ATG ODI XIs- nation by nation

[Red]

Thought this could be a bit of fun. I'll start with Australia's greatest ODI XI. You can argue if you want....

- Adam Gilchrist
- Mark Waugh (5)
- Ricky Ponting
- Dean Jones
- Steve Waugh (5)
- Mike Hussey
- Andrew Symonds (5)
- Shane Warne (4)
- Brett Lee (2)
- Nathan Bracken (3)
- Glenn McGrath (1)

Went for M.Waugh over Hayden and Watson (just).

Could've gone for Lillee or McDermott over Bracken, but Bracken was a great ODI bowler.

Leaving out Bevan will draw some criticism, but Steve Waugh was a great ODI bowler and fielder, and I think Hussey did what Bevan did just as well, but with bigger hitting power when needed. Symonds a must for me- batting, bowling versatility and fielding.

Symonds, Hussey, M and S Waugh and Ponting all brilliant close fielders. Jones, Lee and McGrath excellent outfielders.

 

[morgieb]

I'd have Bevan in for Waugh, and maybe someone in for Bracken (lacked longevity, for me), but that's a good lineup.

 

[watson]

Great players should play in great teams.

Dennis Lillee had remarkably good ODI stat's, although admittedly, he didn't play a lot of games like McGrath:
63 matches
103 wickets
Econ = 3.58
Ave = 20.82
SR = 34.8


And in comparison;

Glenn McGrath:
250 matches
381 wickets
Econ = 3.88
Ave = 22.02
SR = 34.0

 

[Red]

Early era bowlers stats are hard to gauge in ODIs. Lillee was good in it, but to compare him to McGrath on stats is difficult.

 

[Red]

West Indies

- Chris Gayle
- Desmond Haynes
- Viv Richards
- Brian Lara
- Clive Lloyd
- Dwayne Bravo
- Jeff Dujon
- Roger Harper
- Michael Holding
- Joel Garner
- Curtly Ambrose

 

[ankitj]

Australia XI

Shane Watson
Adam Gilchrist
Ricky Ponting
Greg Chappel
Dean Jones
Michael Hussey
Michael Bevan
Brett Lee
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath

Tough to keep out Hayden and M Waugh. Latter can bat at 3 pushing Hussey out of the team though.

 

[bagapath]

India

tendulkar
sehwag
ganguly
kohli
yuvraj
dhoni (c) (wk)
shastri
kapil
kumble
zaheer
srinath

England

knight
stewart (wk) (c)
pietersen
lamb
collingwood
fairbrother
flintoff
botham
s.broad
swann
gough

South Africa

smith (c)
amla
kallis
ab de villiers
rhodes
klusener
s.pollock
m.boucher (wk)
donald
ntini
ps de villiers

 

[watson]

Australia XI
01. Adam Gilchrist
02. Mark Waugh
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Michael Bevan
05. Steve Waugh
06. Andrew Symonds
07. Michael Hussey
08. Brett Lee
09. Shane Warne
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Glenn McGrath


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[MrPrez]

South Africa:

Smith
Amla
Kallis
de Villiers
Gibbs
Duminy
Klusener
Botha
Pollock
Steyn
Donald

I know it's a bit scary having Klusener and Donald in the team but we'll have to trust them to learn from their mistakes.

 

[akilana]

South Africa:

Smith
Amla
Kallis
de Villiers
Gibbs
Duminy
Klusener
Botha
Pollock
Steyn
Donald

I know it's a bit scary having Klusener and Donald in the team but we'll have to trust them to learn from their mistakes.

Duminy? He has done nothing. Can't even remember him playing a match winning knock.

 

[smash84]

Pakistan

Saeed Anwar
Shahid Afridi
Zaheer Abbas
Javed Miandad
Inzamam ul Haq
Mohammad Yousuf
Imran Khan*
Moin Khan/Rashid Latif
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Saqlain Mushtaq

 

[harsh.ag]

Nice XIs thus far. Off the top of my head:


India

Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Virat Kohli
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
M S Dhoni
Suresh Raina
Kapil Dev
Ajit Agarkar/Javagal Srinath
Zaheer Khan
Anil Kumble

5th bowling option filled by a mix of Yuvraj, Raina, Sehwag, Sachin and Ganguly


South Africa

Gary Kirsten
Hashim Amla
Daryll Cullinan
Jacques Kallis
AB De Villiers
Herschelle Gibbs
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Dale Steyn
Allan Donald
Paul Adams

Can't seem to fit in Brian McMillan


Australia

Matthew Hayden
Adam Gilchrist
Ricky Ponting
Dean Jones
Michael Hussey
Michael Bevan
Andrew Symonds
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Glen McGrath


England

Marcus Trescothick
Nick Knight
Jonathan Trott
Kevin Pietersen
Eoin Morgan
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Botham
Alec Stewart
Graeme Swann
James Anderson
Darren Gough

Andrew Strauss could replace either opener..


West Indies

Chris Gayle
Gordon Greenidge
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Clive Lloyd
Dwayne Bravo/ Carl Hooper
Jeff Dujon
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Joel Garner
Curtly Ambrose

Legendary bowling. Andy Roberts too was a wonderful ODI bowler, but who to leave out?


Pakistan

Saeed Anwar
Zaheer Abbas
Inzamam ul-Haq
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Yousuf
Imran Khan
Abdul Razzaq
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Saqlain Mushtaq

I think maybe this side could be improved upon, but I can't figure out how to do it.

Sri Lanka

Sanath Jayasuriya
Tilakratne Dilshan
Kumar Sangakkara
Aravinda de Silva
Mahela Jayawardene
Arjuna Ranatunga
Angelo Matthews
Chaminda Vaas
Upul Chandana
Lasith Malinga
Muttiah Muralitharan


New Zealand

Nathan Astle
Stephen Fleming
Ross Taylor
Martin Crowe
Roger Twose
Brendon McCullum
Chris Cairns
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Dion Nash
Shane Bond

Good teams

 

[Furball]

England

Trescothick
Knight
Trott
KP
Flintoff
Hick
Wicketkeeper
Swann
Gough
Anderson
Willis

 

[Furball]

Anyone who doesn't have Flintoff at 5 is smoking crack ftr.

 

[harsh.ag]

Anyone who doesn't have Flintoff at 5 is smoking crack ftr.

Nah, Morgan at 5 for me. Great middle order bat. Flintoff at 6 mostly, maybe 7 depending on the situation.

 

[Furball]

Flintoff was a brilliant number 5 back in the day.

 

[Days of Grace]

New Zealand

Nathan Astle
Stephen Fleming
Ross Taylor
Martin Crowe
Roger Twose
Brendon McCullum
Chris Cairns
Richard Hadlee
Daniel Vettori
Dion Nash
Shane Bond

I love it how some posters insert totally random average players into alltime XIs. Nash was comparatively poor in limited overs cricket.

I'd replace Nash with Mills. Chats is close, but I'm going for the extra batting. Apart from that, a very good team.

 

[Daemon]

England look pretty weak compared to most of the other teams. If there was a WC involving these sides Australia would be ****ing unstoppable.

 

[morgieb]

England look pretty weak compared to most of the other teams. If there was a WC involving these sides Australia would be ****ing unstoppable.

Before 2000 or something England played like only three ODI's a season IIRC.

 

[Red]

England

Marcuss Trescothick
Nick Knight
Alec Stewart
David Gower
Andrew Flintoff
Neil Fairbrother
Paul Collingwood
Ian Botham
Graham Swann
Darren Gough
Jimmy Anderson