Choose THREE middle-order batsmen for the all-time ODI XI

[PhoenixFire]

Stop being a ****ing baby, if you don't like the idea of voting on a poll then don't ****ing look/commet on it, simple as, with no need to start another pointless and pedantic argument in yet another thread.

What way are you suprised PF? Bevan's one of the 3 top ODI batsmen ever but Ponting also deserves his place in the side(they're the two i picked).

Hmm. Well Bevan has nearly always been in everyones top 3 ODI players, it just seems odd that people put him on a par with Ponting.

 

[open365]

People aren't putting him on a par with ponting are they though as you get three picks so you could pick Ponting as being the worst and Bevan as being the best but they'd still end up with the same amount of votes.

 

[Raghav]

Inzamam
Lara
Pieterson

 

[Fiery]

Pietersen
Hussey
Klusener

 

[Perm]

Pietersen
Hussey
Klusener

Not a Bevan fan?

 

[Fiery]

Not a Bevan fan?

Just more of a Klusener and Pieterson fan...and think Hussey is better

 

[PhoenixFire]

Surprised at you Fiery, I always thought you disliked KP.

 

[Fiery]

Surprised at you Fiery, I always thought you disliked KP.

I'm not sure why you thought that mate

 

[Perm]

I'm not sure why you thought that mate

Maybe because Pietersen is a ****y youngster?

 

[Fiery]

Maybe because Pietersen is a ****y youngster?

Nothing wrong with being ****y if you can back it up on the field. I like characters. The game needs more

 

[Richard]

Stop being a ****ing baby, if you don't like the idea of voting on a poll then don't ****ing look/commet on it, simple as, with no need to start another pointless and pedantic argument in yet another thread.

Mostly, I do. When I think saying such things can help, however, I say them.

 

[neville cardus]

Pietersen, Bevan and Jones.

 

[aussie tragic]

Where's Zareer Abbas and Greg Chappell in the Poll?

....after all, they are ranked # 2 and # 3 in the ICC ODI all-time rankings behind Sir Viv....

Stats

Zaheer Abbass: 62M, 60I, 2572 runs @ 47.62 13 F, 7C
Greg Chappell: 74M, 72I, 2331 runs @ 40.18 14 F, 3C

 

[Fusion]

Where's Zareer Abbas and Greg Chappell in the Poll?

....after all, they are ranked # 2 and # 3 in the ICC ODI all-time rankings behind Sir Viv....

Stats

Zaheer Abbass: 62M, 60I, 2572 runs @ 47.62 13 F, 7C
Greg Chappell: 74M, 72I, 2331 runs @ 40.18 14 F, 3C

Yeah, from the Pakistani choices, I would rate Abbass higher than Yousaf in ODI's.

 

[Perm]

Zaheer Abbas is one of the best batsman to play ODI cricket, I don't know why Greg Chappell is rated so highly in the ICC rankings though, I've never heard him been talked about as anything more than a good ODI batsman.

 

[Days of Grace]

Zaheer Abbas played the vast majority of his matches as a no.3 batsmen, therefore, he was in the number 3 batsmen poll, but lost out to Richards.

 

[Richard]

Which is why it's so crazy to exclude Abbas just because it's three or nowhere.

Me, Abbas and IVAR would be the first two batsmen down on a 1971-1989 ODI sheet, and I wouldn't really care who batted three and who four.

 

[Perm]

Zaheer Abbas played the vast majority of his matches as a no.3 batsmen, therefore, he was in the number 3 batsmen poll, but lost out to Richards.

He played a fair bit at #5 didn't he? Seems silly to exclude him when he was perfectly capable of batting from 3-5, especially since ODI batting positions are so interchangeable.

 

[aussie tragic]

Zaheer Abbas is one of the best batsman to play ODI cricket, I don't know why Greg Chappell is rated so highly in the ICC rankings though, I've never heard him been talked about as anything more than a good ODI batsman.

I agree with Zaheer Abbas being one of the best ODI batsmen ever and him and Viv would normally be in most ODI teams....him being excluded because he batted most at # 3 and lost out to Viv is not exactly fair....Ponting should then also have been excluded from the Middle Order...as should Garner from the third seamer role because he was an opening bowler (as he is currently losing out to Akram and McGrath)....all equally crazy options, but just my opinion....good job on the polls anyway though DoG....one mistake is not too bad

As for Greg Chappell, he averaged 40+ in ODI cricket when it was pretty rare and he was pretty consistant which may have boosted his ICC rating....anyway, I wouldn't have voted for him, but he should have least been in the Poll....