kingkallis
International Coach
Good to see someone picking Classy Crowe there!
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An effort to pick an All-time ODI XI
- Thread starter kingkallis
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Anyone who picks Dean jones in their team in front of Ponting need their head read.
The game is faster, tougher and with improved scoring strike rates harder for the batsman. With Jones only having a SR of 72 goes to show that that comes nowhere to competing with Pontings 80.
Ponting is considered the best Aust batsman since Bradman and would be the first picked in any ODI team.
And no I'm not Australian, I'm a kiwi and but I'd love to have him in my team
The game is faster, tougher and with improved scoring strike rates harder for the batsman. With Jones only having a SR of 72 goes to show that that comes nowhere to competing with Pontings 80.
Ponting is considered the best Aust batsman since Bradman and would be the first picked in any ODI team.
And no I'm not Australian, I'm a kiwi and but I'd love to have him in my team
smash84
The Tiger King
Isn't Dean Jones average higher and a SR of 72 for DJ's era is very very good
Yes but One Day cricket even up to the early to mid 90s was very naive and slow. 72 is still not that fast and easier to score runs if you're not taking the risks.
Power plays and the like have only recently aided Ponting. jones of course was a good player but Ricky he ain't!
Power plays and the like have only recently aided Ponting. jones of course was a good player but Ricky he ain't!
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
I rate Dean Jones very highly as an ODI batsman and generally pick him in an all time XI. Cricinfo has this to say about him:
He also left Ponting behind in this comparison. Not definitive by any means, but quite good.Cricinfo said:
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
My XI will be this:
Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Richards, Jones, Abbas, Bevan, Dhoni, Akram, Garner, Muralitharan, McGrath
Jayasuriya the only pick I am not entirely convinced about. I pick him to provide a good 5th bowling option. Hadlee, Watson and Klusener could be alternatives.
Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, Richards, Jones, Abbas, Bevan, Dhoni, Akram, Garner, Muralitharan, McGrath
Jayasuriya the only pick I am not entirely convinced about. I pick him to provide a good 5th bowling option. Hadlee, Watson and Klusener could be alternatives.
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Klusener in place of Jayasuriya will make this a great team...Partly because Dhoni at no. 7 won't be utilized fully; having him at no. 6 and Klusener at 7 will be perfect. If you need an opener (if you drop Jayasuriya i.e.), you can take someone like Lara dropping one among Jones, Abbas or Bevan.
An even better suggestion will be to keep both Jayasuriya and Klusener, dropping one of the middle-order batsmen. That'll enhance the bowling immensely, without hampering the batting much.
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im in love with your team.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
You what? Bearing in mind the increased scoring rates, Ponting's 80 is nowhere near as impressive as Jones' 72.
Average RPO in Jones' career - 4.40. This = a SR of 73.33. Jones was 72.56
Average RPO in Ponting's career - 4.86. This = a SR of 81. Ponting, at present, is 80.6.
Ponting averages 42.63, Jones 44.61. In the Jones era, the mean batting average was 28, in Ponting's 29.
The difference between average RPO and career SR (and career averages) is negligible. And calling an era 'naive and slow' is pretty dire to begin with.
EDIT: I will concede Ponting is the better player in PowerPlays, however. Although I'm sure Jones was far superior when it came to facing Abdul Qadir..
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
I agree with you. Flintoff was brought up because someone wanted a bowler with a 30+ average with the bat. IMO Flintoff's the best example of that type of player.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Can I borrow that cloning tech you have, want to make a few more copies of Imran and some others.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Would go with weldone's Team 1 but with Ponting or Miandad instead of Zaheer Abbas and Warne instead of Kapil Dev and move up Pollock a spot. Heck, I may even play Hadlee or Imran ahead of Dev there.