ODI ATG XIs

[jimmy101]

Yes. It is the greatest ODI team in the history of the ODI game.

We'll see about that in roughly three months time.

 

[stephen]

How I'd dearly like England and South Africa to remain winless in world cups.

Though I'd probably prefer New Zealand or South Africa to win over India.

Imagine how hilarious a New Zealand/South Africa final would be. I'm sure it'd end up being a tie, which by some obscure by- law would mean that Australia would retain the trophy.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The current England ODI team beats any team from previous eras. Different game now.

The current England ODI team would be lucky to make more than 150 back in the 80s and 90s against the better teams of the era

Playing on roads with tiny boundaries and huge bats making it a "Different game now" doesn't make a team better

 

[jimmy101]

How I'd dearly like England and South Africa to remain winless in world cups.

Though I'd probably prefer New Zealand or South Africa to win over India.

Imagine how hilarious a New Zealand/South Africa final would be. I'm sure it'd end up being a tie, which by some obscure by- law would mean that Australia would retain the trophy.

Could end up being a situation similar to the 2002 Champions Trophy final.

 

[stephen]

Could end up being a situation similar to the 2002 Champions Trophy final.

Except both sides would drop the trophy trying to pick it up.

 

[harsh.ag]

Could end up being a situation similar to the 2002 Champions Trophy final.

Also, would be a perfect England in June memefest

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Love the stats inflation between two five year periods for no reason whatsoever. Really helps prove your point.

The beautiful thing is that Lara and Waugh both had very long careers and over the course of those careers were very similar statistically.

Why you would isolate a 46 match purple patch in a career of nearly 300 matches and cite it as a reason why player A was greater than player B is beyond me.

It's not like there was some event in 1995 that made Lara significantly worse. And if you're looking at his record as opener I'm not sure why you wouldn't include all his opening innings.

Face it, as an ODI player, Lara was of very similar calibre to Mark Waugh. That is, both players were exceptionally good and played in the best era of ODI cricket and faced many off the best ODI bowlers of all time.

1. There is considerable difference in AVG and SR of specialist batsman in early 90s and late 90s.
2. I am talking about Top Order Lara , not overall , and why he is my opener in AT 11. (Lara is my 6th best odi batsman overall after Sachin , Viv , ABdV , Kohli and Dhoni .. way higher than Mark Waugh. but that's a different case.)
3. 46 matches is not a purple patch. That's the total number of matches he played as a regular opener. ( FYI number 3 Lara was far better than Opening Lara.)
4. 46 matches or 52 matches , Lara opening stats remained same more or less.
5. Lara slightly better AVG , better strike rate and vastly superior in 1-3 positions than Junior.

 

[stephen]

The current England ODI team would be lucky to make more than 150 back in the 80s and 90s against the better teams of the era

Playing on roads with tiny boundaries and huge bats making it a "Different game now" doesn't make a team better

Don't forget the two new balls, ensuring bowlers get Jack **** to work with in the death overs.

 

[stephen]

Also, would be a perfect England in June memefest

Would be a moderate upgrade over the England in July memes of the past.

 

[sunilz]

High BP is a severe problem once you get old. So please don't forget to take your medicines before posting on a public forum

 

[h_hurricane]

Don't take the bait.

Also, 0/0 isn't infinity ffs

Gave it up.

 

[Burgey]

sunilz bringing his sidesplitting sense of humour to the forum once again.

Fortunately for me but sadly for sunilz, I have the blood pressure of a healthy 18 year old, according to my doctor. Which means I will likely be around here for a long time to continue calling him out on his unadulterated bullshit.

 

[ankitj]

Age/health jokes are not cool. Even when directed at Burgey.

 

[sunilz]

You need to change your doctor or check the functionality of BP machine.

 

[Burgey]

You need to change your doctor or check the functionality of BP machine.

You need to check the functionality of your frontal lobe tbh.

 

[Burgey]

Age/health jokes are not cool. Even when directed at Burgey.

This would have been so much better had you said “even at someone as old and frail as Burgey”.

 

[Second Spitter]

sunilz bringing his sidesplitting sense of humour to the forum once again.

Fortunately for me but sadly for sunilz, I have the blood pressure of a healthy 18 year old, according to my doctor. Which means I will likely be around here for a long time to continue calling him out on his unadulterated bullshit.

sunilz has the mental age of a healthy 8 year old, so he's got you beat.

 

[sunilz]

You need to check the functionality of your frontal lobe tbh.

My frontal lobe is working perfectly . I don't rate players on the basis of one tournament. Otherwise Sreesanth would be better than Dennis Lillee because he has won a WC. And Yuvraj better than Symonds because he won MOS in 2011 WC or Dravid a better ODI cricketer than Mark Waugh .

 

[Burgey]

Youre doing it wrong as usual

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Boult in for Mills now, surely?

The problem is who takes the new ball? Boult and Hadlee followed by Bond for me.

Also if you're picking Cairns as an ODI 7 finisher (rather than someone who can score 100s from 5/6), I'd pick Oram (much much better change bowler)