An effort to pick an All-time ODI XI

[kingkallis]

Dear CWers,

We have seen thousands of ODIs in last few decades. ODIs gave us some very talented players but true match winners are a few. It’s time to pick the best of the lot. Visitors/members @ CricZo will be able to vote ( on criczo website as soon as we are done developing that particular page ) for their favourite players to be picked from finest of 100 players, we handpicked from ALL ODI playing nations.

We have these 2 combinations in our mind :

4 batsmen + 2 all rounders + 1 wicket keeper + 4 bowlers
5 batsmen + 1 all rounder + 1 wicket keeper + 4 bowlers

Now all we have to do is to pick 100 players so we can throw them into the pool for VISITORS to come and pick their XI.

We will go ahead with the players with MAXIMUM votes. ( From respective categories )

Any other ideas are welcomes too.

Regards,
Masud

 

[kingkallis]

Batsman - ( minimum 1000 runs )
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Australia Dean Jones, Greg Chappell, Michael Bevan, Michael Hussey, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh, Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh
India Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Azharuddin
England Allan Lamb, Marcus Trescothick, Kevin Pietersen
Pakistan Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam Ul Haq, Saleem Malik, Javed Miandad
South Africa Gary Kirsten, Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Jonty Rhodes, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla
New Zealand Martin Crowe, Nathan Astle, Ross Taylor, Stephen Fleming
Sri Lanka Tilakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga
Zimbabwe -
West Indies Brian Lara, Gordon Greenidge, Clive Lloyd, Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Bangladesh –

 

[kingkallis]

All rounder - ( 1000 runs and 100 wickets – bowling average of maximum 40, batting average of minimum 20 )
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Australia Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Steve Waugh
India Kapil Dev, Irfan Pathan, Yuvraj Singh
England Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood
Pakistan Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq
South Africa Shaun Pollock, Lance Klusener, Jacques Kallis, Hansie Cronje
New Zealand Chris Cairns, Jacob Oram, Chris Harris, Richard Hadlee
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya
Zimbabwe Heath Streak
West Indies Viv Richards, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Carl Hooper
Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan

 

[kingkallis]

Wicket keeper - ( 100 dismissals )
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Australia Adam Gilchrist
India MS Dhoni
England -
Pakistan Moin Khan
South Africa Mark Boucher
New Zealand Brendon McCullum
Sri Lanka Kumara Sangakkara
Zimbabwe Andy Flower
West Indies Jeff Dujon
Bangladesh -

 

[kingkallis]

Bowlers - ( 100 wickets & ER of less than 5 )
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Australia Glenn McGrath, Dennis Lillee, Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Nathan Bracken
India Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan
England Darren Gough
Pakistan Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar
South Africa Allan Donald, Makhaya Ntini
New Zealand Shane Bond, Ewan Chatfield, Daniel Vettori, Kyle Mills
Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga
Zimbabwe -
West Indies Joel Garner, Curtley Ambrose, Malcolm Marshall, Micheal Holding, Courtney Walsh
Bangladesh Abdur Razzaq

 

[kingkallis]

Please let me know if I have left out some names. I have included Miandad and Greenidge...

 

[hang on]

the only shoo ins for me would be richards, tendulkar, bevan, akram, garner and murali. after that it's a much of a muchness. and yes, that includes gilly, since dhoni is surely a strong contender for the keeper spot. in fact, dhoni could, conceivably, threaten bevan's place assuming one is not inclined towards to stabilisers/finishers in the same team.

 

[Howe_zat]

You would include Akram and Garner as dead certs but not McGrath, hang on?

 

[hang on]

garner for sure. akram less of a dead cert.....was almost an afterthought of a dead cert, tbh!

 

[kingkallis]

Sachin, Gilchrist, Richards, Akram, Garner and McGrath for me!

 

[weldone]

I'll pick one among these two teams (or a combination of the two+Hadlee+Miandad, keeping the combination in mind):

Team 1:
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards*
Zaheer Abbas
Michael Bevan
Mahendra Dhoni+
Kapil Dev
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muttiah Muralitharan

Team 2:
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sachin Tendulkar
Viv Richards*
Ricky Ponting
Michael Bevan
Mahendra Dhoni+
Lance Klusener
Wasim Akram
Joel Garner
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[kingkallis]

This would be my team :

Adam Gilchrist ( + )
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Vivian Richards ( c )
Zaheer Abbas
Micheal Bevan
Lance Klusener
Shaun Pollock
Wasim Akram
Saqlain Mushtaq
Joel Garner

12th man : Glenn McGrath

I saw how certain players were favored in the ICC's all time test thingy, so I am sure people will favor their countrymen here as well. ( Once the voting starts )

 

[karan316]

Adam Gilchrist (+)
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Vivian Richards (c)
Andrew Symonds
Michael Hussey
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Glenn Mcgrath
Muttiah Muralitharan
Joel Garner

 

[kingkallis]

McG @ No.8 will be awesome Karan

 

[Howe_zat]

Will take a stab with the mostly orthodox:

Sachin Tendulkar
Adam Gilchrist+
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Michael Bevan
Imran Khan (4) (c)
Wasim Akram (2)
Joel Garner (3)
Muttiah Muralitharan (5)
Glenn McGrath (1)

Though I got thinking about a variant, that may well beat them on a spin-heavy wicket. This one gets an idea I quite like, having two trademark "finishers" in the middle order. Would think having them in partnership would be something of a nightmare to have to deal with.

Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya (5)
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Michael Bevan
Mahedra Singh Dhoni+
Wasim Akram (2)
Waqar Younis (3)
Muttiah Muralitharan (4)
Glenn McGrath (1)

 

[Burgey]

Why is everyone picking Lara?

 

[Joao]

Why is everyone picking Lara?

He is ***y.

Tendulkar
Gilchrist
Ponting
Lara
Richards
Bevan
Klusener
Wasim
Warne
Garner
McGrath

12th Watson

I am aware that supposedly Murali > Warne in ODI but I like Warne more in the big games and I don't want a tail longer than a diplodocus

 

[NUFAN]

We did an all time 50 greatest ODI players quite recently and I think overall the players up the top were the best.

My team would be:

1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Viv Richards
5. Dean Jones
6. Michael Bevan
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Wasim Akram
9. Joel Garner
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Glenn McGrath

Jones is probably the big shock, but what a player he was.

 

[Mike5181]

First Eleven
1. Sachin Tendulkar - 17598 runs @ 45.12 SR of 86.26
2. Adam Gilchrist+ - 9619 runs @ 35.89 SR of 96.94
3. Viv Richards - 6721 runs @ 47.00 SR of 90.20
4. Ricky Ponting (c) - 13082 runs @ 42.75 SR of 80.62
5. Michael Hussey - 4448 runs @ 52.32 SR of 87.93
6. Michael Bevan - 6912 @ 53.58 SR of 74.16
7. Shaun Pollock - 3519 runs @ 26.45 SR of 86.69 + 393 wickets @ 24.5 SR of 39.9
8. Wasim Akram - 502 wickets @ 23.52 SR of 36.2
9. Joel Garner- 146 @ 18.84 SR of 36.5
10. Shane Warne - 293 wickets @ 25.73 SR of 36.3
11. Glenn McGrath - 381 wickets @ 22.02 SR of 34


Second Eleven
1. Matthew Hayden - 6133 runs @ 43.8 SR of 78.96
2. Mark Waugh- 8500 @ 39.35 SR of 76.90
3. Jacques Kallis - 11002 runs @ 45.84 SR of 72.77 + 259 wickets @ 31.90
4. Dean Jones- 6068 @ 44.61 SR of 72.56
5. Zaheer Abbas- 2572 @ 47.62 SR of 84.82
6. MS Dhoni + (c) - 5733 runs @ 50.28 SR of 88.34
7. Lance Klusener- 3576 runs @ 41.10 SR of 89.91 + 192 @ 29.95
8. Richard Hadlee- 1751 runs @ 21.61 SR of 75.50 + 158 @ 21,56 SR 39.1
9. Waqar Younis- 416 wickets @ 23.84 SR of 30.5
10. Shane Bond - 147 wickets @ 20.88 SR of 29.2
11. Muttiah Muralitharan - 517 wickets 23.11 @ SR of 35.3

 

[Migara]

1st XI: Jayasuriya, Gilchrist, Richards, Tendulkar, Lara, Dhoni(wk), Pollock, Murali, Garner, McGrath

six bowlers, eight batsmen, and the most economical bowlers of ODI hisory


2nd XI: Gayle, M. Waugh, Ponting, Kallis, Abbas, Sangakkara, Klusener, Imran, Kapil Dev, Ambrose, Saqlain

Once again a set of dashers, quality bats and hard hitting all rounders.