aussie
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Well it seems as if all the others teams are to have one so i'll make one for my boys. Well its obvious to most other australian fans here what our best OD XI will be, but i'm going to make a guess what the WC team might be like:
1. Ponting
2. Gilchrist
3. Jaques
4. Martyn
5. Symonds
6. Clarke
7. Hussey
8. Haddin
9. Watson
10. Henriques/Hopes
11. Hogg
12. Lee
13. McGrath
14. Bracken
15. Tait
At the moment blokes like Katich & Clark are in the squad and are doing well, but i get the feeling by the time the end of the VB series next year it will be though for them to hold out Jaques & Tait from the OD squad, thus they wont go to the WC.
With Henriques i think he has a fair chance of making the team presuming he impresses for NSW next season. Hopes had his chance this season & i liked the look of him but i dont know if the selectors will pick him back again, but if he does well also next season he could go instead of Henriques.
Finally some people may say an extra batsman may go in (Cosgrove, Katich or D Hussey) instead of Haddin. But for me since Australia will be going into the WC with a whole lot of cricket behind them Gilly will need an understudy, also added to the fact that Haddin is a pretty good batsman in his own right.
1. Ponting
2. Gilchrist
3. Jaques
4. Martyn
5. Symonds
6. Clarke
7. Hussey
8. Haddin
9. Watson
10. Henriques/Hopes
11. Hogg
12. Lee
13. McGrath
14. Bracken
15. Tait
At the moment blokes like Katich & Clark are in the squad and are doing well, but i get the feeling by the time the end of the VB series next year it will be though for them to hold out Jaques & Tait from the OD squad, thus they wont go to the WC.
With Henriques i think he has a fair chance of making the team presuming he impresses for NSW next season. Hopes had his chance this season & i liked the look of him but i dont know if the selectors will pick him back again, but if he does well also next season he could go instead of Henriques.
Finally some people may say an extra batsman may go in (Cosgrove, Katich or D Hussey) instead of Haddin. But for me since Australia will be going into the WC with a whole lot of cricket behind them Gilly will need an understudy, also added to the fact that Haddin is a pretty good batsman in his own right.