CW's 50 Best ODI Cricketers of all time - The Countdown (2017 Version)

[Red]

Lloyd a bit of a forgotten or underrated ODI batsman/cricketer. Excellent SR for the era he played in, and also one of the true ATG fielders of all time.

 

[Burgey]

Great job Noofers. Enjoyed this.

 

[Nate]

Thanks NUFAN. Perfect list.

 

[Red]

Ditto. Thanks for organising Nufan

 

[Starfighter]

Thank Nufan!

 

[jimmy101]

Great job as always NUFAN. You added a nice personal touch to the list which made following this thread really enjoyable.

 

[CricAddict]

4th XI: 1. Chris Gayle 2. Gordon Greenidge 3. Kumar Sangakkara+ (c) 4. Javed Miandad 5. Aravinda de Sliva 6. Jonty Rhodes 7. Ian Harvey 8. Brett Lee 9. Dennis Lillee 10. Shane Bond 11. Andy Roberts 12th man Greg Chappell

3rd XI: 1. Saeed Anwar 2. Hashim Amla 3. Zaheer Abbas 4. Mark Waugh 5. Andrew Symonds 6. Shane Watson 7. Imran Khan (c) 8. Adam Gilchrist+ 9. Malcolm Marshall 10. Michael Holding 11. Nathan Bracken 12th man Jacques Kallis

2nd XI: 1. Sanath Jayasuriya 2. AB De Villiers+ 3.Dean Jones (c) 4. Brian Lara 5. Mike Hussey 6. Andrew Flintoff 7. Richard Hadlee 8. Shane Warne 9.Mitchell Starc 10. Waqar Younis 11. Allan Donald 12th man: Saqlain Mushtaq

1st XI: 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. Ricky Ponting 3. Viv Richards 4. Virat Kohli 5. MS Dhoni+ (c) 6. Michael Bevan 7.Lance Klusenar 8. Wasim Akram 9. Joel Garner 10. Muthiah Muralitharan 11. Glenn Mcgrath Subs: Kapil Dev, Curtly Ambrose, Shaun Pollock

All squads updated. The only issue is demotion of Gilchrist to the 3rd squad due to lack of wicketkeepers in general and him being ranked as the 3rd best among the wicketkeepers by CW. I personally like the 3rd squad the most. Only Sachin will tilt my support towards the 1st team if the 3rd team plays the 1st team.

 

[cnerd123]

lol @ Ian Harvey making the cut and Chappell being 12th man


I like it

 

[NUFAN]

Why would Dhoni be captain? Ponting has had more success, Wasim was ranked higher. Also think each team should have 11 players in it or 12, not making a squad for the best team only.

 

[NUFAN]

Thanks everyone BTW it was good fun.

 

[honestbharani]

Why would Dhoni be captain? Ponting has had more success, Wasim was ranked higher. Also think each team should have 11 players in it or 12, not making a squad for the best team only.

Really? You didn't notice how Dean Jones was captain above Lara and Jayasuriya? Only one Aussie gum chewing #3 as captain rule, obviously.

FWIW, I think MSD is a better ODI captain than Ponting. so that's totally ok, AFAIC.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Has anyone tried just making four teams from the top 44?

 

[smash84]

yeah, MS is definitely comparable to Ponting in LO captaincy

 

[NUFAN]

Yes Deano too, I don't get it?

Don't think anyone has LT.

 

[Red]

Has anyone tried just making four teams from the top 44?

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Richards
DeVilliers
Bevan
Dhoni +
Pollock
Wasim
Garner
McGrath
Murali




Gilchrist +
Lara
Ponting
Kohli
Jones
Hussey
Flintoff
Klusener
Kapil
Warne
Ambrose



Watson
M.Waugh
Sangakkara +
Kallis
Abbas
Symonds
Imran
Hadlee
Starc
Waqar
Saqlain



Anwar
Greenidge
Amla
Harvey
Marshall
Lee
Lillee
Holding
Donald
Bracken
Bond


Top 3 are good, bottom one has bowler overload and no spinners!

 

[CricAddict]

Done creating 4 teams with 44 guys balancing them as much as possible. Yes Nufan, we can dispute between Dhoni and Ponting on captaincy as both are equally great captains. Few other captains as well in that team like Viv, Akram and Kohli.

Rest: Chris Gayle, Aravinda de Silva, Ian Harvey, Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding

4th XI: 1. Shane Watson 2. Gordon Greenidge 3. Kumar Sangakkara+ (c) 4. Javed Miandad 5. Jacques Kallis 6. Greg Chappell 7. Jonty Rhodes 8. Brett Lee 9. Dennis Lillee 10. Shane Bond 11. Nathan Bracken

3rd XI: 1. Saeed Anwar 2. Hashim Amla 3. Zaheer Abbas 4. Mark Waugh 5. Andrew Symonds 6. Imran Khan (c) 7. Adam Gilchrist+ 8. Richard Hadlee 9. Mitchell Starc 10. Saqlain Mushtaq 11. Allan Donald

2nd XI: 1. Sanath Jayasuriya 2. Brian Lara 3.Dean Jones 4. AB De Villiers+ 5. Mike Hussey 6. Andrew Flintoff 7. Kapil Dev (c) 8. Shaun Pollock 9. Shane Warne 10. Waqar Younis 11. Curtly Ambrose

1st XI: 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. Ricky Ponting 3. Viv Richards 4. Virat Kohli 5. MS Dhoni+ (c) 6. Michael Bevan 7.Lance Klusenar 8. Wasim Akram 9. Joel Garner 10. Muthiah Muralitharan 11. Glenn Mcgrath

 

[Red]

Opening batsmen should be respected enough to have the top two placed in the 1st XI team, at least.

 

[bagapath]

Going strictly by their rankings and filling up specialist spots I arrived at these teams...

Team 1
Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Viv Richards
Kohli
Bevan
Dhoni + *
S.Pollock
Akram
Murali
Garner
McGrath


Team 2
M. Waugh
Watson
Ponting *
Lara
Jones
De Villiers +
Klusener
Kapil Dev
Hadlee
Warne
Ambrose

Team 3
Gilchrist + *
Amla
Z. Abbas
Kallis
Hussey
Rhodes
Flintoff
Saqlain
Starc
Waqar
Donald

Team 4
Anwar
Greenidge
Sangakara +
G.Chappell
Miandad
De Silva
Symonds
Imran *
Marshall
Holding
Bracken

Not selected
Lillee
Gayle
B.Lee
S.Bond
I. Harvey
Roberts

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Someone who enjoys selected teams more than I do have a go at selecting an XI from players not included in the Top 50.

 

[bagapath]

Someone who enjoys selected teams more than I do have a go at selecting an XI from players not included in the Top 50.

That could be me...

Hayden
Sehwag
Ganguly
Lloyd *
S. Waugh
McCullum+
Botham
Afridi
M. Johnson
Hogg
Akhthar