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Who would be in your odi and test world Xi if it was played in one months time
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Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Cyndy Lauper.
Fiery
Banned
That's hilarious! (Especially the spelling)
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Fiery
Banned
If you're trying to be funny it helps if you check the spelling on something like that otherwise the joke will usually fall flat. It was such a poor joke on this occasion that it didn't have much chance anyway, but try to remember that next time.Resorting to picking up spelling errors. How very sad.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Test
Alastair Cook
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Mohammed Yousuf
Kevin Pietersen
Michael Hussey
Kumar Sangakkara
Stuart Clark
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammed Asif
Makhaya Ntini
One Dayers
Chris Gayle
Adam Gilchrist
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
MS Dhoni
Andrew Symonds
Andrew Flintoff
Shaun Pollock
Daniel Vettori
Brett Lee
Nathan Bracken
Alastair Cook
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Mohammed Yousuf
Kevin Pietersen
Michael Hussey
Kumar Sangakkara
Stuart Clark
Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammed Asif
Makhaya Ntini
One Dayers
Chris Gayle
Adam Gilchrist
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting
MS Dhoni
Andrew Symonds
Andrew Flintoff
Shaun Pollock
Daniel Vettori
Brett Lee
Nathan Bracken
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Tests:
Cook
Hayden
Ponting
Dravid
Yousuf
Hussey
Sangakkara
Pollock
Ntini
Murali
Asif
Considered dropping Cook/Hayden, opening up with Hussey allowing for Pietersen to slide in the middle order but thought if you're making a World XI you may as well play players that actually bat in similar positions when they play for their country.
ODIs:
Jayasuriya
Gayle
Ponting
Pietersen
Clarke/Symonds/Yuvraj (Yuvi probably on the outer because of his recent injury)
Hussey
Dhoni+
Pollock
Bracken
Murali
McGrath
You could drop Dhoni and Jayasuriya for Gilchrist, with Gilly opening and then allowing Symonds or Clarke (whoever wasn't picked) to fit in the middle order, I was considering that. Either way the bowling is fine with McGrath, Pollock, Bracken and Murali to be so economical its not even funny, and then Gayle and Jayasuriya are very intelligent ODI bowlers who could share the load.
These were just off the top of my head, and are based on very recent form. The most obvious person left out is Freddy in both forms, but his recent injury and lack of form made me just leave him out.
Cook
Hayden
Ponting
Dravid
Yousuf
Hussey
Sangakkara
Pollock
Ntini
Murali
Asif
Considered dropping Cook/Hayden, opening up with Hussey allowing for Pietersen to slide in the middle order but thought if you're making a World XI you may as well play players that actually bat in similar positions when they play for their country.
ODIs:
Jayasuriya
Gayle
Ponting
Pietersen
Clarke/Symonds/Yuvraj (Yuvi probably on the outer because of his recent injury)
Hussey
Dhoni+
Pollock
Bracken
Murali
McGrath
You could drop Dhoni and Jayasuriya for Gilchrist, with Gilly opening and then allowing Symonds or Clarke (whoever wasn't picked) to fit in the middle order, I was considering that. Either way the bowling is fine with McGrath, Pollock, Bracken and Murali to be so economical its not even funny, and then Gayle and Jayasuriya are very intelligent ODI bowlers who could share the load.
These were just off the top of my head, and are based on very recent form. The most obvious person left out is Freddy in both forms, but his recent injury and lack of form made me just leave him out.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
TESTS
Initial squad
Openers:
Hayden
Cook
Strauss
(real shortage of quality openers right now. I know people will think I'm just being biased or whatever, but I do rate Strauss very highly)
Middle Order Bats
Hussey
Ponting
Dravid
Pietersen
Yousuf
Inzamam
All-rounders
Flintoff
Watson
Keepers
Gilchrist
Sangakarra
Read
Spin Bowlers
Muralitharan
Seamers
Ntini
Clark
Hoggard
Asif
Akhtar
Lee
Final XI:
Hayden
Strauss
Ponting*
Dravid
Yousuf
Pietersen
Flintoff
Gilchrist+
Clark
Ntini
Muralitharan
Toyed with putting Read in at 8 tbh, but thought it was worth sticking Gilly in. I've probably left a gaping hole somewhere, but I've tried to base it around form of the last 12-18 months.
It's pretty obvious to me that middle order bats is where international Cricket is best at the moment
Initial squad
Openers:
Hayden
Cook
Strauss
(real shortage of quality openers right now. I know people will think I'm just being biased or whatever, but I do rate Strauss very highly)
Middle Order Bats
Hussey
Ponting
Dravid
Pietersen
Yousuf
Inzamam
All-rounders
Flintoff
Watson
Keepers
Gilchrist
Sangakarra
Read
Spin Bowlers
Muralitharan
Seamers
Ntini
Clark
Hoggard
Asif
Akhtar
Lee
Final XI:
Hayden
Strauss
Ponting*
Dravid
Yousuf
Pietersen
Flintoff
Gilchrist+
Clark
Ntini
Muralitharan
Toyed with putting Read in at 8 tbh, but thought it was worth sticking Gilly in. I've probably left a gaping hole somewhere, but I've tried to base it around form of the last 12-18 months.
It's pretty obvious to me that middle order bats is where international Cricket is best at the moment
albo97056
U19 Cricketer
How one could consider having read over gilchrist is criminal (Boucher is miles ahead of read!!). As for cook, i dont believe hes done enough to justify a place.Clark hasnt played enough games to get in my team. Ive stuck dravid as opener because i believe he has the technique to handle that position, much better than using cook imo. Murali has to make the side! How can you leave him out?
Dravid
Hayden
Ponting
Yousuf
Pietersen
Hussey
Gilchrist
Flintoff
Ntini
Murali
Asif
Dravid
Hayden
Ponting
Yousuf
Pietersen
Hussey
Gilchrist
Flintoff
Ntini
Murali
Asif
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
How can you say Clark hasn't played enough and then include Asif?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Well many label Read the world's premier glovesman, which is part of why I considered him, and partly because I'm simply a biased Englishman
. Nonetheless, I chose the side that I consider to be the best possible side, and the England players in it deserve to be IMO
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Three Englishman, out of eight main nations, deserve to be in a World XI?Well many label Read the world's premier glovesman, which is part of why I considered him, and partly because I'm simply a biased Englishman
Hayden
Smith (coming back to form now)
Ponting*
Dravid
Yousuf
Hussey
Kallis
Gilchrist+
Clark/Asif
Ntini
Muralitharan
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Strauss is debatable for sure. Pietersen, okay, not everyone would have him in, but I would, and Flintoff , recent form is shaky, but is without peer as the world's #1 all-rounder IMo (and I've batted him at 7). I said I considered read but thought better of it, because he doesn't deserve to be close tbh.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
1) ML Hayden
2) RS Dravid
3) RT Ponting
4) KP Pietersen
5) Mohammed Yousuf
6) MEK Hussey
7) KC Sangakkara
8) SK Warne
9) M Ntini
10) Mohamed Asif
11) M Muralitharan
2) RS Dravid
3) RT Ponting
4) KP Pietersen
5) Mohammed Yousuf
6) MEK Hussey
7) KC Sangakkara
8) SK Warne
9) M Ntini
10) Mohamed Asif
11) M Muralitharan
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
In case you haven't gotten the memo, Warne has retired.