Playing Selector, West Indies ATG ODI XI: 2 opening batsman?

[mr_mister]

A lot of great players trying to fit into 2 spots. Lara and Shiv performed well enough at the top to warrant a chance at selection. Both will feature in the middle order poll if they miss out here(duh)

 

[mr_mister]

Probably should have included Richie Richardson as well. Bugger.

 

[ankitj]

Gordon Greenidge better win this poll.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Brian Lara better win this poll.

 

[weldone]

Desmond Haynes better get more votes than Chris Gayle.

 

[mr_mister]

Sherwin Campbell better get a pity vote.

 

[CaptainGrumpy]

Desmond Haynes better get more votes than Chris Gayle.

Gayle is a better 5th bowling option than Haynes or Greenidge.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Yeah, the only case there exists for not selecting Gayle here is if people intend to select Sobers on the back of his 1 ODI.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I'll go for Greenidge(basically a lock) and Haynes (coz I always remembered the trivia of who scored the most hundreds in ODi cricket. It was Haynes for a long, long time).

 

[Coronis]

GG, in all senses of the phrase.

 

[kingkallis]

Sherwin Campbell better get a pity vote.

Yeah his cut shots were pretty.

 

[Howe_zat]

SHERWIN CAMPBELL STAT

He is the player with the most ODIs to have been dismissed in every ODI innings he played

END OF SHERWIN CAMPBELL STATS

 

[AldoRaine18]

C'mon, it has to be Greenidge and Haynes surely?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

*Minimum 25 matches.

Yeah, the only case there exists for not selecting Gayle here is if people intend to select Sobers on the back of his 1 ODI.

Unlikely.

I'd be happy to take the 1979 World Cup winning side and tinker a little.

Greenidge
Haynes
Richards
Kallicharran - replace with Lara
Lloyd
King - replace with Gayle
Murray - replace with Dujon
Holding
Garner
Roberts
Croft - replace with Ambrose or Marshall

It means getting 10 overs out of Lloyd, Richards and Gayle. Lloyd was a handy bowler up to the mid 70's but rarely bowled after for physical reasons. I don't think Richards would be too successful bowling in the modern age but you might get away with it given the rest of the attack.

 

[CricAddict]

I'll go for Greenidge(basically a lock) and Haynes (coz I always remembered the trivia of who scored the most hundreds in ODi cricket. It was Haynes for a long, long time).

I think he also held the record for most runs in ODIs for a long time till Tendulkar broke it. The best trump card he was.

 

[ankitj]

Good old days when Haynes' 8,000 something runs and 17 centuries seemed insurmountable.

 

[weldone]

Please select Haynes here and Gayle at no. 6. That will be better than selecting Gayle here and then a random batsman at no. 6.

 

[G.I.Joe]

IIRC the second best was 11 centuries when Haynes had his 17. Does anyone know when exactly Haynes made his 12th, because it took Tendulkar just 4 years since Haynes retired to overhaul the 17.