The ATG ODI World XIs Game

[hendrix]

has Watson been considered?

[watson]

Originally Posted by weldone

You're forgetting Pollock. This will be lip-smacking:
6. Dhoni
7. Kapil
8. Pollock
9. Hadlee
10. Saqlain
11. Ambrose





Yes, what PEWS said...

Klusener was a good bowler - but I won't back him to consistently bowl 10 overs in every match regardless of conditions opposition etc, especially at this level. Klusener would do well with an established 6th bowler like Jayasuriya.

Have absolutely no problem with Kapil, and to a lesser extent Flintoff bowling 10 overs every match...

Yes weldone, that would be a superb bowling attack.

But I just want to go back to Imran Khan for a minute. The suggestion by some that he doesn't deserve to be in the first XI is inaccurate.

His figures are;

Wickets = 182
Average = 26.61
Strike Rate = 40.9
Economy Rate = 3.89
(Joel 'The Benchmark' Garner = 3.09 runs per over)

Any Economy Rate that is under 4 runs an over is excellent, and brilliant for a 5th bowler who is not expected to take wickets because that is the job of the opening bowlers. Incidently, 3.89 runs is exactly the same stat as Wasim Akram !

Also, it is generally accepted that Imran is the best batsman out of all the 'great allrounders'. He is therefore the perfect No.7 IMO. Especially when there is no tail to speak of.

[Marcuss]

Opening Bowlers
Richard Hadlee - 11
Shaun Pollock - 4
Allan Donald - 2
Brett Lee - 2
Dennis Lillee - 1
Curtley Ambrose - 1
Shane Bond -1
Waqar Younis -1

Number Three
Zaheer Abbas - 6
Dean Jones - 3
Jacques Kallis - 1
Mark Waugh - 1


Team Thus Far
1. Saeed Anwar
2. Hashim Amla
3. Zaheer Abbas
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Saqlain Mushtaq

[Marcuss]

Select Your Wicket Keeper (Indicate the position for them to bat)
Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Kumar Sangakkara

Select The Final Two Bowlers (Likely to be #7 and #11)
Curtley Ambrose, Shane Bond, Nathan Bracken, Chris Cairns, Hansie Cronje, Allan Donald, Andrew Flintoff, Michael Holding, Kapil Dev, Lance Klusener, Dennis Lillee, Brett Lee, Craig McDermott, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Andrew Symonds, Chaminda Vaas, Waqar Younis, Shane Warne, Shane Watson

[hendrix]

Gilchrist is already in the first 11 isn't he? Or does it change that he's not opening?

anyway,

Dhoni
Bond
Watson

[morgieb]

Dhoni
Donald
Kapil

[NUFAN]

Dhoni
Warne and Lee

I'm happy with Pollock, Lee, Hadlee, Warne and Saqlain behind a powerful top 6.

Whatever happens, I'll be disappointed if a quick strike bowler doesn't get selected to compliment Hadlee and Pollock.

EDIT: I also think it's a classy 5 bowlers. Currently the top 3 don't bowl so Im reluctant to weaken the batting at 4 and 5 by picking someone worse who can bowl a couple of overs that might e required if you include an all rounder possibly.

[Prince EWS]

Dhoni
Flintoff and Lee

[watson]

MSDhoni

Kapil Dev
Michael Holding (he should be quick enough for NUFAN, and has the numbers to match)

[Agent Nationaux]

Dhoni (6)

Waqar
Bond

[Daemon]

Dhoni
Bond
Dev

[sobers no:1]

dhoni
kapil - ( a must for 1st 11 .. i think )
donald

[sobers no:1]

Originally Posted by watson

Yes weldone, that would be a superb bowling attack.

But I just want to go back to Imran Khan for a minute. The suggestion by some that he doesn't deserve to be in the first XI is inaccurate.

His figures are;

Wickets = 182
Average = 26.61
Strike Rate = 40.9
Economy Rate = 3.89
(Joel 'The Benchmark' Garner = 3.09 runs per over)

Any Economy Rate that is under 4 runs an over is excellent, and brilliant for a 5th bowler who is not expected to take wickets because that is the job of the opening bowlers. Incidently, 3.89 runs is exactly the same stat as Wasim Akram !

Also, it is generally accepted that Imran is the best batsman out of all the 'great allrounders'. He is therefore the perfect No.7 IMO. Especially when there is no tail to speak of.

kapil the world record breaker ??

[watson]

Originally Posted by sobers no:1

kapil the world record breaker ??

I am not a mind reader, a neither am I a clairvoyant. Also, I'm too lazy to second guess, or 'read between the lines'.

So, when making a statement SobersNo.1 you have little choice but to try and be a little more coherent, or I'm going to ignore you and move on to read something from someone that either makes sense, or is at least funny.

[weldone]

Mahendra Dhoni

Kapil Dev
Curtly Ambrose