All-Time World XIs - ODIs

[capt_Luffy]

Yeah, but Richards actually performed outstandingly in test cricket and was a key performer in a brilliant 4-0 series win. Sobers failed in ODI cricket.

4 games vs 1. can't think any seriously at all tbh

 

[cricketfan55]

Some people are reluctant to put B Richards in all time test teams due to only playing 1 series in which he was absolutely outstanding and averaged over 70, yet Sobers can be picked in all-time ODI teams after playing 1 ODI in which he scored a 6-ball duck and took a wicket. Can a player who scored zero ODI runs really be considered as an ODI allrounder?

I agree, I personally think it makes more sense to pick ODI XIs based on what players have achieved in ODIs rather than what they had the potential to achieve (based on their other results)

 

[Teuton]

Inzi
Ranatunga
Vaas

 

[Prince EWS]

Some people are reluctant to put B Richards in all time test teams due to only playing 1 series in which he was absolutely outstanding and averaged over 70, yet Sobers can be picked in all-time ODI teams after playing 1 ODI in which he scored a 6-ball duck and took a wicket. Can a player who scored zero ODI runs really be considered as an ODI allrounder?

Yeah we might as well pick Bradman in the next team.

 

[Prince EWS]

Tough on Yuvraj, but Shakib's SLAs make his bowling a bit redundant.

Daryl Mitchell
Tough one: Abdul Razzaq & Chris Harris are close, but I'll go Russell Arnold
Lasith Malinga

Arnold over Yuvraj is wild. We already have Shakib as the fifth bowler so we don't really need an allrounder, and Arnold's bowling isn't necessarily better than Root's or Waugh's anyway (and I'd argue it's worse than Dilshan's). Yuvraj is clearly a better batsman.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Some people are reluctant to put B Richards in all time test teams due to only playing 1 series in which he was absolutely outstanding and averaged over 70, yet Sobers can be picked in all-time ODI teams after playing 1 ODI in which he scored a 6-ball duck and took a wicket. Can a player who scored zero ODI runs really be considered as an ODI allrounder?

My interpretation is the playing an ODI is a requirement and then using all evidence about the eligible players (those who played an ODI) to work out who would be the best option for that position and the attribute that really helps Sobers for me beyond his shear all round quality is the ability to bowl left arm fast-medium, left arm finger spin and left arm wrist spin which means he can change style mid over depending on the batter on strike's weaknesses and can also mean that the style of your 5th bowler can adjust based on all available information, including actually game play, on how the pitch is playing

 

[capt_Luffy]

My interpretation is the playing an ODI is a requirement and then using all evidence about the eligible players (those who played an ODI) to work out who would be the best option for that position and the attribute that really helps Sobers for me beyond his shear all round quality is the ability to bowl left arm fast-medium, left arm finger spin and left arm wrist spin which means he can change style mid over depending on the batter on strike's weaknesses and can also mean that the style of your 5th bowler can adjust based on all available information, including actually game play, on how the pitch is playing

It's the same why Grace made World B or Barry did World C Test teams. Don't think there's much different tbh

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Arnold over Yuvraj is wild. We already have Shakib as the fifth bowler so we don't really need an allrounder, and Arnold's bowling isn't necessarily better than Root's or Waugh's anyway (and I'd argue it's worse than Dilshan's). Yuvraj is clearly a better batsman.

I agree but Arnold was a finisher at 7, while Yuvraj was a 4/5. It is Mitchell over Yuvi

 

[trundler]

Is Darryl Mitchell there already? Seems crazy premature. Crowe and Inzi should still be ahead. Morgan too.

I'll go

Inzi
Yuvraj
Vaas

 

[capt_Luffy]

Is Darryl Mitchell there already? Seems crazy premature. Crowe and Inzi should still be ahead. Morgan too.

I'll go

Inzi
Yuvraj
Vaas

Will take Inzi over at 4, he below that. His career is rather short but damn he is Good

 

[Himannv]

Yuvraj
Mitchell
Vaas

+1

 

[kingkallis]

Inzamam ul Haq
Ben Stokes
Trent Boult

 

[capt_Luffy]

Yuvraj Singh - 10
Darryl Mitchell - 8
Garry Sobers - 5
Inzamam-ul-Haq - 4
Ben Stokes - 2
Kane Williamson - 1
Arjuna Ranatunga - 1
Russell Arnold - 1

Trent Boult - 8
Chaminda Vaas - 5
Lasith Malinga - 2
Dale Steyn - 1

 

[capt_Luffy]

World XI	World A	World B	World C
1. SR Tendulkar	1. AC Gilchrist+	1. CG Greenidge	1. Q de Kock+
2. RG Sharma	2. HM Amla	2. ST Jayasuriya	2. DA Warner
3. V Kohli	3. RT Ponting*	3. DM Jones	3. MB Azam
4. IVA Richards	4. SZK Abbas	4. BC Lara	4. GS Chappell
5. AB de Villiers	5. A Symonds	5. JC Buttler+	5. PA de Silva
6. MS Dhoni+*	6. MG Bevan	6. MEK Hussey	6. CH Lloyd*
7. SM Pollock	7. NR Kapil Dev	7. L Klusener	7. A Flintoff
8. W Akram	8. RJ Hadlee	8. SK Warne*	8. B Lee
9. J Garner	9. MA Starc	9. CEL Ambrose	9. MA Holding
10. M Muralitharan	10. S Mushtaq	10. SE Bond	10. WM Younis
11. GD McGrath	11. JJ Bumrah	11. AA Donald	11. S Ajmal
World D	World E
1. S Anwar	1. ME Waugh
2. SR Watson	2. TM Dilshan
3. KC Sangakkara+	3. JE Root
4. MJ Miandad	4. SD Hope+
5. LRPL Taylor	5. Y Singh
6. DA Miller	6. DJ Mitchell
7. GJ Maxwell	7. S Al Hasan
8. IAN Khan*	8. RA Khan
9. MA Shami	9. AME Roberts
10. DK Lillee	10. NW Bracken
11. MI Tahir	11. TA Boult

 

[capt_Luffy]

Now please vote for:
A) Captain of World E
B) Two Openers for World F
C) Two pacers

 

[capt_Luffy]

Rashid Khan

Sourav Ganguly
Desmond Haynes

Chaminda Vaas
Fanie de Villiers

 

[Thala_0710]

Root
Sehwag
Haynes
Vaas
Henry

 

[cricketfan55]

Al Hasan
Gayle
Haynes
Vaas
Morkel

 

[anil1405]

Joe Root

Virender Sehwag
Desmond Haynes

Dale Steyn
Morne Morkel

 

[Teuton]

Shakib
McCullum
Haynes
Vaas
McDermott