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Pffft. Steyn would walk into that team. When you have Pollock batting at 9 you don't pick Klusener over Steyn for his batting. I'd have De Villiers in there in place of Rhodes too, but that's only if you believe (and i do) that the De Villiers of this year is a genuine improvement and not just a purple patch of form. Or you could throw him the gloves and have both if you preferred. A composite XI for me would be:I've put comparable with comparable. Best, and left-handed, opener vs best, and left-handed, opener; best seamer vs best seamer; spinner vs spinner (assuming the "you must have variety" crap); etc.
Much as I've always rated Smith as potentially quite superb, right now Kirsten still strikes me as better, though I hope Smith can change that in the next few years.
The only specialist bowler of SA circa 1999 that the current Steyn would replace would be Adams, a spinner. He's not as good as Donald was all career, or Pollock was then. Kallis and Klusener are in the side for as much if not more batting than bowling.
Kirsten
Smith
Cullinan
Kallis
Cronje
De Villiers
Boucher
Pollock
Harris
Steyn
Donald
Juggle the batting order if you like, but that's my XI. Four players from today's team, two in both, five from the earlier one. Although i would definitely say that, on balance, there was a lot more talent in the 2000 side, as i've mentioned before, this particular team has more of an idea of how to win.