Prince EWS
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I had money on him being MOTM against the West Indies, so I know very well that he wasn't
! Disgraceful decision that was though.
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World Cup: Best XI
- Thread starter Zinzan
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! Disgraceful decision that was though.
Natman20
International Debutant
My WCXI
M Hayden
S Jayasaria
H Gibbs
J Kallis
P Collingwood
+K Sangakarra
J Oram
B Hogg
S Bond
C Vaas
S Malinga
12th - S Styris
unluky to miss - McGrath, Smith, Ponting and Clarke
I think thats a fairly balanced side. I put Sangakkara there because of his wicket keeping. Great batting strangth and quite a few bowlers in Bond, Malinga, Vaas, Hogg, Oram, Collingwood, Kallis and Jayasaria.
M Hayden
S Jayasaria
H Gibbs
J Kallis
P Collingwood
+K Sangakarra
J Oram
B Hogg
S Bond
C Vaas
S Malinga
12th - S Styris
unluky to miss - McGrath, Smith, Ponting and Clarke
I think thats a fairly balanced side. I put Sangakkara there because of his wicket keeping. Great batting strangth and quite a few bowlers in Bond, Malinga, Vaas, Hogg, Oram, Collingwood, Kallis and Jayasaria.
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thierry henry
International Coach
This thread seems to suggest that Natman is a Pig hater.
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
Ditto
My totally un-biased WCX1
Hayden
Fleming (c)
Ponting
Styris
Clarke
Collingwood
Oram
McCullum
Hogg
Bond
Malinga
Natman20
International Debutant
I had bacon for lunch and breaksfast yesterday so that is not the case. Piggy I just thought has been allright but if you look at the teams NZ have played so far they havn't been to much of a challenge. Kallis is good to.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
World Cup: Bext XI
Go on, you know you want to. Pick an XI based solely on performances over in the Caribbean.
I've taken a few liberties with batting positions to try to stick out the best team, rather than the players who've been performing the best in that particular position:
1. Matthew Hayden (436 runs @ 87.20, SR 107.12)
2. Graeme Smith (344 runs @ 57.33, SR 105.19; 2 wickets @ 48.00, ER 4.80)
3. Sanath Jayasuriya (303 runs @ 50.50, SR 104.48; 5 wickets @ 27.20, ER 3.64)
4. Ricky Ponting* (348 runs @ 69.60, SR 100.00)
5. Michael Clarke (296 runs @ 98.66, SR 102.06)
6. Scott Styris (258 runs @ 129.00, SR 91.48; 8 wickets @ 15.50, ER 3.75)
7. Adam Gilchrist+ (238 runs @ 47.60, SR 94.82)
8. Brad Hogg (12 wickets @ 18.00, ER 4.59; 45 runs, SR 214.28)
9. Shane Bond (8 wickets @ 10.50, ER 2.29)
10. Lasith Malinga (15 wickets @ 14.26, ER 4.93; 2 runs @ 2.00, SR 22.00)
11. Glenn McGrath (15 wickets @ 14.53, ER 4.75)
Several debatable picks there, I suppose. I went for Clarke ahead of KP because of his superior strike rate (which may be doing Big Kev a massive disservice as he's hardly been in a position to tee-off most of the time he's come to the crease) & Hogg gets the nod over Murali for his superior batting. With Jayasuriya & (to a lesser extent) Fat Gray and Clarke there as spinning options too the great man misses out this time. Kallis has also been in the runs, but his figures are quite distorted by his innings against yer Dutch, so I preferred Sanath there.
Go on, you know you want to. Pick an XI based solely on performances over in the Caribbean.
I've taken a few liberties with batting positions to try to stick out the best team, rather than the players who've been performing the best in that particular position:
1. Matthew Hayden (436 runs @ 87.20, SR 107.12)
2. Graeme Smith (344 runs @ 57.33, SR 105.19; 2 wickets @ 48.00, ER 4.80)
3. Sanath Jayasuriya (303 runs @ 50.50, SR 104.48; 5 wickets @ 27.20, ER 3.64)
4. Ricky Ponting* (348 runs @ 69.60, SR 100.00)
5. Michael Clarke (296 runs @ 98.66, SR 102.06)
6. Scott Styris (258 runs @ 129.00, SR 91.48; 8 wickets @ 15.50, ER 3.75)
7. Adam Gilchrist+ (238 runs @ 47.60, SR 94.82)
8. Brad Hogg (12 wickets @ 18.00, ER 4.59; 45 runs, SR 214.28)
9. Shane Bond (8 wickets @ 10.50, ER 2.29)
10. Lasith Malinga (15 wickets @ 14.26, ER 4.93; 2 runs @ 2.00, SR 22.00)
11. Glenn McGrath (15 wickets @ 14.53, ER 4.75)
Several debatable picks there, I suppose. I went for Clarke ahead of KP because of his superior strike rate (which may be doing Big Kev a massive disservice as he's hardly been in a position to tee-off most of the time he's come to the crease) & Hogg gets the nod over Murali for his superior batting. With Jayasuriya & (to a lesser extent) Fat Gray and Clarke there as spinning options too the great man misses out this time. Kallis has also been in the runs, but his figures are quite distorted by his innings against yer Dutch, so I preferred Sanath there.
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
BoyBrumby
Englishman
PhoenixFire
International Coach
1) Matthew Hayden
2) Sanath Jayasuriya
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Jacques Kallis
6) Scott Styris
7) Adam Gilchrist
8) Brad Hogg
9) Lasith Malinga
10) Shane Bond
11) Glenn McGrath
2) Sanath Jayasuriya
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Jacques Kallis
6) Scott Styris
7) Adam Gilchrist
8) Brad Hogg
9) Lasith Malinga
10) Shane Bond
11) Glenn McGrath
PhoenixFire
International Coach
I'm the biggest Hayden hater around, but seriously. How can you not include him?
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Jayasuriya is my 5th bowling option alongside Styris while Fleming has been good in the tournament, and has made the side as captain.
Basically I didn't want Hayden because I don't like him very much.
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
If Brumby can include Smith, the not liking criteria doesn't count for much.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
I've always like you Perm
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I've always like you Perm
Same to you buddy, same to you.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Hehe. I could knock and bash Hayden all day, if I didn't have anything to do