ICC Best-Ever ODI Championship Rating Draft

[anil1405]

Kemar Roach (650) to complete my 11.


1. Tillakaratne Dilshan - 802
2. Shane Watson - 773
3. Virat Kohli (C) - 886
4. Shakib Al Hasan - 717
5. Michael Hussey - 857
6. Paul Collingwood - 697
7. Ben Stokes - 433
8. Courtney Browne - 243
9. Mitchell Johnson - 724
10. Kemar Roach - 650
11. Allan Donald - 794

Happy with the balance of the side, a strong batting unit and an excellent fielding side last but not least a bustling pace attack.

 

[anil1405]

jimmy > Zinzan > Aldo

 

[jimmy101]

If anyone remembers that "C'mon Aussie C'mon" jingle used by the World Series they might remember this lyric:

"Marsh is taking wickets, Hooksey's clearing pickets!"

WSC jingle "C'mon Aussie C'mon"

Packer endorsed XI

01 Romesh Kaluwitharana + 583
02 Simon Katich 634
03 Mohinder Amarnath 600
04 Stephen Waugh c 784
05 Jonty Rhodes 730
06 David Hookes 584
07 Shahid Afridi 673
08 Kapil Dev 849
09 Jason Holder 565
10 Roger Harper 689
11 Malcolm Marshall 891

Kapil & Malcolm to open. Afridi & Harper to form a spin combo on turning tracks with Holder, Amarnath & Waugh all in support. Batting stretches all the way down to 11 & contains fearsome strikers such as Kalu, Boom Boom, Kapil & Hooksey who will receive support from steadier hands such as Jimmy, Tugga, Jonty & Katich. The fielding unit would be quite efficient too, led by Rhodes & Harper. Fairly happy with the team.

 

[mr_mister]

nice side no passengers I like it

 

[honestbharani]

JP Duminy - 668

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks - The ODI Version

Sachin Tendulkar (8)	877
Andrew Strauss ©	698
Jacques Kallis (6)	817
Mominul Haque	416
Andy Flower (wk)	711
Mitchell Marsh (4)	607
JP Duminy (7)	668
Wahab Riaz (3)	522
Ryan Harris (2)	601
Curtly Ambrose (1)	877
Imran Tahir (5)	735

Balance points - 61.

Lots of bowlers and lots of batsmen. Excellent mix of right and left handers throughout the batting order to mess up the bowlers. Love the side and got a captain who has won the only LO trophy for his country. Love the side.

 

[Zinzan]

Update:

Round 1.

honestbharani - Sachin Tendulkar (877)
OverratedSanity - Andrew Flintoff (755)
Zinzan - Wasim Akram (851)
jimmy101 - Malcolm Marshall (891)
AldoRaine18 - Adam Gilchrist (820)
J_C - Vivian Richards (935)
mr_mister - Michael Bevan (885)
anil1405 - Shane Watson (773)
Agent TBY - M S Dhoni (836)
kingkallis - Andrew Symonds (776)
morgieb - Sanath Jayasuria (838)


Round 2

morgieb - Imran Khan (780)
kingkallis - Quinton de Kock (789)
Agent TBY - Shane Warne (787)
anil1405 - Allan Donald (794)
mr_mister - Lance Klusener (824)
J_C - James Faulkner (628)
AldoRaine18 - Ricky Ponting (829)
jimmy101 - Kapil Dev (849)
Zinzan - Chris Cairns (638)
OverratedSanity - AB de Villiers (902)
honestbharani - Jacques Kallis (817)


Round 3

Agent TBY - Mitchell Starc (783)
AldoRaine18 - Waqar Younis (778)
honestbharani - Andy Flower (711)
jimmy101 - Jimmy Amarnath (600)
anil1405 - Virat Kohli (886)
Zinzan - Brendon McCullum (685)
OverratedSanity - Lasith Malinga (675)
morgieb - Shoaib Akhtar (699)
mr_mister - Chris Harris (659)
kingkallis - Virender Sehwag (774)
J_C - David Warner (726)

Round 4

J_C - Jos Buttler (706)
kingkallis - Saqlain Mushtaq (805)
mr_mister - Mark Greatbatch (653)
morgieb - Glenn Maxwell (735)
OverratedSanity - Damien Martyn (697)
Zinzan - Jesse Ryder (574)
anil1405 - Michael Hussey (857)
jimmy101 - Shahid Afridi (673)
honestbharani - Curtly Ambrose (877)
AldoRaine18 - Abdul Razzaq (678)
Agent TBY - Muttiah Muralitharan (913)

Round 5

anil1405 - Shakib Al Hasan (717)
J_C - Len Pascoe (599)
Zinzan - Dale Steyn (746)
AldoRaine18 - Ian Harvey (645)
jimmy101 - Romesh Kaluwitharana (583)
Agent TBY - Alan Knott (375)
morgieb - Geoff Allott (626)
OverratedSanity - Doug Walters (475)
mr_mister - Steve Smith (709)
kingkallis - Shane Bond (809)
honestbharani - Mitchell Marsh (607)

Round 6

honestbharani - Imran Tahir (735)
kingkallis - Morkel (717)
mr_mister - Steve Tikolo (534)
OverratedSanity - Brad Hogg (688)
morgieb - Majid Khan (659)
Agent TBY - Angelo Mathews (707)
jimmy101 - Simon Katich (634)
AldoRaine18 - Andy Bichel (658)
Zinzan - Herschelle Gibbs (750)
J_C - Derek Underwood (541)
anil1405 - Ben Stokes (433)

Round 7

mr_mister - Shane Lee (581)
kingkallis - Grabt Elliott (557)
jimmy101 - Stephen Waugh (784)
honestbharani - Ryan Harris (601)
Zinzan - Nicky Boje (594)
Agent TBY - Joe Root (743)
AldoRaine18 - Tim Southee (638)
J_C - Brad Hodge (463)
anil1405 - Mitchell Johnson (724)
morgieb - Brendan Taylor (667)
OverratedSanity - Chris Read (304)

Round 8

OverratedSanity - Glenn McGrath (903)
morgieb - Ian Smith (475)
anil1405 - Paul Collingwood - (697)
J_C - Ian Botham (705)
AldoRaine18 - Darren Lehmann (744)
Agent TBY - Corey Anderson (604)
Zinzan - Richard Hadlee (923)
HB - Wahab Riaz (522)
jimmy101 - Jonty Rhodes (730)
KK - DJ Bravo (601)
MM - Nathan Bracken (805)

Round 9

J_C - Joel Garner (940)
OverratedSanity - Mark Waugh (852)
kingkallis - Azhar Ali (562)
anil1405 - Tillakarantne Dishan (802)
mr_mister - Michael Holding (875)
AldoRaine18 - Roshan Mahanama (622)
Zinzan - Brian Lara (909)
Agent TBY - Hamid Hassan (478)
jimmy101 - Jason Holder (565)
morgieb - Ajantha Mendis (648)
honestbharani - Mominul Haque (416)

Round 10

honestbharani - Andrew Strauss
morgieb - Dean Jones (918)
jimmy101 - Roger Harper (689)
Agent TBY - Hashim Amla (901)
Zinzan - Colin Ingram (492)
AldoRaine18 - Marcus Trescothick (797)
mr_mister - Wasim Bari (337)
anil1405 - Courtney Browne (243)
kingkallis - Yuvraj Singh (787)
OverratedSanity - Saaed Anwar (808)
J_C - Jason Roy (537)


Round 11

honestbharani - JP Duminy (668)
OverratedSanity Tony Greig (430)
anil1405 - Kemar Roach (650)
jimmy101 - David Hookes (584)
Zinzan - Jimmy Maher (371)
AldoRaine18
kingkallis
morgieb
mr_mister
Agent TBY
J_C

 

[Zinzan]

Australia's Jimmy Maher (371).


Springbok & Kiwi Pâté XI

1. Herschelle Gibbs
2. Jesse Ryder 6
3. Colin Ingram
4. Brian Lara
5. Jimmy Maher
6. Brendon McCullum +
7. Chris Cairns 4
8. Nicky Boje 5
9. Richard Hadlee 1
10. Wasim Akram 2
11. Dale Steyn 3


In Batting order ... 750+574+492+909+371+695+638+594+923+851+746 = 7543 ( 47 remaining)

Dominated by Kiwis & South Africans with a single Aussie, West Indian and Pakistani.

Mouth watering bowling attack with Hadlee & Wasim to share the new ball. Steyn at first change, with Cairns and the underrated Boje in support. Jesse Ryder's useful mediums if the 6th bowler is required.

Batting wise, one word, 'deep' .. bats all the way down to 10 in Akram and Steyn isn't the worst no. 11 going around. Strong right/left combo up front in Gibbs & Ryder, the attacking Colin Ingram at 3, followed by the batting star Brian Lara. The real strength is the hard-hitting middle/lower order with McCullum & Cairns at 6 & 7 to put the icing on the cake. If needed Boje, who's batted at 3 for SA at 8, followed by the hard-hitting Hadlee at 9.

Still deciding between McCullum (with the gloves) or Lara as skipper.

 

[Zinzan]

Aldo >KK>Morg

 

[AldoRaine18]

Always wanted to pick this artist. Paul Adams - 355

 

[AldoRaine18]

Aldo XI

01. Adam Gilchrist+
02. Marcus Trescothick
03. Ricky Ponting*
04. Darren Lehmann [7]
05. Roshan Mahanama
06. Abdul Razzaq [3]
07. Ian Harvey [6]
08. Andy Bichel [5]
09. Tim Southee [1]
10. Waqar Younis [2]
11. Paul Adams [4]

 

[honestbharani]

Way too light on the batting mate...

 

[AldoRaine18]

Way too light on the batting mate...

Seems an alright configuration for an ODI team to me mate, several such configurations have been successful. A gun top 3 all of whom are capable of playing the long innings and have the innings revolve around them, two calm and classy solid middle order WC winning bats who played excellent roles in building the innings and staying on the crease during the middle overs and an explosive lower order that can come and provide the finish. Obviously not perfect by any standards but seems functional enough to me. Not really expecting anything much in this draft anyway, I spent highly on personal favourites and I can live with that.

Personally I would love to watch this team. Two of my all time favourite openers in ODIs, a number 3 that would dominate anyone, the electric Pakistani pace attack from the late 90s and dynamic characters who contributed in WC wins and clutch moments such as Bichel and Lehmann. They'll entertain the lot.

 

[Zinzan]

Way too light on the batting mate...

You're a tough taskmaster HB. He's got two of the best ODI openers of all-time, one of the best number 3s, followed by an incredibly underrated but effective no. 4 in Lehmann. Then some nice icing in the middle/lower order with Razzaq, Harvey & Bichel at 6, 7 & 8. The only slight weakness for mine is Mahanama @ 5.

 

[kingkallis]

Will pick in 30 mins.

 

[Zinzan]

KK's timed out

Morg > MM

 

[morgieb]

1. Majid Khan (8) (659)
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (6) (838)
3. Dean Jones (918)
4. Brendan Taylor (667)
5. Adam Voges (7) (523)
6. Glenn Maxwell (5) (735)
7. Imran Khan * (1) (780)
8. Ian Smith + (475)
9. Ajantha Mendis (4) (648)
10. Shoaib Akhtar (2) (699)
11. Geoff Allott (3) (626)

Feel like I made a couple of tactical blunders in picking that side, but otherwise I'm reasonably happy with that. Majid and Jayasuriya to get me off to a flyer, with Jones as the main gun. Taylor and Voges to accumulate with Jones in the middle order, and Maxwell and Smith to hit out at the end of the innings.

Bowling has variety if nothing else. Along with 8 reasonably solid bowling options which helps if one of my key bowlers gets tonked, in my main 4 options 've got an out and out gun (Imran), raw pace (Shoaib), great swing (Allott) and a spinner who can bowl anything (Mendis).

 

[kingkallis]

CricZo XI

1. Virender Sehwag / o - 774 - 8
2. Quinton de Kock + / - 789
3. Azhar Ali / - 562
4. Alviro Petersen / - 397
5. Yuvraj Singh / o - 787 - 7
6. Andrew Symonds / o - 776 - 5
7. Grant Elliott / o - 557 - 6
8. DJ Bravo o / - 601 - 3
9. Saqlain Mushtaq o - 805 - 4
10. Shane Bond o - 809 - 1
11. Morne Morkel o - 717 - 2

Allotted Balance: 7590
Used: 7574
Balance: 16

 

[J_C]

mr_mister > Agent TBY > J_C.

 

[honestbharani]

Seems an alright configuration for an ODI team to me mate, several such configurations have been successful. A gun top 3 all of whom are capable of playing the long innings and have the innings revolve around them, two calm and classy solid middle order WC winning bats who played excellent roles in building the innings and staying on the crease during the middle overs and an explosive lower order that can come and provide the finish. Obviously not perfect by any standards but seems functional enough to me. Not really expecting anything much in this draft anyway, I spent highly on personal favourites and I can live with that.

Personally I would love to watch this team. Two of my all time favourite openers in ODIs, a number 3 that would dominate anyone, the electric Pakistani pace attack from the late 90s and dynamic characters who contributed in WC wins and clutch moments such as Bichel and Lehmann. They'll entertain the lot.

You're a tough taskmaster HB. He's got two of the best ODI openers of all-time, one of the best number 3s, followed by an incredibly underrated but effective no. 4 in Lehmann. Then some nice icing in the middle/lower order with Razzaq, Harvey & Bichel at 6, 7 & 8. The only slight weakness for mine is Mahanama @ 5.

Gilly, while great at the role demanded by Australia back then, is essentially a 35+ avg. batsman. He is gonna run away with the game now and then but in an ATG side, you need more. Tresco was good but I wouldn't say among the ATGs again. Punter is the only one who is really ATG level greatness there. Lehmann again is OKish at best as a #4. That is why I feel it ain't the strongest he could have pulled out. Essentially, if he could have traded either of Harvey or Razzaq, preferably Harvey, for a batsman, I feel his side would be much better balanced.