayle
Dravid
Tendulkar
Inzamam
Younis Khan
Kallis
Fleming
de Villiers
Lara
Chanderpaul
Sarwan
Sangakarra
McCullum
Flintoff
Cairns
Oram
Muralitharan
Vettori
Kumble
Harmison
Hoggard
Pollock
Ntini
Afridi
Akhtar
Vaas

 

[vic_orthdox]

V. Sehwag
A. Strauss
G. Smith
C. Gayle

S. Tendulkar
B. Lara
R. Sarwan
S. Chanderpaul
R. Dravid
Inzaman
G. Thorpe
S. Fleming

J. Kallis
A. Flintoff
C. Cairns
S. Afridi

Sangakkara
Taibu

S. Akthar
S. Pollock
S. Harmison
M. Hoggard
M. Ntini
C. Vaas
P. Collins

M. Muralitharan
A. Giles
D. Vettori
A. Kumble

License to edit as see fit when I see people who were glaring exclusions...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Openers (5)

Sehwag
Strauss
Gibbs
Gayle
Jayasuriya
Marshall
Tendulkar
Dravid
Thorpe
Lara
Sarwan
Fleming
Inzamam
Younis
Afridi
Sangakkara
McCullum
Flintoff
Pollock
Kallis
Collingwood
Hoggard
Ntini
Vaas
Naved-ul-Hasan
Harmison
Muralitharan
Kumble
Kaneria
Harbhajan

Yeah, it's a bit weird.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Openers:
1. Sehwag
2. Strauss
3. Smith
4. Gayle
5. Atapattu

Middle Order:
6. Tendulkar
7. Lara
8. Kallis
9. Dravid
10. Laxman
11. Inzamam
12. Younis Khan
13. H Marshall

All Rounders:
14. Razzaq
15. Pollock
16. Cairns (ODI only)
17. Afridi
18. Flintoff

Keepers:
19. Sangakkara
20. Taibu

Spinners:
21. Kumble
22. Muralitharan (if he tours)
23. Kaneria
24. Vettori

Pacemen:
25. Naved-ul-Hasan
26. Hoggard
27. Vaas
28. Harmison
29. Shoaib
30. Ntini

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'm worried I might be a bit light seam-wise & AB De Villiers is my no. 2 keeper, but here's mine:

South Africa (6): AB De Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis , Makhaya Ntini, Graeme Smith, Shaun Pollock.

West Indies (3): Chris Gayle, Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan.

India (4): Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar.

Pakistan (3): Shoaib Akhtar , Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana.

England (5): Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Andrew Strauss, Marcus Trescothick, Michael Vaughan.

Sri Lanka (5): Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara, Chaminda Vaas

New Zealand (4): Chris Cairns, Stephen Fleming, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori.

 

[chaminda_00]

My squad

Openers:
1. V Shewag
2. A Strauss
3. G Smith
4. C Gayle

Middle Order:
5. B Lara
6. S Tendulkar
7. R Dravid
8. J Kallis
9. I Ul Haq
10. H Marshall
11. H Gibbs
12. M Vaughan
13. S Fleming

All Rounders:
14. A Flintoff
15. J Oram
16. S Afridi
17. A Razzaq
18. C Carins

Wicket Keepers
19. K Sangakkara
20. B McCullum

Fast Bowlers
21. S Ahktar
22. S Pollock
23. S Harmison
24. M Hoggard
25. H Streak
26. C Vaas

Spin Bowlers
27. M Muralitharan
28. A Kumble
29. D Vettori
30. A Giles

 

[Scaly piscine]

Sehwag, Strauss, Smith, Trescothick, Gayle (5)
Gibbs, Tendulkar, Lara, Kallis, Dravid, Inzamam, Chanderpaul, Fleming, Youhana (9)
Afridi, Flintoff, Oram, Cairns (4)
Sangakkara, Taibu (2)
Kumble, Murali, Harbhajan, Kaneria (4)
Vaas, Harmison, Shoaib, Ntini, Hoggard, Pollock (6)


Breaks down to

England (5): Strauss, Trescothick, Flintoff, Harmison, Hoggard
South Africa (5): Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, Ntini, Pollock
Pakistan (5): Inzamam, Youhana, Afridi, Kaneria, Shoaib
India (5): Sehwag, Tendulkar, Dravid, Harbhajan, Kumble
West Indies (3): Gayle, Lara, Chanderpaul
Sri Lanka (3): Sangakkara, Murali, Vaas
New Zealand(3): Fleming, Oram, Cairns
Zimbabwe(1): Taibu

 

[Jamee999]

A Strauss-Eng
G Smith-SA
V Sehwag-Ind
M Trescothick-Eng
B Lara-WI
S Tendulkar-Ind
R Dravid-Ind
M Vaughan-Eng
Inzamam-ul-haq-Pak
H Gibbs-SA
N Astle-NZ
R Sarwan-WI
K Sangakarra-SL
AB DeVilliers-SA
M Boucher-SA
A Flintoff-Eng
J Kallis-SA
S Jayasuria-SL
S Afridi-Pak
C Gayle-WI
A Razzaq-Pak
S Akhtar-Pak
S Pollock-SA
S Harmison-Eng
I Pathan-Ind
M Ntini-SA
M Muralitharan-SL
A Giles-Eng
D Vettori-NZ
A Kumble-Ind

EnglandGiles,Harmison,Flintoff,Vaughan,Trescothick,Strauss (6)
IndiaKumble,Pathan,Dravid,Tendulkar,Sehwag (5)
New ZealandVettori,Astle (2)
PakistanAkhtar,Razzaq,Afridi,Inzamam (4)
Sri LankaMuralitharan,Jayasuria,Sangakarra (3)
South AfricaNtini,Pollock,Boucher,De Villiers, Kallis,Gibbs,Smith(7)
West Indies Gayle,Sarwan,Lara (3)

 

[vic_orthdox]

I reckon Pathan might be a chance, just because in teams like this you often see selectors forced/falling into the hype of a player like him.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I reckon Pathan might be a chance, just because in teams like this you often see selectors forced/falling into the hype of a player like him.

Yep, he'll probably get in ahead of someone like Hoggard, I expect there'll be the odd Bangladesh and Zimbabwe player in as well.

 

[vic_orthdox]

That's the only reason I picked Taibu. Maybe put in Rafique for Giles maybe. I don't think there's any real harm done in putting players from Bang and Zim in the 30 man squad ahead of someone who won't get a game anyways.

 

[Steulen]

Strauss Trescothick Vaughan Flintoff Harmison
Smith de Villiers Pollock Ntini Kallis Boucher
Sehwag Tendulkar Dravid Laxman Kumble
Inzamam Youhana Naved-ul-Hasan
Jayasuriya Sangakkara Muralitharan Vaas
Gayle Lara
Fleming Oram Vettori
Taibu
Bashar

 

[Pratters]

Tendulkar

Okay I dont know if you usually select Tendulkar in your Asia XI squads even. So why have you chosen him in the 30. The selectors will chose him even though you dont think he is out of it and shouldnt be picked?

 

[masterblaster]

Openers:

1. Sehwag
2. Strauss
3. Smith
4. Gayle
5. Atapattu

Middle Order:

6. Tendulkar
7. Lara
8. Kallis
9. Dravid
10. Laxman
11. Inzamam
12. Shiv Chanderpaul
13. Yousuf Youhana

All Rounders:

14. Razzaq
15. Pollock
16. Cairns
17. Afridi
18. Flintoff

Keepers:

19. Sangakkara
20. Taibu

Spinners:

21. Kumble
22. Muralitharan
23. Harbhajan
24. Vettori

Fast Bowlers

25. Naved ul Hasan
26. Hoggard
27. Vaas
28. Harmison
29. Akhtar
30. Ntini

 

[andyc]

how about kevin pietersen?

 

[masterblaster]

how about kevin pietersen?

Hasn't even played a test yet, hasn't even played Australia yet. I doubt they'd even consider him.

 

[chaminda_00]

how about kevin pietersen?

I think you will find their are ODI batsmen infront of him

 

[andyc]

Hasn't even played a test yet, hasn't even played Australia yet. I doubt they'd even consider him.

i really only meant in ODI's.. i just was thinking he might be included for the whole publicity effect..

 

[steds]

V. Sehwag
A. Strauss
G. Smith
A.B. De Villiers
C. Gayle

S. Tendulkar
B. Lara
R. Sarwan
S. Chanderpaul
R. Dravid
Inzaman
M. Vaughan
H. Marshall

J. Kallis
A. Flintoff
C. Cairns
S. Afridi

K. Sangakkara
M. Boucher

S. Akthar
S. Pollock
S. Harmison
M. Hoggard
M. Ntini
C. Vaas


M. Muralitharan
D. Kaneria
D. Vettori
A. Kumble
Harbhajan

EDIT: This is mostly Vic_Orthdox's list with a couple of changes

 

[a massive zebra]

What??? Why is no one picking any Australians??

They are easily the best team and Langer, Ponting, Martyn, Gilchrist, McGrath, Warne & Gillespie are all surely among the top 30 cricketers in the world?