Poll 2: Opening batsmen for the Best ODI XI from the Tendulkar Era

bagapath · 29-12-2012, 06:14 AM

Choose two batsmen from these 25 players who opened the innings in at least 75 innings in the Tendulkar Era

SR Tendulkar (India) 1994-2012 344 340 23 15310 200* 48.29 17387 88.05 45 75 12
SR Watson (Aus) 2006-2012 82 81 7 3440 185* 46.48 3705 92.84 6 22 6
ML Hayden (Aus) 1993-2008 148 147 14 5892 181* 44.30 7486 78.70 10 33 7
ME Waugh (Aus) 1993-2002 141 141 11 5729 173 44.06 7465 76.74 15 32 9
TM Dilshan (SL) 2008-2012 86 86 6 3513 160* 43.91 3751 93.65 11 13 5
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1996-2011 77 77 9 2949 150 43.36 4216 69.94 7 18 3
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-2003 175 175 16 6647 188* 41.80 9199 72.25 13 45 10
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2007 242 236 16 9146 183 41.57 12428 73.59 19 58 13
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 2000-2011 210 206 15 7839 153* 41.04 9263 84.62 19 42 19
G Gambhir (India) 2003-2012 81 78 6 2948 150 40.94 3341 88.23 7 18 7
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-2003 218 218 16 8141 194 40.30 10164 80.09 20 37 13
NV Knight (Eng) 1996-2003 92 92 9 3345 125* 40.30 4572 73.16 5 23 6
GC Smith (Afr/SA) 2002-2012 180 178 10 6583 141 39.18 8055 81.72 9 45 8
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2003-2011 83 83 3 3053 158 38.16 3658 83.46 5 21 6
MS Atapattu (SL) 1997-2007 93 92 9 3128 124 37.68 4616 67.76 6 19 5
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 123 122 6 4335 137 37.37 5087 85.21 12 21 13
Salman Butt (Pak) 2004-2010 77 77 4 2725 136 37.32 3571 76.30 8 14 14
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 2001-2012 208 206 6 7335 219 36.67 6978 105.11 14 34 13
AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 1998-2008 260 259 7 9200 172 36.50 9385 98.02 16 53 17
HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2010 183 182 11 6103 153 35.69 7365 82.86 18 24 17
WU Tharanga (SL) 2005-2012 133 129 6 4311 133 35.04 5837 73.85 12 22 13
NJ Astle (NZ) 1995-2007 191 186 9 6176 145* 34.89 8492 72.72 14 37 16
ADR Campbell (Zim) 1995-2003 77 77 3 2574 124 34.78 3777 68.14 6 14 2
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1993-2011 388 383 15 12740 189 34.61 13775 92.48 28 66 29

smalishah84 · 29-12-2012, 06:21 AM

went with Anwar and Tendulkar

bagapath · 29-12-2012, 06:29 AM

very very tempted to choose sanath jayasuriya or shane watson to go in with tendulkar. in the end, i decided to never ever select a team without adam gilchrist and chose him to partner sachin.

8ankitj · 29-12-2012, 07:11 AM

Watson and Tendulkar get my vote.

Who is match fixer?

Howe_zat · 29-12-2012, 07:46 AM

Went with Jayasuriya over Gilchrist. Not sure I can justify leaving Gilly out of the XI altogether but for now I'll run with it

Jono · 29-12-2012, 08:29 AM

Gilchrist and Sachin.

Has been my opening all-time XI odi combo since I started making them and nothing has changed since for me. Would have been cool to see them both play in the Ipl together tile we saw Sachin and Jayasuriya open together.

AndyZaltzHair · 29-12-2012, 09:22 AM

Sachin and Gilchrist

hendrix · 29-12-2012, 01:39 PM

Went with Tendulkar and Anwar.

Agent Nationaux · 29-12-2012, 02:16 PM

Tendi and Anwar

morgieb · 29-12-2012, 02:54 PM

Sachin and Gilchrist. Ideally though the WK should be picked first.

Coronis · 29-12-2012, 03:40 PM

Jayasuriya and Gilly for me.

Dan · 29-12-2012, 08:39 PM

Tendulkar the obvious choice for his own era's XI.

Couldn't help myself but vote for Nick Knight.

CricAddict · 29-12-2012, 09:48 PM

Went with Jayasuriya plus the great one..would like to choose Gilly and Dhoni as well at 6 and 7..Hope they are included as options there...

NUFAN · 29-12-2012, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8ankitj

Watson and Tendulkar get my vote.

Who is match fixer?

Salman Butt

Quote:

Originally Posted by CricAddict

Went with Jayasuriya plus the great one..would like to choose Gilly and Dhoni as well at 6 and 7..Hope they are included as options there...

Don't see why Gilly would be a chance at the 6 or 7 position, he rarely batted there. Looks like he'll partner Tendulkar anyway.

Pretty happy to see Mark Waugh get a few votes, brilliant opening bat.

smalishah84 · 29-12-2012, 11:24 PM

gilly getting a little over rated here.....he was a good opener but as a wk bat he is below Dhoni for sure and as an opener below Anwar and Mark Waugh

View Poll Results: Who will open the batting for the Best XI from the Tendulkar Era?
Tendulkar	37	88.10%
Watson	2	4.76%
Hayden	1	2.38%
M.Waugh	5	11.90%
Dilshan	0	0%
Chanderpal	0	0%
Kirsten	1	2.38%
Ganguly	0	0%
Gayle	0	0%
Gambhir	0	0%
Anwar	8	19.05%
Knight	1	2.38%
G. Smith	1	2.38%
Strauss	0	0%
Atapattu	0	0%
Trescothick	1	2.38%
Sehwag	0	0%
Match fixer	0	0%
Sehwag	1	2.38%
Gilchrist	18	42.86%
Gibbs	0	0%
Tharanga	0	0%
Astle	0	0%
Campbell	0	0%
Jayasuriya	7	16.67%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 42. You may not vote on this poll

29-12-2012, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
bagapath International Vice-Captain Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,619	Poll 2: Opening batsmen for the Best ODI XI from the Tendulkar Era Choose two batsmen from these 25 players who opened the innings in at least 75 innings in the Tendulkar Era SR Tendulkar (India) 1994-2012 344 340 23 15310 200* 48.29 17387 88.05 45 75 12 SR Watson (Aus) 2006-2012 82 81 7 3440 185* 46.48 3705 92.84 6 22 6 ML Hayden (Aus) 1993-2008 148 147 14 5892 181* 44.30 7486 78.70 10 33 7 ME Waugh (Aus) 1993-2002 141 141 11 5729 173 44.06 7465 76.74 15 32 9 TM Dilshan (SL) 2008-2012 86 86 6 3513 160* 43.91 3751 93.65 11 13 5 S Chanderpaul (WI) 1996-2011 77 77 9 2949 150 43.36 4216 69.94 7 18 3 G Kirsten (SA) 1993-2003 175 175 16 6647 188* 41.80 9199 72.25 13 45 10 SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2007 242 236 16 9146 183 41.57 12428 73.59 19 58 13 CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 2000-2011 210 206 15 7839 153* 41.04 9263 84.62 19 42 19 G Gambhir (India) 2003-2012 81 78 6 2948 150 40.94 3341 88.23 7 18 7 Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-2003 218 218 16 8141 194 40.30 10164 80.09 20 37 13 NV Knight (Eng) 1996-2003 92 92 9 3345 125* 40.30 4572 73.16 5 23 6 GC Smith (Afr/SA) 2002-2012 180 178 10 6583 141 39.18 8055 81.72 9 45 8 AJ Strauss (Eng) 2003-2011 83 83 3 3053 158 38.16 3658 83.46 5 21 6 MS Atapattu (SL) 1997-2007 93 92 9 3128 124 37.68 4616 67.76 6 19 5 ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 123 122 6 4335 137 37.37 5087 85.21 12 21 13 Salman Butt (Pak) 2004-2010 77 77 4 2725 136 37.32 3571 76.30 8 14 14 V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/India) 2001-2012 208 206 6 7335 219 36.67 6978 105.11 14 34 13 AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC) 1998-2008 260 259 7 9200 172 36.50 9385 98.02 16 53 17 HH Gibbs (SA) 1996-2010 183 182 11 6103 153 35.69 7365 82.86 18 24 17 WU Tharanga (SL) 2005-2012 133 129 6 4311 133 35.04 5837 73.85 12 22 13 NJ Astle (NZ) 1995-2007 191 186 9 6176 145* 34.89 8492 72.72 14 37 16 ADR Campbell (Zim) 1995-2003 77 77 3 2574 124 34.78 3777 68.14 6 14 2 ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 1993-2011 388 383 15 12740 189 34.61 13775 92.48 28 66 29

29-12-2012, 06:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
smalishah84 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: dxb Posts: 18,860	went with Anwar and Tendulkar __________________ And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta

29-12-2012, 07:46 AM	#5 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,840	Went with Jayasuriya over Gilchrist. Not sure I can justify leaving Gilly out of the XI altogether but for now I'll run with it __________________ Ain't nothing in the woodshed, except maybe some wood

29-12-2012, 02:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
morgieb Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Paradise City Posts: 8,929	Sachin and Gilchrist. Ideally though the WK should be picked first. __________________ 4-0 RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012 Proudly supporting the #2 cricketer of all time.

29-12-2012, 06:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
bagapath International Vice-Captain Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: India Posts: 4,619	very very tempted to choose sanath jayasuriya or shane watson to go in with tendulkar. in the end, i decided to never ever select a team without adam gilchrist and chose him to partner sachin.

29-12-2012, 07:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
8ankitj International Captain Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Hyderabad India Posts: 5,148	Watson and Tendulkar get my vote. Who is match fixer?

29-12-2012, 08:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jono Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virat Kohli Posts: 47,482	Gilchrist and Sachin. Has been my opening all-time XI odi combo since I started making them and nothing has changed since for me. Would have been cool to see them both play in the Ipl together tile we saw Sachin and Jayasuriya open together.

29-12-2012, 01:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
hendrix State Vice-Captain Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,294	Went with Tendulkar and Anwar.

29-12-2012, 02:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Agent Nationaux Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Posts: 8,268	Tendi and Anwar

29-12-2012, 03:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
Coronis U19 Captain Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NSW Posts: 660	Jayasuriya and Gilly for me.

29-12-2012, 08:39 PM	#12 (permalink)
Dan Global Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 3,093	Tendulkar the obvious choice for his own era's XI. Couldn't help myself but vote for Nick Knight.

29-12-2012, 09:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
CricAddict U19 Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Chennai Posts: 582	Went with Jayasuriya plus the great one..would like to choose Gilly and Dhoni as well at 6 and 7..Hope they are included as options there...

29-12-2012, 11:24 PM	#15 (permalink)
smalishah84 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: dxb Posts: 18,860	gilly getting a little over rated here.....he was a good opener but as a wk bat he is below Dhoni for sure and as an opener below Anwar and Mark Waugh

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