All time Asian-XI

[OverratedSanity]

de Silva is mostly a sentimental pick and for his WC SF/Final performances. His SR for his era was sick tho.

 

[subshakerz]

de Silva is mostly a sentimental pick and for his WC SF/Final performances. His SR for his era was sick tho.

Yeah I remember a Sharjah series when Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain just couldn't get the guy out.

But overall his record cant justify a place in the XI.

 

[harsh.ag]

Is the idea that after four full time bowlers, it is overkill to have a fifth?

If the Asia XI is facing an equally strong XI, would these part timers just be taken apart? Especially if it's not in the SC.

Yeah that's a perfectly fair point, and if there was another Kapil I would pick him, but Imran's batting, regardless of what the stats say, is not my idea of a strong #7. Need someone who can start blasting out big shots from the get go if required. That was not Imran.

Personally I really enjoyed all three of Yuvi, Jaya and Tendulkar's bowling a lot.

 

[subshakerz]

Yeah that's a perfectly fair point, and if there was another Kapil I would pick him, but Imran's batting, regardless of what the stats say, is not my idea of a strong #7. Need someone who can start blasting out big shots from the get go if required. That was not Imran.

Personally I really enjoyed all three of Yuvi, Jaya and Tendulkar's bowling a lot.

You could swap Imran for Shakib.

 

[harsh.ag]

You could swap Imran for Shakib.

Yeah I can but I like Yuvi way more

 

[trundler]

Mandatory share.

 

[Jumno]

Sehwag
Gavaskar
Sangakarra
Tendulkar
Maindad
Laxman
Imran khan
Kapil dev
Wasim
Qadir
Murali

 

[subshakerz]

Mandatory share.

Some nice late innings hitting here

 

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Maindad

Is that how you found out you’re adopted?

Qadir is a shocking pick.

 

[ankitj]

de Silva is mostly a sentimental pick and for his WC SF/Final performances. His SR for his era was sick tho.

Which puts Zaheer Abbas' SR in context which was better than De Silva, Ponting, Hayden, Gibbs etc. even though he played last ODI in 1985.

 

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ODI

Tendulkar
Jayasuriya
Abbas
Kohli
Miandad
Dhoni
Kapil
Wasim
Malinga
Bumrah
Murali

Squad- Imran, Shakib, Rohit

 

[ankitj]

Which puts Zaheer Abbas' SR in context which was better than De Silva, Ponting, Hayden, Gibbs etc. even though he played last ODI in 1985.

Top 10 adjusted ODI SRs as per my sheet (which is just ratio of batsman's SR to overall SR in their active years):

GJ Maxwell
JC Buttler
IVA Richards
V Sehwag
Zaheer Abbas
AC Gilchrist
A Symonds
AB de Villiers
ST Jayasuriya
L Klusener

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Top 10 adjusted ODI SRs as per my sheet (which is just ratio of batsman's SR to overall SR in their active years):

GJ Maxwell
JC Buttler
IVA Richards
V Sehwag
Zaheer Abbas
AC Gilchrist
A Symonds
AB de Villiers
ST Jayasuriya
L Klusener

This is very good, but where are Lance Cairns and Shahid Afridi? They should both be in the top 5.

 

[ankitj]

This is very good, but where are Lance Cairns and Shahid Afridi? They should both be in the top 5.

May be didn't make my cut offs. I didn't include every batsman ever.

[Not so] Huge statistical analysis on greatest ODI batsman and bowlers ranked

S Rajesh does simpler and therefore better analyses. Here's one on ODI batsmen. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22375790/best-odi-batsmen-eras It's dated and rankings will look different now. Don't think Dhoni will hold on to his #2 spot and of course Kohli and ABD will feature near...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[Prince EWS]

This is very good, but where are Lance Cairns and Shahid Afridi? They should both be in the top 5.

I suspect Kapil should be pretty high as well.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

May be didn't make my cut offs. I didn't include every batsmen ever.

[Not so] Huge statistical analysis on greatest ODI batsman and bowlers ranked

S Rajesh does simpler and therefore better analyses. Here's one on ODI batsmen. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22375790/best-odi-batsmen-eras It's dated and rankings will look different now. Don't think Dhoni will hold on to his #2 spot and of course Kohli and ABD will feature near...

www.cricketweb.net

I see. They had to average at least 30.

 

[ankitj]

I suspect Kapil should be pretty high as well.

If I added him, he would be 2nd best after Maxwell.

 

[subshakerz]

Yeah I remember a Sharjah series when Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain just couldn't get the guy out.

I checked and found the tournament. It was the Singer Akai Cup in Sharjah in 97.

He scored 97, 134 and 87* against Wasim, Waqar and Saqlain in three successive games. The other SL batsmen were clueless but I remember he was like a rock, they couldn't get past him. He bailed them out in all three games. Look at his shots against the 2Ws.

So I see why ppl have fond memories of him but he wasn't at that level enough.

 

[ankitj]

I am still haunted by ghosts of de Silva for what he did in 1996 semi final.

 

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Top 10 adjusted ODI SRs as per my sheet (which is just ratio of batsman's SR to overall SR in their active years):

GJ Maxwell
JC Buttler
IVA Richards
V Sehwag
Zaheer Abbas
AC Gilchrist
A Symonds
AB de Villiers
ST Jayasuriya
L Klusener

Gilchrist
Sehwag
Richards
Abbas
Buttler
Maxwell
Symonds
Klusener
Kapil
Garner
Murali

would make 400 every innings. 5 legit bowlers plus Maxwell and Richards