Choose opening batsmen for all-time ODI XI

[Days of Grace]

Okay, here we go!!

Apologies if this has been done before, but I haven't seen a thread on it.

 

[NZTailender]

No Nath Astle?

 

[Days of Grace]

Nath sadly didn't make the top 12 IMO.

 

[oz_fan]

Good idea. Have you already selected all the players eligible for the side? And if so what was the criteria? I'm voting for Tendulkar and Gilchrist.

 

[Days of Grace]

I already have a top 100 ODI batsmen list. So, I just select from there. Maybe the top 6 candidates for each position? 12, if there are two positions to be filled.

At this stage, I think the voting will be for:
2 opening batsmen
1 no.3
3 middle order batsmen (wicketkeeper should be in top 6, we all know it's going to be Gilly anyway).
2 all-rounders
2 opening bowlers
1 specialist spinner

 

[Burgey]

Good idea. Have you already selected all the players eligible for the side? And if so what was the criteria? I'm voting for Tendulkar and Gilchrist.

What he said

 

[chaminda_00]

Has been done before, Blaze did it from memory.

 

[Pratters]

SRT and ACG.

 

[Anil]

tendulkar and haynes...gilchrist is definitely not fit to be an all-time odi team opener...there are so many openers in that list better at the job than him...

 

[Perm]

Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist

 

[howardj]

Sach and Gilly

 

[bugssy]

gilchrist & Mark Waugh ( very underrated and just absolute quality)

 

[Xuhaib]

SRT and Anwar, good as well as aesthetically pleasing

 

[andmark]

Gilly & Hayden

 

[PhoenixFire]

Tendulkar and Mark Waugh

 

[Pratters]

Tendulkar and Mark Waugh

As far as sheer pleasure to the cricketing eyes goes, nothing would come close to that.

 

[Ikki]

Sachin and Adam.

 

[silentstriker]

Is Adam the best opener? No, but he is the best wicketkeeper, and he is an excellent opener. Otherwise I would have gone for Mark.

 

[bagapath]

sachin and gilly. right and left. attack and attack.

 

[Poker Boy]

Tendulkar and Gilchrist.