honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Interesting stuff guys.. As far as opening is concerned, the thing is Lara was at his best in ODIs when he opened or was at 3. Given I rate him the best batsman I have seen him, I didn't want to see him shutted out of the side because of Richards and Ponting are there, who are obviously both all time greats too. Plus it is not like Lara or Sachin cannot do well attacking if they were given the licence either.. For a guy with a comparatively mediocre record (compared to Sachin, Ponting and Viv here), Lara has played some of the most destructive ODI innings against some of the best attacks in the world... I feel he will go alright as the opener.
I like the idea of replacing Pollock with any one of McGrath, Klusener, Hadlee, Marshall, Lee here.. Perhaps I would lean towards GI Joe's idea and use Klusener instead of Imran and use Lee instead of Pollock because Akram and Murali can take care of the ERs anyway. Perhaps we can also include Jayasuriya instead of one of the spinners and move everyone down one spot but I feel an all time side deserves to have a 5 man bowling attack. And with Klusener at 7 and Lee, Akram, Warne following him, we do have reasonable depth in the side.
I like the idea of replacing Pollock with any one of McGrath, Klusener, Hadlee, Marshall, Lee here.. Perhaps I would lean towards GI Joe's idea and use Klusener instead of Imran and use Lee instead of Pollock because Akram and Murali can take care of the ERs anyway. Perhaps we can also include Jayasuriya instead of one of the spinners and move everyone down one spot but I feel an all time side deserves to have a 5 man bowling attack. And with Klusener at 7 and Lee, Akram, Warne following him, we do have reasonable depth in the side.