that Virat Kohli

[OverratedSanity]

Tbh haven't had Gilly in my XI for a while now. He wasn't as good as Ponting/Kohli/Amla/Hayden

Nah, better than hayden and until Amla plays at the very least one significant innings at a WC, better than him too. Besides, it always made sense to me to pair a run machin like Tendulkar with a super aggressive opener like Gilchrist/Jayasuriya.

 

[Flem274*]

Gilchrist
Tendulkar
Viv
Kohli
Bevan
AB
Flintoff

IMO

 

[harsh.ag]

Sachin
Ponting
Kohli
Viv
ABdV
Dhoni
Symonds/Kapil

 

[Athlai]

I'm not sure Bev is still in the ATG XI. I think Kohli and AB may have finally shoved him out.

 

[vcs]

Either go with Sachin-Gilchrist, and keep Bevan as finisher, or have someone else open alongside Sachin and keep Dhoni instead down the order.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Big surprise Trescothick was so high on the tons list. One guy who would never come into consideration for an ATG side and he one of the leading openers.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Stop calling DeVilliers AB, you will give old man Burgey a heart attack.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Big surprise Trescothick was so high on the tons list. One guy who would never come into consideration for an ATG side and he one of the leading openers.

he's englands best odi bat by a fair bit at the moment. the only Englishman to have scored 10+ odi centuries.

suspect rooooooooooooot and buttler will surpass him and possibly morgan.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I'm not sure Bev is still in the ATG XI. I think Kohli and AB may have finally shoved him out.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

1. Amla
2. Tendulkar
3. Kohli
4. Richards
5. Hussey
6. ABDV
7. Flintoff

for mine

 

[honestbharani]

Why is everyone batting The King at 4? I think Kohli has a great record even at 4. Why not Viv 3 and Vik 4?

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I was going to put Richards at 5 and Hussey at 4 on the general "cake bats higher than icing" principle.

 

[91Jmay]

Flintoff getting in more teams than I'd have thought but he was a superb ODI bowler. His economy rate for a strike bowler is great.

 

[honestbharani]

Sachin
Lara
Viv
Kohli
Dhoni
Hussey
Flintoff
Wasim
Warne
Ambrose
Bond



My side for today.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Flintoff getting in more teams than I'd have thought but he was a superb ODI bowler. His economy rate for a strike bowler is great.

Averaged 32 with the bat at an SR of 89
and 24 with the ball at an SR of 33

That's as good as anyone.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

My bottom 5 would be

7. Flintoff
8. Akram
9. Hadlee
10. Bond
11. Murali

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah, would like a few more hundreds but at 7 I suppose that is basically irrelevant.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Flintoff getting in more teams than I'd have thought but he was a superb ODI bowler. His economy rate for a strike bowler is great.

Yeah, I think a lot of people under rate him in ODIs because they carry over their opinion that he's overrated in Test cricket. He's a genuine contender for that all rounder spot in the ODI lineup.

 

[Prince EWS]

I've long pushed this barrow tbh. The only issue I have with Flintoff at seven is that he usually took a while to get going; he was never very good at going from ball one, which is one of the reasons he ended up at five for England. Batting him at five here with finishers at six and seven would probably make more sense, but it'd look weird having two much better batsmen below him. I'd definitely have him in my side though.

 

[vcs]

He's a strange one, I think his statistics flatter him a bit in ODIs and don't do justice to his quality in Tests. When I think of Flintoff's career standout moments, they all come in Tests. He had a bit of a golden run around 2004 in ODIs though, especially with the bat IIRC. As a bowler, he was always quality and very hard to get away.