Greatest Players Who Never Won a World Cup Final

[manoftommorow]

Here’s my dream XI of those who truly deserved to lift the World Cup trophy.

01. Graeme Smith
02. Brendon McCullum (WK)
03. Brian Lara
04. Kumar Sangakkara (C)
05. Jacques Kallis
06. AB de Villiers
07. Shakib Al Hasan
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Waqar Younis
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Imran Tahir

What do you think? Share your cricketer below!

 

[Thala_0710]

From retired players:
Saeed Anwar
Hashim Amla
Zaheer Abbas
Brian Lara
AB de Villiers+
Shakib al Hasan
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock*
Richard Hadlee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Curtly Ambrose
Andrew Flintoff (12th man)

 

[Coronis]

Don Bradman

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Rohit Sharma

 

[Silver Silva]

From retired players who played a Final and lost in ODI WC final my XI would be :

1.Sourav Ganguly (C)
2.Saeed Anwar
3.Kumar Sangakkara (WK)
4.Greg Chappell
5.Ross Taylor
6.Neil Fairbrother
7.Shahid Afridi
8.Saqlain Mushtaq
9.Dennis Lillee
10.Shoaib Akhtar
11.Waqar Younis

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Hugh Jardon

 

[Thala_0710]

Rohit Sharma

Not retired yet

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The 2019 England team

 

[TheJediBrah]

The 2019 England team

I was trying to think of a way of saying this without implying that they were "great" players (they weren't)

 

[capt_Luffy]

Rohit Sharma*
Quinton de Kock+
Brian Lara
Zaheer Abbas
AB de Villiers
Andrew Flintoff
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Richard Hadlee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Jasprit Bumrah


If Rohit and Bumrah wins a cup, Amla and Ambrose can come in. Chappell can come in for De Kock with ABD keeping.

 

[Thala_0710]

Rohit Sharma*
Quinton de Kock+
Brian Lara
Zaheer Abbas
AB de Villiers
Andrew Flintoff
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Richard Hadlee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Jasprit Bumrah


If Rohit and Bumrah wins a cup, Amla and Ambrose can come in. Chappell can come in for De Kock with ABD keeping.

I forgot that Chappell didn't play 87. I'll take out Anwar then, open with Lara and put Chappell in the middle

 

[palehorse]

Here’s my dream XI of those who truly deserved to lift the World Cup trophy.

01. Graeme Smith
02. Brendon McCullum (WK)
03. Brian Lara
04. Kumar Sangakkara (C)
05. Jacques Kallis
06. AB de Villiers
07. Shakib Al Hasan
08. Chaminda Vaas
09. Waqar Younis
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Imran Tahir

What do you think? Share your cricketer below!

Chaminda Vaas was part of the 1996 winning team. Took the important wicket of Mark Waugh in the final.

 

[Molehill]

The 2019 England team

Let it go....

From an England perspective, Gooch, Lamb and De Freitas all played in 2 Finals without winning one. Could throw in Botham too from that era.

 

[DrWolverine]

Among those who have played ODI and didn’t win it

Batsmen :
Zaheer Abbas
Brian Lara
AB De Villiers
Kumar Sangakkara
Rohit Sharma

Bowlers :
Saqlain Mushtaq
Curtly Ambrose
Allan Donald
Shaun Pollock
Waqar Younis

All Rounders :
Jacques Kallis
Shahid Afridi
Shakib Al Hassan
Andrew Flintoff
Richard Hadlee

 

[DrWolverine]

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Brian Lara
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Kumar Sangakarra
5. AB De Villiers
6. Lance Klusener
7. Shahid Afridi
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Allan Donald
11. Saqlain Mushtaq

 

[Thala_0710]

Among those who have played ODI and didn’t win it

Batsmen :
Zaheer Abbas
Brian Lara
AB De Villiers
Kumar Sangakkara
Rohit Sharma

Bowlers :
Saqlain Mushtaq
Curtly Ambrose
Allan Donald
Shaun Pollock
Waqar Younis

All Rounders :
Jacques Kallis
Shahid Afridi
Shakib Al Hassan
Andrew Flintoff
Richard Hadlee

Klusener

 

[DrWolverine]

Klusener

I forgot.
I have him in my team but forgot to mention his name

 

[bagapath]

Rohit will win in 2027

If one were to restrict the selection to those who appeared in a final but were never crowned champions...

Saeed Anwar
Brendon McCullum +
Kumar Sangakkara
Greg Chappell
Mahela Jayawardene
Ian Botham
Shahid Afridi
Saqlain Mushtaq
Waqar Younis
Shoaib Akhtar
Dennis Lillee

 

[capt_Luffy]

If to make a looser finalists' XI:


Rohit Sharma*
Saeed Anwar
Kumar Sangakkara+
Greg Chappell
Ross Taylor
Tillakratne Dilshan
Shahid Afridi
Mohammad Shami
Dennis Lillee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Jasprit Bumrah


If Rohit, Shami and Bumrah wins, then Ganguly, Ambrose and Waqar can come in.

 

[manoftommorow]

Another XI

01. Alec Stewart (WK)
02. Gary Kirsten
03. Stephen Fleming (C)
04. Mohammad Yousuf
05. Rahul Dravid
06. Carl Hooper
07. Daniel Vettori
08. Anil Kumble
09. Tim Southee
10. Ajit Agarkar
11. Morne Morkel