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[Athlai]

most atg sides would deadset love india to roll out rohit in an all time side.

snick, snick, snick.

i view him similarly to the likes of roy, finch and guptill. amazing power hitter and even in rohit's case a good red ball batsman in some conditions but when the chips are down and atg odi bowlers are moving the new ball around in the channel, is he even gonna reach 30?

the answer is no.

We've seen plenty of instances in the last few years where regardless of how good the bowling lineup is, its a par score 400 pitch.


The Guppys of the world are good to keep in the imaginary squad for that reason IMO.

 

[TheJediBrah]

We've seen plenty of instances in the last few years where regardless of how good the bowling lineup is, its a par score 400 pitch.


The Guppys of the world are good to keep in the imaginary squad for that reason IMO.

Agree with this. Some pitches have been so flat lately, and boundaries short etc., that it almost takes bowling out of the equation and you just need someone who will hit as much as they can as quickly as they can and technique is irrelevant.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Zimbabwe

Neil Johnson
Grant Flower
Andy Flower
Brendan Taylor
Sean Williams
Sikander Raza
Heath Streak
Andy Blignaut
Eddo Brandes
Ray Price
Kyle Jarvis

Actually a pretty strong team. Could add David Houghton or Murray Goodwin for one of Blignaut, Brandes, or Jarvis as there as so many useful bowling options (Johnson, Grant Flower, Raza, and Sean Williams all handy).

 

[Red]

Gilchrist
M.Waugh
Ponting
Jones
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Starc
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

 

[TheJediBrah]

Gilchrist
M.Waugh
Ponting
Jones
Symonds
Hussey
Watson
Starc
Warne
Lillee
McGrath

If Watson batted 7 he'd average like 100 because of all the not outs




jk brah

 

[Jack1]

Tresco over Roy

Roy and Bairstow are statistically the strongest opening pair in odi history so no

 

[TheJediBrah]

Roy and Bairstow are statistically the strongest opening pair in odi history so no

You know that ODI wickets in England since those 2 started opening have been consistently some of the flattest in cricket? There's no comparing between the England ODIs that Roy and Bairstow have played with Trescothick's experiences. Apples and oranges, relative statistics are meaningless.

 

[Gob]

You know that ODI wickets in England since those 2 started opening have been consistently some of the flattest in cricket? There's no comparing between the England ODIs that Roy and Bairstow have played with Trescothick's experiences. Apples and oranges, relative statistics are meaningless.

Yeah Trescothick would have fitted in nicely with England's current odi approach

 

[AndrewB]

You can't just blame that on wickets in England: Trescothick's figures in matches outside England are even further behind those of Roy and Bairstow.

 

[TheJediBrah]

You can't just blame that on wickets in England: Trescothick's figures in matches outside England are even further behind those of Roy and Bairstow.

I'd take Trescothick over both every day of the week if you're up against half decent bowling on anything but a road. Back when Trescothick played most teams played their full strength bowlers whenever they could. Roy and Bairstow bully second string attacks on 400 par-score roads.

 

[SteveNZ]

Turner over Guptill is absolute criminal.

 

[Gob]

New Zealand

Fleming *
McCullum +
Guptill
Williamson
Crowe
Taylor
Cairns
Vettori
Hadlee
Bond
Boult

Taylor too low and McCullum keeping both not ideal

 

[Flem274*]

england

trescothick
bairstow
root
kp
morgan (c) (stolen from a minnow)
stokes
buttler (wk)
flintoff
swann
gough
anderson

always thought anderson and broad were hard done by being perma-dropped after the 2015 wc tbh. they were pretty good odi bowlers for a while, and the blokes they replaced them with were all spuds bar woakes and the late ring in. england might have actually won the world cup in 2019 if they had anderson in the conditions we saw during the tournament.

 

[Flem274*]

australia

gilchrist (wk)
warner
ponting (c)
smith
bevan
hussey
watson
warne
starc
bracken
mcgrath

hayden and jones really unlucky not to get in here. watson had a period around 2007 where he batted lower down and smoked it so he'll be fine here.

 

[Gob]

australia

gilchrist (wk)
warner
ponting (c)
smith
bevan
hussey
watson
warne
starc
bracken
mcgrath

hayden and jones really unlucky not to get in here. watson had a period around 2007 where he batted lower down and smoked it so he'll be fine here.

Bracken over Lee is a war crime

 

[Flem274*]

Bracken over Lee is a war crime

lee's death bowling is a war crime against australian cricket.

easily the worst bowler to statistics player there's ever been. new ball hero.

 

[TheJediBrah]

england

trescothick
bairstow
root
kp
morgan (c) (stolen from a minnow)
stokes (stolen from a minnow)
buttler (wk)
flintoff
swann
gough
anderson

always thought anderson and broad were hard done by being perma-dropped after the 2015 wc tbh. they were pretty good odi bowlers for a while, and the blokes they replaced them with were all spuds bar woakes and the late ring in. england might have actually won the world cup in 2019 if they had anderson in the conditions we saw during the tournament.

nice team, additional footnote in bold

 

[CricAddict]

Sachin
Dhawan
Kohli
Yuvraj
Sehwag
Dhoni
Kapil
Jadeja
Ashwin
Shami
Bumrah

 

[Fuller Pilch]

New Zealand

Fleming *
McCullum +
Guptill
Williamson
Crowe
Taylor
Cairns
Vettori
Hadlee
Bond
Boult

Taylor too low and McCullum keeping both not ideal

Fleming would struggle to make a NZ ODI 3rd XI.

Astle was heaps better for a start and a good 6th bowler

 

[_00_deathscar]

Sachin
Dhawan
Kohli
Yuvraj
Sehwag
Dhoni
Kapil
Jadeja
Ashwin
Shami
Bumrah

Not sure Sehwag has done much in that position (or played enough matches and been good enough) to really be in the team there...

Would take fatso Raina over Sehwag.