Choose THREE seam bowlers for the all-time ODI XI

[Days of Grace]

Two new ball bowlers and a first-change, please

After this, all we have left is the spinner and the allrounder.

The team so far:

1 Gilchrist (wk)
2 Tendulkar
3 Richards
4 Ponting
5 Lara
6 Bevan
7
8
9
10
11

Go for it!!

 

[pasag]

Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Glenn McGrath

 

[Pup Clarke]

Joel Garner
Waqar Younis
Brett Lee

 

[silentstriker]

Joel Garner, Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akram

 

[Pressure Spot]

I couldn't decide who was the best, so I voted for them all.

 

[Perm]

Glenn McGrath
Joel Garner
Wasim Akram

 

[howardj]

McGrath
Ambrose
Akram

 

[chaminda_00]

WTF, what if you don't want to have three seamers in the side or have an all rounder at first change.

Dire, noy going to vote...

 

[Xuhaib]

WTF, what if you don't want to have three seamers in the side or have an all rounder at first change.

Dire, noy going to vote...

What he said.

 

[silentstriker]

Not having Garner as a bowler in an all time ODI side is like not having Viv Richards as a batsman.

 

[Days of Grace]

Ah, but what would Garner's E/R be if he played today?

 

[silentstriker]

Ah, but what would Garner's E/R be if he played today?

Dunno, what would Hayden's average be if he played then? It works both ways. You can only judge by how well you do against your peers. And if people were more willing to block in ODIs then, it would mean a lower E/R, but Garner has a low E/R, and a low S/R (which translates to an awesome average). Meaning, he took wickets when batsmen were less prone to giving their wickets away....so his achievements are even greater.

 

[Dasa]

Garner, Wasim and Waqar.

 

[Poker Boy]

I think you need to favour bowlers who have bowled in the modern era as it is definately harder for bowlers in ODIs now than it was in the 1970s and 80s. With this in mind: Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath and Shaun Pollock.

 

[iamdavid]

Wasim, Ambrose and Allan Donald

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Hadlee, Akram, Bond

 

[PhoenixFire]

Surprised at the lack of votes for Marshall tbh.

 

[silentstriker]

Surprised at the lack of votes for Marshall tbh.

Why? He was a good but not an all time great ODI bowler.

 

[silentstriker]

I am actually surprised at the lack of votes for Allan Donald.

 

[PhoenixFire]

A great bowler full stop. Could swing it both ways at pace, and with accuracy. What more could you want from an ODI opening bowler?